ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE  "DAYS  on  DIFFRACTION"

St.Petersburg,  Russia     May 30 - June 2,  2006


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

V.M.Babich    (Co-Chair)
V.S.Buldyrev  (Co-Chair)
R.Stone
V.P.Smyshlyaev
N.Y.Zhu
A.M.Samsonov
A.P.Kiselev
V.E.Grikurov (Secretary)
I.V.Andronov (Publications)
E.V.Novikova (Visa support)
M.A.Lyalinov
N.Ya.Kirpichnikova


ORGANIZED BY

St.Petersburg Dept. of Steklov's Math. Institute
Division of Physics of St.Petersburg University
Euler International Mathematical Institute

CO-SPONSORED BY

Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Russian Academy of Sciences
IEEE ED/MTT/AP St.Petersburg  Chapter

CONFERENCE WEB-SITE

http://math.nw.ru/DD


SCOPE

Mathematical aspects of wave propagation
Asymptotic techniques
Scattering and diffraction
Electromagnetics
Sound  propagation  and vibration
Elastic waves and seismology
Nonlinear waves
Microwave and quantum waveguides
Inverse problems
Numerical approaches
Non-stationary phenomena

The Organizing Committee is open for proposals
to organize a special session(s)!

SPECIAL EVENT
Submissions are highly encouraged to the special session entitled
"60 YEARS TO THE PARABOLIC EQUATION APPROACH IN THE DIFFRACTION THEORY"
dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the publication
M.A. Leontovich, V.A. Fock: 
"Solution of the Problem of  Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves Along the Earth's Surface
by the Method of Parabolic Equation",  Journ. Experim. Theor. Phys.,  16 (7), 6657-73 (1946)


WAYS OF SUBMISSION

1. Electronic submission (mostly preferred!)
grikurov@math.nw.ru
2. FAX:
+7-812-428-7240
3. Hard copies to be addressed:
Dept. Math.& Comp. Phys., Inst. on Physics,
Ul'yanovskaya 1,
198504 Petrodvoretz-St.Petersburg,
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


IMPORTANT DEADLINES

Proposals to organize a session      
and abstract submissions            Febr. 15, 2006
Notification of acceptance          March 15, 2006
Registration                         April 1, 2006
Full paper submission               Sept. 15, 2006


PUBLICATIONS

Booklet of abstracts of all papers accepted for presentation
will be available at the Conference.
Full manuscripts are invited to the Proceedings to be issued in the Fall 2006


SATELLITE MEETINGS       
             
1. DD’06 Special session on "Electromagnetics of Metamaterials"           www.hut.fi/~belov/DD

2. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE  on E/M and Light Scattering by Non-spherical Particles: 
   Theory, Measurements, and Application    5-9 June 2006, St. Petersburg University, Russia  
                                                                       ELS9@astro.spbu.ru
3. 6th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE "PROBLEMS OF GEOCOSMOS"
   23-27 May, 2006, St. Petersburg University, Russia
   http://geo.phys.spbu.ru      geocosm@geo.phys.spbu.ru

REGISTRATION FEE 240 euro
(with reduction for students and participants from FSU).

The registration fee covers invitation and organizational costs,
access to all conference's sessions and publications and some extras.
In particular, extras include the coffee break buffet (offering beverages,
pastry and sandwiches), airport transportation, daily lunches served at a restaurant,
the boat excursion, visit to the Peterhoff gardens, and the conference picnic party.
Accompanying persons are expected to pay the quarter price,
and there will be an extra excursion or two for them.

To be included into mailing list please send a message to Valery GRIKUROV:
grikurov@math.nw.ru

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