Phonetics/Computational Linguistics Lab (MM401) Policy

Room Policies:

• The lab is for people who are working on a phonetics or computational linguistics project.
• If others are working on projects, please practice common courtesy and limit talking and phone calls.
• The phone in the lab is for lab business.
• The lab is available from 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday.
• You are not allowed to check out the lab key without permission from Damir Cavar or Kenneth de Jong.
• No food, drink, or tobacco is allowed near the computer desks. Keep your food or drink on the table in a middle of the room.
• Leave the air conditioner on in summer.

Computer and Equipments Policies:

• Lab computers are for academic use.
• Chat functions and game playing are restricted from all computers.
• Do NOT leave any of your data on the machines. Always save data to a disk or your CFS.
• Remember to log out (but don’t turn off) the machine when you leave the room.
• Do NOT plug or unplug any cables attached to the DAT and Amp.
• Turn off the audio equipment when you leave the room.
• If you want to install a program, contact the lab maintenance at phonlab @ indiana.edu.
• Checking out lab equipments is possible with permission from Damir Cavar or Kenneth de Jong.

Printer Policies:

• Printing documents unrelated with a phonetics or computational linguistics projects are not allowed.
• You should not use the printers as duplicating machines. If you want multiple copies of a document, print one copy and then use a photocopy machine to make more copies.
• You should not print manual pages on DAT, WaveSurfer, etc. Hard copies of these manual pages are available on the bookshelf in the lab.
• When you send a document to the printer, make sure you pick it up even if you no longer want it.
• When you run out of paper, go to the Linguistics Office (Memorial Hall 322) for refill.

Computer Reservation:

• Signup is necessary on the sheet located outside of the MM401.

Computer Names:

• Each computer has a name. Macintoshes are food, and PCs are animals. They are named in the English alphabetical order. A computer whose name begins with initial letter A is the oldest one. For example, Armadillo is the oldest PC in the lab.

Sign-up Policies:

• Sign-up sheet will be posted on Fridays for the following two weeks.
• You may sign up for a maximum block of time of 3 hours.
• You may sign up for a maximum of 10 hours in a given week.
• You forfeit your rights to the computer if you don not show up within 20 minutes of the time you have signed up for. .

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Last updated on Jan 11, 2004