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We are pleased to invite you at the XLVII International Scientific Conference on Information, Communication and Energy Systems and Technologies ICEST 2012, which will be held from 28th to 30th June 2012 in Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria. The conference is organized by the Faculty of Telecommunications at the Technical University of Sofia and Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of St. Cyril and St. Methodius University of Veliko Tarnovo.
The ICEST Conference is successor of a series of conferences started in 1963 at Technical University of Sofia under the name “Day of the Radio”. In 1977 the name of the Conference was changed into “Communication, Electronic and Computer Systems”. Since 2000 has become an international conference organized jointly by The Faculty of Telecommunications, Sofia and the Faculty of Technical Sciences, Bitola.
In 2001 the conference was renamed EIST (Energy and Information Systems and Technologies). In 2002 the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, Niš, Serbia became a co-organizer of the conference and the conference changed its name into ICEST (International Scientific Conference on Information, Communication and Energy Systems and Technologies).
Veliko Tarnovo is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred to as the „City of the Tsars“, Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra River and is famous as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, attracting many tourists with its unique architecture.
The old city is situated on three hills, Tsarevets, Trapezitsa and Sveta Gora rising amidst the meanders of the Yantra. Tsarevets housed the palaces of the Bulgarian Emperors and the Patriarchate, as well as a number of administrative and residential edifices surrounded by thick walls. Trapezitsa was known for its many churches and as the main residence of the nobility. In the Middle Ages it was among the main European centre of culture and gave its name to the Tarnovo Artistic School of architecture, painting and literature.
Veliko Tarnovo is an important administrative, economic, educational and cultural centre of Northern Bulgaria. |
