What is ChemHouse ?

ChemHouse is a research group, bringing together experts in chemometrics, users and PhD students from partner institutes and companies:

• INRAE : ITAP, LBE, SPO, AGAP, Eco&Sol, …
• CIRAD : SELMET, AGAP, QUALISUD, ... 
• HelioSPIR
• SupAgro Fondation
• Institut Agro
• VetAgroSup
• Lasalle Beauvais
• Pellenc ST
• SANOFI

ChemHouse's objective is to help its partners to overcome methodological barriers and difficulties in the use of chemometrics by ensuring that :

• tutoring of agents, in support of CheMoocs and in partnership with their training services
• assistance in data processing, and advice to users of modern analytical chemistry techniques, such as infrared spectrometry
• customization of Chemoocs online chemometrics courses and Chemflow software
• scientific animation in chemometrics

It's a place of collaboration, exchange and welcome to:

• process data
• develop new methods
• build research projects
• develop the teaching of chemometric

Chemometrics 

• is a young discipline, lacking academic acknowledgement
• responds to a growing demand (analytical chemistry)
• but relies on a too small number of self trained experts

Too few courses really dedicated to Chemometrics in France

• Master OPEX at l’Université de Bretagne Ouest, mixed with quality topic
• An option in the teaching at ONIRIS, mixed with sensometry topic
• Some modules in the Agronomic Engineer Schools, 
• Concentrated in Nothern Europe (SW, NW, NL, DK)
• Stop of IAQA team at Agroparistech

The Current Context

• since 2003, HELIOSPIR: association for NIRS development, Animation, training, especially in chemometrics
• since 2014, the INRA NIRS network: animation, training, especially in chemometrics at INRA
• 2015 : a survey on chemometrics is launched by INRA's EA department
• since 2012, FACT: Toolbox Scilab, codes from "Saisir" D. Bertrand (retired INRA CEPIA)
• since 2015, Chemoocs: chemometric MOOC
• since 2015 Chemflow: chemometrics software

The concept of ChemHouse

Partnership research

• Response to calls for projects (typ. ANR), on behalf of Chemhouse
• Research prestations for industrial partners

International exchanges

• Hosting of students, applicants for support
• Participation in ERASMUS programmes
• Hosting of researchers
• Organization of events (Seminars, Conferences, Researcher Schools)
• Setting up and participating in European projects

Collaborative work in a single place (ITAP)

• Each one is specialized in the problems of its team of origin
• But everyone is called upon to collaborate on the cluster's projects
• Pooling of know-how
• The mass of the collective brings recognition, thanks to the pooling of networks
• Possibility to invest in complex applications and research fields

Staffing levels

• Initially, in 2017, approximately 10 people
• Then: reception and hiring according to projects and needs
• In 2020: 47 members