LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS

CIKM94 will be held at NIST in the Administration Building:

NIST, located in Gaithersburg, MD, is approximately 25 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. NIST and Gaithersburg Hilton hotel are accessible from Dulles, National, and BWI Airports by Montgomery Airport Shuttle, (301) 990-6000, for 50.

From North: Take I-270 Exit 11, Quince Orchard Road, left at second traffic signal, right at first traffic signal into NIST main entrance.

From South: Take I-495 to I-270 Exit 10, Clopper Road, left at first traffic signal into NIST main entrance.

From Gaithersburg Hilton: Turn right on Perry Parkway, right turn on Clopper Road, left at the first traffic signal into NIST main entrance.

Please park at the big parking lot to your left as you drive in. Walk to the Administration building.

Take Red Line to Shady Grove Metrorail Station. Go down the escalator and turn left. Go up the escalator to the West side Kiss and Ride Parking Lot and wait for the NIST Shuttle. NIST Shuttle leaves on the quarter and three-quarter hour (e.g., 8:15, 8:45, ... 5:15, 6:00)

Administration Building is the building to the right of the flag-pole.

For further information please contact CIKM Local Arrangement Chair: Elizabeth Fong at NIST, (301) 975-3250, Fax: (301)948-6213, fong@speckle.ncsl.nist.gov

Please make your hotel reservation early. To obtain special conference rate (rate is U.S. $70.00 per night for Single or Double), you must mention that you are attending the CIKM'94 conference in November/December 1994. Cut-off date for guaranteed guest room reservations is November 1, 1994. Transportation from Hilton/NIST/Hilton will be available for CIKM94 attendees.

If you have any question on registration contact Dr. E.K. Park (eun@usna.navy.mil, Fax:(410)293-2686). Questions on the technical program of the conference should be directed to Professor Nabil Adam (cikm94@adam.rutgers.edu, Fax: (201)648-1459). Inquiries regarding the workshops should be mailed electronically to the appropriate workshop coordinator.

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