Course Details
The summer school has concluded for this year. Thanks to all participants and applicants.
Stay tuned for the upcoming course details!
Participants
We received over 250 applications from 13 different Arabic speaking nationalities. Among those applications we accepted 27 applicants from 9 different countries. Among accepted, we selected four to become teaching assistants.
Instructors
Samar ElSheikh
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Rawan AlSubaie
King Fahad Medical City/UCL
Moataz Assem
University of Cambridge
Yahia H. Ali
Emory University and Georgia Tech
Sarah Hosni
University of Rhode Island and Old Dominion University
Mohamed Abdelhack
Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics
Ramzi Halabi
Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics
Course Materials
Course Outline
Week 1:
- Mon, June 13: Python Day 1
- Tue, June 14: Python Day 2
- Wed, June 15: Basics of Neurosciences
- Thu, June 16: Neural Data
- Fri, June 17: Linear Algebra Day 1 (Vectors)
Week 2:
- Mon, June 20: Linear Algebra Day 2 (Matrices)
- Tue, June 21: Linear Algebra Day 3 (Eigen Values and Eigen Vectors)
- Wed, June 22: Calculus (Differentiation and Integration)
- Thu, June 23: Statistics Day 1 (Probability)
- Fri, June 24: Statistics Day 2 (Inference)
Daily Schedule
Python Days
They are whole workshop days. The day in total is composed of 5 hours of tutorials including a 1-hour break in the middle. The first day includes a welcome video to be watched offline before joining.
| Time (Hour) | Lecture |
|---|---|
| 0:00-2:00 | Tutorials |
| 2:00-3:00 | Break |
| 3:00-5:00 | Tutorials |
Neuroscience Days
Neuroscience days are composed of lectures that are recorded to be watched offline and a live Q&A session with the instructors.
| Time (Hour) | Lecture |
|---|---|
| 1:00-2:00 | Live Q&A |
Linear Algebra, Calculus, Statistics Days
These days will include a lecture to be watched offline before as well as tutorials to be conducted live. The last day contains also a live outro conclusion of the course.
| Time (Hour) | Lecture |
|---|---|
| 0:00-2:00 | Tutorials |
| 2:00-3:00 | Break |
| 3:00-5:00 | Tutorials |
0:00 time here corresponds to the starting time of the day. The time is depending on your location is as follows:
- (UTC +0) Morocco and Mauritania: 3:00 PM
- (UTC +1) Algeria, Tunisia: 4:00 PM
- (UTC +2) Libya and Sudan: 5:00 PM
- (UTC +3) Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Egypt: 6:00 PM
- (UTC +4) UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar: 7:00 PM
TO AVOID CONFUSION, you can import the above calendar to your own Google calendar.
It currently shows the times according to Eastern time but if you import it, it will convert to your local time zone.
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