Barry Barish | 13 April 2006Every Thursday, I get up very early, in order to chair a weekly telecon of our GDE Executive Committee. At the same moment, my colleagues are joining the call in the late afternoon in Europe and near midnight in Japan.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: EC, executive committee
Barry Barish | 30 March 2006It is my great pleasure to announce the appointment of Professor Mitsuaki Nozaki of Kobe University of Japan as the new GDE Asian Regional Director, succeeding Professor Fumihiko Takasaki.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: Asia, Asia Regional Director
Barry Barish | 23 March 2006At the GDE meeting in Frascati last December, we approved the ILC Baseline and announced a new organizational structure for developing a Reference Design and Cost.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: integration
Barry Barish | 16 March 2006I discussed a set of visits to government officials in India with the purpose of laying the groundwork for Indian collaboration.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: India
Barry Barish | 9 March 2006One reason for our holding a GDE meeting in India is to provide an opportunity to explore the possibility of Indian participation in both the GDE and ILC R&D program. These discussions will hopefully be a first step toward an eventual full partnership for India on the ILC.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: India
Barry Barish | 2 March 2006One year ago, during the opening session of the Linear Collider Work Shop at Stanford University, Jonathan Dorfan on behalf of ICFA read an official letter offering me the position of Director for the yet to be formed Global Design Effort.
Category: Director's Corner | Tagged: Bangalore, India
