From: JO%ILNCRD@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL (Joseph van Zwaren Tel 971-2-847095)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: CFP: Second French - Israeli Workshop on Optical Computing
Date: 22 Aug 92 00:00:51 GMT
Expires: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 07:00:00 GMT
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               MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY


     The Second French - Israeli Workshop on Optical Computing
              Tel Aviv, Israel      December 1992


               ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
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              ABSTRACT DUE DATE: 15 September 1992


   The Second French - Israeli Workshop on Optical Computing will be held on
December 16,17, 1992 at the Hilton Hotel in Tel Aviv. The workshop is being
organized by the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology under the cultural
agreement between the two countries and is also supported by the Conferences
des Grandes Ecoles.


   The First Workshop was organized by the French Optical Computing Group and
hosted by the Institut d'Optique and the Ecole Nationale Superieure des
Telecommunications, Paris on June 6 and 7, 1990. As a result, several joint
research projects have been started between French and Israeli scientists in
this domain.


   The Second French - Israeli Workshop on Optical Computing will be held on
December 16th and 17th as a Satellite Meeting to the 8th Meeting on Optical
Engineering in Israel, organized by the Israeli Electro-optics and Laser
Society. The intention is that the event will will foster interactions between
the Workshop participants and the Israeli electro-optics research community and
industry. Some 800 participants are expected at the 8th Meeting on Optical
Engineering, which will take place December 14 to 16 at the Hilton Tel Aviv.
Over 50 Israeli electro-optics companies will be represented.

  The list of topics which will be covered at the Workshop is as follows:

SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS
  * Optical computing from the point of view of computer science
  * Special architectures, including variations on cellular automata,
  * reconfigurable processing networks etc.
  * Optical communication in electronic parallel computing
  * Dimensionality in optical computing
DEVICES AND COMPONENTS
  * Modelling of devices and their effect on system performance
  * Diffractive optics for optical computing
  * Modelling of ultrafast nonlinearities
RELATED TOPICS

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

P. Chavel, L'Institut d'Optique (France)    co-chairman
I. Glaser, (Israel)                         co-chairman
N. de Beaucoudrey, L'Institut d'Optique (France)
A. Dvir, Technion (Israel)
A. Friesem, Weizmann Institute (Israel)
E. Marom, Tel Aviv University (Israel)
L. Rudolph, Hebrew University (Israel)
J. Shamir, Technion (Israel)
G. Sirat, le Conoscope (France)
B. Shimony, Ministry of Science and Technology (Israel)
J. van Zwaren, Ministry of Science and Technology (Israel)


COMMUNICATIONS

Prospective authors wishing to submit contributions are  requested  to  send
one page abstracts of camera ready summaries  to  Prof I. Glaser,  not  later
than September 15, 1992. The abstracts may include a figure, equations and/or
reference list and must be typed or laser-printed in letters no smaller than 10
points (12 characters per inch). The abstracts should include a title, authors
names and addresses (including E-mail, if available). The abstracts will be
reviewed by  the Programme  Committee and authors will be notified about the
status of their contribution  at the beginning of October 1992.


Abstracts should be sent to:

Prof I. Glaser
Faculty of Electrical Engineering,
Tel Aviv University
Ramat Aviv 66978, Tel Aviv, Israel
Tel: 972-3-720895        FAX: 972-3-6429540
Email: FEGLASER@WEIZMANN.BITNET


Registration forms should be sent to:

Mrs Beki Shimony
Ministry of Science and Technology
P.O.B. 18195, Jerusalem
91811, ISRAEL
Tel: 972-2-847783            FAX: 972-2-824022    Telex: 26188 RECO IL
Email: BEKI@ILNCRD.BITNET


FEES

* Registration & Hosting Fees - including  participation  at  the Workshop,
  2  lunches,  refreshments,  book of abstracts                    - $ 175

* Registration & Hosting Fees - including  participation  at  the  Workshop,
  2  lunches,  refreshments, book of abstracts AND participation at the
  Eighth Meeting on Optical Engineering (Dec 14,15) including refreshments
  but not lunches                                                  - $ 325

* Participation for accompanying person in social events ( including
  transportation to and from airport, tours, etc..)                - $ 100


* Hilton hotel accommodation (Bed and Breakfast):

                              in Double occupancy   $ 95.   per person
                               " Single occupancy   $ 85.    "    "

LANGUAGE

The Workshop will  be  held  in  English.  No  facilities  for  simultaneous
translation will be available.


CLIMATIC CONDITIONS

The average temperature in the  area  is  10 to 25 degrees C. Occasional rain
can be expected.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

A programme for accompanying guests will be arranged during the  Conference.

The following post-Conference tours have been planned:

Guided walking tour of Jerusalem
Guided tour by bus to Massada and the Dead Sea.

The Conference secretariat will be  present  for  all  questions  which  may
arise.

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     THE 2ND FRENCH ISRAELI BI-NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON OPTICAL COMPUTING

Please mail to
Mrs. B. Shimony
Head, Conference Unit
Ministry of Science & Technology
P.O.Box 18195
91181 Jerusalem, Israel
Email: BEKI@ILNCRD.BITNET

Name and Title..................................
................................................

Affiliation.....................................

Email................... Telephone..............

Address.........................................
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Please complete where pertinent:

  I shall attend the the French -Israeli Workshop by myself

  I shall attend the the French -Israeli Workshop and the 8th Meeting on Optical
  Engineering by myself

  I am submitting an abstract for a lecture

  I shall be accompanied by...non-participants

  I shall attend the post-Conference tours on:

      Friday

      Saturday

Enclosed registration fee of US$.....payable to
the Ministry of Science and Technology.

Please complete this form and return it to Mrs
Beki Shimoni at the above address.
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                             HOTEL REGISTRATION



Name..........................................
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Address.......................................
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I shall be accompanied by........... person(s)
I shall need accommodation at the
>From..........................................
to.....................................(dates)


Please indicate your preference:


  single occupancy

  double occupancy

If double occupancy with another participant
is desired, please state:
name.........................................


I enclose my payment for US$.................
payable to "Ministry of Science & Technology".

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