Lab rules

Schedule:
You are the master of your schedule, but know that most people are at the lab during normal office hours (8:00am to 04:00pm or 9:00am to 5:00pm or something like that). Mathieu appreciates being able to find people there when he comes by. You should be there around 40hours/week and usually be there between 10:00am and 3:00pm.

Dress code:
Casual or whatever your style is.

Vacations & holidays:
4 weeks of vacations per year. Mathieu suggest you take 2 weeks off during holiday season and 2 weeks during summer (August is a good choice). Try to go on vacations when most people do so it does not affect the lab's productivity. You should notify Mathieu at least 2 weeks prior taking time off so he can manage the lab better.

All Canadian public holidays are free for you to take. You may choose to take time off or not, it's up to you.

Cleaning:
You are responsible for cleaning your own desk, washing your dishes and maintaining the lab in order, in general. We all share the duty of cleaning the common areas. Once you do it, write it down on the «Official task recording form» on the refrigerator. The sink next to the fridge is strickly restricted for EEG use only (i.e. washing EEG cap and electrodes or for participants to wash their hair). Any dishes found there will be thrown in the garbage can. To wash dishes, use the sink on the other side of the lab.

Back up:
You are responsible for making back ups of your datas. There should be at least 3 copies of everything (raw data, analysis, articles, figures, etc). One in the acquisition computer, one in the lab’s Dropbox (see "Dropbox" section bellow), and one in your personal computer or your personal hard drive.

Dropbox:
Create a folder with your name in the lab's Dropbox (piche.lab2@gmail.com). Inside that folder, create a sub-folder for each research projects you are responsible for. Identify them clearly with the project's title. In these sub-folders put all the raw datas, the analyses, all the drafts of you article, your figures, etc. You also need to add a copy of the Endnote library with all the references for you article (the .enl AND the .Data files) in there. This way, you will not lose anything and Mathieu will be able to access your work no matter where he is.

Reference management software:
Everybody in the lab uses Endnote as reference management software. If you don't have it, you can download it for free on the university website. https://www.uqtr.ca/biblio/ressources/endnote02procurer.shtml