Format/Topics

The workshop will include keynote and in-depth presentations to stimulate debate, with a special emphasis on time for discussion. Participation is strictly limited to around 50 delegates. A reception will be held on Sunday evening. An excursion and banquet will be organized to facilitate networking of delegates and extended scientific discussion.

Workshop topics include

• Multivariate and information theory techniques, including but not limited to: PCA, MCR, PLS, DFA, MAF, Mutual Information Theory, Neural Networks, G-SIMS, libraries and standards.
• Applications to surface chemical analysis such as SIMS, XPS, MALDI, FT-IR and Raman spectroscopies, for the analysis of spectra, images, depth profiles and 3D volumes.
• Identification, quantification, prediction, validation, classification and correlation of surface chemical data with other analytical techniques.

Discussion Issues

Here is a list of potential topics for discussion. (pdf, 159 kb)