ReproNim News Archive

Past Events and Activities

  • ReproNim 'First Fridays' Webinar, December 1, 2023
    • Daniel Asay joins us from the Harvard University Center for Brain Science. He discusses his work with Tim O'Keefe and colleagues on open-source quality control pipelines (XNAT 1.8+ plugins), particularly for diffusion weighted imaging, in his presentation: DWIQC: Diffusion Imaging Quality Control Pipeline
    • Video Presentation and Slides are now available.
  • The 2023 Neuro-Irv and Helga Cooper Foundation Open Sciences International Prize was recently awarded to the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) as an impactful global community initiative driving international data standards for neuroimaging. ReproNim faculty member and BIDS Steering Committee member Yaroslav Halchenko represented BIDS at the 5th Open Science in Action Symposium (November 30, 2023 in Montreal, Canada)
  • Society for Neuroscience 2023 Annual Meeting, November 11-15, 2023
    • In-person at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C., (also includes a virtual component)
    • ReproNim faculty were there, including representation at the following exhibitor booths:
      • DANDI: Distributed Archives for Neurophysiology Data Integration (Booth #3316)
      • INCF: International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (Booth #3323)
      • NIF: Neuroscience Information Framework (Booth #3417)
  • Center for Open Science, Virtual Event: "Helping Others Use Your Data: Lessons from the Field of Neuroscience"
    • Virtual Event, Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 11am ET
    • Event Recording now available.
    • Speakers included ReproNim Faculty member David Keator and collaborator Karl Helmer
  • ReproNim 'First Fridays' Webinar, November 3, 2023 at 2pm EDT
    • We welcome Anisha Keshavan, Senior Data Scientist from Octave Bioscience, for a discussion of 'Reproducible Data Science Practices at Octave.'
    • Video Presentation is now available.
  • ReproNim 'First Fridays' Webinar, October 6, 2023 at 2pm EDT
    • Rudolph Pienaar joins us as guest speaker to kickoff our fall season! He shares his expertise and insights on the development and applications of an open source platform for computational research and medicine (ChRIS), with a presentation on "The Challenges of Medical Computing in the Age of AI and Clouds – how ChRIS can help."
    • Video Presentation and Slides are now available.
  • ReproNim faculty members Maryann Martone, Yaroslav Halchenko, and Jeff Grethe gave lectures in the INCF Short Course: Introduction to Neuroinformatics at the University of Washington Seattle, October 2-4, 2023
  • The 2023-2024 Reproducible Rehabilitation Research Education Program (ReproRehab) kicked off its second year under the leadership of ReproNim Fellow Sook-Lei Lew, joined by ReproNim Faculty members David Kennedy and JB Poline. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA. September 29-30, 2023
  • ReproNim had strong representation at the INCF Neuroinformatics Assembly 2023! (virtual event, September 18-20, 2023). Both JB Poline and Maryann Martone led sessions in this year’s assembly, organized around the theme of ‘Transparency in FAIR neuroinformatics’ and were joined by several ReproNim faculty:
    • Session 1: A FAIR roadmap for knowledge graphs and ontologies
        JB Poline, (chair, speaker), Jeff Grethe (speaker), Fahim Imam (speaker)
    • Session 3: Streamlining Cross-Data Platform Integration: Processes and Solutions for Rapidly Developing an Integrated Workflow Across Independent Systems for the US BRAIN Initiative Cell Census
      • Maryann Martone (co-chair, speaker), Yaroslav Halchenko
  • This year’s Make Data Count (MDC) Summit: The Time is Now to Advance Data Metrics, Washington DC (September 12-13, 2023) included a presentation by ReproNim Faculty member JB Poline in the session on ‘Incorporating Data Metrics in Tenure & Promotion.’
  • Both David Kennedy and JB Poline participated as instructors in the Neurohackacademy summer school program in neuroimaging and data science, (hybrid event, August 7-18, 2023) based at the University of Washington eScience Institute, Seattle, WA
  • We are very excited about our third year of the ReproNim/INCF Training Fellowship
    • We also know that inquiring minds would like to know! We anticipate opening applications in January 2024 for our fourth year of the fellowship, with a start date in June, 2024
  • ReproNim faculty, affiliates and fellows all had a strong presence at the 2023 Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Annual Meeting, July 22-26, in Montreal, Canada
    • OHBM Conference, July 22-26, 2023
      • Venue: Palais de congress de Montreal, 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal, Canada
    • OHBM Educational Courses, Saturday, July 22, 2023 at the Palais de congress de Montreal, Montreal, Canada
      • Venue: Palais de congress de Montreal, 1001 Place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal, Canada
        • ReproNim Faculty Yaroslav Halchenko and ReproNim Affiliate Peer Herholz give presentations in the Educational Course on "Open and Reproducible Neuroimaging."
    • OHBM Brainhack 2023, July 19-21, 2023
      • Hybrid event: in person in Montreal, CN plus three virtual hubs
      • In-person: Maison Notman House, 51 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Canada
      • Virtual Hubs: Europe, the Middle East + Africa, Asia-Pacific
  • ReproNim faculty and colleagues lead neuroinformatics neuroimaging sessions in at the INCF Neuroinformatics Assembly (virtual meeting), September 12-16, 2022
  • Our own Yaroslav Halchenko, David Kennedy and Maryann Martone give presentations at the 7th Annual Big Data Neuroscience (BDN) Workshop at the University of Texas in Austin, September 15-16, 2022
  • ReproNim faculty and colleagues presented a half-day OHBM educational course on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in Glasgow, Scotland, called How to Write a Re-executable Publication.
  • ReproNim celebrates NIBIB-funded 5-year Center Grant Renewal
  • We are very excited about our third year of the ReproNim/INCF Training Fellowship.
    • A big Congratulations and Welcome to our new Fellows!
  • The 2022 ABCD-ReproNim Course provides training for reproducible analyses of big data, using the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (ABCD)data, in conjunction with instruction on ReproNim-endorsed methods and principles for reproducible data analysis. A supplemental module on Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning is also included.
    • Although the course is now completed, all lectures and course materials continue to be publicly available online:
  • ReproNim Office Hours Program Drop-In for virtual Office Hours on the First Thursday of each month at 1pm Eastern Time, or contact us anytime by email at info@repronim.org to schedule a session.
    • Do you have a reproducibility question, challenge or problem?
    • ReproNim faculty are available to provide support and guidance on implementation of reproducibility principles and technologies in your work.
    • Open to all levels of user, whether you are new to reproducibility methods or an established investigator.
    • Office Hours Drop-In Sessions at 1pm Eastern Time
      • Thursday December 1, 2022
      • Thursday November 3, 2022
      • Thursday October 6, 2022
      • Thursday September 1, 2022
    • Sessions are accessible via Gathertown meeting space:
      • If you are new to Gathertown you will be prompted to join (which involves creating a username and password) and an avatar will be created for you that allows you to navigate the space. Upon entering, look for 'ReproNim Dave' in the 'attendees' list on the left, and follow, find, or message him.
  • Join us for our new Fall Season! ReproNim Webinar Series, ‘First Fridays’ at 2pm, Eastern Time
    • Webinars are held on the first Friday of every month, from 2-3pm Eastern Time
    • Featured topics will include important efforts in reproducibility, from both ReproNim and others
    • Friday, December 2, 2022 at 2pm EST
    • Friday, November 4, 2022 at 2pm EDT
      • ReproNim Collaborator Mike Yassa, along with ReproNim faculty David Keator, join us from UCI for a discussion of Early life adversity and brain development: A case study in imaging insights and challenges.
      • Video Presentation is now available.
    • Friday, October 7, 2022 at 2pm EDT
      • We kick off the new academic year with a special presentation by ReproNim faculty member Maryann Martone (UCSD, INCF), Reflections on progress in open and FAIR neuroscience.
      • Video Presentation is now available.
  • Announcing the new ReproNim Webinar Series, 'First Fridays' at 2pm, Eastern Time
    • Join us on the first Friday of every month, from 2-3pm Eastern Time
    • Featured topics will include important efforts in reproducibility, from both ReproNim and others
    • Friday, January 3, 2020 at 2pm EST
      • ReproNim investigator Dorota Jarecka presents "Testing scientific workflows with Testkraken"
      • Both the Video Presentation and Slides are now available
    • Friday, December 6, at 2pm EST
      • ReproNim investigator Yaroslav Halchenko and colleagues present "Taking Control of your DICOM Data: ReproIn/Heudiconv Tools"
      • Both the Video Presentation and Slides are now available!
    • Friday, November 1, at 2pm EDT
      • Our own David Kennedy presents "State of the ReproNim: A High-Level Overview to Reproducibility in Neuroimaging Research"
      • Both the Video Presentation and Slides are now available!
    • Join us on the first Friday of every month, from 2-3pm Eastern Time
    • Featured topics will include important efforts in reproducibility, from both ReproNim and others
  • See you at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago, October 19-23, 2019!
  • ReproNim and SchizConnect - A Project-Centered Example of Containers and Semantic Markup (Agenda)
    • Session 1, Friday October 4, 2019, 2-3:30pm EDT 1.5 Hour Webinar with SchizConnect and ReproNim faculty
    • Session 2, Friday October 18, 2019, 9am-5pm CDT, Full day Workathon with SchizConnect and ReproNim faculty
  • A few highlights from IEEE eScience 2019 in San Diego, CA
  • ReproNim joins in a Reproducibility Colloquium at USC, September 23, 2019
  • Maryann Martone shares her expertise on "Harnessing the Power of Cloud Technology to Propel Neuroscience Research Forward" at the National Academies of Science Neuroscience Data in the Cloud Workshop September 24, 2019 in Washington, DC.
  • Great meeting at INCF NeuroInformatics 2019
  • ReproNim Activities at OHBM 2019 in Rome, Italy
    • Pre-OHBM Events
    • OHBM Conference Presentations, June 9-13, 2019
      • ReproHour Tutorials in Reproducibility, Open Science Room/ReproPub, Posters, Booth
  • Congratulations to our Inaugural 2019-2020 class of ReproNim/INCF Fellows!
  • ReproNim is launching a new Training Fellowship!
    • Gain conceptual and practical training in reproducible neuroimaging topics
    • Share expertise and expand your professional network for future collaborations
    • Establish mentorship ties for the next year with ReproNim faculty
    • Applications being accepted for 2019 Fellows until February 26, 2019
    • Program Announcement and Application here: Link
    • Sponsored jointly with the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Factility (INCF) Link
  • ReproNim Tools Currently Featured on the Big Data U's website! Link
  • Society for Neuroscience Events:
    • SfN Neuroinformatics Social, Tuesday November 6, 2018. Link
    • SfN Workshop FAIR Neuroscience: Sharing and Collaborating for Reproducible Neuroscience, November 5, 2018. Link
    • SfN Worskhop How a Journal Handles Your Paper, including Reproducibility Issues, November 4, 2018. Link
    • Reproducible NeuroImaging Training November 2-3, 2018, before SfN: Link
  • 5 Steps to Reproducible Neuroimaging Draft here
  • Reproducible NeuroImaging Training November 2-3, 2018 before SFN: Link
  • OHBM Hackathon TrainTrack: Link
  • OHBM Sunday All-day Hands-On Training Course in Reproducible Neuroimaging: Link
  • ReproNim Activities at OHBM 2018 in Singapore: Link
  • Slides from the SOBP 2018 symposium Reproducibility in Psychiatric Neuroimaging: Big Data for Big Problems posted here: Link
  • There will be a Reproducible Neuroimaging Training Workshop held just prior to the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Washington DC, November 10-11, 2017. See https://tinyurl.com/repronim-sfn17 for more details