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Instructional Labs/Clusters - Fall 09
As a student of Georgia Tech and the College of Computing you have several instructional computing lab resources available to you, some operated by OIT and others operated by CoC. Please refer to our Summary of OIT Computer Labs for detailed information OIT instructional computing lab resources.
CoC Instructional Labs
The College operates instructional labs in the College of Computing Building (CCB) to address special instructional needs and secondarily, for shared-use as a general College resource. The primary purpose of these labs is to service courses which require special software or capabilities not readily available in the shared-use clusters provided by OIT. On a secondary basis, the labs are also made available to the faculty, staff, and graduate students of the College.
CoC Instructional Labs
| Instructional Computer Lab | Room | Quantity | Description |
| States Lab |
CCB 103 | 82 | Intel Pentium 4 workstations. Supports the College's second and third year undergraduate curriculum. See the provided software list. Sun Microsystems SunRay 2G clients. Supports a number of different course project needs and is used as a test bed to consider the viability of extending multiple OSs over a thin client device for instructional purposes. |
| Mac Digital Media and Gaming Lab | CCB 107 |
20 | Dual-Processor Dual-Core Apple MacPros. Supports digital media, graphics and visualization curriculum in the College, as well as providing other general-purpose capabilities. See the provided Windows and Mac software lists. |
| Baird Lab |
CCB 107A | 23 | Intel Pentium 4 workstations. Supports general use. Provides general-purpose capabilities. See the provided Windows software lists. |
| Thin Client Lab |
CCB 130 | 20 | Sun Microsystems SunRay 2G clients. Supports a number of different course project needs and is used as a test bed to consider the viability of extending multiple OSs' over a thin client device for instructional purposes. |
| Networking Lab |
CCB 337 |
4 |
Custom-configured Network Racks. Support certain networking course objectives and assignments. Intel Pentium 4 Workstations. Provides general-use capabilities in support of the networking racks. |
All of the CoC instructional cluster/labs are located on the first floor of the College of Computing Building. These labs allow 24-hour BuzzCard secured access to CoC affilliated students and faculty. All CoC graduate students have access to all CoC instructional lab/clusters. CoC Undergraduates have access to the Commons Area and Thin Client resources year round, while other cluster access is provided on an as-needed basis (i.e. you must be taking a class and the faculty member requested access). A list of lab hours indicating class reservations is posted outside each room during the semester. The four clusters share the same environment with respect to user
accounts (i.e. an account on one provides an account on all), using
your campus PRISM account.
Location of CCB 1st Floor Instructional Labs
Academic Remote Access (ara.cc.gatech.edu)
Ara.cc.gatech.edu provides remote virtualized desktops equivalent to the Windows and Linus desktops in the States Lab, minus graphics-heavy applications. All that is required to use ara is a java enabled web browser. The system is for use for academic classwork ONLY.
Other Specialized Instructional Laboratory Facilities
| Instructional-Related Computer Lab | Description |
| Academic HPC Resources | Three High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters support CS Division and School of Computer Science courses in energy-aware computing, distributed and multi-threaded programming, as well as data-intensive applications. |
| 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 |
| CCB 104A TA Lab | A Teaching Assistant lab for CoC and CoE students taking Computing for Engineers. This lab is connected to the GT campus Active Directory service to allow CoE students in the class use of the facility. |
Lab Capabilities
To assure that the instructional labs provided by the College and OIT have the capabilities that are necessary to support all of our teaching programs, please consult with Tonya Gordon about your needs well in advance (preferably a minimum of a semester in advance, whenever possible). Since resources within both organizations are limited, there will inevitably be compromises with respect to the time frame in which acquisition, installation, and support of new capabilities can be achieved.
Lab Scheduling
Student Services coordinates reservations of both College and OIT instructional clusters when specific laboratory times are desired. There is increasing competition for the available time slots for OIT clusters and requests are normally fulfilled on a first-come first-served basis, so it is advisable to work with Cathy to make your preferences known by the middle of the previous semester if possible. Tonya Gordon approves usage of the Colleges instructional facilities and can also provide information on both OIT and College facilities which may assist in making the best choice(s) for particular courses. If you are a CoC faculty or staff member and would like to reserve a lab for a workshop or lecture, please fill out the lab reservation form.