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	'''Purpose & Contribution'''<br>		'''Purpose & Contribution'''<br>
	The main purpose of this wiki is to familiarize readers with the computing resources ~~'''~~provided by the department~~'''~~.		The main purpose of this wiki is to familiarize readers with the computing resources provided by the department.
	* '''Newcomers:''' Please read the [[Beginner's Guide to Computation in Statistical Research]] to familiarize yourself with statistical computing tools and best practices as you begin you research.		* '''Newcomers:''' Please read the [[Beginner's Guide to Computation in Statistical Research]] to familiarize yourself with statistical computing tools and best practices as you begin you research.
	* '''Computational Researchers:''' See the [[Article Catalog]] for a full selection of topics and pages and the [[Directory of Computing Resources for Statistical Research]] for available computational resources.		* '''Computational Researchers:''' See the [[Article Catalog]] for a full selection of topics and pages and the [[Directory of Computing Resources for Statistical Research]] for available computational resources.

Ajshen at 03:20, 30 June 2026

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	'''Purpose & Contribution'''<br>		'''Purpose & Contribution'''<br>
	* The main purpose of this wiki is to familiarize readers with the computing resources '''provided by the department'''. ~~We encourage everyone, especially newcomers, to at least skim all of the articles in the~~ '''~~Quick Start~~''' ~~section below~~.		The main purpose of this wiki is to familiarize readers with the computing resources '''provided by the department'''.
	* ~~This wiki is editable by any current member~~ of the ~~CMU Statistics department~~. ~~If you find any small errors, feel~~ free to ~~correct them directly. If you have a question or suggestions, please~~ leave a comment on any page ~~in the wiki~~.		* '''Newcomers:''' Please read the [[Beginner's Guide to Computation in Statistical Research]] to familiarize yourself with statistical computing tools and best practices as you begin you research.
			* '''Computational Researchers:''' See the [[Article Catalog]] for a full selection of topics and pages and the [[Directory of Computing Resources for Statistical Research]] for available computational resources.
			* '''Contributors and Maintainers:''' Feel free to leave a comment on any page, or create your own pages. Please see [[Generic Wiki Information]] for more information.
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Areinhar at 14:55, 29 June 2026

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	== Quick Start ==		== Quick Start ==


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	'''[[Miscellaneous Services]]'''<br>		'''[[Miscellaneous Services]]'''<br>
	Additional department tools, software licenses, and specialized computing services.		Additional department tools, printing, web hosting, software licenses, and specialized computing services.
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	~~== Old Computing Wiki Pages to be migrated ==~~
	~~our [[What_resources_when\|"what resources when" article]].~~

	~~[[Research Computing Dos and Don'ts]]~~

	~~=== Managing servers and environments ===~~
	~~=== Department computing resources ===~~

	~~==== Servers ====~~
	*[[Department Servers]].
	*#[https://info.stat.cmu.edu/index.php?title=Department_Servers#Software Software] - overview of the software installed and ready for use.
	*#[https://info.stat.cmu.edu/index.php?title=Monitoring_with_Grafana Monitor Server Usage]

	*[[PSC]], the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. Free accounts and usage credits are available
	*#[[ACCESS]]
	*#[[Parallelization_on_PSC/Bridges-2]]
	*[[Open OnDemand\|Open OnDemand - StatDS]]
	*[[Open OnDemand Wright\|Open OnDemand - Wright]]
	~~[[Terminal automation]]. This wiki introduces approaches to automate Linux/OS command line calls.~~
	*[[Bash files]]. This wiki presents potential uses of Bash files including automated file/folder creation, parallelization and much more!
	*[[Make]]. This wiki presents potential uses of <code>make</code> and Makefiles including automated workflow and dependency tracking
	*[[Jumping to frequently used folders and automating environment setups]]

	~~==== Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) ====~~
	~~#[[VSCode\|VSCode]]~~
	~~#PyCharm~~
	~~#RStudio~~
	~~#Eclipse~~

	~~See also the guide provided in the site of [https://36-750.github.io/tools/editors/ 36750 - Statistical Computing]~~

	~~==== Miscellaneous====~~
	~~#[[Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux_(WSL)_and_Python\|Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Python]]~~

	~~===General Department Computing Resources===~~

	*Fall 2021 [[Computing_seminar_resources\|Computing Seminar Resources]] (video and slides)

	~~==Ideas for the Wiki==~~

	~~Please see the [[TODO\|TODO page]] to post suggestions and errata.~~

	~~==Using the Wiki==~~

	*Here is some [[Generic_Wiki_Information\|Generic Wiki Information]] that you may be interested in, such as a users' guide and other resources for Wiki users.

	~~== Archived Pages ==~~
	~~These area pages that are potentially useful for some users, but no longer reflect the computing resources of the department writ large.~~

	~~Azure~~
	~~#[[Azure_getting_started\|Azure: getting started]]. This wiki walks you through the steps to create a virtual machine through Azure~~
	~~#[[How to obtain a virtual machine with a GPU]]~~
	~~#[[Attach a disk to a virtual machine]]~~


	~~Delete me?~~

	* [[Computing office hour usage]] (condensed into front page desc)
	* [[Local PC Backup]] (replaced by official google help article)
	* [[Bulding your website with Hugo]] (replaced by Jekyll)
	* [[How to host your webpage under stat.cmu.edu]] (moved into misc services)
	* [[Department GPU Servers]] (merged into main department servers article)
	* [[Access PSC compute nodes directly from VSCode]] (just a link to external article, will have entire article about vs code remote)


	~~Reference management~~
	~~#Zotero~~
	~~#Mendeley~~


	~~Text Editors~~
	~~#Vim~~
	~~#Nano~~
	~~#Emacs~~
	~~#Atom~~
	~~#Sublime~~

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	* '''[2026-04-10] New Article:''' Introducing [[Globus]], a tool for sharing large files within and between institutions.		* '''[2026-04-10] New Article:''' Introducing [[Globus]], a tool for sharing large files within and between institutions.
	* '''[2026-04-01] PSA:''' If you use VS Code, look for "[https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.vscode-python-envs Python Environments]" in your extensions and '''uninstall it immediately''' due to environment conflicts.		* '''[2026-04-01] PSA:''' If you use VS Code, look for "[https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-python.vscode-python-envs Python Environments]" in your extensions and '''uninstall it immediately''' due to environment conflicts.

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	* '''[New Article]''' ~~Quick Start~~ -> Scaling -> Version Control -> Experiment Management		* '''[New Article]''' Beginner's Guide -> Scaling -> Version Control -> Experiment Management
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	'''[[Article Catalog]]'''<br>		'''[[Article Catalog]]'''<br>
	A comprehensive list of articles organized by topic		A comprehensive list of articles organized by topic

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			'''[[Article Catalog]]'''<br>
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