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ACCESS

URL: https://access.ifi.uzh.ch Login: SWITCH EDU-ID (email address) Student: course assignment Co...

IMathAccount

MFA: I-MATH & DM3L

AI / KI

Microsoft CoPilot UZH User koennen mit ihrem UZH Account einloggen und CoPilot benutzen: https://...

Alumni

The following rules apply for members of the institute, when they leave the institute. UZH genera...

Anaconda installation instructions

  Warning: do NOT install anaconda on Thinlinc hosts, as .bashrc will be modified and TL session ...

Android: Screen Streaming via Network

Your Notebook and Android devices should be in the same WIFI network. Airserver https://airserver...

Thinlinc

For login,  check your MFA Cheat Sheet Action Note Disconnect Session Press 'F8' > 'Disconnect' ...

wireless LAN (WLAN)

Name Username Password Notes uzh, uzh-5GHZ Your primary email address ( @math.uzh.ch / @dm3l.uzh....

Android: Screen sharing via HDMI

Solution: Share the tablet screen to a Notebook via HDMI. The Notebook uses the shared screen a) ...

Arbtt time tracking

The Automatic Rule-Based Time Tracker Arbtt is a desktop daemon that runs in the background and, ...

Audio

General Thinlinc Mic, Audio & Webcam Test: https://webcammictest.com/check-mic.html Wireless Micr...

backup

Institutes home directory Thinlinc / Windows Domain / SSH use the institutes home directory. The ...

Blackboard Streaming

Blackboard cameras are installed in: Y27-H12 Y27-H25 Y27-H28 Y27-H36 Y27-H46 The blackboard camer...

brave

Google Chrome based. Strong Privacy Ad Blocker included Plugin MultiLogin: chrome/google.com/webs...

browser

Please check: firefox

calendar

A single user can have multiple calendars. These calendars might be hosted at different locations...

ChineseInputMethod

Follow these instructions to enable Chinese Input Methods in ThinLinc    1. Start Fcitx from the...

citrix

https://wiki.math.uzh.ch/staff/CitrixEQP

clean up files

Check your allowed quota and your recent usage Via Browser: login under https://www.math.uzh.ch/m...

Compiler

On Thinlinc and the compute hosts, several gcc Compiler versions are installed plus the Ubuntu d...

ComposeKey

The Compose(key) on Sun Type 6/7 keyboards (standard keyboards at the institute) http://upload.w...

compute resources

In general, the offers are limited to members of I-MATH & DM3L and their students. Other UZH memb...

ComputerZugang

For the access to the I-MATH computers, an I-MATH account is needed. Registered students and empl...

CronJobs

In order setup cron jobs, you have to log in to the ssh server by typing ssh ssh.math.uzh.ch on a...

cyber-incident

General All cyber incidents has to be reported to UZH IT Security. UZH IT Security Office coordin...

diodon

Powerful clipboard manager https://github.com/diodon-dev/diodon, Wiki, Bugtracker broken - no cli...

drive.math.uzh.ch

Summary Server https://drive.math.uzh.ch   Username <uzh shortname>   Password <Math password. Ty...

drive.switch.ch

Service https://www.switch.ch/en/drive FAQ Server name https://drive.switch.ch Username Your UZH ...

dropbox

Dropbox is a US based commercial company. Any data saved via Dropbox are affected by US laws. At ...

e-teaching

In this section you will find constantly updated information on tools and methods we provide for ...

email

enableComposeKey

On the new NUC's Thinlic, the compose Key is may be not available. Please follow the instructions...

english translation

Englisch / Deutsch http://www.uniterm.uzh.ch Deutsch Englisch Übungszettel Exercise Sheet Übungsg...

eps Files

Change Text in a eps file Open eps file with Inkscape (Thinlinc: Applications > Graphics > Inksca...

Filezilla

How to transfer files 1.) Insert destination host, e.g. "ssh.math.uzh.ch" Add sftp:// in front of...

Firefox

AddOn MultiLogin: addons.mozilla.org/addon/multi-account-containers Disable 'Reset Firefox ...' T...

Flip

Overview The Samsung Flip is a digital flipchart device, it unfolds its full potential in our set...

foto

For conferences / events often pictures/photos need to be shown to the public or attendees. Use t...

gimp

Selection: fixed aspect ratio To get nice and equal cutted pictures, with maximum quality: Define...

Git

Server Info https://git.math.uzh.ch Software Gitlab Git push/pull access mainly via SSH over git...

GitLab Pages

Gitlab Pages allow you to create a custom website for your repository. Examples There are various...

GPU

GPU Resources_at IMATH & DM3L

Gruppe Wagner

IT Admin Office Hours If you have technical issues, you can either write me an e-mail or drop by ...

hello

Server address https://hello.math.uzh.ch Via Browser https://hello.math.uzh.ch Via Apps Windows, ...

Homepage

Technical webmaster: webmaster@math.uzh.ch Content webmaster by page: Landing Page: Managing Dire...

inkscape

An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xa...

iOS Screen Sharing

To share the screen of your ios device we present the following two solutions: https://airserver....

Jitsi

Lecturer/Host Start a Meeting With Screen Sharing Go to https://jitsi.math.uzh.ch Choose a name f...

jupyter

Starting Jupyter on a compute server: type in a terminal ssh compute 'jupyter notebook --no-brow...

keyboard-layout

If you like to use a different keyboard layout in your thinlinc session, this is not configured i...

keyring

The following applies to I-MATH Thinlinc session. The Keyring application on thinlinc uses Gnome-...

lan

Please check network

LaTeX

library

Online Access To gain online access to the publications and to download portals available by vari...

LibreOffice

Restore Missing Icons Sometimes, it may happen that OpenOffice's toolbar icons have disappeared. ...

lightning

Lightning is an Add-On for thunderbird to show remote calendars e.g. of our Zimbra Mailserver. Op...

Livestreaming

For Livestreaming on Youtube we have a Camerasetup at the I-Math which you can get at K30 for str...

Lotus

Configure Email Forward All Mails Depends on Receiver address Screenshot Login Webmail ITIM (set...

Mail2Print

Print from any device without having to configure anything, simply by sending your document attac...

mathematica

License & Installation: software General: Login on !AppAnywhere (see software) Install !AppAnywhe...

matlab

License & Installation: software General: Login on !AppAnywhere (see software) Install !AppAnywhe...

meeting

Room Places Terminals Equipment Y27-G28 5-10 - Flip, Zoom & MS-Teams, Webcam, Speaker, Microphone...

mendeley

Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your ...

MFA

MFA (Multi Factor Authentication) enhances your security by requiring to enter a code (= a second...

mobileScanPdf

A recent mobile with a medium camera should be enough to scan any document (single sheet or serie...

ms-teams

Every UZH member has a MS-Teams Account. Use your official UZH institutes email address (...@math...

network

General, incl. WLAN: https://www.zi.uzh.ch/de/support/netzwerk.html LAN: most of the network port...

nextcloud

See: drive.math.uzh.ch / drive.switch.ch

obsidian

Note Management App https://obsidian.md/ Sync Official (commercial) sync: https://obsidian.md/syn...

Office365

Online-Prüfungen

see RemoteExam

PasswordManagementTool

Password Management Guidelines Core Principles Centralized Security: Use KeePassXC to store all c...

pdf anonymizer

Every PDF File contains information about the Author, the Creator and so on. Sometimes it's neces...

pdf compression

With gson thinlinc Source: https://itsfoss.com/compress-pdf-linux/ Via commandline:  gs -sDEVICE...

pdf to eps

If you want to convert PDF to EPS without using text tools and have some additional options, like...

pdf word count

beispiel.pdf Tool File Words with beispiel.pdf Thinlinc: Open Filemanager. Mouse over PDF. Right ...

pdfBestPractise

Program Doc Mode Description pdftk http://www.pdflabs.com/docs/pdftk-cli-examples/ Text Merge, Re...

Plagiat

Information: https://www.teaching.uzh.ch/de/infrastruktur/plagiate.html Tool: https://turnitin.uz...

plantuml

Create diagrams based on text files. Wikipedia Reference Online https://www.plantuml.com/plantuml...

Plugs

https://plugsocketmuseum.nl

power

Please switch off all lights and all computers in your office, when you leave your office at the ...

PowerAdapter

You can borrow swiss international power adapters in office Y27-J40, for use at the institute. We...

print

ProxyBySsh

To get Web access to the I-MATH intranet webserver it is possible to set up a SOCKS SSH proxy cha...

Python

matplotlib: no window The problem No window is opened when a script is run from a command line. R...

qfq

qr-code

http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/ Calendar event Contact information Email address Geo location...

RemoteAccess

The institute offers several ways to gain remote access to the math network: thinlinc (graphical ...

RemoteExam

RemoteExam Tool https://exam.math.uzh.ch Technical problems before exam https://math.uzh.ch/suppo...

remotePowerOn WOL

Remotely power on a notebook / desktop located at IMATH The idea of this feature is simple, every...

resize

To resize a bunch of images via graphicsmagic: ls srcdir | xargs -n1 -i@ convert srcdir/@ -resize...

rocket chat

Chat with anyone with an I-MATH account or who has done a self registration. Do video calls (like...

rocket.chat

See hello

RStudio Git

Use Git in RStudio Create RStudio Project from Git Repository Option "RStudio Web": Log in with y...

SageMath

To start Sage with a Jupyter notebook: type in a terminal > sage '-n jupyter --ip=`hostname`' T...

scan

H52: Scanner at the Windows computer. Copy machines on Floor 'J' and 'K' (you need a copy machine...

scanner h52

From the windows workstation in H52 you can scan your documents using the Epson GT-1500 scanner. ...

screen

Attention: tmux is a more modern and powerful tool for the same task as screen screen is a usefu...

screenie

screenie is a tool that can help you manage multiple running tasks and keeps your tasks running e...

screenShare

Service Use shadow control scale clipboard multiple user #VNC: shadow thinlinc, imath flips x x -...

screenshot

Standard tool: flameshot, i.e. screenshot with graphical editor; Applications > Graphics > Flames...

Security

cyber-incident

SecurityBestPractices

Information Security - Best Practices Check suspicious files: doc[x], xls[x], pdf, ... Files rece...

SeminarLive Manual

Overview: Feature Note URL https://seminarlive.mnf.uzh.ch Technical Issues support@math.uzh.ch, ...

Shiny

Product http://shiny.rstudio.com Documentation Getting Started, Gallery, Articles, Markdown IMATH...

shortname

Various UZH websites uses the UZH shortname / !WebPass credentials as login source. If there is a...

signature

Digital signed https://www.zi.uzh.ch/de/support/geschaeftsapplikationen/Skribble.html Before use:...

smtp ssh tunnel

Thunderbird Sending Mails (SMTP) over an SSH tunnel It is possible to send mails from outside our...

software

Terminals (thinlinc / linux): Check the 'Applications > Science' Menu. Windows virtual / stations...

spam

Report False Positives If you get a lot of false positive Spam detection, please report the X-Sp...

spotify

To use spotify on thinlinc: Via Webbrowser: https://spotify.com Via PWA Webapp (see below) Spotfi...

ssh

Server: ssh.math.uzh.ch Username () / Password () / MFA (One Time Tocken) or Private/Public SSH K...

streaming

For HS20 the UZH lectures and seminars have to be streamed online. The UZH recommends ZOOM to do ...

student upload homework

Login under http://www.math.uzh.ch/my and go to Lectures Lectures with an open upload area show ...

studentUpload

Homework upload / return: https://math.uzh.ch/my Filetype: depending on the lecture, only images ...

studentUploadCorrection

URL: https://math.uzh.ch/my Login with your UZH-Shortname, then proceed to lecture. For most case...

survey

Create individual survey Via https://drive.math.uzh.ch > Forms Edit / Share Edit 1. New form 2. D...

svn

Handout CMD Beschreibung svn info Zeigt Informationen zum Repository an. svn update Kopiert aus d...

switch-edu-id

https://www.uzh.ch/cmsssl/zi/en/support/identity-access/eduid-faq.html

SwitchCast

Switch Cast allows you to cut and publish videos to switch tube. Login with AAI: https://cast.swi...

switchdrive

Please check: drive.switch.ch

tablet

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Good to make handwritten notes. Extra pen necessary. Presenting with a tabl...

teams

ms-teams

tech news

IT related news such as alerts about fraudulent emails or announcements for maintenance, software...

telephone

At UZH, most phones in the rooms are discontinued. The users are asked to use MS-Teams for UZH i...

terminator

The Terminal 'terminator` allows working simultaneous with mutliple terminals Doc: https://termin...

TeX

tmux

tmux is a useful tool to keep long time tasks (a.e. magma, matlab) running on a computer without ...

todo.txt

http://todotxt.org/ (incl. list of apps which support 'todo.txt', all OS) Very simple todo lis...

tomboy

Small app to organize personal notes. Notes can be linked to notes. Notes can be synchronized. UR...

tools

Cloud storage on personal devices (incl. Thinlinc session): ⭐ drive.math.uzh.ch or drive.switch.c...

Touch screen

Calibration on Ubuntu The touch screen is calibrated with the xinput-calibrator tool that can be...

UZH Corporate Design

UZHPrintPlus

https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/students/workplace-collaboration/uzhprintplus.html Users Anyone with a U...

video

videoConference

System License Browser Software Blackboard Recommended for lectures M...

VPN

Windows / MacOS / iOS / Android Setup-Guides https://www.zi.uzh.ch/de/support/netzwerk/vpn_ISAC.h...

Web

See: Homepage

Windows2016

Windows 2016 First Time Login If your IMATH account has been created before March 1st, 2014, you ...

WinSCP

Download the the Installation Package from the WinSCP site Start the Installation Package When as...

yokoy

https://app.yokoy.ai/ Kategorien Topic Kategorie AI (ChatGPT, Claude) 21 Software/Lizenzen

zimbra

Email Calendar Webinterface: http://mail.math.uzh.ch IMAPS, POPS: mail.math.uzh.ch SMTP: mail.m...

Zora

Create a 'saved search' Official How To: http://www.oai.uzh.ch/index.php?option=content&task=view...

Outlook-Access

Overview Your I-MATH mailbox is hosted on Microsoft Exchange Online (Outlook). Your e-mail addres...