Annual Report 2001–02

資訊科技服務 加強教研電腦技術支援服務 為使網上敎學發揮更高效益，資訊科技服務處與學 系敎師合作，運用最新的多媒體技術，製作電腦模 擬實驗環境，讓學生以互動的方式學習。這些設施 配合平台原有的輔導、討論、測驗、呈交作業等功 能，令網上學習更加便捷。學生宿舍的網絡頻寬亦 已全面提升至1 0 0 M b p s。 大學於今年新置一個I B M RS /6000 S P 系統，以支 援校內與數值運算有關的硏究。該系統設置六十四 組 POWER 3-11 3 7 5 MH z 中央處理器，總體速度達 每秒十千兆次浮點運算（ G F L O P S ) ，另配備高性 能並行式共享磁盤，供伺服器簇高速提存數據。 Information Technology Services Reinforcing Support for Teaching and Research Building on the strength of web-based teaching, the Information Technology Services Centre collaborated with teaching staff from different departments to develop simulation-based courseware using the latest multimedia technologies. With the simulations, students can now learn in a highly interactive mode through the web. Added onto the existing functions of the platform, such as consultation, discussion, quiz, and assignment submission, the simulation courseware modules brought web-enhanced learning a significant step forward. To meet the ever growing demand for networking, the bandwidth of the student hostel network was also upgraded to 100 Mbps. An IBM RS/6000 SP System was installed in the year to boost the performance of numeric-intensive research on campus. This new system features a 64-way POWER 3-II 375MHz processor array, delivering an aggregate computing power o f 100 GFLOPS (giga floating-point operations per second). It is also equipped with a general parallel file system — a high-performance, shared-disk file system capable of providing fast data access to all nodes in a cluster of UNIX servers. Introducing New Computerized Systems in Administration During the year a whole range of new computerized systems were launched to facilitate University administration. Most of them were deployed through the web to enhance user access. They include the Maintenance Management System of the Estates Management Office, the Facility and Materials Booking System of the Office of Student Affairs, and the Outpatient Booking and Registration System of the University Health Service catering for online making of appointments. 教學輔助設施 a c a d e m i c s u p p o r t f a c i l i t i e s 74