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Computer Science Teaching Lab
Koshland INSC H110

This lab is available to students as long as there is not class or lab scheduled, see the weekly schedule to confirm. The lab is staffed in the evenings Sunday through Thursday, 7 - 9 pm. It is also possible to work over the network: see the Guide to Accessing Your Projects from Outside the H110 Lab; if you want to use the KINSC H204 lab, also see Using Xming to connect to the Springfield Cluster from KINSC H204 (you are also welcome to install Xming on your own Microsoft Windows computer if you like).

Software
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Eclipse (IDE for various languages, including Python (via the PyDev "plugin") and C++ (via the C++ plugin)).
    Also see our quick how-tos for using Eclipse in the lab
  • and not using Eclipse in the lab
  • Python
  • HERA(Haverford Educational Resourse Architecture)
  • MPI (Message Passing Interface) for parallel scientific computation
Hardware
  • Intel Dual-Core workstations from components (10), each with 2 GB RAM, 80 GB disk, Dell 20" wide screen flat panels
  • Server for authentication (NIS) and files (NFS)
  • HP 1320 laser printer
  • Intergrated AV system for computer, laptop, CD/DVD/VHS, JBL speakers, XGA projector
  • Tri-College card access (24/7 access for appropriate students/faculty)

Note that all of the above software is freely available (just follow the links), so you can install and use these programs on your own computer, but see the warning at the end of Option 2 of the Guide to Accessing Your Projects from Outside the H110 Lab. Note that PyDev can only be installed for Eclipse 3.3 if you take off the checked "Pydev optional extensions" so that those will not be installed.

If you want to work on your labs on another computer, you'll also have to get any Haverford-specific files, such as the logic.py file for stating preconditions and postconditions, or equivalent libraries for running C++ programs (request via email or copy the file Haverford-course-support.tgz from /home/courses/).

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