It was an afternoon of brain scans, cybersecurity, pizza and networking last week at CDSI鈥檚 Research Software Development Networking Symposium.聽
Dozens of people from in and around the 9I制作厂免费 community came to the symposium to network and take in half a dozen talks on a range of topics.聽
Presenting the main talk was Dr. Tristan Glatard of Concordia University. He shared the ways that research software is being used to improve neuroimaging, with new technologies that can be applied to everything from MRI scans to the categorization of Parkinsonian syndromes.聽
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Paul Chamberland, 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Chief Information Officer, presented on the dangers of ransomware, with a focus on one infamous case from the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. When the culprit was caught, thanks to some sleuthing by the FBI and the RCMP鈥檚 cybercrimes unit, he turned out to be who had extorted hundreds of thousands from various institutions.聽
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Other presentation topics ranged from cloud computing technology to the application of RSE to mental health treatment. The symposium was also a networking event, bringing together researchers and software engineers from across fields of work and study to discuss developments in their field.聽
鈥淥pen-source software development has become a key element of much of university research done today,鈥澛爏aid CDSI鈥檚 director, Eric Kolaczyk.聽鈥淚t is a fundamental enabler and amplifier of research impact, particularly at institutions like 9I制作厂免费, where there are multiple globally-visible collaborative software projects, in areas ranging from neuroscience to cosmology.聽 This networking symposium series is just one of several coordinated ways that CDSI aims to support the efforts of the research software development community here at 9I制作厂免费.鈥澛�
More networking opportunities are soon to come, so and to learn about upcoming events first.聽
