[FieldTrip] DecMeg2014 competition: decoding the human brain

[Haiteng Jiang]

 Biomag 2014 Decoding Challenge - Brain Decoding Across Subjects
 https://www.kaggle.com/c/decoding-the-human-brain

 Decoding mental states from functional neuroimaging data is a data
 analysis paradigm adopted both in neuroscience studies and in
 brain-computer interface applications. Decoding means determining, from
the recorded brain activity, what stimulus was provided to a subject. In
this competition, a large number of trials, from a face  vs. scrambled face
visual task, are available from multiple  subjects. The brain activity was
recorded by means of  magnetoencephalography (MEG). MEG recordings from
various subjects and  the category of the associated visual stimuli are
given to the  participants of the competition in order to train their
prediction algorithms. With their algorithms, the participants will have to
 predict the category of the stimulus of a different set of MEG recordings,
from other subjects. Each submission to the competition will be scored
according to the accuracy of prediction. Decoding across subjects is a
difficult task because of the variability in head  shape, cortical folding
and functional organisation. For MEG data, the literature on decoding
across subjects is still in early stages and competition aims at raising
the awareness about this complex  scientific problem.

 This competition is associated with the the 19th International Conference
on Biomagnetism, Biomag 2014, Halifax (Canada), August 24-28, 2014.
  The competition begins: April 21st, 2014.
  The competition ends: July 27th, 2014.
  Prizes: 1st 3,000 USD, 2nd 1,500 USD, 3rd 500 USD.

 Organizers: Emanuele Olivetti, Seyed Mostafa Kia and Paolo Avesani
(NeuroInformatics Lab, Bruno Kessler Foundation and University of  Trento,
IT), e-mail: decmeg2014 at list.fbk.eu.

Scientific steering committee: Ole Jensen (Donders Institute, NL),> Nathan
Weisz (University of Trento, IT), Richard Henson (MRC/CBU, UK) and
Alexandre Gramfort (Telecom ParisTech, CNRS, CEA / Neurospin). We would
also like to thank Daniel Wakeman (Martinos Center, MGH, USA).
 The awards for this competition are funded by Elekta Oy, MEG International
Services Ltd (MISL), Fondazione Bruno Kessler and Besa Gmbh.

 Relevant links:
 - competition website:
https://www.kaggle.com/c/decoding-the-human-brain
- Biomag 2014: http://www.biomag2014.org
- NeuroInformatics Lab: http://nilab.fbk.eu
- Elekta Oy: http://www.elekta.com
- MISL (CTF MEG): http://www.ctfmeg.com
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler: http://www.fbk.eu
- Besa GmbH: http://www.besa.de
 Please feel free to forward this message to your colleagues or  contacts
who might be interested in this competition.

-- 
Haiteng Jiang
PhD candidate
Neuronal Oscillations Group
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour
Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
Radboud University Nijmegen

Visiting address
Room 2.32
Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging
Kapittelweg 29
6525 EN  Nijmegen
the Netherlands

 Tel.: +31 (0)243668291
 Web:  https://sites.google.com/site/haitengjiang/
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