Contact

The Interactive Systems Labs (ISL) with Prof. Alex Waibel as chair have one institute at CMU and one at KIT: 

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Language Technology Institute - LTI
Interactive Systems Labs (ISL)
Chair Prof. Alex Waibel

5000 Forbes Avenue, Gates Hillman Center, GHC 6417 
Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA


Phone.: +1 412 268 5480
email: Alexandra Balobeshkina (secretariat)

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics (IAR)
Interactive Systems Labs (ISL)
Chair Prof. Alex Waibel
Adenauerring 2 (Building 50.20)
76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Tel.: +49 (0)721 608-44730
Fax.: +49 (0)721 60 77 21
email: Silke Dannenmaier

Directions to ISL @ KIT

The Interactive Systems Labs (ISL) at the Institute for Anthropomatics and Robotics External Link is located in the third floor (right wing) of the building 50.20 vis-à-vis the main entrance of the KIT - Campus Süd. A 50m walk from the tram stop "Durlacher Tor", just opposite building 50.20.

KIT Lageplan

 

By train and public transport

Informations about railway connections and their time schedules can be found at the Reiseauskunf der Deutschen Bahn AG. External Link From the station take the lines 1,2,4,5,S2,S4,S41 and S5 step out at the "Durlacher Tor / KIT Campus Süd" (map ).

By car

From the north-west:

  • Take highway A61 until you reach the A5.
  • See below (north) for more information.

From the north:

  • Take highway A5, direction Karlsruhe, Basel.
  • Leave the A5 at exit ‘Karlsruhe-Durlach’, make sure to drive to ‘Karlsruhe’ (first exit).
  • Follow the main road and the signs to drive to the campus.

From the east:

  • Take highway A8, direction Karlsruhe, until you reach the A5.
  • Take A5 in direction ‘Frankfurt’, leave it at exit ‘Karlsruhe-Durlach’, make sure to drive to ‘Karlsruhe’ (second exit).
  • Follow the main road and the signs to drive to the campus.

From the south/south-west:

  • Take A5 in direction ‘Frankfurt’, leave it at exit ‘Karlsruhe-Durlach’, make sure to drive to ‘Karlsruhe’ (second exit).
  • Follow the main road and the signs to drive to the campus.

By plane

Baden-Airpark External Link is the nearest local airport, about 40km from the city. The airport is now served by low-cost carrier Ryanair, which offers cheap flights to several European destinations. There is a cheap airport shuttle bus (Baden-Airport-Express ) (leaving 8 times a day on weekdays, 3 times a day on saturdays, synchronized with the flight schedule) to Karlsruhe Main Station. One-way-tickets can be bought from the driver (9 EUR, cash only, accepted currency: euro); alternatively, you can take a train or a tram-train to Rastatt or Baden-Baden and take a connecting bus to Baden-Airport. Through-ticketing is available, for current prices and schedules see (Karlsruher Verkehrsverbund (Karlsruhe Area Mass Transit Authority) )

Frankfurt Airport External Link is Germany’s biggest airport and is served by all major carriers that operate in Germany. It has a direct ICE high speed train connection to Karlsruhe (1 hour).

Stuttgart Airport External Link is reachable by train in one and a half hour.

Frankfurt Hahn Airport External Link - is about 200km from the city and reachable by car or a combination of train and bus. The airport is served by Ryanair and other low-cost carriers. To get to the airport with public transport you need to take a train to Heidelberg, Mainz or Frankfurt – there you can catch a bus to the airport.External Link

 

Further info on how to get to Karlsruhe: http://www.kit.edu/kit/english/directions.php