We develop open, reproducible tools and datasets to advance computational neuroscience and psychological research. Our projects create and maintain software for distributed data-versioning and provenance, stable neuroimaging platforms, and analysis/data-format libraries, while also curating large, shareable naturalistic neuroimaging and behavioral datasets. We prioritize FAIR principles, provenance capture, and decentralized research-data management.
Our goal is to make complex neuroimaging and behavioral data easier to discover, access, reproduce, and reuse across labs by integrating data, code, and workflows. Through tool development, open data releases, and methodological research, we aim to improve replicability in cognitive and brain sciences and to lower the technical barriers for collaborative, large-scale computational studies.
Objectives #
- Probe brain function with naturalistic, high-dimensional studies (Long-term goal)
- Build tools for reproducible, shareable science (Long-term goal)
- Self-hosted research IT infrastructure (Long-term goal)
- Integrate psychology with informatics (Long-term goal)
- Promote open science through shared data and collaboration (Long-term goal)
People #
Currently associated #
- Małgorzata Wierzba (Research team member)
- Michał Szczepanik (Research team member)
- Manuel Bayer (Student)
- Laura Waite (Research team member)
- Christian Mönch (Research team member)
- Benjamin Poldrack (Research team member)
- Venkatesh Hariharapura Shivashankar (Research team member)
- Stephan Heunis (Research team member)
- Vittorio Iacovella (Student)
- Michael Hanke (Lead)
Full-time informagician, real-life psychologist, Debian developer, Pythonero, open science and free software proponent. - Daniel Kottke (Research assistant)
- Alex Waite (Information technology project manager)
- Jenna Swarthout Goddard (Research team member)
- Pierre Ibe (Research assistant)
- Ayan Sengupta (Research team member)
- Michael Notter (Student)
- Michael Burgardt (Intern)
- Richard Dinga (Student)
- Adina Wagner (Research team member)
Previously associated #
- Christian Häusler (Research team member, Student; until 2024-09-30)
- Tosca Heunis (Research team member; 2023-09-01 – 2024-07-31)
- Leonardo Muller-Rodriguez (Intern; 2022-03-01 – 2022-12-31)
- Odelfa Songong (Student; 2021-05-03 – 2022-03-22)
- Emanuele Porcu (Research team member; until 2019-03)
- Falko Kaule (Research team member; 2014-07-01 – 2017-12-31)
- Moritz Boos (Student; 2015-05-01 – 2015-07-30)
- Sven Buchholz (Research team member; 2013-11-01 – 2014-07-31)
