Computing Facilities at ISU

Computing Facilities at Iowa State University

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Computing Facilities at Iowa State University	Iowa State University has outstanding computational and biological research facilities that support collaborative research groups in the life sciences, bioinformatics and computational biology, computer and information sciences, engineering, and complex adaptive systems.
*Information Technology at Iowa State Univeristy*	Information Technology Services (ITS) manages a campus-wide network, which augments the various departmental computing facilities. Major computational research facilities include the Center for Bioinformatics and Biological Statistics, the Virtual Reality Applications Center, the Scaleable Computing Laboratory, and the Artificial Intelligence, Database, and Distributed Computing Research Laboratories in the Department of Computer Science.
*Information Technology Services*	There are a number of opportunities for Iowa State students to use on-campus computer facilities. General information about the computing facilities at Iowa State University can be found here or call the ITS Solution Center located in 195 Durham, at 294-4000. A student cluster can be found here.
Available Services	If you are an Iowa State student: instructional labs at Atanasoff Hall (soon to be moved to Pearson Hall) laptop checkout is available at ITS Solution Center, 195 Durham Hall. Checkout is free for three days and is done on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, please go here.
If you are a BCB graduate student:	Visit the BCB Lab http://lab.bcb.iastate.edu/ to see what is offered there! A Macintosh computing lab is in 1340 Molecular Biology Building (website is only viewable on campus). It is open Monday -Thursday 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. The lab is closed on weekends. Satellite locations in MBB (see site above for exact room numbers) in the first floor copy room and in the 4th Floor BBMB reading room are open 24/7 to students with an MBB outside door key. The BCB office (Molecular Biology 2014, 294-5122) has a laptop available for student check out.
If you are an ISU student in the Computer Science Department:	all labs in the Department of Computer Science facilities are open
If you are in ISU student participating in collaborative projects with the Center for Computational Intelligence, Learning, and Discovery (CCILD) faculty:	CCILD facilities are open
Bioinformatics Support at Iowa State University	The Baker Center on campus provides Iowa State University researchers with bioinformatics support, please go here for details.
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