COMPUTING RESOURCES

The Duderstadt Center has a wide range of computing resources available to facilitate its mission of bringing together the creative aspects of all campus disciplines ranging from art, architecture, and music, to medicine, engineering, and the humanities. Over 400 workstations, including those running Windows, Macintosh, and Unix are in place around the building. Most of these are in open areas for easy access. While the Computer Aided Engineering Network (CAEN) is the primary provider of computer networking and resources, all workstations in the Duderstadt Center are available to the entire University. A list of the software applications loaded on the computers in the Duderstadt Center site is available on the CAEN website.

All U-M students, faculty, and staff can also bring their portable computers and connect to the Internet via public jacks in the Duderstadt Center. Those with wireless cards for their laptops can connect to the Duderstadt Center wireless network.

The GroundWorks Media Conversion Facility, located on the first floor of the Duderstadt Center, provides equipment to convert between many popular audio, video, data storage, and print media formats. Available on a walk in, self-serve basis are Macintosh and Windows computers equipped with CD-RW/DVD-RW drives, flatbed scanners, slide scanners, slidemakers, Video editing workstations, audio recording equipment, and large-format color printing service are also available.

The Duderstadt Center provides University students, faculty and staff with 24 hour access to most services, seven days a week (excluding holidays, summer half-term, and semester breaks).