Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Science Building III Computer Facilities
Network InfrastructureThe Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department on the third floor of Science III is connected to the campus network over redundant gigabit fiber optic connections. All internal machines (faculty workstations, and lab computers) are connected to gigabit switches in the computer science department's machine room. All critical servers are connected via a gigabit switch and protected by UPSs and housed in a secure machine room.
Server Room: Sci III 335All machines and equipment for the department are housed in the Server Room. A wide range of compilers (C, C++, Fortran, Ada, Java, etc.) and the full suite of Unix programming development tools (debuggers, make, etc.) are available on department servers. Students taking 2000-level programming courses programming courses are instructed in the Unix/Linux environment.
Servers devoted to specific classes, such as the two database servers, are also available to students to support their coursework.
Research servers for department faculty are also hosted in the CEE/CS server room. Currently, there are multiple distributed computing servers.
The CEE/CS server room also hosts some rack-mounted servers for other departments with the School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering. Primarily, these are servers for mathematics faculty.
Robotics and Control Systems Lab: Sci III 312The robotics lab is managed by Dr. Wei Li. We have an impressive array of robotic and instrumentation equipment for our computer engineering program. For photos see this page. For videos, see this page.
Cybersecurity and Isolated Network Lab: Sci III 314This lab is managed by Dr. Melissa Danforth and used for faculty research projects in cybersecurity and for advanced networking courses.
Power Systems Lab: EC II 201This lab is managed by Dr. Saeed Jafarzadeh. It is used for research and coursework in power systems. It currently contains multiple LabVolt power training systems purchased through grant funding.
Digital Communications and DSP Lab: Sci III 309This lab is used for research in digital and wireless communications, as well as courses in communications and digital signal processing. It is equiped with signal generators and analyzers, NI Elvis II systems, scopes, function generators, and software defined radios.
Computer Perception Lab: Sci III 328This lab is managed by Dr. Albert Cruz. It is used for research and advanced coursework in AI, computer vision, and image processing. It is equiped with high-definition digital cameras and PCs.
VLSI/Circuits Lab: Sci III 313The VLSI/Circuits Lab has DELL PCs, NI Elvis III electronic bread boards, and Altera VHDL boards. This lab is used to teach digital circuitry, analog circuitry, and VHDL courses. It is also used to teach Introduction to Engineering activity sections.
State Farm Advanced Computing Lab: Sci III 315The equipment in this lab was originally purchased through a donation by State Farm. The advanced workstations are designed for state-of-the-art computational and graphical usage. The lab is optimized for graphics, with 30" flat panel monitors capable of a resolution of 2560x1600.
Unix Workstation Lab: Sci III 311The lab in room 311 houses 35 Dell PCs running Linux. A Windows VMWare image is accessible via VMPlayer and is loaded with computer science specific software (MatLab, LabView, Simulink, OpenGL, and MSDN Software Engineering packages, SQL Server). All machines are optimized for graphics work. Room 311 is equipped with an overhead projector and projection screen for data, video, DVD, and VHS.
PC Instruction Lab: Sci III 240Room 240 has 35 Dell PCs for student use which are dual booted between Linux and Windows. Room 240 is equipped with an overhead projector and projection screen for data, video and DVD.
Tutoring Center and Walk-In Lab: Sci III 324Room 324 houses DELL PCs. The software installed in the Unix Workstation Lab is also installed in this lab. Wireless access to the campus network from this lab is avaialable. Room 324 is open for walk-in CEE/CS students and also serves as the tutoring area for department courses. The department offers tutoring for students in 2000-level courses. Exact hours vary from term to term. For the current schedule see the posted tutoring schedule on the department web page.
Major Study Room and Library: Sci III 341The major study lounge and library holds recent and current copies of computer science, computer engineering, and electrical engineering texts, magazines and journals. The library is also filled with a generous donation of computing books from the Linux Users Group of Davis (LUGoD).

A welcome message from the Chair of CEE/CS.