Name

Description

Advantage/Usage

Where to Find

Requires

Contact for Access

cluster -
andromeda

Service for virtual
machine (VM)

Virtual machines of up to
four CPU cores and 64GB

https://andromeda.cs.uwaterloo.ca/

WATIAM
account

Self-serve

cluster-paper

Bare-metal
computer
reservation

A6000 GPUs, 192GB RAM
on three GPU systems. 32
smaller systems

https://paper.cs.uwaterloo.ca/

SSH key via
authman

Self-serve

cluster-
WATGPU

Cluster equipped
with GPU, SLURM

Multiple A6000, Ada 6000,
L40s GPUs

https://watgpu.cs.uwaterloo.ca/

SSH to http://watgpu.cs.uwaterloo.ca

SSH key via
authman

Lucas Gamez
lmgamez@uwaterloo.ca

CSCF services
catalog

Catalog of the
services offered by
CSCF

Learn about the services
offered, and how to get
them.

Services | Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF) Services | Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF)

Linux

School of Computer
Science (SCS)
Linux login service

Access Linux environment
from anywhere

SSH into linux.cs.uwaterloo.ca

SCS
account and
SSH key /
Yubikey

Your Research Point of
Contact

Password
set/change

Set or change your
SCS domain
password and shell

Easily set/change personal
or teaching domain
password and shell

https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/password/

Self-serve

Research Point
of Contact page

Find your CSCF
RSG support
contact

For research and general
IT support, configuration
and purchasing

https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/password/Research Points of Contact | Computer Science Computing Facility (CSCF) | University of Waterloo

SCS VPN

SCS local network
access

Full-tunnel VPN (all sites
will run through the VPN)

https://vpn.cs.uwaterloo.ca/

SCS
account

Lori Paniak
ldpaniak@uwaterloo.ca

Vault(Nextcloud)

Alternative to
OneDrive / DropBox

Managed by CSCF. Has
better sharing options.

https://vault.cs.uwaterloo.ca/

SCS
account

Lori Paniak
ldpaniak@uwaterloo.caYour Research Point of
Contact