Kowalski's vision on strength through diversity: One researcher's story

William S. Rayens

doi:10.1021/bk-2015-1199.ch002

Kowalski's vision on strength through diversity: One researcher's story

William S. Rayens

Dr. Bing Zhang Department of Statistics

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Abstract

Bruce R. Kowalski, founder of CPAC and co-founder of the field of chemometrics, died on December 1, 2012. Although he is often remembered as bringing together the academic talents of chemists and engineers, he also showed enormous vision in his effort to assimilate statisticians and mathematicians into the field. This chapter recalls the journey of one such mathematician-turned-statistician-turned-chemometrician, and is offered in honor of Dr. Kowalski's vision. The piece is written largely in a non-mathematical style and, as such, should be accessible to anyone, regardless of mathematical background.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	40 Years of Chemometrics - From Bruce Kowalski to the Future
Editors	Barry K. Lavine, Steven D. Brown, Karl S. Booksh
Pages	15-29
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Electronic)	9780841230989
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/bk-2015-1199.ch002
State	Published - 2015

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Name	ACS Symposium Series
Volume	1199
ISSN (Print)	0097-6156
ISSN (Electronic)	1947-5918

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General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering

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