The Technological Forum "Intelligent Systems in Food Industry" was held on the 22nd of May, 2007. This forum was attended by a large group of businessmen in the food industry (meat, dairy and beverage industries), experts from universities and technology centres, and counted on the special participation of the Director General for Food and Agriculture of the Principality.

In this forum, the participants presented and discussed on various applications of intelligent data analysis in the food industry. Some areas of special interest such as the automated methods of sensory analysis were identified, as well as the use of Soft Computing techniques in quality control, the modelling of consumer habits and the prediction of patterns of demand for new products. Specifically, it was stated the possibility of launching an ambitious project coordinated by the Government of the Principality in order to develop intelligent tools for sensory analysis of products from Asturias.

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