You are cordially invited to attend WSC-4, the only chemometrics conference in Russia.

The overall objective of the DRUSHBAMETRICS («friendship-metrics») meeting is to provide young(er) scientists and specialists an opportunity to get acquainted with chemometric multivariate data analysis. The success of the previous conferences confirm the benefit of arranging further meetings devoted to developing chemometrics in Russia. An equally important objective is to facilitate international networking with colleagues from abroad. Beginning from WSC-4 we rename our meetings from «Winter School on Chemometrics» to «Winter Symposium on Chemometrics» as now WSC becomes a place mainly for presenting new ideas and fruitful discussions in friendly informal atmosphere. This conference is the fourth regular event in the DRUSHBAMETRICS program.

Multivariate data analysis and its many applications — in chemometrics, technometrics, biometrics, econometrics, environmetrics — is a modern approach barely 30 years of age. Data analytical methods such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Principal Component Regression (PCR), Partial Least Squares (PLS) provide the possibility to investigate such data structures in a most effective way.

A traditional aspect of the DRUSHBAMETRICS conference is to give all attendees a possibility to present their works as oral or poster contributions. At the WSC-conferences the participants may deliver not only the final results but also discuss preliminary problem statements and methods, all in a strictly unofficial atmosphere. The program always provides ample time for discussions. Lectures delivered by invited international and Russian scientists are also included in WSC-4 program.

The DRUSHBAMETRICS conferences are famous for their social program, which not only includes local interesting cultural attractions and events, but which also focuses especially on scientific networking.