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Burnside computer labs
Our main computer lab is in the basement of Burnside Hall, room 1B16.
Undergraduate Science and Arts & Science students have 24/7 card access. For other students, the computer labs are unlocked between 9h00 and 17h00 on Monday to Friday (excluding holidays).
The lab may also be reserved for special events, during which regular student access is suspended. Check the calendar below for this week’s bookings.
Remote workstations
We also have computers in the following locations:
| Building | Room | Opening hours (excluding holidays) |
|---|---|---|
| Duff Microbiology | Hallway | 8h00 to 18h00, Monday to Friday |
| Otto Maass Chemistry | Lobby | 7h00 to 19h00, Monday to Friday |
| Rutherford Physics | Lab on Main Floor | 8h00 to 21h00, Monday to Thursday 8h00 to 18h00, Friday |
| Stewart Biology | North Wing, 3rd Floor | 7h45 to 22h15, Monday to Friday |
After-hours card access is dependent on your department/program.
Lab Rules
- No food.
- No drinks with open lids. Drinks must be covered (e.g. water bottles and thermoses are permitted).
- No gaming in the labs. This includes installed games, games run from USB drives, and browser-based games.
System Information
| Model | Dell Optiplex 9020 |
| Screen | Dell 27” 1920 × 1080 |
| OS | Windows 10 Enterprise LTSB v1903 |
| CPU | Intel i7-4790 @ 3.6 GHz 4C/8T |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| GPU | 4 GB Geforce GTX 745 |
| Disk | - 256 GB SSD - 500 GB HDD - DVD+/RW optical drive |
| Installed programs | - Firefox and Google Chrome - Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote) - LibreOffice and OpenOffice Suite - Notepad++, Eclipse, Sublime Text, RStudio and Geany - PuTTY and WinSCP - Pidgin (instant messaging client) - MiKTeX, TeXstudio, and LyX |
Let us know if you would like a new program added to our machines.
Storage Space
All of our computers provide access to two shared network drives on which students can save personal documents,
the campus-wide P: drive and the CTF-hosted M: drive.
The P: and M: drives provide 1.00 GB and 2.00 GB of storage space, respectively.
If you run out of storage space, you may find programs starting to behave erratically; in that case, try deleting old or unused files.
Having trouble?
If you are having problems with a computer we manage, come by the office (Burnside Hall 1B19) or email us at
ctf.science@mail.mcgill.ca and we’ll send someone to take a look at it for you.