4th Summer School on Computational and Mathematical Modelling of Cognition
Faculty gender ratio: 1 Woman : 9 Men (10%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 34%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword “cognitive psychology” AND (model OR modelling OR modeling OR mathematical) and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 60 results found using our python script.
Deep Brain Stimulation Symposium 2017
Organizers: Pankaj Sah, Peter Silburn, Terry Coyne
Sponsors: Asia-Pacific Centre for Neuromodulation (APCN) in collaboration with Medtronic and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital
Total speaker gender ratio (incl. keynotes): 1 woman : 11 men (8%)
Keynote speaker gender ratio: 1 woman : 4 men (20%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 26%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword deep AND brain AND stimulation and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 11 pages of results found using our python script.
Does Neuroscience Need Behavior to Understand Brain-Behavior Relationships?
Speaker gender ratio: 0 Women : 4 Men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 24%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
Organizers: Lars Muckli, Katrin Amunts
Sponsor: Human Brain Project
First part (invited symposium) speaker gender ratio: 1 Woman : 8 Men (11%)
Estimated** base rate of females in the field: 37%
Second part speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 9 Men (31%)
Estimated*** base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*The first part of this meeting falls under cognitive neuroscience while the second part falls under computational neuroscience.
**Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in cognitive neuroscience.
***Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Brain Connectivity Workshop 2017 (BCW 2017)
Organizers: Andreea Diaconescu, Klaas Enno Stephan, Jakob Heinzle, Sandra Iglesias
Sponsors: see here
Speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 16 Men (20%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 42%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword “brain connectivity” and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 7 pages of results using our python script.
Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Cortical Dynamics Workshop
Organizers: Stefano Panzeri and Tommaso Fellin
Speaker gender ratio: 2 women : 10 men (17%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 31%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword (cortex OR cortical) AND dynamics and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 19 pages of results using our python script.
Bernstein 2017 Workshop: “The Neural Code: Universal Grammar or Area-Specific Mechanisms?”
Organizers: Eleonora Russo and Hazem Toutounji
Speaker gender ratio: 0 women : 8 men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 25%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword “neural code” OR “neural coding” and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 67 results using our python script.
Bernstein 2017 Workshop: “Information transmission and communication in brain circuits”
Organizers: Alireza Valizadeh and Claudio Mirasso
Speaker gender ratio: 0 Women : 8 Men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-18%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience, specifically the numbers based on attendance at COSYNE (Computational and Systems Neuroscience) 2016.
Cell Biology of Neurons and Circuits
Organizers: Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Timothy Ryan
Invited participant gender ratio: 6 women : 25 men (19%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 28%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword cell AND biology AND neuro and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 37 pages of results using our python script.
Recent Developments in Epilepsy Modelling
Organizers: Wim van Drongelen and Stephan van Gils
Speaker gender ratio: 0 women : 10 men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 27%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword epilepsy AND (modelling OR modeling OR model) and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 34 pages of results.
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