Practical info

Picture of Loria

The workshop will take place at LORIA, the “Lorraine Research Laboratory in Computer Science and its Applications”, which is located on the campus of the Science Faculty of Nancy University. Its physical address is:

615 rue du Jardin Botanique
54602 Villers-lès-Nancy
tel. +33 (0)3 83 59 30 00

Its GPS coordinate are:

Latitude : 48.665507
Longitude : 6.156108

Getting to LORIA

From the train station, LORIA is easily reached by bus.

Access by bus: Take the line Tempo 3 🔗 from the Nancy centre (\"Poirel\" stop) in the direction of Villers Campus Science and get off at the stop Grande Corvée. LORIA is on your left, walk uphill about 30m. (The bus stop is in Rue du Jardin Botanique, facing the back side of LORIA, the main entrance to LORIA is on the other side.) The bus ride takes less than 15 minutes, buses run every 8-15 minutes during working hours.

Like many French cities, Nancy has a system of short-term bike rentals called Velostan. Rates are available here. The bike ride from the city center to LORIA takes about 20 minutes.

More information about how to get to Loria is available here: https://www.loria.fr/en/loria/locate-us/. 

Accomodation 

 Here is a list of hotels located either close to the public transportation axes or near Loria.

Places to see

There are many places worth visiting in Nancy and around. We refer to the Tourist Office for a more exhaustive presentation of those places, and give here our very short list.

• Nancy is famous around the world for its group of architectural masterpieces inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List: Place Stanislas, Place de la Carrière and Place d'Alliance.
• Not far away from Place Stanislas, you can find the old town.
• Nancy is also famous for its many Art Nouveau houses.
• For a walk in a park, go to the Pépinière Park, a large green area a few meters away from Place Stanislas and the old town.

See also

For more information, you can also look at LORIA's website.