Mathematical Modeling and Computational Physics 2006

High Tatra Mountains, Slovakia, August 28 - September 1, 2006

Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

This bulletin contains important information on practical and scientific aspects of the conference.

Scientific Programme

Preliminary Topics

mathematical methods and tools for modeling complex physical and technical systems;
software and computer complexes for experimental data processing;
methods, algorithms, and software of computer algebra;
computational chemistry, biology, and biophysics;
new generation computing tools, distributed scientific computing.

Plenary (45-60 min.) and invited (30 min.) lectures are scheduled during the morning sessions. Parallel sessions (except Wednesday) with short talks (20 min.) will be held in the afternoons. Contributions to be given as talks will be selected by the Organizing Committee on the recommendation of the International Program Committee.

See the preliminary list of plenary and invited lectures.

Conference Site

The site of the conference is the Hotel ``Rysy***'' (left photo), additional hotel for accomodation is Hotel ``Meander***'' (right photo), both in (Tatranská) Štrba located close (less than 5 km) to the world-known mountain-ski and tourist resort, the Štrbské Pleso (1355 m a.s.l.), which is easily accessible by cable-car with the lower station situated near the hotels. Another beautiful resort within easy range, is Skalnaté Pleso (1751 m a.s.l.) offering a glamorous trip from the col Lomnické Sedlo (2200 m a.s.l.) down to Tatranská Lomnica (950 m a.s.l.).

Additional Information

A basic description of the venue of the conference, which is situated in one of the most glamorous parts of Slovakia can be found at the web-site of the High Tatra National Park.

Conference Fee

The conference fee will be accepted during the registration of the participants.

The conference organization will provide the participants with accommodation with full board, social program, conference materials, coffee-breaks, and a copy of the Book of Abstracts and the Proceedings.

The standard full conference fee based on the shared double bedded room fare makes 450 €, for students 350 €. Single room and appartment accomodations are also available under a moderate additional fee.

The conference fee for accompanying persons makes 300 € per person. This includes five days hotel accommodation with full board as well as social programme.

Meals

Full board for the participants will be provided at the restaurant of the hotel Rysy.

Important Notes

The Organizing Committee kindly asks the participants to change in advance their money into Euro for paying the registration fee in cash. We regret that no personal or travelers cheques can be accepted. In case, that someone needs to pay by bank transfer inform us about it by e-mail.

Social Programme

1. Monday, August 28: Welcome Party (20:00 - 23:00).

2. Wednesday, August 30: Excursion along the gothic road through historical towns (Levoca, Spišská Kapitula, Košice) with ancient architecture.

3. Thursday, August 31: Banquet (19:30 - :).

Accompanying Persons Tours

A special service from the local travel agency will be available each day for accompanying persons. For daily tours, the region provides a lot of beautiful places, e.g. the visit of the medieval town Levoca with the famous Majster Pavel wooden altar in St. Jacob's church, the church in Žehra (UNESCO relic), caves in Demänovská Valley, etc. The region of High and Low Tatra Mountains provides of course great possibilities for tourist trips.

Visas

Citizens of the EU and many other countries (see the list below) don't need visas to enter the territory of the Slovak Republic.

Participants needing Slovak visas have to contact the nearest embassy of the Slovak Republic. For official documents needed for the visa procedure, please, contact the Slovak organizers.

VISA CONDITIONS OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

I. MUTUAL VISA ABOLITION - with Exception of EU and EES States (for all kinds of passports, maximum length of stay in the country without visa find at the site below) Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Chile, Croatia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hongkong, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Paraguay, Romania, Salvador, San Marino, Singapore, Switzerland, Holy See (Vatican), Uruguay, Venezuela

Nationals of all countries not listed in any of the above categories are requested to check the conditions for obtaining the visa with the Embassy or Consulate General of the Slovak Republic accredited in the country of their residence, and obtain the visa prior to their arrival in the Slovak Republic.

For updated information you can also check the web-site of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic.

Travel

The travel details how to arrive to the conference will be posted at the conference site as soon as the summer (plain, train, bus) timetable is available.

Proceedings

The working language of the conference is English. The proceedings of the conference will be published soon after the conference. The contribution length will be: 10 pages for a plenary lecture, 8 pages for an invited lecture, and 6 pages for a contributed paper. All contributions will be passed through standard approval process. Please, find and download the LaTeX style and sample files including publication instructions for contributions. Only LaTeX format is acceptable (not WORD). Please, use the eps graphics format.

Deadlines

The deadline for an abstract (one A5 page format) submission for the book of abstracts is May 25, 2006. Please, find and download the sample LaTeX-file for the abstract.

The deadline for registration is June 30, 2006. The online registration form will be available at the conference site in March 2006.

The deadline for the contribution submission to the conference proceedings is August 28, 2006.

We kindly ask you to inform us about your interest to participate at the Conference MMCP 2006. Please pass the information along to those colleagues of you who could be interested in the Conference Mathematical Modeling and Computational Physics 2006.

For all communication and information please use the Conference e-mail mmcp2006@saske.sk.