CompSoc Academic Families

Admin
- Instant login: euclid, learn
- ITO contact form, Rep Meetings blog
- Courses: Full list of Informatics courses, Course survey reports
- Timetables: Semester, coursework planner / timeline
- Policies: feedback, coursework, progression guidance
- Allocations: tutorials, labs
Software & Tools
- Spotify on DICE
- Coursework Calculator
- The Marauders App - map of machines
- Web printing interfaces: EveryonePrint, ManagePrint
- Exporting Outlook calendar to Webcal / Google calendar
- Batch Downloading Media Hopper Replay lecture recordings, + same script packaged as a PIP package
Facebook
- School of Informatics - for school wide discussion
- CompSoc Members - for Informatics related events
- CompSoc Careers - for job offers, internships, and placements.
- Class of 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

Reading List
Linear Algebra by Prof. Gilbert Strang - MIT 18.06
Russel and Norvig’s online AI Class from Stanford - https://www.ai-class.com/
MIT OpenCourseware Mathematics - http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/
Accessible videos about cryptography - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB4D701646DAF0817

Mental Health
- EUSA Advice Place - Ask about anything here
- Nightline - Confidential dial in service, 8pm-8am every term night (call, IM)
- Edinburgh Crisis Centre - For mental health emergencies
- Edinburgh Samaritans - A hotline service if you need someone to talk to
- NHS information on suicide - Information about suicide
- Your GP is a great source of information, feel free to contact them.
Physical Health
- Gyms
  - Pleasance Sports Centre - 6am to 10pm weekdays, 9am to 8pm weekends
  - PureGym Quartermile - 24 hours
- Beginner’s Fitness
  - SL 5x5 - Simple, effective strength routine.
  - C25K - Couch to 5K: train for a 5K from nothing in 10 weeks.
  - Runkeeper - Track your outdoor runs, plus audio training
- Beginner’s Nutrition / Weight Loss
  - /r/loseit wiki - A good intro to safe, healthy weight loss
  - /r/gainit wiki - A good intro to gaining muscle mass
  - MyFitnessPal - Easily track calories, macros, and exercise
  - 20 tips for eating well cheaply from the NHS
Student life tips
- /r/malefashionadvice and /r/femalefashionadvice - Look your best to feel your best
- BudgetBytes - Ditch Deliveroo, save money by cooking yourself
- 18-25 Railcard - Save 1/3 fare on train tickets for £30/yr
- Unidays - Student discounts on just about everything

Set your initial DICE password
DICE Troubleshooting - audio not working? window manager crashing?
Web printing interfaces: EveryonePrint, WebPrint, ManagePrint
How to print:
- Colour: lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge -P cloudc0 FILENAME.pdf
- Mono: lpr -o sides=two-sided-long-edge -P cloudm0 FILENAME.pdf
Remote access to DICE machines
Access DICE files in a web browser (iFile)
Accessing DICE remotely (RDP, remote desktop)
Virtual DICE (VM) : Supports VirtualBox, VMWare support under development
University VPN service
DICE contact form (computing support)
Information Services contact form (unidesk)

GPU on DICE (for Tensorflow GPU, etc) - read GPGPU Computing

export PATH=/opt/cuda-10.0.130/bin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/cuda-10.0.130/lib64:/opt/cuDNN-7.6.0.64_9.2/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH

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