Wednesday 22 October 2014

Wifi Access

We have been advised by IS services that students should connect to the eduroam network when using the wifi.  This should alleviate some of the issues students may have been having with the wifi.

When using eduroam your username is your student id@dit.ie  and the password is your normal password.

Details on how to connect to eduroam are available here

Friday 17 October 2014

Accenture Experience Event



Register at http://www.consultingoncampus.com/AccentureExperience/

Full-time MSc Students - Module Selection Open

You should have received an email this week entitled "Module Selection Open". Could you please follow the instructions in this email? This will ensure that correct modules are considered at exam time in January. If there are any issues, please contact me.

Tuesday 14 October 2014

Class Rep for DT228B - DA - Year 2

Hi
Are you in Year 2 of the MSc in DA?  Are you interested in being the class rep?

If so, can you let Andrea Curley and myself know.

Thanks
Brendan

Friday 10 October 2014

Semester 1 Assignment Schedule

The Semester 1 Assignment Schedule is now available under "Important Documents & Forms" on the left of the blog. This should give you a general idea of when assignments are due.

SAS OnDemand & VPN Access for Probability & Statistics Students

To join the Probability & Statistical Inference module on SAS OnDemand for Academics please use the following link:

https://odamid.oda.sas.com/SASODAControlCenter/enroll.html?enroll=c60247d3-a697-4903-b4fa-468277a3a491

Details for connecting to the DIT VPN are available from:

http://www.dit.ie/computing/studentresources/vpnaccess/

Here is a summary of the steps to connect to the Cavan server across the VPN (thanks to Jack O'Neil):
  1. Install the latest version of Firefox. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
  2. Install the latest version of Java. https://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
  3. Search for configure Java on your computer and click to open
  4. Go to the security tab, set the Security Level to Medium (alternatively you could leave the security level at high and add https://ditnet.dit.ie to the exception list)
  5. Open up Firefox and go to https://ditnet.dit.ie/ (firefox provides the best support for Juniper Client and is their recommended browser for using the VPN software)
  6. Log in using your student number and ICT Password
  7. Click on the Start button in the bottom right
  8. Install the Juniper Setup Client when prompted
  9. Click on the link to continue when finished
  10. Firefox will try to block the site from running the software, and you will be automatically redirected to the download page. You need to be quick to click the allow button (this took me quite a few tries!)
  11. Their SSL certificate is out of date, so Java will complain. Ignore all of the warnings, keep clicking continue, allow etc.
  12. Once everything is installed you’ll see a popup telling you you’re connected
  13. Open up Remote Desktop Connection and connect to cavan.ict.ad.dit.ie
  14. Log in using ICTDOMAIN\<Your Student Number> and your DIT password


Wednesday 8 October 2014

Information sessions about undertaking postgraduate research at DIT

The Graduate Research School is holding  information sessions for final year undergraduate students and postgraduates on taught programmes to advertise opportunities in postgraduate research and how to go about applying for research programmes and sourcing funding.  

The sessions will take place as follows:
 Wednesday 22nd October - 1 to 2 pm in North Annex Room 004, DIT Grangegorman
Thursday 23rd October - 1 to 2 pm in Room BL281, DIT Bolton Street AND 3 to 4 pm Room M1.03 in Marlborough St
Friday 24th October 11 am to 1 pm Room 2020 Aungier St AND 1 to 3 pm Room KA 3011 Kevin Street

Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
 

Class Reps for MSc Advanced Software Development

In a similar vein to Brendan's post, if there is a class rep for the MSc ASD classes below, can you let me know who you are.  If there is no class rep would someone from the group be willing to take on the duties?

DT228A - ASD 
DT228B - ASD - Year 1
DT228B - ASD - Year 2

Thanks,
Ciaran

Data Management

There won't be a Data Management class tonight, Wednesday Oct 8, for the part time MSc. I will follow up regarding rescheduling of the class.

Tuesday 7 October 2014

Class Reps for MSc Data Analytics

If there is a class rep for the following MSc Data Analytics, can you drop me an email to let me know who you are.  If there is no class rep for a group would someone from the group be willing to take on the duties (not many of them)

DT228B - DA - Year 1
DT228B - DA - Year 2

Thanks
Brendan

Problem Solving, Innovation and Communications -- Part-Time Students

OPTIONAL ACTIVITY
Submit your six-word story here:
http://www.sixwordstories.net/
or to the Irish Independent:
Link here

Sunday 5 October 2014

Data Mining (part-time) room change

There is a room change for the Data Mining class (part-time) on Mondays starting at 18:30.

The new room is KA-G-028.  That room is located on the ground floor of the Annex building.

Cenergise - Graduate Software Engineer

Cenergise is seeking to hire a Graduate Software Engineer.  The job advertisement is available  here