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Tony Soeller joined NACS on May 30, 2000 to enhance campus support for research and scientific computing. Tony has a B.S. degree in Geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and an M.S. degree in Geology from the University of Nevada, Reno.
Tony is skilled in a wide range of programming languages and has extensive experience with 2-D and 3-D [...]
Effective July 1, 2000, OAC has a new name: NACS – Network and Academic Computing Services
We feel NACS best represents the areas of our primary emphasis:
Network:
The network is a major component of what we do, with all of our services being heavily dependent on network technology, even those sometimes labeled “computing services.” The telephone system is [...]
The report of the UCI Academic Computing Support Review Committee (ACSRC) is now available in the Web for general review:
http://www.nacs.uci.edu/support/review/report
The ACSRC met between January and April of this year; it’s charge was to review the current state of computing and network support to faculty, students and staff in academic units. The committee took into account [...]
The UCI Academic Computing Support Review Committee has been formed to collect information andperspectives concerning support of academic computing at UCI. The committee will look at both local(departmental and school) and central support of faculty, student, and academic department computingactivities. It will also make initial recommendations on improving UCI’s support situation.
The creation of the committee [...]
Although many NACS services and facilities are available 24 hours a day, NACS technical assistance and consulting support is only available during the standard UCI business hours of 8 AM to 5 PM, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays. Only the on-duty NACS computer operator is available outside those hours.
During evening and weekend/holiday “waking” hours, technical [...]
One of the faculty groups NACS turns to for advice on current issues, as well as for review of short and long range plans, is the Academic Senate Computer Policy Committee (CPC). The CPC meets several times a year to discuss current computing and communications issues. The Chair of the CPC during the Fall and [...]