Graduate School Bulletin

Facilities of Computer Science Department

The Computer Science Department is composed of a number of special interest labs (Visualization, Experimental Systems, Logic Modeling, Security Systems, File systems, Human Interface with Computers, Wireless Networking and Multimedia) connected by a multi-gigabyte backbone. Typical systems are PCs running FreeBSD, Linux, MS Windows, and Sun Sparc systems. There are numerous multiprocessor/large memory systems including a graphics cluster of Linux and MS Windows PC’s. General access labs provide Unix and MS Windows systems, and each office desktop is equipped with a workstation. The department maintains its own dial-up service and wireless network. The Stony Brook campus is connected to the Internet via multiple OC3 connections.