New guest

Spinoza account

• If you have not already done so, request a Spinoza staff account by emailing Minni with your full name, start and finishing dates and the project(s) you will be working on. With this account, you will be able to:
  1. Log into, and edit, the Spinoza centre wiki at https://www.spinozacentre.nl/scwiki/ and the Dumoulin lab wiki at https://www.spinozacentre.nl/dlwiki/. Use your short username. The scwiki contains all kinds of useful information on the centre and its resources. It also outlines how to change your password. https://www.spinozacentre.nl/scwiki/index.php/staff:Changing_your_Spinoza_password_/_password_policy People often experience difficulties setting a password through the online interface. A good alternative is to log in to the Spinoza computing cluster and use the passwd command in a terminal or use one of the desktops in the centre.
  2. Connect to our office messaging system Zulip (open-source Slack alternative) at http://zulip.spinozacentre.nl. Use your short username. A Zulip client for your phone can be downloaded at
     • https://apps.apple.com/us/app/zulip/id1203036395 (iOS)
     • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zulipmobile&hl=en_US (Android)
     • On computers, we recommend using the Ferdi messaging browser that includes support for Zulip, Slack and WhatsApp. https://getferdi.com/download/
  3. Log in to Outlook on the web at https://outlook.live.com/ or use your email program of choice. When setting up an account, look for “Exchange” or “Outlook” or "Office 365". Use your full username.
  4. Log in to Windows/Linux desktops throughout the centre. The Linux desktops are part of the Spinoza computing cluster. These desktops can also be used to change your password. Use your short username.
  5. Connect to our Calpendo resource booking system at https://spinozacentre.calpendo.com/ This can be used for booking MRI slots after you have taken the MRI safety course. During the corona pandemic it is also used to reserve a desk when working at Spinoza. Select “Register new user”, and “authenticate using Spinoza”. Use your full username.
  6. Use SURF services. Surf is a collaborative organisation for ICT in Dutch education and research that offers services like surfdrive (Dropbox alternative for academia) at surfdrive.surf.nl and filesender (a wetransfer-like service) at filesender.surf.nl. Use your full username.
  7. Log in to spinoza-intern Wi-Fi and eduroam (https://www.eduroam.org/) Wi-Fi. Use your full username. https://www.spinozacentre.nl/scwiki/index.php/staff:Connecting_to_Wi-Fi_within_the_Spinoza_and_abroad
  8. Log in to the front-end of our computing cluster from outside the centre at https://desktop.spinozacentre.nl/. Use your short username.
  9. Log in to our flywheel MRI database server at https://spinozacentre.flywheel.io/. Select SURFcontext SAML and use you full username. FlyWheel is used for automatically archiving and accessing experimental data and running pipelines such as dicom to nifti conversion, quality assessment, defacing of structural scans and FreesSurfer surface reconstruction and segmentation.
  10. Log in to the SONA Spinoza centre volunteer sign-up system at https://spinoza.sona-systems.com/. Select "AD account Log In” and use your full username. The SONA system is used for recruiting volunteers for experiments.