Category: SIAM PP18 Information

Lunch Special Sales

The special lunch boxes including traditional Japanese food are available ! The following lunch boxes will be sold on the 2nd floor at Building No.63 during the lunch time of the conference, since there are not enough time to go out.

[Menu]
Japanese style Lunch-Box : March 8, 10
Sukiyaki-Bowl :March 8, 9, 10
Sandwich : March 8, 9, 10
Sushi : March 9

[Place]
2nd floor at Building No.63.

[Note]
* Please prepare a 500 JPY coin in advance.
* Only a 1000 JPY banknote is acceptable to be changed into two 500 JPY coins on the place.
* The lunch boxes are in limited supply.

General Information

Audio-visual Policy

SIAM does not provide computers for any speaker. When giving an electronic presentation, speakers must provide their own computers. SIAM is not responsible for the safety and security of speakers’ computers.

Each meeting room will have one (1) screen and one (1) data projector. The data projectors support VGA connections only. Presenters requiring alternate connection must provide their own adaptor.

Internet

University wifi helps you get connected on your laptop, mobile or tablet. Eduroam wifi can also be used if your home institution provides it.

Local Area

Tokyo is one of the most populous cities in the world and a thriving center of economy, culture and industry. It is the capital city of Japan and one of its 47 prefectures. The special wards of Tokyo have an area of 619 square kilometers (239 square miles) and a population of about 9,375,000. Tokyo Metropolis covers 2,187 square kilometers (844 square miles), with a population of 13,617,000 which represents around 10 percent of the population of Japan. The average temperature in Tokyo in March is 9.81 Celsius degrees (49.6 Fahrenheit degrees). Visit the following websites for more details:

The conference will take place in Nishi Waseda campus of Waseda University. It is located in Shinjuku city. Shinjuku city is a multi-faceted town, with a bustling shopping area at the East Exit, rows of high-rise office buildings at the West Exit, a quiet residential area in Ochiai and a stone-paved street with traces of history in Kagurazaka. The precise address of the conference site is the following:
Waseda University – Nishi Waseda Campus
3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan.

Poster Session

The poster session is scheduled for Thursday, March 8, 7:15 PM – 9:15 PM. Poster presenters are requested to set up their poster material on the provided 180 cm (height) x 120 cm (width) poster boards in room 63-1F on Wednesday, March 7. All materials must be posted no later than 7:15 PM on Thursday, March 8, 2018, the official start time of the session. Posters will remain on display through March 10.

Transportation

See access.

Visa Information

Conference attendees should visit the following websites for information on visiting Japan: http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/visa/.

Letter of Invitation

If you require a letter of invitation from SIAM, please follow the instructions below. However, if you require a Letter of Invitation from the host organization, Waseda University Tokyo, Japan, please contact siampp18@ml.jsiam.org.

Confirmed authors in need of a Letter of Invitation to assist in the visa application process, please fill out the Letter of Invitation Request Form. Please allow three to four weeks for processing and delivery.

If you are not planning to present at the conference or are not yet an accepted author and need a letter of invitation before acceptance notifications are sent, please fill out the form AND provide the following information to meetings@siam.org:

  • Brief curriculum vita (including your date of birth and a list of publications over the past 3 years.)
  • Brief statement why attending this conference would help your research and career.
  • Letter of recommendation. Have a senior person (e.g. Ph.D. advisor, head of department, president of a mathematical society) write a brief letter of recommendation on appropriate letterhead. This letter is not needed if you have a minimum of twelve entries in MathSciNet. If this is the case please state so and include your “MR Author ID” in your message to meetings@siam.org.

Invited Presentations

Takuya Akiba, Preferred Networks, inc., Japan
Haohuan Fu, Wuxi National Supercomputing Center, China
Tsuyoshi Ichimura, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Lois Curfman McInnes, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Shin’ichi Oishi, Waseda University, Japan
John Shalf, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA
Wim Vanroose, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Chao Yang, Peking University, China

Registration Information

The registration desk will open at Building No.63 in Nishiwaseda Campus, Waseda University. It takes about 5 min by walk to the building from Nishi-waseda Station.

Pre-registration
(before Jan. 20, 2018)		 Registration
(Jan. 21 – Feb. 28, 2018)		 On-Site Registration
(Mar. 7 – 10, 2018)
Registration Fee General SIAG/SC Member JPY 40,000 JPY 47,000 JPY 50,000
SIAM Member JPY 41,000 JPY 48,000 JPY 50,000
JSIAM Member JPY 40,000 JPY 47,000 JPY 50,000
Non-Member (MS-Speaker or Organizer) JPY 46,000 JPY 53,000 JPY 55,000
Non-Member JPY 53,000 JPY 60,000 JPY 65,000
Student JPY 18,000 JPY 21,000
Banquet Fee Participant Person, General JPY 3,000 End of sales
Participant Person, Student
Accompanying Person

* Students must show a current student ID upon checking in at the registration desk.
* Student registration is available for undergraduate and graduate students ONLY. The student rate is not available to post-doctorates.
* If you would like to cancel your registration for the conference and banquet (including accompanying person), we require your cancellation notice by February 20 to siampp18@ml.jsiam.org.

[Cancellation Policy]
– Until February 20, 2018: Full refunds can be given.
– On or after February 21, 2018: No refund is available.

Access

Venue

Waseda University – Nishi Waseda Campus
3-4-1 Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8555, Japan

Nearest Station : Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line, Nishi-waseda Station
Maps : Waseda University – Nishi Waseda Campus

Access to the venue

Location in Tokyo

  • Located in Shinjuku ward, western part of central Tokyo
  • Shinjuku has direct limousine bus from Haneda & Narita Airports
    • Narita International Airport <-> Shinjuku Station
      • By Airport Limousine Bus
      Travel time: approx. 100 minutes
      Fare: 3,100 JPY / one way
      By N’EX (Narita Express)
      Travel time: approx. 85 minutes
      Fare: 2,990 JPY / one way
    • Haneda Airport <-> Shinjuku Station
      • By Airport Limousine Bus
      Travel time: approx. 30 minutes
      Fare: 1,230 JPY / one way

Hotel Information

Hotels in Tokyo during the conference are expected to be crowded. We encourage you to make hotel reservations by yourself as soon as possible because the local organizing committee does not keep rooms for attendances.

Search Hotels

You can find your hotel at Booking.com around …

See access from each station to venue.

Featured Hotels

Rank Hotel Total Number of Rooms Access to Venue
A Rihga Royal Hotel Tokyo 126 25 min. walk
B Richmond Hotel Tokyo Mejiro 120 25 min. by train
B Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo Ikebukuro 807 15 min. by train
B Citadines Central Shinjuku Tokyo 206 18 min. by train
C Hotel Mets Mejiro 95 20 min. by train
D Hotel Sunroute Higashi-Shinjuku 311 11 min. walk
D Hotel Sunroute Takadanobaba 192 15 min. walk
D Keio Presso Inn Ikebukuro 231 20 min. by train
D Via Inn Shinjuku 226 20 min. by train
E Tokyo Central Youth Hostel (dormitory type) 140 30 min. by train

RANK A:

* Rihga Royal Hotel Tokyo
Address:1-104-19 Totsukamachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 169-8613 Japan
Phone: +81-3-5285-1121
URL: http://www.rihga.com/tokyo
e-mail: tokyo@rihga.co.jp
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 2.0 km
Access to venue: 25 min. walk
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line: Waseda station

RANK B:

* Richmond Hotel Tokyo Mejiro
Address:3-5-14, Mejiro,Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3565-4111
URL: http://mejiro.richmondhotel.jp/
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 2.5km
Access to venue: 25 min. by train (JR Line: Mejiro station -> Takadanobaba station)
JR Yamanote Line: Mejiro station

* Hotel Metropolitan Tokyo Ikebukuro
Address: 1-6-1 Nishi-Ikebukuro,Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3980-1111
URL: http://www.hotelmetropolitan.jp/
e-mail: info@metropolitan.jp
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 3.5km
Access to venue: 15 min. by train (Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line :Ikebukuro station -> Nishi-Waseda station)
JR Yamanote Line: Ikebukuro station
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Ikebukuro station

* Citadines Central Shinjuku Tokyo
Address: 1-2-9, Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3200-0220
URL: http://www.citadines.com/en/japan/tokyo/citadines-central-shinjuku-tokyo/index.html
e-mail: enquiry.central-shinjuku@the-ascott.com
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 1.8 km
Access to venue: 18 min. by train (Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Shinjuku-3choume station -> Nishi-Waseda station)
JR Yamanote Line: Shinjuku station
Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line: Shinjuku-3choume station

RANK C:

* Hotel Mets Mejiro
Address: 1-4-1 Mejiro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo171-0031
Phone: +81-3-5985-0011
URL: http://www.jrhotelgroup.com/en/125.html
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 2.2km
Access to venue: 20 min. by train (JR Line:Mejiro station -> Takadanobaba station)
JR Yamanote Line: Mejiro station

RANK D:

* Hotel Sunroute Higashi-Shinjuku
Address: 7-27-9 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-5292-3610
URL: http://hotelsunroutehigashishinjuku.jp/
e-mail: east-shinjuku_front1@sunroute.jp
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 900m
Access to venue: 11 min. walk
Metro Line station: Higashi-Shinjuku station and Nishi-Waseda station

* Hotel Sunroute Takadanobaba
Address: 1-27-7 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3232-0101
URL: http://www.sunroutetakadanobaba.jp/en/index.html
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 1.2km
Access to venue: 15 min. walk
JR Yamanote Line: Takadanobaba station

* Keio Presso Inn Ikebukuro
Address: 2-29-11 Minami-Ikebukuro Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-5396-0202
URL: http://www.presso-inn.com/english/ikebukuro.html
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 3km
Access to venue: 20 min. by train (Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line:Ikebukuro station -> Nishi-Waseda station)
JR Yamanote Line: Ikebukuro station
Metro Line station: Ikebukuro station

* Via Inn Shinjuku
Address: 5-11-16, Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3226-5489
URL: https://www.viainn.com/en/shinjuku/
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 1.6km
Access to venue: 20 min. by train(Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line:Shinjuku-3choume station -> Nishi-Waseda station)
JR Yamanote Line: SHinjuku station
Metro Line station: Shinjuku 3Choume station

RANK E:

* Tokyo Central Youth Hostel (dormitory type)
Address: 18F CENTRAL PLAZA 1-1 Kaguragashi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Phone: +81-3-3235-1107
URL: http://www.jyh.gr.jp/tcyh/e/top.html
e-mail: tcyh@jyh.gr.jp
Distance from Nishi-Waseda Campus: 4km
Access to venue: 30 min. by train(Tokyo Metro Tozai Line:Iidabashi station -> Takadanobaba station)
Tokyo Metro Tozai Line: Iidabashi station
JR Soubu Line: Iidabashi station

Banquet


Date : March 9, 2018.
Place : Hotel Chinzanso Tokyo (Luxury 5-star Hotel)
Entry : Required via “Registration Page” by February 28, 2018.
Banquet Fee : JPY 3,000
Style : Buffet Style


Submissions

Submission Deadlines

Aug. 21, 2017
Sep. 11, 2017		 Minisymposium proposal submissions
Sep. 18, 2017 Contributed lecture, Poster and Minisymposium Presentation Abstracts

* Deadlines are midnight Eastern Time EDT

Industry Exhibitors

We would like to thank the following industry exhibitors for their generous support.

Platinum Status

     
     
     
* Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Silver Status