The NR course (20 points) is designed specifically for Neuroinformatics DTC students.

Course Organizer: Matthias Hennig
Office hours: Monday 1-5pm in IF 2.31

This is a bespoke course in which students are exposed to a variety of research subjects in Neuroinformatics. Proposal writing skills will be introduced and practised through assignments. Attendance is obligatory. This course counts towards the research component of the MSc.

Assignments:
NR1-3 are 3 short research proposals about a topic presented in one of the lectures (60%, 20% each), and NR4 is the proposal for the summer project (40%)
NR1 assignment is due end of block 3 week 5 (18. Feb)
NR2 assignment is due 25. March
NR3 assignment is due 8. April
NR4 assignment is due 29. April

Schedule (subject to change):
Each session is from 2-4pm (unless noted otherwise) in 1.08 24 Buccleuch Place.

21 Jan: Introduction, Matthias Hennig
24 Jan: How to write a research proposal, Matthias Hennig
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28 January: Maria Valdez (Neuroimaging Sciences)
31 January: Maria Valdez
4 February: Nathalie Rochefort (Centre for Integrative Physiology)
7 February: Kia Nazarpour (Touch Bionics)
11 February: Alexa Morcom (Human Cognitive Neuroscience)
--- NR1
21 February: Taku Komura (Informatics) and Stuart Wilson (Sheffield)
25 February: David Carmel (Human Cognitive Neuroscience)
1 March: ANC staff introduction (Douglas, Richard, Amos, Mark)
5 March: ANC staff introduction (Charles, Peggy, Matthias, Jim, Guido)
7 March: Mark Bastin (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences)
8 March: Stefano Panzeri (Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, Glasgow)
11 March: David Rodriguez (National e-Science Centre and SINAPSE)
14 March, 3-4pm: Joanna Wardlaw (Neuroimaging Sciences)
--- NR2
18 March: Alexander Thiele (Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle)
21 March: Mante Nieuwland (Human Cognitive Neuroscience)
25 March: Ian Simspon (BIOSS and IANC)
28 March: Barbara Webb (IPAB)
TBC April: DTC Question Time with senior DTC students
4 April: Richard Chin (Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences)
--- NR3i
--- NR4

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