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"Why & How" Seminar Series
Lectures are held on the first and third Thursdays of the month at 6PM, in the 2204 conference room of Building 149.
Organizers: Ellen Lau (ellenlau@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu) and Khaldoun Makhoul (khaldoun@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu)
Mailing List: https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/whynhow
Calendar 2011-12:
| Date | Time | Location | Speaker | Topic | References | Lecture Slides |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 29, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Khaldoun Makhoul [1] | UNIX and basic C shell scripting | N/A |
Calendar 2010-11:
| Date | Time | Location | Speaker | Topic | References | Lecture Slides | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 7, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Marco Loggia [2] | Neuroanatomy for dummies | N/A | ||
| October 21, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Hari Bharadwaj [3] | Statistics | N/A | ||
| November 4, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Donald McLaren [4] | The GLM (General Linear Model)-- first and second-level models | N/A | ||
| November 18, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Adrian KC Lee [5] | Matlab | N/A | ||
| December 2, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Khaldoun Makhoul [6] | UNIX and basic C shell scripting | N/A | ||
| February 3, 2011 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Allison Stevens | FreeSurfer | N/A | ||
| February 17, 2011 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Jean Chen | Arterial Spin Labeling | N/A | ||
| March 3, 2011 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Aapo Nummenmaa | MEG | N/A | ||
| March 8, 2011 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Prof. Randy Gollub [7] | Seminar on Grant Writing | ppt | ||
| March 17, 2011 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Sheraz Khan [8] | PsychToolbox for Stimuli Presentation | ppt | ||
| April 7, 2011 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Dionyssios Mintzopoulos [9] | Introduction to R | N/A | ||
| April 28, 2011 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Khaldoun Makhoul [10] | MR Physics | N/A | ||
| May 5, 2011 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Ellen Lau [11] | Practical Issues for Multimodal Neuroimaging | |||
| May 19, 2011 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Anastasia Yendiki [12] | Introduction to DTI | N/A | ppt |
Calendar 2009-10:
| Date | Time | Location | Speaker | Topic | References | Lecture Slides |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ** Nov 10, 2009 ** | 5pm | CNY149-2204 | Prof. Randy Gollub [13] | Seminar on Grant Writing | N/A | |
| Nov 19, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Adrian KC Lee [14] | How to use MATLAB? (Advanced) | PDF(m-files) | |
| Dec 3, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Hari Bharadwaj [15] | Statistics (Beginners) | N/A | |
| Dec 17, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Hari Bharadwaj [16] | Statistics (Advanced) | PDF PDF | |
| Jan 14, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Allison Stevens [17] | Intro to FreeSurfer (Beginners) | N/A | |
| Feb 4, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Nick Schmansky [18] | How do you use Qdec for group analysis of morphometric data? | N/A | |
| Feb 18, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Lilla Zollei [19] | Basic C Shell scripting | PDF BOOK | |
| March 4, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Marco Loggia [20] | By the way, where is the fornix??? An introduction to gross neuroanatomy | N/A | PDF MOVIE |
| March 18, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Anastasia Yendiki [21] | Introduction to DTI analysis | N/A | |
| April 1, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Aapo Nummenmaa [22] | Interpreting MEG data in terms of "distributed sources": under the cover of MNE | N/A | |
| April 15, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Adrian KC Lee [23] | How to navigate through the MEG-MNE workflow? | N/A | |
| May 6, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | -- | -- | N/A | |
| May 20, 2010 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Kara Dyckman [24] | Where do those pretty colored blobs come from? An introduction to the BOLD signal and fMRI designs. | N/A |
Beginner's level: No prior knowledge assumed. First exposure or a refresher to the topic.
Advanced level: Prior knowledge assumed. Please check the relevant beginner's level Why.N.How section offered previously for assumed knowledge.
Calendar 2008-09:
| Date | Time | Location | Speaker | Topic | References | Lecture Slides |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 6, 2008 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Adrian KC Lee [25] | Why do we need to know about Linear Algebra? | N/A | |
| Nov 20, 2008 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Emily Israeli (eisraeli@nmr) | How do we use MATLAB? -- an introductory session. | N/A | PDF ZIP |
| Dec 4, 2008 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Lilla Zollei [26] | Why do we have so many brain coordinate systems? | N/A | |
| Dec 18, 2008 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Allison Stevens [27] | How to use Freesurfer? | N/A | |
| Jan 15, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Marco Loggia [28] | By the way, where is the fornix? An introduction to gross neuroanatomy | N/A | |
| Feb 5, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Lilla Zollei [29] | Intro to basic statistics | N/A | |
| Feb 19, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Katie Handwerger [30] | SPSS tutorial | N/A | |
| March 5, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Aapo Nummenmaa [31] | Why is it called a current dipole? | Cohen.PDF | PDF1 PDF2 |
| March 19, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Daniel Goldenholz [32] | How do we analyze MEG data? | N/A | |
| April 2, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Nick Schmansky [33] | How do you use Qdec for group analysis of morphometric data? | N/A | |
| April 30, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Rudolph Pienaar [34] | What is the physics behind MRI? | N/A | PDF1 PDF2 |
| May 7, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Adrian KC Lee [35] | Why do we need Signal Processing N How do we conceptualize it? | N/A | |
| May 21, 2009 | 6pm | CNY149-2204 | Ed Vul [36] | Discussion on "Voodoo Correlations" | N/A |
To facilitate discussion on Ed Vul's paper, we have made the following papers / links available:
Slides from Bob Cox (NIMH) discussion on Voodoo Correlations
For more rebuttals on the Voodoo correlations paper, please visit Ed Vul's website.