To the
present moment the following colleagues have agreed to make invited talks:
Aurelian
Bejancu, University of Leeds, UK
Borislav
Bojanov, Sofia University and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Franz-Jürgen
Delvos, University of Siegen, Germany
Olga
Dluzhnevskaya, Center of Astronomical Data, Russian Academy of Sciences
Werner
Haußmann, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Blagovest
Sendov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Ding-Xuan
Zhou, City University, Hong Kong
Zvi
Ziegler, Technion, Haifa, Israel
The main purpose of this Mini-Symposium is to bring together,
within the Congress
of MASSEE, people interested in
the indicated areas, including graduate and undergraduate students.
The emphasis will be on the younger generation of scientists. Another
important aim of the Workshop will be to organize the interaction between
people coming from academia and people coming from industry who are interested
in the newest developments in science and their implementation.
The present Workshop is meant to continue the tradition established
by the Workshop
on Multiscale Approximations with similar topics and purpose organized
within the Conference
on Approximation theory in June 2002 in Varna, (in case this
link is not active please check the local mirror Sendov's
Conference on Approximation theory).
- Preliminary
version now available.
The program will include
invited
talks of 40 min. duration, as well as contributed presentations
of 20 min. duration. The lectures will be on Friday and on Saturday,
19th and 20th September respectively. Let us remind you that on Thursday
the social program (excursions) will take place.
ABSTRACTS:
Everyone willing to give
a contributed talk must submit one page abstract in English, written
in LaTeX.
Authors are invited to submit one-page abstract in English. Abstracts
should be submitted here.
You may view all
submitted abstracts here.
Instructions for full papers will be provided later. Please do not forget
to indicate that your contribution is for our Mini-symposium!
After August 15, 2003 please send your abstracts to the organizers
kounchev@math.bas.bg
or gonska@informatik.uni-duisburg.de.
ALL ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED TO THE PRESENT MOMENT HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED FOR
PRESENTATION!
SCHEDULE FOR CONTRIBUTORS:
Submission of abstracts: |
31 July 2003 |
Notification of acceptance: |
15 August 2003 |
Late submission of abstracts: |
30 August 2003 |
FINANCIAL SUPPORT:
The organizers are
expecting to get external funds in order to support some of the participants
in the Workshop. In due course we will publish on the present page
a form for application for support. Eligible for support will be only those
making a contribution.
Remark: The chances for getting external financing are diminishing
proportionally
with the time BUT WE DO NOT LOSE HOPE.
ACCOMMODATION AND REGISTRATION:
For these see the general information of the Congress at
Accommodation
and registration.
CURRENCY:
Please note that 1 Euro is changed for about 1.94 Bulgarian leva (BGN)
(at the airport the rate is substancially worse), and 1 USD - for about
1.72 Bulgarian leva (BGN) - but first make sure that the exchange office
does not take commission - it has to be written "NO COMMISSION" on the
exchange rates desk. In case you doubt - ask the amounts to be written
down.
TRANSPORTATION TO BOROVETZ:
For the participants from Germany it may be interesting to see the offer
of BG
tours for a one-week stay at hotel Samokov including the flight and
all transportations, of approximately Euro 450.
Please check the site of the Congress for transportation information
- TRAVEL
INFORMATION.
On the other hand you may find also the following
useful. For those coming from the Airport
of Sofia (which is unique, see http://www.sofia-airport.bg
) and if you do not have other arrangements for transportation - please
notice that in the department where you pick up your luggage you will find
an information advertisment how to take a taxi of a reasonable price -
the company name is "O'kay supertrans"! There is a reperesentative of this
company in the Luggage Department and you have to approach him, and on
this
picture the big black arrow shows approximately where is his office - it
is on the right hand side when you get out of the Luggage Department. They
take 0.40 leva per kilometer. In case you want to go to Borovets they will
charge you also the return way - the price will be thus 180 km times 0.40
leva which is approximately 72 leva.
In case you do not like this company please do not simply jump in a
taxi - first ask about the price to your destination and even ask the driver
to write it down! It has to be displayed on the outer window of the taxi!
If you don't have other arrangement and want to save $35 (=60 leva) - we
recommend you to go by taxi (the reasonable price is no more than 5-7,
at most 10 leva) to the "Bus terminal South" (called in Bulgarian "avtogara
youg", pronounce "you" as in the English "you") where you can find
a transportation (there are minivans and big busses every hour or even
half hour at least till 9pm - this changes with the season and we will
publish the latest time) to the city of Samokov, the price is 3 leva. This
will take you to the bus terminal of Samokov. At this bus terminal you
may take a minivan to Borovetz (costs 1 leva) - it stops right at hotel
"Samokov" which is the center of the Congress. The taxi from Samokov to
Borovetz costs about 10 leva (the distance is about 10 km).
The algorithm is more or less the same if you come from the Main
Railway station ( "tsentralna gara" ). Going to "Bus terminal South"
is cheaper than from the Airport.
If you want to travel comfortably by taxi to Borovetz (which costs
about $35) you have to tell us and we will make an arrangement for
you to be picked up by a taxi from the airport (the taxi driver will come
to meet you with a badge having your name at the meeting point in the airport,
in the worst case you will meet him at the information desk which is available
there). Please make this plan very carefully and inform us about any cancellations
since the taxi will come from Samokov specially for you. If we arrange
a taxi from Sofia this would cost substancially more.
We will publish more information here during the next 2 weeks!
If you come by bus from abroad then be
advised that almost all such busses have their terminal near the Main Railway
Station. There are also taxis stopping not far from them.
OTHER ACCOMODATIONS:
In the city of Samokov you may find a cheap accomodation in private
rooms - for about 5-10 leva per day. The transportation to Borovetz is
relatively good but depending on the season.
CONTACT:
For contacts and information:
Fax: (+3592) 971 36 49;
E-mail: kounchev@math.bas.bg;
gonska@informatik.uni-duisburg.de; kacso@informatik.uni-duisburg.de
Ognyan Kounchev