The Computer Science Department is housed in the new 70,000 square foot Computer Science and Technology Building that has various
technology-rich classrooms and labs since Fall 2017. 

 

Several labs are equipped with software supporting advanced, upper-level course work.
Several labs are also equipped with a Symposium system which controls a projector
and all student stations. The student stations are low profile computers which can
be operated independently by the students or can be taken over by the instructor’s
Symposium. General purpose classrooms/labs are available to all relevant classes of
our department. Fayard Hall: 

 

 

This state-of-the art computer assisted classroom, Computer Enhanced Classroom (CEC),
has been enthusiastically endorsed by the students and faculty members who have used
and who are excited about the possibilities it presents. 

 

 

 

A robotics lab is also housed in Fayard Hall. The lab will support underwater data collection projects, limbed robotics, learning among individuals
and groups of robots. The underwater robotics research project in the Computer Science
Department at Southeastern is designed to serve as a platform for basic and applied
research in intelligent robotics, as a hands-on learning environment for undergraduate
and graduate students in CS and IT programs, as well as for community outreach involving
local schools. The project personnel include Dr. Ho-Hoon Lee,  Dr. Mike Asoodeh, and Dr. Pat McDowell.
Some of the robotics research problems under study include design and development
of a low-cost prototype autonomous underwater vehicle-manipulator system and its intelligent
and energy efficient path planning and control using non-model based techniques. Anticipated
applications for the project include environmental monitoring of local aquatic environments,
use for monitoring levees and flood control projects, and so on.