 Tools
for Epilepsy Research: Tutorials & Updates
Thursday August 6 through Saturday August 8, 2009
Biological Science and Learning Center (BSLC)
924 E 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
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Epilepsy is complex and multifaceted; consequently, a myriad of specialists, including epileptologists, neuroscientists, geneticists, physicists, chemists, mathematicians, computer scientists, and engineers, have contributed to the total body of knowledge about this often devastating disease. Individual researchers often struggle to keep pace with, let alone integrate, findings and techniques from disciplines beyond their area of expertise. For example, a researcher focusing on genetic models of epilepsy may have difficulty understanding results from state-of-the-art computer modeling and vice versa.
A primary goal of this meeting is to aid cross-fertilization
between disciplines. To do this, the first half of the symposium
will provide a foundation of basic tutorials on research
technologies for the non-specialist. Each tutorial will focus
on a specific model (e.g. mathematical models in epilepsy)
or tool (e.g. source localization techniques in EEG). They
will begin by covering the basics and then proceed to applications
in epilepsy research, including potential advantages and
pitfalls of the model or tool. The second half of the symposium
will contain talks describing state-of-the-art research in
each area.
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