The 2019 openBIS User Group Meeting (UGM) took place on the 18th and 19th June, 2019, at ETH Zurich, organised by ETH Scientific IT Services (ETH SIS). openBIS (https://labnotebook.ch/) is a powerful data management platform that has been actively developed for over 11 years by ETH-SIS (https://sis.id.ethz.ch/), and is increasingly being used by more and more researchers from different research fields to manage their data. The openBIS UGM 2019 was an opportunity for both current […]
What is a chatbot? The chatbot helps to quickly and easily find the right answers to the most frequently asked questions at the service desk. The goal is for the chabot to do the search within the knowledge base for the customer and only display the specific part that is needed. What can the chatbot do? The ChatBot is in a pilot mode, i.e. still in test mode. During this test the bot learns with […]
New IAM names Please note the new spellings and change old names. https://sherlock.sp.ethz.ch/headoffice/mc/diverse%20Dokumente/Neue_ID_IAM_Bezeichnungen_DE.pdf https://www.ethz.ch/services/de/it-services/dokumente/glossar.html Administration of ETH passwords new in the “Web Center” Since April 15, 2019, the Web application “Web Center” has to be used to manage passwords and other functions. The tool and the look have changed, but the URL has remained the same. DE: www.passwort.ethz.ch EN: www.password.ethz.ch ETH members log into the application with their ETH user name and ETH password for […]
A lot of people try to protect the content of their appointments by marking them as “Private”. Unfortunately, the mail server does not actually conceal the content. Exchange merely flags the appointments as “Private” in its design. It is the clients’ job to respect the marking. Recommendation Do not publish any sensitive or confidential information in Exchange appointments. Instead, communicate such information separately. Further information in the IT Service catalogue Text & Contact: Matteo Corti […]
Dear members of DBIOL and DGESS, we are pleased to announce a two day course to introduce members of DBIOL and DGESS to the field of machine learning. The course will take place on 6th and 7th of May 2019 in HG D 12. The course targets members of DBIOL and DGESS who have no experience in machine learning. Description Our goals are: to provide a robust understanding of the basic concepts of machine learning, especially classification. to introduce […]
In the last three weeks new versions of myStudies and LISETHpro have been introduced. The new release of myStudies has been combined with an increase in resources (web application and database server) to meet the demand during peak periods in the use of the application (several times the limit of 2000 active students was reached at the beginning of the new semester). A summary of the changes introduced: myStudies 2019.1: Students can now maintain their […]
Original website: https://blogs.ethz.ch/its/2019/03/18/how-to-detect-phishing-mails/ Emails are a practical and useful means of communication. However, they are often used by fraudsters to steal confidential data such as passwords or bank information. These so-called phishing emails pose a real risk. Not all of them can be automatically detected and stopped by technical email filters. This also means that phishing emails cannot be prevented from appearing in your mailboxes now and again. Watch out for these emails Is the […]
Shortly before Christmas last year Microsoft Switzerland contacted us. They offered us a technical workshop about their cloud service “Azure” according to our wishes. After animated internal discussions, we were able to identify three typical and potentially interesting cloud patterns for such a workshop for ETH researchers as well as for ITS SIS: (i) Distribution of scientific software services via Docker and orchestration via Kubernetes; (ii) Interactive parallel computing with Python “user land”: Jupyter Notebooks […]
– Topic plausible? No -> Spam/Phishing/Malware – Sender plausible? No -> Spam/Phishing/Malware – Does the subject match the sender? No -> Spam/Phishing/Malware Other points that may indicate spam/phishing/malware: – Does the language match the topic/sender? German/English? – Does the salutation fit? General or personal? – Does the text look as if it has been translated by an old translator? – Are there threats? – Is there a requirement to register somewhere? – Are there links […]
See below for English. Sehr geehrte IT-Shop-Benutzende Am 11. Februar 2019 wurde Microsoft Imagine (früher bekannt als DreamSpark und MSDNAA) durch «Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching» abgelöst. Gleichzeitig wurde das Programm von der Kivuto- auf die Azure-Plattform gezügelt, der bisherige OnTheHub-Link funktioniert entsprechend nicht mehr. Im IT Shop (https://itshop.ethz.ch/) gibt es neu das kostenlose Produkt «Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching», welches von Studierenden und Mitarbeitenden bestellt werden kann und […]
