WP E

Name: Technical management
WP Leader: INRIA
Participants: INRIA 2 mm, UTS 2 mm, UCL 1 mm
From: T0 To: T0+24
The proposed project coordinator is Christian Huitema (INRIA). He will coordinate the activities at all sites. INRIA will be the central node in the inter-project communications:

• A mailing list of all project participants will be set up,
• Video conferences between project partners will be used regularly (the project partners have already started to use IVS),
• Regular mail and fax will also be managed.

The PCC will meet at least twice a year at every general meeting. If a PCC member can not attend a meeting, he may designate a replacement. Others may be invited to attend meetings, if all present agree.
Scientific management will rotate between the two EC members in the project. The expected schedule is shown below. At the end of each year, there is a meeting of all participants, a workshop, and a review. The scientific manager is responsible for the technical content of the deliverables due at the end of year milestone. He will monitor the progress at all sites throughout the year. He will also be responsible for the scientific content of the end-of-year workshop, and will have invited outside speakers as deemed necessary. He will assist in the annual review and then hand over to his successor:

The researchers working on this project will meet fairly regularly (by video conferences and meetings when necessary). In addition, there are two general meetings every year: the informal mid-year meeting, and the end-of-the-year workshop. At these meetings, visits can be planned for the following half year and reports will be given about the visits in the past half year. The first mid-year meeting will be held at UCL in London. The second mid-year meeting will be held at SICS in Sweden. The first end-of-the-year workshop will be held at INRIA in Sophia-Antipolis. The second end-of-the-year workshop will be held at UTS in Sydney.