OpenMR Virtual 2021

Program

OpenMR Virtual 2021 runs over three days and consists of two parallel tracks:

  • A TrainTrack, consisting of talks and workshops that will help you learn new skills in:
    1. clean coding practices
    2. reproducible data visualization
    3. science communication

  • A HackTrack, in which you can work together on self-initiated projects. Launch or join a hackathon project here!

Find the schedule of our TrainTrack below. Please note that all times are in Central European Time (CET).

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Time (CET)

Day 1: Wednesday, 24 March 2021

Type

Content

09:30 - 10:00

Opening

   OpenMR team   

 

10:00 - 10:30

Hackathon project pitches

   Hackathon leaders   

  

link

10:30 - 11:00

Morning break

11:00 - 12:00

The age of the researcher is over. The time of the community has come.

   Daniel Alcalá López   

Talk

link

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 - 15:00

Introduction to Git(Hub)

   Stefano Moia       Melvin Selim Atay   

Workshop

link

15:00 - 15:30

Afternoon break

15:30 - 16:30

Panel discussion: what constitutes clean, scientific code?

   Rémi Gau       Felienne Hermans       Jade Abbott       Adora Nwodo       Yo Yehudi       Patrick Mineault   

Panel

link
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Time (CET)

Day 2: Thursday, 25 March 2021

Type

Content

10:00 - 10:15

Opening

   OpenMR team   

 

10:15 - 12:00

Introduction to data exploration with Python, Matlab/Octave and Jupyter Notebooks

   Stijn Denissen       Rémi Gau   

Workshop

link

12:00 - 13:00

Lunch break

13:00 - 13:45

Data visualization with MNE-Python

   Britta Westner   

Demo

link

13:45 - 14:00

Afternoon break

14:00 - 14:45

Interactive data visualization with Python, Plotly and Dash

   Stephan Heunis   

Demo

link

14:45 - 15:00

Afternoon break

15:00 - 16:00

Unconference

   You   

  

link
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Time (CET)

Day 3: Friday, 26 March 2021

Type

Content

10:00 - 10:10

Opening

   OpenMR team   

 

10:10 - 10:30

Why popularize when you can problematize?

   Sicco de Knecht   

Flash talk

link

10:30 - 11:00

Outreach at a university

   Sarah Leuridan   

Talk

link

11:00 - 11:15

Morning break

11:15 - 11:35

Explaining years of research in 3 minutes

   Simon Van Eyndhoven   

Flash talk

link

11:35 - 11:55

Designing for Science

   Gil Costa   

Flash talk

link

11:55 - 12:15

A paper in a song

   Stijn Denissen   

Flash talk

link

12:15 - 12:35

Citizen Science in Developmental Neuroscience

   Kayla Green   

Flash talk

link

12:35 - 13:30

Lunch break

13:30 - 14:05

From science festivals to institutional projects: the case for a grassroots approach

   Guillaume Corradino       Elodie Chabrol   

Talk

link

14:05 - 14:25

Ten Simple Rules for Using Twitter as a Scientist

   Veronika Cheplygina   

Flash talk

link

14:25 - 14:45

Podcast 101

   Moss Zhao       Patricia Clement   

Flash talk

link

14:45 - 15:00

Afternoon break

15:00 - 15:45

Panel discussion: science communication

   Stijn Denissen       Sicco de Knecht       Sarah Leuridan       Simon Van Eyndhoven       Gil Costa       Guillaume Corradino       Elodie Chabrol       Moss Zhao   

Panel

link

15:45 - 16:00

Hackathon results & closing

   OpenMR team       Hackathon leaders   

  
 

link

16:00 - ...

Virtual drinks

   You   

   

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