Chemometric Techniques for Quantitative Analysis

Gain an intuitive understanding of ILS, CLS, PCR, and PLS, including similarities and differences among the techniques:

• The steps necessary for the creation and successful deployment of calibrations;
• The pitfalls and tradeoffs, and how to intelligently use them to improve calibrations and produce better analytical results;
• The strengths and weaknesses of each technique;
• How to select calibration standards and assess the reliability of calibrations;
• Which software capabilities and features are important for applications

The data-centric approach to the course topics does not require any special mathematical background. Concepts are presented using data visualization rather than equations. A basic familiarity with matrix multiplication would be helpful.

This course is appropriate for anyone involved with developing, deploying, or maintaining multivariate analytical instruments or calibrations (e.g., chemists, spectroscopists, chromatographers, biologists, programmers, lab technicians, process engineers, etc.)

Managers of projects or operations that rely on multivariate analytical instrumentation or calibrations, whether online, at-line, or laboratory based.

Instrument designers and software.

While the course is focused on those working in an industrial setting, it is equally useful for those working in academia.