About The Event This Deep Dive event is a weekend long event in collaboration with Brain Awareness Week. This Deep Dive is aimed at bringing together students from across disciplines to develop creative applications of neuroimaging data.Teams will compete to develop the most innovative brain-computer interface (BCI) application, using open-source software packages and data.No prior background or experience needed to participate! Students in Neuroscience, Computer Science and curious data geeks are all welcome! Teams will be formed on Friday evening. Mentors will be on hand to provide support. It's all about fun, creativity and learning! There will be free food and beverages! Cash prizes will also be awarded in two categories: Machine Learning and Applications.ScheduleFriday17:00 Introduction by Aaron Newman - crash course in EEG and BCI18:00 Dinner and "lightning round" 1-minute introductions by mentors and participants18:30 Team formation (for those looking for teams) and networkingFinished by 19:00Saturday8:45 Breakfast 9:00 Introduction to the MNE software package and BCI libraries10:00 Breakout sessions:Stimulus programmingClassifiers for BCIsMachine learning approaches to EEG artifact correction11:00 Begin hacking12:00 Lunch1:00 Keep hacking17:00 Dinner18:00 SURGE closes for the day (those who want to keep going can adjourn to the Library or other open spaces)Sunday9:00 Breakfast and team check-ins9:30 Hacking12:00 Lunch and team check-ins 13:00 Final presentations15:00 Judging16:00 SURGE closes for the dayPlease note: Timing of presentations and judging on Sunday is dependent on the number of teams. It is possible that we will finish earlierAbout SURGESURGE is an innovation sandbox at Dalhousie University funded by the Nova Scotia government, whose aim is to train science students to translate scientific discovery into economic growth and solutions to the world’s big problems.
March 8, 2019 - March 10, 2019
SURGE Science Innovation Sandbox, Dalhousie University
Seattle, Halifax
Prizes TBA