MIT Student Information Processing Board
We are MIT's volunteer student computing group, improving computing at MIT since 1969. Today, SIPB projects provide innovative services and special expertise to the MIT community. We have an office just outside the Athena cluster in the student center W20, and you are welcome to come by to ask us for help or to hang around, use our computers, and maybe get involved. You can find out what's abuzz in the SIPB community at Planet SIPB. We host a number of events, which are enumerated on our calendar.
SIPB Projects and Services
What does SIPB do for you?
- scripts.mit.edu
Get your own blog or wiki, or run any web app! The SIPB scripts server runs CGI scripts out of your Athena locker. (Trac, Wiki) - xvm.mit.edu
Your own virtual server. Reliable, easy, and flexible. (Launchpad, Launchpad, Trac) - debathena.mit.edu
Bringing MIT's Athena environment to Debian and Ubuntu, first for our laptops, and then back to the clusters. (Trac) - Your project here!
- linerva.mit.edu
Remote login access to Athena on a powerful Debian GNU/Linux server running Debathena. - Documentation
Helpful and informative documents about various computing topics at MIT, written by SIPB. - Computer Help
Have a computing question or need some help? Come drop by our office. - ...and many more
SIPB Events
Every year, SIPB offers a number of awesome computer-related events to the MIT community. You can view upcoming ones at our google calendar. Here's a list of some of our past or recurring events:
- Hackathons
Like coding? Come work on cool projects with us at SIPB! We're always looking for new members, so feel free to drop by our Hackathons to help us improve computing at MIT. - SIPB Cluedumps
Every year, SIPB hosts a number of computer-related technical talks on a variety of subjects. - IAP classes
Teach or learn. Knowledge is power. - SIPB Computer Tours
At the beginning of each year, SIPB offers tours of the MIT computing infrastructure, including Athena server rooms, interesting labs. - SIPB Computer Stories
Come listen to interesting computer stories about MIT in this annual event. - SIPB Reading Group
Every week we pick, read, and hold a discussion about a different paper relating to computer science. Come join us! Blanche yourself onto sipb-reading-group@mit.edu for announcements and access to the papers.
Getting Involved
SIPB is always open to new contributors. You can join one of the projects above or start your own. Learn more about getting involved.
Contact
Our office is W20-557 in the Student Center at 84 Mass Ave. You can call 617/253-7788 (x3-7788) or e-mail sipb@mit.edu with questions.
We are currently performing an experiment to see how much viral spam we can receive. So, if you're a web crawler, please enjoy sending us mail at bill@boredsippy.com. Do NOT send any mail to this address if you do not want us to consider you a spammer.