REGISTRATION (Revised 19 April.)

Preregistration for MAICS may be made by personal check or, using a credit card, by fax, email or telephone. Please note we have extended the deadline for lower price preregistration. All participants (even local members of the organizing committee and invited speakers) should preregister.

Before Tues, April 23, faculty $25, students $15.
After Tues, April 23, faculty $30, students $18.

This includes the reception Friday evening, dinner on Saturday and service of coffee, tea and snacks at several times. To preregister, you may use any of these options:

(A) pay by Visa, MC or Discover (but NOT Am Exp) and fill out this email form to cbtech@indiana.edu by clicking here. Your receipt will be presented at the registration table at the conference. (NB: It is said that there is a certain risk in sending your credit card number over internet.)

(B) using US mail, send your check plus name, title, affiliation, mailing address, phone number, email address, URL (if you like) to:

IU Conference Bureau
Indiana Memorial Union, Rm 671
Indiana University, Bloomington
IN 47405.

(C) fax or telephone the same information to (812) 855-8077.

One-day registration is not available. If you have questions about registration, you may call the Conference Registrar at the IU Conf Bureau at (812) 855-9824. For other questions, Bob Port's office phone is 812-855-9217 and his home phone is 812-333-1627. Mike Gasser's office is 812-855-7078.

A list of all conference participants including phone numbers and email addresses (and optional URLS) is now available.

HOUSING

We offer three housing options. First, we have reserved a block of rooms at the Hampton Inn, Bloomington, Indiana. Phone the hotel directly, (812) 334-2100. Be sure to identify yourself as a member of the Midwest AI and Cog Sci Conference. The conference rate is $59 per night (single or double occupancy) and includes a continental breakfast. Our block of rooms will be held only until April 10, so make your reservations soon. The Hampton Inn is about 2 miles from the conference sites, but parking will be available on campus (see below).

The more economical option is to stay in an IU dorm, Eigenmann Hall. Contact the Eigenmann Hall Manager, by email (scutshal@indiana.edu) or call (812) 855-8581 between 7:30am and 7pm to reserve your room. Identify yourself as a Midwest AI and Cog Sci conference participant. Rooms are $25.50 plus for single, payable at checkin (cash, check, Visa, MC). You should plan to arrive before midnight. Eigenmann Hall is located a pleasant half-mile walk from the conference site.

Finally, students may request `home stay' with local IU students by contacting student Paul Kienzle by email.

CONFERENCE SITE

The regular conference sessions will be held in Lindley Hall, the computer science building starting Saturday morning at 9am in Room 102. If you have a laser printer, then you can print our on-line campus map and a map of Bloomington.

FRIDAY WELCOMING RECEPTION AND LECTURE

The Friday evening welcoming reception and registration table will open at 6pm in the Frangipani Room of the Indiana Memorial Union (circled on our campus map). The Best Student Paper Award will be presented at 7:15, and the kickoff lecture by Douglas Hofstadter will begin at 7:30, also in the Frangipani Room.

FINDING YOUR WAY

To reach Bloomington from north, west or east, take interstate highways to Indianapolis, then take I-37 South to Bloomington. Exit at College Street (the first Bloomington exit) and go south. Just 2 blocks after passing the town square, take a left on 3d Street. After about half a mile, you will be forced over one more block to the south to Atwater St. Keep going east (parallel to 3d St) about a quarter mile til you see a large parking garage on your left, the Atwater Parking Garage. Park here entering from its far side - take a ticket as you enter. However the garage is free and unmonitored on weekends.

Then walk north and a little west to Lindley Hall (just north of 3d street), or north a few buildings more to the Memorial Union. The Frangipani Room is located toward the east end of the building. There are building maps inside all entrances.

For various individual personalized comments about our town, check our other information about Bloomington, the town, restaurants, etc..

We look forward to seeing you at the conference!