Dr. David Gilbert
I visited the Euler Institute in October 1996 together with several
colleagues from Western countries and CIS to attend the second
workshop of the Efficient
Symbolic Computing project, funded by INTAS I was very impressed by the warm
reception that I was given, and also by the friendly but effiecient
organisation of the workshop. We were well looked after, from the moment
that we arrived at the airport to our departure. The participants were
also delighted that each had their own office with networked computer,
telephone etc., and we all commented that the building in which the
Institute is located is very beautiful.
Although we had a very busy work schedule during our short visit, we were
given a tour of St Petersburg and also one of our local colleagues very
kindly showed us around the Winter Palace and its art collection - an
overwhelming experience!
In summary - the visit was very productive scientifically, I made good
friends at the Institute, and my only regret was that I had so little time
to visit St Petersburg. It goes without saying that I will be coming
back...
Dr. David Gilbert
Department of Computer Science
City University
Northampton Square
London, EC1V 0HB, UK
Email drg@cs.city.ac.uk
URL
http://www.cs.city.ac.uk/~drg