The Freedman Center lab features multiple workstations available to CWRU students, staff, and faculty. These workstations have dedicated functions ranging from scanning and A/V editing to high-powered research software.
Hardware
The Freedman Center research workstations and A/V stations have the following hardware:
- Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6 @ 3.80GHz processors
- Dual Nvidia Quadro P1000 GPU 4GB graphics cards
- 512GB solid state hard drives
- 1TB 7200RPM of storage
- 64GB of RAM
Scanning and capture stations are less robust but still have 64GBs of RAM to ensure the equipment and software runs properly. Scanning equipment includes:
- ScanPro 3500 USB
- Plustek OpticFilm 8200i, OpticBook A300, and PS 286
- Blackmagic Design Intensity Shuttle USB
- Epson 10000 XL, 11000 XL, and FastFoto
- USB Audio Capture Device
- Kic scanners
Software
A full list of available software is viewable at researchguides.case.edu/FCsoftware.
Research
Research workstations have research software for those who need to learn or utilize tools for working with GIS, network analysis, R, data visualization, statistics, and many more. Some of the software installed on these machines include:
- SPSS
- ArcGIS
- NVivo
- R and RStudio
- Tableau
Multimedia and Digitization
The Center's multimedia and digitization capabilities include an A/V capture room and computer workstations in the lab. Workstations are available for creating, processing, and editing audio and video materials. Hardware is available to digitize any type of commercial media from the past 100 years, and available software includes:
- Adobe Creative Cloud suite
- Photogrammetry software (Zephyr and MetaShape)
- Autodesk suite
- Comic Life
- Other AR/VR software
The A/V editing workstations allow users to digitize, edit, study, and export A/V materials. In addition, these machines come equipped with software to help you create and edit 3D models.