Dan Spencer doesn't know Quarto yet

@BrainStatsSam , I'm installing your RFTtoolbox right now!

Short PSA to those of you who are developing software packages on GitHub: Get credit for your work if other people use your code by adding a CITATION.cff file. I find this incredibly useful when I use your packages in my publications! docs.github.com/en/repositorie… #github #code

@BrainStatsSam Just re-read that paper! Thanks for sharing your pipeline!

@danCMDstat To generate more realistic noise simulations I recommend bootstrapping resting state with fake task a la Eklund 2016.

Hey #neurostats, #NeuroTwitter, #neuroscience, when you develop methods for neuroimaging data, do you use simulated data? If so, how do you simulate? Do you use a software package or write your own code to simulate data? #askingforagrant

@Anna_NeuroSci @AGerlachPhD Good to know! This has been my approach, too. I'm thinking it may be time to look into how simulation is done across the field and how it can affect the development of methodologies. Thanks!

@daktx2 Very narrow audience for this one, but I’m here for it.

Ted Lasso? What about Ted Elastic Net?

@hufengling It totally caught me off guard the first time I submitted a paper. I do the research and then *I* pay to show it to other people‽

The alternative to having to pay $30 for a copy of your own work is when the journal asks you for $3500 so you can be the good guy and publish in an open source journal. youtube.com/watch?v=dx71U3… #AcademicTwitter #giveNanaTheArXivLink

@daktx2 This is hilarious. I know what I’ll be doing this afternoon

CLIP Interrogator (think DALL-E but inverse) owned me on this one

So excited for @BrightFatma as she proposes her PhD dissertation today!

I am ecstatic to share my first preprint on investigating the sources and patterns of residual autocorrelation in task fMRI data with great collaboration with @damondpham, @danCMDstat, @maqroll62, and @mandyfmejia. arxiv.org/abs/2209.06783

@ClaireMKBowen @CoeurSports So awesome. Isn’t that such a nice place to run? Looks like we stayed in similar places!

Morning run in Paris. I found a great path along the river to see the sights. #minitriathlete #IMTX2023 #HeartAndCourage #IronmanTraining #TheCollectiveBeat #TCB2022 @CoeurSports

@BrainStatsSam @hufengling I think that’s a fair point. However, this is an interesting use of a very new technology. I’m going to take a deeper read of this paper before I make any judgements about possible problems.

@hufengling @danCMDstat Yeah I wonder how realistic the images are that were generated in practice. Difficult to really know. It seems safer to me to stick to validations using real data where we know that the distribution of the noise/signal is realistic.

This is a truly genius idea. As a statistician working in neuroimaging methods, there are lots of times when you want simulated data that are close to the real thing, but with a controllable ground truth so you can test model power and accuracy. Great job!

@BrainStatsSam Yes, but then you are limited to the data that have been collected. I agree that you *can* and many people *have* simulated using the UK Biobank data. I think this is likely the next step. You have no limit to the number of subjects, plus you can simulate over unseen conditions.

@danCMDstat Then its real data!

@BrainStatsSam They also allow for you to simulate conditions because they have the distributional effects of tons of covariates.

@danCMDstat I think a better approach to generating realistic simulations is to leverage big datasets like the UK biobank (i.e. setting aside a large number of subjects to calculate a ground truth and dividing the remaining subjects into small groups on which to test the methods).

This is the best thing I’ve seen on Twitter all year.

@raybai07 Thanks for this post Ray. Very helpful to me as I start my journey into the academic job market!

The 2022-2023 academic job market is upon us! Resharing my post from Feb. '20 about my experience on the TT academic job market. Includes info on putting together job application materials, preparing for virtual + on-site interviews and job talk. (1/2) raybai.net/my-experience-…