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Burnside computer labs
Our two main computer labs are in the basement of Burnside Hall, rooms 1B16 and 1B17.
Undergraduate Science and Arts & Science students have 24/7 card access. For other students, the computer labs are unlocked between 9h00 and 17h00 on Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).
Remote workstations
We also have computers in the following locations:
| Building | Room | Opening hours (excluding holidays) |
|---|---|---|
| Duff Microbiology | Hallway | 8h00 to 18h00, Monday to Friday |
| Otto Maass Chemistry | Lobby | 7h00 to 19h00, Monday to Friday |
| Rutherford Physics | Lab on Main Floor | 8h00 to 21h00, Monday to Thursday 8h00 to 18h00, Friday |
| Stewart Biology | North Wing, 3rd Floor | 7h45 to 22h15, Monday to Friday |
After-hours card access is dependent on your department/program.
Lab Rules
- No food.
- No drinks with open lids. Drinks must be covered (e.g. water bottles and thermoses are permitted).
- No gaming in the labs. This includes installed games, games run from USB drives, and browser-based games.
System Information
| Model | Dell Optiplex 9020 |
| Screen | Dell 27” 1920 × 1080 |
| OS | Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB v1903 |
| CPU | Intel i7-4790 @ 3.6 GHz 4C/8T |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| GPU | 4 GB Geforce GTX 745 |
| Disk | - 256 GB SSD - 500 GB HDD - DVD+/RW optical drive |
| Installed programs | - Firefox and Google Chrome - Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote) - LibreOffice and OpenOffice Suite - Notepad++, Eclipse, Sublime Text, RStudio and Geany - PuTTY and WinSCP - Pidgin (instant messaging client) - MiKTeX, TeXstudio, and LyX |
Let us know if you would like a new program added to our machines.
Storage Space
All of our computers provide access to two shared network drives on which students can save personal documents,
the campus-wide P: drive and the CTF-hosted M: drive.
The P: and M: drives provide 1.00 GB and 2.00 GB of storage space, respectively.
If you run out of storage space, you may find programs starting to behave erratically; in that case, try deleting old or unused files.
Having trouble?
If you are having problems with a computer we manage, come by the office (Burnside Hall 1B19) or email us at
ctf.science@mail.mcgill.ca and we’ll send someone to take a look at it for you.