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International Seminar on Discrete and Computational Geometry

April 4-6 (Monday---Wednesday), 2005

JAIST (Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)

Kanazawa, Japan

Goals and Motivation

Discrete and Computational Geometry has been developed as a subarea of algorithmics and combinatorics, concerned with algorithms and data structures for geometric problems and their discrete and combinatorial properties. These problems are motivated by application areas, such as robotics, computer graphics, pattern and shape matching and recognition, computer vision, image processing, integrated circuit design, structural bioinformatics, and more. Since the mid 1980s, computational geometry has arisen as an independent field with its own international conferences and journals. Goals and motivation of this seminar is to have active discussions and to do research on problems in discrete and computational geometry among participants. Every participant is asked to prepare a short talk within 30 minutes that leads directly to interesting open problems.

Invited Speakers:
Naoki Katoh (Kyoto, Japan), Jiri Matousek (Charles U., Czech), Kurt Mehlhorn
(Max Planck, Germany), Raimund Seidel (Saarland, Germany), Hisao Tamaki
(Meiji, Japan). Takeshi Tokuyama (Tohoku, Japan), Emo Welzl (ETH,
Switzerland), Janos Pach (New York, USA)., Micha Sharir (Tel-Aviv, Israel)

Conference Chair: Tetsuo Asano (JAIST, Japan)

Contact Information:
Prof. Tetsuo Asano
School of Information Science,
JAIST
1-1 Asahidai, Tatsunokuchi, Ishikawa, 923-1292 Japan
TEL: +81-761-51-1205 (direct)
FAX: +81-761-51-1149 (Admin. Office)

Support:
JAIST COE Project on Safe Electronic Society
(head: Prof. Takuya Katayama, JAIST)
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas "New Horizons in Computing" from Mnistry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture.

Seminar Site and Accomodation:
Tokyu Excel Hotel in Kanazawa

Tokyu Excel Hotel in Kanazawa http://www.tokyuhotels.co.jp/en/TE/TE_KANAZ/index.shtml one of the best hotels in Kanazawa just in the middle of the downtown 2-1-1 Korinboh, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0961 Japan phone: +81-76-231-3912, FAX: +81-76-265-6481 2-

All the seminar activity is taken place at Tokyu Excel Hotel in Kanazawa, which
is located in the heart of Downtown Kanazawa. All the participants stay in the
hotel.

Registration Fee:
The amount of registration fee will be announced later.

Facilities:
Video projector and overhead projector are available.

Related workshops:
Dagstuhl seminar on computatioal geometry: March 13-18, 2005
(Organized by H. Alt, F. Aurenhammer, and D. Halperin)
Oberwolfach workshop: April 10-16, 2005
Discrete Geometry (Organized by Martin Henk, Jiri Matousek, Emo Welzl)

Transportation

Route 0: Narita - Komatsu - Kanazawa

1. Arrive in Tokyo/Narita International airport
2. flight from Narita to Komatsu (only one flight in a day: 17:00)
   Komatsu airport homepage:
   http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/k_air/flight_e.html
   http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/k_air/index_e.html
3. Limousine bus to Kanazawa (45 minutes)

Route 1: Narita - Haneda - Komatsu - Kanazawa

1. Arrive in Tokyo/Narita International airport
   Tokyu Excel Hotel in Kanazawa
   http://www.tokyuhotels.co.jp/en/TE/TE_KANAZ/index.shtml
   one of the best hotels in Kanazawa just in the middle of the
   downtown
   2-1-1 Korinboh, Kanazawa, Ishikawa 920-0961 Japan
   phone: +81-76-231-3912, FAX: +81-76-265-6481
   2-
2. move to Tokyo/Haneda Domestic Airport
   (by JR line Keikyu Line, or Limousine bus)
   Narita Aiport homepage:
   http://www.narita-airport.or.jp/airport_e/access/haneda/
   75 - 110 minutes
3. flight from Haneda to Komatsu
   Komatsu airport homepage:
   http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/k_air/flight_e.html
   http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/k_air/index_e.html
4. Limousine bus to Kanazawa (45 minutes)

Route 2: Kansai - Kanazawa

1. Arrive in Osaka/Kansai airport
2. take JR trains
   2.1 Limited express HARUKA from airport to Shin-Osaka
   2.2 Limited Express Thunderbird from Shin-Osaka to Kanazawa
   About 3.5 hours in total.

Route 3: Narita - Tokyo - Kanazawa (by train)

1. Arrive in Tokyo/Narita International airport
2. take JR trains
   2.1 JR Limited Express "Narita Express" to Tokyo Station
   2.2 Shinkansen from Tokyo to Echigo-Yuzawa
   2.3 Limited Express "Hakutaka" to Kanazawa
   

more than 5 hours in total.

Map of Japan Major cities in Japan

Kenrokuen Garden, Kanazawa, Japan One of the most famous Japanese Gardens in Japan

Ishikawa Castle with Cherry Blossoms in the beginning of April, The most beautiful time of the year in Japan.

About This Seminar (PDF file)