Project Manager & Software Developer ACE Labs McConnell Brain Imaging Center Montreal Neurological Instititute E-mail: samir@bic.mni.mcgill.ca Office phone: (514) 398-1853

Introduction

Welcome to my homepage at the BIC. I currently serve as a project manager for a number of neuroimaging projects. I am a graduate of the University of Alberta. My education began in Engineering and then migrated to Mathematics and Computing Science. My work at the BIC has focused on image processing, software developement, database design, and project management. My focus in image processing analysis has been in the areas of cortical thickness analysis and voxel-based morphometry. I have also spent much time becoming familiar with multivariate statistical analysis and linear modeling. My plan has always been to become half as amazing a programmer as Jonathan Harlap and twice as knowledgable in image processing as Pierre Bellec. I'd even like to develop a moderately decent understanding of the human brain anatomy in these pursuits. If I do not acheive these goals I will become a rock star.

Projects

Software Developement:

• LORIS
• CBRAIN
• BrainBrowser
• BigBrain

• NIHPD
• IBIS
• NeuroDevnet
• GUSTO
• PreventAD

Research Interests

• Cortical Morphology, Voxel-based morphometry,
• Deepen my understanding of many image processing techniques, such as Linear and Non-Linear Registrations or Non-uniformity corrections, etc...
• Learning more about statistical methods to have the ability to do more exploratory analyses on the brain.
• Applying data analysis to deepen my understanding of the anatomy of the human brain.
• Want to understand and apply Bootstrapping and Random Field Theory to any future analysis that I do.

Favourite Links

• The BIC Home Page
• The Wiki at the BIC
• Anything associated with Jason Lerch
• Infant Brain Imaging Study (IBIS) homepage