Brainhack: a collaborative workshop for the open neuroscience community

R Cameron Craddock¹, Daniel S Margulies², Pierre Bellec³, B Nolan Nichols⁴, Sarael Alcauter⁵, Fernando A Barrios⁵, Yves Burnod⁶, Christopher J Cannistraci⁷, Julien Cohen-Adad⁸, Benjamin De Leener⁹, Sebastien Dery¹⁰, Jonathan Downar¹¹, Katharine Dunlop¹², Alexandre R Franco¹³, Caroline Seligman Froehlich¹⁴, Andrew J Gerber¹⁵, Satrajit S Ghosh¹⁶, Thomas J Grabowski¹⁷, Sean Hill¹⁸, Anibal Sólon Heinsfeld¹⁹, R Matthew Hutchison²⁰, Prantik Kundu²¹, Angela R Laird²², Sook-Lei Liew²³, Daniel J Lurie²⁴, Donald G McLaren²⁵, Felipe Meneguzzi¹⁹, Maarten Mennes²⁶, Salma Mesmoudi²⁷, David O'Connor²⁸, Erick H Pasaye⁵, Scott Peltier²⁹, Jean-Baptiste Poline³⁰, Gautam Prasad³¹, Ramon Fraga Pereira¹⁹, Pierre-Olivier Quirion³², Ariel Rokem³³, Ziad S Saad³⁴, Yonggang Shi³¹, Stephen C Strother³⁵, Roberto Toro³⁶, Lucina Q Uddin³⁷, John D Van Horn³⁸, John W Van Meter³⁹, Robert C Welsh⁴⁰, Ting Xu²⁸

Affiliations

¹ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Computational Neuroimaging Lab, Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, 10962 USA ; Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, New York, 10022 USA.
² The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Max Planck Research Group for Neuroanatomy & Connectivity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, 04103 Germany.
³ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3W 1W5, Canada ; Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3W 1W5, Canada.
⁴ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, 94025 USA ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305 USA.
⁵ Instituto De Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, 76203 México.
⁶ Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Paris, 75005 France ; Institut des Systèmes Complexes de Paris-Île-de-France, Paris, 75013 France.
⁷ Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029 USA.
⁸ Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3W 1W5, Canada ; Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada.
⁹ Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada.
¹⁰ McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada.
¹¹ MRI-Guided rTMS Clinic, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada ; Department of Psychiatry, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada ; Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
¹² MRI-Guided rTMS Clinic, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada ; Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
¹³ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Faculdade de Engenharia, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, 90619 Brazil ; Instituto do Cérebro do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, 90610 Brazil ; Faculdade de Medicina, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, 90619 Brazil.
¹⁴ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Computational Neuroimaging Lab, Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, 10962 USA.
¹⁵ New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, 10032 USA ; Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032 USA.
¹⁶ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139 USA ; Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 USA.
¹⁷ Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98105 USA ; Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98105 USA.
¹⁸ International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility, Stockholm, 171 77 Sweden ; Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77 Sweden.
¹⁹ Faculdade de Informática, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, 90619 Brazil.
²⁰ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138 USA.
²¹ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029 USA.
²² Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 33199 USA.
²³ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Division of Physical Therapy and Biokinesiology, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90033 USA ; USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Canada, 90033 USA.
²⁴ Department of Psychology,, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA.
²⁵ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Biospective, Inc., Montréal,, Québec H4P 1K6, Canada ; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA.
²⁶ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, 6525 EN The Netherlands.
²⁷ Institut des Systèmes Complexes de Paris-Île-de-France, Paris, 75013 France ; Sorbonne Universités, Paris-1 Université, Equipement d'Excellence MATRICE, Paris, 75005, France.
²⁸ Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, New York, 10022 USA.
²⁹ Functional MRI Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109 USA.
³⁰ Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA ; Henry H. Wheeler Jr. Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94709 USA.
³¹ Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90033 USA.
³² Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3W 1W5, Canada.
³³ The University of Washington eScience Institute, Seattle, Washington, 98195 USA.
³⁴ Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892 USA.
³⁵ Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada ; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada ; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
³⁶ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015 France ; Unité Mixte de Recherche 3571, Genes, Synapses and Cognition, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015 France.
³⁷ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 33124 USA ; Neuroscience Program, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136 USA.
³⁸ USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Canada, 90033 USA.
³⁹ Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington,, 20007 DC USA.
⁴⁰ Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109 USA ; Department of Radiology,, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109 USA.

PMID: 27042293
PMCID: PMC4818387
DOI: 10.1186/s13742-016-0121-x

Review

Brainhack: a collaborative workshop for the open neuroscience community

R Cameron Craddock et al. Gigascience. 2016.

. 2016 Mar 31:5:16.

doi: 10.1186/s13742-016-0121-x. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Computational Neuroimaging Lab, Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, 10962 USA ; Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, New York, 10022 USA.
² The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Max Planck Research Group for Neuroanatomy & Connectivity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, 04103 Germany.
³ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3W 1W5, Canada ; Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3W 1W5, Canada.
⁴ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Center for Health Sciences, SRI International, Menlo Park, California, 94025 USA ; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305 USA.
⁵ Instituto De Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, 76203 México.
⁶ Laboratoire d'Imagerie Biomédicale, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, Paris, 75005 France ; Institut des Systèmes Complexes de Paris-Île-de-France, Paris, 75013 France.
⁷ Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029 USA.
⁸ Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3W 1W5, Canada ; Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada.
⁹ Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada.
¹⁰ McConnell Brain Imaging Center, Montreal Neurological Institute, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada.
¹¹ MRI-Guided rTMS Clinic, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada ; Department of Psychiatry, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada ; Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
¹² MRI-Guided rTMS Clinic, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada ; Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada.
¹³ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Faculdade de Engenharia, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, 90619 Brazil ; Instituto do Cérebro do Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, 90610 Brazil ; Faculdade de Medicina, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, 90619 Brazil.
¹⁴ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Computational Neuroimaging Lab, Center for Biomedical Imaging and Neuromodulation, Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, 10962 USA.
¹⁵ New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, 10032 USA ; Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, New York, 10032 USA.
¹⁶ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139 USA ; Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 USA.
¹⁷ Department of Radiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98105 USA ; Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98105 USA.
¹⁸ International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility, Stockholm, 171 77 Sweden ; Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 171 77 Sweden.
¹⁹ Faculdade de Informática, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, 90619 Brazil.
²⁰ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138 USA.
²¹ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Translational and Molecular Imaging Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, 10029 USA.
²² Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, 33199 USA.
²³ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Division of Physical Therapy and Biokinesiology, Department of Neurology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90033 USA ; USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Canada, 90033 USA.
²⁴ Department of Psychology,, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA.
²⁵ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Biospective, Inc., Montréal,, Québec H4P 1K6, Canada ; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, USA.
²⁶ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen, 6525 EN The Netherlands.
²⁷ Institut des Systèmes Complexes de Paris-Île-de-France, Paris, 75013 France ; Sorbonne Universités, Paris-1 Université, Equipement d'Excellence MATRICE, Paris, 75005, France.
²⁸ Center for the Developing Brain, Child Mind Institute, New York, New York, 10022 USA.
²⁹ Functional MRI Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109 USA.
³⁰ Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94720 USA ; Henry H. Wheeler Jr. Brain Imaging Center, University of California, Berkeley, California, 94709 USA.
³¹ Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 90033 USA.
³² Functional Neuroimaging Unit, Centre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3W 1W5, Canada.
³³ The University of Washington eScience Institute, Seattle, Washington, 98195 USA.
³⁴ Scientific and Statistical Computing Core, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892 USA.
³⁵ Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada ; Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada ; Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7, Canada.
³⁶ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Human Genetics and Cognitive Functions Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015 France ; Unité Mixte de Recherche 3571, Genes, Synapses and Cognition, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 75015 France.
³⁷ The Neuro Bureau, Leipzig, 04317 Germany ; Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 33124 USA ; Neuroscience Program, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, 33136 USA.
³⁸ USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Canada, 90033 USA.
³⁹ Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington,, 20007 DC USA.
⁴⁰ Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109 USA ; Department of Radiology,, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109 USA.

PMID: 27042293
PMCID: PMC4818387
DOI: 10.1186/s13742-016-0121-x

Abstract

Brainhack events offer a novel workshop format with participant-generated content that caters to the rapidly growing open neuroscience community. Including components from hackathons and unconferences, as well as parallel educational sessions, Brainhack fosters novel collaborations around the interests of its attendees. Here we provide an overview of its structure, past events, and example projects. Additionally, we outline current innovations such as regional events and post-conference publications. Through introducing Brainhack to the wider neuroscience community, we hope to provide a unique conference format that promotes the features of collaborative, open science.

Keywords: Collaboration; Data sharing; Hackathon; Networking; Neuroscience; Open science; Unconference.

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Brainhack [1] is composed of various organizational features from ‘unconferences’ and ‘hackathons,’ and includes a variety of scheduling components to encourage collaboration and introduction to open science methods

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References

1. Brainhack web page. http://www.brainhack.org. Accessed: 21 Dec 2015.
1. GigaScience web page. http://www.gigasciencejournal.com/. Accessed: 21 Dec 2015.
1. Brainhack Proceedings call for submissions. http://brainhack.org/proceedings. Accessed: 21 Dec 2015.
1. Brainhack Thematic Series call for submissions. http://www.brainhack.org/series. Accessed: 21 Dec 2015.
1. Inscapes video on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/67962604. Accessed: 21 Dec 2015.

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