The College of Computing is primarily located on the Allendale Campus and has some excellent computing facilities to support our students and faculty needs. Our Graduate programs are held downtown on the Health Campus in the DeVos Center for Interprofessional Health (DCIH) building.  In Allendale we have our primary office suite, four dedicated computing labs, three research labs, two student project rooms, and a student success center all to support our academics.  

In DCIH we have four more student project rooms, a graduate assistant workspace, the Applied Computing Institute, two dedicated computing labs, and a secondary office suite. 

Allendale

The College of Computing has four labs dedicated to our students. Three of these labs run linux (EOS, ARCH and DataCom) and are support by our own HPC Support Team. 

• Exploratory Operations Systems Lab
• Architecture Lab 
• Data Communications Lab 
• Hybrid Computing Lab 
• GVSU General Computing Services

DCIH

Linux Lab - This lab is equipped with 32 linux machines in hybrid computer tables. 

Mac Lab - This lab is equipped with 32 iMac machines in hybrid computer tables. 

Allendale

Undergraduate Research Lab - This lab is being used to support undergraduate students that are doing research with faculty. 

Distributed Execution Network Lab – This lab is a place for students to learn about and perform research in high performance computing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

Networking & Security Lab – This lab is being used to support both applied research and teaching activities in computer networking, systems security, and cybersecurity.

DCIH

Applied Computing Institute Student Office - Provides This space is utilized by our Applied Computing Institute student for experiential learning / applied research opportunities for computing students and faculty, and collaborative opportunities for our industry partners. 

Graduate Assistant Office - This space is utilized by our Graduate Assistants to store and work on their assigned GA projects. This room is equipped with computers and individual work spaces. 

Allendale

MAK C-2-418 Student Project Room – This meeting room is equipped with a whiteboard, and power outlets and capacity for groups of six or less.

DCIH

The four project rooms on the Health Campus are all located within the Graduate Student Suite DCIH 540. 

Student Project Room 540K – This project room is equipped with a whiteboard, zoom room technology for virtual meetings, power outlets and capacity for groups of five or less

Student Project Room 540G – This project room is equipped with a whiteboard, zoom room technology for virtual meetings, power outlets and capacity for groups of five or less

Student Project Room 540F – This project room is equipped with a whiteboard, zoom room technology for virtual meetings, power outlets and capacity for groups of five or less

Student Project Room 540D – This project room is equipped with a whiteboard, zoom room technology for virtual meetings, power outlets and capacity for groups of five or less

Allendale

CIS C-Wing Conference Room – This meeting room is equipped with a Smart Kapp whiteboard, 62 inch HD display, power outlets and capacity for groups of ten or less.

CIS D-Wing Conference Room – This meeting room is equipped with a large whiteboard, overhead projector, screen, Elmo projector, a small reception area for coffee, power outlets and capacity for groups of twelve or less.

DCIH

522 Conference Room - This meeting room is equipped with a whiteboard, and power outlets and capacity for groups of nine or less. This conference space is located within the Computing Suite in 530 DCIH

560 Conference Room - This meeting room is equipped with a whiteboard, and power outlets and capacity for groups of five or less.

More Information

The following links contain more information about the labs, including technical, access, and procedural information.

Linux Tutorials – These tutorials will help you learn Linux basics so you can get up and running quickly.

CIS Keycards – Access to Allendale labs require a keycard as they are not for the general GVSU student population.

Accounts – EOS and Architecture labs require a separate sign-on than from the University general labs.

Web Space – EOS users may host personal web sites from their space.

Remote Access – Console, Graphical, and VPN.