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Computer Lab Information and Schedule
The CSCS computer lab is located in 4477 Randall Lab Building, on
East University Street just north of West Hall. This drop-in lab
has 8 "open" computers, all with 20"/21" color monitors,
open ethernet jacks and a wireless network for user laptops with DHCP.
All university students, faculty and staff are eligible for accounts on
the CSCS computers. In general, accounts for use of the CSCS computers are
given only for pedagogical, training and instructional purposes. Users may
develop and run their own software for the modeling or analysis of complex
systems on the CSCS computers. However, because of our limited resources,
the CSCS computers may be used for large-scale modeling or analysis only
after obtaining permission and discussing resource utilization with the
Lab staff.
The lab currently has (approximately) 30 Pentium-based machines running
Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS v.3 as of Sping 2004). The machines range from dual
processor PIII 400's to dual processor Xeon 3.4 GHz, as well as a
few single processor machines. All of our Linux machines
are able to connect to a Windows 2000 remote desktop via Windows
Terminal Services.
The Lab provides shared, common disk space for all (user and system)
applications and data. The lab has a duplex color postscript laser
printer, two duplex black and white postscript laser printers, and an
Epson projector. Currently the system has about 140G of
backed-up disk space, and over 1TB of scratch space. User files
are mirrored daily to an additional disk space, and backed up weekly
to tape (which is kept for 14 weeks). The lab also provides a 2G jazz
drive, 3 zip disk drives, and multiple CD writers.
The lab also has a number of hardcopy computer programming books,
as well as books on many aspects of complex systems studies,
e.g., dynamical systems, evolutionary computation, and so on.
These books are for use in the lab, and some may be checked
out for short periods.
For more information about the software and other resources
the lab provides, press here.
To obtain an account, please contact
cscslab@umich.edu.
For information about CSCS computer lab introductory workshops, press
here.
For more information about CSCS hardware, software, policies, help pages,
and so on, see the online documentation for
the lab.
Computer Lab Phone Numbers:
Research Lab (4477 Randall): (734) 763 - 3323
Fall 2006 Lab Hours
The lab is typically open the following times (except holidays):
Monday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm
Often the Lab is open other times, when someone with a key is in the Lab.
However, the Randall Building doors are locked after 8pm and on Sundays.
Please ask Howard Oishi or whoever is in the CSCS Office
(2 doors to the north of the lab, 4485 Randall) to open
the lab during early mornings.
If you are in before 5:00pm, you can stay as
long as you like.
If someone does stay after 5:00pm, you may be able to get
in after 5:00pm (but note the building doors are locked at 8:00pm).
Announcements of known deviations from the schedule will appear on this page.
You can also call the CSCS office staff at 763-3301 to ask if there are any changes in the schedule.
Here are the onsite system administrators and their hours in the lab.
Email them with any questions at
cscs.admins@umich.edu
CSCS would like to gratefully acknowledge support from
Intel Corporation,
which has provided three of the Pentium-based computers in our Lab,
as part of the
CAR project.
CSCS would also like to gratefully acknowledge support from the National
Science Foundation, which has provided three computers and a printer in our Lab, as
part of the IDEAS-IGERT program.
Updated September 1, 2005
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