Workshop on Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data

对行为的神经基础的研究通常使用时变刺激，并产生时变的神经元反应。在统计上，背景既包括连续的多个时间序列，也包括不均匀的点过程，有时是几十个或数百个同时观测到的。有许多具有挑战性的分析问题，包括结合从多种模式(脑电、功能磁共振、脑磁图和细胞外记录)获得的信息的问题。第三次神经元数据统计分析研讨会将致力于讨论这些问题。神经元数据统计分析(SAD)研讨会每偶数年在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡举行。第三期研讨会计划于2006年5月11日至13日举行。SAND3将把对神经元数据的定量分析感兴趣的神经生理学家、统计学家、物理学家和计算机科学家聚集在一起。除了四个科学课程外，我们还将举办两个半天的短期课程，为统计学家提供神经生理学数据的相关背景知识，并为实验者提供最新的统计数据。这一系列讲习班的目的是确定神经元数据分析中的重要问题和解决这些问题的有用战略；促进实验神经科学家与那些在统计和计算方法方面受过培训的人之间的交流；鼓励年轻研究人员，包括研究生介绍他们的工作；使年轻研究人员接触到这一跨学科领域的重要挑战和机遇，同时提供一个小型会议氛围，促进年轻研究人员与资深同事的互动。

Studies of the neural basis of behavior typically use time-varying stimuli and produce time-varying neuronal responses. Statistically, the setting involves both continuous multiple time series and inhomogeneous point processes, sometimes dozens or hundreds of them observed simultaneously. There are many challenging analytical issues, including that of combining information obtained from multiple modalities (EEG, fMRI, MEG, and extracellular recordings). The third workshop Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data will be devoted to discussion of these issues.The Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data (SAND) workshops are held in even years in Pittsburgh, PA. The third workshop is planned for May 11--13, 2006. SAND3 will bring together neurophysiologists, statisticians, physicists, and computer scientists who are interested in quantitative analysis of neuronal data. In addition to four scientific sessions, we will run a pair of half-day short courses to provide relevant background on neurophysiological data, for statisticians, and in state-of-the-art statistics for experimentalists. This workshop series aims to define important problems in neuronal data analysis and useful strategies for attacking them; foster communication between experimental neuroscientists and those trained in statistical and computational methods encourage young researchers, including graduate students, to present their work; expose young researchers to important challenges and opportunities in this interdisciplinary domain, while providing a small meeting atmosphere to facilitate the interaction of young researchers with senior colleagues.