Teaching laboratories - hardware and software provided

The table below shows what we, the Department of Computer Science, provide for our own undergraduate students studying for degrees in Computer Science and Engineering.

(This table does not include the facilities provided for teaching and research staff in the Department of Computer Science.)

All CSE staff and students, including undergraduates, also have access to the facilities of the University of York IT Services. See also the University's Network Access Service (NAS), to which the Department of Computer Science's own network is connected.

The Department of Computer Science Network runs at the following speeds: 100 Mb/s (wire) from user's computer to switching centre; 10 Gb/s (fibre optic) from switching centre to servers.

Room

Hardware available

Software available

Software
teaching
lab 1

(for all
CSE students)

84 computers: Intel I5, 3.2GHz, 8G RAM, 500G hard drive, 22" (560mm) 16:9 LCD monitor, connected to the CS Dept network and servers

laser printer / scanning to email

  • Linux (64-bit)

  • Windows 7

  • Web browsers

  • Compilers, compiler-writing tools and
    cross-assemblers for a variety of programming languages, including

    • C, C++, C#, F#
    • Gnat Ada95, Java
    • Haskell, Perl, Python
    • Prolog, Progol
    • Ruby, Scheme
    • Visual Basic

  • Database management systems

  • Spreadsheets

  • Document processors

    • Microsoft Office
    • OpenOffice.org
    • TeX, LaTeX, etc.

  • Document browsers

  • (E)CAD software:

    • Eagle
    • HSpice
    • ModelSim
    • Xilinx Design Suite

  • Word processors, including

    • French
    • German
    • Spanish

  • Project management packages

  • Requirements analysis tools

  • Formal specification tools

  • Theorem provers

  • Testing tools and debuggers

  • Statistics packages:

    • SPSS
    • S-Plus

  • Symbolic Maths packages:

    • Maple
    • Mathematica
    • Matlab

Software
teaching
lab 2

(for all
CSE students)

84 computers: Intel I5, 3.2GHz, 8G RAM, 500G hard drive, 22" (560mm) 16:9 LCD monitor, connected to the CS Dept network and servers

laser printer / scanning to email

Software
teaching
lab 3

(for 4th-
year MEng
CSE students)

42 computers: Intel I5, 3.2GHz, 8G RAM, 500G hard drive, 22" (560mm) 16:9 LCD monitor, connected to the CS Dept network and servers

laser printer / scanning to email

Hardware
teaching
lab 1

(for all
CSE students)

48 lab benches. Each bench:

  • component-level linear electronics kit

  • gate-level digital electronics kit

  • IC-level digital electronics kit

  • signal generator 5 MHz (digital)

  • oscilloscope 60 MHz (digital)

  • real-time experiment kit, based on VIA micro-PC chip-set

  • computer: Intel I5, 3.2GHz, 8G RAM, 500G hard drive, 22" (560mm) 16:9 LCD monitor, connected to the CS Dept network and servers

26 FPGA development boards

12 data-transmission-line experiment kits

12 component illustration boards

Hardware
teaching
lab 2

(for all
CSE students)

The Tony Fisher laboratory

32 lab benches. Each bench:

  • component/IC/system-level computer kit based on Cortex M3 ARM MBED board

  • signal generator 5 MHz (digital)

  • oscilloscope 60 MHz (digital)

  • computer: Intel I5, 3.2GHz, 8G RAM, 500G hard drive, 22" (560mm) 16:9 LCD monitor, connected to the CS Dept network and servers

6 logic analysers (72-channel)

2 digital oscilloscopes 200 MHz (4-channel)

6 EPROM programmers and erasers

Hardware
teaching
lab 3

(for CSE
Embedded Systems
and CSE
projects)

The Crossrail Laboratory

16 lab benches. Each bench:

  • signal generator 5 MHz (digital)

  • oscilloscope 60 MHz (digital)

  • computer: Intel I5, 3.2GHz, 8G RAM, 500G hard drive, 22" (560mm) 16:9 LCD monitor, connected to the CS Dept network and servers

 

Of the 310 computers listed here, 25 have read/write DVD drives.

 

How to contact us | Page author Bill Freeman | Page last updated 23 Feb 2011

Department of Computer Science
University of York, Deramore Lane, York, YO10 5GH, U.K.
Tel: +44 (0)1904 325412 | Fax: +44 (0)1904 325599