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Goodbye Paul Geladi

The ICNIRS regrets to inform you that Prof. Paul Geladi, the convenor of NIR 2007, passed away Saturday May 18th, 2024 in Umea, Sweden, at the age of 72. We will always remember him and his great contributions to the international NIR community. A memorial page has been setup – please visit and share your

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The Karl Norris Award 2023 goes to …

It is a great pleasure to announce that the Karl Norris Award 2023 goes to Professor Harald Martens from Norway. Harald has been instrumental in the development of chemometrics algorithms as a tool for quantitative analysis of NIR spectra. In particular Harald has played a central role in the development of common and omnipresent algorithms

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23rd edition of NIRS course in Cordoba (Spain)

The 23rd edition of the course entitled “Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS): Applications in Quality Control and Traceability of Agri-Food Products and Processes”, was held at the University of Cordoba (Spain), February 13th-16th, 2023. The course was designed for pre and post graduate students, scientists, and professionals with different backgrounds (analytical chemistry, soils science, animal nutrition,

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Call for KNA2023 nomination

The ICNIRS is now inviting nominations for the 2023 Karl Norris Award (KNA). The KNA honours the unique contribution of Karl Norris as the internationally recognised founder of modern near-infrared spectroscopy. The award is made in recognition of a major contribution to the science of near infrared spectroscopy, including research and development of new technology.

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Call for application: Emeritus Travel Grants for NIR2023

The Council may provide a maximum of two Emeritus Grants, to assist eligible senior scientists, who have retired from full-time paid employment, to attend the NIR-2023 Conference and act as mentors to young scientists, providing research advice in a designated and closed conference session. Applications must be sent by e-mail to Treasure, Dr. Peter Tillman

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Tomas Hirschfeld Award 2022: The winner is…

Congratulations Dr. Wouter Saeys from the KU Leuven, Belgium, as the winner of the Tomas Hirschfeld Award (THA) 2022. This award, sponsored by PerkinElmer (USA), is made in recognition of a significant innovative and/or scientific contribution to near infrared spectroscopy. It awarded on the basis of excellence in research conducted by a scientist of international

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Free access to important NIR spectroscopy resource

The Proceedings of the International Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS) conferences are a valuable record of NIR research and development dating back to 1987. Now, IMP Open has made individual chapters from the five Proceedings they have published freely available: 1995, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2017. More information on press release

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Karl Norris passed away on 17 July 2019

Today we have learned that Karl Norris passed away on 17 July 2019 aged 98. We all know how much we personally owe Karl for his massive contributions toNIR spectroscopy. He is rightly known as the Father of NIR spectroscopy. RIP Karl. For Karl Norris memorial book, please send Karl picture with you and/or your

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A tribute to a legend

No matter who pens them, nor in which language they are penned, mere words fail to convey the sadness that befell us on July 17th, 2019, when Karl Norris passed away. He became a legend in his own lifetime, long before its end, a legend that will never be surpassed, and created a new world

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Winner of Tomas Hirschfeld Award 2019

The Tomas Hirschfeld Award organized by ICNIRS is aiming to make in recognition of a significant contribution to the science of near infrared spectroscopy, including in research and development of new technology by an emerging scientist with the potential to make a major impact in the future. The award had been sponsored by Technicon, Bran+Luebbe

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Winner of Karl Norris Award 2019

The Karl Norris Award honours the unique contribution of Karl Norris as the internationally recognized founder of near infrared spectroscopy in the modern world. In contrast to the Tomas Hirshfeld Award, which is aimed at younger researchers, this award is aimed at researchers in the later stages of their career, with a sustained record of

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Tomas Hirschfeld Award 2018

The winner of Tomas Hirschfeld Award 2018 is Professor Christian Huck from the University of Innsbruck, Austria. Christian has developed several NIR-based applications in the field of Material Science, Bioanalysis, Medicinal Plants and Food Quality Control. He has written several milestone publications including the investigation of nanomaterials and rapid blood quality control. Christian has also

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CHIMIOMETRIE XVII

Great success for chemometrics conference organized by CRA-W at Namur Palais des Congrès from 17 to 20 January 2016. Nearly 160 people from 14 different countries and diverse research areas participated in two training days (11courses) and 2 conference days (34 presentations and 44 posters). More information about the program, presentations and posters available on website Chimiometrie XVII

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NIR 2015

17th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy, NIR 2015 The 17th International Conference on Near Infrared Spectroscopy organized under the auspicious of the International Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy (ICNIRS), was held in the Mabu Resort Hotel, Foz do Iguassu, Brazil, from 18th to 23rd October, 2015. The theme of the conference, Highlighting South America, emphasizes

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5th Brazilian Workshop on Chemometrics

The 5th Brazilian Workshop on Chemometrics will be held at the Hotel Arembepe Beach (Arembepe, Bahia, Brazil) from the 9th to 11th of April, 2014 The program consists of: 5 mini-courses, 12 lectures, oral and poster presentations. The mini-courses are mainly focused in undergraduate and graduate students interested in learning chemometrics basic methods. The lectures

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Kowalski Chemometric Award

This award is administered by the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. All nominations has to be sent to the Society for Applied Spectroscopy via email to exdir@s-a-s.org or mail to 5320 Spectrum Drive, Suite C, Frederick, MD 21703. The deadline for nominations is April 15, 2014. Site: https://www.s-a-s.org/for-members/Kowalski-Award/

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Traceability of Fruits and Fruit-Based Products

A collaborative project between the Department of Valorization of Agricultural Products of the Walloon Agricultural Research Centre (CRA-W) and the Brazilian institutions Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) and the Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA) has been approved for 2014-2015. The project, entitled “Emergent Spectroscopic Techniques for the Quality Control and

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Course on “Hyperspectral Images Analysis”

A course on “HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGES ANALYSIS” will be held at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil) from the 17th to the 21st of March. Prof. Jose Manuel Amigo Rubio (Dept. of Food Science, Quality & Technology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen) will be the instructor. The program consists of: Basic screening of

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