The Department has the following service laboratories for teaching,
research and general computing:
- Computer Game Technology Centre
- Computer Network and Security Teaching Laboratory
- Computing Laboratory
- Custom Computing Laboratory
- Digital and Logic Systems Laboratory
- Embedded Linux System Teaching Laboratory
- Microprocessor Systems Laboratory
- Multimedia Systems Laboratory
- Silicon Graphics Visualization Research Centre
- Student Project Laboratory
- Sun Technology Centre
The department has the most advanced computing facilities including Sun
Enterprise Supercomputers, a SGI Graphics Supercomputer, a Myrinet-based
PC cluster, more than 150 Sun and SGI UNIX workstations, more than 500
high speed PCs, wireless network and equipment for parallel processing,
multimedia and Chinese processing. All the machines are connected to the
high speed Departmental network backbone,
and also to the Internet through the University Campus network.
In Sun Technology Centre, there are more than 100 Sun UltraSPARC
workstations installed for general computing. Hardware RAID with several
terabytes capacity is provided for data storage. Sun Enterprise
Supercomputers with multiple processors have also been installed for
parallel and large scale computation.
A SGI Graphics Supercomputer and high performance SGI and PC graphics
workstations are installed in Silicon Graphics Visualization Research
Centre for teaching and research on graphics, visualization and virtual
reality. There are also specialized graphics and virtual reality
equipment including VisionStation, BARON projection table, 3D stereo DLP
projection system, magnetic motion capture system and 3D laser scanner.
In Computer Network and Security Teaching Laboratory, equipment including
network switches, routers, firewall and VPN devices are provided for
students to gain hands-on experience in setting up network equipment,
Internet servers, and security services.
Students can also access the computing facilities of the Faculty of
Engineering, the University Computer Services Centre, and the computing
facilities in their own Colleges.
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