Neuroinformatics 2018

A workshop at Neuroinformatics 2018, Wed 8th August, McGill University, Montréal. This workshop will give an introduction to the background and aims of the Open Source Brain initative, show some of the cortial, cerebellar, hippocampal and other models which have been made available on the repository, and highlight the recent functionality for viewing, analysing and simulating models through the OSB website. There will also be introducations to NeuroML and PyNN, the main standardised formats supported by OSB, and we will demonstrate the options for converting your own models to these formats to make full use of the features of OSB.

The workshop will take place on the morning of the day prior to the main Neuroinformatics meeting.

Organisers: Padraig Gleeson & Angus Silver (University College London)

Registration: The workshop is free, but registration is required. Please register here.

Location: Room 613 in the Education Building, 3700 McTavish Street, Montréal (map)

Program

Morning

	Speaker	Topic
9:00	Angus Silver	Introduction to the aims of the Open Source Brain initiative
9:15	Sharon Crook	Overview of NeuroML 2 and LEMS
9:45	Pedro Garcia	PyNN - A common scripting language for neuroscience simulators
10:15	Coffee Break	Thompson House
10:30	Padraig Gleeson	Latest OSB functionality Showcase of available models Converting models to NeuroML
12:30	Lunch	Thompson House

Afternoon

As part of the Hackathon sessions (taking place in Thompson House in the ballroom), the speakers will be available for hands on assistance using OSB & converting models to standardised formats.

For any enquiries about this workshop, please contact Padraig Gleeson (p.gleeson -at- ucl.ac.uk)