NiMARE: Neuroimaging Meta-Analytic Research Environment

[jdkent]

Title

NiMARE: Neuroimaging Meta-Analytic Research Environment

Short description and the goals for the OHBM BrainHack

User Guide Project

Currently, there is a mix of methods descriptions (the NiMARE Methods page) and examples of NiMARE's functionality, but those two elements are very separate, and the examples are more a smattering of disconnected exhibitions than a tutorial.

We came up with the idea of making the documentation more into a user guide.

Resources

• https://nimare.readthedocs.io/en/latest/methods.html
• https://nimare.readthedocs.io/en/latest/auto_examples/index.html
• https://github.com/neurostuff/ohbm2021-nimare-tutorial
• https://github.com/NBCLab/nimare-paper

User Guide Goals

• Create a jupyter book
  • Leverage existing resources (see above)
  • Write tutorial documentation with a novice meta-analysis practicitioner in mind
• Have people test jupyter book for typos/understanding/correctness

Extension addition project

NiMARE covers a wide breadth of meta-analytic algorithms. However, the only constant is change. With new algorithms emerging from research across the globe, there is a need for integrating the latest trends in neuroimaging meta-analysis and making the process smooth for new contributors.

In order to kickstart the extension process the goals are twofold:

• integrate a new algorithm into NiMARE
• document the process and find pain points

Link to the Project

https://github.com/neurostuff/NiMARE

Image for the OHBM brainhack website

https://nimare.readthedocs.io/en/latest/_images/nimare_overview.png

Project lead

James Kent, github:@jdkent, discord: jdkent#4667
Alejandro De La Vega, github: @adelavega, discord: neurozorro#2158

Main Hub

Glasgow

Other Hub covered by the leaders

• Glasgow
• Asia / Pacific
• Europe / Middle East / Africa
• Americas

Skills

Minimally, one of the following:

• meta-analysis: beginner
• python: beginner

Recommended tutorials for new contributors

• Set up a brainhack friendly computing environment
• A introduction to Bash
• Python: Writing a script
• Python: Data analysis with Python
• Python: Visualisation
• Machine learning basics
• BIDS
• Machine learning for neuroimaging
• VCS: Using Git and Github
• VCS: Data management with Datalad
• Virtualization
• High Performance Computing: Oracle cloud resource

Good first issues

• testing the existing resources listed above
• testing iterations of the book once it is created

If you want to get introduced to NiMARE development, checkout NiMARE's good first issues:
https://github.com/neurostuff/NiMARE/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+first+issue%22

Twitter summary

Interested in making neuroimaging meta-analyses more accessible and easier to understand?
Help us make a guide for neuroimaging meta-analysis using NiMARE, a fantastic python library
covering many of the meta-analytic algorithms published to date.

Short name for the Discord chat channel (~15 chars)

nimare

Please read and follow the OHBM Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow the OHBM Code of Conduct during the hackathon

[djarecka]

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