MIT Student Information Processing Board
About us
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. We have meetings every Monday at 19:30 (now also on Zoom!). 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.
If you want to get involved with SIPB / be part of the discussion, please join the Mattermost.
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) - Hydrant
Class planner for MIT students. - Your project here!
- 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. - Interstellar
Students simply list (or upload a courseroad for) the classes they are registering for to discover other students in those classes. - dormdigest
Eats dormspam emails and aggregates them into a single calendar for students. (in progress) - ...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, or join our mailing list, sipb-announce. 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 and Stories
At the beginning of each school year, SIPB offers tours of the MIT computing infrastructure, including Athena server rooms, interesting labs. Stay after the tour to hear interesting computer stories about MIT.
Getting Involved
SIPB is always open to new contributors. You can join one of the projects above, start your own, or learn about more potential projects by coming to a meeting.
If you want to join, be sure to:
- Join Mattermost to chat with other SIPB members
- Swing by the weekly meetings Mondays 19:30-20:00 at the SIPB office
- Attend a SIPB event or project meeting
- Check out the projects! You can join an existing project or start your own!
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.