Access to Resources

 

Your CS ID is assigned access privileges according to your role withing the Computer Science Department (faculty, staff, or student). For example, a professor in the Stanford AI Lab has access to different computing resources than a CS alumnus.

 

Access to... Available to...
  • medit
  • pedit

Anyone with a relation to the Computer Science Department (staff, faculty, students and alumni), or an office in Gates.
  • Xenon access via ssh
  • Email storage on xenon
  • File storage in AFS

CS Students (Undergraduate, Masters, PhD) and alumni. Quotas for active students are currently 100MB AFS / 20MB Mail. For alumni, they are 100MB AFS / 20MB Mail.
  • Sunburn access via ssh
  • Email storage on Sunburn
  • File storage in AFS
  • CS IMAP

CS Staff and Faculty only. Email storage on sunburn is not encouraged, rather use the CS IMAP service.
  • Access to AI/Robotics Lab systems
  • Email storage on ai.stanford.edu
  • File storage in AFS

Anybody associated with the AI Lab, with faculty approval. File storage in AFS is subject to faculty approval and availability.
  • Access to Theory Lab systems
  • Email storage on theory.stanford.edu
  • File storage in AFS

Anybody associated with the Theory Lab, with faculty approval. File storage in AFS is subject to faculty approval and availability.