Google PhD Poster and Demo Competition 2011

Place:

• Room 344, Huxley Building, Department of Computing, Imperial College London, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2RH. Ask at reception for directions to room.

Date and Time

• Tuesday, 1st March 2011, 4:30pm-6:00pm.

Posters and Demos

• Presenters and Titles

How to get here

• Travel directions as given by the Department's page.

From Heathrow Airport

• Quickest: Heathrow Express to Paddington Station (20 mins) then Taxi (about 10 mins) to the Department. If there is nice weather you can walk across Hyde Park/Kensington Gardens from Paddington to Imperial (about 20-25 mins).

• Cheapest: Take the Underground (Piccadilly Line) to Gloucester Road Station or South Kensington Station (about 45 mins) then see maps below. For travel on the Underground it's worth considering an Oystercard for cheaper travel.

From Gatwick Airport

• Take the Gatwick Express to Victoria Station and then the Underground (District or Circle line) to Gloucester Road Station or South Kensington Station. Then see maps below.

From St Pancras Station (Eurostar)

• Take the Underground (Piccadilly Line) to Gloucester Road Station or South Kensington Station. Then see maps below.

Maps

• Underground Maps

• Local Streetmap

• Campus Map note the position of the Huxley Building

• Google Streetview

Accommodation

• Imperial College has some accommodation information available via http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/conferenceandevents/accommodation.

• The closest hotel to the Department is the Abba Queen's Gate Hotel which is just across the road.

• You can sometimes get cheap deals on top hotels via 'top secret hotels' on lastminute.com. You need to take time to reverse engineer the hotel however.

Other Links

• TimeOut Guide London, for social, and other events in London

• Recommendations for Restaurants in London (toptable)

• Transport in London