====== Computing Info ======

[[start#News | News ]] \\
[[start#How to Get Help | How to Get Help]] \\
[[start#Guides to General Information| Guides to General Information]] \\
[[start#Guides to Using Applications | Guides to Using Applications ]] \\  
[[start#Policies | Policies]] \\
 

====== News ======

**''11 Oct - ''** [[News:Fortran Compiler Changes]]

**''01 Sep - ''** The [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/ComputerInfo/index.html | Old Computing Site]] is being phased out.

====== How to Get Help ======

This page is the first place to look if you are having problems or need answers. Please let us know is you do not find a solution here.

You can:
  - Email [[help@stat.umn.edu]]. This mailbox is monitored by the entire IT staff, so it will receive the fastest response.
  - Visit one of us in our office. Our schedules and contact information can be found below.
  - Call 1-612-626-8466
  - In an emergency, page [[person:Seth Mayotte]] at 1-612-816-0289.






==== Fall 2009 ====
|                            |     Monday|    Tuesday| Wednesday|  Thursday|      Friday|
|[[person:Seth Mayotte]]     |    12:30-4|    12:30-4|   12:30-4|   12:30-4|     12:30-4|
|[[person:Marisa Riviere]](*)|           |       10-6|          |      10-6|            |
|[[person:Andrew Schleifer]] |           |        1-2|       1-2|       1-2|            |

Staff will often be available at other times; please email or call for immediate needs.

* Marisa will not be available from November 10 to December 17

====== Guides to general information ======
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/computing/welcome_basics.html | Welcome - Basic System Information]]
  * [[FAQ:  Logging into the Statistics Network from Offsite and File Transfering]]
  * [[FAQ: Run a Large Simulation without Angering the Administrators]]
  * [[FAQ: Using your laptop in the Department]]
  * [[http://www1.umn.edu/adcs/help/|Where can I get help for UMN campus email, modem pool, etc.?]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/computing/controling_junk_mail.html | Controling Junk/Spam mail]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/web.html | Creating Web Pages ]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/computing/File_Techniques.html | File Techniques - Handling different file types ]]

====== Guides to using applications ======
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/Sweave/|
Using Sweave to put R into LaTeX]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/rc/ |Calling C and Fortran from R]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/fl.html | Highlighting LaTeX in Emacs ]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/ess.html | ESS (emacs speaks statistics) local info, mainly where it is ]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/color.html | Colorful Plots in R and S-PLUS]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/HELP/r.html | Downloading and Using R]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/stand/ | Using the R API Standalone]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/r.html | R and Rweb Info]] 
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/math/ | Getting Started with Mathematica ]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/amslatex.html | Info about AMS-LaTeX ]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/~charlie/tgrph/tgrph.html | Including PostScript in LaTeX2e]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/HELP/stat-help/latexhelp.html | Links for Help with LaTeX]]
  * [[FAQ: Formating a thesis with LaTeX]]

====== Forms ======
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/computing/forms/account-request.pdf | New Account]]
  * [[http://www.stat.umn.edu/computing/forms/laptop-registration.pdf | Laptop Registration]]

====== Policies ======
Please review the University's [[http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/policy/Acceptable_Use.cfm|Acceptable Use Policy]], and the easier-to-read [[http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/appendix/UseGuidelines.cfm|Usage Guidelines]].

For emphasis, we repeat the important points here, and also add some UNIX-specific information:

  - Choose a good password for your account.
  - Do not reveal your password to anyone.\\ //(This includes the system administrators)//.
  - Do not let anyone else use your account.
  - Attempts to compromise the security of our computers are strictly forbidden.
  - Using our computers to compromise the security of someone else's is strictly forbidden.
  - Understand how UNIX file permissions work, and use them to protect private information in your account, however:
    * Reading another user's e-mail is unacceptable, even if file permissions make it possible;
    * It is not a defense to claim that any files accessed in the process of cheating or plagiarism had file permissions that made them publicly readable.
  - Tying up a computer for long periods of time not permitted:
    * Don't leave a computer with the screen lock on for a long time.
    * Do not run multiple jobs simultaneously on any machine.
  - Do not access any private machine without permission.