Hi all

* IT upgrade and centre maintenance:

We have completed the IT upgrade and centre maintenance works. We have done our best to ensure a smooth transition for you across the IT infrastructure - please do let us know if you experience any issues or "odd behaviour" on the IT systems and we will attempt to fix them as soon as possible. For a summary of software changes, please see the list at the end of this email.

* Reception reorganisation:

The works on our new reception area are now complete and bring us in line with the best practices outlined by the CQC (Care Quality Commission) - essentially we have made the reception more professional, more welcoming and crucially more secure. If you need help from the reception staff, or are picking up / dropping off forms, please do so by speaking to reception staff at the glass service hatch - access to the reception office is restricted

Andre'.

Summary of software changes at YNiC in Summer 2017 ---------------------------------------

FSL:

* FSL 5.0 has been updated to 5.0.9 * FSL 4.1 is no longer available * FSLView is only available as a backwards compatibility option and will be removed next summer. FSLEyes is the replacement for FSLView.

Python: * Python 2 and 3 are now both supported at YNiC as far as is possible * Ensure that you are using the correct version of Python for the script you are running. * iPython installs for Python 2 and 3 are both now available * Spyder installs for Python 2 and 3 are both now available * numpy -> 1.12 * scipy -> 0.18 * matplotlib -> 2.0.0 * mvpa2 -> 2.6.0 * most other modules have been updated to their latest stable revisions * psychopy remains at version 1.84.1 and is Python 2 only

MATLAB: * Version R2017a (9.2) is now available and is the default version. * Version 8.5 and 9.0 remain available. 9.0 will be removed when R2018a is released.

SPM: * SPM 8 has been updated to the latest revision r6313 * SPM 12 has been updated to the latest revision r6906 * SPM 2 and 5 have been updated to their final releases

Freesurfer: * Both Freesurfer 5.3 and 6.0 are now available. * See the documentation pages (TODO) on how to use each version

R: * The version of R installed is now 3.3.3 * rstudio has been updated to 1.0.153 * We have added the latest revisions of all of the `tidyverse` packages, removing the need to install these per-user

Generic software: * Connectome Workbench 1.2.3 is now installed by default * Libreoffice has been upgraded to 5.2.7 * Mathematica 11 is now available alongside Mathematica 10 * Maple 2016 replaces Maple 18 * SPSS 23 replaces SPSS 20 * The Iceweasel (Firefox) and Icedove (Thunderbird) aliases are no longer available - you may need to update any desktop shortcuts.

Stimulus PC-specific: * Presentation (NBS) stimulus delivery package has been removed

Known issues:

* There are known problems with hdfview - these are due to an upstream bug, we are preparing a workaround for this