Potential organizers are warmly invited to contact the conference chair.

ORGANIZERS:

St. Petersburg State University,
St. Petersburg University of Airspace Instrumentation,
Institute for Informatics,
Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute,
Institute of Mechanical Engineering Problems,
St. Petersburg Mathematical Society,
Pavlov Institute of Physiology,
Editorial Board of the Electronic Journal "Differential Equations and Control Processes"

LOCAL ORGANIZER

Department of Mathematics and Laboratory "Nonlinear Analysis and Mathematical Modelling" of St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University

CONFERENCE CHAIR:

George Osipenko, St.Petersburg Technical Univ., math@math.hop.stu.neva.ru

LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:

Valentin Zaitsev, Russian State Pedagogical Univ., associate chair,
valentin_zaitsev@mail.ru;
Eugene Ershov, St.Petersburg Univ. of Architecture and Civil Engineering, associate chair,
ershov@eug.usr.abu.spb.ru;
Lidiya Linchuk, St.Petersburg State Technical Univ., secretary,
lidiya_linchuk@mail.ru.

TOPICS OF INTEREST:

A list of possible topics includes (but is not limited to) the following:

Mathematical modelling
Fuzzy theory
Control theory
Mathematical physics
Computer algebra
Computer simulation
Design techniques
Numerical methods
Parallel and distributed algorithms
Computer modelling in dynamical systems
Mathematical models in biology, medicine etc.
Applications to physics, mechanics, electrotechnics and electronics
Dynamic economic models
General macro-economic models
Market models
Tools for mathematical education

SPECIAL SESSIONS:

Potential organizers are warmly invited to contact the conference chair before June 30, 2002. It is suggested to organize a special session for young scientists and the session "Tools for Mathematical Education". A list of special sessions will be announced.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM:

The Program will consist of one hour lectures to be given by plenary speakers and parallel sessions for short 20-minutes communications by participants on their recent research. Detailed schedule will be printed in the conference program.

WORKING LANGUAGES:

The working languages are English and Russian.

DEADLINES:

For special sessions organizers: June 30, 2002.
For registration and abstract submission: March 30 2003.
The deadline of the hotel reservation is 30 January since 2003 is 300-anniversary of St. Petersburg and we wait a lot of visitors and guests.
More information by e-mail:
lidiya_linchuk@mail.ru
mt2003@osipenko.stu.neva.ru on web page http://www.neva.ru/journal

PROCCEDINGS:

We plan to publish refereed Conference proceedings including full versions of papers accepted for presentation.

TOURISTIC INFORMATION:

St.-Petersburg is the central point of the northwestern Russia. St.-Petersburg is the second most important scientific and cultural center in Russia and is recognized as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. It is situated on both banks of the Neva River and on the coast of the Finnish Gulf. Many famous museums, among which are the Hermitage and the Russian museum are located in St.-Petersburg. The year 2003 is memorable for Saint Petersburg - 300-anniversary of its foundation. June is a very pleasant season in St.-Petersburg - the season of so-called White Nights.

For more information contact the meeting secretariat or the organizing committee at
     Lidiya Linchuk
     MATHTOOLS'2003
     Dept. of Mathematics
     State Technical University
     Polytechnicheskaya st., 29
     St. Petersburg 195251, Russia
     lidiya_linchuk@mail.ru