Dr Eva Myers

Email address: eva[at]statslab.cam.ac.uk

Eva is the Computer Officer for the Statistical Laboratory.

Computing Information For New Users

If you are a new user, you should have received a paper copy of this introduction to the Statistical Laboratory computer network. You may also be interested in my web page about printing. If you have a computer question, first try this page of solutions to common computer problems, and if your question isn't answered there, take a look at my list of Frequently Asked Questions. I have some paper copies of this FAQ in my office (D1.09).

When using a shared computer network, it is necessary to be responsible in order to avoid inconveniencing other users. You should have received this guide to responsible use of Statslab systems with your account details. There are a couple of specific points which I discuss in separate web pages:

Sometimes computer programs crash and starts eating almost all of a computer's processing power. This can't be helped, but it's a good idea to clean them up to leave the computer usable for other people. This web page explains how to kill runaway processes.
You are advised to use ssh (Secure Shell) rather than rlogin or telnet when connecting from one machine to another. Machines running modern versions of Linux, including the Statslab machines, will refuse rlogin or telnet connections by default.

The University Computing Service offers training courses on a wide range of computing topics including Unix and LaTeX. You might also want to look at this quick reference list of useful Unix commands or this walkthrough of the Unix commands required to process a TeX or LaTeX file. I also have books on TeX and LaTeX which you can borrow. LaTeX users may also be interested in the departmental letterhead - /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/CMS/damtpleteg.tex is an example file which uses it. TeX/LaTeX users with Windows computers may find it useful to know how to configure TeXnicCenter before using it for the first time.

Some users choose to use their own laptop as well as the Statslab machines. I have a web page with details about connecting your own computer to our network.

If you want to connect to Statslab systems from your home machine, please see my page on remote access for some tips, but note that it is difficult for me to give much personal help with this.

Computing Information For Experienced Users

When inviting a visitor, please give me a day's notice, so that I can have their account ready for them. I have a web page giving more details of the information required to set up a visitor's account.

Here is some information on how to share files with your colleagues over the Internet.

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