Computer Science Academic Facilities

Computer Science Department supports five state-of-the-art teaching laboratories; this is in addition to several general purpose computing laboratories that are supported by the School of Engineering.

Real-Time Simulation, Room E2259

The purpose of the lab is to introduce network-centric fault-tolerant real-time system design, implementation and testing. Students will have software-hardware co-deign experience to cope with real problems. The lab will be used for teaching the required computer science course CMSC 355 and also used in the introductory course CMSC 101.

PC Teaching Lab, E4221

This is a Dell lab (dual boot Windows and Linux) which contains 36 student computers and 1 instructional computer. These are Dell Optiplex 755Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 (3GHz) with 4 GB RAM, 2 x 160GB SATA drives, 22 inch Dell UltraSharp Monitor, 256MB ATI Radeon 2400XT, CD-RW/DVD Combo drive. The computers run XP Pro and have MS Visual Studio.NET, Borland C, Java, compilers, browsers, and MS Office. They can also be booted using CentOS (linux) which gives access to GNU compilers.

iMACTeaching Lab, E1245

This is an iMac lab with 36 student computers and 1 instructional computer. Each computer is a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with a 20 inch monitor, 2 GB RAM, and a 320GB disk.

Hardware Lab, E4222

This is a general purpose projects room with a variety of equipment. The room is used to support non-standard projects for undergraduates. For example, students doing independent study, or a project designed for a special topics course. It is shared with Information Systems Department, School of Business.

Server Room, E4212

Apple X-Serve Quad-core Server with 2 GB RAM and 2TB disk. Two PSSC clusters (Red Hat Linux). It is shared with Information Systems Department, School of Business.