Organizers

• Anoushka Jain (Ph.D. Student at RWTH Aachen University)
• Sangeetha Nandakumar (iBOTS Code)

Mission

Build a community that constantly learns new things and shares with the rest!

Target Audience

• Anyone who wants to know about coding techniques useful in Neuroscience research.
• Everyone!

Philosophy

• No Code Is Too Small To Share
  • Accumulation of tiny changes in our coding habits can make a huge difference.
  • Even introducing a new library/tool can have a large impact.
• Fun – Need I say more!

When & Where

• Two Thursdays a month.
• 45-60 minutes during lunch.
• Virtual (Zoom link will be sent out before the session).

Topics

• Anything related to code.
• Interesting libraries.
• Data processing, storing, handling, visualization, etc.
• No limitations on programming language (R, Python, Matlab, etc.).
• Custom code that you find useful in your work/research.

Format

• Code Demonstration (15-20 minutes): Jupyter notebooks, Live coding.
• Discussion (5-10 minutes): What did we learn? How can we use it for our work?
• Topic for Next Session (10-15 minutes): What do you want to learn next? Who wants to teach the selected topic?
• iBOTS Code is available as a learning buddy!

Goals

• Byte-sized learning.
  • Quick introduction to new topics and techniques.
• Developing ways of talking about software-related topics.
  • Learning general coding terminologies (including language-specific ones).
• Building a community to meet people with experience in areas we want to learn or teach.