fMRIPrep / NiPreps first roundup meeting

# fMRIPrep / NiPreps first roundup meeting Date: April 14, 2021 Time: [6.00pm CEST / 4.00pm UTC / 12.00pm EDT / 9.00am PDT](https://arewemeetingyet.com/UTC/2021-04-14/16:00/fMRIPrep%20%2F%20NiPreps%20first%20roundup%20meeting) URL: [redacted] ## Agenda 1. Welcome and introduction to the *NiPreps* concept (10min) [preparation: browse the website www.nipreps.org if you can] 1. Ongoing *NiPreps* projects (5min): - *fMRIPrep* (https://github.com/nipreps/fmriprep) - *dMRIPrep* (https://github.com/nipreps/dmriprep) - *NiBabies* (core utilities to build f/dMRIPreps for infants; (https://github.com/nipreps/nibabies)) - *NiRodents* (core utilities to build f/dMRIPreps for rodents; (https://github.com/nipreps/nirodents)) - *TemplateFlow* (www.templateflow.org; https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-264855/v1) - *NiWorkflows* (our particular default option if the above were switch branches) - Upcoming: *NiReports* - making the visual reports and reportless usable from the outside - Other: *SDCFlows*, *NiTransforms*, Eddy+HeadMotion of dMRI, *ASLPrep*, *PETPrep*, *MRIQC* - (ask in the meeting if interested) 1. Proposal: switch *fMRIPrep*'s license to Apache-2.0 (5min) [preparation/rationale: [nipreps/fmriprep#2325](https://github.com/nipreps/fmriprep/pull/2325))] [If you have already an opinion, you can vote ahead of time here: https://doodle.com/poll/kfbis4n38sipi9a8] 1. The LTS (long-term support) program (Loic / Pierre; 10-15min) [preparation: https://nipreps.org/devs/releases/#long-term-support-series] 1. Development roadmap and next LTS plan (5min): [check https://github.com/orgs/nipreps/projects/3, file issues in the repo ahead of the meeting] 1. Project meetings (5min): Ongoing: - *dMRIPrep* - happens bi-weekly, next April 20 @ 5.45pm CEST / 11.45am EST / 8.45am PST. TBD: - NiPreps Hackathon? - Nov 1-5, 2021 ? - Should we start some *fMRIPrep* meeting? bi-monthly, monthly? [pick your preferred first day here: https://doodle.com/poll/sku4fggbw2taqv7f] - Proposal: *NiRodents* monthly meeting [pick your preferred first day here: https://doodle.com/poll/mxpe4erbcttxq2m6] ## Suggestions from the Google Forms Q: *Do you want to suggest topics we should cover in this kick-off meeting?* - Multiecho/tedana integration - reproducibility testing - testing that fmriprep generates consistent results over time and over platforms; Checking LTS container build over time and proactively fixing breakage; - Split into three stages, with separate CLIs (or subcommands in a CLI): 1) Calculate transforms; 2) Apply transforms; 3) Calculate confounds - Testing deviations from reference results - Briefly introducing the NiPreps initiative -- It's grown so quickly, and it'd be great to have that additional context when thinking about what's next for fMRIPrep ! - User support/documentation - For me the two related components would be pydra and no-brainer. Things are moving along and Chris has been digging into pydra which is good. - The other piece is the plug-in framework we have chatted about before. I think this would also be easier with pydra.