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   2 Scientific software usage in neuroscience research
   3 ==================================================
   4
   5 This survey should take about five minutes. After submission you will be
   6 immediately presented with some statistics on previous responses.
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   9
  10    <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/jquery.js"></script>
  11    <script type="text/javascript" src="_static/jquery.form.js"></script>
  12
  13    <script type="text/javascript">
  14    // prepare the form when the DOM is ready
  15    $(document).ready(function() {
  16        var options = {
  17            //beforeSubmit:  showRequest,  // pre-submit callback
  18            success:       showResponse,  // post-submit callback
  19            // other available options:
  20            url: "/cgi-bin/surveycollector.cgi",
  21            type: "post",
  22            dataType:  "json",
  23            clearForm: false,
  24            resetForm: false
  25        };
  26
  27        $('#nss_survey').submit(function() {
  28            $(this).ajaxSubmit(options);
  29
  30            // !!! Important !!!
  31            // always return false to prevent standard browser submit and page navigation
  32            return false;
  33        });
  34    });
  35
  36    // pre-submit callback
  37    function showRequest(formData, jqForm, options) {
  38        var queryString = $.param(formData);
  39        alert('About to submit: \n\n' + queryString);
  40        return true;
  41    }
  42
  43    function showResponse(data, statusText, xhr, $form)  {
  44        // reset form if server reports success
  45        if (data.success == true) {
  46            $('#nss_survey').resetForm();
  47            $('#server_response').html("All good");
  48        } else {
  49            $('#server_response').html("");
  50            alert(data.message);
  51        }
  52    }
  53    </script>
  54    <form id="nss_survey" action="/cgi-bin/surveycollector.cgi" method="post">
  55
  56
  57 Personal background
  58 -------------------
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  61
  62    <table>
  63    <tr class="oddrow">
  64    <td>
  65
  66 Which country are you working in?
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  69
  70    </td><td class="response">
  71
  72 .. raw:: html
  73    :file: select_country.inc
  74
  75 .. raw:: html
  76
  77    </td></tr><tr><td>
  78
  79 Where are you working?
  80
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  82
  83    </td><td class="response">
  84    <select name="bg_employer" size="1">
  85    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
  86    <option value="edu_priv" label="Higher education (privately funded)">Higher education (privately funded)</option>
  87    <option value="edu_pub" label="Higher education (publicly funded)">Higher education (publicly funded)</option>
  88    <option value="research_priv" label="Research institution (privately funded)">Research institution (privately funded)</option>
  89    <option value="research_pub" label="Research institution (publicly funded)">Research institution (publicly funded)</option>
  90    <option value="company" label="Company">Company</option>
  91    </select>
  92    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
  93
  94 What is your position?
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  97
  98    </td><td class="response">
  99    <select name="bg_position" size="1">
 100    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 101    <option value="undergrad" label="Undergraduate student">Undergraduate student</option>
 102    <option value="graduate" label="PhD student">PhD student</option>
 103    <option value="postdoc" label="Postdoc">Postdoc</option>
 104    <option value="professor" label="Professor/Supervisor">Professor/Supervisor</option>
 105    <option value="ra" label="Research assistant">Research assistant</option>
 106    <option value="researcher" label="Other researcher">Other researcher</option>
 107    <option value="sysadmin" label="System administrator">System administrator</option>
 108    </select>
 109    </td></tr><tr><td>
 110
 111 What type of data are you working with? Please check all items that apply.
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 113 .. raw:: html
 114
 115    </td><td class="response">
 116    <table><tr><td>
 117    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="behav" />Behavioral<br />
 118    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="mri" />MRI/fMRI/DTI<br />
 119    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="meeg" />EEG/MEG<br />
 120    </td><td>
 121    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="pet" />PET/SPECT<br />
 122    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="ephys" />Electrophysiology<br />
 123    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="spectro" />Microspectroscopy<br />
 124    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="other" />
 125    <input name="bg_datamod_other" type="text" size="20" maxlength="40">
 126    </td></tr></table>
 127    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 128
 129 Are you developing software that is intended to be used by other researchers?
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 132
 133    </td><td class="response">
 134    <span><input type="radio" name="bg_developer" value="yes" />Yes</span>
 135    <span><input type="radio" name="bg_developer" value="no" checked="checked" />No</span>
 136    </td>
 137    </tr>
 138    </table>
 139
 140 Personal scientific software environment
 141 ----------------------------------------
 142
 143 Here are a few questions about your personal scientific software environment
 144 for research activities like data acquisition, computational modeling, and data
 145 analysis. You might be running this on your laptop, desktop, personal
 146 workstation or any other machine where **you decide** what software you are
 147 using, and you typically also have permission to **install it yourself**.  If
 148 you are operating different environments, please describe the one that you find
 149 most productive for your research purposes. If you don't have a machine that
 150 you administer yourself, instead, please indicate what kind of scientific
 151 software environment you would like to be doing your research in.
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 154
 155    <table>
 156    <tr class="oddrow">
 157    <td>
 158
 159 What fraction of your research activity time do you spend in this software
 160 environment as opposed to any other environment that you migh have access to?
 161
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 163
 164    </td><td class="response">
 165    <select name="pers_time" size="1">
 166    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 167    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't have this environment">None/I don't have this environment</option>
 168    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 169    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 170    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 171    </select>
 172    </td></tr><tr><td>
 173
 174 What type of hardware are you using?
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 177
 178    </td><td class="response">
 179    <select name="pers_hardware" size="1">
 180    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 181    <option value="laptop" label="Laptop/Portable device">Laptop/Portable device</option>
 182    <option value="desktop" label="Commodity desktop">Commodity desktop</option>
 183    <option value="workstation" label="High-performance workstation">High-performance workstation</option>
 184    <option value="cluster" label="Compute cluster">Compute cluster</option>
 185    <option value="grid" label="Grid/Cloud-computing facility">Grid/Cloud-computing facility</option>
 186    </select>
 187    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 188
 189 What operating system is this environment running on?
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 191 .. raw:: html
 192
 193    </td><td class="response">
 194    <select name="pers_os" size="1">
 195
 196 .. raw:: html
 197    :file: select_os_options.inc
 198
 199 .. raw:: html
 200
 201    </select>
 202    </td></tr><tr><td>
 203
 204 How much time do you spend each month on maintaining this environment?  This
 205 includes the time spent on operating system (security) upgrades, as well as
 206 installing and updating scientific software.
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 208 .. raw:: html
 209
 210    </td><td class="response">
 211    <input name="pers_maint_time" type="text" size="3" maxlength="3"> hours per month
 212    </td>
 213    </tr>
 214    </table>
 215
 216 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 217
 218 Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements.
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 221
 222    <table>
 223    <tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal">
 224
 225 *I prefer this particular scientific software environment because ...*
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 228
 229    </th></tr><tr class="oddrow">
 230    <td class="task">
 231
 232 ... the developers of an important research software recommend it
 233
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 235
 236    </td><td class="response">
 237    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="3" /></div>
 238    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="2" /></div>
 239    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="1" /></div>
 240    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="0" /></div>
 241    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 242
 243
 244 ... of the variety of available research software for this environment
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 247
 248    </td><td class="response">
 249    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="3" /></div>
 250    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="2" /></div>
 251    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="1" /></div>
 252    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="0" /></div>
 253    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 254
 255
 256 ... of the availibility of commercial support
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 259
 260    </td><td class="response">
 261    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="3" /></div>
 262    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="2" /></div>
 263    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="1" /></div>
 264    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="0" /></div>
 265    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 266
 267
 268 ... many of my colleagues use something similar
 269
 270 .. raw:: html
 271
 272    </td><td class="response">
 273    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="3" /></div>
 274    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="2" /></div>
 275    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="1" /></div>
 276    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="0" /></div>
 277    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 278
 279
 280 ... it is popular and I can get solutions for problems from web forums and mailing lists
 281
 282 .. raw:: html
 283
 284    </td><td class="response">
 285    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="3" /></div>
 286    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="2" /></div>
 287    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="1" /></div>
 288    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="0" /></div>
 289    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 290
 291
 292 ... I rely on a particular application that only runs in this environment
 293
 294 .. raw:: html
 295
 296    </td><td class="response">
 297    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="3" /></div>
 298    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="2" /></div>
 299    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="1" /></div>
 300    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="0" /></div>
 301    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 302
 303
 304 ... it has adequate support for all required hardware
 305
 306 .. raw:: html
 307
 308    </td><td class="response">
 309    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="3" /></div>
 310    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="2" /></div>
 311    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="1" /></div>
 312    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="0" /></div>
 313    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 314
 315
 316 ... I have the necessary technical skills to maintain this environment myself
 317
 318 .. raw:: html
 319
 320    </td><td class="response">
 321    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="3" /></div>
 322    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="2" /></div>
 323    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="1" /></div>
 324    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="0" /></div>
 325    </td>
 326    </tr>
 327    </table>
 328
 329
 330 Managed scientific software environment
 331 ---------------------------------------
 332
 333 The following questions are about a managed environment of scientific software
 334 that is provided to you to carry out computing and data analysis. Such an
 335 environment is typically managed by **dedicated IT staff**, and **you don't
 336 have permissions to install arbitrary software**. This environment may be
 337 shared by many researchers in a lab, a whole research institution, or even be
 338 publicly accessible. If you have access to multiple environments of this kind,
 339 please describe the one that offers most support for your particular research
 340 purposes.
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 344
 345    <table class="questionaire">
 346    <tr class="oddrow">
 347    <td>
 348
 349 What fraction of time do you spend in this environment during your research
 350 activities?
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 352 .. raw:: html
 353
 354    </td><td class="response">
 355    <select name="man_time" size="1">
 356    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 357    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't use this">None/I don't use this</option>
 358    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 359    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 360    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 361    </select>
 362    </td></tr><tr><td>
 363
 364 What type of hardware is this software environment running on?
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 366 .. raw:: html
 367
 368    </td><td class="response">
 369    <select name="man_hardware" size="1">
 370    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 371    <option value="laptop" label="Laptop/Portable device">Laptop/Portable device</option>
 372    <option value="desktop" label="Commodity desktop">Commodity desktop</option>
 373    <option value="workstation" label="High-performance workstation">High-performance workstation</option>
 374    <option value="cluster" label="Compute cluster">Compute cluster</option>
 375    <option value="grid" label="Grid/Cloud-computing facility">Grid/Cloud-computing facility</option>
 376    </select>
 377    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 378
 379
 380 What operating system is this environment running on?
 381
 382 .. raw:: html
 383
 384    </td><td class="response">
 385    <select name="man_os" size="1">
 386
 387 .. raw:: html
 388    :file: select_os_options.inc
 389
 390 .. raw:: html
 391
 392    </select>
 393    </td>
 394    </tr>
 395    </table>
 396
 397 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 398
 399 How much do you agree to the following statements?
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 402
 403    <table>
 404    <tr class="oddrow">
 405    <td class="task">
 406
 407 This environment provides me with the best available tools for my research
 408
 409 .. raw:: html
 410
 411    </td><td class="response">
 412    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="3" /></div>
 413    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="2" /></div>
 414    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="1" /></div>
 415    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="0" /></div>
 416    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 417
 418 The support staff solves all my technical problems and addresses my demands in
 419 a timely fashion
 420
 421 .. raw:: html
 422
 423    </td><td class="response">
 424    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="3" /></div>
 425    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="2" /></div>
 426    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="1" /></div>
 427    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="0" /></div>
 428    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 429
 430 There are always enough licenses for essential commerical software tools
 431
 432 .. raw:: html
 433
 434    </td><td class="response">
 435    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="3" /></div>
 436    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="2" /></div>
 437    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="1" /></div>
 438    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="0" /></div>
 439    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 440
 441 I need to deploy additional software to be able to perform my research in this environment
 442
 443 .. raw:: html
 444
 445    </td><td class="response">
 446    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="3" /></div>
 447    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="2" /></div>
 448    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="1" /></div>
 449    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="0" /></div>
 450    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 451
 452
 453 Using this managed environment is more cost effective than operating a suitable
 454 environment myself
 455
 456 .. raw:: html
 457
 458    </td><td class="response">
 459    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="3" /></div>
 460    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="2" /></div>
 461    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="1" /></div>
 462    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="0" /></div>
 463    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 464
 465 .. raw:: html
 466
 467    </td>
 468    </tr>
 469    </table>
 470
 471 Virtualization
 472 --------------
 473
 474 The following questions are about your usage of systems for hardware
 475 virtualization in your research -- so-called **virtual machines**.
 476 Virtualization is a technology that allows running more than one operating
 477 systems on one machine at the same time.
 478
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 480
 481    <table>
 482    <tr class="oddrow">
 483    <td class="task">
 484
 485 How often do you use virtual machines for your research purposes?
 486
 487 .. raw:: html
 488
 489    </td><td class="response">
 490    <select name="virt_time" size="1">
 491    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 492    <option value="never" label="Never">Never</option>
 493    <option value="occasionally" label="Occasionally">Occasionally</option>
 494    <option value="often" label="Often">Often</option>
 495    <option value="always" label="Exclusively">Exclusively</option>
 496    </select><div style="font-size:60%">(skip the remaining questions of this section if "never")</div>
 497    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 498
 499 Which products for virtualization are you using?
 500
 501 .. raw:: html
 502
 503    </td><td class="response">
 504    <table><tr><td>
 505    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="vmware" />VMWare<br />
 506    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="virtualbox" />VirtualBox<br />
 507    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="parallels" />Parallels<br />
 508    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="qemu" />QEMU<br />
 509    </td><td>
 510    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="virtualpc" />Virtual PC<br />
 511    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="xen" />Xen<br />
 512    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="kvm" />KVM<br />
 513    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="other" />
 514    <input name="virt_other" type="text" size="20" maxlength="40">
 515    </td></tr></table>
 516    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 517
 518 What **guest operating system** is running inside virtual machine?
 519
 520 .. raw:: html
 521
 522    </td><td class="response">
 523    <select name="virt_guest_os" size="1">
 524
 525 .. raw:: html
 526    :file: select_os_options.inc
 527
 528 .. raw:: html
 529
 530    </select>
 531    </td></tr><tr><td>
 532
 533 What **host operating system** are the virtual machines running on?
 534
 535 .. raw:: html
 536
 537    </td><td class="response">
 538    <select name="virt_host_os" size="1">
 539
 540 .. raw:: html
 541    :file: select_os_options.inc
 542
 543 .. raw:: html
 544
 545    </select>
 546    </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
 547
 548 What are your reasons for employing virtualization in you research?
 549 Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements
 550
 551 .. raw:: html
 552
 553    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 554
 555 I can run software that is otherwise incompatible with my system
 556
 557 .. raw:: html
 558
 559    </td><td class="response">
 560    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="3" /></div>
 561    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="2" /></div>
 562    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="1" /></div>
 563    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="0" /></div>
 564    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 565
 566 I have the ability to easily create a snapshot of my whole analysis environment
 567
 568 .. raw:: html
 569
 570    </td><td class="response">
 571    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="3" /></div>
 572    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="2" /></div>
 573    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="1" /></div>
 574    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="0" /></div>
 575    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 576
 577
 578 I can take my complete analysis environment with me and run it on different
 579 machines
 580
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 582
 583    </td><td class="response">
 584    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="3" /></div>
 585    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="2" /></div>
 586    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="1" /></div>
 587    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="0" /></div>
 588    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 589
 590 The performance of a virtual machine is sufficient for routine application in my
 591 research
 592
 593 .. raw:: html
 594
 595    </td><td class="response">
 596    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="3" /></div>
 597    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="2" /></div>
 598    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="1" /></div>
 599    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="0" /></div>
 600    </td>
 601    </tr>
 602    </table>
 603
 604
 605 Resources for scientific software
 606 ---------------------------------
 607
 608 Where do you obtain scientific software that you employ in your research? Please
 609 check all items that apply
 610
 611 .. raw:: html
 612
 613    <table class="questionaire">
 614    <tr class="oddrow">
 615    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="vendor" /></td><td>
 616
 617 Directly from vendor or project website
 618
 619 .. raw:: html
 620
 621    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="retailer" /></td><td>
 622
 623 Retailer
 624
 625 .. raw:: html
 626
 627    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="os" /></td><td>
 628
 629 Comes with the operating system
 630
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 632
 633    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="cpan" /></td><td>
 634
 635 `Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) <http://www.cpan.org>`_
 636
 637 .. raw:: html
 638
 639    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="cran" /></td><td>
 640
 641 `Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) <http://cran.r-project.org>`_
 642
 643 .. raw:: html
 644
 645    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="epel" /></td><td>
 646
 647 `Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL>`_
 648
 649 .. raw:: html
 650
 651    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="fink" /></td><td>
 652
 653 `Fink <http://www.finkproject.org>`_
 654
 655 .. raw:: html
 656
 657    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="freebsdports" /></td><td>
 658
 659 `FreeBSD ports <http://www.freebsd.org/ports/science.html>`_
 660
 661 .. raw:: html
 662
 663    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="incf" /></td><td>
 664
 665 `International neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) Research Tools <http://www.incf.org/resources/research-tools>`_
 666
 667 .. raw:: html
 668
 669    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value=macports"" /></td><td>
 670
 671 `Macports <http://www.macports.org>`_
 672
 673 .. raw:: html
 674
 675    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="matlabcentral" /></td><td>
 676
 677 `Matlab Central <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral>`_
 678
 679 .. raw:: html
 680
 681    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value=neurodebian"" /></td><td>
 682
 683 `NeuroDebian <http://neuro.debian.net>`_
 684
 685 .. raw:: html
 686
 687    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="nitrc" /></td><td>
 688
 689 `Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC) <http://www.nitrc.org>`_
 690
 691 .. raw:: html
 692
 693    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="pypi" /></td><td>
 694
 695 `Python Package Index (PyPi) <http://pypi.python.org>`_
 696
 697 .. raw:: html
 698
 699    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="pythonbundles" /></td><td>
 700
 701 Python bundles: `Enthought Python <http://www.enthought.com/products/index.php>`_, `Python(x,y) <http://www.pythonxy.com/>`_
 702
 703 .. raw:: html
 704
 705    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="sourceforge" /></td><td>
 706
 707 `Sourceforge <http://www.sourceforge.net>`_
 708
 709 .. raw:: html
 710
 711    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="other" /></td><td>
 712    <input name="software_resource_other" type="text" size="40" maxlength="200">
 713    </td></tr></table>
 714
 715 Software selection
 716 ------------------
 717
 718 Please select all software that you are using in your research.
 719
 720 Generic computing/scripting/programming environments
 721 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 722
 723 .. raw:: html
 724
 725    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 726    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="cpp" />C/C++</td>
 727    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="idl" />IDL</td>
 728    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="lisrel" />LISREL</td>
 729    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="maple" />Maple</td>
 730    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mathcad" />Mathcad</td>
 731    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mathematica" />Mathematica</td>
 732    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 733    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="matlab" />Matlab</td>
 734    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="octave" />Octave</td>
 735    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="perl" />Perl</td>
 736    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="python" />Python</td>
 737    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="r" />R</td>
 738    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="ruby" />Ruby</td>
 739    </tr><tr>
 740    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="scilab" />Scilab</td>
 741    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="spss" />SPSS</td>
 742    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="scirun" />SCIRun</td>
 743    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="shell" />Shell scripting</td>
 744    </tr></table>
 745
 746 Distributed computing - frameworks and controllers
 747 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 748
 749 .. raw:: html
 750
 751    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 752    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="sge" />SGE</td>
 753    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="torque" />Torque/OpenPBS/Maui</td>
 754    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="condor" />Condor</td>
 755    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="globus" />Globus</td>
 756    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mpi" />MPI (any)</td>
 757    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="ipython" />IPython</td>
 758    </tr></table>
 759
 760 Imaging
 761 ~~~~~~~
 762
 763 .. raw:: html
 764
 765    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 766    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="3dslicer" />3D Slicer</td>
 767    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="afni" />AFNI</td>
 768    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="aeskulap" />Aeskulap</td>
 769    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="amide" />Amide</td>
 770    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 771    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="birn" />BIRN Tools</td>
 772    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainstools" />BRAINS Tools</td>
 773    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="bioimgsuite" />Bioimage Suite</td>
 774    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainmap" />BrainMap</td>
 775    </tr><tr>
 776    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainvisa" />BrainVISA/Anatomist</td>
 777    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainvoyager" />BrainVoyager</td>
 778    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="cmtk" />CMTK</td>
 779    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="caret" />Caret</td>
 780    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 781    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="connectomviewer" />ConnectomeViewer</td>
 782    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="dsi" />DSI Studio</td>
 783    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="dtitk" />DTI-TK</td>
 784    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="trackvis" />Diffusion Toolkit/Trackvis</td>
 785    </tr><tr>
 786    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="fsl" />FSL</td>
 787    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="fiji" />Fiji</td>
 788    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="freesurfer" />FreeSurfer</td>
 789    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="itksnap" />ITK-SNAP</td>
 790    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 791    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="imagej" />ImageJ</td>
 792    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="invesalius" />Invesalius</td>
 793    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="loni" />LONI</td>
 794    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="lipsia" />Lipsia</td>
 795    </tr><tr>
 796    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mango" />Mango</td>
 797    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mipav" />MIPAV/JIST</td>
 798    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mni" />MNI tools</td>
 799    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mricron" />MRIcron</td>
 800    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 801    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mrtrix" />MRtrix</td>
 802    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mvpa" />Matlab MVPA toolbox</td>
 803    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="nibabel" />NiBabel/PyNIfTI</td>
 804    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="nipy" />NiPy/NiTime/DiPy/NiPype</td>
 805    </tr><tr>
 806    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pymvpa" />PyMVPA</td>
 807    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="rest" />REST</td>
 808    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="spm" />SPM</td>
 809    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="v3d" />V3D</td>
 810    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 811    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="voxbo" />VoxBo</td>
 812    </tr></table>
 813
 814 Data management
 815 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 816
 817 .. raw:: html
 818
 819    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 820    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="xnat" />XNAT/PyXNAT/...</td>
 821    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="hid" />Human Imaging Database (HID)</td>
 822    </tr></table>
 823
 824 Neural systems modeling
 825 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 826
 827 .. raw:: html
 828
 829    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 830    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brian" />Brian</td>
 831    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="iqr" />iqr</td>
 832    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="iNVT" />iNVT</td>
 833    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="neuron" />NEURON</td>
 834    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="nest" />NEST</td>
 835    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="genesis" />Genesis</td>
 836    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="moose" />Moose</td>
 837    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pcsim" />PCSIM</td>
 838    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pynn" />PyNN</td>
 839    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="topographica" />Topographica</td>
 840    </tr></table>
 841
 842 Electrophysiology, MEG/EEG
 843 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 844
 845 .. raw:: html
 846
 847    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 848    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="besa" />BESA</td>
 849    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="biosig" />BioSig</td>
 850    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainstorm" />BrainStorm</td>
 851    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="chronus" />Chronus</td>
 852    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="eeglab" />EEGLAB</td>
 853    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="elekta" />Elekta Neuromag</td>
 854    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 855    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="fieldtrip" />Fieldtrip</td>
 856    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="klustakwik" />KlustaKwik</td>
 857    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="loreta" />LORETA/sLORETA</td>
 858    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mne" />MNE suite</td>
 859    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="neuroexplorer" />NeuroExplorer</td>
 860    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="openmeeg" />OpenMEEG</td>
 861    </tr><tr>
 862    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="openelectrophy" />Openelectrophy</td>
 863    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="rtxi" />RTXI</td>
 864    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="relacs" />Relacs</td>
 865    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="trellis" />?Trellis-neuro</td>
 866    </tr></table>
 867
 868 Brain-computer interface
 869 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 870
 871 .. raw:: html
 872
 873    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 874    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="bci2000" />BCI2000</td>
 875    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="openvibe" />OpenVIBE</td>
 876    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pyff" />Pyff</td>
 877    </tr></table>
 878
 879 Hardware interface/Data acquisition
 880 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 881
 882 .. raw:: html
 883
 884    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 885    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="comedi" />Comedi</td>
 886    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="epics" />EPICS</td>
 887    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mx" />MX</td>
 888    </tr></table>
 889
 890 Real-time solutions
 891 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 892
 893 .. raw:: html
 894
 895    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 896    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="rtai" />RTAI</td>
 897    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="xenomai" />Xenomai</td>
 898    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="rtlinux" />RTLinux</td>
 899    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="preempt_rt" />PREEMPT_RT</td>
 900    </tr></table>
 901
 902 Psychophysics/Experimental control
 903 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 904
 905 .. raw:: html
 906
 907    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 908    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="dmdx" />DMDX</td>
 909    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="eprime" />E-Prime</td>
 910    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="presentation" />Presentation</td>
 911    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="psychopy" />PsychoPy</td>
 912    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pyepl" />PyEPL</td>
 913    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="psychtoolbox" />Psychtoolbox</td>
 914    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 915    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="psytoolkit" />Psytoolkit</td>
 916    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="opensesame" />OpenSesame</td>
 917    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="visionegg" />VisionEgg</td>
 918    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="tscope" />Tscope</td>
 919    </tr></table>
 920
 921 Other
 922 ~~~~~
 923
 924 .. raw:: html
 925
 926    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 927    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="other" />
 928    <input name="sw_other" type="text" size="40" maxlength="200"> <span style="font-size:70%">(comma-separated list)</span></td>
 929    </tr></table>
 930
 931 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 932
 933 Thanks for filling out the questionaire. Upon successful submission you will
 934 be presented with some statistics computed from all previous participants.
 935
 936 .. raw:: html
 937
 938    <input value="Go" type="submit">
 939    <div id="server_response"></div>
 940    </form>
 941
 942
 943