1. Let me introduce myself.... My name is Aurelio BAY

2. I live in Switzerland Federal capital: BERN Financial capital (banks) : Zuerich International capital (United Nations, Red Cross,...): Geneva Sport capital (Olympic committee) : Lausanne => where I am

3. Lausanne and neighbours Vevey : Nestle Montreux: Jaz festival

4. Lausanne, the Leman lake, the Alps

5. The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) Funded in 1918 as an institute of engineering of the Lausanne University In 1946 became "Polytechnic school of the Lausanne University" In 1969 became federal (like the old sister in Zuerich, ETHZ) http://panorama.epfl.ch

6. The Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) 6500Students 210Faculty members (FTE) 3200 Staff (FTE) Federal budget 424 MCHF External funding 132 MCHF (total ~500 M$) Campus EPFL : 55 ha Buildings : 365’000 m 2 On the same campus, the University with 10'000 students

7. EPFL academic activity 0 % 50 % 100 % 150 % 200 % 250 % 300 % 350 % 400 % 1990199119921993 19941995 1996 199719981999 2000 200120022003 2004 1990: 354 doctorants 2004: 1’374 doctorants Evolution relative 1990 - 2004 PhD students

8. 6500 students at EPFL SB Basic Sciences STI Engineering Sciences and Techniques I&C Computer and Communication Sciences ENAC Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering Management of technology 22 % 28 % 23 % 2 % SV Life Sciences

9. Evolution N of students Nb of students TOTAL 6’328 4’295 80 % 100 % 120 % 140 % 160 % 180 % 200 % 220 % 240 % 1994199519961997199819992000200120022003 2004 IC - Computer & Communication Sciences SB - Basic Sciences STI - Engineering Sciences & Techniques ENAC - Architecture, Environment & Civil Engineering 1’267 1’375 1’724 1’536

10. EPFL academic activity 0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 % 35 % 1990 1991 1992199319941995 1996 1997 19981999200020012002 2003 2004 % residents % foreigners 398 2’096 326 665

11. Programs with high priority Information and Communication Sciences Life Sciences - Engineering Micro & Nanosciences and Technologies Material Sciences Urbanism and Mobility Energy - Renewable energies

12. Institute of Energy and Particles IPEP of the Faculty of basic sciences http://ipep.epfl.ch/ Plasma Research Center Laboratory of Astrophysics Laboratory for Particle Accelerators Physics The Laboratory for High Energy Physics The Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour

13. Laboratory for High Energy Physics LPHE http://lphe.epfl.ch/ Physicists: 6 seniors (3 professors, 1 assistant professor) 7 post-docs 18 PhD students Academics: 2 - 4 master students/year in HEP and ~ 3 PhD Infrastructure: Electronics workshop 2 electronic eng. + 2 technicians Mechanics workshop (in common with Solid State group) 1 draughtsman + 6 technicians

14. LPHE activities IPHE has participated in several experiments at PSI, at CERN (UA6, L3, NOMAD), and FermiLab (HyperCP) and to R&D projects in Positron Emission Tomography Most of our resources allocated to B physics: LHCb : 4 seniors, 3 post-docs, 9 PhD students BELLE : 1 senior, 2 post-docs, 1 PhD student Accelerator studies (mainly CLIC) with CERN PhD students