The computing network in our department is managed by COSINe (College of Science Information Network). Use their website to find a lot of useful information on our computer systems, and to submit help requests online.
Important: Files on local computers are not backed up. You should copy important files to your Z:drive (Windows machines) or your home directory on frontend.science.oregonstate.edu (Unix machines). These are actually the same.
COSINe (College of Science Information Network) also manages research computing resources for faculty and graduate students involved in research computing projects:
Students interested in scientific computing using graphics cards can take advantage of CUDA technology available along with graphic cards on some computers in MLC. More information is available through this link.