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DESCRIPTION:The Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series will advance the visi
 on of Dr. William Feindel (1918–2014)\, Former Director of the Neuro (1972
 –1984)\, to constantly bridge the clinical and research realms. The talks 
 will highlight the latest advances and discoveries in neuropsychology\, co
 gnitive neuroscience\, and neuroimaging.\n\nSpeakers will include scientis
 ts from across The Neuro\, as well as colleagues and collaborators locally
  and from around the world. The series is intended to provide a virtual fo
 rum for scientists and trainees to continue to foster interdisciplinary ex
 changes on the mechanisms\, diagnosis and treatment of brain and cognitive
  disorders.\n\n\nRegister here\n\nTo watch online\, click here\n\nHost: Je
 an-Baptiste Poline\n\n\n	\n\nTowards federated neuroscience research in the
  emerging era of data sovereignty\n\nAbstract: Shared access to well-curat
 ed large\, globally inclusive datasets is critical for the development\, v
 alidation\, and translation of novel biomarkers and prognostic tools in th
 e clinic. Nonetheless\, geographical separation and data governance polici
 es often pose technical and privacy issues that complicate and constrain e
 n masse integration and analysis of multicentric datasets. This talk will 
 show progress in learning and validating brain biomarkers and prognostic m
 odels of age related neurodegenerative diseases with decentralized dataset
 s. It will discuss the associated hurdles and make a case for investment i
 n neuroinformatic infrastructure for managing studies with heterogeneous c
 omputational setups and governance policies. It will feature lightweight n
 euroinformatic tools - Nipoppy and Neurobagel\, developed to address the n
 eeds of changing neuroscience research prompted by shift towards decentral
 ized paradigms. The Nipoppy framework facilitates standardization of study
 -level data workflows across sites\, allowing global researchers to share 
 consistent\, derived datasets that are often subject to less restrictive p
 olicy. The Neurobagel tools enable semantic harmonization\, and privacy-aw
 are data discovery crucial for mega-analyses and replication experiments. 
 The talk will conclude with a federated analysis case-study performed in a
  multicentric ENIGMA-PD consortium\, followed with a discussion on communi
 ty building efforts to promote replicable\, inclusive research at scale to
  improve our understanding of brain disorders and clinical outcomes.\n\nNi
 khil Bhagwat\n\nAcademic Associate\, The Neuro\, 91˿����Ƶ\n\nNikh
 il is a computational neuroscientist with industry and academic research e
 xperience in neuroimaging and machine-learning. He's interested in develop
 ment of robust biomarkers and machine-learning models for prognosis in neu
 rodegenerative diseases. Currently he focus on development of neuroinforma
 tic tools and implementation of reproducible computational workflows to as
 sess and improve replication of imaging biomarkers and ML models. Concurre
 ntly\, he also involved in open-science and data harmonization projects re
 lating to curation of diverse\, open datasets representative of global pop
 ulations.\n\nAt present\, he's working with Dr. Jean-Baptiste Poline in th
 e ORIGAMI lab at 91˿����Ƶ. He has completed his PhD thesis on pro
 gnostic applications for Alzheimer’s disease using MR imaging and machine-
 learning techniques under Dr. Mallar Chakravarty at the University of Toro
 nto. Subsequently\, he's worked as a researcher on a collaborative project
  between 91˿����Ƶ and UMass universities assessing reproducibility of comput
 ational pipelines estimating cortical surfaces measures. He then went on t
 o work at the Allen Institute\, where he developed segmentation techniques
  and network spread models for quantifying cellular pathologies of Alzheim
 er’s disease in high-resolution microscopy data.\n\nWithin the larger rese
 arch community\, he's involved in multiple open-science and sustainable-ne
 uroimaging initiatives. He develops and teaches several “open” workshops (
 e.g. MAIN and educational courses. I am also a current treasurer for the S
 ustainability & Environmental Action SIG within the Organization for Human
  Brain Mapping (OHBM) working on promoting sustainable research practices 
 and conferencing.\n
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DTEND:20260330T180000Z
LOCATION:De Grandpré Communications Centre\, The Neuro
SUMMARY:Feindel Brain and Mind Seminar Series: Towards federated neuroscien
 ce research in the emerging era of data sovereignty
URL:/spot/channels/event/feindel-brain-and-mind-semina
 r-series-towards-federated-neuroscience-research-emerging-era-data-371871
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