Computer Science Study/Classroom Renovations

We need your help to complete the project

Did you know that the department still occupies a portion of its old site, the Lederle Graduate Research Center (LGRC), in addition to the "new building," the Computer Science Research Center? The department occupies much of the third floor of the LGRC "lowrise," in addition to space in the "tower" which houses the CS Educational Laboratory (EDLAB), recently upgraded with the addition of 30 new triple-bootable IMACs.

Renovation of the third-floor LGRC space has been in the works for several years and is almost complete. The renovations will bring the laboratory and office space up to the standards of the space in the Computer Science Research Center.

The third-floor LGRC space houses research labs, including the Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics, a part of the Computer Vision Research Lab, graduate and undergraduate student office and study space, faculty and staff offices, and classroom/conference space. The Center for Educational Software Development (CESD) occupies one corner of the third floor, and the Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) occupies another.

Renovations include refurbishment of rooms with new paint, carpeting, ceiling tiles, light fixtures and emergency lights. In addition, electrical and air conditioning systems in the LGRC server room were upgraded to accommodate "Swarm," the department's new high performance cluster with 60 processors/480 cores and 65 TB of disk space.

Included on the third floor is a space that the Department intends to turn into a modern flexible study/classroom space to be used for small classes and seminars. The Department hopes to furnish the room with 15-20 comfortable and versatile chairs (seen in rendering) to give the room the maximum flexibility while maintaining a modern look to the room.

The renovations have been ongoing for two years. While he was Department Chair, Distinguished Professor Bruce Croft worked with the campus administrators on the initial planning and funding for the renovations, and current Chair Andrew Barto is working towards completion of the project.

While the renovations were funded by the campus, there is still a need for funds to furnish the rooms. Your donation can help to get the renovations completed so that our students can fully use this space. During these tough financial times, we really need your help to complete these projects that will benefit generations of CS students.

Thank you for your support of the Department.