Information

We will inform you about Center for Science Information window, PC room, and input/output room of the Gakujo Center during the summer. 

Summer period: 7/28 (Wednesday) -9/5 (Sunday) Closed on Saturdays and Sundays
Simultaneous rest period: 8/7 (Saturday) - 8/17 (Tuesday) closed

PC room: closed
Input/output room and counter support: 10:00- (Closing time varies depending on each campus)
Online contact for students: closed (Please take a look at  Contact Us) 

Counter Support Schedule
■ Summer period: 10:00- (Closing time varies depending on each campus)
■ Saturday and Sunday: Closed
■ Simultaneous rest period: Closed

For students and faculty

This is an announcement from the Academic Information Center.

From September 13, a security update will be released for shared files in Google Drive. This will update the links to the files and make the files in Google Drive more secure, but in some cases, you will need to request new access rights to the shared files.

The security update itself will be applied to our tenants, but you can choose to exclude your own files from the security update. Affected users (those who have shared files) will receive a notification email after July 26 with information about the affected files and how to deal with the issue, so please check the content of the email and take action.

*At this time, there is no information from Google about the contents of the email or how to take action.

Please refer to the official update information for an overview and benefits.

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2021/06/drive-file-link-updates.html

From 22:30 on July 17th, 2021 to 23:30 on 18th, there was a problem with single sign-on (SSO) to the following services

• Zoom
• Adobe ID

Two weeks before the expiration date of the digital certificate used for SSO, a new digital certificate was automatically issued, and the positive and negative certificates were switched, but users were unable to log on to Zoom, Adobe, and other systems that do not support the positive and negative switching.

We manually switched to the new certificate at around 23:30 on the 18th, and the problem has been restored.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

For students, faculty and staff

The network will be down during the following period due to the replacement of network equipment. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your cooperation.

1. Wednesday, August 11, 2021 13:00-17:00

  Work location: Shirai Data Center

  Impact: Internet connection and campus network will be intermittently unstable.

2. Sunday, August 22, 2021 13:00 - 17:00

  Work area: Kashiwa Junior & Senior High School

  Impact: The Kashiwa Junior & Senior High School network will be down. No other campuses will be affected.

*The completion time may vary depending on the progress of the work.

There will be a product introduction seminar (online) on the Adobe products we use at the university.

If you are interested, please join us.

Date: 2021/7/21 19:00-20:00

Title: Introduction to 3D creativity and products that support it
         (今注目の3Dのクリエイティブとそれを支える製品のご紹介)

Cost: Free

For more details and how to apply, please visit the following URL.

  https://v2.nex-pro.com/campaign/26834/apply

Application deadline: 20:00, July 21, 2021  

Thank you for your continued cooperation in the operation of our information system.
Regarding the "suspension of the delivery of the internal mail system (Becky!)," which was announced at the administrative meeting in December, we will carry out the following work. After the work is done, delivery of new mail to the university mail system (Becky!) will be stopped, and you will only be able to check your past received mail.

If you have not yet switched to Outlook, please refer to the "Outlook Manual" in the Administrative Support System announcement and set up Outlook.

You can continue to use the outgoing mail, but please note that it will not be saved as outgoing mail on "Outlook on Microsoft365" or "Gmail on Google Workspace".

Distribution stop date: June 10, 2021

How to contact the Information Systems Division:
https://web.sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp/otoiawase

On May 27th, there was a communication failure on the Omiya Campus Wireless LAN from around 11:00 to 11:25. As a result, all users and services using the wireless LAN were unable to use it.

We have not yet identified the complete cause of this problem, but we believe that one of the causes is that some networks experienced loops and network instability before the time of the failure.
We have already identified and implemented countermeasures for the looped areas.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

2021/05/21　There was a communication failure between 17:32 and 18:15.
There was a network failure at Toyosu Campus.

This failure was caused by the core switch, and Scomb, SRAS-VPN, and extension phones were also affected.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

We have just received an announcement from Wolfram about an online seminar.

The seminar is open to anyone who is interested in using Mathematica.
If you are interested, please join us.

Date & Time: Four Mathematica Webinar Series

(E) Evening Series: Tuesdays, starting May 11, 5:00-6:00 p.m.

(L) Lunchtime Series: Every Wednesday, starting May 12, 12:00-13:00

(L) Lunchtime Series: Wednesdays starting May 12, 12:00-13:00

1) For First-Time Users of Mathematica
2) Mathematica Basics
3) Mathematica Applications
4) Mathematica Machine Learning

Target audience: Faculty, staff, and students at educational institutions

Fee: Free

Registration: Free

(E) Evening Series
　Details and registration (off-campus site)

(L) Lunchtime Series
　Details and registration (off-campus site)

For inquiries, please contact
　event-japan@wolfram.com

Wireless LAN system will be maintained on the following dates and times.

In each campus, wireless LAN stops during the maintenance.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

Date, times and campus:

Omiya Campus : May 2nd, 2021 10:00-13:00

Toyosu and Shibaura campus : May 4th, 2021 9:00-12:00

*Ending time may change before and after because of maintenance. 

April 19, 10:35 a.m.: The login problem of the source system has been recovered.
We apologize for the inconvenience caused to users.

As of April 19, 9:30 a.m.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.

We will contact you as soon as the situation changes.

Please note that the Windows Update KB5000802 of 3/10 contains a bug, and after the update, Kyocera printers will always give a blue screen when printing.

At first, please try this procedure:

1. Make sure that your PC has enough battery power.
   • We recommend connecting to a power source if possible.
2. Select Start menu (Windows Logo) > Settings > Update&Security > Windows Update, then click [Check for updates].
3. If update is available for your PC, installation begins automatically.(This may take a while.)
4. If it shows that "Optional updates available", please install them.
   • Select only OS Update. "Driver updates" are not necessary.
5. After installation finished, click [Restart now].
6. After your PC restarted, please try printing again.

Kyocera website: Since Windows Update, there has been a problem: "When printing, a blue screen error appears and a forced reboot occurs, preventing printing.

https://www.kyoceradocumentsolutions.co.jp/support/information/info_20210312.html

2021/04/07　Today, many students received the message "No Internet Connection" when trying to connect to the wireless LAN.

This is a problem caused by the exhaustion of IP address allocation from the DHCP server.

Now that we have implemented countermeasures, connections are gradually becoming available.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience caused.

We are unable to update our antivirus software Sophos for macOS 11 (Big Sur) as we are still waiting for the manufacturer's support.

Please wait for a while before installing Sophos on macOS 11.

As of 08/19/202, we have confirmed that it is possible to update with MacOS 11.4. You can use it.

The Adobe ETLA contract has been renewed for the 2021 academic year.

Adobe Creative Cloud is now available to faculty members as well.

Students may install the software on up to one personally owned PC; if you have two PCs installed, please uninstall one of them.

For more information, please refer to AdobeETLA (2021)

The SIC Drive Service, which was introduced in 2014, will be discontinued at the end of March.

＊SIC Drive is a service that allows you to access your MyVolume and assignment submission folders (share folders) using a web browser.

In the future, please refer to the following guide on how to access your MyVolume and assignment submission folder (share folder).

How to access MyVolume from your personal computer

• Windows
• MacOS

How to access a shared folder from your personal computer

• Windows　
• MacOS

We have confirmed that the following software drivers are not compatible with OS 11 (Big Sur).

　・HP Plotter DesignJet Z5600 Driver (As of 07/15/2022, we find the available link)
　・Virus software Sophos (As of 08/19/2021, we have confirmed that it is possible to update)

The following software drivers are not supported on macOS 11 (Big Sur).
Please wait for a while before using the software on macOS 11

To all students graduating in 2020
This is the Information Network Systems Section

Annual system-related update work is scheduled for the following dates
　Graduate School: Monday, March 22, 2021 (from the morning)
　Undergraduate: From the morning of Thursday, March 25, 2021

As a result of this annual renewal, your account in the Center for Science Information will be suspended.
As a result of this annual renewal, the services provided by the Center for Science Information will be unavailable to graduates of the class of 2020. (Except Gmail)

The main services that will be unavailable are as follows

・Services that use campus passwords
　　Login to the computers in each PC classroom
　　Access to MyVolume and download servers
　　Login to web services such as Scomb, S*gsot, and AMI
　　VPN services such as GlobalProtect
　　Sophos
　　Login to various remote servers
　　Viewing class videos (Mediasite)
　　etc.

・Services that use student ID cards
　　Opening of electric locks on each campus
　　Use of certificate issuing machines
　　Use of multifunctional copiers and photocopiers by holding up your student ID card
　　etc.

・Cloud services
　　Use of Adobe software
　　Zoom
　　Microsoft365 services in general (Office365Proplus, teams, Stream, OneDrive, etc.)
　　etc.

The same applies to graduates who plan to enter graduate school.
・MyVolume
　　Data and other information stored in the MyVolume of graduates and post-graduates will be deleted after the account is terminated.
　　Please back up all necessary data by yourself
　　After your account is suspended, you will not be able to access or suck out any data.
・Software
　　Please make sure to uninstall any software you are using.
・About G Suite for Education
　　Due to changes in Google's storage policy, storage usage (Drive, Gmail, etc.) will be reduced after July 2022.
　　Due to changes in Google's storage policy from July 2022 onwards, there is a possibility that storage usage (including files shared between Drive, Gmail, and Photos) will be limited.
　　(The limit is yet to be determined.)
　　Also, as for Google services that can be used after graduation
　　We are also considering limiting the use of Google services after graduation to only Gmail and GoogleDrive.
　　In light of this, we are considering measures such as backing up data to personal accounts and
　　Please back up your data to your personal account and delete unnecessary files from Drive, Gmail, and Photos.

Related article: Services provided by the Student Information Center that will no longer be available after graduation

https://web.sic.shibaura-it.ac.jp/3554126bda3ed7e7df6a785c1552bee2/page_20190704013357?lang=en

To all users of ZOOM

The Center for Science Information will be conducting a trial run of the watermark (watermark function) feature in the Zoom functions from March 10 to 26, 2012, for the purpose of preventing unauthorized recording and distribution of online class videos and event videos in Zoom.

For details, please see the text attached to the Scomb announcement.

The PC rooms and lecture rooms on each campus will be open only in the rooms with classes in 2021 as in 2020.

When you go to school, please bring your PC with you if necessary.

New student must have a PC. Please prepare your PC that meets the specifications according to the instructions of your department by yourself.

In addition, the opening status may be reviewed after the class starts depending on the situation. However, even in that case, the capacity of the PC room is 1/2 to 2/3 of the usuall, so all rooms may be used for classes all day long depending on the day of the week. 

Please note that the opening time will be shorter than before the COVID-19, so we may not be able to provide sufficient time.