FIRST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION 

	            L'INGENIEUR ET LES FRACTALES

	  	      FRACTALS IN ENGINEERING

		         June 25-27, 1997 
		         Arcachon, FRANCE

OBJECTIVES

The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working 
in all areas of fractal analysis. The scope encompasses recent
theoretical advances as well as industrial applications. 
The first two "FRACTALS IN ENGINEERING" symposia (held in 1992 and  1994, 
in Montreal) were very successful in providing a forum stimulating exchanges
between the academic and private sectors.

The third conference will be held in Arcachon in the Southwest part of France.

                               SCOPE
                               -----	

                   Topics to be covered include:

            THEORETICAL ASPECTS --- APPLICATIONS
               Dimension Theory  -  Signal Processing
          Multifractal Analysis  -  Image Processing
                     IFS Theory  -  Finance
  Harmonic Analysis on Fractals  -  Fractal-Wave Interactions
              Dynamical Systems  -  Computer Network Traffic Analysis
          Wavelets and Fractals  -  Processes on Fractal Surfaces
 Stochastic Analysis on Fractals -  Mechanical Aspect of Fractals


                             Structure
                             ---------

Two thematic sessions are scheduled per day. Each will be introduced 
by an invited lecture allowing a formal introduction for non-specialists. 
Several 25-minutes contributed talks will follow. A poster session will
be organized. 


                         Scientific Committee 
                         --------------------

                           Honorary Chairman 
	
	     Benoit B. MANDELBROT (Yale University, USA), 

                              Co-Chairmen 
		
		Jacques LEVY VEHEL (INRIA Rocquencourt, France),
	     Claude TRICOT (Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada).


                    Program committee (preliminary)
                    -------------------------------
            
         	 Pierre ADLER (IPGP, Paris, France),
          David AVNIR (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel), 
              Michael BARNSLEY (Iterated Systems Inc, USA),
       Ronald R. COIFMAN (Yale University, USA), to be confirmed,
       Kenneth J. FALCONER (University of St. Andrews, Scotland), 
                  Patrick FLANDRIN (ENS Lyon, France), 
               Bruno FORTE (University of Verona, Italy),
           Michel GERSPACHER (SID Richardson Carbon Co., USA), 
            Massimiliano GIONA (Universita di Cagliari,Italy),
                     James MARTIN (Sandia Lab, USA), 
        Yves MEYER (Universite Paris IX Dauphine, Paris, France),
            Jacques PEYRIERE (Universite de Paris Sud, France),
	   Peter PFEIFER (University of Missouri, Columbia, USA),
           Michel ROSSO (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France),
         Bernard SAPOVAL (Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France),
              Dietmar SAUPE (Universitat Freiburg, Germany),
                 Edward VRSCAY (University of Waterloo).


                     Invited speakers (preliminary)
                     -----------------------------

              Alfred S. CARASSO (NIST, Gaithersburgh, USA), 
     Michel DEKKING (Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands),
            Fereydoon FAMILY (Emory University, Atlanta, USA),
           Stephane JAFFARD (Ecole Normale Superieure, France), 
           Dwight L. JAGGARD (University of Pennsylvania, USA).


                          Organizing Committee
                          --------------------

                         Scientific Secretaries 

             Evelyne LUTTON (INRIA Rocquencourt, France), 
	Francois NORMANT (Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, Canada),
 
			   Local Organization

            Annick THEIS-VIEMONT (INRIA Rocquencourt, France),
               Florence BALAX (INRIA Rocquencourt, France).


                         Conference Secretariat
                         ----------------------

                            INRIA Rocquencourt
           Relations Exterieures, Bureau des cours et colloques 
                                 B.P. 105 
                       78153 LE CHESNAY Cedex, France
             Tel :  +33 1 39 63 50 53  Fax :  +33 1 39 63 56 38
                          Email : FE97@inria.fr
 

            Check the following Web site for updated information
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                 http://www-rocq.inria.fr/fractales/FE97.html 


                          Call for Communications
                          -----------------------

Anyone involved with fractal analysis and/or applications in engineering 
or applied sciences, interested in giving a talk or presenting a 
poster, is welcome to submit 4 copies of a full paper (maximum 15  
A4 pages) to the conference secretariat. Electronic submissions are welcome 
(FE97@inria.fr). 

                                Proceedings
                                -----------

Selected papers will be published by Springer Verlag.

 
                                 Calendar
                                 --------

Deadline for reception of papers : 		November 15th, 1996
Notification of acceptance : 			January 31th, 1997
Deadline for reception of final papers : 	March 15th, 1997