MACMESE, DNCOCO, Trinidad and Tobago, November 2007 (124 images)
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Post-Conference Report for the WSEAS Conferences:
MACMESE '07 and DNCOCO '07
Trinidad and Tobago Islands (Caribbean Sea), November 5-7, 2007
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The University of the West Indies St.. Augustine Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, St. Augustine, Trinidad (W. I.)
and the WSEAS Society (http://www.wseas.org) , coorganized the following two parallel conferences:
* 9th WSEAS Int. Conf. on MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL METHODS in SCIENCE and ENGINEERING (MACMESE'07)
(This conference was part of the MMACTEE international conference until 2006)
* 6th WSEAS Int. Conf. on DATA NETWORKS, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS (DNCOCO '07), (The name of this conference was ISCOCO until 2005)
The two parallel Conferences were opened by Professor Bal Bhatt (see in the left side of the picture) , who is director of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of the University of West Indies and he was the chairman of the conference and Professor Winston Mellowes, who is the Chairman, Professor Dyer Narinesingth, who is the Dean of the University of West Indies, the Campus Principal Professor Bridget Brereton, Mr. John Roopchan of the Ministry of Education and Dr. Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Director of the Institute of Critical Thinking, where the conference was held. After the opening ceremony the first keynote speaker was Professor Biswa N. Datta (Distinguished Research Professor at the Northern Illinois University, USA), who has presented the recent advances on computational methods for active vibration control and model updating in vibrating structures. Professor Eyad H. Abed (Institute for Systems Research, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, USA) who was PLENARY SPEAKER also presented new results on selective modal analysis of dynamic systems
On Tuesday, 6th November 2007 (2nd day of the conference), Professor Imre J. Rudas (See the picture in the left) (Institute of Intelligent Engineering Systems John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics Budapest Tech, Budapest, Hungary) who was PLENARY SPEAKER also described interesting aggregation procedures in intelligent systems.
On Tuesday evening was the cocktail party for all participants of the WSEAS Conference, who were invited at the office of the Campus Principal Professor Bridget Brereton (See pictures below)
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Both of the WSEAS Conferences in Trinidad were characterized by their friendly atmosphere (see photos below) as well as the high quality of the presentations and discussions. A variety of topics constituted the focus of paper submissions. In regular sessions papers addressed several interesting topics. Prominent lectures provided key-note and plenary speeches for the conference. Moreover, special sessions were organized, and invited lectures were given by well-known researchers.
With pride, the WSEAS received the following Important Contributions and upgraded them as Keynote and Plenary Lectures.:
Recent Advances on Computational Methods for Active Vibration Control and Model Updating in Vibrating Structures : Linking Control to Industry
by Prof. Biswa N. Datta, Northern Illinois University, USA.
New Results on Selective Modal Analysis of Dynamic Systems
by Prof. Eyad H. Abed, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA.
Polynomial Optimization via Sums of Squares Relaxations
by Prof. Mihai Putinar, University of California at Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
Aggregation procedures in intelligent systems
by Prof. Imre J. Rudas, Institute of Intelligent Engineering Systems, John von Neumann Faculty of Informatics, Hungary.
Selection Problems and Multi-criteria Decision Making
by Dr. Alexey L Sadovski, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA.
WSEAS gave a very strong and important tool to all the participants: A new username and password without expiry date for on-line access in the WSEAS Conference proceedings FOR EVER.
Conference Statistics
Submitted papers: 335
Accepted papers: 147
acceptance ratio = (Number of accepted papers / Number of Submitted)*100 = 43.88%
Remark: Two withdrawn accepted papers are considered as accepted papers in our Statistics.
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.: REVIEW PROCESS: Each paper was reviewed at least by 3 independent reviewers. The WSEAS Secretariat sent each paper to 5 reviewers. Some papers received reviews from 5 different referees. The WSEAS Secretariat forwarded these comments by personalized emails to the responsible for the correspondence author. The full list of the reviewers will be available in the web page: http://www.worldses.org/reviewers.htm
The additional features of these 2 conferences
1) Publication of the Proceedings in 3 media: hard-copy, CD, E-Library
(A) One Book in the "Electrical and Computer Engineering Series" and "Energy and Environmental Engineering Series" of WSEAS (see details, contents, author indices and editors below) with ISBN and ISSN indexed by the major Citation Indices (ISI ranked): www.worldses.org/indexes
(B) CD-ROM Proceedings with pages' numbers with ISBN and ISSN indexed by the major Citation Indexes: www.worldses.org/indexes
(C) E-Library: http://www.wseas.org/online
and possible, for a very small number of papers:
(D) JOURNAL PUBLICATION: Expanded and enhanced versions of papers published in the conference proceedings also going to be considered for possible publication in one of the WSEAS journals that participate in the major International Scientific Indices (Elsevier, Scopus, EI, Compendex, INSPEC, CSA .... see: www.worldses.org/indexes ).
2) WSEAS gave a very strong and important tool to all the participants: A new username and password without expiry date for on-line access in the WSEAS Conference proceedings FOR EVER.
3) The Participants received 6 very rich coffee-breaks (offered by the University of the West Indies (http://www.fsa.uwi.tt), St.. Augustine Institute of Mathematical Sciences), 1 Welcome Drink (offered by the University of the West Indies (http://www.fsa.uwi.tt), St.. Augustine Institute of Mathematical Sciences) and 1 Gala Dinner with the high quality of the WSEAS
4) Cultural and social part as usual in WSEAS events.
5) The conference Books (Hard-Copy Proceedings), CD-ROM proceedings and Journals (with selected papers) published by WSEAS Press continue to sell for a long time after the meeting has taken place. This is another demonstration of the prestige the scientific community attribute to the meetings organized by the WSEAS.
For example, they are distributed via AMAZON: WSEAS @ AMAZON.COM
.: BOOK (hard-copy of the Proceedings):
Editors: Balswaroop Bhatt (Trinidad and Tobago), Bhoendradatt Tewarie (Trinidad and Tobago), Athina Lazakidou (Greece), Konstantinos Siasiakos (Greece). Pages : 506, price: 80 EUR
[Contents], [Order], [Full PDF of the Papers], [Help]
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.: JOURNALS:
.: What is the Permanent Procedure for additional Journal publication for a very small number of High-Quality Papers presented in the WSEAS Conferences in China (after the recommendation of Chairmen). So, the authors with accepted & presented papers received the following e-mail:
We have started now the procedure for the evaluation of the extended versions of your papers for possible inclusion in the WSEAS journals after new rounds of review.
INTRODUCTION: You know that our goal is to maintain very strong international journals, to increase the impact of our beloved WSEAS Transactions, really top journals as they really are. To this end, we need only high quality papers, breakthrough works of archival value, i.e. papers that are well written from any point of view, completed studies (with their numerical examples or experiments that must be compared with the previous results in the literature), excellent english language and of course correct WSEAS format. The papers also must be substantially extended version of the paper that was presented in the conference (with more than 40% new material). We need papers that will attract the attention of other scholars citing them increasing our impact. In the next few years, the WSEAS transactions must be in every academic library, in every corner of the earth. To this end, we need your high quality contribution.
HOW TO PROCEED: a) Check very carefully if your idea is really important, breakthrough in your field and can appear in a Journal of the quality and the level of the WSEAS Transactions. If you doubt, do not send it so easily. Your paper must not be only a good idea. It must be a complete study with theoretical background, complete bibliographical references; without grammatical and syntactical errors. For theoretical works: full comparison with previous published papers is necessary. We need numerical examples, applicability of the method, originality, novelty and directions for future research. For experimental or computational works: full comparison with previous published papers is necessary. We need real experiments with the necessary documentation, while for computational work, we need full benchmarks. Of course along discussions for the applicability of the method, originality, novelty and directions for future research.
b) Complete the extended version of your paper until December 31, 2007 and upload it via
http://............... (the full web address was given only to authors that presented a paper)
until December 31, 2007
c) If your extended version fulfills the paragraph a), then our Editors will send it to 3 independent Reviewers outside your country. If not, our Editors are entitled to reject it from this early stage informing you properly. The positive answer of the 3 reviewers is necessary (attention: 2 yes and 1 no implies NO, i.e. rejection).
d) Our Editors will collect the reviewers' remarks and will send them again to you for acceptance/ acceptance after minor revision / acceptance after major revision / rejection
e) Possibly new rounds of review will be needed.
f) No additional fee is needed in case of acceptance.
After all this procedure, the accepted papers that come from WSEAS Conferences in Canada will be published in the various WSEAS Transactions. IF you miss the deadline of December 31, 2007 , or if your paper was not presented in the WSEAS Conferences, THEN: you can upload it quite independently as regular paper from the WSEAS Site for the Journals:
http://www.worldses.org/journals/index.html
The final list of the papers must have the approval of our Editors and 3 Reviewers, and of course the Editor-in-Chief of the particular Journal.
We want only authors that presented their papers to complete this web form:
http://............... (the full web address was given only to authors that presented a paper) So, in this form you will need a password (the password was given only to the authors that presented a paper).
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.: BEST STUDENT PAPERS:
The Organizing Committee received the forms that the Session Chairmen filled in after the end of their Sessions and after additional evaluation and discussion decided the following.
The Criteria were:
a) Originality and scientific impact
b) Good presentation
c) Paper presented by a student
The results of this evaluation are:
(to be announced soon)
.: INDICES:
PROCEEDINGS: The Proceedings related to the Conference are covered by:
1. ISI (ISINET)
2. INSPEC (IET, former IEE)
3. CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
4. ELSEVIER and Elsevier Bibliographic Database
5. ZENTRALBLATT
6. ULRICH
7. MATHSCINET of AMS (American Mathematical Society)
8. MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS of AMS (American Mathematical Society)
9. Directory of Published Proceedings
10. Computer Science Bibliography Administrator
11. American Chemical Society and its Index: Chemical Abstracts Service
12. European Library in Paris (France)
13. DEST Database (Australia)
14. Engineering Information
15. SCOPUS
16. EBSCO
17. EMBASE
18. Compendex (CPX)
19. GEOBASE
20. BIOBASE
21. BIOTECHNOBASE
22. FLUIDEX
23. OceanBase
24. BEILSTEIN Abstracts
25. World Textiles
26. MEDLINE
27. British Library
28. National Library of Greece
29. German National Library of Science and Technology
30. IARAS Index
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JOURNALS:
The WSEAS journals are covered by:
1. ISI through the INSPEC (IEE)
2. INSPEC (IET, former IEE)
3. CSA (Cambridge Scientific Abstracts)
4. ELSEVIER and Elsevier Bibliographic Database
5. ZENTRALBLATT
6. MATHSCINET of AMS (American Mathematical Society)
7. ULRICH
8. MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS of AMS (American Mathematical Society)
9. Computer Science Bibliography Administrator
10. British Library
11. American Chemical Society and its Index: Chemical Abstracts Service
12. European Library in Paris (France)
13. DEST Database (Australia)
14. Swets Information Services
15. Engineering Information
16. SCOPUS
17. EBSCO
18. EMBASE
19. Compendex (CPX)
20. Geobase
21. BIOBASE
22. BIOTECHNOBASE
23. FLUIDEX
24. OceanBase
25. BEILSTEIN Abstracts
26. World Textiles
27. MEDLINE
28. Mayersche
29. Index of Information Systems Journals
30. National Library of Greece
31. IARAS Index
.: SOCIAL PART (Coffee-Breaks, Banquet, Excursions)
6 very rich coffee-breaks with coffee-breaks Coffee, Tea, Milk, Sweets, Cakes, Pastries, Juices and Sandwiches (offered by the University of the West Indies (http://www.fsa.uwi.tt), St.. Augustine Institute of Mathematical Sciences). See the pictures above.
1 Excellent Welcome Drink (offered by the University of the West Indies (http://www.fsa.uwi.tt), St.. Augustine Institute of Mathematical Sciences). See the pictures above.
1 Gala Dinner. Participants enjoyed a wonderful night. See the pictures above.
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.: Some Excursions took place after the conference. See the pictures above.
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Friday, December 7, 2007
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
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The Commission has published in the Official Journal C 231 of the European Union a call for applications concerning the renewal of the Members of the European Energy and Transport Forum. The deadline for sending applications is 3 December 2007.
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EU and Canada start negotiations on a broad aviation agreement
Port security: Commission sends reasoned opinions to Estonia, Malta, Spain and the United Kingdom
Seafarers' certificates: the Commission will send letters of formal notice to 11 Member States which have failed to transpose the rules on mobility and crew skills into their national law
Penalties for pollution by ships: Commission sends reasoned opinions to eight Member States
Safety assessment of third-country aircraft using Community airports: Commission takes Poland to the Court
Commission launches formal investigation into potential State aid by the CCI of Pau-BΓ©arn
Commission authorises rescue aid for the "Metronet Companies"
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International aviation in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Sea Ports in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Port security: Commission sends reasoned opinions to Estonia, Malta, Spain and the United Kingdom
The European Commission decided to send reasoned opinions to Estonia, Malta, Spain and the United Kingdom for failing to transpose the European rules on enhancing port security into their national law. Sending a reasoned opinion constitutes the last stage before possible referral to the Court of Justice.
[full text]
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Maritime transport in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Seafarers' certificates: the Commission will send letters of formal notice to 11 Member States which have failed to transpose the rules on mobility and crew skills into their national law
The European Commission decided on 29 November to send a letter of formal notice to 11 Member States for failing to notify the Commission of the measures they have taken to transpose into their national law the directive on the recognition of seafarers' certificates. The Member States concerned are: Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal and the United Kingdom. In acknowledgement of the growing hardship affecting seafarers in many Member States since the 1980s, this directive for the first time introduces the automatic recognition of national certificates. It thereby aims to facilitate the mobility of Community seafarers between Member States.
[full text]
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Maritime safety in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Penalties for pollution by ships: Commission sends reasoned opinions to eight Member States
The European Commission decided on 28 November to send reasoned opinions to Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal and the United Kingdom for failure to adopt national legislation on penalties against those responsible for polluting discharges at sea.
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Air safety in the web site of Energy and Transport DG
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Safety assessment of third-country aircraft using Community airports: Commission takes Poland to the Court
On 28 November, the European Commission decided to take legal action against Poland for not having transposed properly the Directive on the safety of third-country aircraft using Community airports. The Commission has thus launched the third stage of an infringement procedure by lodging a formal complaint before the Court of Justice of the European Communities.
[full text]
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State Aid in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Commission launches formal investigation into potential State aid by the CCI of Pau-BΓ©arn
Following up on a notification by the French authorities, the European Commission on 28 November started a formal investigation into contracts concluded by the Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Pau-BΓ©arn (CCIPB) with Ryanair and its subsidiary Airport Marketing Services Ltd. At this stage the Commission cannot conclude that the conditions of the contracts are compatible with the common market and must therefore open a formal investigation to gather the necessary evidence.
[full text]
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State Aid in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Commission authorises rescue aid for the "Metronet Companies"
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[full text]
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State Aid in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Commission launches formal investigation into annual compensation payments, investment grants to and capital endowment of EmslΓ€ndische Eisenbahn GmbH
The European Commission decided on 28 November to open a formal investigation procedure regarding the annual operating compensation payments for school transport and administrative costs, for the purchase of rolling stock and the operation of a passenger information system for the benefit of EmslΓ€ndische Eisenbahn GmbH. Following a complaint, the Commission has to examine whether these measures are in line with the European rules on State aid.
[full text]
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Road Transport in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Training of professional drivers: Commission takes Ireland to Court of Justice
The European Commission on 28 November decided to launch proceedings in the European Court of Justice against Ireland for failing both to transpose the Directive on the training of professional drivers and to notify measures for its implementation. This Directive provides for compulsory initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers.
[full text]
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Air Transport in the web site of energy & Transport DG
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Black list of banned airlines: the European Commission adopts new measures
The European Commission adopted on 28 November the sixth update of the Community’s list of airlines banned in the European Union. With this update the Commission is lifting the ban imposed upon Blue Wing Airlines from Surinam together with the operating restrictions imposed on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA). The new list replaces the previous one and can already be consulted on the Commission’s website.
[full text]
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List of airlines banned within the EU
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Trans-European energy networks in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Commissioner Piebalgs endorses the work programmes of TEN-E coordinators Adamowitsch and Mielczarski
Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs endorsed on 30 November the work programmes of Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch, the coordinator for the connections to off-shore wind power in Northern Europe and of Wladydlaw Mielczarski, the coordinator for power connection between Germany, Poland and Lithuania. Mr Adamowitsch's main task will be to facilitate the integration of the offshore wind energy produced in the Baltic Sea and North Sea into the continental grid. Mr Mielczarski's main challenge will be to help accelerate the implementation of the power connection between Germany, Poland and Lithuania in order to increase the overall capacity and strengthen the reliability of the connections.
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State Aid in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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Commission authorises Spanish State aid for coal innovation and environmental protection
The European Commission has decided on 28 November not to raise objections to a Spanish State aid measure to be granted to the region of Castilla y Leon for research, development and innovation purposes as well as for environmental protection related to the coal mining sector. The aid amounts to approximately €3 million.
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Nuclear issues in the web site of Energy & Transport DG
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European Commission welcomes launch of the newly established European Nuclear Energy Forum
The European Nuclear Energy Forum, initiated by the Commission and supported by the March European Council, has been inaugurated on 26 November in Bratislava by Prime Minister Robert Fico of the Republic of Slovakia, and by Mirek TopolΓ‘nek Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, and by Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, who also conveyed a welcome message from President Barroso.
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Electricity on the web site of Energy & Transport DG
Gas in the website of Energy & Transport DG
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Commissioner Piebalgs underlines the urgency of the new proposals on the Internal Energy Market
In recent weeks there has been increasing public debate on the Commission's proposals aimed at guaranteeing real and effective competition for all EU citizens and companies for their gas and electricity needs. In particular, a number of the companies opposing them have raised questions regarding the Commission's Impact Assessment, the document that lays down the facts and evidence why these measures are necessary.
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REMINDER
The Commission has published in the Official Journal C 231 of the European Union a call for applications concerning the renewal of the Members of the European Energy and Transport Forum. The deadline for sending applications is 3 December 2007.
Reference documents are available on: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/forum/whatsnew/index_en.htm
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For a complete list of current public consultations please go to Consultations
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Public Consultations
In this section you will find the newest calls for submissions to public consultations in fields of energy and transport.
Topic of Consultation Deadline
Launching by the European Commission of an Impact Assessment (IA) for the evaluation of a potential legislative measure in the area of Transport of Radioactive Materials (TRAM)
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ERTMS: the European Deployment Plan
European maritime transport space without barriers (online questionnaire)
Motorways of the Sea (online questionnaire)
Preparation of an Impact Assessment on the Internalisation of External Costs (online questionnaire)
28/01/2008
15/01/2008
20/12/2007
20/12/2007
31/12/2007
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New Calls for Tenders
The internet service of the DG for Energy and Transport has developed a web page announcing the Calls for tenders & Calls for expression of interest concerning the Directorate General for Transport and Energy. In this new section you will find not only contract notices published in the Official Journal but also, prior information notices, calls for expressions of interest,
http://www.wseas.org/conferences/2008/greece/
The annual convention and gathering of all the WSEAS entities (Working Groups, Technical Committees, Editors,
Associate Editors, Research Directors, Projects Coordinators,etc...) is held in July during the CSCC.
In 2006, the CSCC Multiconference received 1302 papers and approved 623 papers which was the maximum number of papers in its brilliant history. In 2007, the organizers did not give extension in the deadline and the accepted papers were approximately 550.
12th WSEAS CSCC Multiconference. Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece, July 22-25, 2008
12th WSEAS Int. Conf. on CIRCUITS (July 22-24, 2008)
12th WSEAS Int. Conf. on SYSTEMS (July 22-24, 2008)
12th WSEAS Int. Conf. on COMMUNICATIONS (July 23-25, 2008)
12th WSEAS Int. Conf. on COMPUTERS (July 23-25, 2008)
Heraklion, Crete, Greece, July 22-24, 2008
ENGINEERING EDUCATION (EE'08)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR (2007):
Editors: N. Mastorakis, S. Kartalopoulos (USA), D. Simian (Romania), A. Varonides (USA), V. Mladenov (Bulgaria), Z. Bojkovic (Serbia), E. Antonidakis (Greece), pages 714, price: 150 EUR
Editors: N. Mastorakis, S. Kartalopoulos (USA), D. Simian (Romania), A. Varonides (USA), V. Mladenov (Bulgaria), Z. Bojkovic (Serbia), E. Antonidakis (Greece), pages 504, price: 120 EUR,
Editors: N. Mastorakis, S. Kartalopoulos (USA), D. Simian (Romania), A. Varonides (USA), V. Mladenov (Bulgaria), Z. Bojkovic (Serbia), E. Antonidakis (Greece), pages 420, price: 80 EUR
Editors: N. Mastorakis, S. Kartalopoulos (USA), D. Simian (Romania), A. Varonides (USA), V. Mladenov (Bulgaria), Z. Bojkovic (Serbia), E. Antonidakis (Greece), pages 280, price: 80 EUR
Editors: N. Markatos (Greece), A. Stamou (Greece), J. Beltrao (Portugal), T. Panagopoulos (Portugal), C. Helmis (Greece), E. Stamatiou (Greece), A. Hatzopoulou (Greece), M.D. Carlos Antunes (Portugal), pages 654, price: 120 EUR,
Editors: Nikos Mastorakis (Greece), Philippe Dondon (France), Athina Lazakidou (Greece), Azami Zaharim (Malaysia), Konstantinos Siassiakos (Greece), pages 346, price: 60 EUR,
Associate Editors, Research Directors, Projects Coordinators,etc...) is held in July during the CSCC.
In 2006, the CSCC Multiconference received 1302 papers and approved 623 papers which was the maximum number of papers in its brilliant history. In 2007, the organizers did not give extension in the deadline and the accepted papers were approximately 550.
12th WSEAS CSCC Multiconference. Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece, July 22-25, 2008
12th WSEAS Int. Conf. on CIRCUITS (July 22-24, 2008)
12th WSEAS Int. Conf. on SYSTEMS (July 22-24, 2008)
12th WSEAS Int. Conf. on COMMUNICATIONS (July 23-25, 2008)
12th WSEAS Int. Conf. on COMPUTERS (July 23-25, 2008)
Heraklion, Crete, Greece, July 22-24, 2008
ENGINEERING EDUCATION (EE'08)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR (2007):
Editors: N. Mastorakis, S. Kartalopoulos (USA), D. Simian (Romania), A. Varonides (USA), V. Mladenov (Bulgaria), Z. Bojkovic (Serbia), E. Antonidakis (Greece), pages 714, price: 150 EUR
Editors: N. Mastorakis, S. Kartalopoulos (USA), D. Simian (Romania), A. Varonides (USA), V. Mladenov (Bulgaria), Z. Bojkovic (Serbia), E. Antonidakis (Greece), pages 504, price: 120 EUR,
Editors: N. Mastorakis, S. Kartalopoulos (USA), D. Simian (Romania), A. Varonides (USA), V. Mladenov (Bulgaria), Z. Bojkovic (Serbia), E. Antonidakis (Greece), pages 420, price: 80 EUR
Editors: N. Mastorakis, S. Kartalopoulos (USA), D. Simian (Romania), A. Varonides (USA), V. Mladenov (Bulgaria), Z. Bojkovic (Serbia), E. Antonidakis (Greece), pages 280, price: 80 EUR
Editors: N. Markatos (Greece), A. Stamou (Greece), J. Beltrao (Portugal), T. Panagopoulos (Portugal), C. Helmis (Greece), E. Stamatiou (Greece), A. Hatzopoulou (Greece), M.D. Carlos Antunes (Portugal), pages 654, price: 120 EUR,
Editors: Nikos Mastorakis (Greece), Philippe Dondon (France), Athina Lazakidou (Greece), Azami Zaharim (Malaysia), Konstantinos Siassiakos (Greece), pages 346, price: 60 EUR,
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