Dynamics of learning and computations in neuronal circuits
Organizers: Rainer J. Engelken, Farzad Farkhooi, Jonathan Kadmon, Fred Wolf
Sponsors: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Speaker gender ratio: 5 women : 10 men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
The Cerebellum: Cells, Systems and Behaviour
Organizers: Narender Ramnani, Claire O’Callaghan and Josh Balsters
Sponsor: Guarantors of Brain
Speaker gender ratio: 6 Women : 7 Men (46%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 33%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword Cerebellum and then counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 28 pages of results using our python script.
Organizer: Angus Silver
Sponsors: F1000Research, German Neuroinformatics Node (G-Node)
Speaker gender ratio: 6 women : 12 men (33%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Computational Theories of the Brain
Organizers: Wolfgang Maass, Christos Papadimitriou, S. Murray Sherman
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Invited speaker gender ratio: 6 women : 16 men (27%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Organizers: Luke Chang, Jeremy Manning, Matt van der Meer, Courtney Rogers
Sponsors: see here
Invited speaker gender ratio: 4 women : 11 men (27%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
Brain Connectivity Workshop 2018 (BCW 2018)
Organizers: Jin Hyung Lee, Petra Ritter
Sponsors: see here
Speaker gender ratio: 1 Woman : 14 Men (7%)
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. Search originally performed in September 2017.
InSpire – New Insights on Complex Neural Dynamics
Organizers: Bruno Cessac, Antonio Politi, Alessandro Torcini, Marc Timme
Sponsors: Labex MME-DII, Institut d’études avancées – IEA – Université de Cergy-Pontoise, The Paris Seine Initiative
Speaker gender ratio: 4 women : 16 men (20%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
2018 Computational Approaches to Memory and Plasticity (CAMP) at NCBS, Bangalore
Organizers: Upinder Bhalla, Arvind Kumar and Rishikesh Narayanan
Instructor gender ratio: 1 woman : 9 men (10%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
2018 Berkeley Summer Course In Mining And Modeling Of Neuroscience Data
Organizers: Fritz Sommer and Jeff Teeters
Instructor gender ratio: 3 women : 3 men (50%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
6th Baltic-Nordic School on Neuroinformatics (BNNI 2018)
Faculty gender ratio: 2 women : 9 men (18%)
Estimated* base rate of women in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
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