The telecomputing laboratory: A multipurpose laboratory

Our telecomputing laboratory is a multiuse state-of-the-art undergraduate t eaching facility designed to be both flexible and powerful. The controlled workstation and computer communications facilities allow undergraduate stud ents an opportunity to apply and integrate classroom knowledge in communica tions, signal processing, computer architecture, and algorithm and software development via a set of practical experiments. Students are exposed to st ate-of-the-art computer communications systems, on which they can implement everything from modern digital communication and signal processing algorit hms to parallel algorithms and real-time databases. State-of-the-art comput er software provides the undergraduate students modern models of quality so ftware, as well as the tools necessary to design and build sophisticated so ftware/hardware systems. This laboratory significantly impacts many undergr aduate students who will take positions with organizations in the telecommu nications/computer industry, where the skills gained from laboratory experi ences will be greatly valued.