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UCLA Mathematics Computing Group Home Page

The Mathematics Computing Group is responsible to support the department's Information Technology needs. These pages give tutorials in using our system, and guidance on departmental policies. If you need to contact the MCG:

Help Categories

Mathnet Computing: An overview.
E-mail and Spam Filtering (Vacant Cell)
Web Topics: Compute Clusters:
  • Sun Grid Engine (SGE): The job scheduling software used on our compute clusters.
  • Bamboo: Our principal cluster of 48 nodes, Intel Pentium 4 at 3GHz (i686)
  • Nemo: A gift from Pixar, 9 nodes, dual Intel Xeon at 3.4GHz (x86_64)
OpenVPN: The virtual private network for access to restricted Mathnet services from home. PDF: Adobe's Portable Document Format, and how to create and view this kind of document.
Printing Remote Access: How to connect to and use Mathnet computers from outside the department.
User Support Scanners: How to get pictures (including pictures of text) into the computer.
  Web Upgrade Campaign (2009)  /  Guidelines