| Computer
plays an important role in automation and
design. Therefore, the Department intends
to provide the best computing facilities
for our students and researchers.
 The
Department has two computing laboratories,
the General Computing Laboratory
and the Multimedia Computing Laboratory.
The General Computing Laboratory has
56 Intel-based desktop computers. The Laboratory
also offers a wide range of licensed software
packages, from general purposes computing,
computer programming, computer graphics,
to special engineering applications.
The
Multimedia Computing Laboratory was established
in September 2004. This new laboratory has
26 high-ended Intel-based computers with
addition software applications for multimedia
computing, including 3D modeling and rendering,
audio and video editing, etc.
 Both
laboratories are equipped with LCD projector
and color laser printer. We have also installed
surveillance cameras and electronic access
control system for the laboratories so the
laboratories can be open 7 x 24 hours safely.
Our
computer network consists of more than 300
servers, workstations, desktop computers,
network printers and other network devices.
All these devices are connected to the Department
network backbone, which was upgraded to
Gigabit Ethernet in August 2004 to improve
the capacity and performance of our computer
network.
Our
computer network connects to the Internet
via the University's Campus
backbone network at Gigabit speed. We
have installed firwalls and anti-virus systems
to protect our network from various security
threats.
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