Last week's Complex Networks conference in Lisbon was exactly as cool as I expected. Three days full* of outstanding talks, inspiring discussions, and meeting new people and old acquaintances. During the conference, I did quite a bit of live tweeting. So, this post is essentially a collection of my Twitter threads from Complex Networks. Check …
Complex Networks plans
Next week, it’s time for one of my favourite conferences: Complex Networks that this year takes place in Lisbon, Portugal. Complex Networks is a relatively small conference, meaning less difficult decisions between interesting talks given at the same time (although this year there seem to be three sessions in parallel instead of the two of …
To smooth or not to smooth?
I’ve written this post together with Ana Triana, and it’s based the our brand-new preprint “Effects of spatial smoothing on group-level differences in functional brain networks” by Ana, Enrico Glerean, Jari Saramäki and me, now available at arXiv. I’ve written quite a bit about how to construct a functional brain network from fMRI data. From …
What’s a scientific source?
Scientific innovations don’t come about in isolation. Isaac Newton, no less, stated that if he has seen further it has been by standing on the shoulders of giants – and he definitely saw pretty far. Familiarizing with research by others is an essential part of every researcher’s work. Scientific publications cite tons of sources: a …
Reading Buzsáki
I enjoy reading scientific literature – and still, I constantly have the feeling that I read too little. I dare to bet I’m not alone with this feeling. In one’s CV one counts the papers written, not those read. Conference submissions have deadlines, papers to be read don’t. One may need to construct a teaching …
The great academic mishmash
Have you ever wondered what scientists actually do? Or are you a scientist who, although mostly knowing what does, has never been able to explain it to friends and family outside he academia? Then, what follows is for you! In this post, I will summarize my academic doings during the last around two months*. * …
I'll be back in September. Meanwhile, check the programme of our Advanced methods for neuroimaging data analysis workshop at https://am4ndalille.wordpress.com/ and join us to discuss the potential and challenges of the cutting-edge computational tools for understanding the brain!
