TRIUMPH at MDACC or UT Medical School 

TRIUMPH (Translational Research in Multi-Disciplinary Program) Post-docs  is a new post-doctoral program ( http://www.mdanderson.org/prof_education/triumph) that will provide training in clinical and translational research.  The immediate goal of this program is to recruit talented, productive, well trained PhDs and train them through didactic course work as well as clinical rotations and a unique mentorship to pursue clinical and/or translational research.  A long term goal of this program is to produce scientists who can be paired with suitable physician scientists to co-PI a research laboratory.  This is a 3 year training program where  the post-docs will take a series of didactic clinical course work offered at either Graduate School for Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), MDACC or UT Medical School, participate in 5 different clinical rotations, while pursuing research in a translational research laboratory.   The expectation for the post-docs is that by the end of their 3 year training, they will have become fluent in the understanding of intricacies of translational research and have published in high tier journals. This program will also award a certificate from the University of Texas, GSBS.  The eligibility requirements include the following 1) Ph.D. from a top US graduate school programs in any of the life sciences, 2) high tier publications and 3) dedication to pursue cancer research.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Cheers

Khandan

______________________________________________________
Khandan Keyomarsi, PhD
Hubert L. and Olive Stringer Professor in Medical Oncology
Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology
Unit 66
University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, Texas 77030

713-792-4845
713-794-5369 (FAX)
kkeyomar@mdanderson.org
http://www.esi-topics.com/breast-cancer/interviews/dr-khandan-keyomarsi.html
http://gsbs.uth.tmc.edu/tutorial/keyomarsi.html
http://www.mdanderson.org/prof_education/triumph

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CLINICAL NEUROANATOMY

May 25-27, 2011

Palermo, Sicily

We're pleased to invite you to attend to the first meeting of the INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF CLINICAL NEUROANATOMY to be held May 25-27, 2011 in Palermo, Sicily.
The meeting is dedicated to the clinical neuroanatomy of the Frontal Lobes.

Keynote speakers include Donald Stuss, Michael Petrides, Geraint Rees, Michael Kopelman, Mark Richardson and Marco Catani

Topics cover comparative anatomy, cytoarchitectonic maps, connectional anatomy, executive functions, intra-operative mapping, consciousness, fronto-temporal dementia, motor neuron disease, traumatic brain injury, memory and confabulation, neuropsychological testing, virtual tractography dissections and epilepsy.

A hands-on workshop on diffusion tensor imaging tractography will be run in parallel.

Deadline for registration and abstract submission is 15 April 2011.

For further information please visit our website http://www.isocn.eu

We look forward to seeing you in Sicily!

On behalf of the program committee.

Michel 

Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, PhD
NATBRAINLAB
ANR-CAFORPFC/ANR-HMTC
CRICM-INSERM UMRS 975
Pavillon de l'Enfance et l'Adolescence
47 Bd de l'Hôpital
75651 Paris Cedex 13, France

http://www.isocn.com
http://www.natbrainlab.com

Lesion analysis workshop

27th of May 2011

Tuebingen, Germany

The workshop will provide an overview on the background, rationale and methods of modern lesion analysis as well as a demonstration of their practical application. At the end of the workshop, participants should be able to independently conduct modern lesion analyses.

Further information including program and registration form can be found on:
Lesion Analysis Workshop 

Universitätsklinikum Tübingen

Neurologische Klinik
Zentrum für Neurologie
Neurologische Klinik und Hertie-Institut für klinische Hirnforschung
 

Lesion Analysis Workshop Theory and practical application of modern statistical lesion analysis

Modern lesion analysis - general rationale and background (Hans-Otto Karnath)
Normalisation of MRI images in stroke patients (Bianca de Haan)
Statistical procedures in modern lesion analysis (Bianca de Haan)
Application of modern lesion analyses techniques to scientific questions (Hans-Otto Karnath)
Practical demonstration of normalisation and statistical lesion analysis in SPM and MRIcron (Bianca de Haan)

2011 FSL & FreeSurfer Course

June 20-24
Montreal, Canada

We are pleased to announce the 2011 FSL & FreeSurfer Course, to be held in 
Montreal, Canada. It will run immediately before the Human Brain Mapping 
conference, which will be in Quebec City, a short plane/train/road journey from 
Montreal.

The intensive course covers both the theory and practice of functional and 
structural brain image analysis. Background concepts and the practicalities of 
analyses are taught in detailed lectures; these are interleaved with hands-on 
practical sessions where attendees learn how to carry out analysis for 
themselves on real data, with one computer provided for every two attendees. 
After completing the course, attendees should be able to analyse their own FMRI 
and MRI data sets.

The course lasts 5 days, from June 20-24.

  Numbers of attendees are strictly limited and are available on a 
first-come-first-served basis.

For full information and to register for the course, please go to:

http://www.fmrib.ox.ac.uk/fslcourse/montreal2011.html

Regards, course organisers.

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION IN FMRI LABORATORY
Center for Cognitive Neuroscience of Duke University
Postdoctoral position available in the laboratory of Roberto Cabeza
(www.cabezalab.org) at the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience of Duke
University (www.mind.duke.edu). fMRI scanning is conducted at the
nearby Brain Imaging and Analysis Center (www.biac.duke.edu). Research
will focus on the neural mechanisms of memory (e.g., relational
memory, emotional memory, memory development). Within this general
topic, the postdoctoral researcher will design her/his own studies.
The position includes RA support and collaborations with graduate
students and faculty at CCN and BIAC. The ideal candidate will have
several of the following qualifications: (1) background in episodic
memory research; (2) experience in fMRI methods; (3) programming
skills; (4) expertise in statistics; and (5) a promising publication
record. Send a statement of research interests and a CV to
cabeza@duke.edu. Please enter "Postdoctoral Position" as the subject
of the e-mail.

9th Neuroanatomy and Tractography workshop
London (Institute of Psychiatry)
23-24-25 March 2011

Dear all,

The 9th Neuroanatomy and Tractography workshop will be held in London (Institute of Psychiatry) on the 23-24-25 March 2011. This workshop intends to help scientists to develop and optimise strategies for DTI datasets analysis and tractography. The number of participants is limited to 12 for allowing 1:1 tutoring. 
The participants will be able to work on their own datasets and receive advice from the members of the Natbrainlab (http://www.natbrainlab.com). 
This is also an opportunity to familiarise with fundaments of white matter anatomy and brain hodology.

Wednesday 23th March VISUALIZATION OF WHITE MATTER CONNECTIONS 
09:30 - 10:00 Registration
10:00 - 10:30 Brain Hodology: From post mortem dissections to diffusion MRI (M Catani)
10:30 - 11:30 Introduction to Diffusion Tensor MRI (F Dell'Acqua)
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee Break
11:45 - 12:45 Diffusion Tensor Tractography (F Dell'Acqua)
12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:15 DTI data formats: Management and pre-processing (M Thiebaut de Schotten)
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00 Tractography with TrackVis (M Thiebaut de Schotten)

Thursday 24th March VIRTUAL IN VIVO DISSECTIONS 
09:30 - 10:00 Classification of white matter connections (M Catani)
10:00 - 11:00 Association Pathways 1 (M Catani)
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:30 Association Pathways 2 (S Budisavljevic)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:15 Commissural Pathways (S Forkel)
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 17:00 Projections Pathways (S Forkel)

Friday 25th March DTI TRACTOGRAPHY: CURRENT APPLICATIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS 
09:30 - 10:30 Beyond the limitations of tensor modeling (F Dell'Acqua)
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:30 Studying Normal Anatomy with DTI Tractography (M Catani)
11:30 - 12:30 Applications to Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders (M Catani)
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:15 Supervised Dissection 1
15:15 - 15:45 Coffee Break
15:45 - 16:30 Supervised Dissection 2
16:30 -17:00 Conclusions & Take Home Messages (M Catani)


Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, PhD
NATBRAINLABANR-CAFORPFC/ANR-HMTC
CRICM-INSERM UMRS 975
Pavillon de l'Enfance et l'Adolescence
47 Bd de l'Hôpital
75651 Paris Cedex 13, France
www.natbrainlab.com
skype: michel_thiebaut_de_schotten
+33 613579133
 

Wednesday, March 23rd 2011

The City College of New York
The Great Hall
160 Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031

Program 8:30 AM  – 9:30 AM                 Breakfast Session 1 (Chair: Ruth Stark, The City College of New York) 09:30 AM – 09:45 AM             Introductions by President Lisa Staiano-Coico 09:45 AM – 10:00 AM             Introduction by Dean Ruth Stark, Division of Science 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM             Lewis Kay (University of Toronto) 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM             Break Session 2 (Chair: David Eliezer, Weill Cornell Medical College) 11:15 AM – 12:00 PM             Chad Rienstra (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM             Hashim Al-Hashimi (University of Michigan) 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM               Lunch Buffet Session 3 (Chair: Ming-Ming Zhou, Mount Sinai School of Medicine) 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM                  Lila Gierasch (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) 2:45 PM – 3:30 PM                  Charalampos Kalodimos (Rutgers University) 3:30 PM – 4:15 PM                  Kevin Gardner (University of Texas Southwestern Medical                                                     Center) 4:15 PM – 4:30 PM                  Break Session 4 (Chair: David Cowburn, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM                  Ad Bax (NIH) 5:30 PM – 5:45 PM                  Concluding Remarks

MaxEnt 2011

Waterloo, Canada

10-15 July 2011

www.maxent2011.org

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the 31st International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering (MaxEnt 2011) will be hosted in Waterloo, Canada, from 10-15 July 2011. The key details of the workshop are given below. Please refer to www.maxent2011.org for more details.

For over 30 years, the MaxEnt workshops have explored the use of Bayesian and Maximum Entropy methods in scientific and engineering applications. The workshop invites work on all aspects of probabilistic inference, including novel techniques and applications, and work that sheds new light on the foundations of inference. This meeting will feature a special session on the Principle of Maximum Entropy Production (MEP).

In previous workshops, areas of application have included Astronomy and Astrophysics, Genetics, Geophysics, Medical Imaging, Material Science, Nanoscience, Source Separation, Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Plasma Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Climate Studies, Engineering and Robotics. Foundational issues involving probability theory and information theory, and the novel application of inference to illuminate the foundations of physical theories, have also been of keen interest.

Waterloo is a leading center of science and technology in Canada, hosting the University of Waterloo (consistently ranked the top Canadian university for innovation, and regarded as one of the finest Canadian universities for science and technology) and Perimeter Institute (a world-class institute for theoretical physics), and home to such cutting-edge technology companies as Research in Motion (maker of the Blackberry) and Maplesoft.

Confirmed Invited Speakers (growing list):

Arieh Ben-Naïm, Dept. of Chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ralph Lorenz, Applied Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University
Gerald Pollack, Dept. of Bioengineering, University of Washington
John Skilling, Maximum Entropy Data Consultants, Kenmare, Ireland
Jos Uffink, Institute for History and Foundations of Science, Utrecht University, Netherlands


Important Dates:

Abstract Deadline: 2 April 2011
Notification of Acceptance: 30 April 2011
Papers Due: 26 June 2011

Organizers:

Philip Goyal (Chair), Dept. of Physics, University at Albany (SUNY).
Adom Giffin, Applied Physics Group, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University.
Arsen Hajian, Dept. of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, and Tornado Medical Systems, Waterloo, Canada.
Kevin H. Knuth, Dept. of Physics, University at Albany (SUNY).
Edward Vrscay, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo.


Advisory Committee:

G. L. Bretthorst, Washington University, USA.
A. Caticha, University at Albany (SUNY), USA.
J. Center, Autonomous Exploration, USA.
V. Dose, IPP, Germany.
G. Erickson, Boise State University, USA.
R. Fischer, IPP, Germany.
P. M. Goggans, University of Mississippi, USA.
K. Hanson, LANL, USA.
K. H. Knuth, University at Albany (SUNY), USA.
T. Loredo, Cornell University, USA.
A. Mohammad-Djafari, LSS-CNRS, France.
C. Rodriguez, University at Albany (SUNY), USA.
J. Skilling, Maximum Entropy Data Consultants, Ireland.
C. Ray Smith, University of Mississippi, USA.
Udo von Toussaint, IPP, Germany.

Biomarkers for Brain Disorders: Challenges and Opportunities

27 February–2 March 2011

This exciting new Wellcome Trust Scientific Conference will discuss methodological aspects of biomarker identification across a spectrum of psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders, strategies for diagnostic assay development and pathways for regulatory approval. Specific attention will be given to results from consortia such as the Alzheimer Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI), and to the prioritization of approaches not yet included in large consortia efforts, such as functional measures of brain activity captured by fMRI or electrophysiological recordings.

Topics:

• Strategies for building large biorepositories

• Technologies for molecular profiling and biomarker discovery: is multimodality the key?

• Building and validating biochemical and functional assays

• Measuring brain function in health and disease

• Clinical studies of biomarkers in neurological disease (e.g. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Multiple sclerosis, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, and other CNS indications)

• Paths for regulatory approval

Abstract deadline: 17 January 2011

Registration deadline: 24 January 2011

Courses and Conferences are held at the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge – home to one of the world’s largest concentrations of expertise in genomics and bioinformatics. For full details, please visit, www.wellcome.ac.uk/conferences

MRI Development Engineer Position

Center for Functional MRI

University of California, San Diego
The Center for Functional MRI  (CFMRI) at the University of California, San
Diego (UCSD) invites applications for a MRI Development  Engineer
position.  The development engineer has overall responsibility for all
activities related to the technical operations of the 7T small animal imaging
system at the CFMRI. This includes: (1) management of technical
operations; (2) development, testing, and maintenance of MRI pulse
sequences and reconstruction algorithms; and (3) development, testing,
and maintenance of specialized hardware associated with the imaging
system.
The UCSD Center for Functional MRI is equipped with two researchdedicated GE 3T short- bore scanners and a 7T small animal imaging
scanner with Bruker Avance II console, More information about the Center
is available at our website: http://cfmriweb.ucsd.edu.
Interested applicants should apply at http://jobs.ucsd.edu (Posting #56141).
Specific  inquiries may be directed to Thomas Liu, Ph.D.,  Director of the
CFMRI, at ttliu@ucsd.edu.

2 POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS, INTERPERSONAL DECISION NEUROSCIENCE, VIRGINIA TECH CARILION RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The Laboratory for Interpersonal Decision Neuroscience (PI: Brooks King-Casas) is currently accepting applications for two postdoctoral fellows. The laboratory investigates behavioral and neural computations underlying normative and pathological social behavior using methods of behavioral economics, social psychology, and decision neuroscience.  Current projects focus on social reward learning, individual differences in social behavior, as well as pharmacological influences on social choice.

The laboratory is part of the newly established Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute (http://www.vtc.vt.edu/research/faculty/brooks-king-casas.html), and is affiliated with the Virginia Tech Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, as well as the Salem VA Medical Center and Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center.  The VTCRI provides full access to outstanding computing and neuroimaging infrastructure, including three research-dedicated Siemens 3T Trio scanners. In addition, the laboratory is currently collaborating with clinical research teams focused on pathological social behavior associated with post-traumatic stress disorder, mild traumatic brain injury, addiction, and personality disorders. The VTCRI is located in historic Roanoke, VA, and enjoys many outdoor opportunities along the Blue Ridge Parkway and southern Appalachian Mountains.

Successful candidates will have broad interests in interdisciplinary work in social behavior, and demonstrated expertise and creativity in one or more of the following fields: cognitive or computational neuroscience, bioengineering, behavioral economics, affective or social neuroscience, and experimental psychopathology.

To inquire for more information, please contact Nina Lauharatanahirun (nina1@vt.edu) or 540-526-2068. To apply, please visit http://listings.jobs.vt.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=192736.

Madrid-MIT M+Vision Fellowship

Dear Colleagues,

We previously announced the new Madrid-MIT M+Vision Fellowship program in translational imaging. This is an exciting and well-resourced opportunity for young people with leadership capabilities and an abiding interest in biomedical imaging to make their mark as part of a global partnership venture.  We are pleased to share some new information: 

-       An new application deadline of January 25, 2011

-       Updated website with information on the program details and FAQs.

-       “Office hours” during which program faculty will be available via audio-conference and Skype to answer questions regarding the program and the application process. Details can be found at: http://mvision.madrid.org/news_infosessions.htm

Please share this information with your colleagues and visit our web site, http://mvision.madrid.org/apply, for updated information or email questions to apply@mvision.madrid.org.

Sincerely,

M+Vision Team

Bayesian Modeling for Cognitive Science, A WinBUGS Workshop
August 22 - August 26 2011

University of Amsterdam
Roetersstraat 15, 1018 WB
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

url:   http://bayescourse.socsci.uva.nl
email: bayescourse@gmail.com

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Target audience
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This workshop is meant for researchers who want to learn how to apply
Bayesian inference in practice. Most applications we discuss are taken
from the field of cognitive science. Because the workshop is based on
a set of book chapters and concrete exercises of varying difficulty,
the course material is appropriate for researchers with a wide range
of prior knowledge and interests.

Although some basic knowledge of Bayesian inference is an advantage,
this is not a prerequisite. In the course we use WinBUGS in
combination with R or Matlab (the choice is yours), and therefore some
basic knowledge of either R or Matlab is also an advantage.

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Summary
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In this workshop, plenary lectures provide the theoretical background
of Bayesian statistics, and practical computer exercises teach you how
to use the popular WinBUGS program and apply it to a wide range of
different statistical models. After completing this workshop, you will
have gained not only a new understanding of statistics, but also the
technical skills to implement models that are appropriate for the
substantive hypotheses that you seek to test.

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Course materials
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For several years now, Michael Lee and Eric-Jan Wagenmakers have been
working on a course book about Bayesian graphical modeling. This book
is used to teach graphical modeling courses at UCI, OSU, UW, and UvA.
A thoroughly updated and restructured version of this course book will
form the basis of this workshop. At the start of the workshop, you
will receive a printed copy of the latest version of the book, a
memory stick with all the computer code, and a printed copy of the
solutions to the exercises.

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Costs
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Early bird student: 400 euros (register before: February 1st 2011)
Student: 500 euros
Early bird non-student: 500 euros (register before: February 1st 2011)
Non-student: 600 euros

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More information can be found at the following website:
http://bayescourse.socsci.uva.nl/

Mark your calendars!   We want to tell you about the Frontiers of Biomedical Imaging Science III conference, an international meeting highlighting the most recent advances and the future directions in biomedical imaging. This year's meeting promises an extraordinary opportunity for connecting with other imaging scientists and learning about innovations in the field. Trainees are especially encouraged to attend - we are offering subsidized registration and housing rates, as well as the opportunity to present a poster. All posters will be on display during the entire meeting, including a dedicated poster session, and four outstanding posters will be highlighted during a Young Investigators' Symposium.

When Monday, June 13, 2011 5:00 PM - Thursday, June 16, 2011 1:00 PM     Where Vanderbilt University Student Life Center 310 25th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37240 USA

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December 1-3, 2010Turtle Bay ResortOahu, Hawaii USA

Over the past two decades, neuroimaging of the human brain has shed light on the multifaceted nature of both function and structure. Recent activities in the analysis of resting state activity as well as white matter fiber tractography have reiterated that the brain is massively interconnected and that cognition is an emergent property of these networks. This 3-day international meeting of researchers from North America and Pacific Rim regions,“New Horizons in Human Brain Imaging: A Focus on Brain Networks and Connectivity,” will focus on attainable means by which investigators from these nations may maximize collaborative effort in addressing the scientific and clinical challenges facing this dynamic and multi-disciplinary field.
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Chicago Area NMR Discussion Group 2010 Meeting Saturday, November 6, 2010 at School of Chemical Sciences University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Host:   Dr. Chad Rienstra

Keynote Speakers:   Hashim Al-Hashimi, University of Michigan Len Mueller, University of California Riverside

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2nd Biennial International Conference on Resting State Connectivity

 Milwaukee, Wisconsin

 September 17-19, 2010

restingstate.com

The program provides a diverse perspective of resting state fMRI, covering the biophysics, computational methods, cognitive neuroscience and clinical applications. The preliminary program has an impressive lineup of speakers, and is available at: restingstate.com 

Space is limited, and abstracts for posters are being accepted until July 1. Based upon our past experience at the inaugural conference in Magdeburg (2008), I expect this to be an exciting event for all involved.  Organizers for the event include Bharat Biswal, Chris Pawela, Martin Walter and James S. Hyde. 

Dear Sir or Madam We are pleased to inform you that the ECTRIMS 2010 Preliminary Programme is now available on the congress website: http://www.ectrims.eu/2010. The website will be regularly updated. The online version includes links to the following: - abstract submission - registration - flight bookings – save up to 20% on your trip! - hotel reservation - tours Detailed information on social events and other activities taking place in conjunction with the ECTRIMS congress are provided, together with resources to help you preparing your stay in Gothenburg, Sweden. Please note that the ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE is on Thursday, 27 May 2010 Please be aware of the fact that no hardcopies of the Preliminary Programme will be sent. On the website you will be able to download and print the E-book of the Preliminary Programme. We look forward to receiving your registration for ECTRIMS 2010 in Gothenburg, October 2010. Kind regards Administrative Secretariat 26th Congress of ECTRIMS Gothenburg, Sweden / 13 - 16 October 2010www.ectrims.eu/2010 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Congrex Switzerland Ltd. Association House Freie Strasse 90 4002 Basel / Switzerland T. +41 61 686 77 11 F. +41 61 686 77 88 E. basel@congrex.com

European IDEA Users Group Meeting

June, 17th-18th 2010

Juelich, Germany

The meeting is organized by the Sequence Development Team of the Institute of Medical Imaging Physics at the Research Centre Juelich, Germany.
Siemens Medical Solution supports the meeting and will be actively participating with several IDEA and ICE experts presenting new features of the software.

As always we especially appreciate active participation of the community and invite you to submit an abstract for oral presentation. Furthermore, hands-on training and interactive sessions are planned. It is recommended to bring a
laptop along with IDEA installed.
Detailed information and registration procedure is available a


http://www.jemris.org/IDEA2010/
In case of further questions send an email to d.brenner@fz-juelich.de

We are looking forward to seeing you in Juelich!

With our highest regards
Tony Stöcker and Kaveh Vahedipour.

2010 MICCAI Workshop on
Computational Diffusion MRI (CDMRI'10)

  Saturday, September 24th, 2010, 8am to 5pm
The China National Convention Center, Beijing, China

Website: http://cmic.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cdmri10
Printable flyer: http://cmic.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cdmri10/flyer.pdf

Paper submission deadline: June 1st, 2010


CALL FOR PAPERS

Over the last decade interest in diffusion MRI has exploded. The
technique provides a unique insight into the microstructure of living
tissue and enables in-vivo connectivity mapping of the brain.
Microstructural changes are often the earliest signs of disease or
tissue regeneration, as well as being manifestation of physiological
processes in normal tissue functioning. Tractography and connectivity
mapping give fundamental new insights in neuroscience and
neuroanatomy. The variety of clinical applications is expanding
rapidly and includes detection of lesions and damaged tissue,
prognosis of functional impairment and neurosurgical planning.

Computational techniques are key to the continued success and
development of diffusion MRI and to its widespread transfer into the
clinic. New processing methods are essential for addressing issues at
each stage of the diffusion MRI pipeline: acquisition, reconstruction,
modeling and model fitting, image processing, fiber tracking,
connectivity mapping, visualization, group studies and inference. The
workshop will give a snapshot of the current state of the art.



WORKSHOP TOPICS

Full-length papers are invited in (but not limited to) the following
areas:

• Acquisition protocol design
• High angular resolution and general q-space sampling techniques
• Biophysical models
• Numerical simulation of diffusion process
• Tissue microstructure imaging
• Tractography and connectivity mapping
• Network analysis
• Registration, segmentation, and classification
• Visualization
• Validation
• Post-processing
• Group studies and statistical analysis
• Clinical applications

Papers accepted at the main conference may not be double-submitted to
CDMRI’10.



ORGANIZERS

Gary Hui Zhang, University College London
Irina Kezele, LNAO/NeuroSpin/CEA
Kiran K Seunarine, University College London ICH
Chun-Hung Yeh, National Yang-Ming University



PROGRAM COMMITTEE

CDMRI'10 is supported by the Consortium of NeuroImagers for the Non-
invasive Exploration of Brain Connectivity and Tractography (CONNECT).
Program committee will be drawn largely from the consortium.

http://neuroimaging.tau.ac.il/CONNECT/



IMPORTANT DATES

Jun 1, 2010: Paper Submission
Aug 1, 2010: Notification of Acceptance
Aug 18, 2010: Camera-Ready Papers
Sep 24, 2010: Workshop (8am to 5pm)



SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Papers submitted to the workshop should conform to the MICCAI
formatting instructions, with few minor modifications explained below:

* Papers should be in the LNCS style
* Suggested length is 8 pages, maximum length is 12 pages
* Anonymized for double blind review
* Submitted in PDF format
* Color illustrations in the PDF are not subject to fees

Details of the online submission system will be announced shortly on
the workshop webpage

http://cmic.cs.ucl.ac.uk/cdmri10

We look forward to seeing you in Beijing!

CDMRI'10 organizers