Adam Tyson: Software Tools for Systems Neuroscience @ INCF/OCNS Software WG session on 9th July, 1500 UTC

[Ankur Sinha]

Dear all,

Apologies for the cross posts. Please do spread the word to interested
colleagues.

Adam Tyson from the Neuroinformatics Unit at the Sainsbury Wellcome
Centre will talk about the software tools that their group develops at
the next INCF/OCNS Software Working Group (WG) session on July 09 at
1500 UTC. There will be a Q&A/discussion session after the presentation,
followed by any WG business.

Please find the abstract and joining information below:

- When: July 9, 1500 UTC
- Where: Zoom: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/91017703246?pwd=RmdwMW9xL0FFaFVVL0Z6dUtnbkplZz09
- Web page: https://ocns.github.io/SoftwareWG/2024/06/26/wg-meeting-9-july-2024-software-tools-for-systems-neuroscience-adam-tyson-.html


Abstract:

Understanding the brain requires processing and analysing large,
multidimensional datasets. Systems neuroscience, in particular, has
undergone a drastic transformation, with individual labs now commonly
generating terabytes or even petabytes of data annually. While there has
been an increase in software tools to process this data, many of these
tools are single-purpose, inadequately maintained, or poorly integrated
with the broader software ecosystem. This talk will outline some of the
tools we are developing for computational neuroanatomy, video
behavioural analysis, and data management.

About the speaker:

Adam Tyson is the Head Research Engineer at the Sainsbury Wellcome
Centre and Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit at University College
London. He established the Neuroinformatics Unit, a research software
engineering team dedicated to developing robust, maintainable, and
user-friendly software tools for neuroscience and machine learning. Adam
completed a PhD in neuroscience at King's College London before working
as a software developer at the Institute of Cancer Research and the
Sainsbury Wellcome Centre.

Resources/links:

- BrainGlobe: https://brainglobe.info/
- Movement: https://movement.neuroinformatics.dev/
- NeuroBluePrint: https://neuroblueprint.neuroinformatics.dev/
- Neuroinformatics Unit: https://neuroinformatics.dev/
- Sainsbury Wellcome Centre: https://www.sainsburywellcome.org/web/
- Gatsby Computational Neuroscience: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/gatsby/gatsby-computational-neuroscience-unit

On behalf of the WG,

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Thanks,
Regards,
Ankur Sinha (He / Him / His) | https://ankursinha.in
Research Fellow at the Silver Lab, University College London | http://silverlab.org/
Free/Open source community volunteer at the NeuroFedora project | https://neuro.fedoraproject.org
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