DevStart Workshops

Keywords

devstart, workshop, eye-tracking, developmental-science, open-source-tools, tobii-eye-trackers, python-experiments, r-data-analysis, mixed-effects-models, psychopy, eye-tracking-methodologies, cognitive-research, open-science, developmental-research

On top of creating and maintaining DevStart we sometimes give workshops on the themes we cover. These workshops sometimes are part of larger events like conferences, bigger workshops, or summer schools, and sometimes we organize them on our own.

This website serves us as a small hub to provide the participants of each specific workshop with all the relevant information, materials, and resources as sometimes these are slightly different from one event to another.

Topics

Our workshops cover different topics including:

Eye-Tracking

• Design developmentally appropriate eye-tracking experiments
• Collect data using DeToX, our Python package for Tobii eye-trackers
• Preprocess data with fixation classification methods optimized for young participants
• Analyze gaze patterns and attention measures

Statistical Analysis

• Linear and generalized mixed-effects models for complex developmental designs
• Bayesian statistical modelling
• Publication-ready data visualization

and we are working on expanding our themes and topics even further!

Our workshops past and future..

Want to check what we are planning and working on?? here is a list of our workshops both future one and old one we did.

3-4 April, 2025

Birkbeck Uni (London)

Eye-tracking Workshop for Developmental Scientist

Our first eye-tracking workshop designed to guide developmental researchers through the complete workflow, from collecting eye-tracking data with infants and children to preprocessing and analyzing gaze data

12-13 Jan, 2026

Chieti Uni

A Practical Introduction to Eye-tracking for Developmental Science

Practical workshop focused on designing and implementing developmental eye-tracking studies. Features the first introduction of the DeToX Python package for streamlined data collection with Tobii eye trackers

15-Jan-26

BCCD (Budapest)

Hands-on Generalized Mixed-Effects Models

Pre-BCCD 2026 conference workshop providing hands-on training in generalized mixed-effects models for analyzing developmental and longitudinal data

Summer 2026

Birkbeck Uni (London)

Eye-tracking Workshop for Developmental Scientist 2

Our second comprehensive eye-tracking workshop covering the complete research pipeline, from experimental design and data collection to preprocessing, analysis, and visualization of developmental eye-tracking data

Interested in Hosting a Workshop?

Don’t see a workshop that fits your needs? We’d love to collaborate with you! Whether you’re organizing a conference, summer school, or institutional training event, we can design a customized eye-tracking workshop tailored to your group’s specific interests and skill levels.

Get in touch:

• Tommaso Ghilardi: t.ghilardi@bbk.ac.uk
• Francesco Poli: francesco.poli@mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk
• Giulia Serino: g.serino@bbk.ac.uk