sphinx/survey/2011/questionnaire.rst

   1
   2 The 2011 survey form
   3 ====================
   4
   5 .. note::
   6
   7    This was the 2011 survey form -- displayed here for the purpose of
   8    documentation. Since the survey is already closed, it cannot be used to
   9    submit responses anymore.
  10
  11 This survey should take about five minutes. Immediately after submission you
  12 will be presented with some statistics on previous responses. Please try to
  13 answer as many questions as you can, but don't worry if you cannot answer all
  14 of them. *You need to have javascript enabled in your browser for this survey.*
  15 For feedback email team@neuro.debian.net
  16
  17 .. raw:: html
  18
  19    <form id="nss_survey" action="/cgi-bin/surveycollector.cgi" method="post">
  20
  21
  22 Personal background
  23 -------------------
  24
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  26
  27    <table>
  28    <tr class="oddrow">
  29    <td>
  30
  31 Which country are you working in?
  32
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  34
  35    </td><td class="response">
  36
  37 .. raw:: html
  38    :file: select_country.inc
  39
  40 .. raw:: html
  41
  42    </td></tr><tr><td>
  43
  44 Where are you working?
  45
  46 .. raw:: html
  47
  48    </td><td class="response">
  49    <select name="bg_employer" size="1">
  50    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
  51    <option value="edu_priv" label="Higher education (privately funded)">Higher education (privately funded)</option>
  52    <option value="edu_pub" label="Higher education (publicly funded)">Higher education (publicly funded)</option>
  53    <option value="research_priv" label="Research institution (privately funded)">Research institution (privately funded)</option>
  54    <option value="research_pub" label="Research institution (publicly funded)">Research institution (publicly funded)</option>
  55    <option value="company" label="Company">Company</option>
  56    </select>
  57    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
  58
  59 What is your position?
  60
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  62
  63    </td><td class="response">
  64    <select name="bg_position" size="1">
  65    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
  66    <option value="undergrad" label="Undergraduate student">Undergraduate student</option>
  67    <option value="graduate" label="PhD student">PhD student</option>
  68    <option value="postdoc" label="Postdoc">Postdoc</option>
  69    <option value="professor" label="Professor/Supervisor">Professor/Supervisor</option>
  70    <option value="ra" label="Research assistant">Research assistant</option>
  71    <option value="researcher" label="Other researcher">Other researcher</option>
  72    <option value="sysadmin" label="System administrator">System administrator</option>
  73    </select>
  74    </td></tr><tr><td>
  75
  76 What type of data are you working with? Please check all items that apply.
  77
  78 .. raw:: html
  79
  80    </td><td class="response">
  81    <table><tr><td>
  82    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="behav" />Behavioral<br />
  83    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="genetic" />Genetic<br />
  84    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="mri" />MRI/fMRI/DTI<br />
  85    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="meeg" />EEG/MEG<br />
  86    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="pet" />PET/SPECT<br />
  87    </td><td>
  88    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="ephys" />Electrophysiology<br />
  89    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="spectro" />Microspectroscopy<br />
  90    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="simulation" />Computational modeling/Simulations<br />
  91    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="otherdm" />
  92    <input name="bg_datamod_other" type="text" size="20" maxlength="40">
  93    </td></tr></table>
  94    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
  95
  96 Are you developing software that is intended to be used by other researchers?
  97
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  99
 100    </td><td class="response">
 101    <span><input type="radio" name="bg_developer" value="yes" />Yes</span>
 102    <span><input type="radio" name="bg_developer" value="no" checked="checked" />No</span>
 103    </td>
 104    </tr>
 105    </table>
 106
 107 Personal scientific software environment
 108 ----------------------------------------
 109
 110 Here are a few questions about your personal scientific software environment
 111 for research activities like data acquisition, computational modeling, and data
 112 analysis. You might be running this on your laptop, desktop, personal
 113 workstation or any other machine where **you decide** what software you are
 114 using, and you typically also have permission to **install it yourself**.  If
 115 you are operating different environments, please describe the one that you find
 116 most productive for your research purposes. If you don't have a machine that
 117 you administer yourself, instead, please indicate what kind of scientific
 118 software environment you would like to be doing your research in.
 119
 120 .. raw:: html
 121
 122    <table>
 123    <tr class="oddrow">
 124    <td>
 125
 126 What fraction of your research activity time do you spend in this software
 127 environment as opposed to any other environment that you might have access to?
 128
 129 .. raw:: html
 130
 131    </td><td class="response">
 132    <select name="pers_time" size="1">
 133    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 134    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't have this environment">None/I don't have this environment</option>
 135    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 136    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 137    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 138    </select>
 139    </td></tr><tr><td>
 140
 141 What type of hardware are you using?
 142
 143 .. raw:: html
 144
 145    </td><td class="response">
 146    <select name="pers_hardware" size="1">
 147    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 148    <option value="laptop" label="Laptop/Portable device">Laptop/Portable device</option>
 149    <option value="desktop" label="Commodity desktop">Commodity desktop</option>
 150    <option value="workstation" label="High-performance workstation">High-performance workstation</option>
 151    <option value="cluster" label="Compute cluster">Compute cluster</option>
 152    <option value="grid" label="Grid/Cloud-computing facility">Grid/Cloud-computing facility</option>
 153    </select>
 154    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 155
 156 What operating system is this environment running on?
 157
 158 .. raw:: html
 159
 160    </td><td class="response">
 161    <select name="pers_os" size="1">
 162
 163 .. raw:: html
 164    :file: select_os_options.inc
 165
 166 .. raw:: html
 167
 168    </select>
 169    </td></tr><tr><td>
 170
 171 How much time do you spend each month on maintaining this environment?  This
 172 includes the time spent on operating system (security) upgrades, as well as
 173 installing and updating scientific software.
 174
 175 .. raw:: html
 176
 177    </td><td class="response">
 178    <input name="pers_maint_time" type="text" size="3" maxlength="3"> hours per month
 179    </td>
 180    </tr>
 181    </table>
 182
 183 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 184
 185 Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements.
 186
 187 .. raw:: html
 188
 189    <table>
 190    <tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal">
 191
 192 *I prefer this particular scientific software environment because ...*
 193
 194 .. raw:: html
 195
 196    </th></tr><tr class="oddrow">
 197    <td class="task">
 198
 199 ... the developers of an important research software recommend it
 200
 201 .. raw:: html
 202
 203    </td><td class="response">
 204    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="3" /></div>
 205    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="2" /></div>
 206    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="1" /></div>
 207    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="0" /></div>
 208    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 209
 210
 211 ... of the variety of available research software for this environment
 212
 213 .. raw:: html
 214
 215    </td><td class="response">
 216    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="3" /></div>
 217    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="2" /></div>
 218    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="1" /></div>
 219    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="0" /></div>
 220    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 221
 222
 223 ... of the availability of commercial support
 224
 225 .. raw:: html
 226
 227    </td><td class="response">
 228    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="3" /></div>
 229    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="2" /></div>
 230    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="1" /></div>
 231    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="0" /></div>
 232    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 233
 234
 235 ... many of my colleagues use something similar
 236
 237 .. raw:: html
 238
 239    </td><td class="response">
 240    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="3" /></div>
 241    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="2" /></div>
 242    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="1" /></div>
 243    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="0" /></div>
 244    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 245
 246
 247 ... it is popular and I can get solutions for problems from web forums and mailing lists
 248
 249 .. raw:: html
 250
 251    </td><td class="response">
 252    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="3" /></div>
 253    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="2" /></div>
 254    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="1" /></div>
 255    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="0" /></div>
 256    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 257
 258
 259 ... I rely on a particular application that runs in this environment only
 260
 261 .. raw:: html
 262
 263    </td><td class="response">
 264    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="3" /></div>
 265    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="2" /></div>
 266    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="1" /></div>
 267    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="0" /></div>
 268    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 269
 270
 271 ... it has adequate support for all required hardware
 272
 273 .. raw:: html
 274
 275    </td><td class="response">
 276    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="3" /></div>
 277    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="2" /></div>
 278    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="1" /></div>
 279    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="0" /></div>
 280    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 281
 282
 283 ... I have the necessary technical skills to maintain this environment myself
 284
 285 .. raw:: html
 286
 287    </td><td class="response">
 288    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="3" /></div>
 289    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="2" /></div>
 290    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="1" /></div>
 291    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="0" /></div>
 292    </td>
 293    </tr>
 294    </table>
 295
 296
 297 Managed scientific software environment
 298 ---------------------------------------
 299
 300 The following questions are about a managed environment of scientific software
 301 that is provided to you to carry out computing and data analysis. Such an
 302 environment is typically managed by **dedicated IT staff**, and **you don't
 303 have permissions to install arbitrary software**. This environment may be
 304 shared by many researchers in a lab, a whole research institution, or even be
 305 publicly accessible. If you have access to multiple environments of this kind,
 306 please describe the one that offers most support for your particular research
 307 purposes.
 308
 309
 310 .. raw:: html
 311
 312    <table class="questionaire">
 313    <tr class="oddrow">
 314    <td>
 315
 316 What fraction of time do you spend in this environment during your research
 317 activities?
 318
 319 .. raw:: html
 320
 321    </td><td class="response">
 322    <select name="man_time" size="1">
 323    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 324    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't use this">None/I don't use this</option>
 325    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 326    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 327    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 328    </select>
 329    </td></tr><tr><td>
 330
 331 What type of hardware is this software environment running on?
 332
 333 .. raw:: html
 334
 335    </td><td class="response">
 336    <select name="man_hardware" size="1">
 337    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 338    <option value="laptop" label="Laptop/Portable device">Laptop/Portable device</option>
 339    <option value="desktop" label="Commodity desktop">Commodity desktop</option>
 340    <option value="workstation" label="High-performance workstation">High-performance workstation</option>
 341    <option value="cluster" label="Compute cluster">Compute cluster</option>
 342    <option value="grid" label="Grid/Cloud-computing facility">Grid/Cloud-computing facility</option>
 343    </select>
 344    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 345
 346
 347 What operating system is this environment running on?
 348
 349 .. raw:: html
 350
 351    </td><td class="response">
 352    <select name="man_os" size="1">
 353
 354 .. raw:: html
 355    :file: select_os_options.inc
 356
 357 .. raw:: html
 358
 359    </select>
 360    </td>
 361    </tr>
 362    </table>
 363
 364 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 365
 366 How much do you agree to the following statements?
 367
 368 .. raw:: html
 369
 370    <table>
 371    <tr class="oddrow">
 372    <td class="task">
 373
 374 This environment provides me with the best available tools for my research
 375
 376 .. raw:: html
 377
 378    </td><td class="response">
 379    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="3" /></div>
 380    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="2" /></div>
 381    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="1" /></div>
 382    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="0" /></div>
 383    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 384
 385 The support staff solves all my technical problems and addresses my demands in
 386 a timely fashion
 387
 388 .. raw:: html
 389
 390    </td><td class="response">
 391    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="3" /></div>
 392    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="2" /></div>
 393    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="1" /></div>
 394    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="0" /></div>
 395    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 396
 397 There are always enough licenses for essential commercial software tools
 398
 399 .. raw:: html
 400
 401    </td><td class="response">
 402    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="3" /></div>
 403    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="2" /></div>
 404    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="1" /></div>
 405    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="0" /></div>
 406    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 407
 408 I need to deploy additional software to be able to perform my research in this environment
 409
 410 .. raw:: html
 411
 412    </td><td class="response">
 413    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="3" /></div>
 414    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="2" /></div>
 415    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="1" /></div>
 416    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="0" /></div>
 417    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 418
 419
 420 Using this managed environment is more cost effective than operating a suitable
 421 environment myself
 422
 423 .. raw:: html
 424
 425    </td><td class="response">
 426    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="3" /></div>
 427    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="2" /></div>
 428    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="1" /></div>
 429    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="0" /></div>
 430    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 431
 432 .. raw:: html
 433
 434    </td>
 435    </tr>
 436    </table>
 437
 438 Virtualization
 439 --------------
 440
 441 The following questions are about your usage of systems for hardware
 442 virtualization in your research -- so-called **virtual machines**.
 443 Virtualization is a technology that allows running more than one operating
 444 systems on one machine at the same time.
 445
 446 .. raw:: html
 447
 448    <table>
 449    <tr class="oddrow">
 450    <td class="task">
 451
 452 What fraction of your research activity time do you spend in a virtual
 453 environment as opposed to any other environment?
 454
 455 .. raw:: html
 456
 457    </td><td class="response">
 458    <select name="virt_time" size="1">
 459    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 460    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't use this">None/I don't use this</option>
 461    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 462    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 463    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 464    </select>
 465    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 466
 467 Which products for virtualization are you using?
 468
 469 .. raw:: html
 470
 471    </td><td class="response">
 472    <table><tr><td>
 473    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="vmware" />VMWare<br />
 474    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="virtualbox" />VirtualBox<br />
 475    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="parallels" />Parallels<br />
 476    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="qemu" />QEMU<br />
 477    </td><td>
 478    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="virtualpc" />Virtual PC<br />
 479    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="xen" />Xen<br />
 480    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="kvm" />KVM<br />
 481    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="othervm" />
 482    <input name="virt_other" type="text" size="20" maxlength="40">
 483    </td></tr></table>
 484    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 485
 486 What **guest operating system** is running inside virtual machine?
 487
 488 .. raw:: html
 489
 490    </td><td class="response">
 491    <select name="virt_guest_os" size="1">
 492
 493 .. raw:: html
 494    :file: select_os_options.inc
 495
 496 .. raw:: html
 497
 498    </select>
 499    </td></tr><tr><td>
 500
 501 What **host operating system** are the virtual machines running on?
 502
 503 .. raw:: html
 504
 505    </td><td class="response">
 506    <select name="virt_host_os" size="1">
 507
 508 .. raw:: html
 509    :file: select_os_options.inc
 510
 511 .. raw:: html
 512
 513    </select>
 514    </td></tr></table>
 515
 516 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 517
 518 What are your reasons for employing virtualization in you research?
 519 Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements
 520
 521 .. raw:: html
 522
 523    <table>
 524    <tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 525
 526 I can run software that is otherwise incompatible with my system
 527
 528 .. raw:: html
 529
 530    </td><td class="response">
 531    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="3" /></div>
 532    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="2" /></div>
 533    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="1" /></div>
 534    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="0" /></div>
 535    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 536
 537 I have the ability to easily create a snapshot of my whole analysis environment
 538
 539 .. raw:: html
 540
 541    </td><td class="response">
 542    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="3" /></div>
 543    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="2" /></div>
 544    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="1" /></div>
 545    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="0" /></div>
 546    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 547
 548
 549 I can take my complete analysis environment with me and run it on different
 550 machines
 551
 552 .. raw:: html
 553
 554    </td><td class="response">
 555    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="3" /></div>
 556    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="2" /></div>
 557    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="1" /></div>
 558    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="0" /></div>
 559    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 560
 561 The performance of a virtual machine is sufficient for routine application in my
 562 research
 563
 564 .. raw:: html
 565
 566    </td><td class="response">
 567    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="3" /></div>
 568    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="2" /></div>
 569    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="1" /></div>
 570    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="0" /></div>
 571    </td>
 572    </tr>
 573    </table>
 574
 575
 576 Resources for scientific software
 577 ---------------------------------
 578
 579 Where do you obtain scientific software that you employ in your research? Please
 580 check all items that apply
 581
 582 .. raw:: html
 583
 584    <table class="questionaire">
 585    <tr class="oddrow">
 586    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="vendor" /></td><td>
 587
 588 Directly from vendor or project website
 589
 590 .. raw:: html
 591
 592    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="retailer" /></td><td>
 593
 594 Retailer
 595
 596 .. raw:: html
 597
 598    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="os" /></td><td>
 599
 600 Comes with the operating system
 601
 602 .. raw:: html
 603
 604    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="cpan" /></td><td>
 605
 606 `Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) <http://www.cpan.org>`_
 607
 608 .. raw:: html
 609
 610    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="cran" /></td><td>
 611
 612 `Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) <http://cran.r-project.org>`_
 613
 614 .. raw:: html
 615
 616    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="epel" /></td><td>
 617
 618 `Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL>`_
 619
 620 .. raw:: html
 621
 622    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="fink" /></td><td>
 623
 624 `Fink <http://www.finkproject.org>`_
 625
 626 .. raw:: html
 627
 628    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="freebsdports" /></td><td>
 629
 630 `FreeBSD ports <http://www.freebsd.org/ports/science.html>`_
 631
 632 .. raw:: html
 633
 634    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="incf" /></td><td>
 635
 636 `International neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) Research Tools <http://www.incf.org/resources/research-tools>`_
 637
 638 .. raw:: html
 639
 640    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="macports" /></td><td>
 641
 642 `Macports <http://www.macports.org>`_
 643
 644 .. raw:: html
 645
 646    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="matlabcentral" /></td><td>
 647
 648 `Matlab Central <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral>`_
 649
 650 .. raw:: html
 651
 652    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="neurodebian" /></td><td>
 653
 654 `NeuroDebian <http://neuro.debian.net>`_
 655
 656 .. raw:: html
 657
 658    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="nitrc" /></td><td>
 659
 660 `Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC) <http://www.nitrc.org>`_
 661
 662 .. raw:: html
 663
 664    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="pypi" /></td><td>
 665
 666 `Python Package Index (PyPi) <http://pypi.python.org>`_
 667
 668 .. raw:: html
 669
 670    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="pythonbundles" /></td><td>
 671
 672 Python bundles: `Enthought Python <http://www.enthought.com/products/index.php>`_, `Python(x,y) <http://www.pythonxy.com/>`_
 673
 674 .. raw:: html
 675
 676    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="sourceforge" /></td><td>
 677
 678 `Sourceforge <http://www.sourceforge.net>`_
 679
 680 .. raw:: html
 681
 682    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="otherres" /></td><td>
 683    <input name="software_resource_other" type="text" size="40" maxlength="200">
 684    </td></tr></table>
 685
 686 Software selection
 687 ------------------
 688
 689 Please select all software that you are using in your research.
 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_general" value="cpp" />C/C++</td>
 698    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="fortran" />Fortran</td>
 699    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="idl" />IDL</td>
 700    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="java" />Java</td>
 701    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="labview" />LabVIEW</td>
 702    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="lisrel" />LISREL</td>
 703    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 704    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="maple" />Maple</td>
 705    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="mathcad" />Mathcad</td>
 706    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="mathematica" />Mathematica</td>
 707    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="matlab" />Matlab</td>
 708    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="octave" />Octave</td>
 709    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="perl" />Perl</td>
 710    </tr><tr>
 711    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="python" />Python</td>
 712    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="r" />R</td>
 713    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="ruby" />Ruby</td>
 714    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="scilab" />Scilab</td>
 715    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="spss" />SPSS</td>
 716    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="scirun" />SCIRun</td>
 717    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 718    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="shell" />Shell scripting</td>
 719    </tr></table>
 720
 721 Distributed computing - frameworks and controllers
 722 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 723
 724 .. raw:: html
 725
 726    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 727    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="sge" />SGE</td>
 728    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="torque" />Torque/OpenPBS/Maui</td>
 729    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="condor" />Condor</td>
 730    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="globus" />Globus</td>
 731    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="mpi" />MPI (any)</td>
 732    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="ipython" />IPython</td>
 733    </tr></table>
 734
 735 Imaging
 736 ~~~~~~~
 737
 738 .. raw:: html
 739
 740    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 741    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="3dslicer" />3D Slicer</td>
 742    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="afni" />AFNI</td>
 743    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="aeskulap" />Aeskulap</td>
 744    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="amide" />Amide</td>
 745    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 746    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="birn" />BIRN Tools</td>
 747    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="brainstools" />BRAINS Tools</td>
 748    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="bioimgsuite" />Bioimage Suite</td>
 749    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="brainmap" />BrainMap</td>
 750    </tr><tr>
 751    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="brainvisa" />BrainVISA/Anatomist</td>
 752    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="brainvoyager" />BrainVoyager</td>
 753    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="cmtk" />CMTK</td>
 754    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="camino" />Camino</td>
 755    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 756    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="caret" />Caret</td>
 757    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="connectomviewer" />ConnectomeViewer</td>
 758    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="dsi" />DSI Studio</td>
 759    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="dtitk" />DTI-TK</td>
 760    </tr><tr>
 761    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="trackvis" />Diffusion Toolkit/Trackvis</td>
 762    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="fsl" />FSL</td>
 763    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="fiji" />Fiji</td>
 764    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="freesurfer" />FreeSurfer</td>
 765    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 766    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="itksnap" />ITK-SNAP</td>
 767    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="imagej" />ImageJ</td>
 768    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="invesalius" />Invesalius</td>
 769    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="loni" />LONI</td>
 770    </tr><tr>
 771    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="lipsia" />Lipsia</td>
 772    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mango" />Mango</td>
 773    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mipav" />MIPAV/JIST</td>
 774    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mni" />MNI tools</td>
 775    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 776    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mricron" />MRIcron</td>
 777    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mrtrix" />MRtrix</td>
 778    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mvpa" />Matlab MVPA toolbox</td>
 779    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="nibabel" />NiBabel/PyNIfTI</td>
 780    </tr><tr>
 781    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="nipy" />NiPy/NiTime/DiPy/NiPype</td>
 782    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="pymvpa" />PyMVPA</td>
 783    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="rest" />REST</td>
 784    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="spm" />SPM</td>
 785    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 786    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="v3d" />V3D</td>
 787    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="voxbo" />VoxBo</td>
 788    </tr></table>
 789
 790 Data management
 791 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 792
 793 .. raw:: html
 794
 795    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 796    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_datamanage" value="xnat" />XNAT/PyXNAT/...</td>
 797    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_datamanage" value="hid" />Human Imaging Database (HID)</td>
 798    </tr></table>
 799
 800 Neural systems modeling
 801 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 802
 803 .. raw:: html
 804
 805    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 806    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="brian" />Brian</td>
 807    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="ecanse" />Siemens ECANSE</td>
 808    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="emergent" />Emergent NNSS</td>
 809    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="genesis" />Genesis</td>
 810    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="iNVT" />iNVT</td>
 811    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="iqr" />iqr</td>
 812    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 813    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="moose" />Moose</td>
 814    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="nengo" />Nengo</td>
 815    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="nest" />NEST</td>
 816    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="neuroml" />NeuroML</td>
 817    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="neuron" />NEURON</td>
 818    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="neurosolutions" />NeuroSolutions</td>
 819    </tr><tr>
 820    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="pcsim" />PCSIM</td>
 821    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="peltarion" />Peltarion</td>
 822    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="psics" />PSICS</td>
 823    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="pynn" />PyNN</td>
 824    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="snnap" />SNNAP</td>
 825    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="snns" />SNNS</td>
 826    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 827    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="topographica" />Topographica</td>
 828    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="xnbc" />XNBC</td>
 829    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="xpp" />XPP/XPPAUT</td>
 830    </tr></table>
 831
 832 Electrophysiology, MEG/EEG
 833 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 834
 835 .. raw:: html
 836
 837    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 838    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="asa" />ASA</td>
 839    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="besa" />BESA</td>
 840    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="biosig" />BioSig</td>
 841    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="brainstorm" />BrainStorm</td>
 842    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="brainsuite" />BrainSuite</td>
 843    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="brainvisionanalyzer" />Brainvision Analyzer</td>
 844    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 845    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="chronus" />Chronux</td>
 846    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="eeglab" />EEGLAB</td>
 847    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="elekta" />Elekta Neuromag</td>
 848    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="emse" />EMSE</td>
 849    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="fieldtrip" />Fieldtrip</td>
 850    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="fmatoolbox" />FMAToolbox</td>
 851    </tr><tr>
 852    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="klustakwik" />KlustaKwik</td>
 853    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="klusters" />Klusters</td>
 854    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="loreta" />LORETA/sLORETA</td>
 855    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="mclust" />MClust</td>
 856    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="mne" />MNE suite</td>
 857    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="ndmanager" />NDManager</td>
 858    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 859    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="neuroexplorer" />NeuroExplorer</td>
 860    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="neuroscan" />Neuroscan</td>
 861    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="neuroscope" />NeuroScope</td>
 862    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="neuroshare" />Neuroshare</td>
 863    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="openelectrophy" />Openelectrophy</td>
 864    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="openmeeg" />OpenMEEG</td>
 865    </tr><tr>
 866    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="plexon" />Plexon</td>
 867    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="relacs" />Relacs</td>
 868    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="rtxi" />RTXI</td>
 869    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="trellis" />Trellis-neuro</td>
 870    </tr></table>
 871
 872 Brain-computer interface
 873 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 874
 875 .. raw:: html
 876
 877    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 878    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_bci" value="bci2000" />BCI2000</td>
 879    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_bci" value="openvibe" />OpenVIBE</td>
 880    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_bci" value="pyff" />Pyff</td>
 881    </tr></table>
 882
 883 Hardware interface/Data acquisition
 884 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 885
 886 .. raw:: html
 887
 888    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 889    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_acq" value="comedi" />Comedi</td>
 890    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_acq" value="epics" />EPICS</td>
 891    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_acq" value="mx" />MX</td>
 892    </tr></table>
 893
 894 Real-time solutions
 895 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 896
 897 .. raw:: html
 898
 899    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 900    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_rt" value="rtai" />RTAI</td>
 901    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_rt" value="xenomai" />Xenomai</td>
 902    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_rt" value="rtlinux" />RTLinux</td>
 903    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_rt" value="preempt_rt" />PREEMPT_RT</td>
 904    </tr></table>
 905
 906 Psychophysics, Experiment control
 907 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 908
 909 .. raw:: html
 910
 911    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 912    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="cogent" />Cogent</td>
 913    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="dmdx" />DMDX</td>
 914    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="eprime" />E-Prime</td>
 915    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="opensesame" />OpenSesame</td>
 916    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="presentation" />Presentation</td>
 917    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="psychopy" />PsychoPy</td>
 918    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="psychtoolbox" />Psychtoolbox</td>
 919    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 920    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="psyscope" />PsyScope</td>
 921    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="psytoolkit" />Psytoolkit</td>
 922    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="pyepl" />PyEPL</td>
 923    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="superlab" />SuperLab</td>
 924    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="tscope" />Tscope</td>
 925    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="visionegg" />VisionEgg</td>
 926    </tr></table>
 927
 928 Other
 929 ~~~~~
 930
 931 .. raw:: html
 932
 933    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 934    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_other" value="othersw" />
 935    <input name="sw_other_name" type="text" size="40" maxlength="200"> <span style="font-size:70%">(comma-separated list)</span></td>
 936    </tr></table>
 937
 938 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 939
 940 .. raw:: html
 941
 942    </form>