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   2 Scientific software usage in neuroscience research
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  54 Personal background
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  62
  63 Which country are you working in?
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  74    </td></tr><tr><td>
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  76 Where are you working?
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  80    </td><td class="response">
  81    <select name="bg_employer" size="1">
  82    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
  83    <option value="edu_priv" label="Higher education (privately funded)">Higher education (privately funded)</option>
  84    <option value="edu_pub" label="Higher education (publicly funded)">Higher education (publicly funded)</option>
  85    <option value="research_priv" label="Research institution (privately funded)">Research institution (privately funded)</option>
  86    <option value="research_pub" label="Research institution (publicly funded)">Research institution (publicly funded)</option>
  87    <option value="company" label="Company">Company</option>
  88    </select>
  89    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
  90
  91 What is your position?
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  96    <select name="bg_position" size="1">
  97    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
  98    <option value="undergrad" label="Undergraduate student">Undergraduate student</option>
  99    <option value="graduate" label="PhD student">PhD student</option>
 100    <option value="postdoc" label="Postdoc">Postdoc</option>
 101    <option value="professor" label="Professor/Supervisor">Professor/Supervisor</option>
 102    <option value="ra" label="Research assistant">Research assistant</option>
 103    <option value="researcher" label="Other researcher">Other researcher</option>
 104    <option value="sysadmin" label="System administrator">System administrator</option>
 105    </select>
 106    </td></tr><tr><td>
 107
 108 What type of data are you working with? Please check all items that apply.
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 112    </td><td class="response">
 113    <table><tr><td>
 114    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="behav" />Behavioral<br />
 115    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="mri" />MRI/fMRI/DTI<br />
 116    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="meeg" />EEG/MEG<br />
 117    </td><td>
 118    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="pet" />PET/SPECT<br />
 119    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="ephys" />Electrophysiology<br />
 120    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="spectro" />Microspectroscopy<br />
 121    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="other" />
 122    <input name="bg_other_datamod" type="text" size="20" maxlength="40">
 123    </td></tr></table>
 124    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 125
 126 Are you developing software that is intended to be used by other researchers?
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 130    </td><td class="response">
 131    <span><input type="radio" name="bg_developer" value="yes" />Yes</span>
 132    <span><input type="radio" name="bg_developer" value="no" checked="checked" />No</span>
 133    </td>
 134    </tr>
 135    </table>
 136
 137 Personal scientific software environment
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 139
 140 Here are a few questions about your personal scientific software environment
 141 for research activities like data acquisition, computational modeling, and data
 142 analysis. You might be running this on your laptop, desktop, personal
 143 workstation or any other machine where **you decide** what software you are
 144 using, and you typically also have permission to **install it yourself**.  If
 145 you are operating different environments, please describe the one that you find
 146 most productive for your research purposes. If you don't have a machine that
 147 you administer yourself, instead, please indicate what kind of scientific
 148 software environment you would like to be doing your research in.
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 152    <table>
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 154    <td>
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 156 What type of hardware are you using?
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 160    </td><td class="response">
 161    <select name="pers_hardware" size="1">
 162    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 163    <option value="laptop" label="Laptop/Portable device">Laptop/Portable device</option>
 164    <option value="desktop" label="Commodity desktop">Commodity desktop</option>
 165    <option value="workstation" label="High-performance workstation">High-performance workstation</option>
 166    <option value="cluster" label="Compute cluster">Compute cluster</option>
 167    <option value="grid" label="Grid/Cloud-computing facility">Grid/Cloud-computing facility</option>
 168    </select>
 169    </td></tr><tr><td>
 170
 171 What operating system is this environment running on?
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 175    </td><td class="response">
 176    <select name="pers_os" size="1">
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 183    </select>
 184    </td></tr><tr><td>
 185
 186 What fraction of your research activity time do you spend in this software
 187 environment as opposed to any other environment that you migh have access to?
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 191    </td><td class="response">
 192    <select name="pers_time" size="1">
 193    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 194    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't have this environment">None/I don't have this environment</option>
 195    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 196    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 197    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 198    </select>
 199    </td></tr><tr><td>
 200
 201 How much time do you spend each month on maintaining this environment?  This
 202 includes the time spent on operating system (security) upgrades, as well as
 203 installing and updating scientific software.
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 207    </td><td class="response">
 208    <input name="pers_maint_time" type="text" size="3" maxlength="3"> hours per month
 209    </td>
 210    </tr>
 211    </table>
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 214
 215 Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements.
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 219    <table>
 220    <tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal">
 221
 222 *I prefer this particular scientific software environment because ...*
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 226    </th></tr><tr class="oddrow">
 227    <td class="task">
 228
 229 ... the developers of an important research software recommend it
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 233    </td><td class="response">
 234    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 235    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 236    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 237    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 238    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 239
 240
 241 ... of the variety of available research software for this environment
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 245    </td><td class="response">
 246    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 247    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 248    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 249    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 250    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 251
 252
 253 ... of the availibility of commercial support
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 257    </td><td class="response">
 258    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 259    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 260    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 261    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 262    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 263
 264
 265 ... many of my colleagues use something similar
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 269    </td><td class="response">
 270    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 271    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 272    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 273    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 274    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 275
 276
 277 ... it is popular and I can get solutions for problems from web forums and mailing lists
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 281    </td><td class="response">
 282    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="yes" /></div>
 283    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="yes" /></div>
 284    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="yes" /></div>
 285    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="yes" /></div>
 286    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 287
 288
 289 ... I rely on an particular application that only runs in this environment
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 293    </td><td class="response">
 294    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="yes" /></div>
 295    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="yes" /></div>
 296    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="yes" /></div>
 297    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="yes" /></div>
 298    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 299
 300
 301 ... it has adequate support for all required hardware
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 305    </td><td class="response">
 306    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="yes" /></div>
 307    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="yes" /></div>
 308    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="yes" /></div>
 309    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="yes" /></div>
 310    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 311
 312
 313 ... I have the necessary technical skills to maintain this environment myself
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 317    </td><td class="response">
 318    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="yes" /></div>
 319    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="yes" /></div>
 320    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="yes" /></div>
 321    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="yes" /></div>
 322    </td>
 323    </tr>
 324    </table>
 325
 326
 327 Managed scientific software environment
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 329
 330 The following questions are about a managed environment of scientific software
 331 that is provided to you to carry out computing and data analysis related
 332 research activities. Such an environment is typically managed by **dedicated IT
 333 staff**, and **you don't have permissions to install arbitrary software**. This
 334 environment may be shared by many researchers in a lab, a whole research
 335 institution, or even be publicly accessible. If you have access to multiple
 336 environments of this kind, please describe the one that offers most support for
 337 your particular research purposes.
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 343    <tr>
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 346 What type of hardware is this software environment running on?
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 350    </td><td class="response">
 351    <select name="man_hardware" size="1">
 352    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 353    <option value="laptop" label="Laptop/Portable device">Laptop/Portable device</option>
 354    <option value="desktop" label="Commodity desktop">Commodity desktop</option>
 355    <option value="workstation" label="High-performance workstation">High-performance workstation</option>
 356    <option value="cluster" label="Compute cluster">Compute cluster</option>
 357    <option value="grid" label="Grid/Cloud-computing facility">Grid/Cloud-computing facility</option>
 358    </select>
 359    </td></tr><tr><td>
 360
 361
 362 What operating system is this environment running on?
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 366    </td><td class="response">
 367    <select name="man_os" size="1">
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 374    </select>
 375    </td></tr><tr><td>
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 377 What fraction of time do you spend in this environment during your research
 378 activities?
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 382    </td><td class="response">
 383    <select name="man_time" size="1">
 384    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 385    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't use this">None/I don't use this</option>
 386    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 387    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 388    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 389    </select>
 390    </td>
 391    </tr>
 392    </table>
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 395
 396 How much do you agree to the following statements?
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 400    <table>
 401    <tr class="oddrow">
 402    <td class="task">
 403
 404 This environment provides me with the best available tools for my research.
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 408    </td><td class="response">
 409    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 410    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 411    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 412    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 413    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 414
 415 The support staff solves all my technical problems and addresses my demands in
 416 a timely fashion.
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 420    </td><td class="response">
 421    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 422    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 423    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 424    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 425    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 426
 427 There are always enough licenses for essential commerical software tools.
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 431    </td><td class="response">
 432    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 433    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 434    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 435    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 436    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 437
 438 I need to deploy additional software to be able to perform my research in this environment.
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 442    </td><td class="response">
 443    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 444    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 445    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 446    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 447    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 448
 449
 450 Using this managed environment is more cost effective than operating a suitable
 451 environment myself.
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 455    </td><td class="response">
 456    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="yes" /></div>
 457    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="yes" /></div>
 458    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="yes" /></div>
 459    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="yes" /></div>
 460    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
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 464    </td>
 465    </tr>
 466    </table>
 467
 468 Virtualization
 469 --------------
 470
 471 The following questions are about your usage of systems for hardware
 472 virtualization in your research -- so-called **virtual machines**.
 473 Virtualization is a technology that allows running more than one operating
 474 systems on one machine at the same time.
 475
 476 .. raw:: html
 477
 478    <table>
 479    <tr class="oddrow">
 480    <td class="task">
 481
 482 How often do you use virtual machines for your research purposes?
 483
 484 .. raw:: html
 485
 486    </td><td class="response">
 487    <select name="virt_time" size="1">
 488    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 489    <option value="never" label="Never">Never</option>
 490    <option value="occasionally" label="Occasionally">Occasionally</option>
 491    <option value="often" label="Often">Often</option>
 492    <option value="always" label="Exclusively">Exclusively</option>
 493    </select><div style="font-size:60%">(skip the remaining questions of this section if "never")</div>
 494    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 495
 496 Which products for virtualization are you using?
 497
 498 .. raw:: html
 499
 500    </td><td class="response">
 501    <table><tr><td>
 502    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="vmware" />VMWare<br />
 503    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="virtualbox" />VirtualBox<br />
 504    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="parallels" />Parallels<br />
 505    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="qemu" />QEMU<br />
 506    </td><td>
 507    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="virtualpc" />Virtual PC<br />
 508    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="xen" />Xen<br />
 509    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="kvm" />KVM<br />
 510    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="other" />
 511    <input name="virt_other" type="text" size="20" maxlength="40">
 512    </td></tr></table>
 513    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 514
 515 What **guest operating system** is running inside virtual machine?
 516
 517 .. raw:: html
 518
 519    </td><td class="response">
 520    <select name="virt_guest_os" size="1">
 521
 522 .. raw:: html
 523    :file: select_os_options.inc
 524
 525 .. raw:: html
 526
 527    </select>
 528    </td></tr><tr><td>
 529
 530 What **host operating system** are the virtual machines running on?
 531
 532 .. raw:: html
 533
 534    </td><td class="response">
 535    <select name="virt_host_os" size="1">
 536
 537 .. raw:: html
 538    :file: select_os_options.inc
 539
 540 .. raw:: html
 541
 542    </select>
 543    </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">
 544
 545 What are your reasons for employing virtualization in you research?
 546 Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements.
 547
 548 .. raw:: html
 549
 550    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 551
 552 I can run software that is otherwise incompatible with my system.
 553
 554 .. raw:: html
 555
 556    </td><td class="response">
 557    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 558    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 559    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 560    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="yes" /></div>
 561    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 562
 563 I have the ability to easily create snapshot of my whole analysis environment.
 564
 565 .. raw:: html
 566
 567    </td><td class="response">
 568    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 569    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 570    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 571    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="yes" /></div>
 572    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 573
 574
 575 I can take my complete analysis environment with me and run in on different
 576 machines.
 577
 578 .. raw:: html
 579
 580    </td><td class="response">
 581    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 582    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 583    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 584    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="yes" /></div>
 585    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 586
 587 The performance of a virtual machine is sufficient for routine application in my
 588 research.
 589
 590 .. raw:: html
 591
 592    </td><td class="response">
 593    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 594    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 595    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 596    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="yes" /></div>
 597    </td>
 598    </tr>
 599    </table>
 600
 601
 602 Resources for scientific software
 603 ---------------------------------
 604
 605 Where do you obtain scientific software that you employ in your research? Please
 606 check all items that apply.
 607
 608 .. raw:: html
 609
 610    <table class="questionaire">
 611    <tr class="oddrow">
 612    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="pet" /></td><td>
 613
 614 Directly from vendor or project website
 615
 616 .. raw:: html
 617
 618    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 619
 620 Retailer
 621
 622 .. raw:: html
 623
 624    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 625
 626 `Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL>`_
 627
 628 .. raw:: html
 629
 630    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 631
 632 `Fink <http://www.finkproject.org>`_
 633
 634 .. raw:: html
 635
 636    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 637
 638 `FreeBSD ports <http://www.freebsd.org/ports/science.html>`_
 639
 640 .. raw:: html
 641
 642    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 643
 644 `International neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) Research Tools <http://www.incf.org/resources/research-tools>`_
 645
 646 .. raw:: html
 647
 648    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 649
 650 `Macports <http://www.macports.org>`_
 651
 652 .. raw:: html
 653
 654    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 655
 656 `Matlab Central <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral>`_
 657
 658 .. raw:: html
 659
 660    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 661
 662 `NeuroDebian <http://neuro.debian.net>`_
 663
 664 .. raw:: html
 665
 666    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 667
 668 `Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC) <http://www.nitrc.org>`_
 669
 670 .. raw:: html
 671
 672    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 673
 674 `Python Package Index (PyPi) <http://pypi.python.org>`_
 675
 676 .. raw:: html
 677
 678    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="" /></td><td>
 679
 680 `Sourceforge <http://www.sourceforge.net>`_
 681
 682 .. raw:: html
 683
 684    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="other" /></td><td>
 685    <input name="other_resource" type="text" size="40" maxlength="200">
 686    </td></tr></table>
 687
 688 Software selection
 689 ------------------
 690
 691 Generic computing/scripting/programming environments
 692 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 693
 694 .. raw:: html
 695
 696    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 697    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="cpp" />C/C++</td>
 698    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="idl" />IDL</td>
 699    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="lisrel" />LISREL</td>
 700    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="maple" />Maple</td>
 701    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mathcad" />Mathcad</td>
 702    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mathematica" />Mathematica</td>
 703    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 704    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="matlab" />Matlab</td>
 705    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="octave" />Octave</td>
 706    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="perl" />Perl</td>
 707    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="python" />Python</td>
 708    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="r" />R</td>
 709    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="ruby" />Ruby</td>
 710    </tr><tr>
 711    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="scilab" />Scilab</td>
 712    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="spss" />SPSS</td>
 713    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="scirun" />SCIRun</td>
 714    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="shell" />Shell scripting</td>
 715    </tr></table>
 716
 717 Distributed Computing - frameworks and controllers
 718 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 719
 720 .. raw:: html
 721
 722    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 723    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="sge" />SGE</td>
 724    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="torque" />Torque/OpenPBS/Maui</td>
 725    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="condor" />Condor</td>
 726    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="globus" />Globus</td>
 727    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mpi" />MPI (any)</td>
 728    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="ipython" />IPython</td>
 729    </tr></table>
 730
 731 Imaging
 732 ~~~~~~~
 733
 734 .. raw:: html
 735
 736    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 737    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="3dslicer" />3D Slicer</td>
 738    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="afni" />AFNI</td>
 739    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="aeskulap" />Aeskulap</td>
 740    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="amide" />Amide</td>
 741    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 742    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="birn" />BIRN Tools</td>
 743    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainstools" />BRAINS Tools</td>
 744    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="bioimgsuite" />Bioimage Suite</td>
 745    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainmap" />BrainMap</td>
 746    </tr><tr>
 747    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainvisa" />BrainVISA/Anatomist</td>
 748    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainvoyager" />BrainVoyager</td>
 749    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="cmtk" />CMTK</td>
 750    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="caret" />Caret</td>
 751    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 752    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="connectomviewer" />ConnectomeViewer</td>
 753    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="dsi" />DSI Studio</td>
 754    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="dtitk" />DTI-TK</td>
 755    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="trackvis" />Diffusion Toolkit/Trackvis</td>
 756    </tr><tr>
 757    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="fsl" />FSL</td>
 758    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="fiji" />Fiji</td>
 759    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="freesurfer" />FreeSurfer</td>
 760    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="itksnap" />ITK-SNAP</td>
 761    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 762    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="imagej" />ImageJ</td>
 763    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="invesalius" />Invesalius</td>
 764    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="loni" />LONI</td>
 765    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="lipsia" />Lipsia</td>
 766    </tr><tr>
 767    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mipav" />MIPAV/JIST</td>
 768    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mricron" />MRIcron</td>
 769    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mrtrix" />MRtrix</td>
 770    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mango" />Mango</td>
 771    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 772    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="nipy" />NiPy/NiTime/DiPy/NiPype</td>
 773    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pymvpa" />PyMVPA</td>
 774    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="rest" />REST</td>
 775    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="spm" />SPM</td>
 776    </tr><tr>
 777    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="v3d" />V3D</td>
 778    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="voxbo" />VoxBo</td>
 779    </tr></table>
 780
 781 Data management
 782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 783
 784 .. raw:: html
 785
 786    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 787    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="xnat" />XNAT/PyXNAT/...</td>
 788    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="hid" />Human Imaging Database (HID)</td>
 789    </tr></table>
 790
 791 Neural Systems Modeling
 792 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 793
 794 .. raw:: html
 795
 796    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 797    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brian" />Brian</td>
 798    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="iqr" />iqr</td>
 799    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="iNVT" />iNVT</td>
 800    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="neuron" />NEURON</td>
 801    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="nest" />NEST</td>
 802    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="genesis" />Genesis</td>
 803    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="moose" />Moose</td>
 804    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pcsim" />PCSIM</td>
 805    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pynn" />PyNN</td>
 806    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="topographica" />Topographica</td>
 807    </tr></table>
 808
 809 Electrophysiology
 810 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 811
 812 .. raw:: html
 813
 814    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 815    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="biosig" />BioSig</td>
 816    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="brainstorm" />BrainStorm</td>
 817    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="chronus" />Chronus</td>
 818    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="eeglab" />EEGLAB</td>
 819    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="fieldtrip" />Fieldtrip</td>
 820    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 821    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="loreta" />LORETA/sLORETA</td>
 822    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="neuroexplorer" />NeuroExplorer</td>
 823    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="openmeeg" />OpenMEEG</td>
 824    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="openelectrophy" />Openelectrophy</td>
 825    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="rtxi" />RTXI</td>
 826    </tr><tr>
 827    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="relacs" />Relacs</td>
 828    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="trellis" />?Trellis-neuro</td>
 829    </tr></table>
 830
 831 Brain-computer interface
 832 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 833
 834 .. raw:: html
 835
 836    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 837    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="bci2000" />BCI2000</td>
 838    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="openvibe" />OpenVIBE</td>
 839    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pyff" />Pyff</td>
 840    </tr></table>
 841
 842 Hardware interface/Data acquisition
 843 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 844
 845 .. raw:: html
 846
 847    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 848    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="comedi" />Comedi</td>
 849    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="epics" />EPICS</td>
 850    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="mx" />MX</td>
 851    </tr></table>
 852
 853 Real-time solutions
 854 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 855
 856 .. raw:: html
 857
 858    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 859    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="rtai" />RTAI</td>
 860    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="xenomai" />Xenomai</td>
 861    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="rtlinux" />RTLinux</td>
 862    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="preempt_rt" />PREEMPT_RT</td>
 863    </tr></table>
 864
 865 Psychophysics/Experimental Control
 866 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 867
 868 .. raw:: html
 869
 870    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 871    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="dmdx" />DMDX</td>
 872    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="eprime" />E-Prime</td>
 873    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="presentation" />Presentation</td>
 874    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="psychopy" />PsychoPy</td>
 875    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="pyepl" />PyEPL</td>
 876    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="psychtoolbox" />Psychtoolbox</td>
 877    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 878    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="psytoolkit" />Psytoolkit</td>
 879    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="opensesame" />OpenSesame</td>
 880    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="visionegg" />VisionEgg</td>
 881    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="tscope" />Tscope</td>
 882    </tr></table>
 883
 884 Other
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 886
 887 .. raw:: html
 888
 889    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 890    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw" value="other" />
 891    <input name="other_sw" type="text" size="40" maxlength="200"></td>
 892    </tr></table>
 893
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 895
 896 Thanks for filling out the questionaire. You can now submit it. Upon successful
 897 submission you'll get access to the result statistics of all previous
 898 participants.
 899
 900 .. raw:: html
 901
 902    <input value="Go" type="submit">
 903    <div id="server_response"></div>
 904    </form>
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