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• 2011   *   Connecting to the Department's Wireless Network (Network protocols permitted on eduroam at Engineering)   *   EPOS online card payments - Terms and Conditions Matlab Activation   *   Wireless access with Mac OS X10.5   *   Wireless access with Mac OS X10.6   *   Installing X.509 Certificates on Mac OSX 10.5 (for wireless access)   *   Installing X.509 Certificates on Mac OSX 10.6 (for wireless access)   *   C++ objects, containers and maps   *   Archiving email   *   C++ and the main function   *   Matlab for CUED IIB project students, Easter term   *   Matlab, presentations and publishing   *   Compiz
• 2010   *   Bridge: A C++ programming Exercise   *   C++ "function" teaching aid   *   Uniflow Printing and Photocopying   *   Uniflow Printing and Photocopying - FAQ   *   An introduction to Python   *   Restoring files from the Central Engineering System   *   biblatex   *   Compiz Configuration   *   Python and C   *   Remote access to CUED using VNC (draft)   *   Internationalization   *   C++: Nasty Tricks   *   Transparency with GIMP   *   Integrated Development Environments (IDEs)   *   Python tutorial   *   Ruby on Rails   *   Matlab graphics with LaTeX   *   Use of CUED Computing facilities by conferences   *   GLO Maker   *   1B C++, Lent (updated)   *   1B CUED C++ crib   *   A short Unix crib
• 2009   *   Matlab: configuring mex   *   A LaTeX workshop exercise   *   Connecting an iPhone or iPod Touch to the CUED Wireless network   *   C++ and Building Classes (a vector arithmetic example)   *   C++ and Building Classes (a limited-range integer example)   *   1A C++, Michaelmas (updated)   *   1A CUED C++ crib   *   Some CamTools notes   *   C++: "I don't understand anything"   *   ABAQUS FAQ   *   Password security   *   C++ Templates and Friends   *   LaTeX IIB project report classes   *   C++ Smart Pointers   *   Parsing arithmetic expressions: Bison and Flex   *   The Nautilus File Manager   *  internals (draft)   *   C++ Inheritance, Protection and Friends   *   Multiple Choice Surveys: instructions for staff   *   Parallel Programming   *   Web Mashups (draft)   *   Shell Scripts (a talk)   *   Matlab and parallel computing   *   Disabling Javascript in Adobe Reader   *   Operators Top Tips   *   Geany   *   Installing C++ graphics libraries   *   Pro/E symptoms and solutions   *   VMD   *   Blending with GIMP   *   Simple LaTeX Glossaries and Acronyms using the glossaries package
• 2008   *   C++ and enumeration   *   Offsite access to ABAQUS License Server   *   Offsite access to CUED MATLAB License Server (Mac OS and Linux Computers)   *   Offsite access to CUED MATLAB License Server (Windows XP/Vista)   *   1A Programming Club   *   Installing Octave on Macs   *   Matlab by Example (new version)   *   Installing C++ compilers   *   linux shared libraries   *   Testing code: the basics   *   C++ type anomalies and special cases   *   Version control (draft)   *   Screencasts   *   Testing Web applications   *   MATLAB : Frequently Asked Questions on Licensing at CUED   *   Emacs font customising   *   Changing your email address in your mail program   *   HTML: block and in-line elements   *   submitting ABAQUS jobs to gridengine   *   Matlab File Input and Formatted Output   *   Producing animated gifs with GIMP   *   C++ "for" loop teaching aid   *   MUAs: Evolution   *   Using gFortran (Fortran 95) on the Teaching System
• 2007   *   Certificates and keys for secure connections   *   Writing Programs for local installation (Draft)   *   C++ constructors   *   Preparatory problems (see the bulletin for the password)   *   C++ vector memory and 2D vectors   *   Known bugs/features on the new DPO Terminals   *   Teaching System terminals   *  under the hood (draft)   *   Remote Access of another Terminal in the new System   *   On-line Installation of Windows version of MATLAB   *   Knoppix to SuSE conversion: information for CUED Teaching Staff   *   Introduction for New Users (for the new DPO system   *  see also Part 2)   *   End-of-line characters in text files   *   Best-lecturer voting   *   Departmental Room Numbering   *   Software Licensing (rules)   *   Licence Record Keeping   *   C++ and global variables   *   Disposal of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)   *   wxWidgets   *   An Introduction to the "Teaching System", March 2007   *   C++ and static   *   Removable media on DPO machines   *   --> Commands to run Packages on Linux Servers   *   Scientific Computing   *   Python by Example   *   Wireless Access
• 2006   *   Protecting WWW directories with PINs   *   X.509 Certificates   *   1B dynamics   *   Local source list   *   Your computer passwords   *   Octave   *   Remote 1AC++ Computing   *   Intel Fortran compiler   *   Print-on-demand local documentation   *   C++ and sizeof   *   Grid Engine (for running long programs)   *   Some notes on digital resources and the law   *   C++: a public/private issue   *   GLUE graphics library   *   Some common graphics viewers   *   Matlab's desktop   *   Linux Servers   *   Offsite access to Windows XP Professional machines using Remote Desktop forwarding   *   Offsite access to internal web resources using web proxy forwarding   *   Printing to the central printers from Windows 2000 and XP   *   C++ and simple type conversion   *   Facilities Available in Operators' Room   *   Contacting the Operators   *   Account Closure   *   Printing Your 4th Year Project   *   DPO Etiquette   *   Using GLUI   *   DHTML   *   Casting in C++ (intermediate level)   *   Scanning documents to PDF   *   webpage link checker (local access only)   *   Telephone support   *   Voice over IP   *   producing PDF with LaTeX   *   Matlab and 1B dynamics for CUED students   *   Departmental Bulletin (PDF versions, 2006-)   *   Matlab and ODEs
• 2005   *   xv3   *   gimp   *   OpenOffice   *   Research Pages (updated)   *   Free Engineering/teaching images   *   Popular CUED C++ questions (updated)   *   Purchasing Adobe Software Products and Licences   *   Computer Printout Account and Charging   *   MATLAB Licensing Information   *   The MDP Resource CD   *   Packages Installation Information   *   Web housestyle   *   abaqus help server   *   Overview of Research Computing Facilities (updated)   *   Introduction for New Users (2005-6) (draft)   *   CUED teaching system   *  HPUX to Linux migration   *   gcc/g++ documentation   *   g77 (fortran) documentation   *   Some common graphics conversions   *   Remote Login (revised)   *   The "start" command on linux   *   Mixing Languages on linux   *   E-mail addresses on web pages   *   Printing PDF from LaTeX onto A4   *   Big processes   *   Development of practicals for use on the DPO terminals   *   EIE lab computing timetable   *   DPO computing timetable (updated)   *   Printer Charging   *   The DPO New Interface   *   The Teaching System: finding your way around   *   Computing for IIB project students   *   sftp   *   The CUED ftp server   *   Computer Administration (updated)   *   Getting files in and out of the Teaching System   *   Setting up Computer service mailing lists   *   Converting Email from the Engineering mailstore to Hermes   *   Windows XP Service Pack 2 firewall settings   *   C++: Visibility and Look-up
• 2004   *   CUED's Central Computing System   *   What is my password useful for?   *   Movies   *   Engineering Interact   *   Matlab cells and structs   *   Matlab mex files   *   Using batch on the Teaching System   *   C++ Notes for IIA students   *   Simple LaTeX Glossaries and Acronyms   *   the DPO set-up   *   Matlab: NaN and Inf   *   Matlab: higher dimensions   *   Configuring Mozilla   *   How to save paper   *   Outreach   *   Linux (SuSE)
• 2003   *   Dynamic Class Loading in Java   *   Matlab function handles   *   character sets   *   Connecting to CUED using a VPN   *   Lovsan and Nachi Viruses   *   Some Common Graphics File Formats   *   C++ complex numbers   *   Professional Bodies   *   C++ Templates   *   How to Type Japanese   *   Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme   *   Computer-related admin   *   META lines in HTML files   *   Computer Project Management   *   Finding Matlab functions   *   Trees, Graphs and C++   *   HTML4 stylesheets (draft)   *   Accessing your home directory from a Windows PC   *   Research Pages (updated)
• 2002   *   VNC   *   PHP security   *   FEMLAB   *   CUED graphics options   *   Matlab databook (draft)   *   Java course: Introduction   *   Java: A Rough Guide   *   Infrastructure Servers   *   Cookies   *   COMET   *   Advanced Printing (updated)   *   Network Printing   *   PINs (local only)   *   Postscript DSC   *   Software Licensing   *   LaTeX multi column output   *   A Java Course   *   Biomedical related research   *   Unix groups and file permissions   *   Package licensing information   *   Producing PDF files from Word   *   Using GLUT   *   C++ mem_fun   *   C++ bind1st and bind2nd   *   Computer Officer Minutes   *   Extending LaTeX   *   LaTeX and fonts   *   Find min and max values of experimental data with Matlab   *   Unix Fork and Exec   *   Unix Signals and Forking   *   Master's course in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development   *   Environment Related Research at CUED   *   How to identify network problems in CUED   *   Mac OS X   *   News/Press-release Archive   *   Automatic filters on incoming email   *   LaTeX using MikTex and WinEdt
• 2001   *   Sending and receiving large e-mail messages   *   Incoming mailbox over quota   *   Mindterm   *   C++ Namespaces   *   Passing values in C++   *   Object-orientated programming with matlab   *   Annual Report 1999/2000   *   Importing Graphics into Microsoft Word   *   Our policy on network misuse   *   Undergraduate Admissions (upgraded)   *   Student sponsorship information   *   Design Office   *   Symbolic Maths Matlab Toolbox
• 2000   *   C++ for C programmers   *   Recent C++ developments   *   The World Wide Web e-mail directory and the DPA 1998   *   CUED Frequently Asked C++ Questions   *   Links to useful Electronic/software/Hardware sites   *   Guide to Admissions in Engineering   *   Bibliographies with LaTeX   *   C++ I/O   *   125th Anniversary Site   *   Enginuity newsletter   *   Configuring LaTeX   *   New Purchase Order system   *   C++ crash course   *   WWW Treasure Hunt   *   Unix Myths   *   CUED Video Conferencing Facilities   *   Policy on unsolicited e-mail   *   New sponsorship agreement   *   Prince Philip Medal for Sir Alec Broers
• 1999   *   Terminal types   *   Customising keyboards under X   *   PGP   *   Producing HTML and PDF files with LaTeX   *   More C++   *  Screendumps with the vogle library - ftp   *  Copyright Material Stored on Computers   *  JPEG   *  Departmental Dial-In Server   *  What to do if the WWW is slow   *  Data Protection   *  Research Funding (Cambridge only)   *  Year 2000 Committee   *  Matlab: faster scripts
• 1998   *   Backups - Matlab tricks - AWiSE - Computer-related information for teaching staff - Configuring Xwin32 to use CUED machines - ssh (secure shell) - Cambridge Engineering Achievements - C++ data book - xfig page - curve fitting with Matlab   *   Experimental data with Matlab - The Millennium Bug - CUED's WWW cache/proxy - Admin Procedures - Department Improvement Group - C++ and the Standard Template Library - Common filename suffices - document scanning - PDF (Acrobat) - Netiquette   *   Creating and Maintaining a CUED WWW site   *   Editors for HTML production - Subject Index - Security - new home page - Jobs Offered page - Industrial Experience Database
• 1997   *   Using the University of Cambridge WWW cache server - Producing material for the WWW - Matlab 5 - Linux - CUED WWW House Style - Default WWW Brower information - 1A Computing Help Page - Postscript - Revised Undergraduate Teaching pages - Encyclical - CUED Safety Office - LaTeX Search facility - Teaching Quality Self Assessment Document

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• LaTeX
• Library
• Matlab

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