Public Computing
Computer and media labs are intended for use by classes and any Brandeis community member needing a public computer. In addition to the standard productivity packages, we install specialized software, which varies from room to room and semester to semester.
Located on Farber 3, Sound & Image Media Studios (SIMS) provides all members of the Brandeis community with training and support for project work in video production, audio production, digital photography, graphic design and animation.
- Video Editing and Formatting Software
- Sound and Music Software
- Image Editing and Graphic Design Software
- Animation Software
To reserve a computer classroom for a class or inquire about availability, contact clusters@brandeis.edu.
To request new software (or new versions of software), contact clusters@brandeis.edu. Please note that you must request software for each semester it is required; software is not automatically installed from year to year.
Goldfarb Classroom
Location: Goldfarb Library, Mezzanine
Availability: Can be reserved; if not in use, open to the community
Seats:
- Instructor Station
- 26 PCs
Printing:
- Color
- B&W
- Scanning
Computer Specs: Intel i9-12900K 16 Cores, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, nVidia GeForce RTX 3080
Software:
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Lightroom Classic
- Adobe Media Encoder
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Anaconda3
- ArcGIS Pro
- Arduino
- ATLAS.ti
- Autodesk Fusion 360
- blender
- EndNote
- GitHub Desktop
- Google Earth
- IBM SPSS Statistics
- MATLAB
- MeshLab
- Meshmixer
- Microsoft Office Professional Plus Suite
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Notepad++
- PerkinElmer ChemOffice
- QGIS
- R
- RStudio
- SAS
- Stata
- UCSF Chimera
- Ultimaker Cura
- Unity
- Wolfram Mathematica
- Zotero
Farber Classroom
Location: Farber Library, Level 1
Availability: Can be reserved; if not in use, open to the community*
Seats:
- Instructor Station
- 32 Macs
Printing:
- Color
- B&W
- Guest Printing
- Scanning
Computer Specs: Mac: iMac 21.5", 2.9 i5, 16GB RAM, 500GB SSD, 1GB GeForce 750M
Software:
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Animate
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Character Animator
- Adobe Dimension
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InCopy
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Lightroom Classic
- Adobe Media Encoder
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Premiere Rush
- Adobe Substance 3D
- Anaconda Navigator
- ATLAS.ti
- ChemDraw
- EndNote
- GitHub Desktop
- LaTeXiT
- Mathematica
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Python
- QGIS
- R
- RStudio
- SPSS Statistics
- Stata
- TeX
- Zoom
- Zotero
Sound & Image Media Studios (SIMS)
Location: Farber Library, Level 3
Availability: Can be reserved; if not in use, open to the community*
Seats:
- Instructor Station
- 21 Macs
Printing:
- None
Software:
- 4K Video Downloader
- Ableton Live
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Animate
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Media Encoder
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere
- Blender
- Cinema 4D
- EastWest ComposerCloud
- Finale
- Logic Pro X
- Max/MSP
Information Commons
Location: Goldfarb Library, Level 1
Availability: Cannot be reserved; always open to the community
Seats: 27 Macs
Printing:
- Color
- B&W
- Scanning
Computer Specs: iMac 24” M1, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD
Software:
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Animate
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Bridge
- Adobe Character Animator
- Adobe Dimension
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InCopy
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Lightroom Classic
- Adobe Media Encoder
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Premiere Rush
- Adobe Substance 3D
- Anaconda Navigator
- ATLAS.ti
- ChemDraw
- EndNote
- GitHub Desktop
- LaTeXiT
- Mathematica
- MATLAB
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Python
- QGIS
- R
- RStudio
- SPSS Statistics
- Stata
- TeX
- Zoom
- Zotero
Shapiro Library
Location: Shapiro Campus Center, Room 111
Availability: Cannot be reserved; always open to the community
Seats: 7 iMacs
Printing:
- B&W
- Scanning
Computer Specs: iMac 24” M1, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD<
Software:
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Animate
- Adobe Audition
- Adobe Character Animator
- Adobe Dimension
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InCopy
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Lightroom Classic
- Adobe Media Encoder
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe Premiere Rush
- Adobe Substance 3D
- EndNote
- Microsoft Office Suite
- QGIS
- SimUText
- Stata
- Zoom
- Zotero