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 (all CoC general access accounts are enabled on these machines).

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.
Digital Media and Gaming Lab	CCB 107A	39	Intel Dual Xeon workstations. Supports digital media, graphics and visualization curriculum in the College. Apple PowerMac G4 and G5 workstations. 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.
Thin Client Lab	CCB 153	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.
Mac 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 software list.

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.

Location of CCB 1st Floor Instructional Labs

The four clusters share the same environment with respect to user accounts (i.e. an account on one provides an account on all). Accounts are created on a per-semester basis for undergraduate and non-CoC graduate students involved in courses that are utilizing the clusters.

Note that all the Linux/Mac machines are made available for remote login. When using a system remotely, please remember to be considerate of anyone who is logged onto the console graphics display, as they should be considered the primary user. Remote users loading down the system can interfere significantly with their ability to run applications and windowing systems. Windows XP does not support native remote access.

Other Specialized Instructional Laboratory Facilities

Instructional-Related Computer Lab	Description
Information Security Instruction Lab	Student teams are provided access to such things as the latest information security hardware and software, and 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 David Mercer 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, David Mercer 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.