POST-CONFERENCE REPORT
- The 7th WSEAS
International Conference on MATHEMATICAL METHODS and COMPUTATIONAL
TECHNIQUES IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
(MMACTEE ’05)
- The
4th WSEAS International Conference on NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS, NON-LINEAR
SYSTEMS and CHAOS (NOLASC ‘05)
- And the 5th WSEAS International Conference on WAVELET ANALYSIS and MULTIRATE SYSTEMS (WAMUS ‘05) were held in Sofia (Bulgaria) from October 27 2 till October 29, 2005
Prof. A. Slavova (Technical University of Sofia), Prof. N.Bardis (Hellenic Army Academy, Greece)
Over than 100
participants from all over the world attended these conferences.
The Opening
of the Conferences was really very good.
Keynote Speakers
Professor Valeri Mladenov
Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
Prof. Mladenov presenting
his Keynote Speech:
"On the Solitary and Periodic Waves in Cellular
Neural Networks based on
simple cells"
Professor Angela Slavova
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Prof. Slavova presenting
her Keynote Speech:
"Receptor-Based Cellular Neural Network Models"
(Abstract: In this
lecture, a receptor-based Cellular Neural Network model is considered.
Dynamics and stability of such model are studied by applying describing
function technique.
Comparison of the obtained results with the classical
ones is made as well)
Professor Leon Chua
University of California at Berkeley, USA
Professor Rossella Cancelliere
University of Torino, Italy
Prof. A. Adamopoulos presenting his Invited Lecture
Many parallel sessions with important contributions from invited authors
took place along with several discussions.
There existed Student Competition and the
Prizes for the Best Students' papers were given after the conference.
On the other hand, the authors of the
best of the accepted papers received an invitation for
sending an extended version
to the WSEAS reputable International Journals.
The conferences were held in a 4-Star Hotel in
Sofia where the WSEAS participants had
discount rates in the room
prices.
Sofia, Bulgaria:
Sofia has a history that goes back
thousands of years. Through the centuries, many peoples have inhabited it and
added to its rich and diverse history. Numerous Neolithic villages have been
discovered in the area, while a chalco-lithic settlement has been recently
discovered in the very center of modern Sofia. The Thracian Serdi tribe settled
here in the 7th century BC and gave the first recorded name of Sofia -- Serdica.
The Byzantines called it Triaditsa and the Slavs - Sredets. The modern city of
Sofia was named in the 14th century after the basilica St. Sofia. In Greek, word
sofia means wisdom. In the 3rd century AD, the Romans built strong walls around
Serdica, their capital of Inner Dacia and an important stopping point on the
Roman road from Naisus (present Nish, Yugoslavia) to Constantinople. Today there
are many archaeological sites in Sofia, that display the city's diverse history
- the castle gates and towers of Serdica, public buildings and streets thousands
of years old. A large part of the ancient city of Serdica is underneath
important modern buildings. The ancient city council (bulefteris) is hidden
under the "Sheraton" hotel, while a number of basilicas are below the National
Historical Museum. The Roman thermal baths are under the Sofia Mineral Baths and
a Roman residence with elaborate mosaics is below the "Rila" hotel. After the
Hun invasion of 441, the town was rebuilt by the Byzantines. The Slavs gave
Sredets a key role in the First Bulgarian Empire, then in 1018 the Byzantines
retook Triaditsa. At the end of the 12th century, the Bulgarians returned and
Sredets became a major trading center of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The Turks
captured Sofia in 1382 and made it the center of the Rumelian beylerbeyship. The
city declined during the feudal unrest of the 19th century, but with the
establishment of the Third Bulgarian Empire in 1879, Sofia once again became the
capital of Bulgaria. The National Art Gallery Rapidly the city's image changed
from an Oriental, to a European. Today many streets, buildings, parks, and even
whole neighborhoods preserve the architectural style from the turn of the
century. Between 1879 and 1939, the population of Sofia grew from 20 000 to 300
000, while today 1 250 000 people live in Sofia.
SCIENTIFIC
PART:
Conference Statistics:
Submitted papers:
210
Accepted papers:
137
from these 137 papers, the WSEAS Committee
approved additional Journal Publication for the
best papers of the
conferences.
Review Process:
Each paper was reviewed at
least by
3 independent reviewers.
The WSEAS
Secretariat sent each paper to 5 reviewers.
Some papers received review
from 5 different referees. The WSEAS Secretariat
had
forwarded to the responsible for the correspondence author these comments
by personalized emails.
The full list of the reviewers
will be available in the web page:
www.worldses.org/reviewers.htm
Only authors of those papers, which are
found to have very positive response from 3 referees and which are modified
satisfactorily to take into account all the comments of (at least 3)
referees of the conference are invited to send an extended version in the WSEAS
Journals (WSEAS Transactions). The extended version is checked again by two
additional referees and a rejection or acceptance is notified to the authors.
WSEAS Organizing Committee therefore congratulates those, who have been able to
get the distinction of having their paper published in the Transactions.
WSEAS
sent
a full report of the whole review process and the whole correspondence
to the following international indexes that have recognized officially the
Validity and the Reputation
of the WSEAS Conferences:
* ISI (ISINET),
*
INSPEC (IEE),
* AMS (American Mathematical Soceity),
* Mathematical Reviews,
* ZENTRABLATT,
* ELSEVIER,
* CSA,
* ELP,
* NLG,
* Engineering Index,
* Directory of Published Proceedings,
* British Library,
* Swets Information Services
*
SCOPUS
* DEST
BEST STUDENT PAPERS
The Organizing Committee received the forms that the Session Chairmen
filled in after the end of their Sessions and
after additional evaluation and discussion decided the following (November
24, 2005). The Criteria were
a) originality and scientific impact
b) good presentation
c) the author that presented the paper to be a student
d) the paper to be written only by one or two authors.
So, the results of this evaluation is:
The Best Student Paper Award for the
MATHEMATICAL METHODS
and COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
(MMACTEE'05)
was given to Vitaly Spitsa
for his paper:
Root Clustering Method for a Small-Signal Stability Analysis of Power
Systems
[Authors: V. Spitsa, A. Alexandrovitz, E. Zeheb]
The Best Student Paper Award for the
WAVELET ANALYSIS and
MULTIRATE SYSTEMS
(WAMUS'05)
was given to Farzan Rashidi
for his paper:
Split Step Wavelet Galerkin Method based on Parabolic Equation Model for
Solving Underwater Wave Propagation
[Authors: M. B. Paskyabi, F. Rashidi]
The Best Student Paper Award for the
NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS,
NON-LINEAR SYSTEMS and CHAOS
(NOLASC'05),
was given to Riccardo Russo
for his paper:
Complex Dynamic Behavior of a CNN Hardware System by an Experimental and
Numerical Analysis
[Authors: R. Russo, V. Bonaiuto, A. Salvini]
SOCIAL PART:
1. Coffee-Breaks: The
WSEAS
Organizing Committee
offered 6 very rich coffee-breaks.
Each
coffee-breaks were composed by coffee, tea, juices, biscuits,
freshly baked pastries.
During the Coffee-Breaks
the attendees had several opportunities for to interchange ideas
and proposals
for common projects and collaboration.
2. Banquet.
The night started with a variety of food and bulgarian special delicacies
After a wonderful dinner, we
had the pleasure to enjoy a genuine Bulgarian Night with typical
Bulgarian Music and
typical Bulgarian Dances that reflect the
long history of this wonderful balkan nation.
The Bulgarian folklore dances are really impressive (see photos below) and the
ballet was
composed by 9 members: 4 professional dancers, 3 musicians and
2 singers.
After their dance, they invited all the WSEAS participants to learn together the
epic dances of
Bulgaria, Hemos Mountains and Black Sea.
After that, each of our participants danced with us
in a wonderful unforgettable night of October 28.
The Banquet was really
excellent.
Wonderful Traditional Music with Memories from Hemos Mountains,
Black Sea.
It is true that the music of each nation contains its character, its history and
its attempts for liberty and
independency mixed with a passion for live, love and peace.
The Conference Participants learn the Bulgarian Dances with
success
Happy moments in the Banquet after a successful scientific day
The overall impression of the meeting was
excellent.
WSEAS Administrative Council thank each
of you for
increasing the WSEAS Reputation by these wonderful and important
meetings.
See also:
http://www.worldses.org/feedback2005.txt