Venue & Traveling

Venue

The Workshop on Modern Nonparametric Methods for Times-series, Reliability & Optimization will take place at Boardhouse in Heverlee, Leuven.

Workshop address: Boardhouse, Jules Vandenbemptlaan 6, B-3001 Heverlee, Leuven
http://www.boardhouse.be/

Leuven is situated in the Flemish-speaking part of Belgium, at about 20 kilometers east of Brussels, in the heart of Western Europe. The city of Leuven appeared in historical documents for the first time in the year 884. In that year, the plundering Vikings settled around an old fortification at the Dijle River, called 'Luvanium' in Latin or 'Lovon' in the local vernacular. Nowadays, the city has 90 000 inhabitants.

The Katholieke Universiteit Leuven was founded in 1425 by Pope Martin V. The university bears the double honour of being the oldest extant Catholic university in the world and the oldest university in the Low Countries.

At present the university counts more than 31 000 students, around 12% of whom are international students from more than 120 nations. The university is dynamically integrated in the town (with dozens of historical university buildings). The rich historical tradition continues to serve as a solid foundation for top-level research and centres of academic excellence.

Traveling Information

How to get to Leuven by plane and train?

Leuven is situated at about 30 kilometers from the International Airport of Zaventem (Brussels). There are direct trains (16 minutes journey) from the international airport to Leuven every h(our):17(minutes) and h:39, with a first train at 5:17 am in the morning and the last train at 11:39 pm in the evening (on weekdays). The price of a ticket to Leuven (one-way) is 5.70 euro. Please check details about train schedules here.

The conference site and the hotels are within walking distance from the railway station in Leuven ( 35 min), but also taxi's are always available in front of the main building of the station.

How to get to Leuven by car?

Leuven is situated (nearby Brussels) on the important axis Oostende-Brussel-Leuven-Liège-Köln and is located near the junction of two important motorways: E 40 and E 314.

If you come via motorway E314 (A2): Take the exit Leuven (no. 15).

If you come via highway E40: On highway E40 (from both directions) you take the exit Leuven .This exit brings you onto motorway E314 (A2). Take immediately exit Leuven (no. 15)

You can consult the following maps: