The College manages over 2,500 computers, over 50 networks servicing 2 Schools, 1 Division, 7 Research Centers, 60 Research Labs housed in 3 separate buildings. Our Data Center hosts more than 500 servers of various makes (Sun, Dell, HP, IBM, Apple) most of which are multi-processor, multi-core machines and providing a total of nearly 200TB of networked disk storage. There are 19 Linux-based high performance computing clusters totaling more than 400 physical servers and 1,600 computing processors/cores. All of the College's facilities are linked via local area networks which can provide a choice of communications capabilities from 100 Megabit (Mbps) to 1 Gigabit (Gbps). The College's network employs a high-performance, multi-Gigabit Ethernet backbone, with connectivity to the campus network by a 10 Gigabit Ethernet link. Georgia Tech’s external Internet connections include diverse commodity ISP links (Qwest, Level3, and Cogent) and a 10GigE Internet2 link via SoX.

The Instructional Wing of the College of Computing Building (CCB) houses 7 classrooms and 5 instructional labs/clusters with over 150 seats to service CS courses that require special software or capabilities not readily available in the shared-use clusters provided by OIT. Included in our Instructional lab facilities is an innovative Thin-Client Lab that is proving the viability of extending multiple operating systems via appliance computing and changing the way we remotely access instructional facilities via the use of web browser based desktop computing. All CoC instructional labs are made available to the faculty, staff, and graduate students of the College as a general resource. A spacious Commons Area provides ample seating and computer networking which fosters both formal and informal learning opportunities and collaboration.

• States Lab (an 80-seat cluster of dual-core and Pentium 4 PCs running Windows and Linux, with a robust software development environment)
• Mac Digital Media and Gaming Lab (a 20-seat cluster of dual-core Apple Mac Pro workstations with 23" monitors running Mac OS X and Windows)
• Baird Lab (a 20-seat cluster of open-use Pentium 4 PCs)
• Thin-Client Lab (a 20-seat cluster of Sun Ray 2G's with 19" monitors with access to Windows and Linux desktops)
• Network Instruction Lab (supports networking course assignments)
• Information Security Instruction Lab (Student teams are provided access to the latest information security hardware and software in an isolated environment allowing for study, analysis, and simulation of current threats without risk to production facilities)
• Jazz Instructional HPC Cluster (a 4-node IBM System x3755 server cluster, 32 cores, and 80TB of formatted file system storage)
• Hogwarts Instructional HPC Cluster (a 6-node Dell PowerEdge R710 server cluster, based on the Intel Nehalem processor, 48 cores and roughly 12TB of formatted file system storage.)
• Factor Instructional HPC Cluster (a 9-node Dell PowerEdge R610 server cluster, based on the Intel Nehalem processor, 72 cores. 2x Dell PowerEdge R710 file servers with 7TB of storage.)

The Technology Square Research Building (TSRB) is located in the innovative and pedestrian-friendly Technology Square district of Georgia Tech and is home to the College's School of Interactive Computing which includes 2 Research Centers (GVU and RIM). TSRB also houses state of the art Conference Facilities that accommodate several of the College's special events, lectures and meetings.

The Klaus Advanced Computing Building (KACB) is was dedicated in 2006. The building is located in the heart of the Georgia Tech campus and houses some of the most advanced computing labs and innovative educational technology in the world. The 414,000 square-foot building consists of some 70 laboratories, 8 computer class labs, 5 large classrooms and a 200-seat auditorium. The building also has a substantial number of environmental and sustainable features with the goal of achieving the prestigious LEED Silver rating from the U.S. Green Building Council. Environmentally friendly features include creative use of the six-acre urban campus site to preserve over 50 percent of the site as green space, a storm water collection system to provide water for irrigation, energy efficient heating and cooling systems, and extensive use of recyclable materials

KACB is home to the College's School of Computer Science, the Computational Science and Engineering Division, 3 Research Centers (GTISC, CERCS and ARC), over 20 CoC Research Labs spanning multiple research groups including High Performance Computing, Information Security, Software Engineering, Databases, Systems, Theory, Computer Architecture, Embedded Systems and Robotics. KACB houses state of the art Conference Facilities that accommodate several of the College's special events, lectures and meetings. The building includes inviting collaboration spaces, study lounges, conference rooms and graduate student offices, all with ample power and networking ports. All conference rooms are equipped with Steelcase RoomWizards for ease of scheduling, projection technology and table networking and power. The building's advanced infrastructure provides 1 Gigabit networking to all ports with a 10 Gigabit uplink to the campus network as well as high-density 802.11g wireless networking support.

An abundance of research facilities are housed in the College's Schools and Research Centers:

• The Computational Science and Engineering Division (CSE) is located in KACB and includes the specialized High Performance Computing (HPC) Laboratory. Through industrial partnerships, the HPC Lab runs several state-of-the-art parallel computers and future technologies, which are readily available for teaching and research and provide a diverse collection of resources for algorithmic exploration. Through the Sony-Toshiba-IBM (STI) Center of Competence, the HPC Lab runs the CellBuzz cluster which is comprised of IBM QS20 blades with 28 Cell BE processors (the hybrid multicore processor in the Sony PlayStation 3). Each Cell BE processor has a main PowerPC core and 8 synergistic processing elements (SPE's) that are used to accelerate the computation. Recently, the cluster was upgraded to include six IBM QS22 blades that use the newer version of the Cell chip called PowerXCell 8i which have native double-precision floating point units operating at 100 GF/s. The Cell processor is remarkable in that it is used in the fastest computer in the world (Roadrunner) and -- as reported on the Green500 List -- is the most power efficient processor in terms of computation per watt. Supported by an NSF CRI award, the HPC Lab sponsors a massively multithreaded supercomputing, the Cray XMT, with 16 ThreadStorm processors. The Cray XMT is similar to the Cray XT supercomputer, but replaces the commodity x86 processors with unique latency tolerant processors that allow for fine-grained parallelism through 128 hardware streams per processor. In partnership with Sun Microsystems, the lab operates the SunBuzz cluster of Sun UltraSPARC T2 and T2+ servers with processors that employ eight 8-way cores for a total of 64 threads per processor, and 32GB per server. Through an NVIDIA Professor Partnership award, the HPC Lab also operates a cluster of four, state-of-the-art, GPU-accelerated systems using NVIDIA's high-performance C1060 Tesla cards that offer two native double-precision GPUs per accelerator card. Additional high performance computing resources include approximately 7,000 processors in 35 clusters along with about 100 processors across several SMP systems. Recent HPC system acquisitions include:
  
• IBM System Biology Center system (installed November 2005): a 4020-processor IBM eServer BladeCenter with 1,005 blades of 2x2 Opteron cores per blade and InfiniBand interconnect.
• Dell PowerEdge 1850 system (installed September 2005): a 512-node supercomputing cluster with Intel Xeons and InfiniBand interconnect.


• The Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) has facilities in both the KACB and in CCB. Dozens of GTISC researchers are stationed in KACB and utilize the campus network and other common facilities to perform security analysis. GTISC operates specialized servers that perform a wide variety of research functions, including analysis of multiple terabytes of trace data (made possible by network service provider partnerships) looking for signs of botnets, countless virtual servers tasked with analyzing malware, and experimental next-gen telephony networks for security simulations.

• The Center for Experimental Research in Computer Science (CERCS), is located in KACB and is comprised of the Interactive High-Performance Computing Lab (IHPCL), a University-wide project funded by a grant to the College from Intel, a generous grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the InfoSphere Lab. These serve as a focus for interdisciplinary research and instruction involving high-performance computer systems. These facilities are linked by a dedicated high-performance backbone utilizing Gigabit Ethernet, and include:
• Maquis Cluster: a 16-node, 124-core IBM Bladecenter H Linux cluster with 2 socket x Core2 quad processors.
• Vogue Cluster: an 11-node, 88-core Dell PowerEdge R610 and Penguin Computing Relion 1700 with 2 socket x Core2 quad processors.
• Warp Cluster: a 56-node, 112-core Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 Xeon processors and Gigabit Ethernet.
• Rohan Cluster: a 53-node, 106-core Dell PowerEdge 1850 Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 Xeon EMT64 processers using Infiniband interconnects and Gigabit Ethernet.
• Sith Cluster: a 40-node Linux cluster with dual Itanium II processors and Gigabit Ethernet.
• Awing Cluster: a 14-node, 28-core IBM BladeServer Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 Xeon processors utilizing Myrinet and FastEthernet.
• IXP Cluster: an 8-node, 16-core Dell PowerEdge Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 Xeon 2.8GHz processors.
• Polynesia Cluster: a 18-node, 72-core Dell PowerEdge 1850 Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 systems utilzing Gigabit Ethernet
• Pasta Cluster: a 25-node, 200-core Dell PowerEdge 1950 cluster with dual Core2 quad processors.
  
• Sushi Cluster: a 32-node, 88-core Intel/Dell Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 Xeon and dual-core processors.
• Netlab Cluster: a 62-node, 124-core Sun Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 Xeon processors.
• Loki Cluster: a 12-node, 24-core Dell PowerEdge 1850 Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 Xeon processors.
• An Access Grid Conference Room providing collaborative visualization and interaction with researchers worldwide over Internet2
• HDTV video wall
• 3 large laboratories comprised of Sun and Intel-based workstations
• Poster Printer (HP DesignJet 800)

• The GVU Center is located in the TSRB Building and houses a variety of research labs in a multi-facility collection of workplaces. Total GVU lab space comprises more than 8000 square feet. In addition, affiliated laboratories are operated by non-CoC GVU members in the College of Architecture; the School of Literature, Culture, and Communication; the School of Psychology; and the Interactive Media and Technology Center. GVU facilities utilize state-of-the-art high-performance servers and graphics workstations from major manufacturers such as Dell, HP, Apple and Sun. GVU is also a partner in the Aware Home Research Initiative (AHRI). A partial list of specialized GVU resources includes:
• The Aware Home: a 3-story, 5040 sq. ft. house, home and living laboratory for interdisciplinary research in design and social questions.
• Wilks Cluster: a 10-node Dell PowerEdge 1855 Linux cluster with dual Pentium4 Xeon EMT64 processors.
• A High-Definition (HDTV) Video Conferencing System (Liveworks) networked with vital research partners such as MIT Media Lab, CMU, Stanford and more.
• A Polycomm FX Video Conferencing System
• A Video Webcasting AV Cart with High-Definition (HD) capture capability
• 12 Camera IR Motion Capture System (Vicom)
• A 3D Printer (Dimension SST 768)
• A Laser Cutter/Etcher (Epilog)
• A Poster Printer (HP DesignJet 800)
• Several Polhemus, Ascension, and Intersense tracking systems and head-mounted displays
• FakeSpace Virtual Workbench
• Several Smartboards
• A Segway Human Transporter

• The Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (RIM) is located in the College of Computing Building and houses a variety of research labs in a multi-facility collection of workplaces. In addition, several affiliated laboratories are operated by non-CoC RIM members in the College of Architecture, Schools of Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, department of Biomedical Engineering and the Georgia Tech Research Institute. A partial list of specialized RIM and robotics equipment includes:
• Vehicles:
• 1 Porsche Cayenne outfitted for DARPA Grand Challenge competition.
• 1 Actuated AM General Hummer (w/DGPS)
• Robots:
• Several Kuka robotic arms
• 16 Sony AIBO legged robots
• 2 iRobot ATRV minis, 1 IS Robotics Pebbles III robots
• 4 Pioneer 2-DXE, 3 Pioneer AT robots
• 1 Evolution Scorpion, 1 Evolution ER1, 1 Segway, 1 Denning DRV-I robot
• 3 RWI ATRV-Jr, 5 ActivMedia Amigobots, 1 Nomad 200, 5 Nomad 150, 1 Hermes II Hexipod, 3 Blizzard robots
• several SICK scanners, various lasers, vision/motion systems, cameras, and associated equipment.
• Fabrication Shop: a lab with band saws, drill presses, lathes, presses, grinders, etc.
• Electronics Shop: a lab with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, programmable power supplies, soldering equipment, etc.
• A Segway Human Transporter
• A Poster Printer (HP DesignJet 800)