The Laboratory for Computer Science Research

This page introduces the Laboratory for Computer Science Research, and includes documentation and other information of interest to people who are using computers maintained by the LCSR Computing Facility.

The Laboratory for Computer Science Research (LCSR) was established as a separate unit of the Center for Mathematical Sciences Research in June, 1977. The main objective of the LCSR is to provide a focus for computer science research in the University, and a base for the support functions that are needed for this research: administrative, technical and clerical support and appropriate computer and communication/networking facilities. Dr. Donald Smith is the Director, and Ms. Maryanne Holtsclaw is the Assistant Director of Administration.

The Laboratory provides the environment for scientific interactions and collaborations between computer scientists and members of other disciplines at Rutgers as well as collaborations with scientists in other institutions in the country. In addition it provides the administrative basis for all computer science grant-supported projects in New Brunswick. Also, the Laboratory's function is to support all efforts to obtain new outside grants for research in computer science.

The LCSR has established several links with industry so that researchers in the department can know more about significant current problems of interest to industry, and so that the department and industry can pursue joint research projects. Current projects of particular interest to industry include research in the areas of computer aided productivity, computer aided design, architectures and systems, optical computing, large, distributed software systems, and biomedical imaging. Additional support for these and other research topics in computer science is derived from federal government agencies.

Introduction: The LCSR Computing and Research Facilities, maintained by the LCSR Computing Facilities group, and the LCSR/CF Staff.

Documentation

Macintosh

Online Documentation

Unix

Introductory Unix Documentation Set

Choices labelled "PS" are formatted Postscript versions of the document. If you want a printed copy, we suggest that you get these versions rather than the HTML versions that are designed for reading on-line. (The files are named ending in .bin rather than .ps in order to cause web browsers to save them to a file. They really are Postscript.)

Newer documents use PDF files instead. PDF is a portable document format that is easier to print on a variety of systems. PDF files can be viewed with Adobe's free Acrobat reader. Versions of Acrobat for most operating systems are available from http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html. Acrobat should be installed already on most RUCS systems.

Documentation and some how-to's

Getting Started with Unix on LCSR and computer science dept. computers. Where public facilities are. How to get accounts. How to login. PS PDF
Basic Unix Commands Introduction to the Unix file system and the most common commands. How to use the builtin Unix documentation. PS PDF
Using the X Window System Introduction to using and customizing the window system at Rutgers. PS PDF
Programming in C Under Unix How to prepare, compile, and debug C programs. Also applies to Pascal and Fortran with minor changes. PS PDF
Electronic Mail How to read and send electronic mail under Unix. PS PDF
Working at Home How to install and use dialup networking (and conventional terminal emulation if you can't use dialup networking). Includes instructions on installing and using SLIP and PPP for Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, and OS/2, as well as configuration information useful for other operating systems such as Linux. Mac users should see the Macintosh section, above. PDF