IMPC'97
IMPC '97
Institute of Computer Science
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Pod vodarenskou vezi 2
CZ-182 07 Prague 8
Czech Republic
Phone: (+420 2) 6605 3140
Fax: (+420 2) 8585 789
E-mail: impc97@uivt.cas.cz
Attention! The timetable of the train connections is valid only from June 1, 1997 to May 23, 1998!
IMPC'97 -- U.S.-Czech Workshop on Iterative Methods and Parallel Computing -- will be held in Milovy, Czech Republic, from June 16 to June 21, 1997. Milovy is a small village in the Bohemian-Moravian Uplands (the central part of the Czech Republic) by the town Zdar nad Sazavou, not too far from higway D-1 connecting Prague and Brno, two biggest cities of the country. Using the highway D-1 from Prague to Brno (or from Brno to Prague), you must leave by Exit 119 (Velky Beranov, Zdar nad Sazavou) and turn to the public road No. 353 to Zdar nad Sazavou (26 km). In Zdar nad Sazavou change to the public road No. 18 to the direction Nove Mesto na Morave (another 10 km). Finally in Nove Mesto na Morave turn to the left to the public road No. 354 (direction Svratka, Snezne). The hotel Devet skal in Milovy is about 9 km from Nove Mesto between Snezne and Svratka nearby the lake on the left hand side (going from Snezne to Svratka).
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The nearest international airports are Prague (recommended because
of the special IMPC'97 bus and the better public transport connections to Milovy) and Vienna.
To reach MILOVY from PRAGUE:
Special IMPC'97 bus(es) will be
organized for participants travelling from Prague on
SUNDAY afternoon (JUNE 15).
Two special IMPC'97 busses will wait for you in
Prague on Sunday,
June 15, at the bus parking lot next to the new campus of the
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University
(Campus Troja, V Holesovickach 2, Praha 8).
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From the airport, you should take bus #119 to the subway station Dejvicka (green line, marked by "A"). You may also use bus #108 to the subway station Hradcanska (the same line). You should get off the train at the station Muzeum (5 or 4 stops, respectively) and change the line to the red one, marked by "C", then proceed to the last stop Holesovicke nadrazi. You should NOT use the exit to the railway station. The bus #112 will then take you to Pelc-Tyrolka (2 stops), which is a stop just next to the campus. The total transportation time from the airport should be around 90 minutes. From the main railway station just take the subway to Holesovicke nadrazi and then proceed as above. The total transportation time should be around 35 minutes. The fare is 10 Czech Crowns. The ticket must be bought before entering the bus (at the newspaper places, e.g.) and must be marked in the bus in the corresponding machine. Then it is valid for 60 minutes during the working days and for 90 minutes during the weekends, independently of the number of changes.
There are several daily train connections from
Prague to Zdar nad Sazavou (to be pronounced as 'Zhdyaar nad
Saazavou'). The transport by IMPC'97 car
from Zdar nad Sazavou could be arranged upon request, or the taxi should be used.
Departure station Prague Zdar n/S. Destination Operates
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Prague, Main Station 5:52 8:28 -->Bratislava daily
Prague, Main Station 11:52 14:21 -->Budapest daily
Prague, Main Station 14:22 17:01 -->Breclav daily
Prague, Main Station 16:37 18:54 -->Bratislava daily
Prague, HOLESOVICE ! 18:12 20:38 -->Brno not on Sa!
Prague, Main Station 22:36 1:04 -->Bucharest daily
Note:
To reach MILOVY from VIENNA
You can use InterCity or EuroCity trains Vienna-Prague to get to Havlickuv Brod; then the transport by car should be requested to take you from Havlickuv Brod -- railway station to Milovy, or the taxi should be used..
Train Vienna Sdb Brno Havlickuv_Brod Destination Operates
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EC 70 7:10 - 8:59 - 10:19 -->Prague daily
EC 172 11:10 - 12:59 - 14:19 -->Berlin daily
EC 72 15:25 - 17:15 - 18:33 -->Prague daily
Those participants, who will not use the arranged transportation to and from Milovy (late arrivals or early departures), must arrange it on the individual basis. However, we will be pleased for any information about your nonstandard arrival or departure and we will try to be as helpful as we can.
Travelling from MILOVY to PRAGUE
The detailed information will be announced during the meeting.
Special IMPC'97 bus will be organized for participants travelling to Prague on SATURDAY morning (JUNE 21). The bus(es) will arrive around noon time. We plan to proceed with one bus directly to the airport (the expected arrival around 13:00 (1 P.M.), but this has not been confirmed yet.
By Train: The IMPC'97 car should be requested to transport you from Milovy to Zdar n/S. -- railway station.
Zdar n/S. Prague (station) Days of operation
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4:10 - 6:42 Main Station daily
6:23 - 8:50 Holesovice Mo-Sa
7:27 - 10:01 Main Station daily
8:33 - 11:01 Main Station daily
14:58 - 17:32 Main Station daily
18:37 - 21:18 Main Station daily
20:22 - 22:45 Holesovice daily
From MILOVY to VIENNA
The IMPC'97 car should be requested to transport you from Milovy to Havlickuv Brod -- railway station.
Train Havlickuv Brod Brno Vienna Days of operation
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IC 73 11:17 - 12:36 - 14:33 daily
EC 173 15:32 - 16:51 - 18:48 daily
EC 71 19:32 - 20:51 - 22:48 daily
We look forward to seeing you at IMPC'97 and wish you an enjoyable stay in the Czech Republic.
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