Workshop Overview
Day 1 – Wednesday, August 16 (full day), Synthesis of Existing Approaches
9:00-9:45am: Introduction of workshop objectives, scope, format
10:15am-noon: Short “Kick-off” talks on computational challenges in cognitive neuroscience
noon-1:30pm: Lunch (provided)
1:30-3:00pm: “Kick-off” talks, continued
3:30-5:00pm: Talks on analytical methods and computational design
Evening: Group Dinner in Madison
Day 2 – Thursday, August 17 (full day), Working Group
9:00-10:15am: Talks on scalable computational infrastructure and opportunities
10:30-noon: Group discussion to define factors that classify major computational research methods
noon-1:30pm: Lunch (provided)
1:30-3:00pm: Breakout groups to document factors of each class of methods
3:30-5:00pm: Regroup around scalable infrastructure opportunities for each method class
Evening: Dinner on your own
Day 3 – Friday, August 18 (half day), Culmination of Workshop Findings
9:00am-11:30am: Summarize Day 2; plan for dissemination of findings, integration with CogSci18
Noon: END (Box Lunch)
Detailed Agenda
August 16 Day 1: Perspectives on Neuroscience Methods
8:00-9:00am BREAKFAST (provided)
(shuttle from hotel)
9:00-9:35am Welcome and Introductions
9:40-10:00am NSF Perspective from William Miller
10:05-10:25am Neuroscience Perspective: Tim Rogers
10:30-10:50am Neuroscience Perspective: Caterina Stamoulis
10:55-11:10am BREAK
11:10-11:30am Neuroscience Perspective: Russ Poldrack (virtual)
11:35-11:55am Neuroscience Perspective: Alex Huth
12:00-1:00pm LUNCH (provided)
1:00-1:20pm Neuroscience Perspective: Ingrid Johnsrude/Ali Khan
1:25-1:45pm Neuroscience Perspective: Demba Ba
1:50-1:55pm Transition to Methods Perspectives
2:00-2:20pm Methods Perspective: Francisco Perreira
2:25-2:45pm Methods Perspective: Ken Norman
2:50-3:10pm Methods Perspective: Irina Rish
3:15-3:30pm BREAK
3:30-3:50pm Methods Perspective: Don Krieger
3:55-4:15pm Methods Perspective: Diego Silva
4:20-4:40pm Methods Perspective: Srikantan Nagarajan
4:45-5:00pm Day 1 Wrap-up
(shuttle to hotel)
6:30-8:30pm DINNER (provided), Great Dane Pub, 123 E. Doty St
August 17 Day 2: Scalable Compute Infrastructure for Neuroscience Methods
8:00-9:00am BREAKFAST (provided)
(shuttle from hotel)
9:00-9:10am Day 2 Kickoff/Overview
9:10-9:30am Report from the NeuroStorm Workshop, Daniel Tward
9:35-9:55am Infrastructure: High Throughput Computing, Lauren Michael
10:00-10:20am Infrastructure: MPI, Greg Hood
10:20-10:35am BREAK
10:35-10:55am Infrastructure: GPU and Microprocessors, Greg Hood
11:00-11:20am Infrastructure: Neuroscience Gateway, Amit Majumdar
11:25-11:45am Infrastructure: MapReduce/Ava, Jignesh Patel
11:50-12:00pm Infrastructure Summary
12:00-1:00pm LUNCH (provided)
1:00-1:10pm Overview of Afternoon Breakout Objectives
1:15-1:25pm Intro: Categories of Cognitive Neuroscience Methods
1:25-1:50pm Breakout Groups
1:50-2:15pm Report Back
2:20-2:30pm Intro: Computational Factors and Scaling
2:30-2:55pm Breakout Groups
2:55-3:20pm Report Back
3:20-3:35pm BREAK
3:35-3:45pm Intro: Scalable Infrastructure Matching
3:45-4:10pm Breakout Groups
4:10-4:35pm Report Back
4:40-5:00pm Day 2 Wrap-up
(shuttle to hotel)
August 18 Day 3: Dissemination and Workshop 2 (2018)
8:00-9:00am BREAKFAST (provided)
(shuttle from hotel)
9:00-9:10am Day 3 Kickoff/Overview
9:10-9:20am Intro: Workforce Preparation/Training
9:20-9:50am Breakout Groups
9:50-10:15am Report Back
10:15-10:30am BREAK
10:30-10:55am Dissemination Overview, Lauren Michael
10:45-11:00am Dissemination at CogSci18, Tim Rogers
11:00-11:20am Training Plan/Contributions, Chris Cox/Lauren Michael
11:20-11:45am White Paper Plan/Contributions
11:45-12:00pm Wrap-up
12:00-1:00pm BOX LUNCH (provided)