GSoC 2025 Project #17 CBRAIN :: Project Improvements to BrainBrowser for neuroimaging visualization (175/350h)

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Mentors: Natacha Beck, Bryan Caron <bryan.caron@mcgill.ca>, Pierre Rioux

Skill level: Intermediate - Advanced

Required skills: Javascript; experience with version control systems (i.e. git) and team-based development methodologies; good understanding of the Linux operating system and development in a Linux environment

Time commitment: Part time or full time (350 hours)

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About: BrainBrowser is an open source JavaScript visualization library that allows for real-time manipulation and analysis of 3D imaging data within a web browser. The BrainBrowser library is lightweight and highly performant, built to provide easy-to-use, powerful, on-demand visualization of remote datasets. BrainBrowser leverages modern web technologies such as WebGL, HTML5 and Web Workers, to visualize 3D surface and volumetric neuroimaging data in any modern web browser without requiring any browser plugins. BrainBrowser's integration into the standardized web platform also allows users to consider using 3D data visualization in novel ways, such as for data distribution, data sharing and dynamic online publications. BrainBrowser is already being used in major online platforms including CBRAIN, LORIS and Brainlife, among others. More information about BrainBrowser can be found at https://brainbrowser.cbrain.mcgill.ca and GitHub - aces/brainbrowser: Web-based visualization tools for neurological data..

Aims: The objective of the project is to update the BrainBrowser visualization library in a number of key areas, increasing performance and providing additional feature richness based upon community requests. The contribution would particularly focus on updating BrainBrowser’s dependencies to include bug fixes, feature and performance updates associated with the three.js library. The project is expected to resolve known transparency issues with the BrainBrowser SurfaceViewer when removing some shapes, and would therefore be a valuable outcome for the neuroscientific research community that rely on BrainBrowser for their visualization needs.

Website: https://brainbrowser.cbrain.mcgill.ca and GitHub - aces/brainbrowser: Web-based visualization tools for neurological data.

Tech keywords: Javascript, visualization, imaging, CBRAIN

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Hi! @arnab1896 @natacha-beck I am very much interested in contributing to the BrainBrowser project. I have about 2 years of experience as a full stack engineer at a fintech firm. I am currently lecturing undergraduates affiliated with the University of Westminster, London and the Robert Gordon University of Scotland at Informatics Institute of Technology, Sri Lanka.

I hope to follow my passion of BCI and Computational Neuroscience through a postgrad degree. I encountered the CBRAIN project during my search into fMRI datasets and got to learn more about the BrainBrowser visualiser. I believe some additions can be made to improve the user experience. I strongly believe by contributing to this project, I can positively impact many users who are using BrainBrowser, at the same time improving my understanding of BrainBrowser and CBRAIN.

Looking forward to hearing from you. Thank You!

PS: I already got (admin) access to CBRAIN to get an understanding of the project

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Heyy!
My self ilyas(faisalill (fiveeyy) · GitHub) currently an undergrad.
This project overlaps with my skill set in three.js and 3d(shaders, nodes, etc…) in the web.
I have optimized a lot of 3d websites in the past. one of them being (https://upagraha.vercel.app/).
Looking forward to work this project