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SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
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4th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in NeuroImaging
(PRNI 2014)
June 4-6 2014, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems,
Tübingen, Germany
Website: http://www.prni.org <http://www.prni.org/>
<http://www.prni.org/>
Multivariate analysis of neuroimaging data has gained ground very
rapidly in the community over the past few years, leading to
impressive results in cognitive and clinical neuroscience. Pattern
recognition and machine learning conferences regularly feature a
neuroimaging workshop, while neuroscientific meetings dedicate
sessions to new approaches to neural data analysis. Thus, a rich
two-way flow has been established between disciplines. It is the
goal of the 4th International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in
NeuroImaging to continue facilitating exchange of ideas between
scientific communities, with a particular interest in new approaches
to the interpretation of neural data driven by new developments in
pattern recognition and machine learning.
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IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission deadline: 7th of March, 2014 **submission website
is now open <https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/PRNI2014>**
Acceptance notification: 4th of April, 2014
Workshop: June 4-6, 2014
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TOPICS OF INTEREST
PRNI welcomes original papers on multivariate analysis of
neuroimaging data, using invasive and non-invasive imaging
modalities, including but not limited to the following topics:
* Learning from neuroimaging data
- Classification algorithms for brain-state decoding
- Optimisation and regularisation
- Bayesian analysis of neuroimaging data
- Connectivity and causal inference
- Combination of different data modalities
- Efficient algorithms for large-scale data analysis
* Interpretability of models and results
- High-dimensional data visualisation
- Multivariate and multiple hypothesis testing
- Summarisation/presentation of inference results
* Applications
- Disease diagnosis and prognosis
- Real-time decoding of brain states
- Analysis of resting-state and task-based data
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
John-Dylan Haynes
Klaus-Robert Müller
Russ Poldrack
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Authors should prepare full papers with a maximum length of 4 pages
(double-column, IEEE style, PDF) for review. Reviews will be
double-blind, i.e. submissions have to be anonymized.
PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings will be published by Conference Publishing Services in
electronic format. They will be submitted for inclusion in
IEEExplore and IEEE CS Digital Library online repositories, and
submitted for indexing in IET INSPEC, EI Compendex (Elsevier),
Thomson ISI, and others.
BEST STUDENT PAPER AWARD
A small number of papers will be selected for the Best Student Paper
Award. To be eligible the paper’s first author must be a student,
and the student must agree to present the paper at the workshop.
Awardees will receive a travel allowance.
VENUE
The workshop will be held on the campus of the Max Planck Institute
in Tübingen, Germany. Tübingen is a picturesque medieval university
town, and can easily be reached by public transportation from
Stuttgart airport (STR). Accommodation is available on or close to
campus. A pre-conference barbecue will be held on June 3, 2014.
ORGANIZATION
General Chair:
Moritz Grosse-Wentrup (MPI for Intelligent Systems, Tübingen, Germany)
Program Chairs:
Marcel van Gerven (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and
Behaviour, Netherlands) & Nikolaos Koutsouleris (LMU Munich, Germany)
Steering committee:
Jonas Richiardi, Dimitri Van De Ville, Seong-Whan Lee, Yuki
Kamitani, Janaina Mourao-
Miranda, Christos Davatsikos, Gaël Varoquaux
ENDORSEMENTS
PRNI 2014 is an official satellite meeting of the Organization for
Human Brain Mapping and an endorsed event of the Medical Image
Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention Society.
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The Menninger Clinic and the McNair Medical Institute is offering a
one-year postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatric neuroimaging and
genomics research to begin July 1, 2014. The successful candidate may
have the option of extending to a second-year. Data from the McNair
Initiative for Neuroscience Discovery-Menninger Baylor (MIND-MB) project
utilizes state-of-the-art psychiatric assessment, neuroimaging, and
genomics to study of adolescent and adult populations with serious
mental illness. Candidates with a background in social-cognitive and/or
affective neuroscience are strongly encouraged to apply, but content
areas such as RDoC negative valence systems will also be considered.
Eligible candidates must have their PhD or MD, demonstrate a proven
track record of scholarship and publications, have experience with
advanced statistical methods (SEM, LPA, multivariate association
statistics), with Matlab programming and neuroimaging software (SPM,
AFNI, FSL), and be able to work as a member of a team comprised of
clinical neuroscientists, clinicians, and geneticists.
Baylor College of Medicine’s Menninger Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences is dedicated to innovative and relevant
translational research into psychiatric disorders. The Menninger Clinic
is ranked in the top 5 Psychiatric hospitals in the country and Forbes
ranked Houston as one of the coolest cities to live.
To apply send CV and names of 2 references to: cfowler(a)menninger.edu
For further information feel free to call Dr. Fowler at 713-275-5508
Dear Users
This afternoon (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be an internal
project proposal presentation given by Emma Holmes. The title of Emma's
talk is "Auditory attention during multi-talker listening".
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
Dear all,
This is just to remind you about our MEG research group meeting today, at 12.00 pm in B204 (Department of Psychology).
Giovanna Mollo will talk about: 'Identifying objects at different levels of specificity: Effects on cortical dynamics in hub and spokes'.
Best,
Markus
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Markus J. van Ackeren
PhD Student
Department of Psychology
University of York
YO10 5DD, UK
Email: mjva500(a)york.ac.uk
EU MARIE CURIE POST DOCTORAL POSITION, ASTON BRAIN CENTRE, UK.
Mapping receptive and expressive language using MEG.
We are seeking to recruit an experienced post-doctoral researcher with
expertise in MEG data recording and analysis for this project which is
part of an EU Initial Training Network (ITN). There are good
opportunities for travel and collaboration within our European network.
Applicants must be able to fulfil the Marie Curie requirements which can
also be found on the vacancy website below.
Salary: £53,765 per annum, 2 years, fixed-term.
For full details, please see the following website.
http://jobs.aston.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=R130435
We welcome informal enquiries – please contact Caroline Witton
(c.witton(a)aston.ac.uk <mailto:c.witton@aston.ac.uk>) or Joel Talcott
(j.b.talcott(a)aston.ac.uk <mailto:j.b.talcott@aston.ac.uk>)
*Dr Caroline Witton**
Director, Wellcome Trust Lab for MEG Studies*
*Aston Brain Centre*
0121 204 4087 .
c.witton(a)aston.ac.uk <mailto:c.witton@aston.ac.uk>
Students can make an appointment to see me here:
https://wass.aston.ac.uk/wass
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Dear Users
This Thursday (4.15 pm in YNiC open plan) there will be an internal
project proposal presentation given by Emma Holmes. The title of Emma's
talk is "Auditory attention during multi-talker listening".
Everyone is welcome to attend and refreshments will be served afterwards.
Best wishes
Rebecca
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Dr. Rebecca E. Millman
Science Liaison Officer
York Neuroimaging Centre
The Biocentre
York Science Park
Heslington
YO10 5DG
Tel: +44 (0) 1904 567614
Fax: +44 (0) 1904 435356
The Menninger Clinic and the McNair Medical Institute is offering a
one-year postdoctoral fellowship in psychiatric neuroimaging and
genomics research to begin July 1, 2014. The successful candidate may
have the option of extending to a second-year. Data from the McNair
Initiative for Neuroscience Discovery-Menninger Baylor (MIND-MB) project
utilizes state-of-the-art psychiatric assessment, neuroimaging, and
genomics to study of adolescent and adult populations with serious
mental illness. Candidates with a background in social-cognitive and/or
affective neuroscience are strongly encouraged to apply, but content
areas such as RDoC negative valence systems will also be considered.
Eligible candidates must have their PhD or MD, demonstrate a proven
track record of scholarship and publications, have experience with
advanced statistical methods (SEM, LPA, multivariate association
statistics), with Matlab programming and neuroimaging software (SPM,
AFNI, FSL), and be able to work as a member of a team comprised of
clinical neuroscientists, clinicians, and geneticists.
Baylor College of Medicine's Menninger Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioral Sciences is dedicated to innovative and relevant
translational research into psychiatric disorders. The Menninger Clinic
is ranked in the top 5 Psychiatric hospitals in the country and Forbes
ranked Houston as one of the coolest cities to live.
To apply send CV and names of 2 references to: cfowler(a)menninger.edu
For further information feel free to call Dr. Fowler at 713-275-5508
On behalf of Dr Peter Uhlhaas:
Dear colleagues,
I would like to alert you to a post-doctoral position for MEG-research at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (CCNi) at the University of Glasgow (Grade 6/7: £26,527 - £29,837 / £32,590 - £36,661 per annum).
The post-doctoral fellow will contribute to a project, funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC), entitled “Using Magnetoencephalography to Investigate Aberrant Neural Synchrony in Prodromal Schizophrenia”. Specifically, the job requires the analysis and acquisition of MEG-data sets and implementation of novel analytic tools, contributing to the design and programming of MEG experiments, assisting in analysing the results, and participating in the writing up of the results.
This post is initially funded for 2 years with a possible extension of 1 year. Approximate starting data: 1st of July 2014
For further information please contact Dr Peter Uhlhaas (peter.uhlhaas(a)glasgow.ac.uk)
Please submit your applications online at: www.gla.ac.uk/jobs
Closing date: 23 February 2014
Dr. Peter J. Uhlhaas
Reader
Institute for Neuroscience and Psychology
University of Glasgow
58 Hillhead Street
Glasgow
G12 8QB
Telephone +44 (0)141 330 8730
Dear all,
A position as Application Specialist/ Regional Sales Manager is
available at NordicNeuroLab in Bergen, Norway.
We are looking for an outgoing person with experience within BOLD fMRI
and DTI.
Please follow the link for more information:
http://www.nordicneurolab.com/PDF/Application%20Specialist_RSM%20NordicNeur…
Thank you,
*Thomas Lie Omdahl*, MBA**
Sales Director
*NordicNeuroLab AS*
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N-5009 Bergen, Norway
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Phone: +47 70 70 95
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PhD position in cognitive neuroscience of motivation and perception
University of Giessen, Germany
Applications are invited for a PhD position in the Psychology department
at the University of Giessen, Germany. The position is available from 1
April 2014 through December 2017 and is funded by the project grant “The
interaction of visual and motivational salience in natural-scene
perception” as part of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB/TRR 135
under the umbrella theme “Cardinal mechanisms of perception: Prediction,
valuation, categorization”. The position is on the TV-H E13 scale (65%)
for public employees.
The project will investigate the influence of visual object properties
on motivational learning and decision-making using fMRI. The department
offers a research-dedicated 3T MRI scanner with eye-tracking and
peripheral physiology equipment. The successful candidate will be
responsible for collecting and analyzing fMRI data using computational
models of learning and decision-making and for writing scientific
papers. We encourage research visits in collaborating research groups
abroad (NYU, Computational Neuroscience of Learning and Decision Making,
PI: Nathaniel Daw).
We are looking for highly motivated candidates with a Master’s degree
(or equivalent) in neuroscience, psychology, biology or a related field
and with a strong interest in cognitive neuroscience and the ability to
work independently. Excellent programming skills and proficiency in
English are essential; prior experience in computational neuroscience
and experience with fMRI are of advantage.
Please send your CV, transcripts or degree certificates, a brief
statement of research interests and contact details of two referees by
e-mail to bianca.wittmann(a)psychol.uni-giessen.de. Applications will be
considered until the position is filled.
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Dr. Bianca Wittmann
Assistant Professor of Biological Psychology
Department of Psychology and Sports Science
Justus Liebig University Giessen
Otto-Behaghel-Strasse 10F
35394 Giessen
Germany
Phone: +49- 641 - 99 26 160
Fax: +49- 641 - 99 26 169
