December 1996

NATO SCIENCE PROGRAMME 
               1997 CALENDAR OF MEETINGS
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                       Part II

A D V A N C E D S T U D Y I N S T I T U T E S

Advanced Study Institutes (ASIs) are high-level tutorial courses of two w eeks' duration where a subject is treated in depth by lecturers of intern ational standing. Presentations are made to about 100 scientists or rese arch students already specialised in the field, or who have an advanced g eneral scientific background. Attendance at ASIs is open to all suitably -qualified applicants irrespective of nationality, upon application to th e contact person listed below.

A. JOINT NATO-COOPERATION PARTNER MEETINGS

DISARMAMENT TECHNOLOGIES

New Scientific and Technological Aspects of Verification of the Biologica l and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC)
6-16 Jul 1997 : Budapest, Hungary
Contact: Dr. G.S. Pearson, University of Bradford, Dept. of Peace Studies , Bradford, BD7 1DP, UK (Fax: 44 1672 539582) Co-director: Amb. T. Toth, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Budapest, Hungary 961270

ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY

Bioavailability of Organic Xenobiotics in the Environment and Practical C onsequences for Bioremediation
18-29 Aug 1997 : Prague, Czech Republic Contact: Prof. J.-C. Block, Universit82 Henri Poincar82, Fac. des Scie nces Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Labo. Sant82 et Environnement, 5 ru e Albert Lebrun, 54000 Nancy, France (Fax: 33 83 178879/e-mail: block@pha rma.u-nancy.fr)
Co-director: Dr. V.V. Goncharuk, Science Academy of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukrain e
960477

HIGH TECHNOLOGY

Advances and Challenges in the Catalytic Activation and Functionalisation of Light Alkanes
18-31 May 1997 : Alcabideche, Lisbon
Contact: Prof. E.G. Derouane, University of Liverpool, Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalys, POBox 147, Liverpool L69 3BX, UK (Fax: 44 151 794 3589/e-mail: derouane@liverpool.ac.uk) Co-director: Prof. J. Haber, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland 960491

Frontiers in Magnetism of Reduced Dimension Systems 16-27 Jun 1997 : Kyiv, Ukraine
Contact: Prof. P.E.Wigen, Ohio State University, Dept. of Physics, 174 W. 18th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1106 USA (Fax: 1 614 292 7557/e-mail: wigen@mps.ohio-state.edu) Co-director: Prof. V.G. Baryakhtar, National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv, U kraine
960938

Nanostructured Materials: Science and Technology 11-21 Aug 1997 : St. Petersburg, Russia Contact: Dr. G.M. Chow, Naval Research Laboratory, Material Science & Tec hnology Division, Code 6323, Washington, DC 375 USA (Fax: 2 767 2623/e-mail: gmchow@anvil.nrl.navy.mil) Co-director: Prof. N.I. Noskova, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinbur g, Russia
961148

Advanced Light Alloys and Composites
5-15 Sep 1997 : Zakopane, Poland
Contact: Dr. W. Reif, Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Metall ic Materials, Strasse des 17 Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany (Fax: 0303 1 42 1127)
Co-director: Prof. R. Ciach, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland 961299

OTHER AREAS

Operations Research and Decision Aid Methodologies in Traffic and Transpo rtation Management
10-22 Mar 1997 : Balatonfured, Hungary
Contact: Dr. P.L.Toint, Facult82s Universitaires ND de La Paix, Dept. of Mathematics, 61 rue de Bruxelles, B-5000 Namur Belgium (Fax:32-81 72 4 9 14)
Co-director: Prof. K. Tanczos, Technical University of Budapest, Hungary 960476

Computational Methods in Mechanisms
16-28 Jun 1997 : Varna, Bulgaria
Contact: Prof. J. Angeles, McGill University, Dept. of Mechanical Enginee ring & McGill Centre for Intelligent Machines, 817 Sherbrooke St. West, M ontreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada (Fax: 514 398 7348/e-mail: angeles@cim.mc gill.ca)
Co-director: Prof. E. Zakhariev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bu lgaria
960985

GENERAL MEETINGS

LIFE SCIENCES

Molecular Microbiology
7-17 Apr 1997 : Birmingham, UK
Contact: Dr. S. Busby, University of Birmingham, School of Biochemistry, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK (Fax: +44-21 414 3982) 950015

Protein Dynamics, Function and Design
16-28 Apr 1997 : Erice, Sicily, Italy
Contact: Prof. J.F. Lefevre, Louis Pasteur University, Bld Sebastien Bran t, 67400 Strasbourg-Illkirch, France (Fax: +33 88 655343) 961015

Cellular Integration of Signaling Pathways in Plant Development 20-30 May 1997 : Maratea, Italy
Contact: Prof. F. Lo Schiavo, University of Padua, Dept. of Biology, Via Trieste 75, 35121 Padova, Italy (fax +39 49 8276280/e-mail: pmb@civ.bio. unipd.it)
961018

Direct Methods for Solving Macromolecular Structures 22 May-2 Jun 1997 : Erice, Sicily, Italy Contact: Prof. S. Fortier, Queen's University, Depts. of Chemistry and C omputing & Information Science, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada (Fax : 613 545 6934/e-mail: fortiers@post.queensu.ca) 960458

Free Radicals, Oxidative Stress and Antioxidants - Pathological and Physiological Significance
24 May-4 Jun 1997 : Antalya, Turkey
Contact: Prof. T. Ozben, Akdeniz University, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. o f Biochemistry, 07070 Antalya, Turkey (Fax: 90 242 2274495) 960403

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome : Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms a nd Clinical Management
14-24 Jun 1997 : Corfu, Greece
Contact: Prof. S Matalon, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dept. of Anesthesiology, 619 South 19th Street, Birmingham, AL 35233-6810 USA (F ax: +1 205 934 7437/e-mail: Sadis.Matalon@ccc.uab.edu) 961075

Neuronal Circuits and Networks
15-27 Jun 1997 : Erice, Sicily, Italy
Contact: Prof. J. Nicholls, Universitaet Basel, Biozentrum, Dept. of Phar macology, Klingelbergstr. 70, Basel, Switzerland (Fax: 41 61 267 2208) 960434

Molecular Mechanisms of Lipid and Protein Traffic 16-28 Jun 1997 : Cargese, Corsica, France Contact: Dr. J.A.F. Op den Kamp, University of Utrecht, Ctr. for Biomembr anes & Lipid Enzymology, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, Netherlands (Fax: 31 30 252 2478/e-mail: j.a.f.opdenkamp@chem.ruu.nl) 960379

Development and Organization of the Retina : From Molecules to Function 18-28 Jun 1997 : Aghia Pelaghia, Crete, Greece Contact: Dr. M.L.Chalupa, University of California at Davis, Center for N euroscience, Davis, CA 95616, USA (Fax: +1 916 752 2087/e-mail: lmchalup a@ucdavis.edu)
961034

Angiogenesis: Models, Modulators and Clinical Applications 20-30 Jun 1997 : Rhodes, Greece
Contact: Prof. M.E. Maragoudakis, University of Patras, Medical School, D epartment of Pharmacology, Rio, Patras 26110, Greece (Fax: +30 61-994720 )
960994

Face Recognition: From Theory to Applications 23 Jun-4 Jul 1997 : Stirling, United Kingdom Contact: Prof. H. Wechsler, George Mason University, Dept. of Computer Sc ience, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA (Fax: 1 703 993 3729/e-mail: wechsler@cs.gm u.edu)
960418

Targeting of Drugs: Strategies for Stealth Therapeutic Systems 24 Jun-5 Jul 1997 : Cape Sounion, Greece Contact: Prof. G. Gregoriadis, University of London, Center for Drug Deli very Research, School of Pharmacy, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1 AX, UK (Fax: 44 171 753 5820)
960439

Molecular and Applied Aspects of Oxidative Drug Metabolizing Enzymes 22-3 Jul 1997 : Kusadasi, Aydin, Turkey20 Contact: Prof. E. Arinc, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Joint Graduate Program in Biochemistry, 06531 Ankara, Turkey (Fax: +90 312 210 1289/e-mail: earinc@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr) 961032

Gene Therapy
17-28 Aug 1997 : Island of Spetsai, Greece Contact: Prof. K. Xanthopoulos, National Center for Human Genome Research , NIH, Gene Expression & Control Section/ Clin. Gene Therapy Branch, Bld g 10, Room 10C103/10 Center Drive Bethesda, MD 20892, USA (Fax: +1 301 4 96 7184/e-mail: kgx@nchgr.nih.gov)
960987

Biomolecular Recognition
1-14 Sep 1997 : Island of Spetsai, Greece Contact: Prof. B.F.C. Clark, Aarhus University, Dept. of Biostructural Ch emistry, Institute of Chemistry, 8000 Aarhus C Denmark (Fax: 45 8619 619 9/e-mail: clark@biobase.dk)
960328

DNA Damage and Repair : Implications for Human Health and Aging October 1997 : Antalya, Turkey
Contact: Prof. M. Dizdaroglu, National Inst. of Standards & Technology, B ldg. 222/A353, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA (Fax: +1 301 330 3447/e-mail: miral@enh.nist.gov)
960617

MATHEMATICS

Modular Representations and Subgroup Structure of Algebraic Groups and Re lated Finite Groups
23 Jun-4 Jul 1997 : Cambridge, UK
Contact: Prof. H.H. Andersen, Aarhus Universitet, Matematisk Institut, 80 00 Aarhus C, Denmark (Fax: 45 861 317 69/e-mail: mathha@mi.aau.dk) 960450

Representation Theories and Algebraic Geometry 28 Jul-8 Aug 1997 : Montreal, Canada
Contact: Prof. A. Daigneault, Universit82 de Montreal, D82p. de Mathema tiques & de Statistique, CP 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montreal, (QC) H3C 3J7, Canada (Fax: 514 343 5700/e-mail: daigneau@dms.umontreal.ca) 960468

PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY

Formation and Evolution of Solids in Space 10-20 Mar 1997 : Erice, Sicily, Italy
Contact: Prof. J.M. Greenberg, Huygens Laboratorium, PO Box 9504, Nl-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands (Fax: 31 71 275819) 960535

Dynamical Properties of Unconventional Magnetic Systems 2-12 Apr 1997 : Geilo, Norway
Contact: Prof. A.T. Skjeltorp, Inst. for Energy Technology, PO Box 40, 07 Kjeller, Norway (Fax: 47 638 10 920/e-mail: fysikk@ife.no) 960444

Foams, Emulsion and Cellular Materials
21 Apr-3 May, 1997 : Cargese, Corsica, France Contact: Prof. J.F. Sadoc, Universit82 de Paris-Sud, Laboratoire de Phys ique des Solides, Batiment 510, F-91405 Orsay Cedex France (Fax: +33 1 6 9 41 60 86/e-mail: Sadoc@lps.u-psud.fr) 961014

Unconventional Superconductors
12-23 May 1997 : Cargese, Corsica, France Contact: Prof. D.J.Scalapino, University of California at Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530, USA (Fax: +1 805 893 8838/e-mail: leslie@spock.physics.ucsb.edu) 960983

Superstring Dualities, Branes and Integrable Models 26 May-14 Jun 1997 : Cargese, Corsica, France Contact: Dr. L. Baulieu, Universit82 Pierre & Marie Curie Paris VI, LPTH E, Tour 16 (1ere Etage), 4 Place Jussieu, 75252 Paris Cedex 05 France (F ax: +33 1 44 277088/e-mail: baulieu@lpthe.jussieu.fr) 961017

Polar Cap Boundary Phenomena
3-14 Jun 1997 : Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway Contact: Prof. A. Egeland, University of Oslo, Dept of Physics, P.O. Box 1048/Blindern, 0316 Oslo 3 Norway (Fax: +47 22 85 56 71/e-mail: alv.egel and@fys.uio.no)
961026

Ultrafast Dynamics of Quantum Systems : Physical Processes and Spectrosco pic Techniques
15-30 Jun 1997 : Erice, Sicily, Italy
Contact: Prof. B. Di Bartolo, Boston College, Dept. of Physics, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167, USA (Fax: 617/552 8478/e-mail: kyrkos@bcvms.bc.edu) 960362

Confinement, Duality and Non-Perturbative Aspects of QCD 23 Jun-4 Jul 1997 : Cambridge, UK
Contact: Prof. P. Van Baal, Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Lorentz Inst. for T heoretical Physics, PO Box 9506, NL-2300 RA Leiden, Netherlands (Fax: 31 71 5275404/e-mail: vanbaal@rulgmo.leidenuniv.nl) 960432

The Dynamics of Small Bodies in the Solar System: A Major Key to Solar Sy stem Studies
29 Jun-12 Jul 1997 : Maratea, Italy
Contact: Prof. A.E. Roy, Glasgow University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Kelvin Building, Glasgow G12 8QQ , UK (Fax: +44 141 3305183/e-mail: daphne@astro.gla.ac.uk) 961027

Probing the Standard Model of Particle Interactions 28 Jul-5 Sep 1997 : Les Houches, France Contact: Dr. F. David, Centre d'Etude de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, Service de Physique Th82orique, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette C82dex, France (Fax: 1 6908 81/e-mail: david@amoco.saclay.cea.fr) 960389

Beam Shaping and Control with Nonlinear Optics 4-15 Aug 1997 : Cargese, Corsica, France Contact: Prof. R. Reinisch, LEMO-ENSERG, 23 av. des Martyrs, BP 257, 380 16 Grenoble Cedex, France (Fax: +33-76856080) 960456

The Gap Symmetry and Fluctuations in High Temperature Superconductors 1-13 Sep 1997 : Cargese, Corsica, France Contact: Prof. J Bok, Lab. de Physique du Solide, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin , 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France (Fax: +33 1 40 79 44 25/e-mail: Julien.Bok @espci.fr)
961033

Current Topics in Astrofundamental Physics : Primordial Cosmology 4-15 Sep 1997 : Erice, Sicily, Italy
Contact: Prof. N. Sanchez, Observatoire De Paris, DEMIRM, Minist8Are de l'Ens. Sup. et de la Rech., 61 Ave de l'Observatoire, 75014 Paris, Franc e (Fax: 33 1 4051 02/e-mail: chalonge@mesiob.obspm.circe.fr) 960335

Supersymmetry and Trace Formulae: Chaos and Disorder 8 - Sep 1997 : Cambridge, UK
Contact: Dr. I.V. Lerner, University of Birmingham, School of Physics & Space Research, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT UK (Fax : 0121 414 4719)
960429

Physics of Dry Granular Media
15-26 Sep 1997 : Cargese, Corsica, France Contact: Prof. H.J. Herrmann, University of Stuttgart, Institute for Comp uter Applications I, Pfaffenwaldring 27, D-70569 Stuttgart Germany (Fax : +49 711 685 3658/e-mail: hans@ica1.uni-stuttgart.de) 961031

Astronomy with Adaptive Optics Laser Guide Star 22 Sep-3 Oct 1997 : Cargese, Corsica, France Contact: Prof. J.C.Dainty, Imperial College, Blackett Laboratory- Applied Optics Group, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BZ, UK (Fax: +44 171 594 7714/e-mail: c.dainty@ic.ac.uk)
961037

CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS

Electron Crystallography
22 May-2 Jun 1997 : Erice, Sicily, Italy Contact: Dr. D. Dorset, Hauptman-Woodward Medical Res. Inst., 73 High Str eet, Buffalo, NY 143, USA (Fax: 1 716 852 4846/e-mail: eddld%mfb@ubvms. cc.buffalo.edu)
960401

Frontiers in the Science and Technology of Polymer Recycling 16-27 Jun 1997 : Antalya, Turkey
Contact: Prof. G. Akovali, Middle East Technical University, Depts. of Ch emistry and Polymer, Science and Technology, 06531 Ankara, Turkey (Fax: 9 0 312 2101280/e-mail: akovali@rorqual.cc.metu.edu.tr) 951091

Oxygen Ion and Mixed Conductors and Their Technological Applications 15-30 Jul 1997 : Erice, Sicily, Italy
Contact: Prof. H.L. Tuller, MIT, Dept of Materials Science & Engineering, Room 13-3126, 77 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139 USA (Fax: +1 6 17 253 5749/e-mail: hltuller@mit.edu)
960587

Recent Theoretical and Experimental Advances in Hydrogen Bonded Clusters 20-31 Jul 1997 : Heraklion, Crete, Greece Contact: Dr. S.S. Xantheas, Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab., Theory, Modeling & Simulation, Battelle Boulevard, MS K1-83, Richland, WA 99352 USA (Fax: +1 509 3756631/e-mail: ss_xantheas@pnl.gov )
961091

Sonochemistry and Sonoluminescence
18-29 Aug 1997 : Leavenworth, WA, USA
Contact: Dr. La Crum, University of Washington at Seattle, Dept. of Acous tics & Electromagnetics, Applied Physics Laboratory, 1013 NE 40th Street Seattle, WA 98105, USA
(Fax: 206 685 8621/e-mail: lac@apl.washington.edu) 960422

ENVIRONMENTAL AND EARTH SCIENCES

Buoyant Convection in Geophysical Flows 17-27 Mar 1997 : Karlsruhe, Germany
Contact: Prof. E.J. Plate, Universitaet Karlsruhe, Inst. f81r Hydrologie & Wasserwirtschaft, Kaiserstrasse 12, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany (Fax: 49 721 66 13 29)
960397

Soils and Global Change: Carbon Cycle, Trace Gas Exchange and Hydrology 16-27 Jun 1997 : Bonas, Toulouse, France Contact: Dr. E.A. Holland, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Atmo spheric Chemistry Division, 1850 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder, CO 80303, USA (Fax: 303 497 1477/e-mail: eholland@ncar.ucar.edu) 951136

Modeling the Earth's Climate and its Variability 1-25 Jul 1997 : Les Houches, France
Contact: Dr. S. Joussaume, DSM, Labo de Modelisation du Climat & Envir., Orme des Merisiers, Bat. 709, CE Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France (Fa x: 1 69 08 77 16/e-mail: sylgouse@saclay.cea.fr) 960400

Ice Physics in the Natural and Endangered Environment 15-27 Sep 1997 : Maratea, Italy
Contact: Prof. J.G. Dash, University of Washington, Box 351560, Physics D ept FM 15, Seattle Washington 98195, USA (Fax +1 206 543-9523/e-mail: das h@diral.phys.washington.edu)
961042

APPLIED SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING

Verification of Digital and Hybrid Systems 26 May-7 Jun 1997 : Antalya, Turkey
Contact: Prof. K. Inan, Middle East Technical University, Electrical & El ectronics Engineering Dept., Ankara, Turkey (Fax: 90 312 2101 411/ e-mail : Inan@srdc.metu.edu.tr)
951119

Applications of Superconductivity
8-20 Jun 1997 : Loen, Norway
Contact: Dr. H. Weinstock, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, AFOSR /NE, 110 Duncan Avenue, Ste B115, Bolling AFB, DC 20332-0001 USA (Fax: +1 202 767 4986/e-mail: weinstoc@afosr.af.mil) 961056

Applied Computational Electromagnetics: State of the Art and Future Trend s
23 Jun-5 Jul 1997 : Samos, Greece
Contact: Prof. N.K.Uzunoglu, National Technical University of Athens, Ins titute of Communications and Computer Systems, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Str., 157 73 Zografou, Athens Greece (Fax: 301 772 3557/e-mail: pfragos@naxos .esd.ece.ntua.gr)
961049

Computational Models of Speech Pattern Processing 7-19 Jul 1997 : St. Helier, Jersey, UK
Contact: Mr. K.M. Ponting, Defence Research Agency, Speech Research Unit, Room EX-7, St. Andrews Rd., Great Malvern, Worcs WR14 3PS, UK (Fax: 44 1 684 89 51 03/e-mail: ponting@signal.dra.hmg.gb) 951127

Computational Logic
29 Jul-10 Aug 1997 : Marktoberdorf, Germany Contact: Prof. M. Broy, Technische Universitat Muenchen, Institut f81r I nformatik, 80290 Munich, Germany
(Fax: 89 289 28183/e-mail: broy@informatik.tu-muenchen.de) 960427

Generalization in Neural Networks and Machine Learning 4-15 Aug 1997 : Cambridge, UK
Contact: Prof. C.M.Bishop, Aston University, Dept.of Computer Science & Applied Maths, Birmingham B4 7ET, UK (Fax: +44 121 333 4586/e-mail: C.M.B ishop@aston.ac.uk)
961022

Nonlinear Model Based Process Control
10-20 Aug 1997 : Antalya, Turkey
Contact: Prof. R. Berber, University of Ankara, Chemical Engineering Dept ., Tandogan, Ankara 06100, Turkey (Fax: 90 312 223 2395/e-mail: ridvan@s ervis.net.tr)
960294

Workflow Management Systems and Interoperability 12-22 Aug 1997 : Istanbul, Turkey
Contact: Prof. A. Dogac, Middle East Technical University, Dept of Comput er Engineering, 06531 Ankara, Turkey (Fax: 90 312 2101259/e-mail: asuman@ srdc.metu.edu.tr)
960995

SOCIAL AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES

Game Theory and Resource Allocation: the Axiomatic Approach 21-31 Jul 1997 : Stony Brook, USA
Contact: Prof. W. Thomson, University of Rochester, Department of Economi cs, 202 Harkness Hall, Rochester, NY 14627 USA (E-mail: wth2@dbl.cc.rochester.edu)
960471

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