NeuroDataReHack 2022

NeuroDataReHack 2022

October 03, 2022 - October 5, 2022

The Allen Institute, Seattle, WA, USA

Hackathon

Summary

A three-day event at the Allen Institute focused on generating new insights from existing neurophysiology data through secondary analysis, teaching attendees about open neurophysiology datasets available on the DANDI Archive.

Dates and Location

  • Dates: October 3-5, 2022
  • Location: The Allen Institute - 615 Westlake Ave N, Seattle, WA USA 98109

Objective

The DANDI Archive now has 89+ neurophysiology datasets in the NWB format spanning many different species, brain areas, task types, and imaging modalities. It is now time for us to shift our focus to reanalyzing these datasets.

In this workshop, we taught attendees about the open neurophysiology datasets available on the DANDI Archive and trained them on how to maximally utilize the archive and the NWB standard to incorporate existing data into their scientific workflows. This was the first event of its type for NWB, so the team also learned about how to facilitate data reuse in the neuroscience community.

Schedule

Day 0: Thurs, Sept 29: NWB and DANDI Data Showcase (online)

  • 9 - 9:30am - Data blitz (1 min presentations)
  • 9:30 - 11am - Poster session in Gather Town
  • 11 - 11:30am - Introduction to NWB: Scope, APIs, tools
  • 11:30 - 12pm - Introduction to DANDI: Scope, web interface, downloading data, DANDI Hub
  • 12 - 12:30pm - Introduction to OpenScope: Scope, available datasets, high-level tour of existing analysis notebooks

Day 1: Monday, Oct 3: Advanced core training

  • 9 - 9:15am - Meet and greet
  • 9:15 - 9:45am - Introduction to event: Goals, schedule, Kavli funding opportunities
  • 9:45 - 10:15am - Round table discussion of project plans (2 minutes each)
  • 10:15 - 11am - Hack and discuss
  • 11 - 12pm - Advanced DANDI queries
  • 12 - 1pm - Lunch
  • 1 - 2pm - DANDI Hub: ros3, nwbwidgets, analysis, example-notebooks repo
  • 2 - 3pm - OpenScope in-depth presentation of analysis notebooks
  • 3 - 5pm - Hacking

Day 2: Tuesday, Oct 4: Hacking with breakouts

Hacking all day with breakout sessions.

Day 3: Wednesday Oct 5: Hacking and final presentations

  • 3 - 4pm - Final project presentations (5 minutes each)
  • 4 - 5pm - Feedback for organizers round table discussion

Resources

Talks

Recordings of talks were made available on the NWB Youtube channel.

What to bring?

  • Create the outline for your project at the hackathon.
  • Bring your laptop with appropriate software installed. For instructions on how to install PyNWB, see the PyNWB documentation. For instructions on how to install MatNWB, see the MatNWB documentation

Additional Organizational Support

  • The Kavli Foundation
  • The Allen Institute

Event Details

Date & Time

October 3, 2022 - October 5, 2022

Location

The Allen Institute, Seattle, WA, USA

Event Type

Hackathon

Organizers

  • Ben Dichter
  • Oliver Rübel
  • Satrjit Ghosh
  • Jerome Lecoq
  • Stephanie Albin

Registration

Registration is now closed.