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Computer Science & Information Systems
College of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
Computer Science & Information Systems

CSIS Lab Information

The department has the following instructional laboratories: 

  • ACD 204        Smart classroom (can use for group work and capstone projects if a class is not meeting there) 
  • ACD 206        Network and Cybersecurity lab/Smart classroom 
  • SCI2 302       PC lab/Smart classroom (can use if a class is not meeting there) 
  • VEP 5101      Large Smart classroom (can use if a class is not meeting there) 
  • VEP 5107      PC lab/Smart classroom (can use if a class is not meeting there) 

The department has the following research laboratories: 

  • ACD 202        Graduate Students Research lab  
  • SCI2 202A     Mobile and IoT Security Research Lab 
  • SCI2 208        Embedded Systems Research lab 
  • SCI2 337        Virtual Reality Research lab 

Several CS courses use Empress (empress.csusm.edu) with the Linux OS on DELL PowerEdge 1955 Blade Servers. 

  • Students can use putty to log onto Empress to program in C++, Prolog, and Lisp. 
  • Students can use Secure File Transfer to download files from Empress. 
  • Students can use pine for emails on Empress.  But you need to set it up. 
  • All campus resources are available through CougarApps when you are off campus. 

For system failures on Empress, please contact empressissues@csusm.edu 

IITS manages the PC lab classrooms. If you need anything changed in these rooms, please contact the IITS Help Desk.