About This Workshop
This training series is a collaboration between Nicholas Del Grosso and the Piraud Group at Helmholtz AI. This is the second project we’ve worked on together, building on our shared commitment to advancing software development practices in scientific computing.
The training series runs monthly, with sessions conducted both online and in-person at the Helmholtz AI offices. This hybrid format allows for flexible participation while maintaining opportunities for hands-on collaboration and direct interaction.
Meet the Trainer
Nicholas Del Grosso leads the iBOTS (iBehave Open Technology Support) Platform at the University of Bonn, where he provides programming assistance, training, and consulting to over 40 neuroscience labs across Bonn, Köln, Aachen, and Jülich. With a PhD in neuroscience from Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München and a background as an NSF Graduate Research Fellow, Nicholas specializes in bridging the gap between scientific goals and technical execution.
As a freelance trainer and consultant, Nicholas works with research teams across disciplines—from neuroscience to machine learning—helping them build maintainable, scalable solutions while promoting knowledge exchange and community building in scientific software development. His expertise spans scientific software development, collaborative development practices, and research technology, with a particular focus on Python, open-source tools, and reproducible workflows.
Nicholas is the developer of Ratcave, an open-source 3D graphics library for cognitive psychology experiments, and has received multiple awards for his work in research technology innovation.
Nicholas Del Grosso
University of Bonn
Workshop Participants
The workshop participants are members of the Helmholtz AI team from the Piraud Group, including consultants and researchers working across various domains such as bioinformatics, neuroscience, and machine learning applications.
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Helmholtz