news – fNIRS 2020

August 16, 2020September 8, 2020

SfNIRS Data Blitz Announcement

The fNIRS 2020-21 program committee is organizing a three day virtual event, October 12-14 2020, 9:00-11:00 EDT, to promote interactions amongst the SfNIRS community and to provide a forum to present brief research updates.

We plan for three 2 hour daily sessions, where Project Leaders and Principal Investigators worldwide will present a 4 minute update on the latest fNIRS results from their group.

We invite project leaders with at least one senior author publication to apply using the form below, by providing the title of their presentation, topic, and available time slots to present.

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August 10, 2020August 16, 2020

NIH support for fNIRS 2021

I am happy to announce that our Support for Scientific Conferences grant (R13) proposal has been awarded $15,000 by the National Institute of Health!!!

The award will allow us to establish a number of travel awards for students, early career women and underrepresented minorities (URM). The travel awards will be selected based on scientific merit of peer-reviewed abstracts.

May 16, 2020August 16, 2020

fNIRS 2020 Boston Postponed

Due to the ongoing COVID situation, the officers of SfNIRS, board of directors and organisers of fNIRS 2020 have taken the decision to postpone the conference for one whole year. fNIRS 2021 will now take place on 10-13^th October 2021 in the same venue at Boston University.
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February 25, 2020August 16, 2020

Sign up for the first fNIRS got Talent show

Calling all experts in eyebrow dancing, extreme pen spinning, Nirvana connoisseurs, and more! All will be welcome to perform at fNIRS Got Talent (coming soon, at a fNIRS conference near you!). Use the google form at the link to let us know what kind of performance you’ll be putting on for us. Anything you need for your performance, we’ll try to make it happen!

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019

Announcing Special Guest Speaker Dr. Bruce Tromberg

Schedule permitting, Dr. Bruce Tromberg, has agreed to participate to the fNIRS2020 meeting and to present his vision for the NIH NIBIB program. He will also talk about his pioneering work on diffuse optics, and will discuss future opportunities for fNIRS technologies.

September 1, 2019January 19, 2020

Calling for Sponsors and Exhibitors

To help support fNIRS 2020, we have established three different mechanisms and you can choose one or any combination of them.

June 22, 2019October 10, 2019

Professor Richard Aslin as Keynote speaker

The conference Chairs are proud to announce the opening keynote speaker for fNIRS2020 Boston: Richard Aslin!!

Professor Aslin is a developmental psychologist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He is currently a Senior Scientist at Haskins Laboratories.

June 21, 2019October 10, 2019

Mini-course proposals submission now open

For fNIRS2020 we are planning to offer a 2 days educational course with regular lectures and parallel sessions to provide mini-courses and hands-on demonstrations on more focused topics https://fnirs2020.org/program/courses/

May 3, 2019October 10, 2019

About the Logo

This year logo has a special meaning, which I want to share with you all.

Twenty years ago, supported by an NIH P41 center grant, David Boas started an important educational program: the MGH Martinos Center fNIRS course, a 2-day course designed to introduce new users to functional near-infrared spectroscopy.