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Registering sites for listing on UC Berkeley's gateway website
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science: A College of Engineering department.
Software, hardware, and other personal-computing tools
- CalNet ID: ID and passphrase needed to access many UC Berkeley online services.
- The Scholar's Workstation: On-campus store for departmental purchase of computers, accessories, and software.
- The Scholar's Workstation: Store for individual students, staff, and faculty.
- CalMail: Campuswide e-mail services.
- AirBears: Campus wireless network.
- bSpace: Online collaboration and learning environment.
- IST Shopping Cart: Telephones and network connections.
- Cal Voicemail: Voicemail services.
- CalAgenda: Calendaring application for faculty & staff.
- IT resources for people new to campus: CalNet (personal online ID), CalMail (e-mail account), collaborative workspaces, network access.
- Software Central: Free downloads (with CalNet authentification) of essential campus security and communications applications.
- SETI@home: Scientific experiment using internet-connected computers in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Open to public participation.
- BOINC: Software enabling you to volunteer the use of idle time on your computer, for research on global warming, disease cures, and many other subjects. Open to public participation.
Campus IT offices
Information Services and Technology (IST)
- Campuswide IT Security: Works with the campus community to protect computer and network infrastructure.
- Strategic Technology Acquisition: Software licensing.
- iNews: Campus information-technology news.
Educational Technology Services (ETS): Classroom technology, including course websites, multimedia content, webcasting, and podcasting.
Residential Computing: Provides computer services in residence halls.
Computer Operations & Information Services : Part of Information Services and Technology, the technology planning and support arm of the campus's Administration unit.
Departmental On-site Computing Support
Workstation & Microcomputer Facilities
Berkeley Multimedia Research Center: An interdisciplinary group of artists, educators, professionals, and scientists who are experimenting with interactive multimedia technology in professional practice, scholarship, and education.
Letters & Science Computer Resources: Offers expertise in all areas of academic departmental computing, from desktop support, to web and database design, to complex Unix networks.
Assistance and training
- Computer help desks on campus
- Campus Computer Repair & Support: Services for all campus departments, students, and staff include in- and out-of-warranty repair for Apple, HP/Compaq, Sony, Toshiba, Lenovo, IBM ThinkPads, and Fujitsu computers as well as printers.
- UCBackup: Centralized workstation backup service.
- CAL PACT (People and Computer Training): Free computer training for staff.
- Open Computing Facility: All-volunteer, student-run service group, dedicated to free computing for all UC Berkeley students, faculty, and staff. Teaches classes throughout the semester on a wide range of computing topics.
Mailing lists, user groups and committees
- MAGNet: Macintosh-support user group.
- WebNet: Support group for campus website administrators and editors.
- Computer Science Undergraduate Association
- Micronet: User group for microcomputer support staff.
- Campus IT planning: Links to Campus Technology Council, IT committees, more.
- Information Technology Architecture Committee: Assesses enterprise architecture roadmaps related to information, business processes, applications, and technology infrastructure.
