Outreach Events & Resources¶
This page highlights outreach events organized by our group, including workshops, hackathons, conference sessions, and education activities. It also serves as a hub for associated learning materials such as code tutorials, repositories, and supporting resources.
Our outreach efforts are designed to make Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics datasets, tools, and scientific workflows more accessible to the broader community.
You can also view previous and upcoming outreach events here: https://www.allenneuraldynamics.org/events.
Types of Outreach Events¶
Our outreach efforts span several formats, including:
Workshops — structured training sessions focused on data, tools, and analysis workflows
Hackathons — collaborative coding events centered on open-ended data exploration and project development
Conference sessions — talks, tutorials, and workshops at scientific meetings
Classroom outreach — course-integrated tutorials and student-facing educational activities
Featured Resources¶
This section highlights materials that may be useful beyond the original event they were created for.
Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain 2025 collection
Code Ocean collection for a two-week summer training course, includes code tutorials for multiple projects and datasets.
View collectionCredit Assignment During Learning tutorial
Code Ocean capsule with code tutorials to access the BCI neurophysiology and behavior dataset.
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Workshops¶
Workshops provide structured training experiences focused on datasets, tools, and computational approaches used across the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics.
Summer Workshop on the Dynamic Brain 2025¶
Date: August 24 – September 7, 2025
Audience: graduate students, researchers
Location: Friday Harbor Laboratories, San Juan Island, WA, USA
Highlighted projects/platforms: multiple Allen Institute large-scale neural datasets
A two-week summer course focused on computational analysis of large-scale neuroscience datasets.
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Workshop at Western Washington University¶
Date: October 30, 2025
Audience: undergraduate students, graduate students (neuroscience, biology, computer science)
Location: WWU, Bellingham, WA, USA
Highlighted projects/platforms: Brain-wide Anatomy, Exa-SPIM, Credit Assignment During Learning
This workshop included short talks on team science, an overview of Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics, and hands-on code tutorials using neuron reconstructions from the Brain-wide Anatomy platform and neurophysiology and behavior data from the BCI project.
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Workshop at Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology¶
Date: January 30, 2025
Audience: researchers
Location: OIST, Okinawa, JP
Highlighted projects/platforms: Brain-wide Anatomy, Electrophysiology
This workshop focused on introducing and sharing resources from the Brain-wide Anatomy and Electrophysology platforms.
Hackathons¶
Hackathons are collaborative coding events where participants work directly with Allen Institute datasets and develop exploratory analyses, tools, or prototype research workflows.
University of Washington Neurohackathon (2026)¶
Date: March 6–8, 2026
Audience: undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers
Location: UW, Seattle, WA, USA
Highlighted projects/platforms: Credit Assignment During Learning
Our second year participating in the UW Neurohackathon, sharing updated data and tutorials from the Credit Assignment During Learning project.
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University of Washington Neurohackathon (2025)¶
Date: May 16–18, 2025
Audience: undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers
Location: UW, Seattle, WA, USA
Highlighted projects/platforms: Credit Assignment During Learning
A hackathon organized by the Conect and Synaptech student clubs at UW, where participants used neurotechnology devices and/or Allen Institute neural datasets to develop a project or prototype.
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UW CNC–AIND Hackacollabathon: Credit Assignment During Learning¶
Date: May 14, 2025
Audience: graduate students, researchers
Location: UW,Seattle, WA, USA
Highlighted projects/platforms: Credit Assignment During Learning
A collaborative hackathon to share new data from the Credit Assignment During Learning project with researchers at UW and the Allen Institute.
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UW CNC–AIND Hackacollabathon: Mesoscale Connectivity¶
Date: December 4, 2024
Audience: undergraduate students, graduate students, researchers
Location: UW, Seattle, WA, USA
Highlighted projects/platforms: Thalamus in the Middle, Brain-wide Anatomy
A collaborative hackathon to share new data from the Thalamus in the Middle project with researchers at UW and the Allen Institute.
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Conference Sessions & Talks¶
Conference sessions and invited talks help introduce Allen Institute datasets, tools, and scientific resources to broader technical and research communities.
Talk at Cosyne Tutorial Session¶
Date: March 12, 2026
Audience: researchers
Location: Cosyne, Lisbon, PT
Highlighted projects/platforms: Brain-wide Anatomy, Electrophysiology, AIND Community Portal, Dynamic Routing, Visual Behavior Neuropixels
A talk delivered during the Cosyne tutorial session highlighting datasets, tools, and resources from the Allen Institute for Neural Dynamics.
Talk at the NeurIPS Data on the Brain & Mind Workshop¶
Date: December 7, 2025
Audience: researchers (machine learning, AI, neuroscience)
Location: NeurIPS 2025, San Diego, CA, USA
Highlighted projects/platforms: Visual Behavior Neuropixels
A short talk during a workshop on AI applications for neuroscience and cognitive science data, highlighting a preprint and code tutorial from the Visual Behavior Neuropixels project.
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Lectures & Classroom Outreach¶
Lectures and classroom activities support student learning by introducing Allen Institute datasets and computational neuroscience workflows in educational settings.
Lecture at Undergraduate Course at University of Puget Sound¶
Date: September 24, 2025
Audience: undergraduate students (neuroscience, computer science)
Location: UPS, Tacoma, WA, USA
Highlighted projects/platforms: Credit Assignment During Learning
A lecture for an undergraduate class in which students developed quarter-long research projects using Allen Institute datasets.
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Code Tutorial for High School Field Trip¶
Date: February 13, 2026
Audience: high school students
Location: Allen Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
Highlighted projects/platforms: Thalamus in the Middle, Brain-wide Anatomy
A code tutorial for high school group visiting the Allen Institute, focused on introducing neural anatomy data and mapping connections between brain areas.
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Have questions? Interested in using our materials?¶
Contact the Data & Outreach team.