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== Location ==
== Location ==
[[File:mathildenhoehe.jpg|350px|thumb|left|alt=Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt|Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt]]  
[[File:mathildenhoehe.jpg|300px|thumb|left|alt=Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt|Mathildenhöhe in Darmstadt]]  
=== Darmstadt, Germany ===
=== Darmstadt, Germany ===
Darmstadt is a medium sized German city (154.002 inhabitans, cf [http://www.darmstadt.de/fileadmin/Bilder-Rubriken/Standort/Statistik_und_Stadtforschung/pdf/faltblaetter/ZahlenInKuerze2015-internet.pdf http://www.darmstadt.de]) located in the close neighborhood to Frankfurt, i.e., easy to reach due the airport [http://www.fraport.com/en.html FRA]. It is one of the few cities in Germany that are allowed to call themselves "city of science". The reason is that Darmstadt has clearly dedicated itself to academia and resaerch:, it has a technical university ("TU Darmstadt", founded in 1877) and two universities of applied sciences "h_da" and "Evangelische Hochschule" with 40,616 students in total. Furthermore there are several research institutes, e.g., the [http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESOC European Space Operations Centre] and the [https://www.gsi.de/en/start/news.htm GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research], which discovered with their heavy-ion accelerator chemical elements like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadtium Darmstadtium]. Many technology companies are also located here, e.g. big cooperations like [http://www.telekom.de/ Deutsche Telekom], [http://www.merck.de Merck] but also SMIs like [https://www.cst.com CST] which is a spin-off of TU Darmstadt and the market leader for high-frequency electromagnetic field simulations.
Darmstadt is a medium sized German city (154.002 inhabitans, cf [http://www.darmstadt.de/fileadmin/Bilder-Rubriken/Standort/Statistik_und_Stadtforschung/pdf/faltblaetter/ZahlenInKuerze2015-internet.pdf http://www.darmstadt.de]) located in the close neighborhood to Frankfurt, i.e., easy to reach due the airport [http://www.fraport.com/en.html FRA]. It is one of the few cities in Germany that are allowed to call themselves "city of science". The reason is that Darmstadt has clearly dedicated itself to academia and resaerch:, it has a technical university ("TU Darmstadt", founded in 1877) and two universities of applied sciences "h_da" and "Evangelische Hochschule" with 40,616 students in total. Furthermore there are several research institutes, e.g., the [http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESOC European Space Operations Centre] and the [https://www.gsi.de/en/start/news.htm GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research], which discovered with their heavy-ion accelerator chemical elements like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadtium Darmstadtium]. Many technology companies are also located here, e.g. big cooperations like [http://www.telekom.de/ Deutsche Telekom], [http://www.merck.de Merck] but also SMIs like [https://www.cst.com CST] which is a spin-off of TU Darmstadt and the market leader for high-frequency electromagnetic field simulations.
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D-64293 Darmstadt
D-64293 Darmstadt


The institution has been recognized as a center for top-level research and scientific excellence by the highly competitive 'Excellence Initiative' of the German Federal and State Governments. The Graduate School enables PhD students to develop their scientific skills in a focused way, and to cooperate under optimal conditions in a highly stimulating interdisciplinary environment (computer science, engineering and mathematics). One lecture hall and two seminar rooms with wifi ([https://www.eduroam.org eduroam]) are reserved for the whole week.[[File:gsce.jpg|150px|thumb|riht|alt=Graduate School of Computational Engineering|Graduate School CE]]  
The institution has been recognized as a center for top-level research and scientific excellence by the highly competitive 'Excellence Initiative' of the German Federal and State Governments. The Graduate School enables PhD students to develop their scientific skills in a focused way, and to cooperate under optimal conditions in a highly stimulating interdisciplinary environment (computer science, engineering and mathematics). One lecture hall and two seminar rooms with wifi ([https://www.eduroam.org eduroam]) are reserved for the whole week.[[File:gsce.jpg|160px|thumb|riht|alt=Graduate School of Computational Engineering|Graduate School CE]]  


=== Travelling ===
=== Travelling ===
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* 15 single rooms in the [http://en.intercityhotel.com/Darmstadt/InterCityHotel-Darmstadt InterCityHotel Darmstadt]  
* 15 single rooms in the [http://en.intercityhotel.com/Darmstadt/InterCityHotel-Darmstadt InterCityHotel Darmstadt]  
* 2 rooms in the [http://www.djh-hessen.de/jugendherbergen/darmstadt/ youth hostel Darmstadt]
* 2 rooms in the [http://www.djh-hessen.de/jugendherbergen/darmstadt/ youth hostel Darmstadt]
The details will be presented within the next few weeks. However, let me give you some ideas: we will organize Octconf in September. We will prebook some rooms in a proper hotel nearby and possibly rooms in a youth hostel too (for the young and venturous developers) [3]. Finally, excursions to ESOC and/or GSI for the technology enthusiasts and to Mathildenhöhe for the art lov
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