Brain Dynamics On Multiple Scales (MSBDy) 2017
Organizers: Peter Achermann, Eckehard Olbrich and Thomas Wennekers
Invited speaker gender ratio: 0 Women : 18 Men (0%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 28%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword brain AND dynamics and counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 40 pages of results using our python script.
Organizers: Steve Luck and Emily Kappenman
Sponsors: see here
Speaker gender ratio: 3 Women : 9 Men (25%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 43%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword ERP OR “event-related potentials” and counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 203 results using our python script.
Brains, Minds and Machines Summer Course 2017
Organizers: Gabriel Kreiman and Tomaso Poggio
Invited speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 22 Men (15%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 15%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in neurally inspired machine learning based on registration for NIPS 2016.
Workshop on Tactile Coding and Neuroprostheses
Organizers: Silvestro Micera, Henrik Jorntell, Calogero Oddo and Alberto Mazzoni
Sponsors: see acknowledgements on website
Speaker gender ratio: 2 Women : 12 Men (14%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 32%
*Method of estimation: we searched NIH RePORTER with keywords “neuroprostheses OR (tactile AND coding)” and counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in all 52 results.
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%).
Reinforcement Learning and Decision Making (RLDM2017)
Organizers: Emma Brunskill and Nathaniel Daw
Sponsors: see here
Invited speaker gender ratio (incl. tutorial speakers): 9 Women : 10 Men (47%)
Invited speaker gender ratio: 7 Women : 8 Men (47%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 24-25%
*Method of estimation: Established base rate from the inaugural conference on reinforcement learning and decision making (RLDM) in 2013
International Conference on Mathematical Neuroscience 2017
Organizers: Zachary Kilpatrick, Julijana Gjorgjieva and Robert Rosenbaum
Plenary speaker gender ratio: 4 Women : 6 Men (40%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 17-20%
*Method of estimation: Previously established base rate of women in computational neuroscience.
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.”
Advanced Course Spring 2017: Connectomics
Organizer: Sean Hill
Faculty gender ratio: 1 Woman : 6 Men (14%)
Estimated* base rate of females in the field: 27%
*Method of estimation: We searched NIH RePORTER with keyword “connectome” and counted the ratio of women among the unique researchers in pages 1, 3, 6 and 8 of 8 results pages. Double checking with our python script we got a base rate of 28% for this keyword. (Search was originally done in December 2016.)
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.
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