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This page collects a concise pointers to essential information/resources that one must know about as a new faculty in the department.

General resources

• Faculty Wiki. Where this page is hosted.

• My CS. Where most CS faculty resources are posted.

• UBC academic calendar

Grants

• RISE. Your startup money will be held until you fill out a conflict of interest form.

• NSERC

• Mitacs

• Common CV (CCV) portal. You need a CCV to apply for most NSERC grants. Create an account and start looking around. Creating a CCV takes a long time.

• The discovery grant notice of intent is due August 1st. Don't miss it.

• Consider applying to become associated with the Peter Wall Institute, an inter-disciplinary research institute on campus.

Teaching and supervision

• CS instructor's manual

• Piazza. A widely-used forum/class management software.

• FSC portal. FSC stands for faculty services centre. This is where you enter student grades, get information on students in your class.

• GATs 2014 system login. GATS stands for Graduate Applicant Tracking System. This is the link to the one for 2014 incoming students. It's good to log in, take a look at one of the student's file to familiarize yourself with who is coming/you may want to recruit. Link to GATs 2013.

• CS graduate handbook

• How much students cost at UBC

• UBC graduate handbook

• GATS. Allows you to access admission information for incoming students. Previous years can be accessed using GATS-2013W. Contact Carlin Phillips (chao@csDELETEthisTEXT.ubc.ca) about access.

• Expectations Templates. Templates for agreements with graduate students about student/supervisor expectations.

HR

• Pension information.

• MSP portal. Main HR portal where you can track your grants, pay/tax deductions, benefits, etc.

Facilities and equipment

• Facilities manager: Moyra Ditchfield ditchfld@csDELETEthisTEXT.ubc.ca

• How to use your office phone

• Arranging to paint your office/find furniture for your office: ?

• Requesting equipment quote/purchase, send email to: equipment-request@csDELETEthisTEXT.ubc.ca

• ICICS membership

Miscellaneous

• Personalize your CS profile page. Most folks add at least a photo, links to labs, and a link to homepage.

• Consider giving a talk in the faculty lecture series (FLS) in your first year, like in the winter.

• Useful mailing lists (email majordomo@csDELETEthisTEXT.ubc.ca ): cs-cycling, campus-runners
• guidelinesGroupAssitant.pdf: What your Group Assistant (and can't) do for you.