Brainhack events offer a novel workshop format with participant-generated content that caters to the rapidly growing open neuroscience community. Including components from hackathons and unconferences, as well as parallel educational sessions, Brainhack fosters novel collaborations around the interests of its attendees. Here we provide an overview of its structure, past events, and example projects. Additionally, we outline current innovations such as regional events and post-conference publications. Through introducing Brainhack to the wider neuroscience community, we hope to provide a unique conference format that promotes the features of collaborative, open science.
Allen Institute for Brain Science, Amazon Web Services, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Child Mind Institute, Inc., FIU Division of Research, Frontiers, Frontiers in Neuroscience, International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility, MATRICE, Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Microsoft Azure, NIH BD2K Center, Big Data for Discovery Science, Enigma Center for Worldwide Medicine, Imaging, and Genomics, NIH BD2K Supplement for NCANDA, NCANDA: Data Analysis Component, Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Ontario Brain Institute, Quebec Bio-Imaging Network, Siemens, University of Miami Flipse Funds
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