Neuroinformatics: 2003 Symposium

Symposium sponsored by the NSF IGERT Program and the University of Minnesota
Friday April 25th, 2003

NEUROINFORMATICS 2003

Neuroinformatics is an emerging discipline which attempts to integrate neuroscientific information from the level of the genome to the level of human behavior. A major goal of this new discipline is to produce digital capabilities for a web-based information management system in the form of interoperable databases and associated data management tools. Such tools include software for querying and data mining, data manipulation and analysis, scientific visualization, biological modeling and simulation, and electronic communication and collaboration between geographically distinct sites. The databases and software tools are designed to be used by neuroscientists, behavioral scientists, clinicians, and educators in an effort to better understand brain structure, function, and development.

Speakers	Talks
David A. Rottenberg, M.Sc., M.D.	Welcome and Introduction
Stephen H. Koslow, Ph.D.	Neuroinformatics: What, Why, and How
Edward H. Herskovits, M.D., Ph.D.	Microarray Analysis: Overview and Potential Applications to Neuroscience
Arthur W. Toga, Ph.D.	Databases are Atlases of Brain Structure and Function in Health and Disease
David N. Kennedy, Ph.D.	Neuroinformatics and Human Brain Morphometry
Lars K. Hansen, Ph.D.	Getting the Most out of Neuroimaging Experiments: Multivariate Modeling and Meta-analysis
Stephen C. Strother, Ph.D.	Testing and Managing Heterogeneous Tools for Neuroimaging Experiments
Christopher R. Johnson, Ph.D.	Computational Bioimaging and Visualization
Lael C. Gatewood, Ph.D.	Summary and Conclusions

Symposium Co-Chairs: David Rottenberg, M.Sc., M.D., and Lael C. Gatewood, Ph.D.
Sponsored by: The National Science Foundation IGERT Program and the University of Minnesota Computational Neurosciences Program, Supercomputing Institute, Digital Technology Center, Graduate School, Medical School, and Institute of Technology.