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   * By a designated time, if the student is found not to be eligible for instate rates their application will be revoked and they will be billed for the non-resident portion of their tuition.   * By a designated time, if the student is found not to be eligible for instate rates their application will be revoked and they will be billed for the non-resident portion of their tuition.
   * Students must do this every semester in which they expect to be appointed for a 20/hr per week assignment as a TA/AI/GRA.   * Students must do this every semester in which they expect to be appointed for a 20/hr per week assignment as a TA/AI/GRA.
-  * Students who are employed outside of their department will need approval from their graduate adviser. If you will be employed by another department, you can see Katie Dahm for this approval.+  * Students who are employed outside of their department will need approval from their graduate adviser. If you will be employed by another department, contact the graduate office for approval.
   * Pay the new bill before the applicable deadline.   * Pay the new bill before the applicable deadline.
-  * If your combined funding brings your tuition bill to $0, you must still log in and confirm that you are paying $0. Failing to do so will cause your courses to be dropped for non-payment in the same manner as if you failed to pay a non-zero amount.+  * If your combined funding brings your tuition bill to \$0, you must still log in to [[https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/studentfinancials/mytuitionbill/|My Tuition Bill]] and confirm the amount. Failing to do this will cause the system to drop all your courses for non-payment of tuition.
  
 ====== Important Restrictions ====== ====== Important Restrictions ======
-The University has a few important rules regarding graduate student funding. They are typically not a problem, but you should be aware of them nonetheless. You can find more detailed information at the Office of Graduate Studies. Also note that some of the rules are slightly different for international students.+The University has a few important rules regarding graduate student funding. They are typically not a problem, but you should be aware of them nonetheless. You can find more detailed information at the [[https://gradschool.utexas.edu/finances/student-employment/conditions|Office of Graduate Studies]]. Also note that some of the rules are slightly different for international students.
  
 ====== UTCS Computer Account ====== ====== UTCS Computer Account ======
-Katie Dahm in the CS Graduate Office will give you information on [[https://apps.cs.utexas.edu/udb/newaccount|creating your UTCS account]] when you first check-in.+The CS Graduate Office will give you information on [[https://apps.cs.utexas.edu/udb/newaccount|creating your UTCS account]] when you first check-in.
  
 Note that there are university-wide computing resources, and UTCS department resources.  These are almost completely unrelated :-)  -- separate log in IDs, administrators, documentation, etc., so be aware of this partition. Note that there are university-wide computing resources, and UTCS department resources.  These are almost completely unrelated :-)  -- separate log in IDs, administrators, documentation, etc., so be aware of this partition.
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 The university will send its official notices to the [[https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/utd/all_my_addresses/|e-mail address listed in your student records]]. Keep this up-to-date! The university will send its official notices to the [[https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/utd/all_my_addresses/|e-mail address listed in your student records]]. Keep this up-to-date!
  
-The university provides you a [[https://utmail.utexas.edu/|UTmail]] account free, which you can keep forever.  UTmail is Gmail, but with the university's domain.  This seems like a good address to use in your student records (but you can use any address).+The university provides you a [[https://utmail.utexas.edu/|UTmail]] account free. You can keep this email address once you graduate, subject to [[https://ut.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article&number=KB0018969  |certain constraints]].  UTmail is Gmail, but with the university's domain.  This seems like a good address to use in your student records (but you can use any address). UTMail addresses have the domain "@utexas.edu".
  
 +In addition, most graduate students qualify for an [[https://office365.austin.utexas.edu/| Office 365 account]]. Unlike UTMail accounts, you cannot choose the local part of these email addresses. They are assigned to you and are usually of the form "firstname.lastname@austin.utexas.edu". Though rare, some administrative units on campus ignore the email address in your records and send email directly to your Office 365 account.
 ===== UTCS Department Mail ===== ===== UTCS Department Mail =====
 When you create your UTCS account, you get a UTCS address.  The department sends its messages there. When you create your UTCS account, you get a UTCS address.  The department sends its messages there.
  
-You can [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/facilities/faq|access your UTCS e-mail by POP/IMAP]], or you can [[https://apps.cs.utexas.edu/udb/update/|forward your UTCS e-mail]] to another account.+You can [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/facilities/faq|access your UTCS e-mail by POP/IMAP]], or you can [[https://apps.cs.utexas.edu/udb/update/|forward your UTCS e-mail]] to another account. You can also access the web-based SquirrelMail interface at [[https://webmail.cs.utexas.edu|webmail.cs.utexas.edu]].
  
 ===== E-Mail Signature ===== ===== E-Mail Signature =====
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 Obviously, replace "FIRST NAME LAST NAME" with your name in all capital letters.  You may want to change "Graduate Student" to "Graduate Teaching Assistant", "Graduate Research Assistant", or "Assistant Instructor" if you have been hired by UT in one of these titles.  Replace "512-nnn-nnnn" with your phone number, or delete it. Obviously, replace "FIRST NAME LAST NAME" with your name in all capital letters.  You may want to change "Graduate Student" to "Graduate Teaching Assistant", "Graduate Research Assistant", or "Assistant Instructor" if you have been hired by UT in one of these titles.  Replace "512-nnn-nnnn" with your phone number, or delete it.
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-===== Securing E-Mail Messages ===== 
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-Since there is much more awareness nowadays of Internet security threats, you may be interested in how to secure your UT or UTCS e-mail messages. 
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-UT offers e-mail certificates for use with S/MIME-capable e-mail clients.  You can have certificates issued for any of your utexas.edu addresses, including UTCS department e-mail and the university’s UTmail. 
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-Instructions are here:  https://wikis.utexas.edu/display/digitalcertificates/How+To+Request+a+Digital+Certificate 
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-====== Mailboxes, "The Grad Lounge" ====== 
-Graduate student mailboxes are located in the graduate students' lounge, located in GDC 4.202.  (Obtaining a graduate student lounge was one of GRACS's first major accomplishments, way back in 1988.)  Announcements, information concerning your university employment or fellowship, and mail you receive through the department will be placed in your mailbox. Please do not have personal mail sent to the department.  Your mailbox is also a place for people to leave papers, books, tech reports, etc. for you. The graduate student lounge has a cipher lock because of the mailboxes (get the code from the CS Graduate Office). Keep the lounge locked. Please do not prop open the door, and please clean up after yourself. 
  
 ====== Graduate Student Location ====== ====== Graduate Student Location ======
-Graduate student offices are located in "Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Computer Science Hall" (GDC) or the "Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences" (POB) [formerly ACES]. To find out where a graduate student's office is, use ''finger'' on a department Linux host, or check the [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/facilities/grad-office-assignments|grad office assignments list]].+Graduate student offices are located in "Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Computer Science Hall" (GDC) or the "Peter O'Donnell, Jr. Building for Applied Computational Engineering and Sciences" (POB, formerly known as ACES). To find out where a graduate student's office is, use ''finger'' on a department Linux host, or check the [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/facilities/grad-office-assignments|grad office assignments list]].
  
-Patti Spencer assigns offices for the graduate students.  To get an office, either you or your sponsoring faculty member must request a space each year (in late April/early May).  (All doctoral students are automatically sponsored.)  To request an office, use the ''officereq'' utility on a department Linux host.  Offices are assigned once a year, effective at the start of the Fall semester, and are allocated according to your research area and advising professor.+The department assigns offices for the graduate students.  To get an office, either you or your sponsoring faculty member must request a space each year. (All doctoral students are automatically sponsored.)  To request an office, use the ''officereq'' utility on a department Linux host.  Offices are assigned once a year, effective at the start of the Fall semester, and are allocated according to your research area and advising professor.
  
 If you don't have an office, there is work space in the graduate reading room, GDC 5.202, and in the atrium bridge lounges. If you don't have an office, there is work space in the graduate reading room, GDC 5.202, and in the atrium bridge lounges.
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 GRACS consists of a five member executive committee. GRACS sponsors the weekly Tea-Time and occasional events (both social and academic) throughout the semester. GRACS consists of a five member executive committee. GRACS sponsors the weekly Tea-Time and occasional events (both social and academic) throughout the semester.
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-To help make this very large department a little less impersonal, GRACS established a buddy system. Each new Ph.D. student is given the opportunity to be matched with a fellow graduate student "buddy" who has volunteered to answer his or her questions. This allows new students to feel at home faster than they might otherwise. Buddies are chosen from graduate student volunteers who have been at UT at least a year, with consideration given to matching countries of origin and research interests whenever possible. 
  
 We would like to encourage your participation in GRACS. GRACS is your organization. Its effectiveness depends on your participation. Please attend GRACS events, assist with [[:gradfest|GradFest]] and the buddy program, or run for election to the executive committee. Elections are held twice a year, with the five members holding staggered terms of office to ensure continuity. To get more information about GRACS, visit the home page or send us mail at gracs@cs. We would like to encourage your participation in GRACS. GRACS is your organization. Its effectiveness depends on your participation. Please attend GRACS events, assist with [[:gradfest|GradFest]] and the buddy program, or run for election to the executive committee. Elections are held twice a year, with the five members holding staggered terms of office to ensure continuity. To get more information about GRACS, visit the home page or send us mail at gracs@cs.
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 "The Department of Computer Science manages its own network and systems, which number over 1600 hosts. UTCS operates a general-purpose High Throughput Computing (HTC) cluster, Mastodon, which is managed using the Condor job scheduling software. In addition to the Mastodon cluster, UTCS operates the CIAS Emulab, which provides a shared infrastructure for experimental computer science." "The Department of Computer Science manages its own network and systems, which number over 1600 hosts. UTCS operates a general-purpose High Throughput Computing (HTC) cluster, Mastodon, which is managed using the Condor job scheduling software. In addition to the Mastodon cluster, UTCS operates the CIAS Emulab, which provides a shared infrastructure for experimental computer science."
  
-For help, see [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/facilities/help|UTCS facilites help]].+For help, see [[https://www.cs.utexas.edu/facilities/documentation|UTCS facilites Documentation]].
  
 Type ''cshosts pubprinters'' to get the names of the various printers. Type ''cshosts pubprinters'' to get the names of the various printers.
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 For info about available machines, use the ''cshosts help'' command. For info about available machines, use the ''cshosts help'' command.
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-To find memory leaks or pointer errors in C/C++ code, use purify (just prepend purify to your link command, i.e., ''purify cc -o foo foo.c''). For really precise performance analysis, use quantify. 
  
 To see if someone is logged in, use ''rwho | grep (username)''. For information about someone (like their office number), use ''finger username@cs''. To see if someone is logged in, use ''rwho | grep (username)''. For information about someone (like their office number), use ''finger username@cs''.
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   * [[https://parking.utexas.edu/bike/|UT's Biking page]]   * [[https://parking.utexas.edu/bike/|UT's Biking page]]
-  * [[https://www.utexas.edu/parking/maps/bike-routes.gif|Bike routes to campus]] 
   * [[http://assets.austintexas.gov/coa-bike-map-v11-full-city-web.pdf|City of Austin's bicycle route map]]   * [[http://assets.austintexas.gov/coa-bike-map-v11-full-city-web.pdf|City of Austin's bicycle route map]]
  
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   * Bicycles are not allowed in any building unless stored in an area (office, storage room) approved by the appropriate building supervisor or department chair.   * Bicycles are not allowed in any building unless stored in an area (office, storage room) approved by the appropriate building supervisor or department chair.
  
-Our new building has a secured bicycle storage room and showers on 1 south, for CS grad students, faculty and staff only.  To request access, write to helpreq@cs.+Our new building has a secured bicycle storage room and showers on 1 south, for CS grad students, faculty and staff only.  To request access, write to help@cs.
  
 Read the [[bicycling|Bicycling]] article for details. Read the [[bicycling|Bicycling]] article for details.
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