University and Engineering Computing Facilities
USF has the full function networking facilities and staff at every level.
Computing
services are made accessible at each faculty desk and research lab
through an extensive Campus Area Network managed by the University
Computing Services group. At the main Tampa campus the Electrical
Engineering and other Departments are connected via an Ethernet LAN to a
FDDI backbone network. This Ethernet LAN is integrated at remote
campuses via the USF MAN now connected via ISDN bridges over 56 kbps
links. Gateway access to the outside world is through the SURANET/INTERNET nodes. USF is presently connected to SURANET via a 56 kbps
link with work in progress to upgrade to a T1 connection.
The processing facilities accessible via the network include an IBM 3090 -
model 300E with Vector Processors, 2 IBM RISC 6000 Systems, 2 ARDENT
machines with full graphics for data visualization and 4 additional ARDENT
machines for computing support. A complex of Novell file servers,
ISN concentrators, SNA routers, SNA gateways and ISN bridges are used to
support the full function connectivity across the USF Campus Area
Network. The College of Engineering Computing facilities include several
SUN file servers, ARDENT multiprocessor servers, graphics machines, and
PCs. The machines run most standard languages including Fortran, BASIC,
Pascal, C, Ada, Prolog, and LISP and software packages for spread sheet,
graphics, and desk-top publishing. Applications software includes
mathematical libraries, suites of programs for VLSI design, chemical,
civil and mechanical engineering design, and circuit simulation and
analysis. Other software such as Macsyma, Mathematica, Matlab, and TK
solver are accessible over the network.
Research Lab Facilities
The high-speed communication networks lab and the advanced signal/speech
processing lab are
two of the facilities in the department of electrical engineering used for
conducting research.
The computing devices in the lab are connected to the college of engineering
computer
network. The following are some of the resources that are available for
research.
- 3 SUN workstations with graphics
- Several PCs (DOS and UNIX) and associated peripherals
- TMS 380 (TI) based token ring network
- TMS 320 (TI) development stations
- Several software packages for communication networks and signal
processing
Discrete event simulation languages: CSIM (C based) and SIMSCRIPT II.5
Network simulation tools: BONeS, Ptolemy and NETWORK II.5
- Speech station: Data acquisition A/D and D/A converter (12 and 16
bits)
Data acquisition software: HyperSignal and in-house speech
processing/recognition software
- Signal Processing Workstation/Software (SPW)
- Several associated test and monitoring equipments
- Block Oriented Network Simulator (BONeS)
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