Paper accepted for Coopis → looking for cheap place in Cyprus (through 2 degrees of separation)

Good news: my paper “Trust-aware Collaborative Filtering for Recommender Systems” got accepted for Coopis2004.
Bad news: the conference is hyper-expensive.
So I’m looking for hyper-cheap (possibly free) hospitality in Larnaca, Cyprus, from 25 Oct to 29 Oct 2004. I checked on couchsurfing (a site where people offers ospitality in their houses and a super-cool YASN [yes, you can express your friends list]) but I found none in Cyprus.
If we take for true the six degree of separation theorem, I should be connected to everyone in Cyprus by only six degrees of separation. So I guess there should be at least some cypriots in my friends of friends set, now i only need to find one of the connecting friends. So if you know someone in Cyprus, please become my friend and close the circuit (and don’t forget to write down the path from me to the cypriot host in the comments below). Thanks.

3 thoughts on “Paper accepted for Coopis → looking for cheap place in Cyprus (through 2 degrees of separation)”

  1. paolo

    Hi, thanks seb! I tried to contact George Dafermos (distance 3 from me) as you suggested.

    He suggested other 2 guys (distance 4) that may know someone in Cyprus but I desisted: the conference is too closed. I booked a normal hotel ;-(

    Thanks anyway, I will try it again for the next conference! (and by the way, all of you are invited to stay in my house in Italy [Trento] if you pass by). See you at some social distance… ;-)

  2. paolo

    Hi, thanks seb! I tried to contact George Dafermos (distance 3 from me) as you suggested.

    He suggested other 2 guys (distance 4) that may know someone in Cyprus but I desisted: the conference is too closed. I booked a normal hotel ;-(

    Thanks anyway, I will try it again for the next conference! (and by the way, all of you are invited to stay in my house in Italy [Trento] if you pass by). See you at some social distance… ;-)

  3. Vips U

    I came across your blog post about looking for accomodation later this month, while searching for something completely different. I live in Nicosia (30 mins from Larnaca) and have a spare room if you are still looking at options (even though you’ve booked a hotel room).

    There is also an accomodation guide at the Cyprus Tourism Organisation website: http://www.visitcyprus.org.cy/ctoweb/webhotels.nsf/AccommodationSearch?OpenForm&Seq=1&languageNo= without all the pretty frames. Are you on orkut? Someone from there was also asking about accomodation since he’s attending a conference here at the end of the month – although he claims to be going to Ayia Napa.

    Also for future reference, keep in mind hospitalityclub.org – it’s a similar premise to couchsurfing.com. I actually have a profile at the former, although I remember I have set my preferences so that you have to be a member to view it.

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