Reducing 50 Hz Noise: "We see a strong 50 Hz artifact in our signals—could you guide us on potential grounding or shielding fixes?"

Multi-Camera Sync Setup: "We want all cameras to share timestamps so we can merge footage reliably—can you point us to best practices?"

Real-Time Data Logging Integration: "We need a system to integrate real-time sensor logs—what would be your approach?"

Preprocessing Calcium Imaging Data: "What are the best practices for preprocessing calcium imaging data for motion correction?"

Reproducible Figures (fUSI / Imaging): "What steps are involved in converting Matlab imaging code to Python for reproducible figures?"

Predictive Modeling of Behavior: "How can we build a predictive model from trial data for mouse behavior analysis?"

Preprocessing Calcium Imaging Data: "What are the best practices for preprocessing calcium imaging data for motion correction?"

Workshop: Handling Large Imaging Datasets: "We have 200 GB of 2P imaging files—could your workshop show us strategies to handle them on a normal computer?"

Modeling Periodic Neural Data: "What alternative statistical models can we use to analyze asymmetric periodic data?"

Inception Loop for MEI Generation: "How do we construct an inception loop pipeline for generating MEIs from neural data?"

Wald's Test Implementation in R: "Can you help troubleshoot an R implementation of Wald's test for our dataset?"

Organizing Project Folder Structures: "Our file structure is a mess—can you help us make a layout that works for both current and future collaborators?"

Metadata Templates for Raw Data: "We need metadata for our recordings but don’t know where to start—can you help us define a minimal template?"

Preparing for Data Publication: "We’re about to submit a paper—can you guide us through publishing the data so it meets journal requirements?"

Choosing a License for Code and Data: "We’re not sure how to license our code and data—can you help us choose something open but appropriate?"

NWB File Standardization: "We’d like to adopt NWB but not sure how to handle our custom metadata—could you point us to a conversion approach?"

Incremental Data Merging: "We have a master CSV but get new recordings daily—how do we streamline merges to avoid duplicates?"

Automated Documentation Build: "We’d like clickable docs for each function—could you recommend a quick approach to auto-generate these from docstrings?"

Ensuring Reproducible Figures: "We have random seeds in different places—how do we unify them so figure outputs are reproducible run-to-run?"

Auto-Archiving Final Results: "We keep forgetting to back up final results—can we automate a push to our data share after each successful run?"

Motion Correction Metrics Logging: "Is there a way to store per-run alignment stats so we know if the images drift too much?"

Version Control for CaImAn Refactor: "We modified CaImAn for our pipeline—how do we keep track of changes while pulling official updates?"

Prep for a Reproducible Paper: "We’re about to submit; could you help finalize our methods code and ensure everything re-runs smoothly?"

Assigning DOIs to Final Datasets: "How can we publish our final results with a DOI so people can cite them directly?"

Reproducible Analysis with Timestamps: "We want to ensure others can repeat our results even if some steps take hours—what’s the best practice?"

Drafting a README for Publication: "We’re ready to publish our data but don’t know what to include in the README—can you help draft one?"

Versioning Intermediate Datasets: "We reprocess our data every few weeks—how can we track changes in a structured way without overwriting everything?"

Mapping Raw to Final Data: "How do we trace which raw file generated which final figure when there are multiple preprocessing scripts involved?"

Setting Up a Lab Data Policy: "We’d like a basic policy so everyone in the lab handles data consistently—can you help us write one?"

Automating Data Integrity Checks: "How can we make sure our uploaded datasets haven’t silently changed or gotten corrupted over time?"

Linking Code to Specific Datasets: "Our code works only with certain data versions—how do we make that obvious and reproducible?"

Postdoc Handoff Checklist: "I’m leaving soon—can you help me make sure everything is ready for the next person to pick up?"

Modularizing a Matlab Toolbox: "We have one giant script with everything in it—how can we break this into logical modules with clear inputs and outputs?"

Conda Environments for Reproducibility: "Different machines give different results—can you help us freeze our Python environment across systems?"

Unit Testing in R with `testthat`: "We want to avoid reintroducing old bugs—how do we start adding basic tests in our R codebase?"

Profiling Slow Python Code: "Our code runs but it’s incredibly slow—can you help us find what’s dragging it down?"

Merging Forked Codebases: "We have three different forks with conflicting changes—could you guide us on a merge strategy and test coverage?"

Testing a Classification Library: "We have a 2k-line script with no tests—could you show us how to modularize and adopt pytest?"

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Migrating Matlab to Python: "We’d like to switch to Python—can you help us translate our Matlab codebase and find replacements for built-ins?"

Container Registry Setup: "We’d like to track container versions so different projects can pull consistent environments—how do we do that?"

Debugging Index Errors in R: "We keep getting NA-related errors when reshaping our data—can you help us walk through the bug?"

Local Parallel Processing: "Our script hogs one CPU—can we spawn tasks in parallel or use joblib so it’ll finish faster?"

One-on-One Debug Coaching: "Sometimes our array out-of-bounds—can we do a quick screen-share so you can see how we’re indexing the data?"

Dockerizing a Python 2.7 Analysis: "We keep using Python 2.7—could you help us wrap it in Docker so others can run it on modern systems?"

Automatic QA Checks: "We’d like a nightly job to label suspicious runs—any straightforward approach for auto-checking data integrity?"

Property-Based Testing for File Parsers: "Our file parser sometimes misreads the last bytes—how do we test edge cases systematically?"

Parallel Speedups on Desktop: "Can we distribute these loops across cores on a normal PC, or do we need a cluster for that?"

File Naming Overhaul: "We have old experiment data labeled 'Run1,' 'Exp3_1,' etc.—how can we reorganize them in a consistent manner?"

Packaging a Python Toolbox: "We want collaborators to just ‘pip install’ our code—could you help us with the packaging steps?"

Using Git for Matlab Projects: "We never used Git before—can you show us how to track changes in our Matlab project?"

Code Reviews for Student Projects: "Can someone check our scripts for readability and structure before we turn them in?"

Using Virtualenv in Python: "My packages keep clashing—how can I isolate them per project?"

Matlab Function Refactoring: "We keep duplicating code and manually editing paths—can you help us clean that up?"

Intro to Python Class Design: "Our script is too long—can we use classes to clean it up?"

Automated Documentation in R: "We forget what our functions do—can we generate docs automatically from comments?"

Packaging Matlab Code for Sharing: "How do we share our Matlab tool without requiring people to copy a dozen files by hand?"

Jupyter Notebooks as Teaching Tools: "We want to use Jupyter to teach analysis workflows—can you help set it up for interactivity?"

CI Testing for a Python Pipeline: "We work together on one repo—can you help us set up automatic testing so we catch errors early?"

Script Templates for New Experiments: "Each project starts from scratch—can you help us build reusable script templates?"

Switching to VSCode from Matlab IDE: "We’re trying VSCode—how do we set it up for both Matlab and Python?"

Crash Course: R Markdown Reports: "Can you show us how to make PDFs from our R code with embedded plots and inline results?"

MATLAB to Python Conversion: "We rely on older MATLAB code for final plots—how do we replicate these in Python for an open-source release?"

In-Depth Code Reviews: "We’d love a second opinion on code clarity—could you do a review of our main analysis function?"

Translating to a New Framework: "We used our own script for years—could you walk us through a well-maintained library for sorting spikes?"

Unifying Data Scripting Approaches: "We all code differently—could you lead a session showing how to structure a typical dataset cleanup script?"