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Undergraduate Laboratories

Unless otherwise indicated, these labs are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week except during scheduled labs and maintenance. Please check the posted schedules, which are located on the lab doors or at Classes & Labs > Room Schedules for Labs on the department website.

These labs are intended to support CS classes. Be prepared to show your University photo ID.


Available Labs: CL105, CL115, CL135, CL135.4, CL136

CL105

  • 12 Dell Dimension XPS + 1 Instructor Machine (2017)
    System:
    • Intel i7
    • 32GB RAM
    • nVidia GTX 1070
    Software
    • Windows 10 64-bit + Novell account environment
    • General Software Development: Visual Studio 2015
    • Media Software Development: freeglut, regularly updated video drivers, Maya 2011
    • Low Level Development: PC SPIM, qtSPIM, MPLab v8.76, LogicWorks 5, Xilinx 10.1i
    • Media Production: Nvu 1.0, GIMP 2.6.11, Audacity, Maya 2011
    • Office: Microsoft Office 2007
    • Other: VLC, Firefox 52.3.0esr, 7zip, Irfanview, URConfigured puTTy, URConfigured WinSCP
  • Used for smaller labs requiring Windows PCs: CS 201, CS 301, CS 210, CS 408, CS 409
  • Overhead Projector
  • Lab access restricted. Access card and CS account required.

 

CL115
  • 8 Dell OptiPlex 7010 PCs + 1 Instructor Machine (2014)
    System:
    • Intel i5-3470 (Quad core, 3.2GHz with HD2500 Graphics)
    • 8GB of DDR3 RAM
    • 500GB hard drive
    • AMD Radeon HD7570 1GB GDDR5 powering
    • Dual 22" 1680x1050 Widescreen LCD displays
  • 15 Dell Optiplex 780 PCs (2011)
    System:
    • 2.93GHz Core 2 Duo e7500
    • 4 GB RAM
    • 250 GB hard drive
    • 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3450 video cardi powering
    • Dual 21.5" 1920x1080 Acer G215H LCD displays
Software:
  • Scientific Linux 6.8 + CS UNIX account environment
  • Gnu C++ tools, Emacs, Gnome Desktop.
  • Broad selection of open-source applications for software development, office productivity, internet communication, screencasting, etc.
Primary use:
  • Intermediate C++ Programming (CS 115)
  • Web-application development with Database Systems (CS 215)
  • Software Engieering (CS 372, CS 476)
  • Operating Systems (CS 330, CS 430).
Other amenities:
  • Overhead Projector with switch for flipping between 2 instructor machines and laptop input.
  • Wireless Public Address System.
  • Lab access restricted. CS account required.

 

CL135 - Undergraduate Digital Media Lab (UDML)
  • 17 iMacs + 1 Instructor Machine (late 2012)
    System:
    • 3.4GHz Intel Core i7
    • 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3 RAM
    • 2GB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX video card
    • 27" 2560x1440 integrated LCD monitor
    • 1TB 7200RPM SATA HD
    • Bluetooth
    • 4 Powered USB 3 behind monitor, 2 unpowered USB 1.1 on keyboard
    • SDXC card slot behind monitor
    • 2x Thunderbolt connectors behind monitor
    • Firewire behind monitor
    • internal speakers, mic, front facin web cam
    • headphone jack with support for integrated mic behind monitor
    Software:
    • macOS Sierra + Kanaka (Novell account) user environment
    • Audio tools: Audacity, , Pd-extended
    • Graphics tools: Blender, OpenGL Shader Builder 2.0, GIMP, Inkscape
    • Apple iLife 06 Multimedia tools: iGarageBand, iDVD, iMovie HD, iPhoto
    • Adobe CS6 Production Premium: Photoshop, Illustrator, Encore, Premier, Flash, Soundbooth, After Effects
    • Adobe CC (annual device licenses): Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, InDesign, Dreamweaver and more...
    • Office tools: Microsoft Office (instructor only), LibreOffice (all)
    • Software development: Xcode 8.3.3
    • Web & web development: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Firefox Developer Edition, Text Wrangler, Brackets, Atom
    • Hacker/Maker tools: Arduino 1.6.11, Fritzing 0.9.3
    Additional Hardware/Facilities
  • 1 Epson Expression 11000XL Color Image Scanners, supports documents up to A3 (11" x 16" or 29.7cm x 42cm)
  • 1 Roland Midi Controller
  • Overhead Projector with VGA and HDMI cable for secondary (laptop) input i
    • NOTE: input selector should autodetect - check under front-left of instructor desk if you have problems
  • Wireless Public Address System
  • Ziggi-HD USB document camera & IPEVO display software
  • Used for multimedia and film courses (FILM 486AJ, FILM 208, CS 325/FILM 385AB), user interfaces (CS 305) computer audio (CS 327) and computer graphics (CS 315, CS 425).
  • Lab access restricted. Key code required.

     

    CL135.4
    • 23 Dell Optiplex 3046 PCs (2017)
      System:
      • Dual 27" 1920x1080 displays
      • Intel Core i5-6500 CPU
      • 16GB DDR4 RAM
      • 160GB SATA HD
      • DVD+- R/W optical drive
      • 2 front accessible USB 2 jacks
      • 2 front accessible USB 3 jacks
      • Intel graphics
      • Integrated audio with front accessible audio jacks
      Software:
      • Windows 10 Professional 64-bit + Novell account environment
      • Visual Studio 2015
      • WinSCP
      • puTTy
      • Firefox 52.3.0esr
      • Edge
      • Microsoft Office 2013
      • Microsoft Access 2016
    • Used exclusively for CS110 labs.

     

    CL136

    • 25 Dell Optiplex 3020 PCs + 1 Instructor System (2016)
      System:
      • 21.5" 1920x1080 display
      • Intel Core i5-4590 CPU
      • 8GB RAM
      • 500GB SSD HD
      • DVD+-R/W optical drive
      • 2 accessible USB 2.0 jacks
      • Intel HD 4600
      Software:
      • Windows 7 64-bit + Novell account environment
      • Office: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Works 9
      • Web:Firefox, Giffy, Internet Explorer, IrfanView, MapEdit, WinSCP, UnFreez, puTTy
      • Chemistry: Gaussian 03
    • Wireless Public Address System
    • Primarily used for CS100 and CS104

     

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