Summer Webinar - Sleep Spindles and Slow Waves: Detection, Interpretation, and Visualization with Snooz

The Quebec Sleep Research Network is pleased to offer five summer webinars on analyzing sleep data using the Snooz toolbox. These webinars will be conducted in English only, but the Q&A sessions will be bilingual.

Title of Snooz Summer Webinar #2 : Sleep Spindles and Slow Waves: Detection, Interpretation, and Visualization with Snooz

Presenter : Karine Lacourse, MSc

Where : Online

When : May 26, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Learning objectives for Snooz Summer Webinar #2 :

1. Understand the physiological characteristics and functional relevance of sleep spindles and slow waves ;
2. Demonstrate how Snooz can be used to automatically detect these events using appropriate tools and parameters ;
3. Interpret Snooz output reports ;
4. Illustrate how Snooz enables visualization of slow wave detections.

General learning objectives of the Snooz Summer Webinars :

1. Describe the architecture and scope of the Snooz platform, including how its modules support large-scale, reproducible sleep and EEG research ;
2. Apply Snooz tools to preprocess, analyze, and visualize sleep and neurophysiological data, using standardized and reproducible pipelines ;
3. Select appropriate analytic approaches for specific scientific questions in sleep and consciousness research ;
4. Critically evaluate the assumptions, strengths, and limitations of different analysis methods implemented in Snooz ;
5. Design scalable and transparent analysis workflows that facilitate collaboration, data sharing, and extension to new datasets or modalities.