1 Table of Contents: “... -- Artificial neural networks for predicting silicon content in raw iron from blast furnaces -- A chemical...”

2 “... advances the past, the operator had to be a jack-of-all-trades, with a screw­ driver, soldering iron...”

3 “... when the Iron Curtain fell. A group of enthusiasts, who were pre viously involved in research...”

4 “... series at the moment when the Iron Curtain fell. One of these, known as the ”International Conf- ence...”