On Site Information
MOOS-DAWG 2011 wil be held on the MIT campus in the
The Ray and Maria Stata Center.
Meetings will be held in rooms 32-141 and 32-124 off the main floor of the Stata Center, a.k.a., the
"student street". The student street has many features visitors may find useful:
- Open wifi access (ESSID = StataGuest)
- The Forbes Family Cafe serving breakfast (730-1030), lunch (1100-300pm) and Coffee+Snacks (730-5pm)
- A visitors information desk
- An ATM
- Many benches and tables with power and ethernet jacks.
Meals
Meals are not included in the registration fee. However there are a fair number of lunch choices below $10 nearby. The Forbes Cafe in the Stata Center serves hot meals, sandwiches, soups and has a sushi bar. There is also a Food Court nearby, adjacent to the Marriott Hotel, about 1/4 mile from the meeting site that has take out Japanese, Chinese, Italian, American options, plus an Au Bon Pain.
Parking
There is no public parking available on the MIT campus. The closest public parking available is at the Boston Marriott Cambridge Hotel in Kendall Square. There is also a small public lot on the corner of Vassar Street and Massachusetts Avenue (map). The rate at this lot is $16/day, but it fills up early. Generally, rates for parking in the vicinity of MIT are in the $25 per day range.