Register to participate NeuroJSON AutoBIDSify Workshop/Hackathon 2026

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The NeuroJSON project is excited to announce Auto-BIDSify — a large-language-model-(LLM)-empowered neuroimaging data standardization framework that integrates semantic reasoning with rule-based execution to automatically format heterogeneous neuroimaging files into BIDS datasets. Using a single command with Auto-BIDSify, researchers can automatically extract relevant experimental information from diverse data files, populate BIDS metadata files, and convert/reorganize user data files into BIDS-compatible datasets, making them readily available for dissemination to data sharing portals, such as OpenNeuro.org and NeuroJSON.io.

In this remote-based workshop/hackathon (March 26, 2026, 11 AM – 1 PM EST for the workshop and 1:30 – 3:30 PM EST for the hackathon), we will teach participants step-by-step how to set up Auto-BIDSify, prepare your source data folders, and run a fully automated end-to-end data conversion pipeline to create BIDS-compatible dataset packages. We will use Jupyter Notebook to give an interactive demo and allow participants to use it as a playground for converting diverse data files, including your lab-specific datasets.

Please use the following registration form to register for this online event. We look forward to seeing you at this workshop.

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