Erfurt, Germany, 5th-11th August 2020
Topic: Non-invasive dynamic brain imaging in infants, children, and adults
The aim of the 9th International Summer School in Biomedical engineering is to provide education and practical exercises in the field of non-invasive dynamic brain imaging. This will include methodological approaches and challenges, measurement devices and characteristics, types of underlying theoretic modeling, specifics of data analysis, ability to derive conclusions about neuroscientific meaning. The program contains thematic lectures on hardware for brain imaging in the field of EEG, MEG and near infrared spectroscopy and the clinical application of these modalities. Further, signal decomposition methods for feature extraction or denoising of electrophysiological data will be introduced. The summer school additionally includes lectures about neural mass modeling and the neuroelectromagentic inverse problem. The second important aim of the International Summer School consist in providing contact with both leading experts in the field and other students with similar interests. This way, the meeting will facilitate the exchange of ideas on latest developments and help to build professional networks. The students will obtain soft skills with the focus on research project management specific for PhD students. The students will obtain soft skills with the focus on research project management specific for PhD students.
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Chengdu, China, 1st – 12th October 2018
Topic: EEG/MEG source reconstruction
The objective of the 8th International Summer School in Biomedical Engineering is to provide in depth education and practical exercises on EEG/MEG source reconstruction techniques, covering both theoretical foundations and practical applications. This will include methodological approaches and challenges, measurement devices and characteristics, types of underlying theoretic modeling, specifics of data analysis, ability to derive conclusions about neuroscientific meaning. The program contains thematic lectures on data and signals, modeling of the human head – the forward problem, distributed source reconstruction, spatio-temporal and dynamic source models, scanning methods like Beamformers and MUSIC, and connectivity in the source space. The second important aim of the International Summer School consist in providing contact with both leading experts in the field and other students with similar interests. This way, the meeting will facilitate the exchange of ideas on latest developments and help to build professional networks. A scientific project will support the students to obtain detailed knowledge on the topic, learn about unsolved and controversial issues and improve their abilities in the fields of scientific writing and presentation.
Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany, 17th - 29th August 2015
Topic: New Instrumentation for brain measurements and stimulation
Latest technical developments of medical devices for applications in diagnosis and therapy provide abilities to overcome limitations in state of the art measurements and stimulation techniques applied in neurosciences. The main objective of the International Summer School is to provide in depth education on new technical developments in modalities to measure and stimulate neuronal activity and the related challenges in their applications, covering both theoretical foundations and practical applications in research in clinical practice. It aims at a thorough understanding of the underlying mechanisms and thus will develop a critical view on current applications and possible future developments. The second important aim of the International Summer School consist in providing contact with both leading experts in the field and other students with similar interests. This way, the meeting will facilitate the exchange of ideas on latest developments and help to build professional networks. A scientific project will support the students to obtain detailed knowledge on the topic, learn about unsolved and controversial issues and improve their abilities in the fields of scientific writing and presentation.
Berlin, Germany, September 1st - September 2nd, 2014
Topic: Developing novel hardware components for dry EEG acquisition
The ANDREA training courses are dedicated to the teaching of specific technical/applicative topics and transferable skills, aiming to transfer basic and advanced knowledge in the relevant aspects of the development and validation of the novel EEG technology among all ANDREA partners. The courses will are open also to researchers from outside the consortium.
Havana, Cuba, September 23rd - October 6th, 2013
Topic: Multimodal integration of brain measurements in research and clinical practice
Structure and function of the human brain are immensely complex and so are the underlying mechanisms for brain disorders and diseases. The main objective of the International Summer School is to provide in depth education on techniques of recording and analyzing multi-modal data from invasive and non-invasive brain measurements, covering both theoretical foundations and practical applications in research in clinical practice. It aims at a thorough understanding of the underlying mechanisms and thus will develop a critical view on current applications and possible future developments. The second important aim of the International Summer School consist in providing contact with both leading experts in the field and other students with similar interests. This way, the meeting will facilitate the exchange of ideas on latest developments and help to build professional networks. A scientific project will support the students to obtain detailed knowledge on the topic, learn about unsolved and controversial issues and improve their abilities in the fields of scientific writing and presentation.
Lutherstadt Wittenberg, Germany, 18th - 26th August 2010
Topic: Multimodal integration of functional brain measurements
The objective of the International Summer School is to provide in depth education on techniques of recording and analysing multi-modal data from non-invasive brain measurements, covering both theoretical foundations and practical applications. It aims at a thorough understanding of the underlying mechanisms and thus will develop a critical view on current applications and possible future developments. The International Summer School provides contact with leading experts in the fields and is expected to facilitate the exchange of ideas on latest developments. By completing a scientific project, the students will obtain more detailed knowledge on the topic, learn about unsolved and controversial issues and improve their abilities in the fields of scientific writing and oral presentation.
Leipzig, Germany, 13th - 27th August 2009
Topic: Brain connectivity and information transfer
The objective of the International Summer School is to provide in depth education and practical exercises on techniques of computing and analyzing connectivity in the brain, covering both theoretical foundations and practical applications. It aims at a thorough understanding of the underlying mechanisms and thus will develop a critical view on current applications and possible future developments. The International Summer School provides contact with leading experts in the fields and is expected to facilitate the exchange of ideas on latest developments.
Weimar, Germany, 4th - 17th September 2008
Topic: Reconstruction of sources of physiological signals
The objective of the International Summer School is to provide in depth education and practical exercises on source reconstruction techniques, covering both theoretical foundations and practical applications. It aims at a thorough understanding of the underlying mechanisms and thus will develop a critical view on current applications and possible future developments. The International Summer School provides contact with leading experts in the fields and is expected to facilitate the exchange of ideas on latest developments.