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=== Visiting - Master students, PhD students, Post-Docs ===

A number of resources need to be "activated" in order to begin to work in IRIDIA.

* You need to provide two recent pictures of you (also in electronic format) for your student card and insurance and give them to [http://code.ulb.ac.be/iridia.people.php?id=3 Muriel Decreton]. <br>The student card will allow you to have a reduced price in the ULB cantine, as well as cinemas and other places advertising discounts for students.

* [http://code.ulb.ac.be/iridia.people.php?id=3 Muriel Decreton] can provide you keys for entering your office.

* You will need an entry in the [http://code.ulb.ac.be/iridia.people.php IRIDIA people page].<br>Contact the administrator of the people page (currently [http://code.ulb.ac.be/iridia.people.php?id=1285 Dhananjay Ipparthi], he will need your personal information a picture and a link to your home page).<br>If you will have a permanent position, make sure you have a page on the iridia web server first.

* If you need an account on the cluster, please contact the system administrators of IRIDIA's cluster (currently [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~fpagnozzi/ Federico Pagnozzi] and [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~afranzin/ Alberto Franzin]). For all communications related to the cluster (requesting an account, reporting issues, etc) write ONLY to cluster_admins at iridia.ulb.ac.be. Any mail about cluster matters sent to the personal or institutional accounts of the cluster admins will be ignored. More info about the cluster can be found [http://majorana.ulb.ac.be/wordpress/ here].

* You have to subscribe to the following [https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ IRIDIA mailing lists] <sup id="ref1">[[What_you_need_to_begin_to_work_in_IRIDIA#note1|[1]]]</sup> :
** [https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/guests Guests] (if you are a visitor or a master student doing your thesis at IRIDIA) 
** [https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/optimization-group Optimization Group] (if your domain of research is optimization)
** [https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/robotics Robotics Group] (if your domain of research is Robotics)
** [https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seminars Seminars] (to receive information about talks and seminars being held at IRIDIA)

* You can also subscribe to the following [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/Calendars/ calendars]:
** [https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/km87al7a1mb596h2l07mknom48%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics IRIDIA Seminars]
** [https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/26s3f312i7lhc2jpmvhtg4kqls%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics IRIDIA Robotics]
** [https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/3aqjlr91cmusi761hounf7a7ac%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics IRIDIA Optimization]
** [https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/ait7l5qcsv24f9jmshvl2g0urc%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics IRIDIA Others]

* You are also encouraged to apply for a membership to the [http://groups.google.com/group/iridians iridians mailing list], where you will be kept posted about dinners and other events we might organise. :-) You are more than welcome to propose events!

In [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/wiki/Moving_to_Brussels this] and [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/wiki/Surviving_in_Brussels this] page you can find general information about living in Bruxelles (where to search for a flat, French courses, bureaucracy etc.)

For further questions contact [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~fpagnozzi Federico Pagnozzi].

=== PhD students and Post-Docs only ===

* WEB server space <br>Contact the IRIDIA web server administrator (currently [http://code.ulb.ac.be/iridia.people.php?id=1473 Volker Strobel]).

* Account on the BACKUP server.<br/>Contact the system administrator of the IRIDIA's backup server (currently [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~afranzin Alberto Franzin]).

* If you are supposed to have the key of the robotic lab (arena), [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~mbiro Mauro Birattari] can provide you a copy of the key.

* If you need an SVN account ask [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~dgarzon/ David Garzon].

* For an account on the IRIDIA Wiki, contact the responsible (currently [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/~afranzin Alberto Franzin]).

* You can subscribe to the following two mailing lists:
** [https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/staff Staff] (if you are a new phd student or postdoc)
** [https://iridia.ulb.ac.be/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/phdstudents PhD Students](if you are a new phd student)

* In [http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/wiki/Workstation_configuration this page] you can find useful information concerning the configuration of printers etc.

If you work at IRIDIA for a longer period of time, probably you want also an email @ulb.ac.be. For [https://idsapp.ulb.ac.be/pam/pamsignup.php?language=uk registering] you will need an "Enrollment number" and a "PIN-code/NumÃ©ro de lecteur". You can find them on your ULB card. Once you activate the account you can [https://idsapp.ulb.ac.be/pam/index.php manage your account], [http://webserv1.ulb.ac.be/intranet/access?_mode=login1 access the intranet], and [http://webmail.ulb.ac.be/ your webmail].

== Notes ==
1. <sup>^</sup> <sup id="note1">[[What_you_need_to_begin_to_work_in_IRIDIA#ref1|a]]</sup> In order not to be submerged by spam, most of the lists accept posts only from email addresses that are in the subscribers list... meaning that if you subscribed to the Staff list with the address xxx@iridia.ulb.ac.be and try to send a message from your other addresses xxx@ulb.ac.be or xyz@gmail.com they will be discarded by the system.<br>If you have experienced such a problem, or want to be allowed to post from your other addresses, please contact the list owner providing the list of addresses to be added to the "white-list".