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The Department provides a variety of computing resources for use by CSE undergraduates, including three general-purpose labs, several special-purpose labs, and a cluster of Unix servers.

The general purpose labs are located in CSE 002, CSE 006 and CSE 022, and contain nearly 90 PCs between them. Most of these PCs run Windows XP, and are loaded with many software packages, including an X-emulation package for directly accessing the Unix servers. There are a few machines in each lab that run Linux. The special purpose labs provide specialized environments for specific courses. More specific information about the computing labs can be found here.

Getting Help

• The Lab Support Web (check out the Top Ten Help Links, and the FAQ)
• RTFM !
• Your instructor or TA
• Other students in the class
• Other students in the lab
• RTFM !
• Submit a problem report
• Stop by the Support Office, in CSE 260
• In addition, the Course Computing pages show which labs and what software each course is using for the current quarter, as well as information about access to labs, and other related information.

Other Resources for Resolving Problems

• Support Manager - Aaron Timss, timss@cs
• CS Lab Director - Erik Lundberg, lundberg@cs -- The CS Lab is the umbrella organization of the Support group.
• Student ACM Chapter - the ACM officers meet with the Lab Director and the faculty ACM Liaison on a regular basis. And you can talk with any of the ACM officers about an issue that you would like to have raised with the CS Lab, or about anything in the department. You can also provide anonymous comments or feedback to the ACM, which they can take to the appropriate party in the department. Contact information for the ACM (including anonymous), can be found on the ACM Feedback page. Individual ACM Officers can be contacted here.
• CSE Undergrad Advisors - especially for something that is not related to computing facilities. They can help you get computing-related issues addressed to the appropriate person, as well. Contact information for the advisors can be found here.

Other Communication Avenues

• Monthly Lunch with the Chair - David Notkin holds monthly lunches for undergrads, just to jaw about interesting topics, and on some (free!) pizza. These are announced via email.
• Faculty liaison to the Lab, currently John Zahorjan, zahorjan@cs
• Faculty liaison for the ACM Student Chapter, currently Richard Ladner, ladner@cs
• Faculty Undergrad Program Coordinator, currently Craig Chambers, chambers@cs.

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