From wwalter@math.tu-dresden.de Fri Apr 19 18:37:34 1996 Received: from RMAIL.urz.tu-dresden.de (RMAIL.urz.tu-dresden.de [141.30.66.2]) by dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA23121 for ; Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:36:30 +0200 Received: from NBTF01.math.tu-dresden.de by RMAIL.urz.tu-dresden.de with SMTP (PP) id <01559-0@RMAIL.urz.tu-dresden.de>; Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:30:31 +0200 Received: from NWRW09.math.tu-dresden.de by NBTF01.math.tu-dresden.de (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA19534; Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:35:09 +0200 From: wwalter@math.tu-dresden.de (Wolfgang Walter) Received: by NWRW09.math.tu-dresden.de (5.0/SMI-SVR4) id AA02466; Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:35:07 --100 Message-Id: <9604191635.AA02466@NWRW09.math.tu-dresden.de> Subject: Invitation to Dresden To: SC22WG5@dkuug.dk (ISO/WG5 for Fortran) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 18:35:07 +0200 (MEDST) Cc: wwalter@math.tu-dresden.de (Wolfgang Walter) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 8551 Dear friends and colleagues, below you will find information about the next WG5 meeting, to be held in Dresden July 22 - 26. A formal invitation will be sent out on paper by SC22 shortly. I am looking forward to seeing you in Dresden! With best regards, Wolfgang ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WG5 Meeting in Dresden, Germany, July 22 - 26, 1996 --------------------------------------------------- PLACE: The meeting will be held at the Technical University of Dresden ----- (TUD) in a building called "Willersbau" which houses the Mathematics Department and the University Computing Center. The address of the meeting place is: Technische Universitaet Dresden Willersbau, Room B122 Zellescher Weg 12 D - 01069 Dresden Germany The building is located about 1 kilometer south of the main train station (Hauptbahnhof). (Please note that there are MANY train stations in Dresden. The main station is located at the southern edge of the inner city.) Willersbau is the second building to the east (left) of the main road to Prague (numbered B170 and E55, called Bergstrasse) on the south side of the four-lane Zellescher Weg (first big traffic light when coming from the train station). You may take buses numbered 72 (direction Cosch"utz or Kleinnaundorf) or 76 (direction Mockritz) on the SOUTH side (not the city side) of the train station. Go three stops to Mommsenstrasse, then walk left, crossing the street. The second building on your left (big grass area) is Willersbau (the older brownish building). The B wing is in the middle. TIME: Meeting times will be from 9:00 to 18:00 every day starting ---- Monday, July 22 through Friday, July 26. A small excursion to the nearby hills and castles will be organized on Wednesday or Thursday afternoon. HOTEL: A contingent of 30 rooms, 20 singles and 10 doubles, has been ----- reserved at the IBIS Hotel Lilienstein Tel: + 49 (351) 4856-666 Prager Strasse Fax: + 49 (351) 4856-667 01069 Dresden !!! UNTIL JUNE 7. We cannot hold rooms after this date, so please !!! decide soon. The IBIS has been fully renovated - good international standard, but nothing fancy (please contact me if you like more luxury). It is located in the center of town, 250 yards from the main train station and less than a mile (20 minutes on foot) from the university. Public transportation is available to the university and all parts of the city. The special rate of DM 122 for a single or a double (same price) can only be obtained through Frau Kerstin Engelmann Tel: + 49 (351) 463-4761 Konferenzservice TU Dresden GmbH Fax: + 49 (351) 463-7049 Lufthansa City Center Mommsenstr. 13 D - 01069 Dresden Breakfast (buffet) is DM 15 per person extra. Virtually all other hotels are more expensive. They can be booked directly or through me (some hotels have university rates and should be booked through me.) Please also refer to document S50 distributed in San Diego. If you need assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me. !!! Also, I would be interested to know which hotel you have booked !!! for which days, so please send me a brief (e-mail?) note. All hotels accept major credit cards. There may still be a very small number of private rooms available (close to the university) for rates starting at DM 80 a night (bed and breakfast), but the likelihood of obtaining one of these is dwindling fast. These rooms must be paid in cash. Please contact me if you are interested in low rates. TRAVEL: BY AIR: You can fly directly to Dresden Airport, located at the -------------- northern edge of Dresden (Klotzsche). Lufthansa offers about 5 or 6 (one hour) flights per day between Frankfurt and Dresden (at no extra charge if you are flying transatlantic with Lufthansa or United Airlines). There is an inexpensive shuttle bus (currently DM 8) that will take you from the airport to Dresden Hauptbahnhof (main station) in about half an hour. If you decide to take the train from Frankfurt, you will have to take a train or S-Bahn (municipal train) to Frankfurt main station and then a regular train (mostly intercity IC) to Dresden (count on 5 to 6 hours). There is also a night train offering a sleeper (Schlafwagen, usually 2 per compartment) and couchettes (Liegewagen, 4 or 6 per compartment) that takes close to 7 hours. If you want to drive by car from Frankfurt, expect anywhere from 5 to 8 hours on the Autobahn, depending on traffic. It is possible to fly into Berlin, but most Western flights arrive at Berlin-Tegel which makes it rather inconvenient to get to Dresden (typically by bus, S-Bahn, then 2 more hours by train) - unless you want to spend some time in Berlin anyway. The airport Berlin-Schoenefeld is much closer to Dresden (about 2 hours by train), but unless you are coming in from an Eastern country, I doubt that you will be able to get a flight to Schoenefeld. There is a special SHUTTLE BUS between Dresden Airport and Dresden main station (Hauptbahnhof). (Note that Dresden has MANY TRAIN STATIONS!) I do not recommend driving clear across Germany (e.g. from Frankfurt) if it can easily be avoided. Public transportation is generally convenient, efficient, and fast. Many trains are easily as fast as going by car on the Autobahn (unless you want to travel between midnight and 5 am, and even then . . . ). TRAVEL: BY TRAIN: Note that Dresden has MANY TRAIN STATIONS!!! ---------------- You want to arrive at DRESDEN HAUPTBAHNHOF (main station) which is located at the southern edge of the inner city. Trains to Dresden, many direct, are available from all parts of Germany. TRAVEL: BY CAR: Cars can be rented at all German airports. In Dresden, -------------- you may also rent cars from SIXT/BUDGET at the Hilton Hotel in the center of town. Traffic is regularly heavy and often atrocious and aggravating. Large sections of the East-German Autobahn system, many smaller roads, and a huge number of city streets are still being torn up and refurbished, and the end of this restoration process is nowhere near. MONEY: The Deutsche Mark (DM) has been worth about 0.65 - 0.75 US$ ----- over the past year. Major credit cards are accepted in most hotels and many stores and restaurants, but don't expect it in smaller shops, cafes, and restaurants. WEATHER: The weather in July is usually very sunny and warm, and ------- there is little chance of rain. Expect daytime temperatures between 25 and 35 degress Celsius, and between 15 and 25 degrees at night. HOST: This WG5 meeting is hosted by DIN, with Wolfgang Walter as ---- local organizer. Frau Gudrun Heinisch and Andrew Pitonyak will help with the organization. PHONE: Frau Gudrun Heinisch (secretary, B218) Tel: + 49 (351) 463-4266 ----- Andrew Pitonyak (PhD student, B210) Tel: + 49 (351) 463-3640 Wolfgang Walter (Willersbau, B211) Tel: + 49 (351) 463-3996 (Please note that Mrs Heinisch does not speak English fluently.) FAX: To Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Walter Fax: + 49 (351) 463-7114 --- ADDRESS: Technische Universitaet Dresden ------- Inst. f. Wissenschaftliches Rechnen FR Mathematik D - 01062 Dresden Germany E-MAIL: pitonyak@math.tu-dresden.de (Andrew Pitonyak) ------ wwalter@math.tu-dresden.de (Wolfgang Walter) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I am looking forward to welcoming you in Dresden in July. Wolfgang Walter