Opening hours
The ITL is currently open from 08:00 until 00:00 7 days a week.
This is subject to change via email and displayed here.
Timetabled laboratory sessions allocate a group of computers to a group of students for a period of time. During the sessions, only the students enrolled on the appropriate course module and staff will be permitted to login.
Outside of the laboratory sessions, the following permissions will apply:
- MSc students – top floor and use of Eng G52
- Fourth years – ground, middle and top floors and shared use of ITL Project room and Eng G52
- Third years – ground, middle and top floors and shared use of ITL Project room
- Second years – ground and middle floors
- First years – ground and middle floors
NB. During laboratory sessions the laptop desks should not be used by students who are not enrolled on the course module.
Laptop network access
Wi-fi is available throughout the building. See the school’s eduroam page and configuring eduroam on laptop page for details.
Printers
itlevel1 – Hewlett Packard LaserJet 9050n (no duplex, A4, 2000 sheets tray 4)
itlevel2 – Hewlett Packard LaserJet 9050n (no duplex, A4, 2000 sheets tray 4)
itlevel3 – Hewlett Packard LaserJet 9050n (no duplex, A4, 2000 sheets tray 4)
itcolour – Hewlett Packard LaserJet 5500n (no duplex, A4, 5 trays)
See also Print services
Machines
Latest Specification
(updated Nov 2018)
Floor |
Qty |
Specification |
|---|---|---|
| Ground Floor | 75 | Dell OptiPlex 9030 – 3.2GHz Intel Haswell Core i7 16 GB RAM |
| Middle Floor | 63 | Dell OptiPlex 9030 – 3.2GHz Intel Haswell Core i7 16 GB RAM |
| 32 | Dell OptiPlex 7440 – 3.4GHz Intel Skylake Core i7 16 GB RAM | |
| Top Floor | 51 | Dell Precision 3620 – 4.2GHz Intel Kaby Lake Core i7 16GB RAM, Nvidia Quadro p2000 (Pascal) GPU |
Lab Software
A non-definitive list of popular packages (updated Sept 2011)
From September 2011, all machines are dual-boot Windows 7 and Fedora. These run off Linux server infrastructure, including Samba 4 acting as the Windows 7 domain controller. There is a new IP (Internet Protocol) domain: student.eecs.qmul.ac.uk.
Software |
Remote Use |
Licensed for home use |
|---|---|---|
| Java 7 64bit | Yes via ssh | Free download from java.oracle.com |
| BlueJ version 3.1 | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connection | bluej.org |
| Eclipse Kepler 2.x – multi-language IDE version | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connection | Yes eclipse.org |
| NetBeans – multi-language IDE version 7.4 | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connection | Yes netbeans.org |
| ArgoUML v0.34 | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connection | Yes argouml.tigris.org |
| LibreOffice 4.x | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connection | Yes libreoffice.org |
| Firefox 27.x – supported webbrowser | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connection, but local installation and student VPN would be better | Yes mozilla.org |
| ThunderBird 24.x – supported mail client | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connection, but local installation and student VPN would be better | Yes mozilla.org |
| OxygenXML v.19 – XML editor | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connection | Students can download and install their own copy, see Software Downloads page |
| Skype version 6.x | No | skype.org |
| Gimp – image processing version 2.8 | Yes but tunneling an X connection through ernie to an itl desktop | Yes gimp.org |
| MATLAB R2013b | Yes, tunneled X connection to ernie | Only MSc distance learning students |
| AgenaRisk 6.0 | Not at present | Please contact Prof. Martin Neil for information |
| WaveLab 8.5 | Yes via tunneled X connection | Freely available |
| MS VisualStudio 2012 (Windows only) – multi-language IDE | No | Yes, staff and students can obtain copies via MSDN-AA |
| CST Studio 2013 (Windows only) | Only MSc distance learning students via student-rdp | No |
| Macromedia Flash CS5 (Windows only) | No | No |
| OPNET 17.5 | No | No |
| ModelSim SE 10.2c (Windows only) | No | No |
| Xilinx 14.6 ISE (Windows only) | No | Students can download Xilinx ISE WebPack from xilinx.com |
| xLogicCircuits | Yes, tunneled X connection to ernie | Yes download from http://math.hws.edu/TMCM/java/DownloadingAndInfo.html |
| cpuSim 3.6.7 | Yes, tunneled X connection to ernie | http://cs.colby.edu/djskrien/CPUSim/ |
| Comsol Multiphysics 4.3b | Only MSc distance learning students via student-rdp | No |
| Agilent ADS 2013 | No | No |
| HFSS 15.0 | No | No |
| MS Office 2010 (Windows only) | No | No though staff can obtain a working at home license |
| TI Code Composer 5.4.0 (Windows only) | No | Free time-limited download from ti.com |
| LabView 2013 SP1 (Windows only) | Only MSc distance learning students via student-rdp | Yes please contact systems@eecs |
| NI ElvisMx 4 + FPGA Drivers (Windows only) | No | Yes please contact systems@eecs |
| Haskell 2013.2 (Windows only) | Yes via ssh | Free download from www.haskell.org |
| Arduino 1.0.5 (Windows only) | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connectionn but local installation would be better | Free download from arduino.cc/en/main/software |
| Processing 2.1 (Windows only) | Yes via ssh and tunneled X connectionn but local installation would be better | Free download from www.processing.org |
| Wireless Insite 2.6 (Windows only) | No | No |
| SPSS 22 (Windows only) | Generally, No. But Staff/PhDs and students using Remote Desktop Service (RDS) have access. | No |
| R 3.X (Windows only) | Yes via ssh | Free download from cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/ |
| MikTex 2.9 + Texmaker + TexnicsCenter | No | Free download from miktex.org/download |
| Keil MDK-ARM 5.X | No | Limited/lite version of software available for download from https://www.keil.com/download/. You can check limitations of the lite version – http://www.keil.com/demo/limits.asp |
| EndNote 17.X | No | 30-day Windows and Mac Trial versions available from http://endnote.com/downloads/30-day-trial |
See also the EECS Software page and Systems FAQ (Software and Licensing).