Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department - Facilities
Facilities
Location
The Computer Science and Engineering Department is located in the Scrugham Engineering/Mines building. The department office and faculty offices are located on the second floor.
Access Grid Node
The Access Grid Node (AGN) in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, located in Scrugham Engineering/Mines (SEM), Room 201, is available to students and university faculty for large-scale distributed meetings, collaborative work sessions, seminars, lectures, tutorials, and training between various, worldwide locations.
Instructional Labs
Engineering Computing Center (ECC)
The Engineering Computing Center (ECC), located in SEM 231, provides a common workspace for all students in the College of Engineering. The center has 100 computers running either Windows or Linux and a multitude of engineering and computer science specific software packages.
Introduction to Computer Engineering Lab
The Introduction to Computer Engineering Lab is available to all students enrolled in the Introduction to Computer Engineering course. Located in SEM 340, the lab houses all equipment required for students enrolled in the course to complete the laboratory aspect of the class.
Microprocessor System Design Lab
The Microprocessor System Design Lab is available to all students enrolled in the Microprocessor System Design course. Located in SEM 323, the lab houses all equipment required for students enrolled in the course to complete the laboratory aspect of the course.
Reconfigurable Network Lab
The Reconfigurable Network Lab, located in JB 6 , provides equipment to gain hands-on experience with real networks in networking courses. The lab hosts multiple sets of Cisco 1811W routers, Linksys switches, and wireless sensor nodes.
Real-Time Computer Systems Lab
The Real-Time Computer Systems laboratory, located in SEM 342D, facilitates projects, assignments, and in-class demonstrations for students enrolled in the Real-Time Systems course.
Robotics Research Lab
The goal of the Robotics Research Lab, located in SEM 246, is to advance the current state of the art in robotics and artificial intelligence. The lab has state-of-the-art facilities, including: articulated and mobile robots; high-performance dual-processor computers; and high-end pan-tilt-zoom cameras. Also used as a robotics teaching facility, the lab includes 16 Dell workstations, each with a LEGO robotic kit and a Handyboard microprocessor.
Software Engineering Lab (SOELA)
The SOftware Engineering LAboratory (SOELA), located in SEM 205, is focused on research in several areas of software engineering, including: software specification; management of large software projects; and environments for software development. In addition, SOELA serves as a research lab for several topics on human-computer interaction (with software emphasis).
SOELA is also the main laboratory for students working on their final year Senior Projects in Computer Science & Engineering, and is intended to become a major hub for multidisciplinary software-intensive research projects.
Tompson Laboratory
Located in LME 321, this lab is named in honor of Robert N. Tompson, retired chair of Mathematics, for his support of computer science before a separate department was formed.
It is comprised of 20 workspaces with custom designed computer desks. Students build computers from components at the beginning of the semester and then change over to higher performance computers in order to study programming, algorithms, robotics, networks, and other computer science concepts for the remainder of it. In addition to the computers, the laboratory has equipment sufficient for individuals or pairs of students to work with robots, routers, soldering stations, and other tools as needed to support the laboratory component of the Introduction to Computing (CS 105) course.
Research Labs
See the Research Labs page for more information.