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= Overview of the Dream Group =

For a brief welcome to the DReam group see TheRopes.

== Email lists and Dreamers Groups ==

You probably want to sign up to the following email lists: 

    * [[http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/seminars|seminars]] (all seminars in Informatics)
    * [[http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/cisa-members|cisa-members]] (the Dream group is part of [[http://www.cisa.informatics.ed.ac.uk/|CISA]])
    * [[http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/cisa-seminars|cisa-seminars]] (CISA seminars)
    * [[http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/dreamers|dreamers]] - all members of the dream group
    * [[http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/edindreamers|edindreamers]] - only to people in Edinburgh 
    * [[http://lists.inf.ed.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/daydreamers|daydreamers]] - not-necessarily work related.

You should also sign up to the "dreamers" unix group and AFS group which allows you to use the shared NFS and AFS filespace. The shared filespace holds useful things like our shared bibtex file (PapersDotBib) which it would be great if you added your paper bibtex entries to. 

To join "dreamers", fill out a [https://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/systems/support/form/ DICE support form] asking to be added to the AFS and unix groups both called "dreamers". 

== Dream talk and Lunch ==

Most thursdays at 14:00 there is a DreamTalks, this is usually an informal chat about research ideas in progress. Before the talk, we usually go for a nice lunch at 12:30, meeting at the bottom of the stairs in the Forum. 

== Our Webserver and Project WebPages ==

We have our own webserver (dream.inf.ed.ac.uk, also called ossian.inf.ed.ac.uk) where we hold [[http://dream.inf.ed.ac.uk/projects/|webpages for projects]], please add a page for your project. Instructions for writing and editing dream webpages are at WritingDreamWebpages.

== Computing Server ==

We have two computing servers, the old one {{{methven}}}, is a 32bit machine; and a new 64 bit machine called {{{broom}}}. They are both DICE machines and you can ssh to them and run processor intensive jobs there. If you do this, please nice your process, so that the machine is still responsive for other users. You can do this by typing {{{nice YOUR_PROGRAM_NAME}}}.

== Shared List of Useful Links ==

We have a [[http://dream.inf.ed.ac.uk/Links/|shared online database of Links]]: email lists, conference deadlines, and relevant journals. Please help keep this upto date.

== Informal Notes ==

We have a series of informal technical notes called [[https://dream.inf.ed.ac.uk/protected/Bluenote/|Blue Book Notes]], often people write one before a dream talk. We also have a series of notes from travels, called [[https://dream.inf.ed.ac.uk/protected/Trip/|Trip reports]]. When we fund someone to go on a trip, then a trip report, or dream talk, is expected which describes the interesting gossip that you cannot get from reading the proceedings.

== Getting more involved ==

We are happy to have more people helping with managing the shared webspace and filespaces. We have regular WebTaskForce and ImplementationTaskForce meetings. Contact [[https://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/people/staff/Alan_Smaill.html|Alan Smaill]] to be involved in these.  If you have anything else you think should be added to this document - please add it! This is a wiki, you can sign up (HowToSignUpAndLogin) to get edit-access as well as access to dreamers restricted areas.