Program:
1) Introduction: C. Bravo. See here the beamer.
2) The group *G and Cartan involutions: B. Loisel. See here the beamer.
3) Homogeneous spaces of type S: M. Jeannin. See here the beamer.
4) Geodesic actions: C. Bravo. See here the beamer.
5) Parabolic subgroups: B. Loisel. See here the beamer.
6) The corner X(P) associated to a parabolic subgroup: M. Jeannin. See here the beamer.
7) The topology of X(P) and Siegel sets: C. Bravo. See here the beamer.
8) The manifold with corners X^: C. Bravo. See here the beamer.
9) Overview on the previous results: M. Jeannin. See here the pdf.
10) The homotopy type of the frontier of X^: B. Loisel. See here the beamer.
11) The quotient X^/ G:
12) Strong separation properties:
13) Cohomology of arithmetic groups: