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FCCM 2014
The 22nd IEEE International Symposium on
Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines
May 11-13, Boston, Massachusetts
FCCM 2014: The 22nd Annual IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Conference Venue: Photonics Center, Boston University
Conference Dates: May 11-13, 2014
Registration is now open (advance registration deadline April 4th)
Conference Venue
The conference will take place at the Photonics Center Building at 8 St. Mary’s St. on the campus of Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Most of FCCM activities--presentations, posters, meals, etc.--will be held on the 9th floor. The Xilinx/ARM workshop (on Sunday May 11 from 8:00-16:00) will take place on the 1st floor.
Parking
Free parking will be available on Sunday May 11 at BU West Campus and on Monday May 12 and Tuesday May 13 at the Warren Towers Garage at 700 Commonwealth Avenue (actually off Hinsdale Mall, please check map). You must however sign up by Thursday May 8th to get a sticker. Email herbordt@bu.edu for more info.
Accommodations
We strongly recommend making reservations early. This is graduation season and the local industry is higher education. This is especially true if you would like to arrive early.
We have a limited block of rooms reserved at a discount at the Holiday Inn in Brookline at 1200 Beacon St.: http://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/brookline/bklma/hoteldetail. You should probably call and ask about the IEEE (or FCCM) rate. It includes free internet. The hotel is 1KM from the conference venue and should be an easy walk in nice weather (expected). It is also next to the T (MBTA Green Line trolley, C branch), which you can take for three stops to the St. Mary’s St. stop after which the walk is < .4KM.
The following are not reserved - you are on your own making reservations:
Nearby nice hotels (and probably expensive) are
- Hotel Commonwealth, 500 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02215
- Colonnade Boston Hotel, 120 Huntington Ave, Boston, Massachusetts 02116
(These are where Northeastern and BU put up their Faculty Candidates, respectively)
- Samuel Sewall Inn, 143 St Paul St, Brookline, MA 02446
- The Bertram Inn, 92 Sewall Ave, Brookline, MA 02446
Airports
- Boston’s Logan Airport serves as a focus city for JetBlue Airways. Delta Air Lines and US Airways also carry out many operations from the airport, and all major airlines fly to Boston from all or the majority of their primary and secondary hubs. It is also a destination of many major European airlines. Located in Boston itself -- MBTA to downtown
- Providence’s TF Green Airport is convenient for several budget carriers especially Southwest. Less than an hour from Boston.
- There is excellent (and generally expensive) rail service to/from Boston along the Northeast Corridor (between Washington DC and Boston) on AMTRAC.
- There are MANY discount bus services between Boston and New York (Bolt, etc.).
- MBTA. Cheap, but there are transfers: airport shuttle bus (look for signs) to Blue Line to Green Line. For the Green Line, make sure that you take the B Branch (Boston College) to the conference venue, but the C Branch (Coolidge Corner) for the conference hotel. (Yes, the Boston College branch to get to Boston University. Get off at BU Central, do not take it to BC!)
- Taxi. Convenient, but likely to run $40-$50.
- Shuttle Service. I’ve never done this, but www.gobostonshuttle.com will take you from Logan Airport to BU and other points in Boston for $24. You need to reserve this in advance.
- Boston has excellent mass transit (for a US city) through the MBTA www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/
- There is also bike sharing www.thehubway.com