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This lesson gives an introduction to high-performance computing with the Compute Canada network, first providing an overview of use cases for HPC and then a hands-on tutorial. Though some examples might seem specific to the Calcul Québec, all computing clusters in the Compute Canada network share the same software modules and environments.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 02:49:34

This lesson provides a short overview of the main features of the Canadian Open Neuroscience Platform (CONP) Portal, a web interface that facilitates open science for the neuroscience community by simplifying global access to and sharing of datasets and tools. The Portal internalizes the typical cycle of a research project, beginning with data acquisition, followed by data processing with published tools, and ultimately the publication of results with a link to the original dataset.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 14:03

This talk presents an overview of CBRAIN, a web-based platform that allows neuroscientists to perform computationally intensive data analyses by connecting them to high-performance computing facilities across Canada and around the world.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 56:07
Speaker: : Shawn Brown

In this talk the speakers will give a brief introduction of the Fenix Infrastructure and Service Offering, before focusing on Data Safety. The speaker will take the participants through the ETHZ-CSCS offering for EBRAINS and all the HBP Communities highlighting the Infrastructure role in a service implementation in respect of Security. Particular attention will be on showing what tools ETHZ-CSCS provides to a Portal/Service provider such as EBRAINS, MIP/HIP, TVB, NRP amongst others. Finally there will be given a quick glimpse into the future and the role that “multi-tenancy” will play.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 20:05

This lesson breaks down the principles of Bayesian inference and how it relates to cognitive processes and functions like learning and perception. It is then explained how cognitive models can be built using Bayesian statistics in order to investigate how our brains interface with their environment. 

This lesson corresponds to slides 1-64 in the PDF below. 

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 1:28:14

This lecture covers a lot of post-war developments in the science of the mind, focusing first on the cognitive revolution, and concluding with living machines.

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 2:24:35

This lesson discusses a gripping neuroscientific question: why have neurons developed the discrete action potential, or spike, as a principle method of communication? 

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 9:34
Speaker: : Dan Goodman

This lesson provides an overview of Neurodata Without Borders (NWB), an ecosystem for neurophysiology data standardization. The lecture also introduces some NWB-enabled tools. 

Difficulty level: Beginner
Duration: 29:53
Speaker: : Oliver Ruebel

Learn how to create a standard extracellular electrophysiology dataset in NWB using Python.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 23:10
Speaker: : Ryan Ly

Learn how to create a standard calcium imaging dataset in NWB using Python.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 31:04
Speaker: : Ryan Ly

In this tutorial, you will learn how to create a standard intracellular electrophysiology dataset in NWB using Python.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 20:23
Speaker: : Pamela Baker

In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the icephys-metadata extension to enter meta-data detailing your experimental paradigm.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 27:18
Speaker: : Oliver Ruebel

This lesson provides instructions on how to build and share extensions in NWB.

Difficulty level: Advanced
Duration: 20:29
Speaker: : Ryan Ly

Learn how to build custom APIs for extension.

Difficulty level: Advanced
Duration: 25:40
Speaker: : Andrew Tritt

This lesson provides instruction on advanced writing strategies in HDF5 that are accessible through PyNWB.

Difficulty level: Advanced
Duration: 23:00
Speaker: : Oliver Ruebel

In this tutorial, users learn how to create a standard extracellular electrophysiology dataset in NWB using MATLAB.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 45:46
Speaker: : Ben Dichter

Learn how to create a standard calcium imaging dataset in NWB using MATLAB.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 39:10
Speaker: : Ben Dichter

Learn how to create a standard intracellular electrophysiology dataset in NWB.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 20:22
Speaker: : Pamela Baker

This lesson provides a tutorial on how to handle writing very large data in MatNWB. 

Difficulty level: Advanced
Duration: 16:18
Speaker: : Ben Dichter

This lesson gives an overview of the Brainstorm package for analyzing extracellular electrophysiology, including preprocessing, spike sorting, trial alignment, and spectrotemporal decomposition.

Difficulty level: Intermediate
Duration: 47:47