Birmingham, UK





About
The Birmingham Garden is hosted by the University of Birmingham and its Centre for Human Brain Health, featuring among others facilities for EEG, MEG and OPM and specializing in multimodal imaging. We take this as an opportunity to bring the M/EEG community together and share our work and skills among us and beyond.
Topics
- Multimodal Imaging
- Brain Health
- Lifespan

Tutorials
- Simultaneous EEG and Eye-tracking
- Neural Speech tracking
- RSA

Featured Speakers /Teachers
- Guiomar Niso,
- Almudena Capilla,
- Carmen Vidaurre,
- Luis Ciria,
- Ricardo Mutuberria
Local Program
Registration
Venue
contact
Local program
Global - Plenary lecture
Local - Lectures
Local - Tutorials
Local - Social Events
Local - Food / Posters
Local - Satellite Event
Program details
MONDAY 21st
11:00 – [Optional] Toolbox tutorial
· MNE - G. Niso
· Fieldtrip - J. Pérez-Navarro
14:00 – Opening remarks
14:30 – [Global] Theoretical advances made thanks to MEEG
· Electrophysiology and the Gut-brain-consciousness axis - C. Tallon-Baudry
· Tracking Attentional Dynamics Across Vision, Working Memory, and Action - F. Van Ede
· Emergence of language during early developement - C. François
17:30 – Posters & Wine
TUESDAY 22nd
9:00 – Local Talks - Session 1
· Some tips and resources for good practice in EEG - Guiomar Niso
· Brain oscillations during resting state - Almudena Capilla
10:30 – Break
11:00 – Tutorial 1 - Heart Evoked Potentials - Luis Ciria
13:00 – Lunch
14:30 – [Global] Real-time processing and machine learning of EEG for BCI?
· Top-notch machine learning methods - R. Kobler
· Facing the small data reality Michael Tangermann - M. Tangermann
· Conducting BCI protocols with patients - T. Vaughan
17:30 – Break
17:45 – Special Session - Citizen and Community Neuroscience - Ricardo Mutuberria
WEDNESDAY 23rd
9:00 – Local Talks - Session 2
· Neural tracking of environmental time - N. Molinaro
· Novel multivariate methods for the analysis of oscillations in EEG/MEG data - C. Vidaurre
10:30 – Break
11:00 – Tutorial 2 - Cortical tracking of speech - M. Lizarazu
13:00 – Lunch
14:30 – [Global] Reproducible processing pipelines and multiverses
· EEGmanypipelines - E. Cesnaite
· Multiverse analysis - P. Clayson
· Agreed Reporting Template for EEG Methodology - International Standard - Anđela Šoškić
20:30 – Social Dinner
THURSDAY 24th
9:00 – Local Talks - Session 2
· Neural tracking of environmental time - N. Molinaro
· Novel multivariate methods for the analysis of oscillations in EEG/MEG data - C. Vidaurre
10:30 – Break
11:00 – Tutorial 2 - Cortical tracking of speech - M. Lizarazu
13:00 – Lunch
14:30 – [Global] Reproducible processing pipelines and multiverses
· EEGmanypipelines - E. Cesnaite
· Multiverse analysis - P. Clayson
· Agreed Reporting Template for EEG Methodology - International Standard - Anđela Šoškić
20:30 – Social Dinner
FRIDAY 25th
9:00 – Local Talks - Session 3
· Cortical tracking of speech in young infants and its relation to language development in the first years of life - M. Kalashnikova
· Neural oscillations in reading development - M. Lallier
10:30 – Break
11:00 – Tutorial 3 - Temporal Response Functions - S. Matar
13:00 – Lunch
14:30 – [Global] Deep neural network analysis of MEEG data: A roadmap to using machine learning with MEEG
· Learning M/EEG representations with self-supervision - H. Banville
· Classic machine learning versus deep learning: is there a clear winner? - M. De Vos
· Using artificial DNN to predict and understand human vision - R. Martin Cichy
Local Speakers/Teachers
Registration closes September 14th
1. Click on the button below to acces the registration form. It will ask you to register through the UoB online shop.
Poster instructions
Posters should be portrait and no larger than A0 to fit the poster boards.
Registration fee
The registration fee is £55/ participant, covering the global participation fee and catering at the event and is paid at the time of registration.
Venue - How to reach the Birmingham Garden

The local garden will take place in the School of Psychology at University of Birmingham on the Edgbaston Campus.
Mon-Weds (21st to 23rd) will be held in GKAP-N225 and Thursday and Friday (24th and 25th) in GKAP-N334 from 12.30pm.
Coming over
Coming to the University of Birmingham Edgebaston campus is easy and convenient with a range of public transport options, including trains and busses: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/contact/directions

Contact the Birmingham team

Andrew Quinn

Barbara Pomiechowska

Romy Froemer




