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Computing Facilities

Faculty Research

The Department of Computer Science (College of Science and Engineering) is located in Congdon Hall, which opened in 2007 as the Computer Information Systems Building (CIS).

The 51,731 square-foot, state-of-the-art facility was funded by the North Carolina State Bond campaign of 2000 at a cost of $12.8 million.

The CIS building contains several state of the art labs including a Digital Arts lab and a networking lab, research facilities, fully-equipped "smart" classrooms, and a 128 seat auditorium. The CIS building also features several "sandboxes" - small conference rooms equipped with plasma displays that are often used by students collaborating on projects.

Dedicated server rooms in the building house computing equipment that supports teaching and research in computer science, and virtually all computer science classes are taught in classrooms in the building. Also located in the CIS building are offices for computer science faculty and graduate students, and a well-furnished student lounge complete with plasma TV!

Facilities

  • 12 cluster nodes with 192 cores and 1.5 TB memory connected with a 10 Gb storage and 56 Gb Infiniband network.
  • 3 GPU nodes with 40 CPU cores, 750 GB memory, and 16,640 CUDA cores.
  • Software:
    • Warewulf
    • Slurm
    • Sun Grid Engine
    • Globus Toolkit
    • MPI
    • Matlab plus toolboxes
    • Python
    • GCC, Java, Fortran 77, Prolog, lisp and other programming languages
    • SAS
  • ZFS NAS/SAN 7.0 TB (10 gigabit Ethernet backbone)
  • ZFS NAS/SAN 12 TB (10 gigabit Ethernet backbone)
  • VMWare Server with Linux and Windows distributions
  • Cisco Catalyst series switches
  • Juniper Firewall
  • Assorted Windows/Linux computers
  • Private internal network with separate outside connection off campus network
  • Cisco Academy hardware including switches, routers and firewalls
  • Cables, tools, hubs and other network lab equipment
  • 17 x 21 inch iMacs
    • Maya
    • Nuke
    • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • 2 - 21" Cintiq Graphics Table
  • 42" HDTV
  • Makerbot Replicator 2 3D printer
  • Makergear M2 3D printer
Edge-AI & Computing Modules
  • NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano modules
  • IMX477 high-quality camera systems for Jetson
  • Raspberry Pi 5 and 4B (with monitors)
  • Access to High-Performance Computing (HPC) clusters
Microcontrollers & Embedded Systems
  • Arduino Nano 33 IoT boards
  • Arduino Nicla Vision, Nicla Voice, Nicla Sense Env modules
  • Heltec ESP32 LoRa V3 boards
  • Waveshare USB-to-LoRa modules
  • GPS Flight Controllers (GY-NEO6MV2) & NEO-6M GPS modules
Robotics Systems & Components
  • Two Universal Robots UR5e (w/ lift table & foot control)
  • Robotiq 2F-85 gripper
  • Mecanum wheel robot chassis kits
  • Smart car chassis kits
  • Linear Actuator System for soil-measurement robotics
  • Robot mounting & customization toolset
Sensing, Vision & Audio
  • Four Intel RealSense 3D cameras
  • Two Basler Ace cameras + lenses
  • INMP441 digital microphone modules
  • INA260 power/current monitoring sensors
  • Assorted environmental, soil, and biosensing sensors
AR/VR & Haptics
  • Two Microsoft HoloLens 2 headsets
  • One Meta Quest 3 headset
  • Two Geomagic Touch haptic devices
Biochemical & Medical-Grade Equipment
  • ELISA kits and biochemical consumables
  • Biosafety lab-grade fridge/freezer combo
  • Fridge & freezer units for sample/kit storage
  • High-frequency digital electrosurgical unit (100W) with foot-switch diathermy
  • Bovie Smoke Shark II evacuator
  • Ballistic gel torso & transparent anatomical skeleton model
Fabrication, Materials & Assembly
  • 3D printer
  • Conductive fabrics, copper strips, RF-shielding materials, conductive threads
  • Wiring & assembly materials: WAGO lever nuts, heat-shrink tubing, silicone wire, storage kits
Power & Field Systems
  • LiPo & smart batteries
  • Chargers, buck/boost regulators, BMS boards
  • Portable power supplies & battery-based field kits
HPC options are available to UNCW faculty and staff.
  • BR 165
    • 35 iMac running bootcamp
  • CIS 2004
    • 20 Optiplex 9020
  • CIS 2006
    • 35 Optiplex 9020
  • CIS 2055
    • 12 Optiplex 9010