Final Call for Papers

                           INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
                  DAY  on  DIFFRACTION MILLENNIUM WORKSHOP 
                         St.Petersburg,  Russia                                                                                                                                                            
                         May 29 - June 1,  2000  

ORGANIZED BY                                                       JOINTLY WITH
Faculty of Physics of St.Petersburg Univ.                University of Florence
St.Petersburg Branch of Steklov Math. Inst.              University of Michigan
Euler International Math. Inst., St.Petersburg
         
TECHNICALLY CO-SPONSORED BY                                      CO-SPONSORED BY
IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society    Russian Foundation for Basis Researches

STEERING COMMITTEE                                   LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
V.M.Babich,    Steklov Math. Inst.                  I.V.Andronov (publications),
V.S.Buldyrev,  St.Petersburg Univ.                     V.E.Grikurov (secretary),
G. Pelosi,     Univ. of Florence                     A.P.Kiselev,  M.A.Lyalinov,
J.L. Volakis,  Univ. of Michigan                    E.V.Novikova (visa support)

                              SESSIONS TO BE ORGANIZED
MATHEMATICAL ASPECTS OF WAVE PROPAGATION   M.Babich (Russia), 
                                           S.Yu.Dobrokhotov (Russia)
NEW DIRECTIONS IN ASYMPTOTIC TECHNIQUES    G.Manara (Italy),  
                                           V.S.Buldyrev (Russia)
CANONICAL DIFFRACTION PROBLEMS             V. P. Smyshlyaev (U.K.), 
                                           G.Pelosi (Italy)
DIFFRACTION ON NON-SMOOTH OBSTACLES        Giraud (France), A.H.Serbest (Turkey),
                                           J.M.Bernard (France)
INVERSE PROBLRMS                           S.Strom (Sweden), M.I.Belishev (Russia)
EM ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES                     R. Tiberio (Italy)
UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS                       G.Makrakis(Greece),  
                                           N.S.Grigor'eva (Russia)
FLUID DYNAMICS                             N.G.Kuznetsov (Russia), 
                                           J.Ockendon (U.K.)
WAVES IN ELASTIC MEDIA                     A.P.Kiselev (Russia)
PLATES, SHELLS AND VIBRATION               P.E.Tovstik (Russia)
NONLINEAR PHENOMENA                        A.Samsonov (Russia)
NON-STATIONARY PHENOMENA                   V.V.Borisov (Russia)
MATHEMATICAL MODELING 
IN NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING                 L.Fradkin (U.K.)

Proposals for session's organizing concerning various nature wave phenomena 
are encouraged!


Working language is English                  The registration fee is 150 USD

IMPORTANT DEADLINES
Proposals for session organizing                               ASAP
Papers submissions                                     Feb. 1, 2000
Acceptance of papers                                  March 1, 2000
Registration                                          April 1, 2000 *)
*) Earlier registration is necessary to finalize visa formalities in time. 
   Registration fee is encouraged but not  requested at this stage.

                                WAYS OF SUBMISSION
1. Electronic submission (mostly preferred!)

                     I.V.Andronov          iva@aa2628.spb.edu
                     V.E.Grikurov          grikurov@mph.phys.spbu.ru
                     A.P.Kiselev           kiselev@pdmi.ras.ru

2. FAX: +7-812-428-7240
3. Hard copies to be addressed:  Dept. Math.& Comp.Phys.
                                 Inst. On Physics, St.Petersburg Univ.
                                 Ul'yanovskaya 1 198904 Petrodvoretz
                                 Russia

We expect to receive camera-ready abstract limited, if possible, 
by one A4 page of 10pt font size. TeX and Word documents are accepted.

                                      PUBLICATIONS

         Booklet of abstracts of all papers accepted for presentation 
                            will be available at the Seminar.  
  Full manuscripts will be invited for the peer selection to be included 
                               into either the Proceedings 
    or the special issue of IEEE Antennas  and Propagation Transactions.

Pre-registration is necessary to be included into mailing list. Please fill 
this form (all fields are mandatory) and return it to one of addresses given 
above as soon as possible. Updated information and on-line pre-registration 
available via URL                              http://mph.phys.spbu.ru/DDMW

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