---------------- 3rd CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION ----------------

6PCM

The 6th Podlasie Conference on Mathematics

Bialystok, Poland, July 1-4, 2014

http://katmat.pb.bialystok.pl/pcm14

Submission deadlines extended!


INVITATION
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The Bialystok Branch of the Polish Mathematical Society invites to participate in the 6th Podlasie Conference on Mathematics (6PCM).

The Podlasie Conference on Mathematics is a biennial international conference organised by the Bialystok Branch of Polish Mathematical Society in cooperation with Bialystok University of Technology (the Faculty of Computer Science) and the University of Bialystok (the Faculty of Economics and Management and the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics).
The conference usually spans three and a half days devoted to presentations and discussion. As during earlier PCMs, there will be organised a plenary session and several special sessions.

The 6PCM is supported by Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland.


IMPORTANT DATES
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- March 30th, 2014: Deadline for special session proposals (Extended)
- April 2nd, 2014: Paper submission deadline (Extended)
- May 7th, 2014: Notification of paper acceptance (Extended)
- May 10th, 2014: Abstract submission deadline for those who submit only
abstracts (1-2 pages)
- May 15th, 2014: Notification of abstract acceptance
- May 28th, 2014: Final versions of papers due (Extended)
- May 23rd, 2014: Deadline for early registration and conference fee
payment
- July 1st, 2014: Conference starts


INVITED SPEAKERS
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The plenary talks (accessible to all participants) and invited talks in
special sessions will be delivered by the following established scientists
(mentioned in alphabetical order):

Josef Diblik (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic),
Anna Fino (the University of Torino, Italy),
Hans Havlicek (Vienna University of Technology, Austria),
Ulrich Kraehmer (the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK),
Krystyna Kuperberg (Auburn University, AL, USA),
Daniel Franco Leis (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia (UNED),
Spain),
Bent Orsted (Aarhus University, Denmark),
Priti Kumar Roy (Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India),
Andrzej Skowron (the University of Warsaw, Poland),
Andrzej Szalas (the University of Warsaw, Poland),
Marek Szopa (the University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland).

SPECIAL SESSIONS
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Special sessions will be organised in two categories:

(1) planned special sessions:

- Algebra (organised by Ryszard Mazurek)
- Control Theory and Dynamical Systems (organised by Zbigniew
Bartosiewicz)
- Computer Science (organised by Magdalena Kacprzak)
- Computer-assisted Formalization of Mathematics -- In memoriam of Andrzej
Trybulec (organised by Artur Kornilowicz)
- Differential Operators: Algebra, Geometry, and Representations
(organised by Antoni Pierzchalski)
- Difference and Differential Equations and Their Generalisation on any
Time Scales (organised by Ewa Schmeidel and Josef Diblik)
- Mathematics in Biology and Medicine (organised by Anna Poskrobko)
- Quantitative Methods in Economics (organised by Beata Madras-Kobus)
- Weak Partial Linear and Partial Chain Spaces and Their Geometry
(organised by Krzysztof Prazmowski)

(2) contributed special sessions. The following contributed special
sessions have been approved for the 6PCM so far:
- Decision Support in Negotiation (organised by Ewa Roszkowska and Tomasz
Wachowicz)
- Fuzzy Calculus and Its Applications (organised by Witold Kosinski and
Dariusz Kacprzak)
- Student Session (organised by Marzena Filipowicz-Chomko, Ewa Girejko,
and Ryszard Mazurek)


THE ORGANISING AND PROGRAMME COMMITTEES
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- Anna Gomolinska (Poland) -- chair
- Zbigniew Bartosiewicz (Poland) -- vice-chair
- Czeslaw Baginski (Poland)
- Josef Diblik (Czech Republic)
- Marzena Filipowicz-Chomko (Poland)
- Ewa Girejko (Poland)
- Adam Grabowski (Poland)
- Piotr Grzeszczuk (Poland)
- Malgorzata Hryniewicka (Poland)
- Magdalena Kacprzak (Poland)
- Artur Kornilowicz (Poland)
- Beata Madras-Kobus (Poland)
- Ryszard Mazurek (Poland)
- Dorota Mozyrska (Poland)
- Joanna Olbrys (Poland)
- Antoni Pierzchalski (Poland)
- Anna Poskrobko (Poland)
- Krzysztof Prazmowski (Poland)
- Ewa Roszkowska (Poland)
- Miroslava Ruzickova (Slovak Republic)
- Ewa Schmeidel (Poland)

The 6PCM Programme Committee has been augmented with the Organisers of
contributed special sessions Dariusz Kacprzak, Witold Kosinski, and Tomasz
Wachowicz.

PAPER SUBMISSION INFORMATION
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Participants are invited to deliver a contributed talk (in English) and to
take part in one or more special sessions. Participation of younger
researchers is also encouraged. Two categories of submissions are proposed:
(a) regular papers/extended abstracts, not exceeding 12 pages and (b)
abstracts (1-2 pages).

Submissions of type (a) are optional, whereas submissions of type (b) are
obligatory for those who would like to give a talk at the conference.
Papers of kind (a) must not be published
or considered for publication anywhere else. Both kinds of contributions
should be submitted using EasyChair available at:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=6pcm

Final versions of invited papers and accepted contributed papers/extended
abstracts will be published as chapters of an electronic multi-author
edited book with an ISBN number, provided to the participants during
the conference. Abstracts of invited and accepted contributed talks will
be published electronically and in a traditional (paper) book of
abstracts. After the conference, authors of selected contributions will be
invited to submit extended versions of their papers to scientific
journals.

CONFERENCE VENUE
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The 6PCM will take place in Bialystok (the capital of the Podlasie
province which, besides unspoiled nature, offers rich culture with ethnic
and religious diversity) in the building of the Faculty of Economics and
Management of the University of Bialystok.


PARTICIPATION AND REGISTRATION
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The conference registration, followed by the conference fee payment, will
entitle to participation in plenary lectures and parallel special
sessions, coffee breaks and lunches, the multi-author edited book, the
book of abstracts, the conference dinner, and an excursion.

The 6PCM registration fees:

- Regular registration: 650 PLN (VAT 23\% included) if paid before or on
May 23rd, 2014.
- Late registration: 750 PLN (VAT 23\% included) if paid after May 23rd,
2014 but not later than on July 1st, 2014.

In order to include an accepted contributed talk in the conference
programme and an accepted submitted paper/abstract in the multi-author
edited book/the book of abstracts, at least one (co)author of the
submission must register and pay the conference fee, attend the
conference, and present the paper. Student participants of Student Session
are asked to register to the conference but they are exempted from the
conference fee payment. Other details about the registration and the
conference fee payment can be found at the conference page.


CONTACT
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For any questions regarding the conference, please contact Organisers by
e-mail to kat.mat.inf{at}uwb.edu.pl with cc: to
z.bartosiewicz{at}pb.edu.pl

or alternatively, please contact:

6PCM, attn: dr hab. Anna Gomolinska
Institute of Informatics, The University of Bialystok
Akademicka 2, 15-267 Bialystok, Poland
phone: +48 85 7457550
fax: +48 85 7457545