84th MPEG meeting in Archamps, France organized by MMSPL

We hosted and organized the 84th MPEG meeting from April 26th to May 2nd 2008, in Archamps, France, at about 15 minutes of distance form downtown Geneva. This MPEG meeting was hosted by Switzerland just 9 months after a previous one in Summer 2007, which was also reported in this blog. See the following url for the report of that meeting, which took place at EPFL in Lausanne:
http://blogs.epfl.ch/touradj.ebrahimi/2007-10-31
More than 200 people attended the MPEG meeting in Archamps. Some information about this meeting can be consulted at the following url:
http://www.mpegswissmeeting.ch/qsPortal/Home.asp
A lot more about MPEG and its workplan can be found at the following url:
http://www.chiariglione.org/mpeg/
I have put some pictures of the meeting in Archamps at the following location:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Touradj.Ebrahimi/MPEGmeetingArchamps2008
MPEG will return again to Switzerland for another meeting in about 9 months, also hosted and organized by us.

Fifth MMSPL Lunch Meeting

On May 5th, 2008, we had our research group's fifth lunch meeting. This time the lunch was organized by Shuiming Ye, who is a post-doc with us.
You can see some pictures of the lunch at the following url:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Touradj.Ebrahimi/FifthMMSPLLunchMeeting

Q2S 2008 Advisory Board Meeting

The Advisory Board of Q2S met with the members of the Center on 19 and 20 May 2008 at a beautiful place called Brekstad about one hour from Trondheim by speed boat. This was an opportunity to discuss the latest progress of Q2S with the scientific advisory board members, but also it was an occasion to enjoy the beauties of Norway.

Those interested in knowing more about Q2S can consult its annual reports of Q2S available from the following site:
http://www.q2s.ntnu.no/annrep.php

One of the highlights of this event was a sailing boat ride and fishing expedition after the first day meeting. This was a unique and exciting experience.
Some photos can be consulted at the following url:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Touradj.Ebrahimi/Q2S2008AdvisoryBoardMeeting

If you thought that Norway is about oil and salmon only, I recommend a visit to this beautiful country. You will be pleasantly surprized.
And by the way, did you know there are great opportunities for talented researchers and Ph.D. students at Q2S? If you want to know more, drop me an email.