One of the instructional labs is a Linux lab. This lab has 27 Pentium D workstations running at 3.2 GHz with 80 gigabyte hard drives, 1 GB of DDR2 memory, 512 MB nVidia graphics card, Gigabit network card, 48x CD-RW/DVD drives, 19” digital flat panels. This lab runs a free distribution of Linux called Scientific Linux. This lab supports mostly our beginning classes like CSCI 161, CSCI 162, CSCI 270, and CSCI 362.  This lab has C, C++, Java, Prolog, and PERL available.

 

Our second instructional lab is the Windows lab that consists of 28 Intel Xeon W3520 workstations running at 2.66 GHz with 250 GB hard drives, 5 GB of DD3 memory, 16x DVD +/- RW drives, 1 GB nVidia graphics card, gigabit network card and 22” widescreen digital flat panels. These machines are also equipped with higher end graphics cards to support some upper level course work in computer graphics. This lab runs the Windows 7 Enterprise operating system. The Windows lab supports mostly upper level courses like CSCI 375, CSCI 425, CSCI 466, and CSCI 476.  This lab has C, Java, and the Microsoft .NET development system available.

 

The third instructional lab is the Operating Systems and Computer Networking lab. This lab has 13 workstations of varying speed and size. Each machine is equipped with VirtualBox software so students in each class can create virtual machines for experiments. These machines can be running either Windows or Linux at any time. This lab supports CSCI 380 (Operating Systems) and CSCI 395 (Networking).

 

One of the two research labs is the Intelligent Machines Lab directed by Dr. Roger Webster and Dr. Gary Zoppetti. This lab contains four Pentium 4 computers ranging from 2.5 – 3.2 GHz, 512 megabytes – 1 gigabyte of memory, 40 or 80 gigabyte hard drives, CD and DVD writable drives, 19 and 21 inch high resolution monitors. All machines have high end graphics cards to handle graphic and haptic research. This lab is also equipped with two 46 inch flat screen displays for large group presentations. The IML also is also home to a small cluster computer consisting of one head node running an Intel Core 2 Quad processors at 2.83 GHz and 8 GB of memory, and 7 child nodes running Intel Core 2 Quad processors at 2.33 GHz with 4GB of memory. The head node and child nodes also have high end nVidia graphics cards. 

 

The second research lab is the Adaptive Computing Lab directed by Dr. Blaise Liffick, dedicated to human-computer interaction and assistive technology for the disabled.  It contains six 2.8 GHz Pentium 4 machines, each with 512 M memory and 40 gigabyte hard drives, CD and DVD writable drives, and 17 inch flat panel monitors.  One system is connected to a projector system. The lab also contains 5 Apple computers, one PowerPC iMac G5 running at 2 GHz with 2 GB of memory, a Intel iMac running at 3.06 GHz and 4GB of memory, a MacMini running at 2 GHz and 2 GB of memory, and 2 16GB iPad Tablet devices. There are several older PCs available (450 MHz, 200MHz), used primarily for running legacy Windows systems or Linux. The lab contains a miscellaneous collection of interface devices, such as a SmartBoard white board, alternative keyboard and pointing devices, a scanner, and an augmentative communication device (Prentke-Romich Pathfinder).  The Microsoft .NET programming environment is available on all of the six main systems.  A variety of specialized software packages is also available, such as screen readers, voice recognition systems, optical character recognition, etc.

 

The Adaptive Computing Lab also houses the Software Productization Center directed by Dr. Stephanie Elzer. The mission of the SPC is to provide emerging technology-focused entrepreneurs within the Central Pennsylvania region with assistance in advancing software products from concept to marketable product. The Center accomplishes this mission by utilizing faculty expertise, the assistance of student interns from various disciplines, and support from community business leaders and technology experts. The center contains 2 workstations with Intel Core 2 Duo processors running at 2.66 GHz and 4 GB or memory, 27" Core i7 iMac 2.8 GHz with 4 GB of memory, 15" Core i7 Mac Book Pro 2.66 GHz with 4 GB of memory, and 2 iPod Touches.