Venue and other useful information
The conference venue is on Garching campus north of Munich.
Public Transport
The conference venue at Garching campus can best be reached by subway. You need to take subway line U6 (blue line) to "Garching Forschungszentrum" (final stop), the travel time from Marienplatz (city center) is about 25 minutes. Exit the train and follow the signs to "Mathematik/Informatik". See the MVV website (local transport authority) for details and an online route planner.
- From Munich (north or city center): Take subway line U6 to "Garching Forschungszentrum" (final stop). Coming from city center, you might have to first take another subway line and change later to U6.
- From Garching: Take subway line U6 to "Garching Forschungszentrum".
- From Munich central station: Take any S-Bahn direction "Ostbahnhof", disembark at "Marienplatz" and change to subway line U6 (blue line) to "Garching Forschungszentrum".
- From Munich airport: Take S-Bahn S1 direction "Neufahrn", at station "Neufahrn" change to Bus 690. Disembark at the final destination "Garching Forschungszentrum". Please note that the Bus 690 only runs from Monday to Friday, not on weekends. Alternatively, you can take S-Bahn S8 from the airport to "Ismaning" and then change to Bus 230, which runs frequently from Monday to Sunday. (Travel time approx.: 30 min.)
The nearest subway line U6 stations for the recommended hotels in Garching are "Garching Hochbrück" or "Garching".
Tickets for Public Transport
At registration, you will get a free conference ticket, which is valid from March 4-7. This ticket entitles you to unlimited public transport for a single person in the city center, to Garching, and Munich airport. At the day of your arrival you will have to buy a ticket in order to get to the conference site by public transportation. As a rule, public transport tickets have to be validated before you board a subway or a train. There are validating machines at the platform access or sometimes at the platform itself. Tickets can be obtained at vending machines at every subway or train station and at vending machines on board the buses and tramways. Please also see the MVV Ticket Navigator for pricing information.
By Car
- GPS use: Boltzmannstraße 3, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany
- On highway A9 take exit Garching Nord (exit no. 70) and turn east. Cross B11 at the traffic lights to enter the campus.
- Coming from city center simply follow the signs to the airport. This will eventually get you onto the highway A9 heading north (direction Nürnberg).
- There is a large parking lot (free of charge) west of the conference building. Please note that a fee is charged for the parking lot east of the building.
- For details, consult the map above.
Taxi
- From the airport: approx. 20-30 min., 50-60 Euro
- From city center: approx. 20-30 min., 45-55 Euro
- From Garching-Hochbrück: approx. 5-10 min, 15-20 Euro
Wireless LAN, WiFi
Free Wireless LAN is available on campus. Please use the following settings if you don't already have a valid eduroam account:
SSID: | eduroam |
Account: | gwlan122 |
Password: | NsiLy+MNgL |
Lunch at Garching Campus
Lunch will be served in the cafeteria in building MI (vouchers are provided). Please look here for the menu.
On Friday, March 6, we offer the following program for the excursion.
First we have a visit to Alte Residenz München.
This is followed by a visit to one of the following (guided tour in English/German):
Please make sure that you indicate your selection on your registration form.
The STACS 2015 conference dinner will take place at Schlosscafé Palmenhaus.
Please make sure that you indicate your selection on your registration form.
From Munich city center, the restaurant can best be reached by tramway.
At "Hauptbahnhof" or "Karlsplatz" take tramway 17 direction "Amalienburgstrasse". Disembark at station "Schloss Nymphenburg". From there it is a 10 min walk to the Palace and another 10 min to Schlosscafé Palmenhaus in the park behind the palace.
For your return trip to Garching, we recommend to take tramway 17 direction "Schwanseestraße".
Disembark at station "Sendlinger Tor" and change to subway line U6 direction "Garching Forschungszentrum".
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