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 CEC Charter and Policy - February 1994

Charter

   CEC provides educational computer services to the School of
   Engineering and Applied Sciences at Washington University.  CEC
   services are available to all undergraduate, graduate, faculty, and
   staff of SEAS, as well as non-SEAS students taking SEAS courses.
   CEC services are available for educational computing only.
   Educational computing includes course-related computing and
   non-course related computing that promotes engineering-related
   education. Educational computing does not include: (a) computing
   related to commercial activities; (b) computing related to non-SEAS
   activities; and (c) computing related to funded research programs.

Services

   Access to CEC services are granted to any person who opens a CEC
   computer account. Proof of enrollment may be required to open an
   account. The account will remain open as long as the student is
   enrolled in SEAS. Each account will have a unique username and
   password.  CEC labs are generally open 24-hours per day during Fall
   and Spring semesters except on semester breaks, certain holidays
   and holiday weekends. CEC lab availability for the entire year is
   detailed in the CEC Lab Schedule posted at the beginning of the
   academic year on the CEC bulletin board outside of the CEC office
   (Lopata 407) and on all CEC Lab doors. Remote access to CEC may not
   be available outside of posted hours. CEC Labs are used for both
   general student use and academic classes. Specific labs may be
   scheduled for classes. The labs may be unavailable for general use
   during these classes. CEC labs may also be unavailable due to
   system problems. The CEC service can be described as a best-effort
   service. This means that the staff is committed to making every
   effort to fix or find workarounds to all problems that occur during
   business hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) on weekdays. After-hour problems
   may not receive staff attention until the beginning of the next
   business day.  The computing account provides the following
   benefits to the account holder: (1) access to CEC labs; (2) access
   to CEC educational and consulting services; (3) allocation of
   on-line disk storage space; (4) printing; (5) allocation of CPU
   resources. Limits may be assigned to system resources such as CPU
   time, on-line disk storage, and printing. Printing above the limits
   may result in a nominal charge.

Policies

CEC is for educational computing only
   Funded research and commercial activities of any kind are
   prohibited. Electronic mail, news, and conversation services
   provided for communication between users are intended to convey
   information related to engineering education. In particular, e-mail
   chain letters and large e-mail distribution lists not related to
   education are not permitted. CEC does not guarantee the
   availability of resources not specifically requested by course
   instructors for purposes of instructional computing support.
Users are responsible for all activities initiated from their accounts 
   Passwords should not be shared with anyone!
Users are responsible for data
   CEC makes every effort to protect the integrity of user data stored
   on CEC computers. However, irrecoverable data losses may occur and
   users are expected to protect important data by regular copying to
   diskettes or flopticals.
Users are responsible to stay informed
   CEC makes every effort to keep the user-community informed of
   system and policy changes through a variety of means including
   on-line login messages. It is the users' responsibility to read
   on-line system messages and electronic mail messages as such
   information may seriously impact their computing plans.
Users are not entitled to unlimited resources
   A user must not tie up more than a single workstation or modem;
   operate excessive numbers of sessions; initiate multiple intensive
   jobs on shared computers; etc.. Large, CPU-intensive jobs should be
   restricted to late evening and early morning. CEC reserves the
   right to terminate any unattended computing activity on a CEC
   station or any computing job tying up excessive quantities of
   shared resources.
Users are not entitled to execute arbitrary programs
   Program development on CEC computers is restricted to software that
   is needed for engineering education. The execution of software not
   provided by the CEC is permitted only when the execution of the
   resulting code is not detrimental or disruptive to system uptime or
   normal system activities. Users may not provide access to software
   which can be used to violate CEC rules. Permament installation of
   software (including games) on CEC machines without authorization is
   prohibited.
Recreational computing is not permitted unless sufficient system
resources are available and currently unused
   Students engaged in recreational computing shall relinquish
   workstations upon request. Recreational computing programs may be
   terminated by CEC staff without prior notification. The Director of
   CEC may impose further restrictions on recreational computing as
   needed.
Users may not access other users' data without authorization
   Every user is entitled to the privacy of his or her data, including
   electronic mail messages. By controlling the access permissions on
   stored data, account holders can make some data available for
   access to other users. Additionally, CEC can set up groups and
   group accounts to allow users to share information in a more
   convenient fashion. Users are also reminded that the School of
   Engineering and Applied Science Statement on Student Academic
   Integrity (reproduced inside the front cover of the semester
   classroom directory) applies to the electronic medium in every
   relevant respect.
Tampering with hardware or software is prohibited
   Users shall not tamper with, open, or remove CEC hardware without
   prior authorization from the Director of CEC. In addition, users
   shall not tamper with system software including unauthorized access
   of system accounts and modification of system software. Finally,
   users shall not use CEC equipment or software to tamper with or
   break into other computer systems on the network.
CEC account auditing and monitoring
   CEC staff shall not monitor individual student activities nor
   access student files without authorization from the Director of
   CEC. CEC system auditing tools may be used to determine resource
   usage, trace data-integrity anomalies, and identify system abuse.
   CEC system accounting tools do not record or store user data but do
   record other information on user sessions and software usage. Under
   normal situations, all accounts are subject to the same level of
   auditing. Monitoring of any subset of the user community at an
   elevated level shall be authorized by the Director of the CEC.
User Violations
   Depending on the degree and the potential consequences, instances
   of abuse of CEC policies are handled by notifying the user and one
   or more of the following : the Director of CEC, the Dean of the
   School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Graduate Board, the
   Undergraduate Board, and the Discipline Committee and the
   University Judicial Board. If necessary, such instances may result
   in the suspension of computing service until the matter is
   resolved. Users are advised that anyone who tampers with computer
   equipment, computer software, or computer data may be subject to
   civil and/or criminal penalties. See Sections 569.093 -- 569.099 of
   Missouri code
The CEC Director has the right to limit any activity 
   The Director of CEC has the right to limit any activity that he or
   she deems detrimental to the efficient operation of CEC. This
   includes revoking user access to CEC. Users may appeal any decision
   to the Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.


Prepared by the Center for Engineering Computing
Last modified 17 February 1994