3. Use Lab Machines

Our labs support dual boot into either Window 10 or Redhat 7. Depending on which OS you prefer, you can follow the below instructions to activate the environment. However, please note these are un-writable environments. It is not possible to install new packages during the semester, as our IT team maintains a university-wide image. Installation during semester may disturb the global computing environment.

It is useful if you want some spare CPUs to train your model as the lab machines have decent CPU processing power, while carrying out other activities on your own devices.

  1. Open the start menu and type ‘Anaconda Prompt’ into the search box.

  2. Open ‘Anaconda Prompt (Anaconda3)’ or ‘Anaconda Powershell Prompt (Anaconda3)’

  3. Type conda activate A:\Anaconda\envs\cits4012 for the ‘cits4012’ environment or conda activate A:\Anaconda\envs\cits4012_py37 to activate the ‘cits4012_py37’ environment and press enter.

  1. Select ‘Applications’ in the top left corner and select ‘CSSE’ -> ‘Anaconda Prompt’

  2. In terminal, type conda activate ~/anaconda/envs/cits4012 to activate the ‘cits4012’ environment or conda activate ~/anaconda/envs/cits4012_py37 to activate the ‘cits4012_py37’ environment and press enter.