Methods & Data Facility

The Methods & Data facility is dedicated to fostering open & reproducible science.

MISSION

The Methods & Data facility at Campus Biotech aims at promoting open & reproducible science with three main goals: helping to design robust data analysis pipelines, fostering knowledge transfer through courses and methods meetings, and encouraging cross-pollination of ideas via dedicated events.

Reproducibility is put forward via the creation of automated and reusable pipelines, with analyses ranging from raw data pre-processing to statistical and machine learning evaluations. These pipelines are designed according to the latest neuroimaging standards. The associated code and data are managed and structured so that to satisfy all criteria typically requested by large grants and top journals, the great majority of which favor open & reproducible research.

Knowledge transfer, from standard tools to novel methods, is supported in two ways. First, a NeuroImaging Data Science (NIDS) course aims at providing all researchers with the same set of computing skills to enable them to leverage a maximum of existing tools and neuroimaging libraries. Second, methods meetings are to be organized on a regular basis to share a group’s specialized approach among researchers at Campus Biotech.

One of the aim of open science is to also facilitate interdisciplinarity and accessibility. One way to target this goal is by organizing events bringing together people of different backgrounds and expertise. Hackathons (coding-marathons lasting several days during which groups work on a variety of projects) are organized once to twice a year. They are open to data scientists from different fields, and beyond researchers, to anyone interested in the proposed neuroscience projects.

MEET THE TEAM

Scientific supervision of the Methods & Data facility is performed by Prof. Dimitri Van De Ville (EPFL) and Prof. Sophie Schwartz (UNIGE).

Dr. Michael Dayan is responsible for the facility.

<a href="https://hnp.fcbg.ch/people/michael-dayan/">Michael Dayan</a><a href="https://hnp.fcbg.ch/home/methods-data/"></a>

Michael Dayan

Methods & Data Facility Manager

<a href="https://hnp.fcbg.ch/people/victor-ferat/">Victor Férat</a><a href="https://hnp.fcbg.ch/home/methods-data/"></a>

Victor Férat

Methods & Data software developer

PROJECTS

Here you can have a showcase of some of the amazing work we made

CONTACT

 

 Please contact us for specific inquiries, project applications or additional information on the facility.

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