POST-CONFERENCE REPORT

The 4th WSEAS Int. Conf. on SIMULATION, MODELLING AND OPTIMIZATION (ICOSMO 2004),
4th WSEAS Int. Conf. on SIGNAL, SPEECH AND IMAGE PROCESSING (ICOSSIP 2004),
4th WSEAS Int. Conf. on MULTIMEDIA, INTERNET AND VIDEO TECHNOLOGIES (ICOMIV 2004),
4th WSEAS Int. Conf. on ROBOTICS, DISTANCE LEARNING AND INTELLIGENT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (ICRODIC 2004)
4th WSEAS Int. Conf. on POWER SYSTEMS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY (ICOPEMC 2004),
were held in Hilton Izmir in Izmir, Turkey, from September 13  till  September16, 2004

This WSEAS Multiconference was very successful

SCIENTIFIC PART:
2 Plenary Lectures by very important scientists and parallel sessions in 2 Conference
rooms for 4 days. More details: http://www.worldses.org/programs/izmir.doc
Most of the papers were of high quality and for this reason the
reviewers promoted them to WSEAS International Journals.
The organizing committee followed the rule:
Positive Comments from 2 reviewers --> Publication in the Proceedings
Positive Comments from 3 reviewers --> Publication in the Proceedings + Journals
Positive Comments from 1 or 0 reviewers --> Rejection
The proceedings (300 papers) were distributed to the authors during the event
while selected papers were published in WSEAS Transactions.
The Proceedings and the Journals related to this important
scientific multi-meeting have just sent (today, September 22, 2004) to
the following Science Citation Indexes:
INSPEC (IEE), ISI (ISINET), ELSEVIER, CSA, AMS. Mathematical Reviews, ELP,
NLG, Engineering Index, Directory of Published Proceedings, ZENTRABLATT


SOCIAL PART:
The official Banquet of the conference took place in the 32nd floor of Hilton with panoramic
view of Izmir and Izmir Bay, with a great variety of food (over than 50 different plates), beverages
live orchester with 6 instrument players and singers and entertainment. The orchester played a variety
of traditional Turkish and International songs.  Prof. Mastorakis with a short speech underlined the high importance of the WSEAS and the WSEAS conferences not only for the Science and Technology, but also for the Peace, Friendship and mutual understanding between people and nations. The participants danced nice turkish dances while a wonderful artist danced for the guests
oriental Belly Dance (see photos below). Several excursions to Troia, Pergamos, Ephesos, Assos, took place. In the coffee-breaks, the guests except the usual coffee, tea, milk and juices also enjoyed a variety of traditional turkish sweets and delicacies. The overall impression of the multiconference was excellent.

 

Photo from a Session

During the coffee-break



Photo from a Session


During the coffee-break


Banquet: Oriental Belly Dances

From the excursion in Ephesos



From the excursion in Troia (see the 7 levels of the ancient Troia in
the picture)
 

Excursion in Troia (photo in front of the Trojan Horse)