Graduate IT Links

All IT use is subject to the University Acceptable Use Policy.

See the University IT resources for graduate students for guidance on setting up University credentials and additional, initial resources.

Wireless & Connectivity

Join eduroam at Princeton or other institutions using your Princeton email address as the credential.

Do not join puvisitor; it is for short-term visitors without an institutional affiliation. Remove puvisitor from your device’s list of remembered networks if you are experiencing connectivity trouble.

Connect to the GlobalProtect VPN if you are working from off-campus and require access to campus resources, or suspect a problem accessing resources while on-campus.

Printing

Print to 108 - Sherrerd Hall via PawPrint. Bring your Princeton ID card to release the job at the printer.

Printing depletes your printing quota, but AIs may request an increase if necessary.

Print & Mail Services can accommodate large, irregular sized print jobs, such as posters.

Standalone printers are located in 009 & 221 - Sherrerd Hall, and select offices. Plug a device in to the printer using the provided cable.

Software & Services

Both licensed and free software is available for installation on or use from personally-owned devices.

Backup

Crashplan Professional is available at a discounted rate for Princeton University affiliates to back up data on personally-owned devices.

Computation

Princeton Virtual Desktops are remotely accessible virtual machines good for small runs, development, and testing. By instructor or AI request, they can also be grouped and preconfigured to support coursework with preinstalled software and environments.

Research Computing manages the High Performance Computing (HPC) resources for the University. Use the starter Adroit system to familiarize yourself with an HPC system.

Access to additional servers used as ORFE compute resources is contingent upon Principal Investigator (PI) collaboration and/or research justification, including available Cloud Services in excess of student allowances.

Web Pages

The Google Sites service is available to students to host personal web sites and content.

Github Pages is a recommended option for creating a professional site independent of Princeton that can integrate with a code portfolio.

Graduate students are encouraged to submit links to both professional sites and CVs for inclusion on the ORFE Web Site.

Equipment

The department maintains a limited supply of display adapters and presentation remotes for short-term loan; iPad loans are available to AIs that have a remote teaching component.

Where possible, incoming students are provided an external display at their assigned workspace that they may use for the duration of their program.

The Princeton Python Users Group provides regular and ongoing support and collaboration among Princeton’s Python development community.

The Princeton R Group hosts talks on applied use cases of R and is co-organized by DDSS Graduate Fellows of Social Data Science and DDSS staff members.

The Research Computing Help Sessions offer help on getting the most out of running your code on the HPC systems.

The ORFE department’s Manager of Information Technologies accepts regular appointments to meet and discuss programming challenges and other technical difficulties.

Mailing Lists & Communication

The Graduate Program Administrator adds all incoming ORFE graduate students to an ORFE-GRADS Mailing List.

Various PIs maintain communication with their research groups via Slack and Zulip. Ask your adviser.

Inquire about joining the ORFE team on Github if you find you need capabilities that are not available on a free, personal account, or if you are developing code as part of a group.