Dynamical Network States, Criticality and Cortical Function
Organizers: Udo Ernst and Nergis Tömen
Speaker gender ratio: 4 women : 16 men (20%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword (“cortical physiology” OR “cortical structure” OR “cortical dynamics” OR “criticality”) and counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 42 results using our python script.
APAN 2016 – Advanced Perspectives in Auditory Neuroscience
Organizers: Yale Cohen, Liz Romanski and Xiaoqin Wang
Invited speaker gender ratio: 6 Women : 11 Men (35%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 33%
*Method of estimation: Speakers are chosen from submitted abstracts. Out of 119 submitted abstracts, 39 had a female first author. This is close to the previously established base rate of women in auditory neuroscience (currently 32-37%).
2017 Summer School in Social Neuroscience and Neuroeconomics
Organizers: Gregory Samanez-Larkin, Molly Crockett, Jamil Zaki and Kendra Seaman
Faculty gender ratio: 7 Women : 8 Men (47%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 37%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroeconomics.
A special shout-out to the inclusive nature of this summer course, in words and deeds: “Individuals from backgrounds that are underrepresented in science are strongly encouraged to apply. If you are hesitant to apply because travel is complicated while you have an infant or small children, we will do everything we can to accommodate you. If there is interest, we will provide child care during the days and can provide space and time during the events for nursing and/or other childcare-related activities.”
5th MindBrainBody Symposium (MBB 2017)
Keynote speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 4 Men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 24%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in neuroscience.
Organization for Computational Neurosciences 26th Annual Meeting (CNS2017)
Organizers: Michele Giugliano, Daniele Marinazzo (Local Organizers) and Anthony Burkitt (Program Chair)
Invited speaker gender ratio: 1 Woman : 3 Men (25%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Columbia Workshop on Brain Circuits, Memory and Computation 2017
Organizer: Aurel A. Lazar
Invited speaker gender ratio: 3 Women : 12 Men (20%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
2017 International Computational Psychiatry Course
Organizers: Frederike Petzschner & Klaas Enno Stephan
Speaker gender ratio: 8 Women : 17 Men (32%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 29%
*Method of estimation: previously established base rate of women in computational psychiatry.
OIST Computational Neuroscience Course (OCNC2017)
Organizers: Erik De Schutter, Kenji Doya, Bernd Kuhn and Jeff Wickens
Invited speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 12 Men (25%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Organizer: Nikola Simidjievski
Speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 5 Men (29%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
The American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair: 2016 Conference
Sponsors: see here, NIH R13
Speaker gender ratio (incl. keynote and symposium): 12 Women : 35 Men (26%)
Presidential keynote and symposium speakers: 0 Women : 2 Men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 26%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword “(therapy OR repair) AND neuro” and counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in pages 25, 50, 75 and 100 of 127 results pages.
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