International Conference on Computational Information Technologies for Environmental
Sciences: “CITES-2007”
Tomsk, Russia, 20-25 July, 2007
First Announcement and Call for Papers
Siberian Center for Environmental Research and Training (SCERT) along with the Institute for
Numerical Mathematics RAS (INM) and Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological
Systems SB RAS (IMCES) with the support of EC INCO Programme and anticipated support of
the Asia Pacific Network holds the International Conference on Computational Information
Technologies for Environmental Sciences as a part of scientific-educational event CITES-2007
comprising also 7 days of Young Scientists School.
The Conference will be opened on July, 20 by one-day Practical Session “Pollution transport in
Tom river” combined with boat trip and then run as a sequence of interrelated Workshops
devoted to different aspects of the theme. Among those is Workshop on Atmospheric
Composition and Air Quality, Workshop on Climate Change Assessment and Modeling,
Workshop on Siberia Integrated Regional Study as well as Workshop on Man-made
Environmental Risks in Siberia.
The Workshop on Atmospheric Composition and Air Quality chaired by Profs. Akimoto (Japan)
and Gordov (Russia) and scheduled for July 21-22, will comprise the following Sessions:
Atmospheric and Environmental Data Resources (organizers Evgeny Gordov and Alexander
Fazliev); Atmospheric Composition and Air Quality Measurements (organizer Hajime Akimoto);
Atmospheric Composition and Air Quality Modeling (organizer Alexander Baklanov,
Denmark); and Information Systems for Air Quality Management (organizers Edige Zakarin
(Kazakhstan) and Galina Tolkacheva (Uzbekistan).
The Workshop on Climate Change Assessment and Modeling chaired by Profs. Kabanov and
Lykosov (Russia) scheduled for July 23, will include Sessions on Physics of Climate (organizer
Vasily Lykosov) and on Northern Climate Change Assessment (organizer Michael Kabanov).
The Workshop on Siberia Integrated Regional Study (SIRS) chaired by Dr. Gerard Begni
(France), Evgeny Gordov, Martin Heimann (Germany), Michael Kabanov, Vasily Lykosov,
Anatoly Shvidenko (Austria), and Evgeny Vaganov (Russia) scheduled for July, 24 will
comprise Sessions on Development of SIRS information-computational infrastructure
(organizers Evgeny Gordov and Anatoly Fedotov, Russia), and Siberia Environment Dynamics
in context of global and Northern Eurasia changes (organizers Michael Kabanov and Alexander
Onuchin, Russia).
The Workshop on Man-made Environmental Risks in Siberia chaired by Profs. Baklanov and
Gordov scheduled for July, 25 will be based on focus group studies performed within the EnviroRISKS FP6 Project. Also special Session will be devoted to elaboration of common Russia-EU
environment research platform as a basis for cooperative activity within FP7.
The Program Committee will invite key specialists in the area to present invited papers covering
the state of the art and their recent results obtained in the chosen directions. Also limited number
of papers will be selected for oral presentation. Those who’d like to present an invited/oral paper,
please, contact relevant Workshop and Session Chairs/Organizers. After the Conference the
program Committee will select papers for publication in the Special Issue of the peer reviewed
Journal of Computational technologies.
The Conference will be preceded by the International Young Scientists School devoted to the
following major topics: Transport and Transformation of Pollutions in Geophysical Media and
Design and Development of Web-based Information-Computational Systems for Environmental
Sciences. The school attendees will take part in the Conference thus enlarging its audience by
number of perspective young scientists from NIS. There they will be able to present their results
at the relevant Poster Sessions and get new knowledge in the spheres of their interest. To
enhance the educational component of the Conference several additional invited one-hour
lectures of leading Russian and foreign specialists on modern problems of environmental
computational information technologies development and hot topics of environmental sciences
are planned . Working language of the Conference is English.
The chosen School format tested during previous CITES events presents a unique opportunity
for young scientists to obtain not only firsthand knowledge and research skills from experienced
tutors but also skills of presentation of their studies at the Conference. Many fruitful contacts
between researchers and students will be established at the conference.
The CITES-2007 Program Committee is headed by academician V. Dymnikov (Institute for
Numerical Mathematics, Russia).
It includes Prof. H. Akimoto (Frontier Research Center for Global Change, Japan), Dr. Begni G.
(MEDIAS, France), Prof. Baklanov A. (DMI, Denmark), Prof. Efimov V.V. (Marine
Hydrophysical Institute, Ukraine), Prof. Elanskii N. F. (Institute of Atmospheric Physics,
Russia), Dr. Fazliev A.Z. (Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Russia), RAS corresponding member
Fedotov A.M. (Institute of Computational Technologies, Russia), Prof. Ginzburg A.S (Institute
of Atmospheric Physics, Russia), Prof. E. Gordov (SCERT, Russia), Prof. Heimann M. (MPI for
Biogeochemistry, Germany), RAS corresponding member Kabanov M.V. (Institute of
Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems SB RAS, Russia), Prof. Krupchatnikov V.N.
(Institute for Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics, Russia), Dr. Sci.
Krutikov V.A. (Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, Russia), RAS
corresponding member Lykosov V.N. (Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Russia), RAS
corresponding member Mokhov I.I. (Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russia), Prof. Onuchin
A.A. (Institute of Forest, Russia), Prof. Penenko V.V. (Institute for Computational Mathematics
and Mathematical Geophysics, Russia), Dr. Pippi I. (Institute of Applied Physics “Carrara”,
Italy), Prof. Schmullius Ch. (Friedrich - Schiller-University, Germany), academician Shokin
Yu.I. (Institute of Computational Technologies, Russia), Dr. Tolkacheva G.A. (Central Asian
Research Hydrometeorological Institute, Uzbekistan), Prof. Shvidenko A.Z. (International
Institute for Applied System analysis, Austria), academician Vaganov E.A. (Institute of Forest,
Russia), Prof. Zakarin E.A. (Space Research Institute, Kazakhstan), Prof. Zilitinkevich S.
(Helsinki University, Finland).
The event is organized under auspices of the Russian National Committee for IGBP and its
Siberian Branch, SB RAS Joint Scientific Councils on Earth Sciences and on Mathematics and
Informatics. The scientific educational action CITES-2007 will be also partially supported by the
EC grants ENVIROMIS-2 (№ 031303) and Enviro-RISKS (№ 013427). This support as well as
anticipated support of the Asia Pacific Network should allow us to cover participation expanses
of the selected young scientists - School attendees.
Registration
Potential Conference participants, please, send your 1 page abstract and satellite information
to: Mrs. Yulia Gordova, Secretary of the Conference,
Siberian Center for Environment Research and Training,
10/3 Akademicheskii Ave., Tomsk, 634055, Russia
E-mail: cites@scert.ru or office@scert.ru
Tel.7 (3822) 492187, fax 7 (3822) 492537.
Your Abstract should include:
1. Title
2.Authors (Principal author, which would present the paper, first)
3.Affiliation and Address for Each Author (Mailing address, telephone, fax, e-mail, Internet site)
4.Workshop and Session chosen, paper status suggested
5.Abstract body
Russian authors are kindly asked to submit both Russian and English versions!
ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 02 April 2007