Dear students,
as you are likely already aware of, the first lecture of the Mathematical and Numerical Methods course is scheduled to take place in Lab P104, starting at 14:30 on Wednesday 4.
In order to access the Lab P104 computers, you will need a personal account, which you probably already have. In case you don't have an account or you need to renew an old one, you can refer to the instructions below. The instructions also contain at the end an explanation of how to activate the astro-cosmo conda environment, which will be useful in our applications. Let me warmly thank both Dr. Federico Virello for taking the time to write and send them to me and Chat GPT for the quick English translation.
Looking forward to seeing you on Wednesday,
Michele Liguori
======== Lab P104 ACCOUNT: CREATION/RENEWEAL. ITALIAN VERSION (see English version below) =======
Here are the instructions for students:
Students in your course should already have a Spiro account to access LabP104 computers. However, if it has expired, they can connect to the URLs found on the webpage http://www.dfa.unipd.it/servizi/settore-servizi-informatici/sede-via-marzolo/labp104-aula-informatica-dfa/ to renew it annually (the first time they visit the URL with the browser, they may receive a security warning due to an invalid certificate, but by accepting the security exception, they can proceed). To renew, which is only possible if they are up-to-date with their fees, they should simply fill in the 'username,' 'matricola,' and 'password' fields, check the 'Rinnova account' box, and finally click on 'Esegui.'
If, for any reason, students do not yet have an account, they can create one themselves using the same URLs. In this case, they should enter their personal email address provided to the University during enrollment and their institutional email address (..@studenti.unipd.it) in the respective fields. Then, select the "Crea Account" option, check the "accettazione policy" box, and click the "Esegui" button. If everything goes well, they will receive their username and password for access via the indicated email addresses (they may need to check their spam folder as these are automatically generated messages).
In case of issues, such as forgotten usernames or passwords, the support email address is: root@spiro.fisica.unipd.it
To initialize Conda after logging in:
- Open a bash shell and, only the first time, use the following command (# is the prompt):
# conda init bash
- From this point forward, the following command is sufficient to activate the environment:
(base) # conda activate astro-cosmo
The prompt should change, indicating that the environment has been activated:
(astro-cosmo) #