The number of ATLAS software components, real or potential, that provide some metadata infrastructure is daunting. A partial list includes:
Proposed goals of this workshop include:
Sessions are scheduled as follows:
| am session 1 | 0930 - 1045 |
| tea | 1045 - 1100 |
| am session 2 | 1100 - 1230 |
| lunch | 1230 - 1400 |
| pm session 1 | 1400 - 1530 |
| tea | 1530 - 1545 |
| pm session 2 | 1545 - 1715 |
Workshop meetings will take place in the Denys Wilkinson Building of the Physics Department, Keble Road, in the 5th floor conference room (n.b.: like any self-respecting university building, you enter on the 4th floor).
No wireless access is available or convenient, unfortunately.
The Hall has Ethernet ports in all the rooms. If you are bringing a laptop, please send me your MAC addresses so it can authorized to use the Hall network.
I am working on the arrangements in the physics department.
Rooms have been reserved at St Edmund Hall, which is a short walk from the physics department and close to the city center and the core of the university.
The bed and breakfast charge is £33 (single), including VAT, or £30 (twin, per person), including VAT. Some rooms have ensuite facilities, and cost £6 extra per night. Breakfast is served 8:00-8:30am.
Bookings for rooms are now closed. Still, if you haven't yet done so, please send me your MAC address if you will need Internet access for your laptop. You can also try calling me at +44 (0)1865 273398.
Payment can be made by cheque to "St Edmund Hall". If you don't have a British bank account, it is probably best to get cash from an ATM.
It is most convenient for all payments to go through me. (Don't worry, St Edmund Hall knows where I live, so I have to pay them!)
During the day, we will be in the physics department, which can be reached via Sue Geddes, +44 (0)1865 273333. At night, if you are in the college, you can be reached through the porter's lodge, +44 (0)1865 279000.
London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports are both convenient. Look at this page for information on how to get from the airport to Oxford. In particular, check out The Airline coach service if you coming by air.
It is possible to buy coach tickets on the coach using US dollars, but you'll get a much better exchange rate just about anywhere else.
Tell the driver that you want to be dropped off at Queen's Lane in Oxford. This is the second-to-last stop on the trip (the last being Gloucester Green, on the other side of the city center). The trip will consist of manuevering out of the airport, getting onto a motorway, and then wandering into more urban areas. After getting to the more urban areas, the bus will go through a large roundabout, at the end of which you can see the famous Magdalen College church tower. Try to wake up, because at this point you cross a bridge (over the Cherwell River), soon after which will be the Queen's Lane bus stop.
Once off the bus, backtrack a little to where the pedestrian crossing is marked. Queen's Lane falls between The Queen's College and the Queen's Lane Coffee House. The entrance to St Edmund Hall is about fifty yards down this lane. Note that the entrance is level with the sidewalk; if you find yourself going up some stairs to get to a massive door, you are actually knocking on the Principal's residence.
Just inside the college entrance is the Porter's Lodge. They will give you your keys and direct you to your room.
Map of Oxford showing the colleges, including St Edmund Hall (#33). The Denys Wilkinson building of the physics department is on the northeast corner of Keble Road and the Banbury Road.
Trains run regularly between London's Paddington Station and Oxford. The Oxford train station is a few minutes' walk west of the city center, whereas St Edmund Hall is a few minutes' walk east. Oxford Bus #5 (to Blackbird Leys) will take you from the rail station (stop R2) to the front of Queen's College, which is right next to the Hall; when you get off the bus, walk another block forward (along the direction of the bus) to get to Queen's Lane.
The map shows the rail station as well, if you'd like to try walking.
Not recommended.
If walking is difficult, please let me know so we can try to make arrangements.
21 July 2003
Jeff Tseng / University of Oxford / St Edmund Hall / j.tseng1@physics.ox.ac.uk