Computer and Library Facilities
CIS graduate students have access to computer facilities at Brooklyn College and limited access to other computing facilities across CUNY.
CUNY Computer Facilities
The College of Staten Island houses the CUNY High Performance Computing Center, which makes available to CUNY faculty and students state of the art HPCC resources and expert technical assistance in support of University’s research and educational activities.
Brooklyn College Computer Facilities
Computer Labs
The ITS Public Computing Labs (in the West End Building) now feature 250 new computers—including Linux workstations, Windows PCs, and Apple Macs—in an inviting open work space. Nearby are lounge areas, study rooms, classrooms, tutoring areas, and a videoconference room. Special services include scanning, DVD writing, and express printing. The lab has been specially designed acoustically to make for a quiet facility.
Linux accounts are automatically assigned to students enrolled in classes which require them. Students who need computer accounts for other purposes should ask at the front desk of the ITS Public Computing Facility.
Other Computer Facilities
The CIS Department maintains an Ethernet based network of computers for use by its faculty and other researchers. The network is an Internet node. Many departments have computer based courses. To meet the demand for computers, there are many computer labs distributed around the campus, especially in the library. The Internet Café in Whitehead Hall is open 24 hours per day.
Brooklyn College Library
The Brooklyn College Library has numerous computers (see http://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/computingsvcs), and it also maintains the Internet Café in Whitehead Hall. There is a New Media Center on the second floor. The library also has numerous computer science research resources available online; see http://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/cis.