Computer Resources
This document provides information about computing resources and services available within the school and Yale University at large.
The mission of the Office of Information and Library Systems is to support all aspects of computing for every member of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and to provide training in the fundamental use of computers in educational and administrative applications.
Because it is our policy to focus on supporting individuals rather than specific user configurations, we use and support multiple platforms, including IBM/Windows, Apple Macintosh, and Sun/Unix. Students are encouraged, but not required, to have their own computers, and they may contact Paul Draghi, the director of Information and Library Systems for advice on the selection of appropriate hardware and software.
There are two computer rooms on the third floor of Sage Hall at 205 Prospect Street. One room contains the Sage Hall computer cluster, which is equipped with IBM and Macintosh computers and high-output laser printers. The other is a separate computational lab with computers specifically configured for GIS and computational applications. The computer rooms are open to students 24 hours per day, seven days a week.
There are also computer workstations available to students throughout the F&ES buildings, including a micro-computer center for doctoral students in 210 Prospect Street.
Information Technology Services (ITS) is the central organization at Yale responsible for the support of all educational and administrative computing. In addition to providing technical support for all members of the Yale community, ITS maintains a showroom at the Yale Bookstore where students and faculty can purchase computers and software at educational discounts.
The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies participates with two centers of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies with established specialized computing facilities, the Center for Earth Observation (CEO) and the Center for Computational Ecology (CCE).
The Center for Earth Observation (CEO) provides access to a Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) Challenge 1 Server and hard-disk archive with nine SGI workstations; four SGI workstations in the four sponsoring departments, including one in Marsh Hall; network connections to any Unix-based workstation on campus; a ten-user license for Earth Resource Mapper, a multipurpose software package for image analysis; and a growing collection of Landsat MSS and TM data and GOES weather satellite data. A small staff of consultants is available to assist users in the selection, procurement, and analysis of satellite images.
The CEO is located in Room 116 of the Klein Biology Laboratory, at 210 Whitney Avenue.
The Center for Computational Ecology (CCE) has a full-time computer programmer to assist with the development of programs for research at the center. The center has seven state-of-the-art workstations to facilitate development of computational software and ecological simulation programs.
The CCE is housed in the Osborne Memorial Laboratory at 165 Prospect Street.
Several faculty members of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies have also developed special computer applications for their projects.
Links to faculty computer initiatives:
Program on Landscape Management Systems
The Office of Information and Library Systems
The mission of the Office of Information and Library Systems is to support all aspects of computing for every member of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and to provide training in the fundamental use of computers in educational and administrative applications.
Because it is our policy to focus on supporting individuals rather than specific user configurations, we use and support multiple platforms, including IBM/Windows, Apple Macintosh, and Sun/Unix. Students are encouraged, but not required, to have their own computers, and they may contact Paul Draghi, the director of Information and Library Systems for advice on the selection of appropriate hardware and software.
On-site Computer Resources
There are two computer rooms on the third floor of Sage Hall at 205 Prospect Street. One room contains the Sage Hall computer cluster, which is equipped with IBM and Macintosh computers and high-output laser printers. The other is a separate computational lab with computers specifically configured for GIS and computational applications. The computer rooms are open to students 24 hours per day, seven days a week.
There are also computer workstations available to students throughout the F&ES buildings, including a micro-computer center for doctoral students in 210 Prospect Street.
Yale Information Technology Services
Information Technology Services (ITS) is the central organization at Yale responsible for the support of all educational and administrative computing. In addition to providing technical support for all members of the Yale community, ITS maintains a showroom at the Yale Bookstore where students and faculty can purchase computers and software at educational discounts.
Further Computer Resources
The School of Forestry & Environmental Studies participates with two centers of the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies with established specialized computing facilities, the Center for Earth Observation (CEO) and the Center for Computational Ecology (CCE).
The Center for Earth Observation (CEO) provides access to a Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI) Challenge 1 Server and hard-disk archive with nine SGI workstations; four SGI workstations in the four sponsoring departments, including one in Marsh Hall; network connections to any Unix-based workstation on campus; a ten-user license for Earth Resource Mapper, a multipurpose software package for image analysis; and a growing collection of Landsat MSS and TM data and GOES weather satellite data. A small staff of consultants is available to assist users in the selection, procurement, and analysis of satellite images.
The CEO is located in Room 116 of the Klein Biology Laboratory, at 210 Whitney Avenue.
The Center for Computational Ecology (CCE) has a full-time computer programmer to assist with the development of programs for research at the center. The center has seven state-of-the-art workstations to facilitate development of computational software and ecological simulation programs.
The CCE is housed in the Osborne Memorial Laboratory at 165 Prospect Street.
Faculty Initiatives
Several faculty members of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies have also developed special computer applications for their projects.
Links to faculty computer initiatives:
Program on Landscape Management Systems
