The Department has over 300 PCs integrated in a gigabit network, in addition to numerous "Services" and "Application" servers.
All systems are dual boot Windows10 and Course specific OS, with general Microsoft tools provided by the current Campus agreement and other special applications (Adobe Multimedia tools, Matlab, IBM Rational Software, Oracle, etc.) to satisfy a wide range of teaching mission. The software is updated every term and the systems are monitored closely. The equipment and PCs are upgraded regularly within 3-5 years.
Creative IT Laboratories: These coursework-related student computing laboratories aim to support teaching and learning. They are primarily used by undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academic staff. The laboratories include:
- Advanced Computer Laboratory (iMac)
This laboratory houses 60+ iMac all-in-one computers with i7 CPU, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD and 21.5-inch 4K Retina display. The purpose of this lab is used for supporting teaching and student course work (e.g., multimedia, graphics, i-device application and apps development, etc.).
- Business Computing and Data Analytics Laboratory (BCDA Lab)
This laboratory houses 40+ Apple 24” iMac in seven vibrant colors. Its configuration combines the M1 chip 8-core CPU, 16GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD and 4.5K Retina display. The purpose of this lab is used for supporting teaching and student course work.
- Digital Innovation Laboratory
This laboratory is divided into three zones which are Interactive Display Experience Zone, Sensor Enabled Augmented Realty Experience Zone and Real-time Video Recording and Annotation Zone respectively. Students and staff can broaden their experience via the various multimedia accessories and devices such as VR Headset (Oculus Quest & Oculus Rift S), Kinect, Google Glasses, iMac 27-inch Retina 5K display, and Multi-touch 75-inch TV to create and/or perform their artworks, project development, presentation and discussion.
- Project Development Laboratories
To support Final-Year project and group project development, department provides advanced Desktop computers (Intel Core i7, up to 16GB Ram, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 graphic card) with 22” LCD monitor and virtual machines (VM) connected in a dedicated network. Students can request for special equipment (such as latest mobile equipment, and VR devices etc.) for their project development. In addition, students can access a numerous high-speed performance machines, and GPU servers on projects based.
- Teaching Laboratories
These laboratories support courses teaching for computer science major and non-major students. Students can access excellent hardware and software facilities. There are numerous high-end servers in the back-end (as application servers and File servers etc.) and the high-speed Desktop computers (Intel Core i7, up to 32GB Ram with LCD monitors up to 24”) in the front-end. The computers are setup into multiple Operation Systems and installed with up-to-date development tools and applications, such as, Matlab, Oracle, IBM Rational Software, Adobe Creative Suites, and Microsoft Imagine Academy program (students can join Microsoft Azure, use free cloud services, and join the Visual Studio Community, Xamarin Studio community for cross-platform framework and much more. Besides, students can also get access to TechTalks webinars.).
All of which are connected to the high speed 1Gbit Network within the laboratories and 10Gbit in the back bone.