SAS Computer Labs
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SAS Computer Labs are open to all members of the Penn Community. A valid PennKey is required to log onto the workstations. Click on the links below for more information, including hours of operation.
- Multi-Media Services (MMS) is located in the basement of David Rittenhouse Labs at 33rd and Walnut streets and has 2 computer labs:
- PC Lab 1 - 20 Windows 7 workstations, plus a teacher's station with projection.
- Language Lab - 24 Windows 7 workstations, along with special capabilities for language instruction. ELP classes take priority within this lab.
- Social Sciences Computing (SSC) Undergraduate Data Analysis Lab (UDAL) is located in rooms 104 and 108-9 of the McNeil Building, at 3718 Locust Walk.
- UDAL - The UDAL classroom has 22 Windows 7 workstations, plus a teacher's station with projection.
- UDAL - The UDAL classroom has 22 Windows 7 workstations, plus a teacher's station with projection.
SAS Faculty or staff may schedule these labs for classes or other events by using our reservation form
Are you unable to reserve a lab for your class time? Did you know that any classroom can be a lab? Find out more
B&W laser printing is available in these labs. $.07 per page single-sided, $.05 per page double sided payable with PennCash
Other labs available to SAS students
- A complete description of the facilities and technology available at the David B. Weigle Information Commons in Van Pelt Library is available here. The Vitale Digital Media Lab in the commons has an extensive set of software for audio, video and web production. See here for details.
- A full list of College House computing labs, including schedule is available here.
- A complete list of public labs at Penn is available here.
| Available Software | SAS Computer Labs | Weigle Information Commons (Study rooms & booths) | Weigle Information Commons (Vitale Digital Media Lab) |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit SP1 | Windows XP | Mac OS 10.5 (Leopard) |
| Office Suite, Web Browsers | SAS Computer Labs | Weigle Information Commons (Study rooms & booths) | Weigle Information Commons (Vitale Digital Media Lab) |
| Microsoft Office | MS Office 2010 Professional | Microsoft Office 2003 and 2007 | Microsoft Office 2004 & Office 2008 |
| Apple iWork 08 (Keynote 4, Pages 3, Number 1) | N/A | N/A | iWork 08 |
| Open Office | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Internet Explorer | 9 | 7 | N/A |
| Mozilla Firefox | 5.x | 3 | 3 |
| Safari | N/A | N/A | 3 |
| Qualitative & Scientific Applications | SAS Computer Labs | Weigle Information Commons (Study rooms & booths) | Weigle Information Commons (Vitale Digital Media Lab) |
| ArcGIS | 10 | 9.3 | N/A |
| AtlasTi | 6.0 | ||
| ChemBioDraw Ultra | 12.0 | N/A | N/A |
| Eviews | 7.1 | N/A | N/A |
| Intercooled Stata | 11.1 | N/A | N/A |
| JMP | 9 | 7 | N/A |
| Maple | 15 | 12 | N/A |
| Matlab | R2011b | 2008A | N/A |
| R | 2.11.1 | N/A | N/A |
| SAS | 9.2 | 9.1.3 | N/A |
| Scientific Word Viewer | 5.5 | N/A | N/A |
| The Sky | 6 Multi-Media Services PC 1 Lab only | N/A | N/A |
| SPSS | 19 | 16 | N/A |
| Stat Transfer | 8.2 (UDAL only) | N/A | N/A |
| Multimedia Applications | SAS Computer Labs | Weigle Information Commons (Study rooms & booths) | Weigle Information Commons (Vitale Digital Media Lab) |
| Headsets available for listening/recording | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ArtStor Offline Image Viewer (OIV) | 3.1.1 | N/A | N/A |
| Adobe Creative Suite (Acrobat, InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash) | CS5 | CS3 | CS3 |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | 10 | 8.1.2 | 8.1.2 |
| Adobe Flash Player | 10.x | 9 | 9 |
| Apple Final Cut Pro Studio (Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, DVD Studio Pro) | Studio 2 Available in Multi-Media Services' MMR. Reservation required. | N/A | Studio 2 |
| Apple iLife suite ( iMovie 08 and iMovie 06, iPhoto, iDVD, iTunes, Garage Band, iWeb) | iLife 08 Available in Multi-Media Services' MMR. Reservation required. | N/A | iLife 08 |
| Apple iTunes | 10.x | N/A | Included in iLif Suite |
| Apple Quicktime Player | 7.7x | vers? | vers? |
| Audacity | 1.3.12 Beta | 1.2.6 | 1.2.5 |
| Macromedia Studio with Dreamweaver, Flash, Fireworks, Contribute, and FlashPaper | N/A | N/A | Yes |
| Real Player | Enterprise Edition | Enterprise Edition | vers? |
| VLC Media Player | 1.1.3 | N/A | 0.8.6 |
| Windows Media Player | 11 | vers? | vers? |
| Win DVD | N/A | vers? | N/A |
| Other Media software | See Information Commons web site for additional software | See Information Commons web site for additional software | |
| Utilities and other applications | SAS Computer Labs | Weigle Information Commons (Study rooms & booths) | Weigle Information Commons (Vitale Digital Media Lab) |
| 7-Zip | 9.14 | N/A | N/A |
| Secure FTP client | WSFTP | N/A | Fetch 5 |
| Host Explorer | 2008 | N/A | N/A |
| Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Client | 6.1 | N/A | Yes |
| Refworks | N/A | Yes | N/A |
| Scifinder Scholar | N/A | Yes | N/A |
| Secure CRT | 6.5.3 | 6.0.2 | Data Comet 10 |
| TrueCrypt | 6.3a | N/A | N/A |
| WinSCP | 4.2.7 | N/A | N/A |
| Google Earth | 5.2 | N/A | N/A |

