JIEA: A SPECIAL ISSUEFOR THE UKBIM6 MEETING

摘要

The UKBIM conferences were conceived to be a relaxed forum or-ganised by researchers for researchers. The earlier meetings took placein Leeds (1997), Brunel (1999), Brighton (2001), Salford (2003) andLiverpool (2005). The United Kingdom has played a prominent role inthe development of boundary integral and boundary element methods,and the success of the UKBIM meetings is testament to the sustainedactivity in this field of research in the UK. However, although the meet-ings were originally conceived as a national event, it has been especiallypleasing in recent years for UKBIM meetings to be able to welcome par-ticipants from overseas. At the Durham conference 18 countries' wererepresented amongst the list of authors.