Venue, Accommodations and Travel

Venue

IMUM2010 will be held in room 32-141 in MIT's Ray and Maria Stata Center. The Stata Center is known in "MIT-speak" as Building 32. This new icon of architecture on MIT's campus was designed by renowned architect Frank O. Gehry to carry on the innovative and serendipitous spirit of Building 20 (which it replaced) and brings together and fosters interaction and collaboration across the three triads of MIT education teaching, research and community. It is an exciting environment with the academic and research labs of CSAIL, LIDS and L & P combined with the new Faculty Lunch Program and the new R & D campus pub located in the towers of the center. The focal point of the new facility is the Student Street with its featured promotion and display boards, student and community activity booths, and benches and cafe seating meant to foster informal interactions and conversation. Its services include the Forbes Family Cafe, recreation space, Library kiosk, Campus Information, ATMs and displays of art. The Center provides unique outdoor gathering spaces including the Dertouzos Amphitheater, the Grier Garden, and other terrace areas. When the building opened in 2004, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Robert Campbell wrote in the Boston Globe that the building is "a work of architecture that embodies serious thinking about how people live and work, and at the same time shouts the joy of invention."

Accommodations

A block of rooms has been arranged for the conference at the special rate of $159 per night (does not include tax) at the Boston Marriott Cambridge. Information on this hotel can be found on their web site. This hotel is in very close proximity to the workshop site, as seen in this map. The hotel is located within walking distance of MIT and is on the Red Line (subway) for easy access to local sites. The special rate will be available until 23 July 2010 or until the block is sold out. We recommend that you make your reservations early by calling Marriott reservations at 1(800) 228-9290 or (617) 494-6600. If you plan to arrive no earlier than 15 August and depart no later than 20 August, you may book on line through the Boston Marriott Cambridge.

Travel

Visitors arriving by air would normally arrive at Boston's Logan International Airport.

To reach MIT from Logan Airport:

by taxi - Taxi fare from the airport is about $30-$35. During non-rush hour, the taxi ride will take about 15 minutes. During rush hour, the ride could take 30 minutes or more.

by subway - From any terminal at Logan Airport, take the Silver Line bus to South Station. At South Station, change to the Red Line subway to Kendall/MIT (inbound toward Alewife). Under normal conditions the ride will take about one-half hour and the fare is $1.70 (Charlie Card) or $2.00 (cash).

by car - Leaving the airport, follow the signs to the Sumner Tunnel. Enter the tunnel and stay in the right lane. At the end of the tunnel, continue to stay in the right lane, start down an incline and bear to the right immediately at the sign for Storrow Drive. Take Exit 26 for Cambridge/Somerville. Follow the signs for Back Bay/Cambridge (do not take the exit for Cambridge/Somerville). Stay in the right lane and follow the signs for Storrow Drive Westbound. After you pass under the pedestrian walkbridges, change to the left lane and take the exit on your left for 2A North. Turn right onto the Harvard Bridge (Massachusetts Avenue). MIT's main entrance is 77 Massachusetts Avenue, and it will be on the right at the second set of traffic lights.

Other Travel and Hotel Sites

MIT provides local information at the visiting MIT web site. Directions to MIT can be found here.

Additional detailed information for visitors can be found at this MSEAS Group web site.