Resources

Key card access to the department requires filling out a web form on MICE (see 'Access' menu). Your advisor, sponsor, or academic record staff will be notified by email and can then approve the request. You will receive an email when the request has been approved. After that, it can take the University access control office several days to enter your information into the system. Patricia Hervey handles all access-related queries.

If an existing access level does not work, please contact Controlled Access at 854-8500.

Undergraduate CS majors and MS students should contact Remiko Moss for academic advising at or visit her office during her office hours.

MS leading to PhD and PhD students can contact Lily Secora.

For changes in Undergraduate and MS program descriptions, please contact Remiko Moss.

For changes in faculty listings, please contact Lily Secora.

For changes in PhD course descriptions, please email new descriptions to Lily Secora.

Send an email to Computer Research Facilities about any computer or printer related issues in the department.

The department has two conference rooms: 620 CEPSR and CS Conference room. There is also a large open meeting area, 477 CSB. You can reserve those rooms through MICE (Rooms/Reserve a meeting room). In addition, for larger events, you can reserve the Davis Auditorium and the Interschool Lab (7th floor CEPSR) through the Dean's office, using the on-line reservation form at the SEAS web site (under quick links).

The department has two high-volume copiers, one is in the CS building (4th floor), and the other is in CEPSR (6th floor). Report problems to Copier Czar. Copier codes for classes and individuals are assigned by Copier Czar, not by Patricia Hervey. Alice Cueba can help with larger copy tasks.

A FAQ discusses copyright issues for projects and technical reports.

Alice Cueba in 450 Computer Science Building (main office) receives courier and package deliveries such as FedEx, DHL and UPS. You will be notified by email when a package arrives.

For outgoing packages, the department has accounts with FedEx. Outgoing courier packages can be deposited with Alice Cueba or can be deposited in the FedEx box outside of Low Library after filling out a form in MICE (see Packages/Prepare Outbound Package).

The lounge and court yard are open to students, faculty, staff, and may be used for events hosted by the department. The room reservation can be made in MICE under Rooms (Reserve a room).

Students are encouraged to seek a resolution to their complaints about faculty misconduct by talking directly with the faculty member. If they feel uncomfortable handling the situation in this manner, they may ask for help from a departmental faculty mediator who will assist students with complaints about faculty members, other academic personnel, or administrators.

They may also contact the mediator for other concerns where a confidential, non-judgemental discussion might be helpful.

The Computer Science departmental mediator if Prof. Julia Hirschberg.

The dining card for the Faculty House restaurant can be picked up from Rosemary Addarich. If she is not available, check with Patricia Hervey as she may have some cards available. Please return it immediately after enjoying your meal, as the number of cards is limited. Unless the meal was for a faculty candidate or distinguished visitor, you also need to provide an account number to be charged.

The departmental fax number is +1(212)666-0140, and the fax machine is located in the CS main office. Alice Cueba will notify fax recipients and can send faxes for you. The fax cover sheet can be generated at TBD; copies can also be found in the front office.

It is recommended that you obtain a personal fax number for incoming faxes. For example, Efax offers such a service.

If you have GRA or TA funding issues, please contact Cindy Walters.

The Department of Computer Science Policies and Procedures Regarding Academic Honesty is available here

Only full-time, compensated Officers of Instruction and Research, including those with visiting appointments, full-time Officers of the libraries, and Senior Officers of Administration (Grades 14 and above) are eligible to apply for university housing. Please visit http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ire/ for more information, or contact Columbia Human Resources at (212)870-3074.

Incoming students or current students, please contact SEAS Graduate Student Services for housing inquiries. The general SEAS office number is: (212)854-6438.

Craigslist is a good off-campus housing resource.

OCHA is also a good off-campus housing resource.

If you need a key for your new office, please contact Elias Tesfaye.

Faculty, Admin-Staff, PhDs, MSGRAs and TAs are eligible to get mailbox in the CS main office. Please send an email request to Lily Secora with name and status (i.e. Faculty, Admin-Staff, PhDs, etc,.).

MS admissions are handled by the MS admission committee, supported by Remi Moss. Remi can be reached by email for questions related to the Terminal MS curriculum. MS Admissions are now being administered through an online system. You can see more information about MS admissions here.

The MS program is managed by Remiko Moss. The MS Academic Committee addresses policy issues.

To announce news to the department and interested outsiders and to have it appear on the CS web page, simply fill out the MICE form under News/Submit news item. A news editor will then be notified by email; the editor can then edit, delete and approve the news item.

Approved public news items automatically show up on the departmental home page and are distributed to the cucs-news mailing list. Anybody can subscribe to that mailing list.

Internal announcements (e.g., birth announcements and such) are not distributed.

Space is provided for faculty and administrative staff, research scientists or postdocs who are fully funded through a CUCS salary, PhD students, and MS GRAs and CSE GRAs funded through CUCS. If space is available, the department will also try to accommodate unfunded visitors invited by faculty.

Space requests should be made by the faculty member with whom the person desiring space works (for academic requests) or the Department Administrator (for administrative requests).

CRF keeps a record of the CU tags, and discards them in the "printers/computer" section that is located in the tunnel next to the garage and dumpster.

Some labs send email out to the department to offer old equipment for free.

Overhead projectors can be checked out from Lily Secora. They need to be returned the same day.

The PhD Admissions Committee manages the PhD admissions process, supported by Lily Secora.

Specific questions can be directed to Lily Secora, PhD Program Administrator, or PhD Czar, Professor Gail Kaiser

CRF has a few portable projectors. For reservations, please email crf@cs.columbia.edu.

Please get price quotes, and make sure that the vendor from which you want to order accepts Columbia's purchase orders. To see the list of vendors that accept CUs purchase order, please click here. Completed purchase requisitions should be submitted to Elias Tesfaye in room 450CSB.

For more information, please click here.

Lenore Hubner (lah2@columbia.edu) is our contact for room and scheduling issues.

Meeting rooms are scheduled through MICE under “Rooms.”

Classroom scheduling is handled by Lily Secora in liaison with Lenore Hubner from the Register’s Office.

If you need to reserve a non-CSB room for review sessions, etc, please contact Lily Secor with course information.

Please contact our Department Administrator, Patricia Hervey.

A scanner can be found in the main copy room in the CS building. The Cannon Copier in the CS Copy Room can be used as a high-speed scanner.

Faculty service assignments are updated by Rosemary Addarich.

PhD Community Service is arranged by the PhD Reps. All inquiries pertaining to PhD Community Service should be directed to phd-reps@lists.cs.columbia.edu.

You can submit suggestions to our electronic suggestion box or by contacting the department administrator or chair.

Supplies (pens, paper, blue books, etc,) are available to faculty and staff, and are located in the front office. Some cabinets are locked, so please ask Alice Cueba for supplies in locked cabinets.

Fill out the travel reimbursement form and submit with original receipts to Elias Tesfaye. The form is located in the main office.

The CS conference room is set up for IP videoconferencing using the Columbia CINEMA and the Microsoft Messenger tools. You can share (PowerPoint or PDF) slides as well. It is generally advisable to test audio levels ahead of time.

Please contact the department webmaster for general support questions and contact mice-support@lists.cs.columbia.edu for Mice-related questions.