Information for New Members of the Department and Visitors

It is essential that you familiarise yourself immediately with the cms fire alarm procedures. Details can be found in the safety information file in your office

Emergency number for FIRE/POLICE/AMBULANCE is 1 999

Emergency number for SECURITY is 101

The CMS Site operates a no-smoking policy

Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
University of Cambridge
Centre for Mathematical Sciences
Wilberforce Road
Cambridge
CB3 0WB

Tel: (01223) (3)37999

Web site: http://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk

 

Head of Department: Professor Martin Hyland

Director of the Statistical Laboratory: Professor James Norris

The Department's Enquiries Office

C1.19 is open from:

9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Monday - Thursday
9.00 a.m. - 1.00 p.m. and 2.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. Friday

Centre for Mathematical Sciences (CMS)

The main entrance is unlocked between the hours of 0830 and 1730. The telephone number for CMS reception is (01223) (7)65000.

Support Staff

Sally Lowe	Departmental Secretary	Room C1.20	ext 37996
Helen Innes	Secretary	Room C1.01	ext 37994
Julia Blackwell	Statistical Laboratory Secretary	Room D1.17	ext 37958
John Shimmon	Statistical Laboratory Asst Sec.	Room D1.15	ext 37959
Andrew Aitchison	Computer Officer (Pure Maths)	Room C1.18	ext 37992
Eva Myers	Computer Officer (Stats)	Room D1.09	ext 37961

Keys

Office keys are available from Shelley Scurll in Room C1.19. A £10.00 refundable deposit is charged for these. Please ensure that you return your key to the Department when you leave.

Access cards

Temporary cards only are issued to visitors staying for up to 3 months. Those visiting for over 3 months are issued first with a temporary card which should be replaced by a personal card. To obtain a personal card, visitors should collect a form of authority from Sally Lowe (room C1.20) to take to the University Card Service, 17 Mill Lane. All new research students and others with new personal cards will need their cards programmed to work at the CMS. You should take your personal card to the CMS reception and ask for it to be programmed. This will normally be done within 24hrs. Temporary cards should be returned to the Department (not to CMS reception) once a personal card is obtained.

Forms to fill out

When you arrive you should complete a New Member/Visitor registration form. Likewise, there is a leavers form to complete when you leave which gives us information on your requirements for your computer account and a forwarding address for post.

Incoming Post

The Department's pigeon holes are located opposite the CMS reception at the main entrance to the Site (DPMMS indicated on top of these). All students' and visitors' post is put in the alphabetical pigeon holes.

Outgoing Post for mailing

Academic post should be placed in the tray marked DPMMS 02, to the right of the CMS reception. Please write your surname and 02 in the top left hand corner of the envelope. Inland post will be sent second class unless you indicate that you want it sent first class.

Note for visitors: The Department does not charge for the mailing of reasonable amounts of academic post. It does not, however, pay for the post to be sent back to visitors' home institutions.

UK and International Post is collected at 4.00 p.m.

Outgoing Post via the University Messenger Service (UMS)

The University has its own messenger service for the delivery of envelopes around the University Departments and Colleges. Please place any post for the internal UMS in the tray marked UMS to the right of the CMS reception.

The UMS post is collected (and delivered) at 12.15 p.m.

Special arrangement for post for Pavilion E occupants You can, of course, place your outgoing post in the trays as described above. However, to save you braving the elements, there are trays in the corridor outside E1.14 marked External and UMS that you can use. Post is collected from these twice daily, at 11.15 a.m. and 3.15 p.m.

Booking a Seminar Room

http://www.cms.cam.ac.uk/room describes how to book the CMS meeting rooms. The DPMMS Committee Room (EL.09) has to be booked through John Shimmon (D1.15).

Computer Accounts

For Pure Mathematics please see Andrew Aitchison Room C1.18
For Statistical Laboratory please see Eva Myers Room D1.09
Computing application forms are available online.

Coffee and Tea

Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate sachets can be purchased from CMS reception, and also from DPMMS Enquiry Office. The sachets are used in the Flavia machines in the common rooms of Pavilions C, D and E.

Photocopying

The Photocopying Rooms are C0.23, C1.17, D0.21, D1.16, E0.23, E1.14. Reasonable photocopying for academic purposes is free of charge.

Fax machines

The machines for Pure Mathematics are in photocopying rooms C1.17 and E1.14 and the fax number is (01223) 337920.
The fax machine for the Statistical Laboratory is in D1.16 and the fax number is (01223) 337956.
There is a confidential fax machine in the Departmental Secretary's office and the fax number is (01223) 765883.

Stationery

Stationery supplies are kept in Rooms C1.17, D1.16 and E1.14 (photocopying rooms). If you cannot find what you want, please ask John (D1.15).

Phone

To dial an outside line, first dial 9, followed by the telephone number. To call in from outside the University and Colleges, the extension number should be prefixed by '3' if the extension commences with a '3', or prefixed by '7' if the extension commences with a '6'. There is no charge to visitors for the use of the telephone for inland calls for academic purposes. All private calls should be paid for.

Seminars

Weekly seminar lists and full details of Departmental seminars can be found on the noticeboard in the main entrance to the CMS. The weekly list can be accessed on the Departmental Web site.

Examples Sheets

Examples sheets can be found in the pigeon holes outside Meeting Room 12. If the one you want is not there you should see Shelley (C1.19). There is a list on the board outside her office which shows which examples sheets are available. Examples sheets can also be found on the Departmental web site and often other teaching material associated with the course.

Health and Safety

The CMS Site Safety Officer is Hilary Bennett (Room D0.03) ext 66820.

Please ensure that you are aware of safety procedures on the site, and that you know the quickest fire evacuation route from your office to the assembly points outside. The CMS Health and Safety Notice board is on the first floor of Pavilion B. The Department has its own Safety Notice boards just inside the north entrances of the pavilions (C, D and E). Please read the Department's Local Safety Arrangements on these notice boards, or on the Departmental web pages. The CMS Site Safety Policy can be accessed through the Department's web pages or those of the CMS.

CMS First Aiders

Helen Innes ext 37959, James Paice ext 65000, David Pagecroft 37842, or telephone to CMS reception (65000).

DPMMS Graduate Student Advisor

This is Dr. Marjorie Batchelor (C1.04). She will be happy to speak to any research student who runs into difficulties of whatever nature and wants to discuss them with someone who is not their supervisor.

Buildings

If you have any building maintenance problems, please report these to the facilities staff (email: facilities@math.cam.ac.uk).

Useful addresses

The University Library is on West Road. Forms for application for library membership for visitors are available from Sally Lowe (C1.20). The Betty and Gordon Moore Library houses all mathematics books and journals. The Library is situated next to the Centre for Mathematical Sciences.

The Accommodation Syndicate is at 18 Silver Street, Tel: (3) 38099. This offers assistance with accommodation for all categories of staff and visitors.

The Society for Visiting Scholars, 12 Mill Lane, Tel (3) 33316. Assists with any social matters.