Ashkan Ashrafi, PhD (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering) “Brain Connectivity Inference from Data Using Graph Signal Processing” Friday, November 3, 2017 10:30-11:30am 6363 Alvarado Ct. #250 See flyer for additional details (pdf) Upcoming Talk Friday, December 1, 2017: Larry Frank (Center for Scientific Computation in Imaging, UCSD)  “What’s in your brain? New methods for … [Read more…]

The University of Michigan announces a training course in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Functional MRI has become an important addition to the toolbox of cognitive and affective neuroscientists, but substantial training is required to implement an fMRI experiment. The University will offer a 2-week intensive course from August 6-17, 2018, that will train attendees … [Read more…]

“Researchers’ understanding of autism has greatly advanced since the disorder was formally named in the 1940s. The earliest investigations into autism put forth a now wholly discredited notion that cold, detached parenting somehow stunted emotional and social growth. Today, scientists and families know that autistic characteristics exist on a spectrum; that many people with the … [Read more…]