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Welcome to the CMU Department of Statistics and Data Science Computing Wiki! To get the most out of this resource, please note the following:

  1. The main purpose of this wiki is to familiarize readers with computing resources provided by the department providcourage everyone, especially newcomers, to at least skim all of the articles in the Quick Start section below
  3. This wiki is editable by any current member of the CMU Statistics department. If you find any small errors, feel free to correct them.ed by the department. We en

Quick Start

  • A beginner's guide to computation in statistical research projects
  • Introduction to department computational Sesources
  • Miscellaneous services

Getting to know the computing resources & getting support

If you're interested in knowing about what resources you have access to (and/or) what resources you have access to that might solve a problem you're having, please visit our "what resources when" article.

To get support that is beyond this website please attend office hours below and/or email remarks@stat.cmu.edu for support (for more details about how the support ticketing works through remarks@stat.cmu.edu + ServiceNow please

Support Resources

For assistance with issues not covered in this wiki, please reach out to the following contacts:

  1. General tech support for department computing resources: remarks@stat.cmu.edu
  2. Live assistance for research projects: Alex Shen, PhD Computing TA.
    • Office Hours, Mondays 2pm-3pm @ FMS Interview Room 320
    • Direct inquiries over email (ajshen@andrew.cmu.edu) and slack
  3. Live assistance for computing resource onboarding and troubleshoosting:

Department Contacts

• events@stat.cmu.edu: seminars, conferences & workshops, and calendar updates

• news@stat.cmu.edu: dept/dept member-related public news & announcements

• lists@stat.cmu.edu: department email lists

• webmaster@stat.cmu.edu: website updates

• remarks@stat.cmu.edu: computer/tech requests

• rooms@stat.cmu.edu: request space for meetings and TA office hours

• reimbursements@stat.cmu.edu: travel and reimbursement requests

Computing Office Hours

These office hour opportunities provide a dedicated time for you to come ask questions about research computing.  These include code advice, how to access certain resources, what the best resources are for your project, or to learn about new connections to help you progress in your education and research. Staff Office hour times will be sent out each week on Monday as a calendar invite; accept any of the invitations to add it to your personal calendar. PhD TA Office Hours are below, unless a different time is communicated.

  1. PhD TA Office Hours for Spring 2026 will be held by Alex Shen on Mondays 2pm-3pm in FMS Interview Room 320. Additional OH and consultations are available upon request via email or slack.
  2. Staff Office Hours are held by appointment by...
    1. Carl Skipper - skipper@andrew.cmu.edu
    2. Jake Gordon (232F) - jacobg2@andrew.cmu.edu

See computing office hour usage for what office hours can be used for.

Computing Wiki Pages

Managing servers and environments

Introductory Tutorials

Introduction to Basic Linux Commands

Virtual environments

Containers

Department computing resources

Local PC Backup

Web Hosting

  1. How to host your webpage under stat.cmu.edu
  2. Building your website with Hugo

Servers

Development guides

Parallelization

Package development

Terminal automation. This wiki introduces approaches to automate Linux/OS command line calls.

Version Control

See the guide provided in the site of 36750 - Statistical Computing

Reference management

  1. Zotero
  2. Mendeley

Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)

  1. VSCode
  2. PyCharm
  3. RStudio
  4. Eclipse

Text Editors

  1. Vim
  2. Nano
  3. Emacs
  4. Atom
  5. Sublime

See also the guide provided in the site of 36750 - Statistical Computing

AI Tools

Miscellaneous

  1. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) and Python
  2. Amphetamine: How to keep your computer awake

General Department Computing Resources

Ideas for the Wiki

Please see the TODO page to post suggestions and errata.

Using the Wiki

  • Here is some 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

  1. Azure: getting started. This wiki walks you through the steps to create a virtual machine through Azure
  2. How to obtain a virtual machine with a GPU
  3. Attach a disk to a virtual machine
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