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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, https://webmail.cs.vt.edu, or text based through pine on ap1. You can also forward to another email address if wanted. Read Doc::Email to find out more.

• Software
  • The department has access to several site licensed software packages including most all Microsoft products. You can find out more and find links to download the software at https://software.cs.vt.edu

• Remote login server
  • Linux based server with SSH enabled and development tools. Dedicated for faculty use. To get started SSH to ap1.cs.vt.edu.

• Git Repositories
  • We have two instances of gitlab to host public or private git repositories
  • https://git.cs.vt.edu is dedicated to teaching, faculty get additional privileges to access student repos
  • https://version.cs.vt.edu is for any departmental use, you can use this to make private repos

• Docker registry
  • Docker images can be stored along side your git repos

• 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 your 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.

• Wordpress
  • We have a shared wordpress instance. Allows you to have a wordpress site without having to set up and maintain a wordpress instance. To get started: http://wordpress.cs.vt.edu/create .

• 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 create a 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.

Research

• Virtual Servers
  • Create custom virtualized servers for short term research projects. To get started: http://csrvm.cs.vt.edu .

• Virtual GPU Servers
  • Create custom virtualized GPU servers for short term research projects. To get started: http://csrgpu.cs.vt.edu .

• Backups
  • We have a rsync based backup system dedicated to research. To get started using the research backups email techstaff@cs.vt.edu.

• Website space
  • You can host a research related website on http://research.cs.vt.edu It is hosted on apache 2 with php, mysql, perl, and python support. To get started email techstaff@cs.vt.edu.

Teaching

• Rlogin cluster
  • Multi-node remote login system to provide a consistent development environment dedicated to instructional use. Available to faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students. To find out more: http://rlogin.cs.vt.edu . To get started, SSH to rlogin.cs.vt.edu.

• GPU cluster
  • GPU teaching resource available via remote login. This system was designed to provide a GPU development environment dedicated to instructional use. Available to faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students. NVidia based GPU with Cuda software. To get started, SSH to glogin.cs.vt.edu.

• Git Repositories
  • We have two instances of gitlab to host public or private git repositories
  • https://git.cs.vt.edu is dedicated to teaching, faculty get additional privileges to access student repos

• Moodle
  • (This service is no longer maintained, you should consider moving to Canvas https://canvas.vt.edu) http://moodle.cs.vt.edu Computer Science runs an instance of Moodle for teaching. Post syllabi, documents, calender events, discussion forums, file downloads, and more. To find out more, contact stedwar2@cs.vt.edu.

• Course Website
  • You can host a course related website on http://courses.cs.vt.edu It is hosted on apache 2 with php, mysql, perl, and python support. To get started email techstaff@cs.vt.edu.

• Discussion Forums
  • http://forum.cs.vt.edu Allow students to discuss class related topics or post announcements to your class. To get started email techstaff@cs.vt.edu.

• Virtual Machine
  • We can create a VM to suit your teaching needs. NVidia based GPU resources also available for VMs. To get started email techstaff@cs.vt.edu.