Introduction to Computer Labs Guili Liu M Sc

Introduction to Computer Labs Guili Liu M. Sc. Lab Inst. Dept of Computer Science University of Regina, SK S 4 S 0 A 2 Canada Telephone: (306)585 -4821 Email: guili@cs. uregina. ca http: //www. cs. uregina. ca/~guili/

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University of Regina • 9 faculties • 23 departments • Services include Computing Service, Physical Plant, Residence Management, Campus Clinic • 12, 167 full time and part time students (2007 -2008) • 1400 (almost) faculty and staff

Computing Service • Provide general service to the university community • User accounts, email, WWW home • Smart labs (Multimedia) • Public labs (Replaced in 4 years) • Smart Classroom • Wireless Service & networked printers • Evergreen Program (Replaced in 4 years)

University of Regina Scenery • Library • Adhum Building • Language Institute (ESL) • Wascana Lake

William Riddell Centre • • University Theatre Student Union Public Computer Labs Coop Office Faculty of Fine Arts Multipurpose Room Food court

University of Regina Old Campus • Conservatory of Performing Arts • Continuing Education • Seniors Centre

Department of Computer Science

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CS Labs

Faculty and Staff • 18 Faculties (professors, 3 from Xi’an Jiaotong) • 4 – 6 Sessional Lecturers • 4 Full Time Lab Instructors (1 from Xi’an Jiaotong) • 5 Technical Support Staff • 2 Secretaries • 1 Program Coordinator

CS Student Enrollment/Statistics • Undergraduate Students 321 in 2003 (Fall), 278 in 2004 (Winter) 57 Graduated from June Convocation in 04 106 in 2007 (Fall) 36 graduated in 2007 • Graduate Students 85 students in 2004, Graduate 11+3 in June 88 (73+15) in 2007, degree conferred to 19 (13+6)

Undergraduate Program Options • • BSc in Computer Science BSc in CS with Business Concentration BSc Honours in Computer Science BSc Combined Major in Computer Science & Mathematics BSc in Software Systems Development Minor in Computer Science BSc Honours Combined Major in Computer Science & Mathematics Certificate in Computer Science

Joint International Programs • • The cooperative agreement on academic exchange between universities are established at the university level. Undergraduate program 2+2 program in Engineering and CS Graduate program Welcome international students Considering 1+3 program in CS

Expense and Benefit • Tuition fee is the double amount of Canadian students’ e. g. 2007/2008 --- $9, 227 • Covered by Saskatchewan Health Care • Living options --- university residence, rental, or home stay ($500 -$700 per month)

Microsoft Academic Alliance • The Department pays about $800 US/year • All the CS students and CS personnel become member • Receive selected Microsoft products for home use • These products may be used in computer labs and classrooms

Computer Science Contact Information • • Department of Computer Science College West 308 University of Regina 3737 Wascana Parkway Regina, Saskatchewan S 4 S 0 A 2 Office Phone: 1 -306 -585 -4632 Fax: 1 -306 -585 -4745 E-Mail: depthead@cs. uregina. ca or deptsec@cs. uregina. ca

Most of the lower level CS classes have labs • Lab teaching is complementary to the classroom teaching • Lab focuses on the practical hands on • Lab material is online • Lab has pre-lab conference period • In-lab exercises and lab test

CS 110 Lab Outline Introduction to Lab Environment Solaris in CL 136 Unix, C++ and Windows C++ Basic I/O and Data Types Arithmetic Expressions, More on C++ I/O String Operations and C++ File I/O Selection Control Structures Looping Control Structure Additional Control Structures Arrays Functions with Value Parameters Functions with Reference Parameters Lab Test

Undergraduate Labs • • • CL 105 – CS 425 CL 115 – CS 100 CL 122 – CS 115, CS 330 CL 135 – CS 305, 325, 405 CS 135. 4 – CS 201, 210, 250, 301 CL 136 – CS 110

Graduate Labs • Graduate labs are research labs • Funded by the research project or research funding • Usually, under the supervision of faculty members

Classroom Building 105(CL 105) • • 13 Dell Dimension XPSGen 4 Novell account environment Pentium 4 Processor 550 (3. 4 GHz, 800 FSB). 2 GB DDR 2 SDRAM, 256 MB ATI Radeon X 850 XT 160 GB NCQ Serial ATA Hard Drive Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS THX 20" 2001 FP Digital Flat Panel Display Windows XP • Software: Office 2000, MS Visio, MS Project, SPIM, Logic. Works • Visual Studio 2008, Maya 8. 5, Virtools 3, Renderware, Java SDK, Direct. X 9 SDK, Mat. Lab with Image Processing toolbox, Life. Forms 4. 0

Classroom Building 115 (CL 115) • • • Novell account environment Windows XP Professional 17" Wide screen LCD monitor 2. 4 GHz Pentium 4 768 MB DDR PC 2100 RAM 40 GB Hard Drive DVD-ROM, 3. 5"; floppy drive; accessible USB 2. 0 jacks Office: Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Works 7 Web: Fast Menu, Firefox 2, Mozilla 7, Un. Freez, URCOMM suite, Giffy, Internet Explorer 7, Map. Edit

Classroom Building 122 (CL 122) • • 15 IBM Intellistation M Pro workstations CS account environment Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS Think. Vision L 170 17" LCD Analog Flat Panel. P 4 Xeon 3. 4 GHz/800 Mhz 1 GB RAM, 80 GB hard drive NVIDIA Quadro FX 1100 video card Gnu C++ tools, Emacs 21, Gnome 2 Desktop, broad selection of open source software • Primarily used for CS 115 and CS 330. • Access restricted to specific classes. Combination required.

CL 135 Undergraduate Digital Multimedia Lab • • 8 Dell Precision 530, Novell account environment Dual Intel Xeon 1. 7 GHz, 20 & 40 GB hard drives 1 GB RAM, 17" LCD Flat panel NVIDIA Quadro 2 professional graphics card • • Audio: Pure. Data, Steinberg Cubase VST Graphics and Animation: Maya 8. 5, Illustrator 10, After Effects 5. 5, Photoshop 6. 0, Free Hand 10, Poser 5 Multimedia: Premier 6. 0, Director 8. 5 Shockwave Studio, Flash MX 2004, The VR Worx Publishing: Acrobat 5. 0, Ly. X, Microsoft Office XP Professional Software Development: Alice, Java Netbeans IDE, Java 3 D 1. 3(Open. GL) SDK, Java Media Framework 2. 1. 1 e, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Web: Firefox 2, Internet Explorer 7, Dreamweaver 4, Fireworks 4, Generator • • 2, Home Site 5

CL 135 continued • • • 9 Power. Mac G 4 CS login environment Dual 1 Ghz IBM P 4 CPUs 1 GB RAM, 80 GB hard drive 17" Flat Panel Monitors, OSX 10. 4 Tiger Audio: Pure. Data Graphics and Animation: After Effects, Illustrator 10, Photoshop CS 2, Freehand 10, Maya 8. 5 Multimedia: Final Cut Pro 5, i. DVD, i. Life 05, Flash MX 2004, Roxio Toast 6, Studio Pro 3, VR Works 2. 53 Publishing: Acrobat 5. 0, Office X Software Development: XCode

CL 135 continued • • • 2 Power. Mac G 5 CS login environment Dual 2. 3 Ghz IBM P 5 CPUs 2 GB RAM, 230 GB hard drive 23" LCD Cinema Display. Audio: Pure Data, Sound. Track Pro Graphics and Animation: Maya 8. 5, Motion, Shake Multimedia: DVD Studio Pro 4, Director MX 2004, Final Cut Pro HD, Flash MX 2004, i. DVD 5, i. Movie HD 2 Epson Expression 1640 XL Color Image Scanners Used for interdisciplinary courses (FILM 486 AH, FILM 208), multimedia (CS 325), user interfaces (CS 305) and computer graphics (CS 405). Lab access restricted. Access card and CS account required.

Classroom Building 135. 4 (CL 35. 4) • • • 23 PCs, Novell account environment Windows XP Professional SP 2 19" Dell 1901 FP LCD Monitors 3. 0 GHz Pentium 4, 1 GB RAM 80 GB Seagate SATA hard drive LG DVD/CD R/W multi recorder, 3. 5" Floppy drive, Accessible USB 2. 0 jacks • Radeon X 300 series 128 MB PCI express • Integrated Realtek high definition audio with front speaker and mic jacks • Visual Studio 2008, PCSpim, Logic. Works • Primarily used for 200 level CS classes: CS 201, CS 210, CS 215, CS 250, and CS 301

CL 136 Solaris Lab • 20 Sun Ray virtual display clients • CS account environment • Two servers, ssd 1 and ssd 2, provide graphical access to a Solaris desktop • Sun. OS 5. 9, Solaris 9 • Dual Sparc v 9 1 GHz, 8 GB RAM • Sun and Gnu C++ tools • Rational Rose CASE tools • Primarily used for 1 st year CS classes (CS 110, CS 115) and software engineering class (CS 372) • Access restricted to specific classes. Combination required.

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Interesting Web sites • • http: //www. uregina. ca/esl/ http: //www. uregina. ca/isso/ http: //www. uregina. ca/international/ http: //www. uregina. ca/gradstudies/ http: //www. uregina. ca/jointdegree/ http: //www. cs. uregina. ca/

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