[Forum SIS] AGROSTAT 2010 First Announcement. February 2010

[Pietro Amenta]

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AGROSTAT 2010

11th European Symposium on Statistical Methods for the Food Industry

University of Sannio (Benevento, Italy)

FEBRUARY (23), 24-26, 2010

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http://www.agrostat2010.unisannio.it/
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                      FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

The AGROSTAT conference aims at drawing an overview of the use of  
statistical methods in the food industry and at evaluating practical  
benefits given by new techniques. It offers an ideal opportunity to  
statisticians and industrial users to meet, exchange experiences, keep  
in touch with the state-of-art of statistical methods in the food  
industry and evaluate their impact upon food quality and industrial  
competitiveness.
The conference focuses strongly on applications. It should be of  
particular interest for professionals using statistics in the food  
industry, i.e., people in charge of quality control, production  
engineering, research and development. The aim is to highlight the  
power of statistical analysis as a decision tool and as a help for  
defining locally optimal competitive industrial strategies.

This event is an initiative of the Agro-Industry Group of the French  
Statistical Society (SFdS) with the partnership of the Italian  
Statistical Society (SIS).
Agrostat 2010 follows the last Agrostat conferences held in Louvain-la- 
Neuve (Belgium, 2008),  Montpellier (France, 2006) and Rennes (France,  
2004). For the previous editions see the SFdS website (http://www.sfds.asso.fr/ 
).
Agrostat 2010 is organized in 2010 by the Department of Analysis of  
Economic and Social Systems of the University of Sannio (Benevento,  
Italy).
The conference will consist of invited lectures, organized and  
contributed sessions and poster presentations.

TOPICS

SENSOMETRICS: Statistical methods for sensory analysis. Planning of  
sensorial evaluations, analysis of expert panel or consumer data,  
analysing relationships between instrumental and sensorial  
measurements, relating consumer preferences to sensorial data.
CHEMOMETRICS: Extraction of useful information from data collected in  
analytical chemistry, from physical measurement data, etc. Exploration  
and prediction in a supervised or an unsupervised framework with  
linear or nonlinear procedures. Analysis of multi-way data tables.
PROCESS CONTROL: Use of statistical or artificial intelligence methods  
to develop and better control a process and to enhance product  
quality: quantitative and qualitative modelling, experimental design,  
validation of fast measurement methods, control charts, neuronal nets,  
fuzzy logic, etc.
RISK ANALYSIS: Better understanding and control of the evolution of  
micro-organisms and of their effects upon human health. Prevention of  
the risks linked with their development in food industries.  
Epidemiology, predictive microbiology, dose-effect model, shelf-life  
testing, etc.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
A one page abstract should be submitted by October 5th, 2009 through  
the conference website (http://www.agrostat2010.unisannio.it/). The  
Scientic Committee will notify to authors the acceptance of the paper  
by November 9th, 2009. After acceptance, a short paper of at most 10  
pages should be submitted through the conference website by January  
11th, 2010. These texts will be published in the Proceedings and  
distributed to the conference participants. The papers presented will  
be selected for a special issue of a specialized journal equipped with  
impact factor.

DEADLINES
- October 5th, 2009: abstract submission;
- November 9th, 2009: notification of acceptance;
- January 11th, 2010: short paper submission.


Best regards,

Pietro Amenta and Luigi D'Ambra
Chairmen of the Organizing Committee

Email: agro2010 at unisannio.it
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