index.html

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title: Home
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<!-- Hero Section -->
<section class="hero">
    <div class="container">
        <img src="{{ '/assets/img/sensorium_logo_schwarz.png' | relative_url }}" alt="Sensorium" class="hero-logo">
        <h1>Advancing neural predictive models<br>of the visual cortex</h1>
        <p class="hero-subtitle">Benchmarks, tools, and data for predicting large-scale mouse primary visual cortex activity</p>
        <a href="#resources" class="cta-button">Explore the Resources</a>
    </div>
</section>

<!-- Mission Section -->
<section id="about" class="mission">
    <div class="container">
        <h2>Mission</h2>
        <p class="intro-text">
            The Sensorium Competition brings together the machine learning and neuroscience communities 
            to develop state-of-the-art models for predicting neural responses in the visual cortex. 
            Through open datasets and quantitative evaluation, we advance our understanding of how the brain 
            processes visual information.
        </p>
        
        <div class="mission-grid">
            <div class="mission-card">
                <div class="mission-icon"><i class="fa-solid fa-brain"></i></div>
                <h3>Understanding the Brain</h3>
                <p>Build predictive models that capture how neural populations in the visual cortex respond to natural stimuli</p>
            </div>

            <div class="mission-card">
                <div class="mission-icon"><i class="fa-solid fa-robot"></i></div>
                <h3>AI-Neuroscience Bridge</h3>
                <p>Foster collaboration between artificial intelligence and neuroscience to advance both fields</p>
            </div>

            <div class="mission-card">
                <div class="mission-icon"><i class="fa-solid fa-chart-line"></i></div>
                <h3>Open Science</h3>
                <p>Provide large-scale, publicly available datasets and standardized evaluation metrics for reproducible research</p>
            </div>

            <div class="mission-card">
                <div class="mission-icon"><i class="fa-solid fa-trophy"></i></div>
                <h3>Community Challenge</h3>
                <p>Create a competitive platform where researchers can compare models on equal footing</p>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>

<!-- Competitions Section -->
<section id="competitions" class="competitions">
    <div class="container">
        <h2>Competitions</h2>
        
        {% for competition in site.data.competitions %}
        <div class="competition-card">
            <!-- <div class="competition-year">{{ competition.year }}</div> -->
            <div class="competition-content">
                <h3>{{ competition.title }}</h3>
                <p>{{ competition.description }}</p>
                
                <div class="competition-stats">
                    <div class="stat">
                        <span class="stat-number">{{ competition.neurons }}</span>
                        <span class="stat-label">Neurons</span>
                    </div>
                    <div class="stat">
                        <span class="stat-number">{{ competition.stimuli }}</span>
                        <span class="stat-label">{{ competition.stimuli_type }}</span>
                    </div>
                    <div class="stat">
                        <span class="stat-number">{{ competition.mice }}</span>
                        <span class="stat-label">Mice</span>
                    </div>
                </div>
                
                <!-- <div class="competition-winners">
                    <h4>🏆 Winners</h4>
                    <ol>
                        {% for winner in competition.winners %}
                        <li><strong>{{ winner.team }}</strong>{% if winner.institution %} - {{ winner.institution }}{% endif %}</li>
                        {% endfor %}
                    </ol>
                </div> -->
                
                <div class="competition-links">
                    <a href="{{ competition.white_paper_url }}" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-file-lines"></i> White Paper</a>
                    <a href="{{ competition.results_paper_url }}" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-file-lines"></i> Results Paper</a>
                    <a href="{{ competition.code_url }}" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-code"></i> Code</a>
                    <a href="{{ competition.data_url }}" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-chart-simple"></i> Dataset</a>
                    {% if competition.site_url %}
                    <a href="{{ competition.site_url }}" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-medal"></i> Competition Site</a>
                    {% endif %}
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
        {% endfor %}
    </div>
</section>

<!-- Resources Section -->
<section id="resources" class="resources">
    <div class="container">
        <h2>Resources</h2>
        
        <div class="resource-grid">
            <div class="resource-card">
                <h3>Experanto</h3>
                <p>Python package for interpolating recordings and stimuli of neuroscience experiments. Provides tools for temporal alignment and data processing.</p>
                <a href="https://github.com/sensorium-competition/experanto" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank"><i class="fa-brands fa-github"></i> View on GitHub</a>
            </div>

            <div class="resource-card">
                <h3>2022 Starter Kit</h3>
                <p>Tutorial notebooks and baseline models to help you get started with the competition quickly.</p>
                <a href="https://github.com/sinzlab/sensorium" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-rocket"></i> 2022 Kit</a>
            </div>

            <div class="resource-card">
                <h3>2023 Starter Kit</h3>
                <p>Tutorial notebooks and baseline models to help you get started with the competition quickly.</p>
                <a href="https://github.com/ecker-lab/sensorium_2023" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank"><i class="fa-solid fa-rocket"></i> 2023 Kit</a>
            </div>


            <!-- <div class="resource-card">
                <h3>Publications</h3>
                <p>Read our papers describing the datasets, competition design, and results.</p>
                <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.08666" class="btn btn-primary" target="_blank">2022 Whitepaper</a>
                <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.19654" class="btn btn-secondary" target="_blank">2023 Whitepaper</a>
            </div> -->
        </div>
    </div>
</section>

<!-- News Section -->
<!-- <section id="news" class="news">
    <div class="container">
        <h2>News</h2>
        
        <div class="news-list">
            {% for item in site.data.news limit:5 %}
            <div class="news-item">
                <div class="news-date">{{ item.date }}</div>
                <div class="news-content">
                    <p>{{ item.content }}</p>
                </div>
            </div>
            {% endfor %}
        </div>
    </div>
</section> -->

<!-- Team Section -->
<section id="team" class="team">
    <div class="container">
        <h2>Team</h2>
        
        <h3 class="team-section-title">Founders</h3>
        <div class="team-grid">
            {% for member in site.data.team.organizers %}
            <div class="team-member">
                {% if member.image %}
                <img src="{{ '/assets/img/team/' | append: member.image | relative_url }}" alt="{{ member.name }}">
                {% else %}
                <div class="team-placeholder">{{ member.initials }}</div>
                {% endif %}
                <h4>{{ member.name }}</h4>
                <p class="team-title">{{ member.title }}</p>
                <p class="team-affiliation">{{ member.affiliation }}</p>
                {% if member.website %}
                <a href="{{ member.website }}" class="team-link" target="_blank">Website</a>
                {% endif %}
            </div>
            {% endfor %}
        </div>
        
        {% if site.data.team.leads %}
        <h3 class="team-section-title">Competition Leads</h3>
        <div class="team-grid">
            {% for member in site.data.team.leads %}
            <div class="team-member">
                {% if member.image %}
                <img src="{{ '/assets/img/team/' | append: member.image | relative_url }}" alt="{{ member.name }}">
                {% else %}
                <div class="team-placeholder">{{ member.initials }}</div>
                {% endif %}
                <h4>{{ member.name }}</h4>
                <p class="team-title">{{ member.title }}</p>
                <p class="team-affiliation">{{ member.affiliation }}</p>
                {% if member.website %}
                <a href="{{ member.website }}" class="team-link" target="_blank">Website</a>
                {% endif %}
            </div>
            {% endfor %}
        </div>
        {% endif %}

        {% if site.data.team.contributors %}
        <h3 class="team-section-title">Contributors</h3>
        <div class="contributors-list">
            <ul>
                {% for contributor in site.data.team.contributors %}
                {% assign mouse_num = forloop.index | modulo: 6 | plus: 1 %}
                <li>
                    <img src="{{ '/assets/img/mice/mouse0' | append: mouse_num | append: '.png' | relative_url }}" alt="" class="contributor-mouse">
                    <span>{{ contributor }}</span>
                </li>
                {% endfor %}
            </ul>
        </div>
        {% endif %}
    </div>
</section>

<!-- Contact Section -->
<section id="contact" class="contact">
    <div class="container">
        <img src="{{ '/assets/img/mice/mailmouse.png' | relative_url }}" alt="" class="contact-mouse">
        <h2>Contact</h2>
        <!-- <p>For inquiries, contact us at <a href="mailto:{{ site.email }}">{{ site.email }}</a></p> -->
        <p>Follow us on GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/{{ site.github_username }}" target="_blank">@{{ site.github_username }}</a></p>
    </div>
</section>

<!-- Funding Section -->
<section class="funding">
    <div class="container">
        <h2>Funding</h2>
        <div class="funding-grid">
            <div class="funding-card">
                <img src="{{ '/assets/img/funding/bmbf.png' | relative_url }}" alt="BMBF - Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung" class="funding-logo">
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>