BHI-CAHBIR Seminar Talks: Russell Poldrack, PhD

“Building Credibility in Neuroscience through Open Science”

BHI-CAHBIR will host a hybrid seminar featuring Dr. Russell Poldrack, Albert Ray Lang Professor of Psychology at Stanford University.

Date and Time: March 25, 12 – 1 PM

In-person location: V10 RWJMS Research Tower 675 Hoes Lane West, Room V10, Piscataway, NJ

Abstract: It is now widely accepted that openness and transparency are keys to improving the reproducibility of scientific research, but many challenges remain to adoption of these practices. I will discuss the growth of an ecosystem for open science within the field of cognitive neuroscience, focusing on platforms for open data sharing and open source tools for reproducible data analysis. I will also discuss the role of the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS), a community standard for data organization across multiple types of neuroscience data, in enabling this open science ecosystem, and will outline the scientific impacts of these resources.