Introduction to CAEN

The Computer Aided Engineering Network, commonly referred to as CAEN, provides the College of Engineering with a comprehensive set of computing technologies that support its instructional, research, administrative and service missions. CAEN's high performance desktop computers, up-to-date data network, software library, and overall information and instructional technology environment improve the quality of education and research throughout the College. Talented staff and the aggressive pursuit of innovative technologies ensure that CAEN remains a leader among its peers in academia and industry.

The computing environment is comprised of an integrated set of resources at the College, department, and lab levels that together total several thousand network-attached devices. CAEN-supported student computer labs provide over 1,000 desktop computers available to students on a drop-in basis, 24 hours/day. These labs offer an extensive array of software for engineering design and analysis, software development, and personal productivity. This lab environment is complemented by high-performance computing clusters maintained jointly by CAEN and the Center for Advanced Computing (CAC). CAEN also provides web services to the College community, as well as instructional and collaborative technology support throughout many of the labs, classrooms and conference rooms in the College.

A modern college-wide network infrastructure provides the College with robust wired and wireless networks. Wireless Ethernet is available across nearly 100% of the College. All network wall jacks provide at least 100 Megabit Ethernet connectivity, with many locations providing Gigabit Ethernet. High speed network backbones connect all of the buildings in the College and also provide high speed connectivity to the rest of campus, the Internet, and Internet2.

Mark Giuffrida
Director of CAEN