Multimodal Neuroimaging and Machine Learning to Understand Human Behavior

Hosted by Yale University in partnership with NIRx Medical Technologies, this event focused on Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) related research in the New England region will include presentations from leading fNIRS researchers, panel discussion from a wide range of fNIRS researchers to facilitate communication about current theories and practices in fNIRS research, and a poster session from current fNIRS users.

The goal is to connect fNIRS researchers across engineering, neuroscience, psychology, and clinical disciplines and offer a space to network and share innovative new ways to perform meaningful fNIRS research.

Researchers new to fNIRS are welcome, as well as individuals working with other imaging technologies that are interested in incorporating fNIRS into their studies. Registration is required.

Late-Breaking Poster Submissions

For those still interested in presenting a poster at this workshop, please note that late-breaking poster abstracts will be due October 25, 2024 by 5pm EDT via this google submission form.

Agenda

Day 1: Friday, November 8

9 - 10:15 am Keynote speaker: Susan Perlman (Washington University in St. Louis). The Use of fNIRS for Studying Social Interaction: What can Neural Synchrony Tell us About Relationships?

10:15 - 10:30 am Coffee break

10:30 - 12 pm Paper Session 1

12 - 1:30 pm Lunch and poster session

1:30 - 3 pm pm Panel Discussion: Methodological Developments in Signal Processing. Chair: Meryem Yücel (Boston University). Panelists: Luca Pollonini (Univ. of Houston), Roeland Hancock (Yale) & Stefan Carp (Harvard).

3 - 3:30 pm Coffee break

3:30 - 4:30 pm Paper Session 2

Day 2: Saturday, November 9

9 - 10:15 am Keynote speaker: Luca Pollonini (University of Houston). Accuracy, Repeatability and Reliability of Individual-level fNIRS: Challenges and Opportunities.

10:15 - 10:30 am Coffee break

10:30 - 12 pm Panel Discussion: Combining fNIRS with other Multi-Modal Imaging Techniques. Chair: Dick Aslin (Yale). Panelists: Joy Hirsch (Yale), Laurel Gabard-Durnam (Northeastern University) & Erin Solovey (Worcester Polytechnic Institute).

12 - 1:30pm Lunch (on your own)

1:30 - 3:30 pm fNIRS hands-on workshop

4 - 5 pm Yale Campus Tour (please email sara.sanchez.alonso@yale.edu if you would like to join the tour)