SOFSEM'98

25th Annual Conference
on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Informatics

Jasna, Slovakia, November 21- 27, 1998

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Organized by

Slovak Society for Computer Science
Czech Society for Computer Science
Slovak Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics

in co-operation with

Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Comenius University, Bratislava
Institute of Informatics and Statistics, Bratislava
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Safarik University, Kosice
SOFTEC, Ltd., Bratislava
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava
Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno

e-mail:   sofsem98@dcs.fmph.uniba.sk

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Venue

SOFSEM'98 will be held at the J. Sverma Hotel (see enclosed pictures) in Jasna. The hotel is located in a beautiful mountain area of the Demanovska Valley (Demanovska dolina) in the Low Tatras (Nizke Tatry), about half an hour from a regional centre Liptovsky Mikulas, a heart of the Liptov region (see enclosed map).

Due to its beautiful middle range mountain sceneries (sunny meadows, deep forests, etc.) the Liptov region is one of the most attractive parts of Slovakia. It offers many tourist attractions and cultural opportunities (see information about Liptovsky Mikulas and its surroundings).

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Transportation

The conference takes place in the middle Slovakia mountain resort Jasna (see enclosed map). The conference site is accessible from international airports in Kosice (about 2.5 hrs. by car or IC/EC trains) or Bratislava (about 3.5 hrs. by car or IC/EC trains).

Enclosed you will find detailed information about

• air connections to both airports - airline timetables,
• trains to Liptovsky Mikulas from three main directions, from Prague, Bratislava and Kosice - railway timetables,
• regular bus connection between Liptovsky Mikulas and Jasna (about 30 min.) - bus timetables.
• local transportation between airports, railway stations and bus stations - local transport.
• road map of the Liptovsky Mikulas region - roadmap.

Organizers are going to arrange a special SOFSEM'98 shuttle connecting Liptovsky Mikulas with the conference site on Friday (20.11.1998) afternoon/evening and on Saturday (21.11.1998) morning. The fixed schedule of the SOFSEM'98 shuttle departures from the railway station of Liptovsky Mikulas will be announced later (about 2 weeks before the event). In order to schedule the shuttle departures to the convenience of most of the participants, we encourage them to inform organizers about their expected arrivals to Liptovsky Mikulas.

The J. Sverma Hotel is located about 700 m from a terminal of the regular bus line from Liptovsky Mikulas (see enclosed orientation plan).

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Call for Papers

The full version of the SOFSEM'98 call for papers is available either in the text or in the postscript form.

Important Dates

Committees

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Addresses

SOFSEM'98 Programme Committee

SOFSEM'98 Secretariat

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Registration

Registration Forms

The participants can register either via Internet using the on-line registration form or by sending a copy of the off-line registration form by fax, e-mail or the surface mail.

Grants and Reductions

The reduced conference fees for the early birds (registered before 30.9.1998) are offered.

The conference fee reduction is also offered to the members of societies co-operating with the Slovak Society for Computer Science - SSCS, i.e. to the members of ACM, OCG - Osterreichische Computer Gesellschaft, CSCS - Czech Society for Computer Science.

The SOFSEM'98 Organizing Committee offers also a limited number of grants. The young authors of accepted contributed papers will be preferred. The applications for grants should be sent to the SOFSEM'98 Secretariat not later than 1.8.1998. An application should contain a short justification of request. Applicants will be notified about the decision of the Organizing Committee by 15.8.1998.

Conference Fees

The conference fee covers the total costs of participation, i.e. a copy of conference proceedings, excursion, welcome banquet, conference dinner, accommodation and full board (including refreshments during breaks).
Due to the bulk rate agreement with the hotel we cannot refund part of the fee in case you cannot stay for the whole period of the conference. (In cases this turns out unavoidable we do accept sharing of the participation fee by two participants splitting the stay into two consecutive parts.)

The fees for accompaying persons (S1*, S3*) cover accomodation and full board (including refreshments) and social programme (i.e. welcome banquet, conference dinner, excursions, cultural programme).

The conference fee should be sent to the bank account of the Slovak Society for Computer Science in the Tatra Banka. The participants are kindly asked to note in the registration form the amount transferred and the date of payment.

To speed up the registration procedure, it is recommended to transfer your fee via one of the correspondent banks of Tatra Banka

Preliminary List of Participants

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Social Programme

SOFSEM is known for its unforgetable atmosphere which is influenced, besides the typical choice of location, by rich accompanying social and cultural programs.
Following the SOFSEM traditions, the organizers are going to arrange a welcome banquet on Saturday night, a cultural evening probably on Monday (a pantomime and a guitar duet), an excursion on Thusday afternoon and a conference dinner on Friday evening.
We strongly encourage the SOFSEM participants to contribute to the cultural program of the jubilee SOFSEM'98 !!!

Since the scientific programme takes place in the mornings and late afternoons, time after lunch (from about 13:00 to 15:30) can be devoted to individual trips revealing beauties of the SOFSEM conference site. As for SOFSEM'98, the participants can enjoy the surrounding sceneries of the Low Tatras.
An afternoon bus trip to the famous karstic Freedom cave (Jaskyna slobody), one of the biggest and most beautiful caves in Slovakia, is planned. In case of a pleasant wheather an afternoon cable-car trip to Chopok, the second highest peak of the Low Tatras, is possible.

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Sponsors

The main sponsors of the jubilee SOFSEM'98 are:

The contributions of the following companies are also appreciated:

Telenor Slovakia is going to provide a satellite Internet connection.

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