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---+ Guide for new !PhD students This is a guide intended to help new !PhD students starting with the Particle Physics research group. It is based on mine & others' experiences joining the group in 2015 so may not be directly applicable and parts of it may be specific to ATLAS. *Please contribute to help keep it up to date.* <p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> %TOC%</p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p> ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Things you need to bring with you* "}% The *following documents are needed* to fully register with the university, CERN & your experiment. * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Passport</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Degree certificate to confirm your offer (if this hasn't been done already)</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">National insurance number</span> *Things you don't need*: * A computer - linux terminals are more than sufficient for working in the office. Some people do use their own computers but you definitely don't need to buy one before arriving. * Stationary - this will be provided by the school's stores. ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Registering with the university*"}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Submit a copy of transcript / results for your *offer to become official*. This isn't neccessary if you have just completed your undergraduate degree here.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">You'll then receive your new university logon details by email</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Login in to [[http://my.bham.ac.uk][my.bham]] (using your logon details in the form abc123 - note the lower case) & register your details under the my.programme tab</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">You should then be able to collect your *university ID card*. If possible do this before the start of the undergraduate term time as it gets a lot busier.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Your *university email address* is </span> [[mailto:ABC123@bham.ac.uk][<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline">ABC123@bham.ac.uk</span>]]<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> and can be accessed directly at </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">[[http://mail.bham.ac.uk][webmail]] </span>or through the email link on the top right after logging into </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">[[http://my.bham.ac.uk][my.bham]]</span>.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Note: the PGR email system is not hosted on the same servers as the undergraduate servers so issues may arise if switching over. Contact the </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">[[https://universityofbirmingham.service-now.com/][IT service desk]]</span> if neccessary.</span> ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Getting stipend pay* "}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">You should receive an email from Sara Lawrence before arriving at Birmingham. This should include a form for payment details.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Return this form and you should get *paid your first month stipend in advance*, approximately 10 days before your arrival. If you are unsure on some details i.e. funding source, leave them blank and your form should still be processed fine.</span> ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Supervisors*"}% * If you don't already have a supervisor agreed, the first couple of weeks are used to meet everyone on the experiment at Birmingham and find out more about their work * Students have a primary and secondary supervisor. Depending on which experiment you work on you may end up working more closely with other members of staff - so your assigned supervisors may not be as big as deal as you think. * Once you do have a supervisor, monthly supervision reports are required at the end of each month. They aren't required until November. Forms for the reports are available from and return to [[https://canvas.bham.ac.uk][canvas]]. There's also the added delight of '6 monthly progress reports' & 'development needs analysis forms' later on. You'll get emailed about them when the excitement of filling them in comes round. ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Office access*"}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">On your first day with the group Maria Hobbs should help you collect your *office keys* from stores & provide you with a form for out-of-hours access to the building</span> ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Get set up with a local account*"}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Speak to Mark Slater to get your Birmingham hep group user ID & set a password</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">This is your *log on for local linux terminals* </span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Email him with an email address to get *email forwarded* from this email to another one (I would suggest your CERN email when it gets set up). Alternatively email can be accessed through alpine on the linux machines</span> ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *PhD lectures from MPAGS*"}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The Midlands Physics Alliance Graduate School provides post-graduate lectures to !PhD students. Some lectures are given in person in Birmingham and streamed to other universities, while other lectures are streamed to Birmingham from other universities,</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">In the 2015-16 academic year, all first year !PhD students were expected to *pass at least 4 modules* worth of assessments for MPAGS courses. The choice of which modules you study & take the assessment for should be in agreement with your supervisor</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">To *register an account* go to </span> [[http://mpags.nottingham.ac.uk/][<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline">http://mpags.nottingham.ac.uk</span>]] * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Once you've agreed with your supervisor which modules you will attend register on the course page</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Check that the modules have been updated from the previous year</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> *C++ course is mandatory* and does not count towards the quota of 4 modules. If completely new to C++ it may be useful to read through an introduction, there are many resources available online.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Apart from the C++ course all modules are taught in the room on the first floor of physics west - either directly (and streamed to other instituations) or streamed from other institutions.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> *Students are expected to prepare the room* for streaming lectures, speak to Mark Slater about how to setup the room for MPAGS modules.</span> ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Teaching opportunities*"}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">PhD students are expected to take up teaching responsibilities. Pay is in addition to the stipend and for the *2015-16 academic year was £14.67 per hour*. Speak to Gary Tungate or Neil Thomas if you have a preference of a modules. Teaching opportunities include:</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Demonstration & marking for computing classes (mostly C++ with some python starting in the 2016-17 academic year)</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Laboratory</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Maths examples classes</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Marking for weekly problems</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Teaching skills classes</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">You should also receive information about a training day in preparation for your teaching. This is not specific to the teaching you do. You should be reimbursed for your time spent on this training day.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">You will be automatically joined into a pension scheme. You can *opt out of the pension scheme* if you don't want to make contributions.</span> ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Registering with a CERN account*"}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The *CERN pre-registration tool* can be found [[http://usersoffice.web.cern.ch/pre-registration-tool][here]] and should be filled in with the assitance of / by supervisors. A scanned copy of the home institution declaration form (for all CERN users) should be sent in - keep hold of the original. This is done before visiting CERN and should give you access to your CERN computing account. Maria Hobbs can help with this.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> *CERN Registration* in person is done on your first visit. You will need to take the original signed forms to the CERN user's office (building 61) to get your account approved. CERN ID can then be obtained by visiting building 55. _(Queuing can take a while here, depending on the time of year. However queuing can be done 'digitally' through an app - details advertised at building 55)_ </span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> *CERN email* should be available shortly after the pre-registration tool has been completed.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The mailbox can be accessed [[https://mmm.cern.ch/owa/][here]]</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Create email aliases and do other helpful account things on the [[https://account.cern.ch/account/][account management page]] </span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Signing up to relevant mailing lists on the [[https://e-groups.cern.ch/e-groups/EgroupsSearchForm.do][e-groups system]].</span> * *Register with your experiment*. ATLAS students should follow these [[http://atlassec.web.cern.ch/atlassec/Registration.htm][instructions]] * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> *GRID certificates:* To register and set-up a grid certificate, follow the [[https://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/index.php?page=general/facilities/gridcerts][guide]]</span> <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">noting that the *l* _ink on step 6 is currently out of date_ and an alternative </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">[[https://portal.ca.grid-support.ac.uk/caportal/cert_owner][link]]</span> can be used to check certificate set-up.</span> * You should *register your GRID certificate* with your virtual organisation. This is done through the [[<font face="Tahoma" color="black" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt">http://grid.desy.de/desy_vo.html][</span></font>VOMS service]] ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *ATLAS specifics*"}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Birmingham ATLAS *weekly meetings* </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> are on *Thursday's 10AM* in the second floor West meeting room. The format is usual:</span> * !PhD student roundtable - giving a short verabl summary of their work this week * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Activity update from one !PhD student each week</span> * A report on the ATLAS weekly meeting by a staff member, possibly including details on their work * The upcoming & recent agendas are listed [[http://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/twiki/bin/view/ATLAS/AtlasLocalMeeting][here]] * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">New students need to complete a *qualification task* before they are listed as an author. This should take at least 50% of your time for the first year of your !PhD. The subject of possible qualification tasks is a good topic for discussion when meeting potential supervisors. The work involved can vary significantly from software to hardware, feel free to chat to the older students about their tasks! </span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> *ATLAS UK conference* is every year around early January. For 2017 it is 4th-7th January at the University of Liverpool. Most students will go to this so keep the dates free!</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">When it is one's *birthday* it is convention that one brings in celebratory cakes, biscuits or goodies to the student office.<br /></span> ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Trips away*"}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">A *blank travel form* should be sent round to you. You should fill this in and get it signed by your supervisor before each trip out of the country.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The university provides *free travel insurance* for when you are travelling on university business. This is essential can be arranged through the [[http://www.travelform.bham.ac.uk/journey_V2.asp][online form]].</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">When travelling away you should be covered for your *expenses*.</span> * Keep receipts for everything you want to claim. * No alcohol should be claimed. * Pink claims forms are above the printers in 332A. * If you have a lot of receipts, consider using a spreadsheet to make it easier to total up them all. * Return the form & all the receipts to Maria Hobbs. * <strong><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> *Going to CERN for the first time* </span></strong> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Before exiting the baggage recalim area of Geneva airport, you should be able to get a free bus & tram ticket to travel from the airport to the CERN site. The Y bus goes directly from the airport stop to CERN.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The main CERN site has a hotel - the CERN hostel. Booking is done through the [[https://edh.cern.ch/Hostel/][website]] </span>using your CERN account. It is reasonable easy to both book & cancel in advance. It will fill up during busy times so it is advisable to book a room if in doubt, as long as you cancel it if it isn't needed. Reminder emails are sent out a few days before bookings, so rooms may open up after cancellations after these reminder emails. * You'll need to finish your registration & collect your CERN ID (explained above). * Make sure you try a kebab. * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> *Conferences you'll likely go to in first year* </span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">IoP Particle Physics conference is just before Easter</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">The day before !IoP there is a football tournament. The renowned *Bubble chambers tournament* was won by the University of Birmingham in 2016. The pressure will be on to defend the title in 2017 and every student will be called upon to do their duty. Email James Broughton for details: the.captain@cern.ch</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">RAL summer school - around September</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Warwick / Flavour week - just before Easter, but after !IoP</span> <p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p> ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Other things*"}% <p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt" dir="ltr"> </p> * *Indico* is CERN's system for scheduling meetings. Get used to using it. It is possible to synchronise a particular group to your google calendar: * From a particular meeting, click the up arrow to go to the category / group the meeting belongs to. * Click on the "Export to scheduling tool" which is the second of four buttons on the right hand side. * Copy the URL displayed. * In google calendar, find 'other calendars' on the lefthand side * Click on the dropdown arrow to the right of 'other calendars' and choose add by URL * *Vidyo* is CERN's system for holding meetings over the internet. * There is an app * There is also a desktop download [[https://vidyoportal.cern.ch][here]] * It is possible to use your *own PC*. * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">To get *ethernet access* in West you will need to give Mark Slater your device's MAC address and ask it to be given access. <br /></span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">It is possible to use the groups *printers* while using a wired ethernet connection. [[https://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/group/locdoc/printing.html][Details]] of how to set this up are in the computing part of this twiki </span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Your *grid certificate* will need to installed on your browser. Copy it across as neccessary.</span> * <strong><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> *SSH from home / elsewhere:* </span></strong><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">you can run terminal sessions through SSH. The exact process you follow depends on the operating system.</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">You must have a grid certificate set up<br /></span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">You must carry out the [[https://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/cgi-ssl-any/sslcheck][SSL check]] from with-in a browser (with the grid certificate set up). <br /></span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Launch the SSH session with a terminal or putty. </span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">More details are [[https://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/index.php?page=group/guide/homepc#remotessh][here]]</span> * If you are using a mac<span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline"> & an SSH terminal to access files, consider using kinit to save typing your password repeatedly & [[https://osxfuse.github.io/][FUSE for OSX]] to be able to mount the external file system as a local one. <br /></span> * *Seminars & coffee.* First year !PhD students are expected to take the tea, coffee & biscuits across for the groups' seminars on Wednesdays. They can be picked up from Maria's office on the second floor, roughly 15 minutes before the start of the weekly seminar. Ian Kenyon who organises the seminars will speak to you about this. Attendance at these seminars is compulsary if you are able to go. ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Long term attachments*"}% As part of an *STFC funded !PhD working on an LHC experiment* you are likely get the opportunity to go to CERN on a 'long term attachment.' This is usually 1 year long but can last up to 2 years. You will get the chance to train as a shifter for your experiment & play a crucial role in the day to day running of the detector. There is also the option of the annual ski trip organised for students on LTA. Students on LTA are *entitled to*: * Additional funds to cover the extra costs of living near CERN (approximately £400 per month) * Accommodation near to CERN with maintenance bills included (internet needs to be paid for and then claimed back) * A removals company to transport belongings when moving out / back to Birmingham * The usual expenses for conferences / meetings * _Some great cycling in the Jura mountains & the Alps_ * Sound tempting? You *don't need to do anything for now*! The CERN UK liaison office sends out details around May time for how to apply for LTA. ---++ %MAKETEXT{" *Key contacts*"}% * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Head of research group - Paul Newman</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Group secretary - Maria Hobbs</span> * <span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline">Schools PGR administrator - </span>Sara Lawrence [[mailto:s.lawrence.1@bham.ac.uk][s.lawrence.1@bham.ac.uk ]] * Computing wizard / guru - Mark Slater Contact details are available on 'Who we are' [[http://www.ep.ph.bham.ac.uk/index.php?page=general/people/index][page]] -- Main.JamesKendrick - 28 June 2016
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