The schools would not have occurred without the dedication of Mrs Catherine BERJAUD, who kindly took care of all logistics problems before and during the schools. Dr. Stéphane GUILLOTEAU is also thanked for organizing IMISS1 and doing the edition of the first series of lectures.
During IMISS1, the visit to the interferometer would not have been possible without the contribution of the technical and operator staff of the telescope. Special thanks to the operators Sophie LEONARDON, Michel DAN and André RAMBAUD who also made the films which were presented as an introduction to the Plateau de Bure interferometer at IMISS2. We also acknowledge the receiver and correlator groups who managed the visits to the labs during IMISS2.
We also thank Alain PERRIGOUARD and Roger AHTCHOU for help with the video equipment which gave us a lot of fun during the ``real time'' sessions.
Finally, Anne DUTREY would like to thank Mrs Cathy BERJAUD for a careful reading of the manuscript, fighting against the last typo errors.