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 450 applications from 13+ different Arabic-speaking nationalities. Among those applications, we accepted 115 students and 10 teacher assistants.

nationalities

Instructors

Samar ElSheikh

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Rawan AlSubaie

King Fahad Medical City/UCL

Moataz Assem

University of Cambridge

Mohamed H. Zaky

AASTMT/University of Canterbury

Sarah Hosni

University of Rhode Island and Old Dominion University

Mohamed Abdelhack

Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics

Ramzi Halabi

Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics

Course Materials

TopicTutorialVideoSlides
Python (W1D1&2)TutorialVideo
Basics of Neurosciences 1 (W1D3)VideoSlides
Basics of Neurosciences 2 (W1D4)VideoSlides
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Course Outline

Week 1:


  • Mon, July 31: Python Day 1
  • Tue, August 1: Python Day 2
  • Wed, August 2: Basics of Neurosciences Day 1
  • Thu, August 3: Basics of Neurosciences Day 2
  • Fri, August 4: Neural Data

Week 2:


  • Mon, August 7: Linear Algebra Day 1 (Vectors)
  • Tue, August 8: Linear Algebra Day 2 (Matrices)
  • Wed, August 9: Linear Algebra Day 3 (Eigen Values and Eigen Vectors)
  • Thu, August 10: Calculus Day 1 (Differentiation and Integration)
  • Fri, August 11: Calculus Day 2 (Differential Equations)

Week 3:


  • Mon, August 14: Statistics Day 1 (Probability)
  • Tue, August 15: Statistics Day 2 (Inference)
  • Wed, August 16: Guest Speaker (TBD)
  • Thu, August 17: Project Day 1
  • Fri, August 18: Project Day 2

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. First day includes a welcome video to be watched offline before joining.

Time (Hour)Lecture
0:00-2:00Tutorials
2:00-3:00Break
3:00-5:00Tutorials

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
1:00-2:00Live 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
0:00-2:00Tutorials
2:00-3:00Break
3:00-5:00Tutorials

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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