Summer School on Brain Connectomics

Connectomics is one of the hottest inter-disciplinary topics today. It links Computer Science and Engineering with Life Sciences and Medicine. Connection networks grow over functional (fMRI, ASL, EEG) and structural (diffusion weighted MRI) data and the integration of the two in both static and dynamic conditions would shed light on the way our brain actually works. Connectomics also holds paramount potential for clinical applications through the characterization of the network's modulation in pathologies and the assessment of the treatment. In particular, it allows capturing the plasticity processes that are due to different causes including learning, aging and recovering from injury.

The School on Brain Connectomics aims at gathering the knowledge in the different fields that are touched by these topics, providing the students a comprehensive view of this research area as well as awareness about the cutting-edge methodological, experimental and clinical aspects that are involved.

The School articulates in four days respectively focusing on diffusion MRI and microstructure (Session 1), functional neuroimaging (Session 2), connectivity models (Session 3) and clinical aspects (Session 4). Each day will alternate teaching hours (2 hours/speaker) with a "Diving Into Science" (DIS) sessions.

The School will be held at the Dept. of Computer Science of the University of Verona.

Speakers will present their topic in morning and afternoon sessions, in short courses of two hours. At the end of each day a slot of two hours will be dedicated to DIS. 

The opening lecture will be held by Prof. Rachid Deriche, winner of the ERC Advanced grant with the project CoBCoM "Computational Brain Connectivity Mapping".