- Physics-Departmental-Computing

Fwd: Major Incident - INC0066544 - shared drives inaccessible
by David Colling 28 Jul '15

28 Jul '15

FYI... -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Major Incident - INC0066544 - shared drives inaccessible Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 04:44:47 -0700 From: ICT Incident Manager <incident.manager(a)imperial.ac.uk> Reply-To: service.desk(a)imperial.ac.uk To: ict-major-incident-dl(a)imperial.ac.uk Dear Customer, The notes below refer to Major Incident INC0066544. Resolved incident: The server issue which was causing problems accessing shared drives (groups space) and Panopto has now been resolved, and the service restored to normal. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this issue. You can follow progress and future updates via the Service Status page here: https://imperial.service-now.com/ict/status.do For any comments relating to either the incident or this email, please contact ICT Incident Manager. Thank you, ICT Imperial College London Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 9000 (49000 internal) Web: imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/contact-ict-service-desk Twitter: @TheServiceDesk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to receive ICT Major Incident notifications. To unsubscribe, please email ICT Incident Manager. Ref:MSG3350334

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Fwd: Major Incident - INC0066330 - store.ic.ac.uk spaces down
by David Colling 23 Jul '15

23 Jul '15

FYI... -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Major Incident - INC0066330 - store.ic.ac.uk spaces down Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 08:56:11 -0700 From: ICT Incident Manager <incident.manager(a)imperial.ac.uk> Reply-To: service.desk(a)imperial.ac.uk To: ict-major-incident-dl(a)imperial.ac.uk Dear Customer, The notes below refer to Major Incident INC0066330. ICT are aware that some staff members will be experiencing intermittent difficulties accessing their shared drives. We are looking into this as a priority and aim to have service returned to normal as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience caused by this. You can follow progress and future updates via the Service Status page here: https://imperial.service-now.com/ict/status.do For any comments relating to either the incident or this email, please contact ICT Incident Manager. Thank you, ICT Imperial College London Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 9000 (49000 internal) Web: imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/contact-ict-service-desk Twitter: @TheServiceDesk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to receive ICT Major Incident notifications. To unsubscribe, please email ICT Incident Manager. Ref:MSG3333498

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Fwd: Decommissioning of the old FileExchange service - Monday 20 July
by David Colling 14 Jul '15

14 Jul '15

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Decommissioning of the old FileExchange service - Monday 20 July Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 08:22:38 +0000 From: ICT Service Desk <service.desk(a)imperial.ac.uk> To: ICTAP Members <ccs-dept(a)imperial.ac.uk> cid:image001.jpg@01D0BD87.238D1EB0 *Decommissioning of the old FileExchange service * *What’s changing?* On Monday 20^th July ICT will be carrying out work to decommission the old FileExchange service. */ /* *What this means* This will mean that you will no longer be able to upload documents to share using the old FileExchange. Existing uploads will be available for one week and will then be removed. The new FileExchange service will still be available to use during this process and after. *Why is this happening?* This work is required because the old FileExchange service is no longer supportable. */ /* *Support/Contact * If you have any concerns in advance of this change, contact your local Faculty Support Manager or the ICT Service Desk - 020 759 49000 or Ext 49000 who will be happy to help. Anyone experiencing problems with accessing or using IT services and machines following the change should contact the ICT Service Desk, their Departmental IT Representative <http://www.imperial.ac.uk/ict/servicedesk/departmentalcontacts/>, or your local Faculty ICT Support Team. cid:image004.jpg@01D0BD88.90957420

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git hosting
by James Spencer 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

Dear all, Last week I met with Heather Chisholm about a centralised git service (possibly using github enterprise/gitlab/something similar), which seems to have emerged as a possible need following the RDM surveys. I promised to investigate interest etc. in the department (hence this email). If you think your group might find such a service useful or have thoughts about requirements etc., please could you let me know? I'll forward response to Heather next week. Best wishes, --James -- James Spencer http://www.cmth.ph.ic.ac.uk/people/j.spencer/ http://www.github.com/jsspencer

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Fwd: Software Carpentry Bootcamp on Heterogeneous Cloud Computing for Research, July 15-17 near London
by David Colling 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

I meant to circulate earlier ... -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Software Carpentry Bootcamp on Heterogeneous Cloud Computing for Research, July 15-17 near London Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:00:04 +0000 From: Stillwell, Mark L <m.stillwell(a)imperial.ac.uk> To: Colling, David J <d.colling(a)imperial.ac.uk> CC: daniela.bauer.grid(a)googlemail.com <daniela.bauer.grid(a)googlemail.com>, De Figueiredo Coutinho, Jose G <gabriel.figueiredo(a)imperial.ac.uk> On July 15-17, the FP7 HARNESS project will be hosting a cloud computing focused Software Carpentry bootcamp at the SAP headquarters in Feltham, near London Heathrow. Software Carpentry's mission is to help scientists and engineers get more research done in less time and with less pain by teaching them basic lab skills for scientific computing. * This free hands-on workshop is open to researchers from any institution, public or private, and will include task automation, modular programming, and version control, as well as additional modules on cloud computing, including deployment, configuration, and management of virtual machines, programming Maxeler Dataflow Engines, and the EGI Federated Cloud infrastructure for research. * Participation is free and open to students and researchers from every organisation, so sign up now! Details, including a link to the Eventbrite signup page, are available at the event website: http://harnesscloud.github.io/2015-07-15-feltham/<http://harnesscloud.github.io/2015-07-15-feltham> * Coffee, lunch, beverages, and snacks will be arranged by SAP and provided to attendees free of charge. * Please feel free to pass on this information to anyone who might be able to benefit by attending this bootcamp/workshop. Best Regards, -- Mark Stillwell Research Associate Department of Computing Imperial College London

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Re: [Physics-Departmental-Computing] Fwd: Data Science Institute Visual Corridor - Physics
by David Colling 12 Jun '15

12 Jun '15

Hi Jordan, I am already doing this for our group as I was approached individually. The other group that I can think of that does a lot of data science is SPAT so perhaps Rich can gather a few slides. I have cc'ed the computing mailing list in case I have over looked somebody. Best, david On 12/06/15 10:17, Jordan Nash wrote: > Hi Dave, > Can you think of something from HEP which would work here? Is there any > other group in the college which would make a good display as well? > Slide needed by next week… > Jordan > > >> Begin forwarded message: >> >> *From: *"McDonagh, Dominic" <d.mcdonagh(a)imperial.ac.uk >> <mailto:d.mcdonagh@imperial.ac.uk>> >> *To: *"Jones, Linda" <l.jones(a)imperial.ac.uk <mailto:l.jones@imperial.ac.uk>> >> *Cc: *"Nash, Jordan" <j.nash(a)imperial.ac.uk <mailto:j.nash@imperial.ac.uk>> >> *Subject: **Data Science Institute Visual Corridor - Physics* >> *Date: *10 June 2015 17:04:06 BST >> >> Dear Linda, >> The DSI has a new ‘visual corridor’ that will display content along the >> Sherfield walkway, which is currently hidden behind hoardings. The corridor >> consists of 8 display screens on the outside of the building, which will be >> fed by projectors from within the building through a specially treated glass >> wall [photo of 4 screens attached]. >> The DSI hopes to use the screens to promote College data science related >> research to the College community. >> For our launch on 22nd June, we are asking each department if they can submit >> four slides which promote data driven research from their department to >> demonstrate the prevalence of data intensive research across College. As >> content will be visible from the walkway it should be a good opportunity for >> departments to communicate some of their data driven research to the rest of >> the College. We will show the content repeatedly, not only on our launch. >> I’d like to invite Physics to submit four slides for us to display. I have >> attached some templates that I’ve created to make it easy for people to submit >> content. >> I already have some content promoting Steve Schwartz’ Space lab, so I wouldn’t >> duplicate that. >> If your department would like to submit content, I’ll need the slides by 17th >> June. >> Any questions, feel free to contact me. >> Best wishes, >> *Dominic McDonagh* >> Management Trainee >> Data Science Institute >> Imperial College London >> South Kensington >> SW7 2AZ >> d.mcdonagh(a)imperial.ac.uk <mailto:d.mcdonagh@imperial.ac.uk> >> +44 (0)20 7594 8291 > > > > > >

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Packages for Teaching machines next year ...
by David Colling 11 Jun '15

11 Jun '15

Dear All, Attached is the current list of software installed on the UG teaching machines. We were planning to upgrade python to a newer version (already installed on most of the machines but not on ones in the teaching area as we didn't want to change half way through the year). Is there anything else that we should include? Remember that the plan is to use these machines as a batch system for projects as well as their current use. Also remember that we have been adding a few TB of shared space for projects that require the processing of data. Thoughts are welcome. Best, david

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Fwd: DSI Seminar - Data Collection & Analysis for Cyber Security (Curtis Hash, Ernst & Young)
by David Colling 04 Jun '15

04 Jun '15

FYI ... -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: DSI Seminar - Data Collection & Analysis for Cyber Security (Curtis Hash, Ernst & Young) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2015 14:43:03 +0000 From: Johnson, David <david.johnson(a)imperial.ac.uk> To: data-science-announce <data-science-announce(a)imperial.ac.uk> CC: data-science-collaboration <data-science-collaboration(a)imperial.ac.uk> Dear All, Please see below details of a new DSI event. All are welcome and please pass on to interested colleagues. Best/David --- DSI Seminar - Data Collection & Analysis for Cyber Security Date: 18 June 2015 Time: 15:00 - 16:00 Venue: Chemical Engineering Lecture Theatre 1, ACE Extension (Building no. 14 on this map: https://workspace.imperial.ac.uk/campusinfo/public/sthkencampus.pdf) Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ Ticketing: This event is free and open to all. Registration is required and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis - register on EventBrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dsi-seminar-data-collection-analysis-for-cyber… The Imperial Data Science Institute is delighted to welcome Curt Hash from Ernst & Young as a DSI Distinguished Speaker. Data Collection & Analysis for Cyber Security A successful network defense strategy necessarily involves the collection and analysis of a wide variety of data, both from hosts (i.e., workstations and servers) and the network itself. In this talk, Curt will provide an overview of the collection and processing of some key data sources and I will discuss how they can be used to detect adversaries at the various stages of an attack scenario. Curtis Hash is a computer scientist specializing in cyber security R&D in the Advisory Services practice at EY. Prior to joining EY, Curt spent several years as an R&D Scientist on the Advanced Computing Solutions team at Los Alamos National Laboratory. His primary interest is the research and development of cyber security applications with emphasis on advanced threat detection, network monitoring, dynamic malware analysis and novel cyber sensors.

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Fwd: ICT's Security Awareness Campaign
by David Colling 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Any objections? -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: ICT's Security Awareness Campaign Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 09:12:48 +0000 From: Mannall, Adrian B <a.mannall(a)imperial.ac.uk> To: Colling, David J <d.colling(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Adams, Niall M <n.adams(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Moore, Dan R <dan.moore(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Islam, Suhail A <suhail.islam(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Harrison, Nicholas M <nicholas.harrison(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Rzepa, Henry S <h.rzepa(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Head, Martin K <m.head(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Lyle, Karen R <k.lyle(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Evans, Pat M <pat.evans(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Nurboja, Sandrine A C <s.nurboja(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Fitzgerald, Anthony J <a.jfitzgerald(a)imperial.ac.uk> CC: Mannall, Adrian B <a.mannall(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Parkins, Kat <k.parkins(a)imperial.ac.uk>, Mussard, Mike J <m.mussard(a)imperial.ac.uk> All, ICT are about to run a security awareness campaign in College to improve the general perception and visibility of IT security in all its guises. One of the ways in which we'd like to reach the student population is through the background displayed on the cluster PCs - in a similar fashion to the RAG week campaign. We anticipate several different images being run over a period of time - we'd like to run an image for a two week period then revert to your normal image then another image after a two month gap - so the changes should be obvious and striking enough to hopefully pique interest, etc. As such, please could I gain your agreement to this being run in your teaching clusters. There will be no offensive images displayed - this is about protecting devices, not sharing passwords, staying safe online, etc - all of which are part of the overall campaign. All the images will ensure that the normal text regarding logging in will be visible (either by changing the colour of the font used or more appropriately by manipulating the image to work around the default parts of the login screen). I'd be grateful for a quick response to this. Many thanks and regards, Adrian Adrian Mannall Faculty IT Manager (Natural Sciences), Microsoft Supplier Relationship Manager, Programme Manager - Office 365 for Staff ICT, Imperial College London South Kensington Campus Sir Ernst Chain Building - Wolfson Laboratories, Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ Direct Dial Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 1441 Mobile: +44 (0)7834 083134 Email: a.mannall(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:a.mannall@imperial.ac.uk> Web : http://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/<http://www.imperial.ac.uk/> [NCC_ACCREDITATION_LOGO]

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Re: [Physics-Departmental-Computing] 325 Blackett
by David Colling 23 Apr '15

23 Apr '15

Thanks Mike for letting us know. This is pretty good news. Best, david On 23/04/15 09:05, Mussard, Mike J wrote: > Morning David, > > Some good news for you and your fellow physics colleagues and students; As of Monday this week we've resumed the rotation of one of my team members into 325 Blackett. We're not promising to be here all the time, but hopefully it will help our customers in Physics find ICT more approachable. > > I'm going to ask my team to keep an eye on the paper in the printers when they are here, but we'll leave up the signage about the UG office for when we're out and about on jobs. > > Also when we reinstall the computers in the computer room this year would Physics like to update the logon screen picture as I believe the current one has now served at least two years? > > Thanks, > > Mike > > > > Mike Mussard > Site Manager - Faculty of Natural Sciences (Western Team) > Information & Communication Technologies > Imperial College London > South Kensington Campus > London SW7 2AZ > Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 6940 > Mobile: +44 (0)7840 697 597 > Email: m.mussard(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:m.mussard@imperial.ac.uk> > http://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/ > >

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