[Neuroimaging] 2nd Get Your Brain Together Hackathon Email Announcement

[Matthew McCormick]

2nd Get Your Brain Together Hackathon
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What?
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The **Get Your Brain Together** hackathons **bring together neuroimage data
generators, image registration researchers,** and **neurodata compute
infrastructure providers** for a **hands-on, collaborative event**. This
community collaboration aims to create reproducible, open source resources
that enable discovery of the structure and function of brains.

There are three components to the hackathon. First, the primary goal of each
hackathon is the generation of a **Reproducible Resource** for registration
and analysis of a specific brain imaging modality. **Tutorial** sessions share
how to work with open source registration tools, open access datasets, or
neurodata archives. **Birds-of-a-Feather (BOF) Breakout** sessions enable
participants interested in collaborating to work on relevant topics.

This hackathon will focus on registration of **mouse brain lightsheet
volumes** to the Common Coordinate Framework version 3.1 (CCFv3.1).

Example ways to participate:

* [Contribute a registration pipeline
resource](https://insightsoftwareconsortium.github.io/GetYourBrainTogether/HCK02_2023_Allen_Institute_Hybrid/#reproducible-resource-challenge)
to register the challenge datasets.
* [Give a tutorial](https://insightsoftwareconsortium.github.io/GetYourBrainTogether/HCK02_2023_Allen_Institute_Hybrid/#tutorials)
about your registration tools. A pre-recorded or live presentation,
along with example code and recipes, can teach a data analyst how to
run your tool and use the output on the challenge dataset and/or
another open dataset.
* [Come and learn](https://insightsoftwareconsortium.github.io/GetYourBrainTogether/HCK02_2023_Allen_Institute_Hybrid/#birds-of-a-feather-breakouts)
about registration from experts in the field.

When, where?
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* Dates: Monday, May 22nd - Tuesday, May 23, 2023
* Location: The second hackathon will be a hybrid in-person and online
event, held:
   * At the [Allen Institute in Seattle, WA, USA](https://alleninstitute.org/)
   * On Zoom videoconferencing
   * [Image.sc Island Gather.Town](https://j.mp/imagesc-island)
virtual space, and
   * [Image.sc Zulip Chat](https://imagesc.zulipchat.com/).

If traveling to attend in-person,

* [Courtyard by Marriott Seattle Downtown/Lake
Union](https://goo.gl/maps/mAgTi3ZHWvBCC5Fq8)
* [EVEN Hotel Seattle - South Lake Union, an IHG
  Hotel](https://www.reservationdesk.com/hotel/6255f19/even-hotel-seattle-south-lake-union-seattle-wa/)
* [Astra Hotel Seattle](https://astrahotelseattle.com/)
* [Pan Pacific Seattle](https://www.panpacific.com/en/hotels-and-resorts/pp-seattle.html)
are among nearby hotels.
* Lead organizers / contacts: Matt McCormick (Kitware), Sharmishtaa
Seshamani (Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics)
* Registration: Limited seats will be available for in-person
attendance. Registration details will be announced in the mailing list
below.
* Communication: to receive information about this and future events
please join the [Hackathon Mailing
List](https://groups.google.com/g/brain_straight_hackathon_announcements)

How does it work?
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Before the Hackathon

* [Register](https://forms.gle/Z1Xzknz6Uxh5A7RZ7) for the event.
* Sign up for the [mailing
list](https://groups.google.com/g/brain_straight_hackathon_announcements).
* Optionally prepare a tutorial or organize a Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) Breakout.

During the Hackathon
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The week will start at 9 AM Pacific Time, 12 AM Eastern Time, Monday, May 22nd
in an introductory all-hands videoconference. Following the introduction,
participate in the Reproducible Resource Challenge, join the tutorials, and
participate in BoF breakouts. Please bring a laptop. At the end of the day on
Tuesday, participants will delegate one member to present their registration
processing pipelines, results, and discuss lessons learned.


For more information, visit:

 https://bit.ly/2nd-get-your-brain-together-hackathon