Chemometrics

Nominations are now being invited by the International Council of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS) for the 2014 Tomas Hirschfeld Award. This award, sponsored by Büchi Labortechnik AG, Switzerland, is made in recognition of contributions to the enhancement of near infrared spectroscopy. It is made on the basis of excellence in research conducted by a scientist of international standing.

Researchers from Denmark have assessed a whole suite of advanced statistical techniques to determine which is best at producing calibration models from non-linear NIR data.

Canadian chemical engineers have developed statistical models that continuously update themselves based on the latest NIR spectral data.

NIR spectroscopy can offer an effective way to determine whether or not microbial growth media has gone past its 'best before' date.

The NIR-2013 conference publicity is all about “good vibrations”, and the conference certainly seems to be developing into an exciting mixture of science, interaction and an attractive venue.

New software is available from Camo for modeling of non-linear data, allowing Classification and Prediction models to be joined using multi-level modeling.