Location
The symposium will take place at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. Zurich is Switzerland's largest city and its major economic center. For more information about the city, please visit the links below:

Zurich Tourism
Website of the City of Zurich

The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, or ETH by its german acronym, was founded by the Swiss goverment in 1854 as a polytechnic and opened its doors in Zurich in 1855. ETH Zurich is divided into 17 departments, one of them being the department of Computer Science. In its mission statement, the ETH Zurich commits itself to promote and maintain quality in teaching and research at a high international level. The Computer Graphics Laboratory at ETH was established by Prof. Markus Gross in 1994. Its research is devoted to the design of fundamental methods and interactive systems for geometric and physics-based modeling, image acquisition and generation, scientific visualization, as well as virtual reality.

ETH Zurich
Computer Science Department at ETH Zurich
Computer Graphics Laboratory at ETH Zurich

Symposium Venue

The symposium will take place in the Auditorium Maximum at ETH Zentrum. ETH Zentrum is conveniently located in the center of the city, close to the railway main station and the central business and shopping districts. See this map to find your way to ETH Zentrum. The entrance to the Auditorium Maximum is located on the F-floor of the "Hauptgebäude" (acronym HG). The way to the Auditorium Maximum is signed inside the Hauptgebäude.

How to Get to Zurich

By plane:

Scheduled flights from every continent, most countries and major cities land at Zurich's international airport. Every quarter of an hour, train service brings passengers to the main railway station in the city center in just ten minutes. The taxi journey takes about twenty minutes.

Zurich Airport

Transfer to Zurich by rail
Transfer to Zurich by taxi or hotel bus

By train:

The main railway station is located in the center of the city. It offers direct and frequent services to all the large Swiss cities and major European destinations.

Swiss Federal Railway timetable
Citynightline: comfort overnight travel

By car:

Zurich is linked to neighboring countries by an extensive motorway network. Visit the following links for more information on car hire and traffic information..

Europcar: car hire
TCS Schweiz traffic info