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