{"id":179,"date":"2022-07-20T14:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T19:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/?page_id=179"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T21:52:33","slug":"computer-labs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/informationstudies\/students\/it-department\/computer-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-sois-drop-in-student-lounge-amp-tutoring-center\">SOIS Drop-In Student Lounge &amp; Tutoring Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The SOIS drop-in student lounge and Tutoring Center is located in NWQ-D 3810. This lounge, which SOIS students are free to use for their coursework, is equipped with high-end workstations which include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intel Core i7 CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16GB RAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>256GB Solid State Hard Drive (SSD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24\u2033 Monitors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SOIS Lab Software Suite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>*The lounges are located in public areas and cannot be reserved for events. The lounges are open any time the NWQ building is open<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-nwq-d-2810\">NWQ-D 2810<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SOIS offers a dedicated classroom computer lab. This lab is equipped with high-end workstations which include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intel Core i5 CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16GB RAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>256GB Solid State Hard Drive (SSD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24\u2033 Touchscreen Monitors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SOIS Lab Software Suite + Android Studio (NWQ-D 1885 only)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instructor station with projector access<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capacity: NWQ-D 1990 is 36, NWQ-D 1885 is 24<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>*Not a \u2018drop-in\u2019 lab and for scheduled SOIS\u00a0courses and events only<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-nwq-d-2830\">NWQ-D 2830<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This lab hosts courses in Cisco Networking and Switching, Ethical Hacking, and Advanced Networking. This lab is equipped with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list undefined\">\n<li>Intel Core i7 CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>32GB RAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1TB NVMe Solid State Hard Drive (SSD)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24\u2033 Monitors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 racks of Cisco Networking Equipment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SOIS Lab Software Suite + Virtual Box<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instructor station with projector access (HDMI)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Capacity: 36<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>*Not a \u2018drop-in\u2019 lab and for scheduled SOIS\u00a0courses and events only<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h3\" id=\"h-software\">Software<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>SOIS offers an abundance of&nbsp;<strong>licensed<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>open source<\/strong>&nbsp;software, in both its&nbsp;<strong>physical<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>virtual<\/strong>&nbsp;computer labs. Both the physical and virtual computer lab run identical software packages. Below is a list of available software applications and packages currently installed in the SOIS Labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please contact:<\/strong>&nbsp;The 51ÁÔÆæ Help Desk if you have a request for software or suggestion about our labs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adobe Creative Cloud Suite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anaconda<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cisco Packet Tracer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FileZilla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Google Chrome<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft Office Suite<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft Project<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Microsoft Visio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mozilla Firefox<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Notepad++<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PuTTY<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Python<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PyCharm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IBM SPSS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visual Studio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>VLC media player<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h4\" id=\"h-software-for-faculty-staff\">Software for Faculty\/Staff<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>(available to install on any University\/SOIS owned and maintained computers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NVivo<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SPSS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOIS Drop-In Student Lounge &amp; Tutoring Center The SOIS drop-in student lounge and Tutoring Center is located in NWQ-D 3810. 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