Since a series of account security violations on campus in September of 1998, the Department of Statistics has instituted new policies regarding the creation and continuance of computer accounts.
Accounts now fall into six primary categories, with the following attributes.
Duration length of the research project, eg. until the paper is published or the Nobel Prize is awarded Renewal on a 6-month basis. Partly for security reasons and partly for management reasons, that has changed. Guest accounts for collaborators are available to individuals working on projects with department faculty. These accounts are to be used for work on specific projects, only for the duration of those projects. Date Faculty Sponsor Name I, the faculty sponsor listed above, affirm that the above account is being used for collaborative work with me which benefits, or is on behalf of, the Department of Statistics.