INCF Workshops

Each workshop usually has about 15 invited participants, selected on the basis of their expertise in the particular emphasis of the workshop. INCF National Nodes may send observers. Each workshop delivers a formal report on current activities and recommendations to serve as the basis for further activities initiated by the INCF. The workshop and report may lead to the launch of a INCF Program to provide related products, services, standards, and guidelines.

Upcoming Workshops

• Title: 3rd INCF Workshop on Node Communication and Collaborative Neuroinformatics
  Goal: This workshop will build on the results and discussions of the previous Nodes workshop that was held in Sigtuna in April, 2010. We meet at the Kobe Convention Center at 13:30. Following the afternoon schedule, there will be a dinner arranged to allow for continued discussions.
  

  Kobe, Japan, August 29, 2010

Past Workshops

• Title: 2nd INCF Workshop on Node Communication and Collaborative Neuroinformatics
  Theme: What can the National Nodes contribute to INCF? How can the INCF Secretariat support the National Nodes?

  This workshop put emphasis on INCF Node interactions, achievements, and future developments. In addition, there were presentations of INCF advances, such as the INCF products Multisimulation Coordinator (MUSIC), that allows for interoperability between different simulators, and Waxholm Space (WHS), a spatial reference system allowing transformation between different types of digital atlases.
  Sigtuna (Stockholm), Sweden, April 2010

• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Neuroinformatics in Genetic Animal Models for Brain Diseases
  Goal: The main theme is to discuss the use and benefits of applying neuroinformatics at each step of building, evaluating and using genetic animal models for human brain diseases. Participants include both neuroinformaticians and experimentalists, with representatives from the mouse/rodent, fly, zebrafish and non-human primate research communities.
  Stockholm, Sweden, December 2009
  
  

• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Time-Series Data: Analysis and Management
  Goal: Given the tremendous technical progress in the acquisition of electrophysiological and other time series data, there is growing need for new and advanced methods to analyze, manage, and share these data. This workshop focused on the exploration of existing and upcoming standards, including data formats and best practices. It sought to identify challenges and discuss possible solutions, and will provide a report with recommendations to the INCF.
  Stockholm, Sweden, December 2008
  
  
• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Node Communication and Collaborative Neuroinformatics
  Goal: Communication between the National Nodes and the Secretariat is crucial for the development of a global INCF network. Established channels and routines for interaction among the National Nodes will facilitate activities in the network. The workshop examined communication among the Nodes, as well as coordination between the Nodes and the Secretariat.
  Varenna, Italy, October 2008
  
  

• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Training in Neuroinformatics
  Goal: The scope of the workshop was to provide an overview of the current state of neuroinformatics training and to make recommendations for future training provisions.
  Edinburgh, UK, July 2008
  Report: Willshaw, David. Workshop report: "1st INCF Workshop on Needs for Training in Neuroinformatics"
  Download Workshop Report, also available from Nature Precedings (2008).
  
  

• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Sustainability for Neuroscience Databases
  Goal: The goal of this meeting was to discuss issues related to sustainability of neuroscience databases, to identify problems, to discuss solutions or approaches to these problems, and to formulate recommendations to the INCF.
  Stockholm, Sweden, December 2007
  Report: Van Horn, Jack and van Pelt, Jaap. Workshop report: "1st INCF Workshop on Sustainability for Neuroscience Databases".
  Download Workshop Report, also available from Nature Precedings (2008).
  
  
• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Neuroanatomical Nomenclature and Taxonomy
  Goal: The goal of this meeting was to agree on a general strategy for developing a systematic, useful, and scientifically appropriate framework for neuroanatomical nomenclature.
  Stockholm, Sweden, September 2007
  Report: Bota, Mihail and Swanson, Larry. Workshop report: "1st INCF Workshop on Neuroanatomical Nomenclature and Taxonomy".
  Download Workshop Report, also available from Nature Precedings (2008).
  
  

• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Global Portal Services for Neuroscience
  Goal: The goal of this meeting was to map out existing portal services for neuroscience, identify their features and future plans, and outline opportunities for synergistic developments.
  Stockholm, Sweden, September 2007
  Report: Van Pelt, Jaap and Shepherd, Gordon. Workshop report: "1st INCF Workshop on Global Portal Services for Neuroscience".
  Download Workshop Report, also available from Nature Precedings (2008).
  
  
• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Neuroimaging Database Integration
  Goal: The goal of this meeting was to map existing neuroimaging databases, particularly databases containing primary data, and to identify mechanisms that could facilitate integrated use of such databases, including possible fusion of databases.
  Stockholm, Sweden, August 2007
  Report: Forsberg, Lars and Roland, Per. Workshop report: "1st INCF Workshop on NeuroImaging Database Integration".
  Download Workshop Report, also available from Nature Precedings (2008).
  
  

• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Mouse and Rat Brain Digital Atlasing Systems
  Goal: The goal of this meeting was to survey current activities and plans related to development of mouse and rat brain digital atlasing systems.
  Stockholm, Sweden, February 2007
  Report: Boline, Jyl, Hawrylycz, Michael, and Williams, Robert. Workshop report: "1st INCF Workshop on Mouse and Rat Brain Digital Atlasing Systems".
  Download Workshop Report, also available from Nature Precedings (2007).
  
  

• Title: 1st INCF Workshop on Large-Scale Modeling of the Nervous System
  Goal: The goal of this workshop was to survey current demands and ongoing activities and plans relating to development of tools for scalable neural network simulations.
  Stockholm, Sweden, December 2006
  Report: Djurfeldt, Mikael and Lansner, Anders. "Workshop report: 1st INCF Workshop on Large-Scale Modeling of the Nervous System".
  Download Workshop Report ,also available from Nature Precedings (2007).