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Faculty Computing Resources

This is a generalized list of unique computing resources provided to Computer Science faculty by the department.

General

• @cs.vt.edu email address
  • To get started using your @cs.vt.edu email address: Make sure you have a CS account (https://admin.cs.vt.edu). You can either read your email directly using IMAP or https://webmail.cs.vt.edu You can also forward to another email address if wanted. Read Doc::Email to find out more.

• Printing
  • There are two shared printers in the Knowledgeworks building. One is a color laser printer and the other is a high volume copier/printer. To get started with printing see Printing There is also a poster printer that is run and maintained by the technical staff, to find out more about printing a poster contact techstaff@cs.vt.edu.

• Computer Science Intranet
  • https://admin.cs.vt.edu Allows you to create CS account and change your CS account settings, access forms, change course/research website settings, and more.

• Personal website
  • http://people.cs.vt.edu/username Your personal website space hosted on apache 2 with php, mysql, perl and python support. To get started, SSH to ap1.cs.vt.edu and access the space at /web/people/username.

• Wiki
  • A mediawiki instance is available for faculty use at http://wiki.cs.vt.edu Also has How-To and documentation for Computer Science resources.

• CVS system
  • A subversion instance is available to faculty for teaching or research at https://cvs.cs.vt.edu To get started using the cvs, contact techstaff@cs.vt.edu.

• Backups
  • A backup system based on rsync is available. Capable of running daily backups of Windows, Linux, or Mac desktops or any device that can run rsync. To get started with backup contact techstaff@cs.vt.edu or read more here CS Backups.

• Support
  • The technical staff is available for general computing support, just contact techstaff@cs.vt.edu.