Workshop on Statistical Analysis of Neuronal Data

行为的神经基础研究通常使用时变刺激并产生时变神经元反应。在统计上，该设置既涉及连续多时间序列，也涉及非齐次点过程，有时同时观察到数十或数百个点过程。有许多具有挑战性的分析问题，包括结合从多种模式（EEG, fMRI， MEG和细胞外记录）获得的信息。第三届神经元数据统计分析研讨会将专门讨论这些问题。神经元数据统计分析（SAND）研讨会偶数年在宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡举行。第三次研讨会计划于2006年5月11日至13日举行。SAND3将汇集对神经元数据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。除了四个科学课程外，我们还将开设两个半天的短期课程，为统计学家提供有关神经生理学数据的相关背景知识，并为实验学家提供最先进的统计知识。本系列研讨会旨在定义神经元数据分析中的重要问题以及解决这些问题的有用策略；促进实验神经科学家与受过统计和计算方法训练的科学家之间的交流，鼓励年轻的研究人员，包括研究生，展示他们的工作；让年轻的研究人员接触到这个跨学科领域的重要挑战和机遇，同时提供一个小型的会议氛围，以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.