Getting here
College Station has an airport (code: CLL) with flights to Houston (United) and Dallas (American Airlines). It may or may not be much more expensive than flying to Houston and taking a shuttle (see below), it's better to compare the prices. A taxi from CLL to a local hotel would be $15-$20. However, there will be local organizers meeting flights at CLL on Thursday, Oct 16.
A more frequent and reliable option is to fly to Houston and take a shuttle bus which will take you directly to your hotel. Shuttles by GroundShuttle run from/to both Houston Bush Intercontinental (code: IAH) and Houston Hobby (code: HOU) and cost $40 and $50, respectively. There are 8 shuttles per day on a weekday and 5 on Sunday.
There is also a new entrant to the shuttle market, ShuttleMe. At this time their prices (with hotel delivery / pickup) are $33 for IAH and $41 for HOU. There are 4 shuttles on a weekday and 2 per day on weekend.
One can also fly to Austin (AUS, 1:45 hrs, 100 mi) and Dallas (DFW, 3:10 hrs, 200 mi) where a car can be rented. There is no public transportation to/from these airports at this time.
Despite the name, there is no train station in College Station.
Getting around
We have prepared a map of conference location, parking and main hotels. There is also a more detailed parking-specific map, see below.Conference Location
Main events are being held in Blocker Building. Registration in room 142, lectures in room 149 on Friday and room 166 on Saturday-Sunday. Refreshments will be served near opposite the registration room.Wireless Access
- If your institution supports eduroam, try connecting to eduroam network. If this fails, the issue is with your account at your home institution and we cannot help with it.
- The other option:
- Get login details from the registration desk
- Connect to tamulink-guest network, typing password tamuguest.
- Open a web browser at any page, it will display a login screen; use the login details provided at registration.
Parking
Drivers! If driving from either Vineyard Court or Quality Inn, please make yourself available to other participants at the shuttle departure times!
For parking, we have a variety of options. They are described in detail in this parking map.
You can submit parking receipts for reimbursement, but funds are limited. Priority will be given to drivers who gave rides to other conference participants!
Shuttles
Shuttles will operate between two main hotels (Vineyard Court and Quality Inn Bryan) and Blocker building.- Friday
- Depart from hotels: 9am
- Depart from Blocker: 6:15pm
- Saturday
- Depart from hotels: 8:45am
- Depart from Blocker to hotels: 5:30pm
- Depart from hotels to banquet: 6:30pm
- Depart from banquet to hotels: 10pm
- Sunday
- Depart from hotels: 8:15am
Banquet
We will hold a banquet to celebrate Peter Kuchment's 65th birthday on Saturday at 7pm in Cafe Eccell (drinks start at 6:30pm). If you wish to attend, please sign up on Friday at registration. Tickets are subsidized and cost $10 to students (graduate or undergraduate), $15 to postdocs and similar and $20 to tenure-track faculty and guests.
Please communicate your dietary restrictions when signing up!