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Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Fundamental Research Foundation
Academic Council for Problems of Mechanical Engineering and Technological Processes of the Russian Academy of Sciences
   Institute of Problems of Mechanical Engineering, RAS   

The Fifth Session of the International Research School
for " Modern Fundamental Problems and Application Tasks of the Theory of Precision and Quality of Machines, Devices and Systems

June 27- July 7, 2002, St. Petersburg, Russia

1st announcement, January 29, 2002

Invitation letter from Professor V.P.Bulatov, Director of IPME

Organizational committee Participants Principal Topics Schedule Venue & Organizer Appendix 1 Appendix 2

Welcome to St.Petersburg!


Invitation letter from Professor V.P.Bulatov, Director of IPME

Dear Colleagues,

Find enclosed the first announcement of the Fifth Session of the International Research School for Modern Fundamental Problems and Application Tasks of the Theory of Precision and Quality of Machines, Devices and Systems, to be held in St. Petersburg in late June 2002. Hereby we have the honor to invite you to take part in the School as a member of the Organizational Committee and/or a presenter. We would also appreciate if you advised us of names/addresses of your colleagues who might possibly be interested in the School. Best regards,

V.P.Bulatov, Co-chairman of the Organizational Committee


Organizational Committee
Chairperson: Academician K. S. Kolesnikov
Co-chairpersons: Academician V.G. Peshekhonov (Russia),
Professor V.P.Bulatov (Russia),
Professor L.V.Yefremov (Russia)
Members: Yu.P.Adler (Russia)
E.von Collani (Germany)
L.Hanin (USA)
E.Hog (Denmark)
A.S.Zakharevsky (Russia)
M.M.Kane (Belarus)
A.E.Friedman (Russia)
V.M.Musalimov (Russia)
I.Ye.Ovcharenko (Russia)
Ye.A.Provatorova (Russia)
V.I.Sergeyev (Russia)
Yu.P.Stepanovsky (Ukraine)
Ye.I.Sychev (Russia)
P.A.Karepin (Russia)


Participants

Invited to participation in the School are scientists and research workers interested in the theory of precision & quality, and its applications. Request for participation should be composed according to Appendix 1. Please send the request together with presentation synopsis to the Academic Secretary of the Organizational Committee by mail/fax/E-mail.

Our post address: IPME, 61 Bolshoi Prospekt V.O., 199178, St.Petersburg, Russia.
Tel.: (812) 321-4779.
Fax: (812) 321-4771.
E-mail: ovch@ipme.ru.

Registration fee is payable in cash on your arrival. Please send or hand over a text of your paper in 2 hard copies and one electronic copy (on a floppy disk) to the Academic Secretary.

See Appendix 2 for details of registration fee payment and typescript requirements to presentation text and summary.

The Friedlander Lectures are dedicated to fundamental issues of Precision Theory as a science of reasons and variability of process parameters, and controllability of precision characteristics thereof.


Principal Topics

Applied software in precision-related problems (computerized presentations).


Schedule

will be finally compiled after April 15 2002and sent to the participants (as a part of the 2nd announcement) before June 1 2002. The latter will also cover the details of the social program.


Venue & Organizer

IPME Laboratory of Measurement Means and Methods is responsible for running the School. Plenary and panel meetings will be held in a hotel in Repino (ca. 50 km from St. Petersburg).


Appendix 1

Att.: Prof. L.V.Yefremov
IPME, 61 Bolshoi Prospekt V.O., 199178, St.Petersburg, Russia.
Fax: (812) 321-47-71, E-mail: ovch@ipme.ru

CONFIRMATION

of participation in the Fifth Session of the International Research School for Modern Fundamental Problems and Application Tasks of the Theory of Precision and Quality of Machines, Devices and Systems

First name and surname:

Contact address:

Phone Nr.: (______) ________________, Fax Nr.: (______)

E-mail:

Organization and position:

Degree (if any):

Presentation title:

Co-authors (names/organizations/positions):

Estimated duration of the presentation: _______________min.

Size: ____________pages. Number of: formulae ____________, pictures_____________

Hardware for the presentation (computers, posters, slate, overhead projector). (Underline please the items you shall need).

OTHER INFORMATION

Reserve please ____ beds (rooms) in a hotel.

ADDENDA

Summary of the presentation in 2 copies on ___ pages

Signature ____________________________ Date


Appendix 2

REGISTRATION FEE

Registration fee is intended to cover expenses involved in scientific and social programs, as well as publication of the materials. Registration fee is US$ 125 payable in cash on your arrival.

PAPER PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS

Text and summary (electronic version and hard copy) should be presented in MS Word 97 (format A4, Times New Roman size 14, interval between lines multiplied by 1.15, all margins 25 mm).

The title of the paper should be typed in upper-case letters. Authors name(s)/organization/nationality/mail& E-mail addresses should be typed in lower-case letters (all centered).

Graphic files (if any) should not exceed (preferably) 50 kB in size.

Size of the paper (typed as specified above) should not exceed (preferably) 16 pages including formulae, tables and graphics.

Summary (typed as specified above) should not exceed (preferably) 1.5 pages. Two hard copies of the summary should be sent to the Academic Secretary of the Organizational Committee together with confirmation of your participation.

Electronic version of the summary should not exceed (preferably) 10 kB in size. It should be either E-mailed to the Academic Secretary of the Organizational Committee or handed over on a diskette during your registration.


Date of last change - January 31, 2002