Attendance is by invitation only. All student attendees stay at the Saarbrücken youth hostel:
Europa-Jugendherberge
Meerwiesertalweg 31
66123 Saarbrücken
Tel: +49 (0) 681 33040
When you arrive at Saarbrücken train station, please take public transport to the youth hostel. We recommend that you take tram S1 in the direction of Brebach/Saarguemines to the stop “Johanniskirche”, and then bus 101 in the direction of “Dudweiler Dudoplatz” to the stop “Prinzenweiher/DJH”. For additional travel options, we recommend that you install the app “Saarfahrplan” on your smart phone. The ticket for one journey costs €2.60. The bus runs until about 11pm. Should you arrive later, you would need to take a taxi to the youth hostel.
All lectures, panels, and the poster session will take place at:
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS)
Campus E1.5
66123 Saarbrücken
Tel: +49 (0) 681 9303 9100
Attendees are requested to take the public buses to travel between hostel and MPI-SWS (bus ticket will be provided as part of the registration package). To get to MPI-SWS, walk to the bus stop “Prinzenweiher/DJH” in front of the hostel. Take line 124 in the direction of “Universität Busterminal” or line 101 in the direction of “Dudweiler Dudoplatz”, and get off at “Universität Busterminal” (7 stops, 10 minutes). MPI-SWS is in the tall, dark gray building next to the gate.
Monday, August 7
Arrival day, earliest check-in time at the hostel is 2 pm.
06:00 pm: registration (hostel)
07:00 pm: dinner (hostel)
Tuesday, August 8
07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:15 am: bus to MPI-SWS
08:30 am: registration
08:45 am: opening remarks
09:00 am: Lorenzo Alvisi, Lecture 1
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Hal Daumé, Lecture 1
12:30 pm: lunch (mensa)
02:00 pm: Michael Hicks, Lecture 1
03:30pm: break
04:00 pm: Krishna Gummadi, Lecture 1
05:30 pm: poster session: graduate students present ongoing research
07:00 pm: bus to hostel
07:30 pm: dinner (hostel)
Wednesday, August 9
07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:30 am: bus to MPI-SWS
09:00 am: Derek Dreyer, Lecture 1
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Vitaly Shmatikov, Lecture 1
12:30 pm: lunch (mensa)
02:00 pm: Michael Hicks, Lecture 2
03:30pm: break
04:00 pm: Hal Daumé, Lecture 2
05:30 pm: panel: “Why do a Ph.D. in Computer Science?” (Hal Daumé III, Oana Goga, Dave Levin, Rupak Majumdar, Aastha Mehta)
06:30 pm: bus or walk to hostel
07:30 pm: dinner (hostel)
Thursday, August 10
07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:30 am: bus to MPI-SWS
09:00 am: Michael Hicks, Lecture 3
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Krishna Gummadi, Lecture 2
12:30 pm: lunch (mensa)
02:00 pm: social event
07:00 pm: dinner (restaurant Undine)
Friday, August 11
07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:30 am: bus to MPI-SWS
09:00 am: Derek Dreyer, Lecture 2
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Vitaly Shmatikov, Lecture 2
12:30 pm: lunch (mensa)
02:00 pm: Lorenzo Alvisi, Lecture 2
03:30pm: break
04:00 pm: Hal Daumé, Lecture 3
05:30 pm: panel: “Industrial vs. Academic research careers” (Götz Brasche, Peter Druschel, Paul Francis, Krishna Gummadi, Daniele Quercia, Vitaly Shmatikov)
06:30 pm: bus or walk to hostel
07:30 pm: dinner (hostel)
Saturday, August 12
07:30 am: breakfast (hostel)
08:45 am: bus to MPI-SWS (note: buses run only every 30min on Saturdays)
09:00 am: Lorenzo Alvisi, Lecture 3
10:30 am: break
11:00 am: Krishna Gummadi, Lecture 3
12:30 pm: lunch (catered)
02:00 pm: Derek Dreyer, Lecture 3
03:30pm: break
04:00 pm: Vitaly Shmatikov, Lecture 3
05:30 pm: panel: “How to apply to graduate school” (Lorenzo Alvisi, Eva Darulova, Hal Daumé III, Derek Dreyer, Peter Druschel)
06:30 pm: bus or walk to hostel
07:30 pm: dinner (hostel)
Sunday, August 13
08:00 am: breakfast (hostel)
Departure day, check-out time at the hostel is 9:30 am.