10. BCN Mathematics for neuroscientists

Target Group

All BCN PhD students. The practicals are especially suited for neuroimaging (EEG, fMRI, fNIRS, statistics, modelling), but will also cover basic mathematical techniques. However, depending on interest, we can adapt them to various audiences.

Credits

3 EC by active involvement (including preparation by reading provided course materials). 

Content

This course will tackle math-related problems that PhD students (in neuroimaging) face in practice and cannot (completely) understand. The goal is to learn/refresh concepts in math such that the attendee can understand equations that for example appear in the article she/he is reading (instead of getting upset and skipping the page/article). In this set of lectures and practicals we will focus on math problems that appear frequently, including equations involved in calculating medication equivalents, the General Linear Model (GLM), finding the minimum of a function, independent component analysis, and filtering.  We will teach you some basic tools that are necessary to approach and understand these equations.

Teachers

Branislava Ćurčić-Blake
Natasha M. Maurits
Remco Renken
Jan-Bernard Marsman
Cris Lanting 

Period

February and March, 2025

Duration

14 lectures/practical of 120 minutes. (Up to 36 hours total)

Themes

Equations
Trigonometry
Complex numbers
Vectors calculus
Matrix algebra
Differential equations
Limites and differentials
Statistics

Literature

Math for Scientists Refreshing the Essentials by Natasha Maurits and Branislava Ćurčić-Blake, 2017, Springer
The book is available for free for download within RuG via
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007%2F978-3-319-57354-0
Outside of the UG
Softcover Math For Scientists (Link: https://www.dpbolvw.net/click-8937644-12898971?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.springer.com%2Fgp%2Fbook%2F9783319573533)
PDF Math for scientists (Link: http://www.jdoqocy.com/click-8436262-12898971?url=http://www.springer.com/de/book/9783319573533)

Application

Contact

Diana Koopmans (d.h.koopmans umcg.nl)