- Physics-Departmental-Computing

Origin
by Mannall, Adrian B 06 Nov '12

06 Nov '12

All, Origin v9 has very recently been released. Whilst I don't want to disrupt the teaching that uses Origin I would be interested to canvas opinion on whether you would like to move to v9 at any point before the end of this academic session. If there is an appetite for v9 then we'll need to get a few people to test it and then arrange an upgrade for the teaching clusters. We're currently holding the home use version at v8.6 so that students get the same version as that installed in the clusters. Please do let me know if there are any strong views either way. Kind regards Adrian Adrian Mannall Faculty IT Manager Faculty of Natural Sciences ICT, Imperial College London South Kensington Campus 323, Sir Ernst Chain Building - Wolfson Laboratories, Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ Direct Dial Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 1441 College Ext'n: 41441 Mobile: +44 (0)7834 083134 Mobile Ext'n: 57974 Email: a.mannall(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:a.mannall@imperial.ac.uk> Web : http://www.imperial.ac.uk/

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Dreamspark Premium - free Microsoft software
by Rochford, Steve 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Please can you circulate the information below to people in your group. The Physics department has paid for a subscription to Dreamspark Premium which means that you can have free access to a wide range of Microsoft products (including Windows but not including Word, Excel, Powerpoint or Outlook) You can see the available products and download them here<http://e5.onthehub.com/WebStore/Welcome.aspx?vsro=8&ws=757f7748-b58b-e011-9…> When you get to the website you should see a "Sign in" option at the top of the screen; click it and you will be prompted to sign in by shibboleth.imperial.ac.uk - just use your normal College username and password to sign in. DON'T click the big green button saying "create an account" - it won't work! The software is intended to help you with research and teaching; you must not use it to run a business or for any other commercial purposes and you must not transfer it to anyone else. If you have any queries about the software then please contact me. Steve Rochford

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Fwd: Grad school IT courses
by David Colling 05 Oct '12

05 Oct '12

FYI... Please spread to anybody who might be interested. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Grad school IT courses Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 16:07:14 +0000 From: MacKinnon, Angus <a.mackinnon(a)imperial.ac.uk> To: Colling, David J <d.colling(a)imperial.ac.uk> CC: Spencer, James S <j.spencer(a)imperial.ac.uk> Dear David and James, I’ve made a deal with Dan Moore to let him use our IT teaching room on some Wednesday afternoons for the Fortran and C, etc. courses he runs for the Grad School in return for some free places for our PGs. I don’t really expect to be overwhelmed with demand, but if you could let it be known to likely takers … Regards Angus Prof. Angus MacKinnon Blackett Laboratory Imperial College London South Kensington campus London SW7 2AZ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7594 7505 Fax: +44(0) 20 7594 7777 E-Mail: a.mackinnon(a)imperial.ac.uk <mailto:a.mackinnon@imperial.ac.uk> WWW: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.mackinnon

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Fwd: Physics Software
by David Colling 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Any thoughts ... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Physics Software Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 10:24:06 +0000 From: Morris, Martin J <m.j.morris(a)imperial.ac.uk> To: Colling, David J <d.colling(a)imperial.ac.uk> Morning David Only 5 people in Physics definitely want Maple so it looks like there is no call for a Maple licence. Could you inform the Physics Reps? Thanks, Martin

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Fwd: Onsite Mathematica training
by David Colling 05 Sep '12

05 Sep '12

Is there any interest in a one or two day training course on Mathematica? Perhaps for the new PGs? Thoughts welcome, david -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Onsite Mathematica training Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 11:04:27 -0500 From: Paul Barnett <paul_barnett(a)wolfram.com> To: d.colling(a)imperial.ac.uk You're probably aware that we've been holding various training courses at the Wolfram Centre here in Oxfordshire. However, we've recently been asked if it's possible to set up local training sessions to eliminate travel time and costs. If there is a small group who is interested, we're happy to come to you. Would you be interested in attending a one-day or two-day training session if we set this up? Once I determine interest, I can outline costs to the group and we can start to talk about convenient times to hold the training. I look forward to hearing from you. Best regards, Paul Barnett Wolfram Research Europe Ltd. +44-(0)1993-883400 ext. 5025 fax: +44-(0)1993-883800 paul_barnett(a)wolfram.com http://www.wolfram.co.uk ----------------- Unsubscribe: http://www.wolfram.com/unsubscribe/?email=d.colling%40imperial.ac.uk&mailin… Update your email: http://www.wolfram.com/emailchange/?email=d.colling@imperial.ac.uk Privacy policy: http://www.wolfram.com/legal/privacy/wolfram-research.html ----------------- This message was sent to <d.colling(a)imperial.ac.uk> by Wolfram Research, Inc. Mailing address: 100 Trade Center Dr., Champaign, IL 61820, USA

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Research group to work with ICT
by Mannall, Adrian B 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Dear All, I've been asked by colleagues within ICT if there are one or two research groups who would be interested in providing some feedback on services provided by a specific section within ICT. The ICT group concerned are the OS Admin group who provide the support to all three major OS strands (Windows, Linux and Apple). They are seeking research groups who would like to work closely with them for enhanced OS support and also to understand the future demands of the research groups and provision services accordingly. David C and I thought that the SPAT, Astro and Theoretical groups might be most interested in this, but if there are others then I can put forward others too. Please could I ask for nominations and a contact name for each nominated group by lunchtime on Thursday (6th September). Many thanks, Adrian Adrian Mannall Faculty IT Manager Faculty of Natural Sciences ICT, Imperial College London South Kensington Campus 323, Sir Ernst Chain Building - Wolfson Laboratories, Exhibition Road London SW7 2AZ Direct Dial Tel: +44 (0)20 7594 1441 College Ext'n: 41441 Mobile: +44 (0)7834 083134 Mobile Ext'n: 57974 Email: a.mannall(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:a.mannall@imperial.ac.uk> Web : http://www.imperial.ac.uk/

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Computing Web Pages...
by David Colling 24 Aug '12

24 Aug '12

Dear All, As a follow up from the last meeting we are setting up some departmental computing pages with (hopefully) useful information on them. These are for Physics (or sometimes faculty) specific items such as how to install Mathematica/origin/Maple/etc legally and will not mirror anything already covered by ICT (although I could see there being links to ICT pages in some circumstances). What I am looking for is suggestions as to what to put on these pages. Best, david

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FW: Imperial College / CHEST / Maple Site Licence payment
by Morris, Martin J 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Dear all The annual Physics Departmental Maple Licence fee is due. I am not sure how many people in Physics still want to use Maple now that Mathematica is available. Two research groups who formerly used Maple stopped using Maple last year so Maple was wanted by these groups: Astrophysics Condensed Matter Theory Photonics Plasma Physics Quantum Optics & Laser Science Theoretical Physics Teaching Does Physics still want Maple? Is so which Research groups? I on leave for three weeks from tomorrow, best regards, Martin From: Taylor, James A Sent: 21 August 2012 11:43 To: Morris, Martin J Cc: Shop (ICT) Subject: Imperial College / CHEST / Maple Site Licence payment Dear Martin, Payment is requested for annual Maple licences for use during the 2012/13 licence year. Departmental Licence £1320.00 Unlimited usage on all departmentally owned systems on all licenced platforms Please submit payment by email to Kevin Hale (k.hale(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:k.hale@imperial.ac.uk>). Information required in the email: The full account code to be debited (including Analysis code) Confirmation of the amount to be debited Descriptive text to appear on the debit line Regards, James Taylor ICT 4th Floor Open Plan West Imperial College London Sherfield Building South Kensington Campus London, SW7 2AZ e-mail: ict-shop(a)ic.ac.uk<mailto:ict-shop@ic.ac.uk> For Pricing and other info please visit the Shop website<http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/ict/services/softwarehardware/softwarepurchase/s…> tel: 0207 5949004

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Intel Compilers for Linux
by Rochford, Steve 01 Aug '12

01 Aug '12

We've just received a new license file for these compilers. If you use the Intel C or Fortran compilers please save the attached file to the correct location (Finding the correct location is left as an exercise for the reader! It could be in all sorts of places; the easiest thing to do is to try and run the compiler. You'll then get an error message which will tell you that it can't find a license and it will tell you where it looked; put the file there!) Steve

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Mathematica
by David Colling 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Dear All, It is high time that I sent an email outlining the new procedure for Mathematica. All members of physics are now entitled to download and use a full version of Mathematica so please distribute this information as widely as possible. The procedure for obtaining a license and a legal copy of the software is slightly different for students and staff. However the instructions are pretty clear and should be followed from the websites below. Student: https://user.wolfram.com/portal/requestAK/0442cd45033874137828d35b72d30e67b… Staff: https://user.wolfram.com/portal/requestAK/7bd02d9cadc529ab688cbf0e002413302… You will have to create an account with which to login (this takes less than a minute). You will then be issued with a temporary license key so that you can download and run the software. This will also generate full license request. You will also be asked to contact one of the three license managers at Imperial - two of whom are on this list. Once confirmed your temporary key will be extended until 31st of May 2013. Best, david

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