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Message from the Director
Welcome everyone to the first newsletter of 2016. As I write this we hear that INCF has been accepted again as a mentoring organisation in the Google Summer of Code program. Each year many neuroinformatics software projects mentor GSoC students under our umbrella. We are excited to be participating again.
You are invited to Tokyo in May where we will welcome participants from across the INCF international network to the 14th Nodes workshop, hosted this time in Tokyo by the INCF Japan Node. The focus of the Nodes program is on developing international collaboration between INCF Nodes and it promises to be an inspiring and fruitful scientific event.
Preparations are underway for the 2016 Neuroinformatics Congress to be held in Reading, in September in collaboration with the INCF UK Node. An exciting program featuring themes of neuroimaging, computational neuroscience, brain disorders and normal development, has been developed by the Program Committee chaired by Prof. Alan Evans, McGill. The day after Congress, there is an opportunity to explore nearby sites of historic interest. Abstract submission is now open. Hope to see you there!
INCF Scientific Director, Sean Hill, stepped down from his position at the start of this year but continues to work with INCF in the role of Advisor. Thanks to Sean for all his work as an INCF Director! We look forward to continuing to benefit from his expertise in his new role.
The INCF Secretariat wishes you a happy spring/autumn, depending where you are in the world!
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INCF is rebuilding with community focus
After a decade of INCF activity, this spring marks the start of INCF's third phase with changes big and small, and our community in focus. The INCF Programs transition to a new agile and dynamic structure based on Strategic Action Areas (SAAs), with a new model of broad community engagement implemented via Special Interest Groups (SIGs).
Soon the new INCF website will be unveiled, and later this spring we will provide a global platform for collaboration within and between interest groups and our wider community. Later this year it will be possible to apply for seed funding for projects with outcomes that benefit the neuroscience community.
Training and education is a strategic priority in INCF’s third phase. We are planning an online resource linking world-class neuroinformatics training content. Seed funding will be available to encourage content creation.
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Welcome to Nodes Workshop in Japan!
This year's INCF Nodes workshop is organized together with our Japan Node. It is open to the wider scientific community, and will be held back-to-back with J-Node's yearly Advances in neuroinformatics meeting, AINI 2016, at RIKEN, on May 28-29.
The Nodes Workshop will be focused on networking, with a special session on Asian and Pacific neuroinformatics. Joint poster and demo sessions will be held on both days. Abstracts can be submitted until April 4.
More info & free registration: www.neuroinf.jp/aini2016
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INCF mentors Google Summer of Code
INCF is participating as a mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code, a program where university students are paid to spend the summer developing code for open source projects. Do you know students with coding experience and an interest in tools for neuroscience? Direct them to our project ideas on incf.org/gsoc/2016. Applications open March 14. |
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Join us in Reading for NI2016!
INCF is holding its 9th Neuroinformatics Congress in Reading, UK on September 3-4 September, in collaboration with the INCF UK Node. An exciting program featuring themes of neuroimaging, computational neuroscience, brain disorders and normal development, has been developed by the Program Committee chaired by Prof. Alan Evans, McGill.
New for this year is the possibility to apply for a 20 minute investigator presentation. These presentations will be selected by the Program Committee from the submitted abstracts, with priority given to presentations within the meeting's eight subject tracks. Submission deadline is April 30. More info: neuroinformatics2016.org/abstracts
The day after Congress, organized tours offer an opportunity to explore nearby sites of interest such as Windsor castle, home of the Queen’s family, or pre-historic Stonehenge where a subterranean ‘Superhenge’ was recently discovered. More info: neuroinformatics2016.org/program/socials |
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