fMRIPrep / NiPreps first roundup meeting

Date: April 14, 2021
Time: 6.00pm CEST / 4.00pm UTC / 12.00pm EDT / 9.00am PDT
URL: [redacted]

Agenda

1. Welcome and introduction to the NiPreps concept (10min)
   [preparation: browse the website www.nipreps.org if you can]

2. 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)

3. Proposal: switch fMRIPrep's license to Apache-2.0 (5min)
   [preparation/rationale: nipreps/fmriprep#2325)]
   [If you have already an opinion, you can vote ahead of time here: https://doodle.com/poll/kfbis4n38sipi9a8]

4. The LTS (long-term support) program (Loic / Pierre; 10-15min)
   [preparation: https://nipreps.org/devs/releases/#long-term-support-series]

5. Development roadmap and next LTS plan (5min):
   [check https://github.com/orgs/nipreps/projects/3, file issues in the repo ahead of the meeting]

6. 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.