GENERAL WORKSHOP INFORMATION REGISTRATION The DIMACS Conference Center at Rutgers can accommodate about 100 participants. Subject to this capacity constraint, the workshop is open to all researchers. To register, contact Pat Toci [toci@dimacs.rutgers.edu, (908) 445-5930]. If possible, please register early, although registration at the conference is permitted. THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE. TRAVEL AND HOTEL INFORMATION: It is recommended that participants arriving by plane fly into Newark Airport. Flying into Kennedy or La Guardia can add more than an hour to the travel time to DIMACS. Participants who are being reimbursed, must save ALL ORIGINAL RECEIPTS. You will receive a form from the financial office at DIMACS while you are at the workshop to hand in along with these receipts (during the workshop or once you return home). DIMACS has successfully and quite pleasantly used the Comfort Inn and the Holiday Inn, both in South Plainfield - they are next to each other. The Comfort Inn gives DIMACS the rate of $47.00 ($52.00 if two guests share a room) and the Holiday Inn the rate of $60.00 (the same rate whether there are 1 or 2 guests in the room; also includes a continental breakfast). The Comfort Inn's # is 908-561-4488 (fax: 908-668-7314). The Holiday Inn's # is 908-753-5500 (fax: same as phone #). They both provide free van service to and from DIMACS. Also, the Comfort Inn provides free van service to and from Newark Airport. You need to give them a 24-hour notice. If you are receiving a stipend from DIMACS, you must travel on a domestic airline. You will not be able to receive reimbursement otherwise. To travel between Newark Airport and DIMACS/hotels, we recommend ICS Van Service, 1-800-225-4427 (for inside the United States) or 908-566-0795. The rate is $23.00 per person. It must be booked in advance. From the New York airports, participants may take the Grayline Air (bus) Shuttle (1-800-451-0455) to Newark and then ICS Van service from there. Participants arriving to DIMACS by car will need a parking permit. We try to have them at the hotels - when that is not possible, they will be on the registration table. Please be sure to park in Lot 64. All workshop events will take place at DIMACS, (unless otherwise noted) located in the CoRE Building of Rutgers University, Busch Campus, in Piscataway, New Jersey. For further questions regarding local transportation and accomodations, or to obtain detailed driving directions to the hotels and to DIMACS, contact Pat Toci [toci@dimacs.rutgers.edu, (908) 445-5930].