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IFPAC 2024 – Chemometrics in the Cloud

IFPAC 2024Venue: March 3-6, 2024 Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center Presented by: Brian Rohrback, Ph.D., MBA, President, Infometrix, Inc. Abstract: In the spirit of automation, there are cloud-based tools from both the chemometrics and the general statistics realms that can be applied to simplify the work involved in optimizing a calibration. Robust statistical techniques require some set-up of parameters, but once established for an application, they are often usable in every other instance of that application. The result is a one-pass automated means of selecting optimal samples for a calibration problem and, in turn, simplifies and automates the assignment of model rank. In the end case, this means that a spectrometer can essentially become an appliance; take it out of the box, plug it in, and enjoy. The capability exists to have a spectrometer self-tune and adapt to a specific application, then keep the spectrometer in appropriate calibration completely through closed-loop control. Automation of best practices needs to include how to match laboratory reference data to spectral data, an unbiased approach to selecting validation samples, an optimal mechanism for model construction, establishing standards for quality reports, tracking model performance over time, handling process or ingredient transitions, and much more. Register at www.IFPACglobal.org/attendee-registration.
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Chimiométrie XXIV Conference

Chimiometrie XXIV ConferenceVenue: February 26-28, 2024 Géraudière site in Nantes, France Sponsored by: Infometrix, Inc. is one of the proud sponsors of Chimiométrie XXIV Welcome: This meeting brings together academics and industrialists from all fields to promote chemometrics, from data acquisition to analysis and modeling, where sharing of information will be presented through training courses, guest speakers, and a gala dinner. To participate in the meeting or for more information, please visit the website. For any questions, contact chemom2024@sciencesconf.org or info@infometrix.com.
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PITTCON 2024 – Spectroscopy and the Intersection with Machine Learning

Pittcon 2024Venue: February 24-28, 2024 San Diego Convention Center Presented by: Brian Rohrback, Ph.D., MBA, President, Infometrix, Inc. Abstract: Application knowledge and chemometrics play a vital role in the processing of all types of multivariate data into application-specific information and has been doing so for at least 50 years. There has been a not-so-subtle shift in thinking as we integrate basic concepts and the occasional hallucination in the data mining, artificial intelligence, machine learning worlds. The target is to identify combinations of our technical tools to augment or replace tasks that consume brainpower where timely response is valued, and profits are at risk. The biggest focus of chemometrics has been in the calibration of optical spectrometers. It is worth considering the subtasks:
  1. Optimizing the instrument settings for a given application;
  2. Optimizing the method parameters – preprocessing, transformations, wavelength ranges;
  3. Handling of calibration transfer; and
  4. Optimizing models for inliers and rank in pursuit of routine processing and adjusting to changes in ingredients and unit operation.
The first two tasks are a set-once method development and the third may be generic across all applications. This paper tackles subtask 4 with a project that combined traditional approaches in statistics, database organization, pattern recognition, and chemometrics with some newer concepts tied to better understanding of data mining, neurocomputing, and machine learning. The future goal is to automate spectroscopy calibrations such that it is possible to have instrument systems tune themselves. Register at www.pittcon.org/register/.
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IFPAC 2024 – Chemometrics in Chromatrography: Perform and Repeat

Venue: March 3-6, 2024 Bethesda North Marriott Hotel and Conference Center Presented by: Brian Rohrback, Ph.D., MBA, President, Infometrix, Inc. Abstract: In a quality control environment, we are not always efficient in translating our data streams into actionable information. Chromatography is a comprehensive source of quality information, and, for many applications, it is also the cheapest, most adaptable, and most reliable technology available. We can use approaches borrowed from spectroscopy to provide more consistent and objective chromatographic results, automate translation of the raw traces into real-time information output, and create databases that can be used across plant sites or even across industries. Chemometrics establishes a system for chromatographic quality control by improving the precision of the measurement and extracting the information content from these data objectively. The technology can remove retention time variability allowing us to establish a common interpretive base across production sites and even across an industry. Register at www.IFPACglobal.org/attendee-registration.
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IFPAC Conference 2024

IFPAC Conference 2024

IFPAC 2024

March 3-6, Washington, D.C.

The IFPAC conference is one of the premier settings to exchange ideas on the future of manufacturing and the quality control that is needed across all industries. Much of the focus is on the pharmaceutical and biotech industries, but there are discussions that span all manufacturing industries from consumer products to oil and chemicals.

CHEMOMETRICS & ADVANCED SEPARATIONS TRACK

Chemometrics – COPA (Chemometrics for Online Process Analysis)
Chairs: Brian Rohrback, Infometrix, Bo Gong, Dow, Christian Airiau, Sanofi and Neal Gallagher, Eigenvector

The IFPAC Chemometrics session is focusing on the organization of analytical libraries (primarily optical spectroscopy) and the efficient use and integration of chemometric principles in support of an industry initiative by US Pharmacopeia to establish guidelines and standards for calibration. Participation by industry leaders, instrument company scientists, and chemometrics experts is on the schedule.

Join Brian Rohrback in March 2024 for this important event.