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There are two important steps that should be completed before you arrive. Not completing these in advance can delay your computer account activation by up to a week:#If
- If you don't have a SLAC system ID (SID) number (i.e. you are not in the SLAC Directory) apply for one electronically here. NOTE: if you are not directly employed by SUNCAT, you should select "other" for your "SU category". "Point of contact" should be Jens Norskov.
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- Fill out a "DOE facts form" here and email it to cherylj@stanford.edu. This form needs a signature, so unfortunately needs to be scanned.
The next steps are not as time-critical. Not filling these out in advance can delay your computer account activation by about a day. Fill After you have that SLAC system ID, fill out the two (unfortunately) non-electronic forms here and return them (as email attachments, if you choose) to the mighty computer administrator. One of the forms requires a signature, so it would need needs to be scanned in order to be emailed. The other is a pdf, and can be filled in entirely electronically. It takes about 1 day for the computer center to process these forms and the administrator to put you in the appropriate SUNCAT permissions lists.
For the computer account form:
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