Some initial notes from lessons learned during FreeSurfer course in São Paulo, Brazil 11 & 12 March, 2009

This is a work in progress. I expect to remove the "Work in progress" until March, 23th

Planning

Computers

Ideal configuration

• 19" LCD Monitor

• Core2Duo or AMD X2

• 2GB RAM
• 10/100/1000 Lan or 802.11g/n Wifi

Min configuration

• 15" LCD Monitor (if you can provide 17" at least it would be better)
• Pentium D or superior
• 1GB RAM
• 10/100 Lan or 802.11g Wifi

Laptop notes Laptops can be handy if you have limited space, however it's advisible to provide a proper mouse and to check the video board of the Notebook. Intel Video boards sometimes can create trouble.

Virtual Machine All FreeSurfer GUI tools runs fine in VirtualBox. If people want to try it in their own computers probably it's a good idea to give them a DVD with a VDI image that runs inside Windows.

* If there is interest I can provide a VDI distribution.

Travel Arrangements

Hotel

Course Room

Executing

Registration

Murphy's law

Wireless

Power supply

Special needs

Aftermatch

Evaluation

Putting people to work

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