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Orientation to the CBE Behavioural Laboratories (BLabs)

Amir Riaz, CBE BLabs Manager

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Agenda

• Overview of the CBE BLabs
• BLabs Infrastructure
• Overall Process to Use the Labs
• Guidelines
• Documentation on how to use client-server network
• Contact Details

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Overview of the CBE BLabs

• The labs support multi-disciplinary research and provide a platform to conduct

applied research in conjunction with CBE’s industry partners

• Hub Governance Committee sets overall policies for the labs
• User Group comprising of faculty members from all schools at CBE ensures

smooth operations of the labs

• The labs were funded by MEC research grant and CBE Hub initiative
• High level of admin and IT support is available

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BLabs Infrastructure

• Comprised of two distinct research labs: multi-purpose lab and advanced-

equipment lab

• Multi-Purpose Lab:
• 18 workstations with divider screens, plus a server for the researcher
• Workstations networked and offer client-server environment
• Tables can be rearranged for focus group type studies
• Fitted with Smart TV
• Software: Ztree, Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), SPSS, AMOS
• Advanced-Equipment Lab:
• Fitted with fully climatised soundproof booth
• Eye Tracker (Tobii TX300)
• ECG & GSR (BiosignalsPlux)
• FaceReader
• StimTracker
• Software: TobiiStudio, FaceReader 7, OpenSignals

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Overall Process to Use the Labs

Fulfil

Prerequisites

Choose a Lab Request a Booking Run Lab Sessions

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Fulfil Prerequisites

Please make sure that you fulfil the following prerequisites before requesting to book a lab on your behalf:

– Ethics approval have been obtained. Ethics protocol number will be required upon making a booking request – General orientation has been completed (i.e., you have read the entire presentation and particularly understood Guidelines) – Have ensured that all software and hardware needed for the study are available. Request for the software/hardware that is not available in the BLabs by using ‘Request New Software/Hardware Form’ – Have booked a time to test the software and hardware needed for the study (‘Book to test software/hardware’). Please note you can test software/hardware from Monday-Friday 9:15 – 9:45am – Have obtained relevant training if your study involves advanced equipment in Advanced-Equipment Lab such as eye tracker, ECG, GSR or FaceReader (‘Book training for eye tracker, ECG/GSR, FaceReader’)

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Choose a Lab

Decide on which lab do you want to use. You can view further details about BLabs by clicking on the following links:

– Multi-purpose Lab (BLab1) – Advanced-Equipment Lab (BLab2)

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Make a Booking

• See available time slots for the BLabs: BLab1_Calendar, BLab2_Calendar
• Email the Lab Manager with your chosen time slots and dates: Booking_

Request_Form

• You will receive a confirmation email once a booking is made on your behalf
• If your booking request exceeds your allotted quota, the Lab Manager will offer you

available alternatives. You can see details of allotted quota and available alternatives in the Guidelines

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Run Lab Sessions

• Please arrive on time
• Please note that booking time includes extra 30 minutes (15 at the start and 15 at

the end) to allow you to get ready for the experiment and remove any material after the experiment that you and the participants might have brought into the lab. If you need more than 30 minutes for preparation, please email the Lab Manager about this at the time of making a booking request.

• Please go through the workplace health and safety related presentation (WHS

Presentation) with the participants at the start of the session. The presentation is copied to the desktop of all the labs' laptops.

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Guidelines

Recruitment & management of participants

• Recruitment and management of participants as well as payments to them are researcher’s responsibility

Number of participants per session

• Please note that maximum number of participants per session for studies using BLab1 is 18 and BLab2 is

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Lab access

• Upon arrival, Lab Manager will issue the researcher a key to the lab. It is researcher’s responsibility to

return the key to the Lab Manger at the end of the session for the day

• For every study session, time slots of 15 minutes each are spared before and after the session's actual
• time. It is the responsibility of the researcher that he/she arrives at the lab early (maximum 15 minutes

before the session start time) to make the necessary preparation and leaves within 15 minutes after the session' completion so that lab can be used by other researchers. However if a researcher requires more time for set up and close out, an explicit request must be made at the time of making a booking request

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Guidelines

In the lab

• A profile on a Fileserver can be created on your behalf to store digital data. However, it is researcher’s

responsibility to remove the data at the completion of the study

• No food or hot drinks are allowed in the labs, although water is fine
• Researcher should inform the participants to be careful when drinking water
• Remember to get the consent form approved by the Ethics Committee singed by the participants
• In case of any problem with the software or hardware, please contact the Lab Manager. Also, if any

software or hardware are not working, please inform the Lab Manager about this so that it can be fixed immediately

• Lab computers are not for personal use. The researcher using the lab should convey this to the

participants

• The researcher must not leave the participants unattended
• The lab must be locked if unattended

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Guidelines

After the session

• It is researcher’s responsibility to remove all material brought into the lab by him/her or the participants

Licenses

• It is the responsibility of the researcher that he/she follows all the licence related obligations of the used
• software. For example, if Ztree experiment software is used, the researchers must cite the following

article in their paper: Urs Fischbacher (2007): z-Tree: Zurich Toolbox for Ready-made Economic Experiments, Experimental Economics 10(2), 171-178. E.g., write "The experiment was programmed and conducted with the software z-Tree (Fischbacher 2007)

Privacy policy

• All paper-based data collected by the researcher (e.g., personally-identifying data, forms etc) is the

responsibility of the researcher conducting study and should be removed from the lab after each session

• All data privacy and security rules of The Australian National University must be followed by the

researcher and no private data should be left in the lab

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Guidelines

Booking, cancelling or changing time for a lab session

• Booking can be made at leas 5 business days in advance of the first session
• Any researcher who wants to cancel (or change time for) a session must email the Lab Manager at least

3 business days notice of changes, or cancellations

• No lab reservations are complete until a confirmation email has been received from the Lab Manager
• Please note no lab can be reserved for one researcher for more than 24 hours in one-week period

Allotted quota

As a guide academic staff and Post-Docs have an allotted number of hours per semester they can use to reserve time (combined for BLab1 and BLab2).

• Academic staff = 50 hours
• Post-Docs = 30 hours
• PhDs and MPhil = 20 hours

Above apply when lab is at full capacity. If not at full capacity, at discretion of the Lab Manager

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Guidelines

Miscellaneous

• Space is provided under the “CBE BLabs” sign outside the door for you to post the signs for your study
• Please note printed posters are not allowed to be posted on the doors or walls
• BLab1 can be used for teaching if it is free and other normal labs are not available
• Participant pools are organized by relevant schools until further notice
• Academic staff, post-docs and research students from CBE are given priority over other colleges but

noting CECS allocations

Alternatives in case ‘Allotted Quota’ has been exceeded

• The Lab Manager will provide you with available time slots.

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Documentation on How to Use Client-Server Network

Startup

• Please log in to the server computer using the following credentials:

Username: Experimenter Password: Lab Manager will provide when handing over the lab key

Alternatives in case ‘Allotted Quota’ has been exceeded

• The Lab Manager will provide you with available time slots.

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Documentation on How to Use Client-Server Network

To power On client computers (e.g., the laptops), please double click “WAKEUP CLIENTS” available on the server computer’s desktop To shut down client computers (e.g., the laptops), please double click “SHUTDOWN CLIENTS” icon available on the server computer’s desktop

• Note: Please make sure to shut down all client devices at the end of your session

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Documentation on How to Use Client-Server Network

Wait until all clients computers are powered on: Before:

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Documentation on How to Use Client-Server Network

After:

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Documentation on How to Use Client-Server Network

Running a client-server based application: All applications which support client-server environment are available under the drop-down menu of ‘Select a Program’ window:

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Documentation on How to Use Client-Server Network

Running a client-server based application: All applications which support client-server environment are available under the drop-down menu of ‘Select a Program’ window: to start your preferred application, start that application from your server computer; For example, to start zTree application, double click the ztree icon. Once the application is running you can minimize it on the server, and use the remote tool to launch it on the client computers of your selection.

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Documentation on How to Use Client-Server Network

Once the application is running you can minimize it on the server, and use the remote tool to launch it on the client computers of your selection. You can choose to launch on individual clients, or start it on a range of clients as shown in the figure below:

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Documentation on How to Use Client-Server Network

You can choose to launch on individual clients, or start it on a range of clients as shown in the figure below: Once you have chosen a ‘computer range’, click on “Start Group” to start running the application on the selected client computers.

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Documentation on How to Use Client-Server Network

Enabling or disabling the Internet on client computers: You can control the client’s access to the internet from the server machine. Clients will maintain a “local” network connection so they will continue to be able to communicate with the server, but will not be able to access the internet. The server will maintain full internet access even when clients are disabled. To Enable the Internet (if disabled), double click “Internet Enabled” icon. To Disable, double click “Internet Disabled” icon available on the server computer’s desktop. If you have any questions or need help with the lab please contact Lab Manager at Amir.Riaz@anu.edu.au

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Contact Details

• Mailing address: CBE Behavioural Labs, Hanna Neumann Building 21, The Australian National University,

Kingsley St, Acton ACT 2601

• Email: Amir.Riaz@anu.edu.au
• Telephone: (02) 6125 6595)
• Opening Hours:

– Mon – Thu: 9:00am to 5:00pm – Fri: 9:00am to 4:30pm – Sat & Sun: Closed