LabSeating < BETA

---+ BETA Lab Seating

We have developed a policy that will hopefully avoid conflicts and problems allocating seats in the BETA lab.  Before _claiming_ a seat in the lab, please consult with the current Lab seating czar (currently Main.DaveTompkins).

---++ Reference Diagram
This is a crude diagram of how seating in the BETA Lab is arranged. (please do not mess with this diagram)
<verbatim>
                 (WINDOW SIDE -- WEST)
            
    =====+============    ==========+======+====

                     ------   ------   ------   
                    /      \ /      \ /      \ 
                   |1      3|5      7|9     11|
                   |        |        |        |
                    \      / \      / \      / 
                    /      \ /      \ /      \ 
     |A            |        |        |        |
      \            |2      4|6      8|10    12|
      /            |        |        |        |
     | 
     |
      \B   /\   C                 -    -     -
       ----  ------              |X|  |Y|   |Z|
      /D   \/   E                | |  | |    -
     |                           | |  | |
     |                           ----------------
      \F   /\   G               /         
       ----  ------            | 
      /H   \/   I              |     PHOTOCOPY
     |                         |       ROOM
     |                         |
      \J   /\   K              |     
       ----  ------            |
                               |
 ================================================ 
                       DOOR
</verbatim> 

---++ Current Assignments

| *Seat* | *Machine* | *Assigned Person (email)* |
| 1 | agistri | Dave Tompkins (davet) |
| 2 | mcclintock | | 
| 3 | antiparos | Chris Thachuk (cthachuk) |
| 4 |  |  |
| 5 | anaphi | Sohrab Shah (sshah) |
| 6 | ithika (dead?) | |
| 7 | | Chris Fawcett (fawcettc) |
| 8 | hydra | Mirela Andronescu (andrones) |
| 9 | alimia | Sanja Rogic (rogic) ||
| 10 |  | Zhichuan Zhang (zhichuan) |
| 11 | (was amorgos) | Baharak Rastegari  (baharak) |
| 12 | amorgos (was leros) | Hosna Jabbari (hjabbari) |
| A |  |  |
| B | blobel (was baltimore) | Philip Lam (natural) |
| C | baltimore | Andrew Carbonetto (acarbo) |
| D | (was blobel) | Frank Hutter (hutter)|
| E |  |  |
| F | (was mcclintock) | Lin Xu (xulin730) |
| G |  | Ashiqur !KhudaBukhsh (ashiqur) |
| H |  | Massih Korvash (massih) |
| I |  |  |
| J |  |  |
| K | beta (printer) |  |
| X |  | Alex Izsak (aizsak@gmail.com) |
| Y |  | Edward Lui (luied@interchange.ubc.ca) |
| Z |  |  |

---++ New Computers

Currently the the new computers (at seats B,C,2) are outside of the regular policy -- please consult with Irmtraud Meyer (irmtraud) before using one of those machines

---++ Official Policy

   1. Seats at the tables (X,Y & Z) cannot be permenently allocated, and are for visitors, drop-ins and office hours.
   1. When a new student joins BETA, he/she first chooses between an office and a lab seat
   1. If a new student chooses a lab seat, then he/she may select any free seat in the lab (ideally he/she might select a seat near students in a related research area) after consulting with the current lab seating czar.
   1. If multiple new students select the same seat, ties are broken randomly.
   1. When a student leaves BETA and his/her seat becomes vacant, that seat is made available to students in order of seniority.
   1. Seniority is measured in years as a graduate student at UBC (so a M.Sc. in Computer Science at SFU does not count toward seniority, whereas a M.Sc. in Biology at UBC does). 
   1. Of course a student may choose to stay in his/her current seat, and pass the opportunity on to the next most senior student. 
   1. In the case of a tie, then the student in the same research area as the departing student gets priority (to help maintain grouping by research area), and then randomly if necessary.
   1. It may be possible to move specific computers to new locations, but there is no guarantee.

---++ Current Seniority

Currently the Lab seniority is as follows:

(note that the effective starting date may not be the actual starting date and incorporates leaves of absence, etc.)

| *Effective Starting Date* | *Person (email)* | *Current Location* |
| 1999-Jan | Dave Tompkins (davet) | 1 |
| 2000-Sep | Sanja Rogic (rogic) | 9 | 
| 2001-Sep | Mirela Andronescu (andrones) | 8 | 
| | Viann Chan (vchan) | x563 | 
| | Sohrab Shah (sshah) | 5 | 
| 2002-Sep | Baharak Rastegari (baharak) | 11 | 
| | Jonathan Backer (backer) | x565 |
| 2003-Sep | Mohammad Ali Safari (safari) | x565 |
|  | Frank Hutter (hutter) | D |
| 2005-Sep | Hosna Jabbari (hjabbari) | 12 |
| | Lin Xu (xulin730) | F |
| | Andrew Carbonetto (acarbo) | C |
| 2006-Sep |  Ashiqur !KhudaBukhsh (ashiqur) | 7 |
| 2007-May | Chris Thachuk (cthachuk) | 3 |
|  | Philip Lam (natural) | B |
|  | Massih Korvash (massih) | H |
| 2007-Sep | Chris Fawcett (fawcettc) | 7 |
| | Zhichuan Zhang (zhichuan) | 10 |
| | Thanh Nhan Nguyen (ntn) | bullpen |
| | Jeff Sember (jpsember) | ?? |

(my apologies if some of these are incorrect -- please contact Main.DaveTompkins with any errors)
This topic: BETA > TipsAndTricks > WebHome > LabSeating
Topic revision: r12 - 2007-09-13 - DaveTompkins