Novosibirsk, Siperia
June 2002


1. Main church of the Novosibirsk center
2. "Soldiers of the Revolution" at the central plaza of Novosibirsk


1. Somewhere in the forest there is a research institute
2. It belongs to the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3. It is the reseach institute of automation and electrometry (Novosibirsk) - as pointed out by the tourist guide


1. Conference was hosted by the Institute of Automatics and Electrometry and took place in the House of Scientists.
2. Lecture room 232 - something about map image compression.
3. During the session breaks, Alexander was already preparing the next paper.
(More conference pictures via this link)


1.Conference banquet: Nadja and Alexander
2. B.Dhillon (Ottawa), P.Franti (Joensuu), A.Reznik (Novosibirsk), A.Kolesnikov (Novosibirsk), S.Ali (USA).
3. Interpreter, unidentified person, O.Potaturkin (Novosibirsk)


1. Drinking group: V.Mottl (Tula), P.Franti (Joensuu), V.Kirichuk (Novosibirsk), Chicheva (Samara), V.Chernov (Samara).
2. Singing group: I.V.Koryabkina (RAS), Nezhevenko (Novosibirsk), I.Gurevich (RAS), S.Vas'kov (Novosibirsk)
3. Dancing group: G.Levin (Moscow), Natasha (Secretariat)


1. Bus to the local harbor in Akademgorodok
2. Transportation to the "Session Ob"
3. Participants entering the river ship


1. Nadja (Secretariat) and Alexander.
2. Pasi at the river trip.
3. Sanwar Ali Enjoying the trip to Ob.


1. Short excursion to the island.
2. Wondering about the large number of blue butterflies


1. River boat "Albatros" at the destination island.
2. Exotic Siberian nature.
3. Yes, it is really nature near Novosibirsk although it looks just very similar to Joensuu.


1. My dear island!
2. Time to swim.


1. Siberian wild rose.
2. Sun, summer, and ... cows.

(to be continued: "Siberian winter"... or maybe not)