Directions
The workshop will be held on the campus of the EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne), located beautifully on the shores of the lake of Geneva.
Downtown Map of Lausanne
Map of the EPFL
The meeting takes place in
the Computer Science Building,
Building IN on the lower left on the map .
Lectures are in room
IN-M 202 (choose scale `building' to zoom out)
Coming with the metro M1 from Lausanne:
- At the stop EPFL, you take the underground exit in direction of the train, turn left at the bottom, and then you go straight up the stairs and continue between two new buildings in an ugly blueish-green colour (building BM and BP on the map).
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After the first plaza turn 45 degree right onto a walk way that is
called `Diagonale'. Continue to the very end of the Diagonale.
- At the end of the diagonale, go as straight as possible
and you will bump into a building called IN (containing a library,
a cafeteria, and lecture halls). Walk up one fligh of stairs,
and you are right there.
From the Hotels/Town Center to the EPFL:
- you walk down to the valley (rue centrale), turn right and walk on the valley floor, until you see the Metro station `Flon' marked by M. It's just after you have passed under the `Grand Pont'. (have a look of the downtown map of Lausanne).
- You by a ticket for 2.40 CHF (During the day there is a ticket office where you can buy the ticket; there are also vending machines, but ATTENTION they don't return change; apart from Swiss Franks the machines accept also Euro's.)
- You take the Metro Ouest, also called M1 or TSOL.
- You get off at the stop marked EPFL. The big buildings (when the train approaches on your left-hand side) are the EPFL.
- Click here to get the time schedule (only French version available).
Arriving by Train.
See the Swiss Railway server for details and timetables.
There are direct trains from Zurich airport (2h30min) and Geneva airport (40 min) to Lausanne. The trains run twice an hour and leave directly from the underground railway station in Geneva airport or Zurich airport.
From the Lausanne train station to the EPFL:
- you walk across the place in front of the train station and look for a bus marked Metro bus direction `Flon'
You buy a ticket for 2.40 CHF
(During the day there is a ticket office where you can buy the ticket; there are also vending machines, but ATTENTION they don't return change; apart from Swiss Franks the machines accept also Euro's.)
You take the Metro-Bus one stop up the hill (Place de Flon) where you change (take elevators down) to the Metro Ouest, also called M1 or TSOL
- You get off at the stop marked EPFL.The big buildings (when the train approaches on your left-hand side) are the EPFL.
- Click here to get the time schedule (only French version available).
Travelling by Plane:
Visitors planning to arrive by plane can choose Geneva airport (the closest - 40 min train ride to Lausanne), or Zurich (the largest - 2h 30 min train ride to Lausanne ). from there proceed to Lausanne by train (see above). There are direct trains from Zurich airport or Geneva airport. The trains run twice an hour and leave directly from the underground railway station in Geneva airport or Zurich airport.
Accessing by Car
In Switzerland, highways are labelled by green signs and are composed of the letter A followed by the corresponding number. You must buy a 40 CHF windscreen sticker (one year validity) at the border or petrol stations.
From Airport Geneva-Cointrin, take highway A1 to Lausanne.
From Airport Zurich-Kloten, take highway A1 to Bern. Then follow A12 - A9 to Lausanne.
From Airport Basel-Mulhouse, follow highway A3 to Basel. Then take A2 - A1 to Bern and after A12 - A9 to Lausanne.
Follow the direction to Lausanne sud and take the exit Université-EPFL.