Director’s Corner 8 October 2009 Barry Barish Toshiaki Tauchi, a would-be rocket scientist, joins the GDE Executive Committee The expansion of the Global Design Effort Executive Committee (EC) is complete. Today I announce that Toshiaki Tauchi has accepted my invitation and has joined the EC. I enthusiastically welcome him! I first announced my intent to […]
Garbincius joins GDE Executive Committee
Director’s Corner 7 May 2009 Barry Barish Garbincius joins GDE Executive Committee The organisation of the Global Design Effort – the ILC’s management team – is more than a little unconventional. As Director, my boss is actually not a person, but rather two committees. Much of the work I “direct” is actually carried out as […]
Collective wisdom
Director’s Corner 17 January 2008 Barry Barish Collective wisdom In last week’s Corner I mentioned the Global Design Effort Executive Committee (EC) face-to-face meeting held at DESY this past Sunday. I said that we hoped to come up with a revised plan for the next phase of our ILC R&D programme, and I report today […]
Project Managers join the GDE Executive Committee
Director’s Corner 19 July 2007 Barry Barish Project Managers join the GDE Executive Committee The new GDE Project Managers met face to face with the GDE Executive Committee (EC) for the first time in Rome on 9 and 10 July. As of this meeting, they are part of the EC. Made up of senior members […]
Lost in Translation
Director’s Corner 13 April 2006 Barry Barish Lost in Translation Every 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. We deal with the top-level […]