We are pleased to welcome our Parallel Data Consortium Member
Companies to the 10th Annual
Parallel Data Laboratory Spring Visit Day.

ACCOMMODATIONS
Accommodations are available at the following hotels.
We have had the various
hotels hold blocks of rooms for our Annual Spring Visit Day. Please
make your reservations as soon as possible to ensure the best rates. Keep in mind that May 17-18 is CMU's commencement weekend, so hotels will be filling quickly.
| HOTEL/DATES AVAILABLE |
14-May |
15-May |
WYNDHAM
GARDEN HOTEL
3454 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-683-2040 - Reservations
412-688-1986 - Fax
Code = CMU - PDL Visit Day |
15 rooms
Deluxe
Standard – $119 + taxes
Suite – $209 + taxes
Parking - $16
Reservation Deadline: April 30 |
10 rooms
Deluxe
Standard – $119 + taxes
Suite – $209 + taxes
Parking - $16Reservation Deadline: April 30 |
HAMPTON
INN
3315 Hamlet Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-681-1000 - Reservations
412-681-3022 - Fax
Code = PDL Visit Day |
5 rooms
$109 + taxes
Parking: $12
Reservation Deadline: April 23 |
5 rooms
$109 + taxes
Parking: $12
Reservation Deadline: April 23 |
UNIVERSITY
CENTER HOLIDAY INN SELECT
100 Lytton Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-682-6200 - Reservations
412-681-4749 - Fax
Code = PDL Visit Day |
15 rooms
$119 + taxes
Complimentary Parking
Reservation Deadline: April 23 |
15 rooms
$119 + taxes
Complimentary Parking
Reservation Deadline: April 23 |
RESIDENCE
INN BY MARRIOTT
Pittsburgh / Oakland
3896 Bigelow Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
412-621-2200 - Reservations
800-331-3131 - Reservations
412-621-0955 - Fax
Code = PDL Visit 2008 |
10 rooms
$114 + taxes
Parking: $9
Reservation Deadline: April 23
|
10 rooms
$114 + taxes
Parking: $9
Reservation Deadline: April 23 |
|
COURTYARD
MARRIOTT - SHADYSIDE
5308 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
1-800-321-2211 - Reservations
412-683-3113 - Reservations
412-683-3133 - Fax
Group Code: PDL Visit |
10 rooms
$139 + taxes
$18.85 valet parking
Reservation Deadline: April 24
|
5 rooms
$199 + taxes
$18.85 valet parking
Reservation Deadline: April 24 |
SHADYSIDE
INN
5405 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
412-441-4444 - Reservations
412-687-7312 - FAX
Code = 1969CM |
Vacancies based on availability at time of reservation
Call asap and ask for best CMU rate |
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TRANSPORTATION
Most of the hotels have shuttle transportation to CMU available. Please
request that you be dropped off at front doors of the CIC building (4720 Forbes Ave.), or at the
Forbes Avenue entrance to Hamburgh Hall, then refer to the attached map
for directions to Newell Simon Hall.
There are several options available for getting to and from the airport.
Rental Car:
Available at the airport from all the major companies.
Taxi Service (approximately ~$50
each way)
Limousine Service
Airport Sedan Service (Larry
Waite)
Advance reservations are required, $55 each way
Contact Larry Waite, 412-401-LIMO
(5466)
Majesty Transportation (Nicole
or Stephanie)
Advance reservations are required; $49 each way
www.majestyco.com, 412-462-4858
or 1-888-546-6048
Express Shuttle USA (one way
$24, round trip $42), 412-321-4990 More
info on the web.
Leaves the airport inbound toward CMU starting at 9:00 a.m. every
hour until 10:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and starting at 10:00
a.m. running until 4 p.m. on Saturdays and 2:00 p.m. on Sundays every
two hours.
Leaves the hotels listed below on the hour (M-F) starting at:
- Holiday Inn: 5:50 a.m., no reservation required
- Wyndham Garden: 6:00 a.m., no reservation required
- Hampton Inn: 6:05 a.m., reservations required
- Does not schedule stops at the Shadyside Inn
Airport Shuttle
(PATransit 28X - Airport Flyer) (approximately $2.25
each way)
- Leaves CMU from the corner of Forbes and Morewood Avenues every
20 minutes starting at 5:00 a.m., last shuttle at 10:40 p.m.
- Shuttle leaves the airport from the baggage level starting at
5:45 a.m. approximately every 20 minutes.
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MAPS
Location of the CIC Building
Directions
to CMU from the airport
Map of walk
from Holiday Inn to CMU campus (about a 15 minute walk)
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TENTATIVE AGENDA
Events to be held in the INI DEC room of the CIC Building on Carnegie
Mellon University campus. A more detailed agenda will be posted here as the event nears.
Morning - Breakfast Meet and Greet, Welcome Talk, Poster Session
Afternoon - Lunch, Speaker, Poster Session and Demos
Evening - Dinner
* Handy map for
directions to the CIC Building.
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CONTACTS
Director, Parallel Data Lab
VOICE: (412) 268-1297
FAX: (412) 268-3010
Executive Director, Parallel Data Lab
VOICE: (412) 268-5485
FAX: (412) 268-3010
PDL Business Administrator
VOICE: (412) 268-6716
FAX: (412) 268-3010
PDL Home: http://www.pdl.cmu.edu/
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2007 ATTENDEES
Patrick Eaton, EMC
Soirin Faibish, EMC
Burt Kaliski, EMC
Don Beaver, Google
Jeff Stewart, Google
Craig Soules, Hewlett Packard Labs
Hiroshi Arakawa, Hitachi America
Manabu Kitamura, Hitachi
Mei Chen, Intel Research Pgh
Michael Kozuch, Intel Research Pgh
Steve Schlosser, Intel Research Pgh
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James Nunez, Los Alamos Nat'l Lab
David Ford, Network Appliance
Stephen Harpster, Network Appliance
Jiri Schindler, Network Appliance
Kaladhar Voruganti, Network Appliance
Jeffrey Butler, Panasas
Nils Gokemeijer, Seagate Technology
Sami Iren, Seagate Technology
Erik Riedel, Seagate Technology
Alex Garthwaite, VMware |
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