{"id":5796,"date":"2023-10-02T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T17:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/?page_id=5796"},"modified":"2025-05-08T09:48:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T13:48:51","slug":"7th-annual-neurophotonics-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/news-events\/symposium-archive\/7th-annual-neurophotonics-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"7th annual Neurophotonics Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"bu-slideshow-container npc-symposium-poster-session autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-5906\" data-slideshow-name=\"npc-symposium-poster-session\" data-slideshow-delay=\"2000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-5906\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-5906_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/neurophotonics\/files\/2023\/09\/LNCH.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-5906_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/neurophotonics\/files\/2023\/12\/option1-1536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-5906_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/neurophotonics\/files\/2023\/12\/Option3-1536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-5906_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/neurophotonics\/files\/2023\/12\/Option2-1536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-5906_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/neurophotonics\/files\/2023\/12\/option4-1536x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-5906\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Machine Learning and Photonics in the Neurosciences<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Organized by: Brian DePasquale and Michael Economo<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/7th-annual-neurophotonics-center-symposium-tickets-738157859027?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/news-events\/symposium-archive\/2024-npc-symposium-recording\/\">Watch the Recording of the Event Here<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/2024\/01\/19\/analyzation-improvement-and-ah-has-in-neuroscience-the-neurophotonics-centers-7th-annual-symposium-recap\/\">Read the Event Recap Here<\/a><\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">January 17, 2024 from 830am till 600pm<br \/>\n665 Commonwealth Ave, 17th Floor<br \/>\nComputing and Data Sciences Building<br \/>\nBoston University<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>The last two decades have witnessed a rapid rise in advanced optical methods for imaging the brain at incredible precision and scale, alongside an explosive growth in powerful machine learning approaches for extracting new insights from neuroscientific data. This symposium aims to bring together researchers working at the intersections of machine learning, photonics, and neuroscience to discuss recent advances and ongoing challenges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Some of the questions to be addressed will be: <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>1) How are advances in machine learning enhancing experimental methods?<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>2) How can advances in machine learning be combined with photonics data to offer greater insight into brain function? <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>3) How can our evolving understanding of brain function inform the development of machine learning methods? <\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>By assembling a diverse group of speakers, representing a wide range of expertise in these rapidly evolving fields, we hope to underscore the importance of multidisciplinary, collaborative research in overcoming current challenges in understanding normal brain function and its dysfunction in disease.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Agenda:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">7:30-8:15 <em>Breakfast<br \/>\n<\/em>8:15-8:30 <em>Welcome<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 1: Improving measurements<\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">8:30-9:05 \u00a0Lei Tian (BU)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">9:05-9:40\u00a0 Dushan Wadduwage (Harvard)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">9:40-10:15 Adam Cohen (Harvard)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">10:15-10:45 <em>Coffee Break<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 2: Improving analyses<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">10:45-11:20 Gal Mishne (UCSD)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">11:20-11:55 Carsen Stringer (Janelia)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">11:55-12:30 Kanaka Rajan (Harvard)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">12:30-2:00 <em>Posters and Lunch<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 3: Making sense of behavior<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2:00-2:35 Bob Datta (Harvard)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">2:35-3:10 <span>Annegret Falkner<\/span> (Princeton)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">3:10-3:40<em> Coffee and Posters<\/em><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Session 4: Making sense of cells and circuits<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">3:40-415\u00a0 Brian Cleary (BU)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">4:15-4:50 Tony Zador (CSHL)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">4:50-5:25 Jeff Lichtman (Harvard)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">5:25-7:00<em> Reception and Posters<\/em><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Poster Session<\/h3>\n<p>Poster submission deadline is <strong>January 11.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>Please submit this form, if you are interested in being added to the poster session.<\/span><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Machine Learning and Photonics in the Neurosciences Organized by: Brian DePasquale and Michael Economo Watch the Recording of the Event Here Read the Event Recap Here January 17, 2024 from 830am till 600pm 665 Commonwealth Ave, 17th Floor Computing and Data Sciences Building Boston University The last two decades have witnessed a rapid rise in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16618,"featured_media":0,"parent":7007,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5796"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5796"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7077,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5796\/revisions\/7077"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/neurophotonics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}