• How to get to Urbana: There are different ways to get to Urbana-Champaign.
  
1. You can directly fly to Urbana-Champaign Willard Airport in Savoy via American Eagle airline (from Chicago or Dallas) or via Northwest airline(from Detroit).
2. Fly into Indianapolis via other airlines (US Air,  Continental, etc) and then rent a car and drive 2 hours west on I-74W to Urbana-Champaign.
   
3. Fly into Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-Normal (via Delta Airline) then rent a car and drive 1 1/2 hours east on I-74E to Urbana-Champaign.
4. Fly into Chicago via any airlines, rent a car and drive 2 1/2 hours south on I-190E/I-294S (toll-road)/I-80W/I-57S/I-74E to Urbana-Champaign.
   

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• Hotel Information:
  
• We have negotiated with Hampton Inn a special rate ($104 plus tax) that you can use by mentioning affiliation with ACM/NOSSDAV 2007 when you make your reservation. The cut-off date to use this rate will be May 4th, 2007. To make a reservation, please directly call Hampton Inn Champaign/Urbana (217-337-1100). Remember to use the group code 'CMM'.
• The Hampton Inn and the UIUC Department of Computer Science (Siebel center) are about eight miles from Willard Airport in Savoy, Illinois. The Hampton Inn hotel has a shuttle service. There is a call box at the airport to call the hotel.  If your flight arrives after 3:00 p.m. please call ahead to make a reservation to make sure they have a driver on the schedule. The phone number to the hotel to call shuttle is: 217-337-1100 Shuttle runs 8:00am - 9:00pm. There is parking area at the hotel available at no fee.
  
  
• Taxi and Rental Car in Urbana-Champaign
  
• Yellow Cab 217-355-3553
• The Taxi Company 217-355-1212
• Courtesy Vans 217-359-9134
• Illini Limo 217-384-5892
  
• National Rental Car 800-227-7368
• National Rental Car at Willard Airport 217-359-5259
• Driving Directions from Willard Airport to Hampton Inn: From the airport follow the road to the stop light, turn north or left, which is Rt. 45, also known as Neil Street.  Continue on Neil Street until you reach downtown Champaign, University Avenue. Turn east or right on University Avenue.  Stay on the University Avenue.  The last stop light before you reach the hotel is at Wright Street.  This street is the division between Champaign and Urbana. Get in the left lane as the Hampton Inn hotel entrance will be on your left.The Hampton Inn hotel is immediately next to the Perkins Restaurant, with entrance off of University Avenue.
• Riding a Bus from Willard Airport: If you fly into Willard Airport, you can take the 27 Air Bus to the Illini Union or the Hampton Inn. If you get off the bus at the Illini Union, you will then need to walk or take a cab about three to four blocks to the Hampton. The Hampton Inn also has a free airport shuttle with a call box at the airport to call the shuttle. See the Hotel information above.
• Walking Directions from Hampton Inn to Siebel Center: Turn left from the Hampton Inn and walk on University Ave until you get to Goodwin Ave (around 200m). Turn right on Goodwin Ave; pass the parking garage and the new NCSA building. The next building after NCSA is Siebel Center (201 North Goodwin Avenue, Urbana).
• Driving Directions from Hawthorn Hotel to Siebel Center: If you make a hotel reservation at another hotel such as the Hawthorn hotel, the Hawthorn hotel provides a shuttle to bring you to the Siebel Center. If you choose to drive continue on Neil Street until you reach downtown Champaign, University Avenue. Turn east or right on University Avenue. Stay in the right hand lane.  When you reach Goodwin Avenue, turn right. The parking garage is on that corner, so you will make a sharp right after you turn onto Goodwin Avenue.  Please park at the meters or you will be towed.
• Parking Information: For participants who will drive to NOSSDAV 2007 location, Siebel Center, 201 North Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, and need to park their cars, the following options are available around the Siebel Center: (meters take quarters only)
  
• Long-term UIUC parking meters up to 10 hours in the parking garage at the corner of Goodwin/University avenue (across the Hampton Inn). It is in walking distance to the Siebel Center.
  
• Long-term UIUC parking meters in the open parking lot, called B-1, which is between Goodwin Avenue and Matthew Street and next to Springfield Avenue. Again the parking is in the walking distance to the Siebel Center.
  
• Short-term Urbana parking meters (2 hours) along the Matthew Street (between Springfield and University Ave.), along the Springfield Avenue (between Wright and Goodwin Ave.), and along the Wright Street (between Springfield and University Ave.). All streets are around the Siebel Center in walking distance.
  
• Express Bus: If you fly to Chicago (O'Hare or Midway) instead of Willard, you can take The LincolnLand Express or Suburban Express to Champaign. LincolnLand Express also serves the airports at Bloomington-Normal and Indianapolis. For either, you should make
  reservations.
  
• Rental Cars: If you rent a car and drive from Chicago, it should take you about 2.5 - 3 hours (150 miles); from Bloomington-Normal IL the drive is about 45 minutes (45 miles), and from Indianapolis it is about 2 hours drive (107 miles). Amtrak also runs regular train service from Chicago to Champaign, but that is somewhat less accessible from the airports.
  

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• Touring NCSA:
• Prof. Nahrstedt has arranged four tours for NOSSDAV '07 participants to visit the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at UIUC.These four 20-minute tours are scheduled on Monday June 4th,between session 3 and the social event and start at 5:00, 5:20, 5:40 and 6:00pm and each can take up to 15 people.
• Some information about NCSA: "The National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), one of the five original centers in the National Science Foundation's Supercomputer Centers Program, opened its doors in January 1986. Since then, NCSA has contributed significantly to the birth and growth of the worldwide cyber-infrastructure for science and engineering, operating some of the world's most powerful supercomputers and developing the software infrastructure needed to efficiently use these systems (for example, NCSA Telnet and, in 1993, NCSA Mosaic(tm), the first readily available graphical Web browser). Today the center is recognized as an international leader in deploying robust high-performance computing resources and in working with research communities to develop new computing and software technologies." For further information about NCSA visit http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu
• If you are interested in taking this tour, please send an email to: Jay A Patel <jaypatel@uiuc.edu> (with title "NCSA tour reservation") and provide your name and institution and specify which tour you would like to attend (5:00, 5:20, 5:40, 6:00pm).
  
  

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• More information on hotels, restaurants, visitors sites
• Urbana-Champaign area can be found at http://www.visitchampaigncounty.org/
• Location of the conference at UIUC
• Department of Computer Science
  Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer
  Science, 201 N Goodwin Ave
  Urbana, IL 61801-2302
  
• Location of Reception:TBA

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• Recreational Attractions:
  
• Allerton Park - 40 minutes drive from Urbana
• Lincoln Multimedia Presidential Library - Springfield, IL
• Illinois Amish Country
• Krannert Museum in Champaign, IL
  
• Spurlock Museum in Urbana, IL
  
• Japan house and gardens - Champaign has a strong tradition in
  Japanese culture led by a group of Japanese scholars living in
  Urbana-Champaign and teaching at UIUC.
• Dana-Thomas House - in Springfield IL, this is Frank Lloyd Wright
  architecture (more houses can be found in Chicago). Wright is a very
  famous architect in Illinois and in USA with very distinct architecture.
• Springfield Capitol building
• Information about the Champaign/Urbana Community - restaurants, hotels,
  entertainment, etc. (UIUC web site)
  
• Information for Champaign county visitors (Convention & Visitors Bureau: VisitChampaignCounty.org)
• Information about University and the community (UIUC web site)
  
• General information on Illinois and central Illinois (Illinois Bureau of Tourism: EnjoyIllinois.com)