Directions to LabROSA

Dan Ellis's office is room 718 on the 7th floor of the Schapiro Research Building, also known as CEPSR. The LabROSA lab space is on the east side of the 7th floor CEPSR, lab 7LE4.

Here is a link to Schapiro CEPSR courtesy of Google Maps.

Here's one set of directions, to the DVMM lab which is the video side of the signal processing group:

The DVMM group is based in the Schapiro Center for Engineering and Physical Science Research (Schapiro CEPSR), at the northern end of Columbia University's Morningside Campus. The building is on 120th Street, between Broadway and Amsterdam, about half-way down the block on the south side (see map). Entering the building from 120th Street, you will come through a set of iron gates. To the left of the door there is an elevator that will take you to the 4th floor, where the auditorium is located. To reach the offices and labs on the 7th and 8th floors, you will need to change elevators on the fourth floor.

However, it's easier to come through campus. Here is a second set of directions, from the Communications group (floor above):

At [the subway exit at] 116th Street and Broadway, you will be at the main gate of Columbia University. Go through the gate and walk straight ahead up College Walk about 30 feet till you come to a flight of stone steps on your left. Go up the steps and continue straight ahead till you come to the extreme north end of campus. The Schapiro Research Building is the last building at the north end of campus located directly behind Uris Hall and in between the Mudd and Pupin Buildings [all of which are no doubt very familiar to you].

This image shows the path suggested above drawn onto an image captured from Google Maps.

Here's a map from Computer Science's page of directions. CEPSR is at the top, the subway stop at 116th and Broadway is marked "IRT" (since of course we all remember when the number 1 line was operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit company):

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        COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY -- Morningside Campus and Environs
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 Union Theo. |    |        TEACHER'S COLLEGE            |   |
  Seminary   |    |                                     |   |
-------------/    \-------------------------------------\   /----------------
                             West 120th Street
-------------\    /-------------------------------------\   /----------------
    MIL       |   |       PUP        *CEPSR*      MUD   |   |
              | B |                                |    | A |
            B |   |     DFC                 ENG-> *CSC* |   |
            A | r |            Old Gym                  | m \----------------
            R |   | CHA                            FLS  |      W. 119 St.
            N | o |                                     | s /----------------
 LEH        A |   |    HAV                              |   |
            R | a |              URIS            SCH    | t |    
            D |   |                                     |   |
              | d | M                          A     F  | e \----------------
            C |   | A                          V     A  |      W. 118 St.
            O | w | T            LOW           H     Y  | r /----------------
 BAR        L |   |    EAR     Memorial                 |   |   IAB
            L | a |             Library        Chapel   | d |         East
            E |   | L                                   |   | ITA     Campus
            G | y | E           flagpole-->   BUE    P  | a | 
            E |   | W                                H  |   |  L
              |   |            Alma Mater            I  | m |  A
              |   |    DOD   =============       KNT    |   |  W
--------------/ I \----------=============--------------/   \----------------
 W. 116 St.     R   <---------College Walk------------>   A    W. 116 St.
--------------\ T /-------------------------------------\   /----------------
      HIS     |   |   JRN                       HAM     | v |
              |   |                                     |   |
              |   | Furnald                     Hartley | e | Post Ofc.
--------------/ B |                                     |   \----------------
 W. 115 St.       |                                     | n    W. 115 St.
--------------\ ' |   FBH                               |   /----------------
              |   |             BUTLER          Wallach | u |
              | w |             LIBRARY                 |   |
              |   | Carmen                     John Jay | e |
--------------/ a \-------------------------------------/   \----------------
                              West 114th Street
--------------\ y /-------------------------------------\   /----------------
              |   | Hogan                  Ruggles      |   |  St. Luke's
              |   |                                     |   |   Hospital

There's also a more detailed map available here from the main Columbia web site. Schapiro CEPSR is under Sector "D" in that map.

Accommodation for visitors

The Columbia Journalism School provides a nice page listing accommodations in the Columbia area.