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Chicago and DePaul Practical Information

Chicago, Illinois is the third largest city in the United States and one of the largest in the world. It offers an enormous amount of sightseeing, cultural and entertainment opportunities when you are not partaking in conference activities. More about Chicago can be be found at the Chicago web site (which also includes an interactive map).

DePaul University is one of the elite Catholic universities in the U.S., and its Computer Science graduate school is currently the world's largest. The school of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems, affectionately referred to as CTI, is located in the Loop in downtown Chicago, although currently classes are offered at five different campuses in the city and suburbs, with a sixth soon to be built. Because of the constant change in the Computer Science field, three different Bachelors degrees, seven different Masters degrees, and a doctoral program are all available. DePaul's reputation among Chicago's business is unmatched as evidenced by CTI's 100% job placement rate.

Coming to Chicago

The Palmer House Hilton and DePaul Center, the building where the workshop will be held, are located near each other in downtown Chicago, as shown on our map. (More detailed information on getting around downtown will be provided at the hotel.) Once you're downtown, you will not need a car to get around.

If you are flying in, you will arrive at either O'Hare International Airport or at Midway Airport. Explained below are directions for getting from each of these airports to the hotel.

Arriving at O'Hare International Airport

Information about the airport can be found at the O'Hare website. Among other things, information about how to get to downtown can be found there. Some of that information is summarized here.

  • Cab: The cost from the airport to downtown is approximately $30.00, not including tip. More information can be found at the City of Chicago Consumer Services website.
  • Shuttle: These are busses operated by the Continental Air Transport Company. The cost is $16.00 one-way, $29.00 roundtrip. The busses pick up outside the baggage claim areas of terminals 1, 2, and 3.
  • Public transportation: In Chicago, public transportation is provided by the Chicago Transit Authority. From O'Hare, one can take the Blue Line el train to downtown. The station is located underground near terminal 2. From there, the train runs on or above ground until it approaches downtown, where it becomes a subway. Get off at the Monroe stop and leave by the Monroe Street exit. You are now at Dearborn and Monroe. Walk east along Monroe. The next street you come to is State Street. Cross that and continue walking for half a block, where you will see the entrance to the Palmer House Hilton.

Arriving at Midway Airport

Information about the airport can be found at the City of Chicago Midway website. For some reason, the site does not have information on how to get downtown. The information below should help.

  • Cab: The cost from the airport to downtown is approximately $20.00, not including tip. More information can be found at the City of Chicago Consumer Services website.
  • Shuttle: These are busses operated by the Continental Air Transport Company. The cost is $11.00 one-way, $20.00 roundtrip.
  • Public transportation: In Chicago, public transportation is provided by the Chicago Transit Authority. From Midway, one can take the Orange Line el train to downtown. The station is located aboveground east of the airport. From there, the train runs aboveground to downtown. At downtown, the train enters a loop that circles the area. Get off at the Madison and Wabash stop, which is on the fourth leg of the loop. Walk downstairs to Madison and walk one and a half blocks block south along Wabash to the Palmer House Hilton.

Arriving by other means

If you are arriving by car or by train and you need more information, please contact us by sending e-mail to aqip99@cs.depaul.edu.

Addresses

The locations below are all within walking distance of eachother.

AQIP '99 has made arrangements with the Palmer House Hilton. There will be a informal reception in the Crystal Room on Sunday, January 17 at 5:00pm.

Palmer House Hilton
17 East Monroe Street
Chicago, IL 60603
Tel: (312) 726-7500

The conference will take place from Monday, January 18 to Friday January 22 at the DePaul Conference Center, located on the 8th floor of the DePaul Center, 1 East Jackson. The School of CTI

DePaul School of CTI
(4th floor)
243 South Wabash Avenue
Chicago, IL 60604
Contact: Ask for one of the AQIP '99 organisers

See also City map of Downtown Chicago (The "Loop") and DePaul University's Downtown Campus

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