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                  FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT and CALL for PAPERS

                     4th International Conference on
                Numerical Methods and Applications: NMA'98
                  August 19 - 23, 1998, Sofia, BULGARIA.

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  The Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
  in cooperation with
   Central Laboratory for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,
     Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Sofia, and
     Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
  is organizing the 4th International Conference on Numerical Methods
  and Applications.
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  Honorary Chairman: Blagovest Sendov (Bulgaria)
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  International Program Committee:
  Chairman: Michail Kaschiev (Bulgaria)
  H.Niederreiter (Austria), I.Dimov, S.Radev (Bulgaria), Z.Zlatev
  (Denmark), P.G.Ciarlet, B.Philippe (France), M.Griebel, W.Hackbusch,
  U.Jaekel, S.Rjasanow, M.Schaefer (Germany), O.Axelsson, P.Hemker,
  H.A.van der Vorst (The Netherlands), Z.Kamont, J.Popenda (Poland),
  B.N.Chetverushkin, R.P.Fedorenko, S.K.Godunov, S.P.Kurdyumov,
  Yu.P.Popov, I.V.Puzynin, A.A.Samarskii, P.N.Vabishchevich (Russia),
  V.Thomee (Sweden), L.Xanthis (UK), J.H.Bramble, R.E.Ewing, L.Perkins,
  M.F.Wheeler (USA), R.Lazarov (USA/Bulgaria), Yu.A.Kuznetsov
  (USA/Russia)
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  Conference Topics:
    (1) Finite difference methods;
    (2) Finite element methods;
    (3) Finite volume methods;
    (4) Boundary element methods;
    (5) Monte Carlo methods;
    (6) Numerical linear algebra;
    (7) Parallel computing;
    (8) Numerical methods for non-linear problems;
    (9) Numerical methods for multiscale problems;
   (10) Multigrid and domain decomposition;
   (11) Computational fluid dynamics;
   (12) Mathematical modeling in structural mechanics;
   (13) Environmental modelling;
   (14) Engineering applications;
   (15) Minisymposia.
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  List of key and invited lecturers, who already accepted invitation of
  the Org.Committee:
  O.Axelsson (The Netherlands), J.H.Bramble (USA), B.N.Chetverushkin
  (Russia), R.E.Ewing (USA), R.P.Fedorenko (Russia), S.K.Godunov
  (Russia), M.Griebel (Germany), P.Hemker (The Netherlands), U.Jaekel
  (Germany), Z.Kamont (Poland), S.P.Kurdyumov (Russia), Yu.A.Kuznetsov
  (USA/Russia), R.Lazarov (USA/Bulgaria), H.Niederreiter (Austria),
  L.Perkins (USA), B.Philippe (France), Yu.P.Popov (Russia), I.V.Puzynin
  (Russia), S.Rjasanow (Germany), A.A.Samarskii (Russia), M.Schaefer
  (Germany), V.Thomee (Sweden), P.N.Vabishchevich (Russia), H.A.van der
  Vorst (The Netherlands), M.F.Wheeler (USA), L.Xanthis (UK), Z.Zlatev
  (Denmark)
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  Organizing Committee:
  Chairmen: Oleg Iliev and Panayot Vassilevski (Bulgaria)
  P.Binev, A.Karaivanova, M.Koleva, N.Kol'kovska, I.Lirkov, S.Margenov,
  S.Petrova, D.Vassileva, P.Yalamov (Bulgaria), M.Nikolova
  (The Netherlands), I.Bazhlekov, M.Neytcheva (The Netherlands/Bulgaria),
  A.Q.M.Khaliq, M.Paprzycki (USA), P.Entchev, L.Zikatanov (USA/Bulgaria)
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  Conference Presentations:
  The conference will include key and invited lectures, as well as
  contributed talks. Duration of the presentations will be tentatively
  45, 35, and 25 min. A conference rule is that each participant will
  personally present no more then one talk. Presentation of posters will
  be considered, as well. The conference language will be English.
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  CALL FOR ORGANIZING MINISYMPOSIA:
  To contribute a Minisymposium please provide the conference organizers
  with:
       a) minisymposium title, name and address of the organizer
       b) minisymposium abstract
       c) titles and authors of a minimum of 4 presentations
       d) abstracts of presentations (optional).

       Minisymposia proposals due: November 30, 1997
       Minisymposia acceptance decision: December 31, 1997
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  CALL FOR PAPERS:
  People wishing to present a paper in a field related to the conference
  topics are invited to submit two hard copies of the paper, and its
  electronic version in LaTeX format by e-mail. The deadline is February
  15, 1998. Papers should not exceed 12 pages for key and invited
  lectures, and 8 pages for contributed talks. Notification of
  acceptance and mandatory format of the final manuscript will be sent
  around May 1, 1998.
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  Conference Proceedings:
  Proceedings (in a book form), of only refereed and presented at the
  conference papers, will be published.
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  Abstracts:
  Abstracts (of a maximum 1 page) are required from all participants
  wishing to present a talk at the conference. Abstracts have to be send
  as ASCII files via e-mail. The deadline is February 15, 1998.
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  Accommodation and Registration Fees:
  The living expenses (single room accommodation and full board) is
  currently estimated at the range of $250 for 5 days. Lower price
  accommodation is also planned to be available.

  The conference fee will cover publishing of the conference
  proceedings, conference booklet, excursion, conference dinner,
  reception, transportation from and to airport. Participants in the
  conference will be offered to buy the volume of the conference
  proceedings at a special price (to be specified later, subject to
  discussion with the Publisher).

  Conference fee is
                       before June 15, 1998    after June 15, 1998
   Non-students          180 US dollars           230 US dollars
   Students              100 US dollars           120 US dollars
   Accompanying person    80 US dollars            80 US dollars
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  Deadlines:
   Submission of minisymposia proposals:         November 30, 1997
   Minisymposia acceptance decision:             December 31, 1997
   Submission of abstracts, papers and early
   registration forms:                           February 15, 1998
   Notification of acceptance of full
   papers/presentations:                         May      01, 1998
   Registration and submission of accommodation
   forms:                                        June     15, 1998
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  Registration Form:
  An early on-line registration is available on either of our WWW-pages:
  http://banmatpc.math.acad.bg/~nma98/reg_form.html
  http://orca.st.usm.edu/marcin/mp/cfp/reg_form.html

  Another possibility to registrate is to fill-in and to send us via
  e-mail (or ordinary mail) the listed below registration form.
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  For further information respond to the e-mail address:
  nma98@math.acad.bg,
  or check either of our WWW-pages:
  http://banmatpc.math.acad.bg/~nma98/
  http://orca.st.usm.edu/marcin/mp/cfp/sofia.html

  The mailing address of the Organizing Committee can also be used:

  NMA'98, c/o Dr. Oleg Iliev
  Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
  Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
  Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl.8, 1113 Sofia, BULGARIA

  Fax-No. (++359 2) 971 36 49

  E-mail communication is preferred.
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  The next announcement will be distributed in December 1997.
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                        Early Registration Form

  For nonstandard characters, please, use LaTeX notations.

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   Title           .........
   Name            .........
   First Name      .........
   Institution     .........
   Street/P.O.Box  .........
   Zip Code        .........
   City, State     .........
   Country         .........

   Fax             .........
   Telephone       .........
   E-mail          .........

   I wish to present:
        a talk      yes/no
        a poster    yes/no

   I am interested in having my paper
   published in the conference proceedings            yes/no

   I declare that the paper is original and has not
   been submitted for publication elsewhere           yes/no

   Title of the contributed talk .........

   My talk is related to the topic (please, specify a
   number (1-15) from listed above conference topics)
        first choice   ...
        second choice  ...

   I am a student   yes/no

   I shall be accompanied by  ...  (non-scientific) persons

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