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.
Sound and Image Media Studios (SIMS)
Located on Farber 3, Sound and 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
Reservations
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
- 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 24", M4, 16GB RAM, 500GB 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
- 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
- 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