This page is a guide to where to store research data.
When looking for the most suitable storage, there are several issues to consider. They are usually related - for example faster storage will be more expensive than slow storage, and redundant storage will cost more than a single disk. The old joke that "your storage can be fast, reliable or cheap; pick two out of the three" applies, but with many more than three factors to consider:
Maple is a Computer Algebra system developed by Maplesoft which is provided for use on DICE systems.
Currently we carry only one version of Maple - a perpetually-licensed version 9. Maple 9 is available for unlimited use on DICE, though it is now very old and cannot be supported.
See the Licensed Software page for more details on licensed software.
LaTeX is a document preparation system.
It's on DICE machines, with custom document classes for the School of Informatics.
Or you can use Overleaf, a collaborative online LaTeX service. Overleaf has lots of help for beginners.
There are several types of project within informatics:
Development work and planned operational work carried out by the computing team of more than a few days effort is generally managed as specific projects. Projects are requested, reviewed and prioritised as part of producing the goals for the next year in the annual computing plan, which is approved by the Computing Strategy Group (CSG). Projects are (re)prioritised and (re)assigned to appropriate computing staff on a quarterly basis.
Intel Compilers are available for personal and self-managed computers, for various non-commercial uses. For details see Intel's Free Software Tools page.
On DICE Ubuntu Jammy and Focal machines, Intel MKL 2020 is provided by Ubuntu.
The (DICE SL7) laboratory examination system is no longer maintained. "Online" exams have largely removed to remote platforms. If you need advice, please contact the Research and Teaching Unit for laboratory exam technology, or Learning Technology for online or remote examination.
This is a quick guide which suggests how to negotiate the twisty maze of Informatics mailing lists.
Every user of Informatics AFS filespace has a maximum AFS quota (see AFS Quotas for details) and a current quota. To make best use of our disk space, we do not give everyone their maximum quota all at once. Instead we grow their current quota as their disk usage increases.
Typically several versions of Python are supported - and provided - on DICE. The default (as invoked by the python command) will be whatever is provided as standard for the distribution. Here's a summary of installed versions: