The School of Mathematics and Statistics runs 2 Undergraduate Student Laboratories, containing a network of approximately 150 personal computers (PCs) which run either the Linux or Microsoft Windows XP operating system (see below). It does not matter which PC you use at any particular session, they all behave the same way.

The School's laboratories are in rooms G012 and M020 of the Red Centre. Room M020 is through the glass door (and along the corridor) opposite the Mathematics entrance to the Red Centre.

Room G012 is down the stairs from the main entrance, and is split into three sections "A", "B" and "C". The "A" and "C" sections also provide data projection facilities and are therefore not always available for general use. All PCs in the labs have both Windows and Linux installed, but the "C" section (which is immediately to your left as you enter the lab) is usually set up by default to use Windows and the "A" section will by default use Linux.

More details on these terminals are given in the Student Lab Notes.

The following table describes the labs:

Check near the door of G012 to find out when G012A or G012C is booked.

These laboratories also have a printer that students can use. The student laboratories use the same system as the library.
See the printing page for more information.

If you have technical (hardware) difficulties, then contact the School's Helpdesk in lab M020, which is open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

For problems with mathematics or the use of software, contact the lecturer in charge of your course or ask one of the consultants on duty in G012. Consultants are usually available from 11 am or 12 noon to at least 3pm Monday to Friday until week 8 of the session. Note that the consultants are primarily paid to help First Year Students with Maple (and some of them can also help with matlab) and so may not be in a position to help other students.

You can use a usb memory key with the lab PCs. See the Student Lab Notes for details on how to do this with the Linux PCs. Alternative, you can use email to transfer files.