Machine Learning School

The NeuroMiner Machine Learning School was first conducted in 2018. NeuroMiner, developed by Prof. Nikolaos Koutsouleris and his team, is a MATLAB-based machine learning software featuring a text-based menu system suitable for users with minimal coding skills. It provides clinical researchers with access to cutting-edge tools for predictive medicine and has been used in multiple scientific publications.

Goal: The aim of this school is to introduce the participant to psychiatric machine learning with a specific focus on diagnostic and prognostic neuroimaging.

Structure: Fundamental machine learning concepts are introduced in lectures and the participant is guided through practical tutorials using software that does not require programming experience. By the end of the course, the participant will be able to plan and implement their own machine learning analyses with multiple types of data (e.g., clinical, biological, and neuroimaging).

Highlights of the school

• Morning seminars introducing key concepts in machine learning

• Hands-on tutorials using personal computers in small groups guided by a tutor (n = 10) 

• Progression from data entry to advanced techniques, such as data fusion and stacking

• Guest lectures from leading experts in machine learning

• A machine learning competition on the final day

Previous Machine Learning Schools

Online Machine Learning School 2024

• 259 international participants attended, with 51 also participating in the hands-on tutorial sessions.

• The school was supported by the Section for Precision Psychiatry @ LMU Clinic, the Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health (AIM) lab @ KCL, Max Planck Fellow Group for Precision Psychiatry, the ECNP, and the ECNP Neuroimaging Network.

Online Machine Learning School 2022

• A total of 254 international participants joined the school with 10 tutors organization for the participants that attended specific tutorials.

• It was conducted by the ECNP Neuroimaging Network, the Section for Precision Psychiatry Applications, and the Max Planck Fellow Group for Precision Psychiatry.

Next Machine Learning School

Please check the following link for more information about our upcoming events: Online Machine Learning School 2025.