Meeting report: Fourth winter symposium on chemometrics—WSC4: “Multivariate Data Analysis”, 15–18 February, 2005, Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Chernogolovka

Abstract

The fourth regular event in the Drushbametrics (friendship-metrics) program, WSC-4, took place in Chernogolovka, a science city near Moscow, Russia, February 15–18, 2005. The conference was organized by the Russian Chemometrics Society, the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics and the Institute of Chemical Physics. Beginning with this conference, these meetings have been renamed ‘‘Winter Symposium on Chemometrics’’ from ‘‘Winter School on Chemometrics’’. The WSC is now primarily a place for presenting new ideas and having fruitful discussions in a friendly informal atmosphere. The educational part of the Drushbametrics mission was maintained by providing a school for beginners prior to the symposium. The main goal of Drushbametrics is to provide an opportunity for young scientists to make their first steps in chemometrics, as well as to meet leading scientist in this field. Chernogolovka is a small town near Moscow that was founded in the 1960s by Nikolay Semenov, a Noble Prize winner and the head of the Institute for Chemical Physics (ICP). Initially established as a campus for a new branch of ICP, Chernogolovka grew into a real ‘‘science city’’ with over 20,000 inhabitants, consolidating a number of institutes for natural sciences, during the next two decades. The ICP subsidiary has become an independent institution, the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics (IPCP), which hosted WSC-4.