Post-Conference Report from
the WSEAS
Conferences
MEQAPS'09, EG '09, MN'09
Co-Organized by the Transilvania University of Brasov and WSEAS in the Transilvania University of
Brasov, Romania, September 24-26, 2009
* 1st Int.Conf. on MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING, QUALITY and PRODUCTION
SYSTEMS (MEQAPS'09)
* 2nd Int.Conf. on ENVIRONMENTAL and
GEOLOGICAL SCIENCE and ENGINEERING (EG'09)
* 2nd Int.Conf. on MARITIME and NAVAL
SCIENCE and ENGINEERING (MN'09)
The three
parallel conferences started with a Welcome Cocktail in September 23,
with several food and beverages offered by the University (Transilvania
University of Brasov) in the bulding of Aula.
In the morning of
September 24, the vice-Rector of the University, the Dean of the
Department and other academic personalities addressed warm welcome
speeches in the conference inviting the WSEAS to organize again its
brilliant conferences in January of the 2011.
See photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/wseas.headquarters/WSEASConferencesBrasovRomaniaSeptember24262009#
Volunteers:
Volunteers
helped the WSEAS Secretariat
We
thank our Volunteers
* Chicos
Lucia,
* Dumitrascu Adela,
* Folea Milena,
* Parv Luminita,
* Lancea Camil,
* Mihail Laurentiu,
* Morariu Cristin,
* Stamate
Valentin,
* Vasiloni Mircea,
* Fota Adriana,
* Lungoci Carmen,
* Nicoleta David,
* Udroiu Razvan,
* Livia Sangeorzan,
* Damian Dana,
for their assistance!
WSEAS offered them a FREE REGISTRATION in any WSEAS Upcoming Conference.
Totally,
over
than 200 delegates attended
The
Banquet took place in
the in the CITADEL wich is a Fortress on the top
of Cetatuia Hill, Brasov
with live
symphonic music with 10 musical instruments see photo below
Symphonic music with 10 musical
instruments and opera with more than 15 actors - singers
in the WSEAS Banquet in Brasov.
Also, several local folklore dances and happenings.
The Symphonic music was
performed by 10 musicians and the Opera included more than
15 actors - singers
in the WSEAS Banquet in Brasov. Also, several local folklore dances and
happenings.
CITADEL is strategically overlooking the town and the plains to North, the Citadel is part of Brasov's outer fortification system. At first some wooden protective walls was erected here, later, in 1529, destroyed by Petru Rares. On the same spot they built a stone citadel called Cetatuia (1553), destroyed by fire in 1618 and re-built in 1625. For protective purposes the inhabitants added to the initial building four massive stone bastions in 1630. The citadel was abandoned later, after technological innovations made cannons stronger than the building. It served as a prison for a while.
Nowadays
the citadel was turned into a restaurant called Cetate. If you visit
the restaurant remember to take a tour and admire the collection of
Medieval weapons hanged on the walls and to drop a penny in the well
(81 m deep) for good luck. In the center of the Citadel is a narrow
courtyard displaying shields, lances, a canon and coat of arms.
The
Fortress or the Citadel is called in Romanian 'Cetate' (pronounced
'chetatay'), the name one should use if want to ask the locals for
information about it. Most Romanians don't know the English name(s) of
the place. It is not difficult to be found, as it is at the top of the
hill across from the Central Park..
For the BANQUET: free TAXI
transfer were provided by the organizers from the conference venue
to CITADEL and vice-versa
Before the Banquet the
Administration of the Citadel welcomed
the WSEAS participants explained them the historical role of
the
CITADEL.
It was a fantastic night with live music, folklore dances and a
wonderful dinner!
Video
from the Banquet
Video
from the Banquet
Video from the Banquet
Video from the Banquet
Video from the Banquet
Video
from the Banquet
See an enhanced Photo Album of the conferences here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/wseas.headquarters/WSEASConferencesBrasovRomaniaSeptember24262009#
Plenary Lecture 1:
Quality
Improvement in Production Systems with Modern Control Techniques for
Electrical Drives by Prof. Constantin Volosencu, “Politehnica” University of Timisoara, ROMANIA. |
Plenary Lecture 2:
Design
Criteria and Solutions for the NERVA Solid Rocket Cluster by Prof. Radu D. Rugescu, University Politehnica Bucharest, ROMANIA and Texas A&M University, USA. |
Plenary Lecture 3:
Open
Source ERP by Prof. Claudia-Georgeta Carstea, “George Baritiu” University, ROMANIA. |
Plenary Lecture 4:
Experimental
and Numerical Aspects Concerning the Electromagnetic Shielding in
Microwaves Range by Assoc. Prof. Dumitru Cazacu, The University of Pitesti, ROMANIA. |
Plenary Lecture 5:
Intelligent Systems and their Reliability in Real-Life Applications by Prof. Adnan Khashman, Near East University, N. CYPRUS. |
Plenary Lecture 6
A
Generalized Mathematical Model for the Analysis of Sediment Basins by Prof. Razvan Raducanu, Al. I. Cuza University, ROMANIA. |
Plenary Lecture 7:
The
Development of Numerical Modeling in Turkey: Coastal Engineering
Problems by Assist. Prof. Asu Inan, Technology Gazi University, TURKEY. |
Plenary Lecture 8:
New
Teaching Methods for Marine Engineer University Studies by Prof. Jose A. Orosa, Department of Energy and Marine Propulsion, SPAIN. |
Plenary Lecture 9:
A
New Frontier in Marine Technology – Gas Hydrates, as a Source of Energy
and as a Means of Natural Gas Transportation by Prof. Deniz Unsalan, Piri Reis University, TURKEY. |
Best
Papers:
The
Best Paper award honors
the author(s) of a paper of exceptional merit dealing with a subject
related to the Conference's technical scope, see the photos above and
the
list of the awardees here...)
(The
papers evaluated by committees of 6 international experts, different
All the WSEAS Books are in ISI / SCI (Web
of Science). Download them now from the site of ISI
http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/science_products/a-z/conf_proceedings_citation_index?parentKey=432529
(Click on the link:
List of Conferences 2004-2008 and download them in an EXCEL file from the
site of ISI). As you can see from the site of ISI the criteria for including
Books and Proceedings in ISI are very strict and most of the conferences of
older societies are not in the ISI Index while all the WSEAS books and
proceedings are inside ISI / SCI (Web of Science). Check it on the site of
ISI please, now.
NEW: The 4 most recent WSEAS journals (WSEAS Trans. on Biology and
Biomedicine, WSEAS Trans. om Fluid Mechanics, WSEAS Trans. on Heat and Mass
Transfer, WSEAS Trans. on Business and Economics) have been accepted in
SCOPUS and so all the WSEAS Journals are now in SCOPUS. All the WSEAS
Books, Proceedings and JOURNALS are also indexed in ACM. Click here:
http://portal.acm.org , select "The
Guide" and then type WSEAS. See the complete indexing of WSEAS Books,
Proceedings, Journals in ACM, ASM, ELSEVIER other 30 indexes at:
http://www.wseas.us/indexes
NEW Letters from British Library, American Chemical Society, SWETS, see
more: http://www.wseas.us/indexes
The impact (trend line) of the WSEAS Journals increase exponentially!
http://www.wseas.us/indexes
Dear Professor Mastorakis,
--
Lotfi A. Zadeh
Professor in the Graduate School
Director, Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (BISC)
Address:
729 Soda Hall #1776
july-a-2009
Computer Science Division
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-1776
zadeh@eecs.berkeley.edu
Tel.(office): (510) 642-4959
Fax (office): (510) 642-1712
Tel.(home): (510) 526-2569
Fax (home): (510) 526-2433
URL: http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~zadeh/
BISC Homepage URLs
URL: http://zadeh.cs.berkeley.edu/
URL: http://www-bisc.cs.berkeley.edu/
WSEAS
provided a very
important tool to all the participants
A permanent username and password for accessing WSEAS conference
proceedings on-line for ever.
See
this photo album:
http://picasaweb.google.com/wseas.headquarters/WSEASConferencesBrasovRomaniaSeptember24262009#
Additional
features of the conferences :
1) Publication of
the Proceedings in 3 media:
hard-copy, CD, E-Library
(A)
4 books of WSEAS (see
details, contents, author indices and editors below)
with ISBN and
ISSN indexed by the major Citation Indices (ISI ranked):
www.wseas.us/indexes
(B)
CD-ROM
Proceedings with
pages' numbers with ISBN and ISSN indexed by the major Citation
Indexes:
www.wseas.us/indexes
(C)
E-Library:
http://www.wseas.org/online
and possible, for a very small number of papers:
(D)
JOURNAL
PUBLICATION: Expanded
and enhanced versions of papers published in the conference proceedings
also going to be considered for possible publication in one of the
WSEAS journals that participate in the major International Scientific
Indices (Elsevier, Scopus, EI, Compendex, INSPEC, CSA .... see:
www.wseas.us/indexes
).
2)
WSEAS provides a very important
tool to all
the participants; a permanent username and password for accessing WSEAS
conference proceedings on-line for ever.
3) The Participants received numerous coffee-breaks, and a Welcome Drink
4) Cultural and social activities as customary in WSEAS events.
5) The conference Books (Hard-Copy Proceedings), CD-ROM proceedings and
Journals (with selected papers) published by WSEAS Press continue to
sell for a long time after the meeting has taken place. This is another
demonstration of the prestige the scientific community attribute to the
meetings organized by the WSEAS.
For example, they are distributed via AMAZON:
WSEAS @ AMAZON.COM
JOURNALS:
What is the Permanent
Procedure for additional Journal publication for
a very small number of High-Quality Papers presented in the WSEAS
Conferences (after the recommendation of Chairmen). So, the authors
with accepted & presented papers received the following e-mail:
We have started now the procedure for the evaluation of the
extended
versions of your papers for possible inclusion in the WSEAS journals
after new rounds of review.
INTRODUCTION: You know that our goal is to maintain
very strong
international journals, to increase the impact of our beloved WSEAS
Transactions, really top journals as they really are. To this end, we
need only high quality papers, breakthrough works of archival value,
i.e. papers that are well written from any point of view, completed
studies (with their numerical examples or experiments that must be
compared with the previous results in the literature), excellent
English language and of course correct WSEAS format. The papers also
must be substantially extended version of the paper that was presented
in the conference (with more than 40% new material). We need papers
that will attract the attention of other scholars citing them
increasing our impact. In the next few years, the WSEAS transactions
must be in every academic library, in every corner of the earth. To
this end, we need your high quality contribution.
HOW TO PROCEED:
a) Check very carefully if your idea is really important,
breakthrough
in your field and can appear in a Journal of the quality and the level
of the WSEAS Transactions. If you doubt, do not send it so easily. Your
paper must not be only a good idea. It must be a complete study with
theoretical background, complete bibliographical references; without
grammatical and syntactical errors. For theoretical works: full
comparison with previous published papers is necessary. We need
numerical examples, applicability of the method, originality, novelty
and directions for future research. For experimental or computational
works: full comparison with previous published papers is necessary. We
need real experiments with the necessary documentation, while for
computational work, we need full benchmarks. Of course along
discussions for the applicability of the method, originality, novelty
and directions for future research.
b) Complete the extended version of your paper
http://............... (the full web address was given only
to
authors who presented a paper)
c) If your extended version fulfills the paragraph a), then our Editors
will send it to 3 independent Reviewers outside your country. If not,
our Editors are entitled to reject it from this early stage informing
you properly. The positive answer of the 3 reviewers is necessary
(attention: 2 yes and 1 no implies NO, i.e. rejection).
d) Our Editors will collect the reviewers' remarks and will send them
again to you for acceptance/ acceptance after minor revision /
acceptance after major revision / rejection
e) Possibly new rounds of review will be needed.
f) No additional fee is needed in case of acceptance.
http://www.worldses.org/journals/index.html
The final list of the papers must have the approval of our
Editors and
3 Reviewers, and of course the Editor-in-Chief of the particular
Journal.
We want only authors that presented their papers to complete this web
form:
http://............... (the full web address was
given only
to authors who presented a paper) So, in this form you will need a
password (the password was given only to the authors who presented a
paper).
INDEXES:
PROCEEDINGS: The Proceedings
related to the Conference are covered by:
01. ISI (ISINET)
02. INSPEC (IET, former IEE)
03. CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
04. ELSEVIER and Elsevier Bibliographic Database
05. ZENTRALBLATT
06. ACM
07. MATHSCINET of AMS (American Mathematical Society)
08. MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS of AMS (American Mathematical Society)
09. Directory of Published Proceedings
10. Computer Science Bibliography Administrator
11. American Chemical Society and its Index: Chemical Abstracts Service
12. European Library in Paris (France)
13. DEST Database (Australia)
14. Engineering Information
15. SCOPUS
16. EBSCO
17. EMBASE
18. Compendex (CPX)
19. GEOBASE
20. BIOBASE
21. BIOTECHNOBASE
22. FLUIDEX
23. OceanBase
24. BEILSTEIN Abstracts
25. ULRICH
26. MEDLINE
27. British Library
28. National Library of Greece
29. German National Library of Science and Technology
30. IARAS Index
31. World Textiles
JOURNALS:
The WSEAS journals are covered by:
01.
ACM
02. INSPEC (IET, former IEE)
03. CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
04. ELSEVIER and Elsevier Bibliographic Database
05. ZENTRALBLATT
06. MATHSCINET of AMS (American Mathematical Society)
07. ULRICH
08. MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS of AMS (American Mathematical Society)
09. Computer Science Bibliography Administrator
10. British Library
11. American Chemical Society and its Index: Chemical Abstracts Service
12. European Library in Paris (France)
13. DEST Database (Australia)
14. Swets Information Services
15. Engineering Information
16. SCOPUS
17. EBSCO
18. EMBASE
19. Compendex (CPX)
20. Geobase
21. BIOBASE
22. BIOTECHNOBASE
23. FLUIDEX
24. OceanBase
25. BEILSTEIN Abstracts
26. World Textiles
27. MEDLINE
28. Mayersche
29. Index of Information Systems Journals
30. National Library of Greece
31. IARAS Index
From these excellent and
well-organized
conferences, WSEAS Press published also 4 Books that contain the
conference proceedings.
Please, order them from the WSEAS Press: http://www.worldses.org/books/index.html
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Conference:
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(
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and will circulate
them in a booklet!
Other Photos: See this photo album:
Video from the excursionAn excursion
took place in the 3rd day of the conference, for all the WSEAS
participants
in the DRACULA CASTLE, MUSEUM OF TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN
HOUSES, BLACK CHURCH and other important monuments of BRASOV
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