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Neuroinformatics- Assignment 1 s1, 2018

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Master of Computer and Information Sciences

COMP800 NEUROINFORMATICS 2018

ASSIGNMENT ONE

Due Date: 13 April 2018, 11 am (40%)

Submission: Two copies of this assignment need to be submitted. A hard copy

needs to be submitted to the lecturer in the class and the other

through email: [email protected]

This assignment represents a major piece of work on this course, and accordingly carries 40% of your course mark.

Engineering, Computer and

Mathematical Sciences

Neuroinformatics- Assignment 1 s1, 2018

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Assignment Specification: Write a report on the following points of study and present it to the class:

Requirements for the Assignment Report Points

1- Chose a topic in the area of Neuroinformatics and describe it ( approximately ½ page).

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2- Present a brief literature review on how this topic has been approached in the past (approximately 1 page).

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3- Select relevant Spatio-Temporal brain data to the topic, already collected and available, and describe the data as follows:

- Where the data was collected and how? - What are the data variables? Explain the spatio and temporal

components of data. - Find a number of previous research (journal publications,

conferences, etc.) that have used and analysed this data (approximately 1 page).

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4- Analyze the data using different methods from the computational tool NeuCom or other Machine Learning methods (approximately 3 pages).

- Visualize your data - Apply the data analysis tool - Apply the modelling discovery tool - Apply cross validation method for classification

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5- Summarize the results that you obtained based on the data analysis (Approximately 1 page).

- What do you want to further perform for the analysis of this data (if at all)?

- Would you suggest that new data should be obtained for the topic and how?

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6- References: cite the data sources (such as website) and any literature reviews. The references should be also cited in the text.

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Total mark for assignment report 30

5 min oral presentation in the class 10

Total mark 40

NeuCom is available at https://kedri.aut.ac.nz/areas-of-expertise/data-mining-and-decision-support/neucom

Assessment: 40% (30% for the report; 10% for a short 5 min presentation in class).

Submission and presentation: 13 April 2018, 11 am.

In order to receive feedback on this assignment you are encouraged to communicate with the lecturers. You may also want to bring a draft version and discuss it with the lecturers which does not take any marks!