DAMTP Computer Accounts
New Members of the department
To obtain a computer account ...
- Please contact your group or pavilion secretary to request a computer account. You PI/supervisor may have done this on your behalf.
- You will be contacted as part of this process.
- Allow at least a week for the account to be setup; longer if we cannot contact you.
- When your account is ready, your group or pavilion secretary will contact you.
- Your group secretary, host or CMS reception can set you up with temporary Wifi access while you wait.
Official Academic Visitors (includes visiting research students)
- Ask your host to let your group / pavilion secretary know you will need a computer account
- It is best that they ask for this in advance, at least a week and more notice if possible before you are due to arrive
- You will be contacted as part of this process
- Allow at least a week for the account to be setup; longer if we cannot contact you.
- If your accounts are not ready when you arrive, your group secretary host or CMS reception can set you up with a ticket to use on the wireless/wifi network.
- If you will be visiting for a short period of time (typically under two weeks) you may prefer go to down the less formal route, skip the official form and instead only use your laptop. Tickets for the wireless/wifi network can last for up to 100 days.
Other visitors
Please use a laptop. If you have no laptop talk to your host/group secretary in the first instance.
- Members of the university please connect using your Raven or Eduroam credentials
- Non members of the university, if you have eduroam credentials please use them
- Otherwise ask your group secretary or your host or CMS reception can provide you with a ticket for the laptop network for the duration of your visit.
We also have two PWF rooms which can be used outside teaching time. These contain dual boot windows / linux computers. Check with CMS reception for availability.
Conference Delegates
- Conference, course and workshop delegates should contact their conference organiser.
- Conference and workshop organisers can apply online for the accounts they need for their delegates.
- Group secretaries can create lapwing tickets for conferences.