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.
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