SAS Computer Labs
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 3 computer labs:
- PC Lab 1 - 20 Windows Vista Business workstations, plus a teacher's station with projection.
- Language Lab - 24 Windows Vista Business, along with special capabilities for language instruction. ELP classes take priority within this lab.
- Music Lab - 10 Mac Pro workstations. Reserved exclusively for Music classes.
- Undergraduate Data Analysis Lab (UDAL) is located in rooms 104 and 108-9 of the McNeil Building, at 3718 Locust Walk.
SAS Faculty or staff may schedule these labs for classes or other events by using our reservation form
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 at http://wic.library.upenn.edu/equipment/. The Vitale Digital Media Lab in the commons has an extensive set of software for audio, video and web production. See http://wic.library.upenn.edu/equipment/vitaleequipment.html for details.
- A full list of College House computing labs, including schedule is available at http://www.rescomp.upenn.edu/get_labs.cfm
- A complete list of public labs at Penn is available at http://www.upenn.edu/computing/view/labs/lablist.html
| Available Software |
SAS Computer Labs |
Weigle Information Commons (Study rooms & booths) |
Weigle Information Commons (Vitale Digital Media Lab) |
| Operating System | Microsoft Windows Vista Business SP2 | 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 | 2007 Professional Plus SP 2 (Outlook NOT installed) Multiple Languages installed. |
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 | 2.4.1 | N/A |
N/A |
| Internet Explorer | 8 |
7 |
N/A |
| Mozilla Firefox | 3.5.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 | 9.3 | 9.3 | N/A |
| ChemBioDraw Ultra | 12.0 | N/A | N/A |
| Eviews | 6.0 | N/A | N/A |
| Intercooled Stata | 10 | N/A | N/A |
| JMP | 7 | 7 | N/A |
| Maple | 13 | 12 | N/A |
| Matlab | 2008A | 2008A | N/A |
| R | 2.9.2 | N/A | N/A |
| SAS | 9.1.3 | 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 | 17 | 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, InDesignCS3, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash) | CS4 | CS3 | CS3 |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | 9 | 8.1.2 | 8.1.2 |
| Adobe Flash Player | 10 |
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 | 8.x | N/A |
Included in iLif Suite |
| Apple Quicktime Player | 7.6.x | vers? |
vers? |
| Audacity | 1.2.6 | 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 | 0.8.6 |
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) |
| AxCrypt |
9.2 (UDAL only) |
N/A | N/A |
| 7-Zip | 4.57 | N/A | N/A |
| Secure FTP client | Filezilla 2.2.32 | N/A | Fetch 5 |
| Host Explorer | 2008 | N/A |
N/A |
| Microsoft Windows Remote Desktop Client | 6.0 | N/A |
Yes |
| Refworks |
N/A | Yes | N/A |
| Scifinder Scholar | N/A |
Yes | N/A |
| Secure CRT | 6.0.2 | 6.0.2 |
Data Comet 10 |
| TrueCrypt | 6.0a | N/A | N/A |
| WinSCP | 4.1.6 | N/A | N/A |