Intelligensys - Formulating Knowledge

Developing Better Products Faster

April 2010 Newsletter

This issue, we focus on some of the innovative uses of our 'intelligent' software by both academic and industrial users. Lots of problems that they are working on are complex - for example, the relationship between baby teeth and adult teeth, or the in vitro - in vivo relationships in pharmaceutical development. Intuitively, you know there is a relationship - you just don't know what it is, and it's practically impossible to devise a simple model for it. Here's where intelligent software helps - it develops the models for you.

New Application Areas for our Software

From pharmaceuticals to dentistry to plant physiology to crystal morphology, our intelligent software has delivered real value. Read more here about how INForm and FormRules have been applied by our collaborators.

And we are collaborating with Inhibox (Oxford, UK) to apply advanced machine learning approaches, already successful in formulation design, to improve virtual screening and computer-aided drug design (CADD) efficiency.

Gene Expression Programming for Modelling

Our last Newsletter mentioned that INForm (released in January) has a new modelling technique - Gene Expression Programming. This is a technique in which models are 'evolved' to fit experimental data, and the models themselves are expressed as equations, so are more transparent that neural network models. However, they do take longer to derive. Our new application note, using literature data on the pistachio roasting process, demonstrates how GEP can be used.

New Software Releases

MacroPac v7.1 has now been released, with new options for particle packing. Find out more here.

And our last Newsletter mentioned that FormData, which produces experimental designs, was being revamped. The new release has been available since February.

Company News

Recently, we have signed an agreement with Interface Info Tech (Korea), a leading distributor of LIMS systems, for them to distribute our software.

Professor Ray Rowe has now retired from his position at the University of Bradford, although we continue to have good links with the Institute of Pharmaceutical Innovation via Dr Qun Shao.