Venue
Conference Venue
CONCUR and QEST, and TGC 2011 will take place in Aachen University's modern new Administration building, the SuperC, which is located close to the city center, in the middle of the University quarter. Workshops and Tutorials will mainly take place in the SuperC. One workshop takes place in the Kármán-Auditorium which is facing the SuperC. The registration desk will be located in the 6th floor of the SuperC.
|
The University
RWTH Aachen University is characterised by its strength in science and engineering education. It also provides a wide range of subjects in Economics, Arts and Humanities and Medicine with an emphasis on intensive interaction between all disciplines. The focus on interdisciplinarity in research and teaching is a direct response to the demands placed on future young professionals. Our University has co-operations with many universities and research centres throughout the world. Every year, a great number of international students and scientists visit RWTH Aachen University to study and research at a high standard recognised on an international level. |
The City
Aachen is situated directly on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands. It is Germany’s most westerly city, with a population of nearly 260,000. Nearly 40,000 students attend Aachen’s four major colleges and universities (Rhineland-Westphalian Technical University [RWTH], University of Applied Sciences, Catholic University of Applied Sciences and Academy of Music. Aachen unites tradition with progress. Charlemagne has left his mark throughout the city. The cathedral - the first monument in Germany to be included in the UNESCO Cultural Heritage list - and the gothic City Hall in which 32 German kings celebrated their coronations still form the heart of Aachen’s old city centre. And Charlemagne has lent his name to a prize awarded by Aachen’s citizens to personalities who have rendered outstanding services to European unity: the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen. This award has been presented on Ascension Day every year since 1950. But Aachen is by no means just a museum; it is a modern city, open to the world, with political, economic and cultural contacts that reach far beyond Germany’s borders. One example is Europe’s first transnational industrial estate with the name Avantis, which was developed in cooperation with the Dutch town of Heerlen. At EXPO 2000 in Hanover, Aachen was presented as a European model region, as a fine example of successful structural change and a remarkable instance of a region’s departure from mining and conventional industry to become one of Europe’s major high-tech locations. |
|
Additional information (partly in German):
|
