Hotels and Directions.
LOCATION OF THE WORKSHOP.
Oxford University Computing Laboratory is number 14 on this map. This map and this map are also useful. At the time of the workshop there will be arrows pointing to the location of the lecture room. Your hotel, hostel or B&B will be happy to inform you about local busses which bring you to the workshop site.
WHERE TO SLEEP.
Oxford has a wide variety of places to stay, including junior and senior college accomodation, hotels, hostels, and in particular many bed & breakfasts (B&Bs) and guest houses. We would in particular recommend the B&Bs since they tend to be much cheaper than hotels, are easier to book that college accomodation, and the British breakfast keeps you going for the whole day.
On this map accommodation is available where the logo of the logo of the Oxford Association of Hotels and Guest Houses appears. Every location within the Ring Road (= green closed loop) has easy bus access to the center. This interactive page classifies B&B's by rating. Particularly well located are Parklands and Galaxie Hotel. Here is a more comprehensive listing of all B&Bs, a comprehensive listing of all hotels and a comprehensive listing of all hostels.
Here is the most comprehensive listing where you can search by location and other preferences and allows a quick check of availability. You first want to pick Central and Jericho, then Summertown, Wolvercote, Bottley Road, Abingdon Road, Cowley Road Area (the multicultural downtown of Oxford) and Iffley Road. These still allow you to walk to the Computing Laboratory in less than 30 minutes and have good bus connections too.
GETTING TO OXFORD.From Brussels and Paris you can reach London by the Eurostar (a very fast train), and then continue your journey either by train or by a busride. For busses, either on the Oxford Express or the Oxford Tube, and trains to Oxford go from Paddington Station which can be reached by the Tube. For all these buses you can pay the busdriver in Pounds, US Dollars or Euros.
Detailed information on trains within the UK is at the national rail interactive website.