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Facilities
 Xavier University has four technology-based classrooms
in which several mathematics and computer science courses
meet. Xavier also has a campus network which provides
e-mail and Internet access for academic users. Microcomputers
of various types, including both PC and Macintosh platforms,
are available in six labs distributed around the campus.
All labs are networked for direct connection to the
Internet and other campus servers. Maple, a computer
algebra system used in many mathematics courses, is
available in the technology-based classrooms and in
the general-access Xavier computer labs.
Mathematics Tutoring Lab
The department maintains a Mathematics Tutoring
Lab in both major and non-major courses through Math
171 (Calculus II). This lab is located in Hinkle Hall
126. No appointment is necessary and the services are
free to Xavier students.
Fall Semester 2006 Hours
| Sunday |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
| Monday-Thursday |
9:00 am - 9:00 pm |
| Friday |
9:00 am - 3:00 pm |
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For more information about the Math Lab, contact Chris
Staat.
Computer Science Student Laboratory
Hands-on experience is a key component of the computer
science major and most classes involve either laboratory
activities or programming projects. To support these
activities, the computer science faculty obtained a
National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that provided
equipment for a laboratory in Logan Hall for the exclusive
use of computer science majors and minors. Lab equipment
currently includes several platforms—Sun workstations,
PCs and a Macintosh. It also provides space for individual
student projects along with hardware for use in those
projects, such as robot kits and palmtop computers.
The departmental servers reside in the lab. These servers,
which are available 24 hours a day, provide all computer
science majors and minors with email, Web, and disk
storage services.
In summer 2002, computer science faculty obtained another
NSF grant to buy equipment for parallel and distributed
computing. This equipment includes an ad hoc mobile,
wireless network composed of handhelds and laptops,
a Beowulf parallel computing cluster, and a distributed
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