Second International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking (ICMU 2005)

April 13 - 15, 2005
Osaka University Convention Center, Osaka, JAPAN

Venue

The conference will be held at Osaka University Convention Center. This center is located at Suita Campus of Osaka University.

Osaka University, a National University founded in 1931, has traditionally attached high value to liberal ways of thinking, novelty, foresight and advanced academic research.

The University now boasts ten schools and faculties, 14 graduate schools, the Liberal Arts and Sciences Organization, the Faculty of Language and Culture, the School of Health and Sport Sciences, and five research institutes, as well as libraries, two hospitals, and over 30 research facilities.

The University has an enrollment of about 20,000 students and a staff of some 4,500. The University has two campuses, Toyonaka and Suita, with a total land area of 1.5 million square meters (370 acres). The University has actively promoted international exchange, as demonstrated by the fact that about 1,000 overseas students are now enrolled in the University and some 1,400 international researchers stay at or visit the University annually. In addition, Osaka University has concluded Memorandum for student exchange with many universities and colleges around the world for both inter-university and inter-faculty exchanges, and the number of universities and colleges that have signed such agreements with Osaka University has increased remarkably over the past few years.

Getting there

Access from the Main Terminals

From Kansai International Airport

• Get off at JR Osaka Station, take the Subway Midosuji Line bound for Senri-Chuo Station, and change to the Osaka Monorail.

or

• Get off at Namba Station on the Nankai Line, take the Subway Midosuji Line, get off Senri-Chuo Station, and change to the Osaka Monorail. (time required: about two hours)

From Osaka Airport (Itami)

• Take the Osaka Monorail. (time required: about one hour)

From Shin-Osaka Station

• Get off at Senri-Chuo Station on the Subway Midosuji Line, and take the Osaka Monorail. (time required: about one hour)

Access from the Nearest Stations

By Hankyu Senri Line

• 20 min. walk east from Kita-Senri Station on the Hankyu Senri Line.

By Monorail

• 15 min. walk from Handai Byoin Mae Station on the Osaka Monorail.

By Hankyu Bus from Senri-Chuo Station

• Get on the bus bound for "Handai Honbu Mae" or "Ibaraki Mihogaok" from Senri-Chuo Station.
• Get off at Handai Honbu Mae, walk about 5 min. from the bus stop.

By Kintetsu Bus from Hankyu Ibarakishi Station or JR Ibaraki Station

• Get on the bus bound for "Handai Honbu Mae" from Hankyu Ibarakishi Station (via JR Ibaraki Station)
• Get off at Handai Honbu Mae, walk about 5 from the bus stop.

Campus Map

Sponsored by
Information Processing Society of Japan
Special Interest Group of Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking (IPSJ SIG-MBL)
Study Group of Broadcast Communication and Computing (IPSJ SG-BCC)

Supported by
Special Interest Group of Intelligent Transport Systems (IPSJ SIG-ITS)
Ubiquitous Computing System (IPSJ SIG-UBI)

The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation