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[MCLAREN, Donald]

Another imaging challenge.

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From: Rik Henson <Rik.Henson at mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 8:07 AM
Subject: [SPM] DecMeg2014 data analysis competition
To: SPM at jiscmail.ac.uk


DecMeg2014 data analysis competition

Biomag 2014 Decoding Challenge - Brain Decoding Across Subjects

  https://www.kaggle.com/c/decoding-the-human-brain

Decoding mental states from functional neuroimaging data is a data analysis
paradigm adopted both in neuroscience studies and in brain-computer
interface applications. Decoding means determining, from the recorded brain
activity, what stimulus was provided to a subject. In this competition, a
large number of trials, from a face vs. scrambled face visual task, are
available from multiple subjects. The brain activity was recorded by means
of magnetoencephalography (MEG). MEG recordings from various subjects and
the category of the associated visual stimuli are given to the participants
of the competition in order to train their prediction algorithms. With
their algorithms, the participants will have to predict the category of the
stimulus of a different set of MEG recordings, from other subjects. Each
submission to the competition will be scored according to the accuracy of
prediction. Decoding across subjects is a difficult task because of the
variability in head shape, cortical folding and functional organisation.
For MEG data, the literature on decoding across subjects is still in early
stages and this competition aims at raising the awareness about this
complex scientific problem.

This competition is associated with the the 19th International Conference
on Biomagnetism, Biomag 2014, Halifax (Canada), August 24-28, 2014.

The competition begins: April 21st, 2014.
The competition ends: July 27th, 2014.
Prizes: 1st 3,000 USD,  2nd 1,500 USD, 3rd 500 USD.

Organizers: Emanuele Olivetti, Seyed Mostafa Kia and Paolo Avesani
(NeuroInformatics Lab, Bruno Kessler Foundation and University of Trento,
IT), e-mail: decmeg2014 at list.fbk.eu .

Scientific steering committee: Ole Jensen (Donders Institute, NL), Nathan
Weisz (University of Trento, IT), Richard Henson (MRC/CBU, UK) and
Alexandre Gramfort (Telecom ParisTech, CNRS, CEA / Neurospin). We would
also like to thank Daniel Wakeman (Martinos Center, MGH, USA).

The awards for this competition are funded by Elekta Oy, MEG International
Services Ltd (MISL), Fondazione Bruno Kessler and Besa Gmbh.

Relevant links:
- competition website: https://www.kaggle.com/c/decoding-the-human-brain
- Biomag 2014: http://www.biomag2014.org
- NeuroInformatics Lab: http://nilab.fbk.eu
- Elekta Oy: http://www.elekta.com
- MISL (CTF MEG): http://www.ctfmeg.com
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler: http://www.fbk.eu
- Besa GmbH: http://www.besa.de

Please feel free to forward this message to your colleagues or contacts who
might be interested in this competition.

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