First Announcement and Call for Papers


THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE ON 
MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION

BETHLEHEM UNIVERSITY
Bethlehem, Palestine, August 9-12, 2000


Organizers:
 The Palestinian Society for Mathematical Sciences (PSMS) and the Department of
Mathematics at Bethlehem University  (BU) are organizing the 3rd International 
Palestinian Conference on Mathematics and Mathematics Education (IPCM) to be held 
August 9-12, 2000 at BU, Bethlehem, Palestine. 
 Conference Focus:
 The main focus of the IPCM will be recent developments in pure and applied 
mathematics and its applications, curriculum developments in undergraduate education, 
and topics related to these subjects. 
Dissemination:
 A refereed proceedings of the conference will be published by an international 
publisher.
Call For Papers:
 A person wishing to present a paper in the conference may send an abstract together 
with the registration form to the organizing committee no later than May 1, 2000. 
Material may be submitted via e-mail or regular mail. Papers reporting original and 
unpublished research results and expository papers are solicited. Accepted papers will 
be published in the conference proceedings. More details about this will be provided 
during the conference. 
Scientific Committee:
Professor Sir Michael Atiyah, UK; Professor G. Sell, USA; Professor I. Ekland, 
France;Professor R. Wisbauer, Germany; Professor P. Butzer, Germany
Professor M. Z. Nashed, USA; Professor M. Ismail; USA; Professor S. K. Jain, USA
Organizing Committees:
Local: Dr. A. Abed Mohsen, An-Najah University, Dr. R. Abu Saris, Birzeit 
University, Dr. M. Al-Emleh, An-Najah University, Dr. F. Allan, Birzeit University, 
Dr. M. El-Atrash, Gaza Islamic University, Dr. T. El-Moghrabi, Al-Quds University, 
Dr. S.  Matar, An-Najah University, Dr. M. Qumsiyeh, Bethlehem University, Dr. N. 
Rabeei, Poleticnic Filistine, Dr. M. Saleh, Birzeit University. 
International Prof. S. Elaydi, Trinity University, USA, Prof. A. Elkhader, Northern 
State University, USA, Prof. S.  Lopez-Permouth, Ohio University, USA, Prof. E. Titi, 
University of California at Irvine, USA.
Preliminary List of Invited Speakers: A list of speakers will appear in the second 
announcement.
Conference Site: 
The conference will be held at BU located in the city of Bethlehem, which is about 10 
miles south of Jerusalem. BU has one of the oldest and most beautiful campuses in the 
region. The department of mathematics has spacious classrooms. It has various 
computer labs.  The department offers fax, E-mail and secretarial support. Food 
facilities are available on campus. In addition, local arrangements have been made for 
reception and banquet at the beginning and the end of the conference. 


Hotels & Transportation:
 Lodging facilities are available in Bethlehem, which is about 1/2 mile from the BU 
campus. Transportation will be available from and to the conference.  Public 
transportation is available at a reasonable rate.  The local arrangement committee will 
make arrangements with hotels to provide transportation to the BU campus. In 
addition, car rental is available through most American car rental companies' offices in 
Jerusalem. Special tours to Jericho and the Dead Sea have been prepared for 
participants
Registration fees:
The registration fee is $100.00 for non-members and free for students. The fee covers 
a copy of the conference proceedings, the conference program, abstracts, refreshments, 
session attendance, banquet social events, and membership in the PSMS. 
Method of payment: checks or money orders payable to PSMS. 
For more information contact:
Mohammad Saleh
Department of Mathematics  
Birzeit University, P.O. Box 14
Birzeit, Palestine
E-mail: msaleh@math.birzeit.edu
Phone: (972) 02-281-0166
Maher Qumsiyeh
Department of mathematics
Bethlehem University, Bethlehem, Palestine
E-mail: qumsiyeh@bethlehem.edu
Phone: Office: (972)-02-274-1241, Home: (972)-02-277-2521
Saber Elaydi
Department of Mathematics
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA
E-mail: selaydi@trinity.edu
Phone: (210) 999-8246
A. S. Elkhader
Department of Mathematics
Northern State University, Aberdeen, South Dakota 57401, USA.
E-mail: elkhadea@northern.edu
Phone: (605) 626-2432
Edriss Titi
University of California-Irvine
Irvine CA 92697, USA.
E-mail: etiti@math.uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-3156