Satellite on Network Neuroscience

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Dr. Joaquín Goñi co-organized a Satellite on Network Neuroscience at the recent NetSci conference June 19-23 in Indianapolis. He also chaired a Brain II session at the conference, and three of his CONNplexity lab members spoke and presented papers.

- Post-doctoral associate Enrico Amico gave a talk at the Brain I session titled "Mapping joint structural-functional connectivity traits in the human connectome".

- PhD student Uttara Tipnis gave a five-minute "lightning talk" and presented a corresponding poster titled "Modeling diffusion processes in the brain through a cooperative learning ant colony-inspired algorithm".

- PhD Student Vibha Viswanathan presented a poster titled "Dynamic Multivariate Kurtosis as a measure of temporal variations in task-rest functional connectivity with applications to family history of alcoholism".

From the conference websiteNetwork Science provides a new and natural mathematical framework for investigating functional and anatomical neuroimaging data, and represents a conceptual revolution that goes beyond standard approaches. Network based methods not only refine the outcomes of existing techniques, but also typify a paradigm shift for representing brain structure and dynamics. Equally importantly, the questions posed by neuroscience have the potential to inspire the development of new tools and areas within the broader field of Network Science itself. 

The themes of this Satellite include, but are not limited to: (i) Interactome networks; (ii) Transcriptional and gene regulation networks; (iii) Structural brain networks (imaging); (iv) Functional brain networks (imaging); (v) Brain networks - theory, modeling and analysis; (vi) Signal processing and information flow; (vii) Circuit dynamics; (viii) Brain-behaviour interactions; (ix) Systems neuroscience. All themes apply to any species.