After 8 years of having the same computers, the Math Plaza has finally seen an upgrade to technology in the lab. One hundred two computers were ordered and installed in the lab this past July. The old computers had a lot of issues due to their age: hardware going bad, computers being very slow on startup, computers freezing on students while using them, etc. Out of the 102 old computers, approximately 20 of them were not even usable due to said issues. With the new computers in the lab, the Math Plaza will be able to offer more space for students to be able to come in and get help.
There was software upgrades on the new computers as well. The tracking software that was used on the old computers, AccuSQL 2014, was not able to be added to the new computers due to the age. So all of the new computers have AccuSQL 2019 for their tracking software for Math Plaza requirements for classes. There were also some other new software installed on the computers for students to use as well: R Studio, MATLAB, SPSS, Maple, MikTeX, and Hawkes Statististics.
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