Math Computing Cheat Sheet

CalNet

Task	URL	Remarks
get Cal 1 card	https://cal1card.berkeley.edu/	all students, faculty, and staff are required to get a Cal 1 card
activate CalNet ID	https://calnetweb.berkeley.edu/calnet-me/info-new-users/activate-calnet-id	all students, faculty, and staff are required to have a valid CalNet ID
test CalNet ID	https://auth.berkeley.edu/cas/login?renew=true&service=https://auth.berkeley.edu/	verify if you remember your CalNet ID and pass-phrase correctly
change recovery email	https://bpr.calnet.berkeley.edu/account-manager/person/changeRecoveryEmail	set up or change non-Berkeley email address where CalNet account notifications will be sent
reset CalNet ID pass-phrase	https://bpr.calnet.berkeley.edu/account-manager/passphrase/requestReset	requires prior setup of recovery email
update directory listing	https://calnet.berkeley.edu/directory/update/index.pl	keep your public information up-to-date
check expiry information	https://calnetweb.berkeley.edu/calnet-people/info-new-users/grace-periods	your CalNet account expires after a predefined grace period

Email

Task	URL	Your email addresses	Remarks
create account	https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/account/create_account	jane.doe@berkeley.edu	requires CalNet Authentication you have to accept the terms of service your @math address is created by department
access email from computer	http://bmail.berkeley.edu	jane.doe@berkeley.edu	requires CalNet Authentication accept the terms of service when login the first time
add @math alias	http://bmail.berkeley.edu	jdoe@math.berkeley.edu	request your @math alias from request@math.berkeley.edu click on the "gear" icon in the right corner of bMail screen and select Settings. select the Accounts tab check if the "Send mail as" section contains your @math address; skip next step, if yes click on the link "Add another email address you own" and add your @math alias in pop-up dialog box leave the checkbox "Treat as an alias" as it is, click on Next Step for address verification
make @math alias default	http://bmail.berkeley.edu	jdoe@math.berkeley.edu	click on the "gear" icon in the right corner of bMail screen and select Settings. select the Accounts tab find your @math alias in the "Send mail as" section and click on the link "make default"
get on mail list	http://bmail.berkeley.edu	faculty@math.berkeley.edu postdoc@math.berkeley.edu allgrads@math.berkeley.edu	make sure you are subscribed to one of the department mailing lists send a message to request@math.berkeley.edu if not sure

Web

Task	URL	Remarks
read department web pages	http://math.berkeley.edu	no authentication required
edit your official page	/people/path-to-your-page	replace path-to-your-page with the path to your page, e.g. faculty/jane-doe requires CalNet Authentication click on Edit tab of the page you own upload photo, add link, etc.
create/edit your personal page	/~your-unix-login	replace your-unix-login with your Unix login name, e.g. jdoe create public_html folder in your Unix home create/edit index.html file in the above folder make sure the file/folder permissions are right read more in the Webpage Guide

Printing

Public Printers

Queue Name	Location	Maker & Model	Printer Queue URL
958_large	958 Evans Hall	Canon iR-ADV 8295	http://printserver.math.berkeley.edu:631/printers/958_large
958_small	958 Evans Hall	Canon iR-ADV 6275	http://printserver.math.berkeley.edu:631/printers/958_small
1002	1002 Evans Hall	HP LaserJet M602	http://printserver.math.berkeley.edu:631/printers/1002
838	838 Evans Hall	HP LaserJet M605	http://printserver.math.berkeley.edu:631/printers/838
744	744 Evans Hall	HP LaserJet M605	http://printserver.math.berkeley.edu:631/printers/744

Printing Tasks

Task	Commands	Remarks
print a document from a GUI application (e.g. standalone PDF reader)	press Ctrl-P (in Unix or Windows) press Command-P (in MacOS) select the queue name from the above list of public printers	please consider the environment before printing printing books is not allowed send large jobs to one of Canon printers use two-sided printing option (save trees) sometimes, a (malformed) PDF document won't print from the web browser, but prints OK from a standalone PDF viewer (e.g. Mac Preview or Adobe Reader) the Canon printers won't print A4 paper size PDF documents without shrinking or cropping the documents to fit the US Letter size
print a document from Unix command line	lpr -P queue file	replace queue with the queue name from the above list of public printers replace file with the file path of the document to print
check the print queue status from Unix command line	lpq -P queue	replace queue with the queue name from the above list of public printers
cancel the job from Unix command line	lprm job	replace job with the job number from the above output of lpq command you have to own the job in order to able to cancel it
add a printer to personal Windows computer	go to Add Network Printer dialogue use the URL from the above list of public printers use a proper Postscript driver (see remarks)	do not use PCL printer drivers, use Postscript drivers instead it is recommended to install the HP universal Postscript driver for the above HP printers it is recommended to install the Canon Postscript (PS3) driver for the above Canon printers
add a printer to personal Mac computer	go to the list of printers in System Preferences click on + sign click on the IP tab select IPP protocol type printserver.math.berkeley.edu in Address type printers/queue in Queue type queue in Name select Generic Postscript Printer (but see remarks) click on Add button and check the Duplex Printing Unit click on OK button	replace queue with the queue name from the above list of public printers it is recommended to replace the Generic Postscript driver with a more specific one from the print server itself for example: download the PPD file http://printserver.math.berkeley.edu:631/printers/1002.ppd go to the printer list in System Preferences select the printer 1002 and click on Options & Supplies click on the Driver tab and select Other... use the downloaded PPD file 1002.ppd

Network

Network	Type	URL	Remarks
CalVisitor	public WiFi	http://ist.berkeley.edu/airbears/calvisitor	no authentication required no encryption (public network) limited network service: Web and VPN only
AirBears2	private WiFi	http://ist.berkeley.edu/airbears	requires authentication (AirBears2 key) set or view the key here (requires CalNet Authentication) encrypted (secure) network
eduroam	private WiFi	http://ist.berkeley.edu/airbears	requires (eduroam) authentication UC Berkeley insiders may use their AirBears2 key visitors may use their home institution eduroam credentials encrypted (secure) network
Ethernet	wired		requires hardware (a.k.a. MAC) address registration student personal computers are not eligible for wired network access faculty and long term visitors should send the office number and MAC address of their computer Ethernet port to request@math.berkeley.edu

Public Unix Servers

Name	Resources	Purpose	Remarks
login.math.berkeley.edu	8 CPU cores, 12GB RAM	SSH gateway	Good for Unix shell command line interface (CLI) Text editing, emailing, Tex/LaTeX writing Worldwide AFP and SFTP access to file server Access to personal web pages ~/public_html Not so good for Any serious computing Graphics user interface (GUI)
beyonce.math.berkeley.edu	8 CPU cores, 32GB RAM	Virtual desktop (thin client server)	Good for Graphics user interface (GUI) access Internet browsing, emailing, Tex/LaTeX writing Interactive scientific computing Access to commercial scientific software Worldwide GUI access (via NX client) Not so good for High performance computing
keira.math.berkeley.edu	8 CPU cores, 32GB RAM	Virtual desktop (thin client server)	Good for Graphics user interface (GUI) access Internet browsing, emailing, Tex/LaTeX writing Interactive scientific computing Access to commercial scientific software Worldwide GUI access (via NX client) Not so good for High performance computing
appsa.math.berkeley.edu	64 CPU cores, 256GB RAM	High performance computing	Good for Parallel computing Non-interactive computational jobs (via screen utility) CLI access to scientific (including commercial) software Application programming: C/C++, Fortran, Python, R, etc. Temporary storage of massive computational data Not so good for GUI computing Supercomputing

Non-free Math Software

Name	Servers	Can be installed on personal computer?	Licensing Model	Remarks
MATLAB	appsa.math.berkeley.edu beyonce.math.berkeley.edu keira.math.berkeley.edu	Yes (see remarks)	Campus wide license, see https://software.berkeley.edu/matlab. Department pays for server licenses. Personal licenses are not covered.	Access from thin client computer Terminal: use matlab -nojvm command from Unix shell Unity: type "matlab" in the Dash Search GNOME: find MATLAB 2012b or 2013b in Application/Science menu Remote access via SSH See SSH Access, use terminal command matlab Installation on personal computer (non-free) Get the chart string (COA) from your research administrator Follow appropriate link on Software Central MATLAB page Install MATLAB after getting personal activation key
Mathematica	appsa.math.berkeley.edu beyonce.math.berkeley.edu keira.math.berkeley.edu	Yes	Campus wide license, see https://software.berkeley.edu/mathematica. Department pays for its share including personal licenses.	Access from thin client computer Terminal: use math command from Unix shell Unity: type "mathematica" in the Dash Search GNOME: find Mathematica 8 or 9 in Application/Science menu Remote access via SSH See SSH Access, use terminal command math Installation on personal computer Follow appropriate link on Software Central Mathematica page Install Mathematica after getting personal activation key
Alpha Pro	N/A	N/A	Campus wide license, see https://software.berkeley.edu/mathematica. Access to Alpha Pro is covered by department.	Access from any computer with browser (sign in required) http://www.wolframalpha.com/pro/ Getting personal account Fill the web form at Wolfram User Portal
Maple	appsa.math.berkeley.edu beyonce.math.berkeley.edu keira.math.berkeley.edu	No	Department site license. Department covers (local area network) floating licenses.	Access from thin client computer Terminal: use maple command from Unix shell Unity: type "maple" in the Dash Search GNOME: find "Maple 16" in Application/Science menu Remote access via SSH See SSH Access, use terminal command maple Installation on office computer connected to Ethernet Send request to request@math.berkeley.edu
MAGMA	appsa.math.berkeley.edu beyonce.math.berkeley.edu keira.math.berkeley.edu	No	Department site license sponsored by Simons Institute.	Access from thin client computer Terminal only: use magma command from Unix shell Remote access via SSH See SSH Access, use terminal command magma Installation on office computer connected to Ethernet Send request to request@math.berkeley.edu