Welcome to Science and Engineering Node Services (SENS) -- Science & Engineering Node Services, University at Buffalo

Science & Engineering Node Services (SENS) is a full-service, customer-oriented support organization at the University at Buffalo that provides computer and technical support and assistance for six of the seven departments of UB Engineering (SEAS) and the five departments of the College of Arts and Sciences who comprise the Natural Sciences & Mathematics (NSM) disciplines. For CSE support, please visit their IT staff page.

SENS maintains a diverse set of facilities and provides a variety of services including local account creation, timeshare services, email hosting, official and personal web site hosting, consulting, and many other functions for a community of about 7,000 users. For more about SENS, please read our "About SENS" page.

Now that we've introduced ourselves, we welcome you to SENS and encourage you to read how to get started working in our environment.

Did You Know … Bell 101 is Open 24 Hours During Peak Periods?

During peak usage periods, such as the three weeks before semesters end, the Bell Hall 101 public computing site is open 24 hours, complete with consultants on duty at all times and public printing support.

Latest SENS News & Updates

Firefox 7 and Thunderbird 7 Available for Linux

18 Oct 2011 — The default versions of the Firefox web browser and the Thunderbird email client for Red Hat Enterprise Linux have been upgraded to version 7.0. To use them, type:

    /util/mozilla/bin/firefox
    /util/mozilla/bin/thunderbird

Older versions are available if necessary, but we encourage the use of the latest releases.

North Campus Instructional Technology Support Service Desk Has Moved

23 May 2011 — The North Campus instructional technology support service desk, previously located at 24 Capen Hall, has moved to 214 Lockwood, the same location as the CIT Help Desk. The CIT Help Desk customer service representatives will handle instructional technology service requests and incident reports, including:

Report classroom technology problems or repairs
Place service orders for instructional technology equipment and facilities
Access to classroom podium combination locks
Receive estimates for equipment rentals
Help with classroom technology usage

Communication to the instructional technology service desk will continue unchanged; email to media@buffalo.edu or call 645-2803. Scoring services has previously relocated to the Teaching and Learning Center in 212 Capen Hall.

"R" Now Available on SENS Linux and Solaris Systems

21 Apr 2011 — R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, is now available on SENS Linux and Solaris systems. From the command line you can type "use R" to get started, and on most SENS Linux systems it can be found under the "Mathematics and Analysis" section of the UB popup menu. The R home page has more information about the project and the software, and the Quick-R site has information on using R from the perspective of a SAS and SPSS user (thanks to Arun Lakshmanan and Dave Costello in the School of Management for making us aware of that site).

SENS Email Address Changes

04 Mar 2011 — Effective Monday, March 7th, 2011. some SENS email addresses will no longer work, and alternatives will need to be used. They are:

Old Address	New Address
nodehelp@eng.buffalo.edu	senshelp@buffalo.edu
nodehelp@nsm.buffalo.edu	senshelp@buffalo.edu
accounts@eng.buffalo.edu	sens-accounts@buffalo.edu
accounts@nsm.buffalo.edu	sens-accounts@buffalo.edu
restore@eng.buffalo.edu	sens-restore@buffalo.edu
restore@nsm.buffalo.edu	sens-restore@buffalo.edu

If you find other SENS service-related email addresses are not working properly. please send an email message to SENShelp. Thank you.

For all news items see our News page. An RSS feed is also available.

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