DECF Center Summary
DECF (http://decf.berkeley.edu) is an interdepartmental computing
facility that provides services to the departments of Mechanical
Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Industrial
Engineering and Operations Research, Nuclear Engineering, Material
Science, and BioEngineering.
The DECF Center mission consists of three major components:
1. To support instruction and research on cutting-edge (distributed
computing) and/or high performance tools (Java based software and
other advanced computing tools) for engineering applications,
2. To provide Web service, e-mail, and network services as support
for a modern instructional infrastructure (including the course
Web-pages, on-line class notes, interactive learning tools).
3. Currently, there are about 1700 users: graduate and
undergraduate students, faculty, staff, researchers and visitor
in the various departments. The facility are in 1111 Etcheverry
Hall and 1171 Etcheverry hall.
Standard DECF services include:
1. Email Account Services
+ Class accounts, reserved time for class-related work in 1171 Etch
+ Email only accounts for undergraduate and graduate students.
+ Accounts for faculty and staff.
+ Accounts for computationally intensive research activities.
+ Mailing lists.
+ Class mailing lists.
+ Email servers for research labs.
2. Web Services
+ Research group web pages.
+ WebMail
+ WebSSH
3. Instructional Support
+ Identify, install, maintain instructional application software.
+ Provide user support.
+ Provide extensive help in terms of on-line and paper manuals,
handouts, newsletters, consulting.
+ Maintain and support 5101 Etcheverry and 1171 Etcheverry labs.
4. Network administration
+ Maintaining and updating name service f6 subnets in Etcheverry
& Hessee Hall.
+ Maintaining web interface to host/IP info for these 6 subnets.
+ Monitors and reports all network problems.
+ Maintain network infrastracture for DECF labs and servers.
(Moving to new subnet in 2002)
5. Security
+ Monitors and reports all system breakins.
+ Advise and coordinates with local sysadmins during system breakins.
+ Maintain virus scanning software for all incoming & outgoing emails.
+ Maintain intra-departmental sysadmin mailing list for
disseminating security notices and coordinating sysadmin meetings.
Facility History Summary
Following the major equipment upgrades and introduction of new
services in 2001-2002 fiscal year, we focused our attention more
service upgrades in 2002-2003. Major efforts include:
o Implementation of Spam filter
o Implementation of print quota system.
o Web-based account management tool for new accounts, renewals, buying quotas etc.
o Authenticated mail relay service.
In addition, we received an Intel donation of Dell Workstations worth
more than $70K. These workstations will be roll-ed out during the
2003-2004 fiscal year.
Current Classes
CE 150 Transportation Engineering
CE 153 Transportation Facility Design
CE 260L Air Transportation Planning
CE 222 Finite Element Methods
NE 150 Introduction to Nuclear Reactor Theory
NE 162 Radiation Biophysics and Dosimetry
NE 170 Nuclear Design
NE 201 Nuclear Reactions and Interactions of Radiation with Matter
ME 235 Switching Control and Computer Interfacing
ME 243 Advanced Methods in Free-Surface Flows
ME 280B Finite Element Methods in Nonlinear Continua
E 39B Freshman/Sophomore Seminar
E 170B Introduction to Modeling and Simulation I, II
Previous Classes
ME 280B Finite Element Methods in Nonlinear Continua
NE 155 Introduction to Numerical Simulations in Radiation Transport
E 170A Introduction to Modeling and Simulation I, II
E 119 Applied Java Programming
ME 210 Biological Control Systems
CE 260 Air Transportation
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