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List of Participants Akim Efraim akim@kiam1.rssi.ru Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russia Andreyanov Vladimir andre@ asc .rssi.ru ASC , Russia Baan Willem baan@astron.nl ASTRON, The Netherlands, The Netherlands Bajkova Anisa bajkova@gao.spb.ru Central Astronomical Observatory RAS , Russia Bartel Norbert bartel@yorku.ca York University, Canada Bebenin Roman ASC , Russia Beskin Vasily LPI, Russia rbeben@ ...

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