Software and Cyber Automation in Neuroscience

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This seminar course will emphasize software and cyber automation tools in neuroscience to address the emerging needs of big data in neuroscience. Students will work in pairs to address such needs of various neuroscience Labs both within MU and with collaborators outside MU. The students pairs will be provided a list of automation projects to work on (one or maximum two) during the semester, under close supervision of the instructors. They will also be provided access to local cyberinfrastructure at MU, national cyberinfrastructure resources such as CyVerse (www.cyverse.org) and Neuroscience Gateway (https://www.nsgportal.org), as well as public clouds such as XSEDE and Amazon Web Services. Graded on A-F basis only. Credit Hour : 1 Prerequisites: Basic software programming, basic cell biology, or consent of instructor