Research Support

The business office of the CCT handles procedures including accounting, purchasing, human resource management, pre- and post-award grant administration, student employment, and travel reimbursement.

Offices:

About CCT’s Office of Grant Development

The CCT Business Office supports CCT faculty and researchers providing pre-and post-award grant administration services. CCT grant administration support helps meets the long-term institutional research and educational priorities of CCT and LSU through promoting new and junior faculty research, senior faculty research, and even undergraduate and graduate research. The office helps support the development of research partnerships across LSU colleges, departments, centers and interdisciplinary groups through its administrative services.

For information on grants, contact CCT Manager of Grants and Contracts, Erica D'Spain, at 225-578-1294 or edspain@lsu.edu.

Human Resources

The Center for Computation & Technology (CCT) is an interdisciplinary research center on the LSU campus, where representatives from all areas of academics work with the high-performance computing resources available on campus to advance breakthroughs. CCT recruits professors and researchers from all disciplines, from physics and computer science to art, music and design. All CCT faculty hold joint appointments with other academic departments on LSU's campus.

More Information:

Visit the Human Resources site to learn more about working at LSU.

Business Office Forms:

Receptionist and/or students assigned to the front desk are responsible for receiving packages. All packages are delivered to the front desk and are delivered to Samantha
Jarreau's office in 2009 Digital Media Center unless a different address is specified on the package.

Travel authorizations must be submitted at least one week prior to your planned trip. According to Accounting Services, if the authorization is not filled out prior to travel, you may not be covered by LSU insurance. This applies whether you are traveling out of state, out of the country or to another city in Louisiana. If you do not use the state authorized travel agent, you must have approval, in advance, from Donna K. Torres, the Executive Director of Accounting Services. Contact Brittany Juneau (578-4012) for more information.
Travelers must complete the internal travel approval form and the AS292 including all information requested on the forms. Copies of these forms are located under the mailboxes on the third floor of Johnston Hall. Both forms can also be found on here: CCT Travel Approval form AS 292In order to do this, you must contact the state travel agency and get an estimate for airfare (or rental car). Short's Travel can be reached at 888-846-6810
You will also need to estimate meals/lodging/mileage, etc. Information on state allowances can be found on the mini-travel cards or in  PM-13
Travelers must get their supervisor to approve both the internal travel form and the AS292 authorization to travel form. Signed originals should be brought to Brittany Juneau. Only after your AS292 form has been approved are you authorized to purchase a ticket. In many cases, CCT will charge your airfare to the department account (please check before personally paying for your ticket).REMEMBER: Save receipts for everything you expect to be reimbursed for!
Upon your return, bring all receipts to Brittany Juneau, 216 Johnston Hall to get reimbursed. All travel reimbursement requests should be submitted within 30 days of your return.

For additional information concerning travel procedures, please contact Samantha Jarreau at (225) 578-6043 or samanthajarreau@lsu.edu.

The CCT views national and international contacts and collaborations as crucial for its research mission. To help facilitate these connections, CCT funds an active and flexible visitors program to bring expert faculty, researchers and students from around the world to interact with our focus areas.

At the CCT, guests play a vital role in the scientific and technological work of the center, and visits of several weeks or months are encouraged so guests can contribute fully to research programs at CCT and establish collaborative projects.

The CCT does not accept direct applications for its visitor program. The CCT staff member with whom a visitor would work must invite him or her to participate in this program.

While at CCT, guests are expected to involve themselves in the research projects of the CCT and to present seminars, lectures, tutorials and other activities as appropriate.

At CCT, visitors play a vital role in the scientific and technological work of the Center, and short visits as well as visits of several weeks or months are encouraged to enable guests to contribute fully to research programs at CCT and to establish fruitful collaboration.

The general guidelines of the CCT Visitor Program include the following:

  • Visitors must be invited by CCT staff with whom they expect to work;
  • Visitors are expected to involve themselves in the research projects of the CCT and to present seminars, lectures, tutorials, etc. as appropriate;
  • Visitors generally receive local living expenses from the CCT;
  • Visitors usually fund their own travel expenses.

All CCT employees are eligible to apply for support from the CCT Visitor Program. To apply for support, simply complete the Visitor Program form below. Each request is reviewed for approval by the appropriate Focus Area Head or Assistant Director of your research group or department. Requests must be submitted early enough to provide adequate time for review and processing in accordance to university policies and procedures.

LSU guest network accounts can be requested from CCT IT.

Click here to log into your LSU Guest Account

Louisiana State University welcomes more than one million visitors every year, and most of those visitors arrive via the interstate system.

The directions below offer the easiest routes to the campus from the interstate.

We recommend that you visit the Visitor Information Center to obtain detailed campus directions, a parking permit, and parking instructions. The Visitors Information Center is located at the corner of Highland Road and Dalrymple Drive.

From I-10:

  • Route 1:
    Exit at Nicholson Dr./Highland Rd. (Exit 155A). Take Highland Rd. to Dalrymple Dr. (about 1.4 miles).
  • Route 2:
    Exit at Dalrymple Dr. (Exit 156B). Both eastbound and westbound traffic will take a right onto Dalrymple Dr. from the off-ramp. Take Dalrymple Dr. to Highland Rd. (about 0.5 mile).
  • Route 3:
    Exit at Acadian Thruway (Exit 157B). If exiting from the eastbound off-ramp you will take a right onto Acadian Thruway; if exiting from the westbound off-ramp you will take a left onto Acadian Thruway. Take Acadian Thruway (which turns into Stanford Avenue and then into LSU Avenue) to Highland Rd. Take a right onto Highland Rd. Take Highland Rd. to Dalrymple Dr. (about 1.8 miles)

Directions to the Center for Computation & Technology

Digital Media Center Theatre, LSU Campus 

Exit I-10 at Dalrymple Drive (Exit 156B), take a right onto Dalrymple Drive from the off-ramp. Keep straight at the roundabout, turn left onto Highland Road [LSU's Visitor Center is located on your right at the corner of Dalrymple & Highland]. Turn left onto South Stadium Drive. CCT is located in Digital Media Center.

Links of Interest:

For more information on CCT’s Visitor Program, please contact Samantha Jarreau at (225) 578-6043 or samanthajarreau@lsu.edu 

CCT Help Desk

The CCT IT support team is here to help with computer issues for any of CCT's faculty, staff, or students. We can be reached in any of the following ways: 

  • Phone: +1 225 578 5890
  • Email: ticket@cct.lsu.edu
  • In Person: Our help desks are located in the lobbies of the first and second floors. Help Desk work hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.

Ticket submission
RT is the CCT IT Support ticket system. Use your LDAP credentials to access RT, or send an email to ticket@cct.lsu.edu

ITS Help Desk (Help for All Other Departments)
If you are not a CCT employee, you are probably looking for the LSU ITS service desk. They can be reached in by any of the following ways: 

  • Phone: +1 225 578 3375 (LSU-DESK)
  • Email: servicedesk@lsu.edu
  • In Person: Frey Computing Services Center and Middleton Library Room 141

Use the below form to request A/V support for your event:

LSU guest network accounts can be requested from CCT IT.

Click here to log into your LSU Guest Account