Call for Participation
International Conference on Neural Networks and Artificial Intelligence (ICNNAI'2006)
31 May - 2 June, 2006
Brest, Belarus
Thanks to your cooperation, we have completed the procedures
from paper submission to camera-ready submission via review by the international program committee.
See ICNNAI-2005 Call for Papers . We now call for your
participation to the conference. Below find a little detailed information.
PLENARY-TALKs
- Prof. Heinz Muehlenbein ... Fraunhofer Institute (Germany)
"Artificial Intelligence and Neural Networks:
The Legacy of Alan Turing and John von Neumann."
- Prof. Robert Hiromoto ... University of Idaho (US)
"Information-Based Algorithmic Design."
- Prof. Colin M. Frayn ... University of Birmingham (UK)
"Applying Natural Computation to Real World Business - Selected Highlights from Cercia."
MINI-WORKSHOP
- Prof. Kurosh Madani ... Paris XII University
"Modular Connectionist Systems: Toward Higher Level Intelligent Functions"
PROGRAM
After struggling with a dilemma between
"Enough-time-for-talk-in-multi-track" vs. "Short-talk-but-single-track"
we detremined single session in which each talk construct 20 minutes including discussion.
See ICNNAI-2005 Program . This is still temporary.
I hope you will vist and check at it from time to time.
SOCIAL EVENT
- Welcome Wine Party
Good wines from countries along the Caucasus montains are waiting for us!
- On the 30th May (Tuesday) from 18:00.
- At Student Bar in the campus of
the Brest State Technical University
(See campus map).
This is planned
for all of the participants from Belarusian
to welcome the participants from outside Belarus.
So, everyone from other country
are welcome for free while asking a favor of the Belarusian participants
to kindly pay 3,000 BYR.
- Banquet
- On the 31st May (Wednesday) from 19:00.
- Excursion to Fortress and Forest
- On the 2nd June (Friday) from 13:30.
The forrest is called "Belavezhskaya Puscha" and
said to be the biggest forrest in Europe. This excursion
is planned to be followed by a mini-banquet in the restaurant in the forrest.
CONFERENCE SITE
For a brief map (PDF) of the city Brest to see, click
"How can reach the conference site from the railway station or from the Hotel Vesta."
Also found a map of university campus
here.
REGISTRATION
Registration is only on site. Registration fee is
- 125 USD ... for authors with paper presentation.
Including Participation to Sessions; Conference proceedings; Coffee break;
Banquet; Small excursion.
- 75 USD ... for participants who needs only proceedings
Including Participation to Sessions; Conference proceedings; Coffee break;
- 50 USD ... for accampanying person
Including Banquet; Excursion.
Payment of the Registration fee should be only in BYR (Belarusian currency), USD or EURO
(Sorry, but we couldn't accept any kind of credit card).
As you might see above, Welcom Wine Party Eve is not included in the registration fee.
All from Foreign countries are wellcomed to the Eve for free while Belarusian
participants are asked a favor of paying 3,000 BYR to welcome our gests from other countries.
HOTEL ACCOMODATION
- Basically we have only three options, that is,
(1) Hotel Belarus -- from 34 USD per standard one single room a night;
(2) Hotel Brest Intourist -- from 36 USD; and
(3) Hotel Vesta (= means "West") -- 38 USD.
- Our recommendation is the Hotel Vesta and if you want
to try a more gorgeous one, Hotels Vesta's Suite is
from 73 to 145 EURO. All prices above are the ones
at this moment. For the information more in detail, try to visit at
http://www.belarustravel.by/en/Brest/
- In case you need us to book the Hotel, please let us know ASAP.
THANKS FOR YOUR COOPERATION
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
- HONORARY CHAIR: Petr Poyta (Belarus),
CONFERENCE CHAIR: Vladimir Golovko (Belarus),
CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS:
Rauf Sadykhov (Belarus) and Akira Imada (Belarus).
- INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Juan Miguel Santos (Argentina)
Helmut Mayer (Austria)
Alexander Doudkin (Belarus)
Vladimir Golenkov (Belarus)
Vladimir Ptichkin (Belarus)
Vladimir Rubanov (Belarus)
Erinija Pranckeviciene (Canada)
Andres Perez-Uribe (Chile)
Xu Lisheng (China)
Kurosh Madani (France)
Jean-Jacques Mariage (France)
Hubert Roth (Germany)
Pasqual Daponte (Italy)
Vincenzo Piuri (Italy)
Hitoshi Hemmi (JAPAN)
Qiangfu Zhao (Japan)
Sung-Bae Cho (Korea)
Irina Bausova (Latvia)
Saulius Maskeliunas (Lithuania)
Khalid Saeed (Poland)
Alexander Galushkin (Russia)
Vladimir Redko (Russia)
Lipo Wang (Singapore)
Emin German (Turkey)
Bora Kumova (Turkey)
Mykola Dyvak (Ukraine)
Anatoly Sachenko (Ukraine)
Voloddymyr Turchenko (Ukraine)
Bogdan Gabrys (UK)
Robert Hiromoto (USA).
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LOCAL COMMITTEE:
Yury Savitsky (Belarus)
Sergei Besobrasov (Belarus)
Svetlana Besobrasova (Belarus)
Andrew Dunets (Belarus)
Larisa Gorbashko (Belarus)
Pavel Kochurko (Belarus)
Yury Kozurko (Belarus)
Leonid Machnist (Belarus)
Nikolay Maniakov (Belarus)
Piotr Selezniov (Belarus).
CONTACT ADDRESS:
- Conference e-mail: iccnai@bstu.by
- Intelligent Information Technologies Dept.
Brest State Technical University
Moskowskaja 267, Brest, Belarus
phone: +375-162-42-6321
fax: +375-162-42-2127