Registration now open. Talks and hackathon free and open to all.
Pizza + coffee will be provided.

Bringing neuroscientists and data scientists together through presentations, tutorials, and collaborations.

APRIL 10

@ NEW MUSEUM

5 - 6pm

6 - 10pm

Mingling

Talks

6.00-7.00
Adam Packer (UCL)
Eiman Azim (Columbia)
Randal Burns (Johns Hopkins)

7.30-8.15
Paco Nathan (Databricks)
Eliza Chang (The Data Incubator)
Michael Dewar (NYT)

8.45-9.30
Hilary Parker (Etsy)
Brenden Lake (NYU)
Olga Botvinnik (UCSD)

9.30-10.00
Tony Movshon (NYU)
Eve Marder (Brandeis)
Larry Abbott (Columbia)

10 - 11pm

Drinks

APRIL 11

@ NEW INC

10 - 11am

11am - 10pm

Caffeine

Coding

Two tracks = something for everyone! Tutorials provide entry points for those getting started. Hackathons dive deep into focused projects. Data will be made available, along with code and repos on github.


TUTORIALS

GitGoing (11am-1pm)
using and contributing to open source software
repo     chat

Spark (2-4pm)
introduction to large-scale analytics using Apache Spark

CloudReady (5-6pm)
a tutorial on how to host and visualize data on the web


HACKATHONS

NeuroFinder
a competition for finding neurons in imaging data
site     datasets     chat

Bring your own data (BYOD)
and create the coolest
analysis or visualization
repo     chat


Come hack with us!


Organized by Jeremy Freeman
Nicholas Sofroniew, Michael Broxton,
Logan Grosenick, Matt Conlen,
and Jeff Hammerbacher
Hosted by HHMI Janelia
Additional support from