2026 Schedule
Week 1
Monday
9:00am
Welcome to the NeuroHackademy!
Noah C. Benson
Ariel Rokem
10:00am
Coffee Break
10:30am
Reproducibility in Cognitive Neuroscience: What is the Problem?
Russell Poldrack
12:00pm
Lunch
1:30pm
(1) Intro to Python
—OR—
(2) Designing Libraries in Python
(1) Kelly Chang
(2) Ariel Rokem
3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:30pm
Big Data, Small Data: Considerations for Modeling and Inference in Neuroimaging
John Van Horn
5:00pm
Welcome Reception and Dinner
Tuesday
9:00am
AI-assisted Programming
Russell Poldrack
10:00am
Coffee Break
10:30am
Week-1 Group Projects: Introduction
Noah C. Benson
Ariel Rokem
12:00pm
Lunch
1:30pm
(1) Introduction to Git and GitHub
—OR—
(2) Collaboration using Git
(1) Noah C. Benson
(2) Ariel Rokem
3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:30pm
Processing Neuroimaging Data: Analytical Flexibility Curse and Blessing and the Nipoppy Proposal
J. B. Poline
Wednesday
9:00am
Week 1 Group Projects: Work Time
Noah C. Benson
Ariel Rokem
10:00am
Coffee Break
10:30am
How to Be an Academic Scientist
Kendrick Kay
12:00pm
Lunch
1:30pm
(1) Machine Learning in Python
—OR—
(2) Deep Learning in Pytorch
(1) Ariel Rokem
(2) Noah C. Benson
3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:30pm
(1) Week 1 Group Projects: Work Time
—OR—
(2) Center for Human Neuroscience visit
(2) John Pyles
Thursday
9:00am
Building a Brain Map: Ethical Issues on the Frontier of Neuroscience
Timothy Brown
10:00am
Coffee Break
10:30am
Overview of a Diffusion Imaging Pipeline Using DIPY
Serge Koudoro
12:00pm
Lunch
1:30pm
Studying Human Functional Brain Networks: Two Paths to Reliability
Caterina Gratton
3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:30pm
Panel Discussion: Careers in Neuroimaging and Data Science
5:00pm
Networking and Pizza
Friday
9:00am
Dataset Showcase
Noah C. Benson
Ariel Rokem
10:00am
Coffee Break
10:30am
Learning with Nilearn: Statistical Learning, Machine Learning, and Alignment Applications in fMRI
Elizabeth DuPre
12:00pm
Lunch
1:30pm
(1) Python Ecosystem Control with uv
—OR—
(2) GitHub Actions
(1) Don Setiawan
(2) Serge Koudoro
3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:30pm
Good Practices in Developing Neuroimaging Biomarkers Based on Machine Learning Models
Wani Woo
Week 2
Monday
9:00am
Hackathon Pitches
10:00am
Coffee Break
12:00pm
Lunch
3:00pm
Coffee Break
Tuesday
9:00am
Stand-up
10:00am
Coffee Break
12:00pm
Lunch
3:00pm
Coffee Break
Wednesday
9:00am
Stand-up
10:00am
Coffee Break
12:00pm
Lunch
1:30pm
Lightning talks
3:00pm
Coffee Break
Thursday
9:00am
Stand-up
10:00am
Coffee Break
12:00pm
Lunch
3:00pm
Coffee Break
Friday
10:00am
Coffee Break
12:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm
Final Project Presentations
3:00pm
Coffee Break
3:30pm
Final Project Presentations
