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   2 Scientific software usage in neuroscience research
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   6 will be presented with some statistics on previous responses. Please try to
   7 answer as many questions as you can, but don't worry if you cannot answer all
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  58
  59 Personal background
  60 -------------------
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  64    <table>
  65    <tr class="oddrow">
  66    <td>
  67
  68 Which country are you working in?
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  72    </td><td class="response">
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  75    :file: select_country.inc
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  79    </td></tr><tr><td>
  80
  81 Where are you working?
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  85    </td><td class="response">
  86    <select name="bg_employer" size="1">
  87    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
  88    <option value="edu_priv" label="Higher education (privately funded)">Higher education (privately funded)</option>
  89    <option value="edu_pub" label="Higher education (publicly funded)">Higher education (publicly funded)</option>
  90    <option value="research_priv" label="Research institution (privately funded)">Research institution (privately funded)</option>
  91    <option value="research_pub" label="Research institution (publicly funded)">Research institution (publicly funded)</option>
  92    <option value="company" label="Company">Company</option>
  93    </select>
  94    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
  95
  96 What is your position?
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 100    </td><td class="response">
 101    <select name="bg_position" size="1">
 102    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 103    <option value="undergrad" label="Undergraduate student">Undergraduate student</option>
 104    <option value="graduate" label="PhD student">PhD student</option>
 105    <option value="postdoc" label="Postdoc">Postdoc</option>
 106    <option value="professor" label="Professor/Supervisor">Professor/Supervisor</option>
 107    <option value="ra" label="Research assistant">Research assistant</option>
 108    <option value="researcher" label="Other researcher">Other researcher</option>
 109    <option value="sysadmin" label="System administrator">System administrator</option>
 110    <option value="developer" label="Software developer">Software developer</option>
 111    <option value="technician" label="Technician/Engineer">Technician/Engineer</option>
 112    </select>
 113    </td></tr><tr><td>
 114
 115 What type of data are you working with? Please check all items that apply.
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 118
 119    </td><td class="response">
 120    <table><tr><td>
 121    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="behav" />Behavioral<br />
 122    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="genetic" />Genetic<br />
 123    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="mri" />MRI/fMRI/DTI<br />
 124    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="meeg" />EEG/MEG<br />
 125    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="pet" />PET/SPECT<br />
 126    </td><td>
 127    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="ephys" />Electrophysiology<br />
 128    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="spectro" />Microspectroscopy<br />
 129    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="simulation" />Computational modeling/Simulations<br />
 130    <input type="checkbox" name="bg_datamod" value="otherdm" />
 131    <input name="bg_datamod_other" type="text" size="20" maxlength="40">
 132    </td></tr></table>
 133    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 134
 135 Are you developing software that is intended to be used by others?
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 138
 139    </td><td class="response">
 140    <span><input type="radio" name="bg_developer" value="yes" />Yes</span>
 141    <span><input type="radio" name="bg_developer" value="no" checked="checked" />No</span>
 142    </td>
 143    </tr>
 144    </table>
 145
 146 Personal scientific software environment
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 148
 149 Here are a few questions about your personal scientific software environment
 150 for research activities like data acquisition, computational modeling, and data
 151 analysis. You might be running this on your laptop, desktop, personal
 152 workstation or any other machine where **you decide** what software you are
 153 using, and you typically also have permission to **install it yourself**.  If
 154 you are operating different environments, please describe the one that you find
 155 most productive for your research purposes. If you don't have a machine that
 156 you administer yourself, instead, please indicate what kind of scientific
 157 software environment you would like to be doing your research in.
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 161    <table>
 162    <tr class="oddrow">
 163    <td>
 164
 165 What fraction of your research activity time do you spend in this software
 166 environment as opposed to any other environment that you might have access to?
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 170    </td><td class="response">
 171    <select name="pers_time" size="1">
 172    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 173    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't have this environment">None/I don't have this environment</option>
 174    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 175    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 176    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 177    </select>
 178    </td></tr><tr><td>
 179
 180 What type of hardware are you using?
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 183
 184    </td><td class="response">
 185    <select name="pers_hardware" size="1">
 186    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 187    <option value="laptop" label="Laptop/Portable device">Laptop/Portable device</option>
 188    <option value="desktop" label="Commodity desktop">Commodity desktop</option>
 189    <option value="workstation" label="High-performance workstation">High-performance workstation</option>
 190    <option value="cluster" label="Compute cluster">Compute cluster</option>
 191    <option value="grid" label="Grid/Cloud-computing facility">Grid/Cloud-computing facility</option>
 192    </select>
 193    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 194
 195 What operating system is this environment running on?
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 199    </td><td class="response">
 200    <select name="pers_os" size="1">
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 203    :file: select_os_options.inc
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 207    </select>
 208    </td></tr><tr><td>
 209
 210 How much time do you spend each month on maintaining this environment?  This
 211 includes the time spent on operating system (security) upgrades, as well as
 212 installing and updating scientific software.
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 215
 216    </td><td class="response">
 217    <input name="pers_maint_time" type="text" size="3" maxlength="3"> hours per month
 218    </td>
 219    </tr>
 220    </table>
 221
 222 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 223
 224 Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements.
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 227
 228    <table>
 229    <tr><th colspan="2" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal">
 230
 231 *I prefer this particular scientific software environment because ...*
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 234
 235    </th></tr><tr class="oddrow">
 236    <td class="task">
 237
 238 ... the developers of an important research software recommend it
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 241
 242    </td><td class="response">
 243    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="3" /></div>
 244    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="2" /></div>
 245    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="1" /></div>
 246    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r1" value="0" /></div>
 247    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 248
 249
 250 ... of the variety of available research software for this environment
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 253
 254    </td><td class="response">
 255    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="3" /></div>
 256    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="2" /></div>
 257    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="1" /></div>
 258    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r2" value="0" /></div>
 259    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 260
 261
 262 ... of the availability of commercial support
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 265
 266    </td><td class="response">
 267    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="3" /></div>
 268    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="2" /></div>
 269    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="1" /></div>
 270    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r3" value="0" /></div>
 271    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 272
 273
 274 ... many of my colleagues use something similar
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 277
 278    </td><td class="response">
 279    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="3" /></div>
 280    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="2" /></div>
 281    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="1" /></div>
 282    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r4" value="0" /></div>
 283    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 284
 285
 286 ... it is popular and I can get solutions for problems from web forums and mailing lists
 287
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 289
 290    </td><td class="response">
 291    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="3" /></div>
 292    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="2" /></div>
 293    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="1" /></div>
 294    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r5" value="0" /></div>
 295    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 296
 297
 298 ... I rely on a particular application that runs in this environment only
 299
 300 .. raw:: html
 301
 302    </td><td class="response">
 303    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="3" /></div>
 304    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="2" /></div>
 305    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="1" /></div>
 306    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r6" value="0" /></div>
 307    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 308
 309
 310 ... it has adequate support for all required hardware
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 313
 314    </td><td class="response">
 315    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="3" /></div>
 316    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="2" /></div>
 317    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="1" /></div>
 318    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r7" value="0" /></div>
 319    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 320
 321
 322 ... I have the necessary technical skills to maintain this environment myself
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 324 .. raw:: html
 325
 326    </td><td class="response">
 327    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="3" /></div>
 328    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="2" /></div>
 329    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="1" /></div>
 330    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="pers_r8" value="0" /></div>
 331    </td>
 332    </tr>
 333    </table>
 334
 335
 336 Managed scientific software environment
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 338
 339 The following questions are about a managed environment of scientific software
 340 that is provided to you to carry out computing and data analysis. Such an
 341 environment is typically managed by **dedicated IT staff**, and **you don't
 342 have permissions to install arbitrary software**. This environment may be
 343 shared by many researchers in a lab, a whole research institution, or even be
 344 publicly accessible. If you have access to multiple environments of this kind,
 345 please describe the one that offers most support for your particular research
 346 purposes.
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 351    <table class="questionaire">
 352    <tr class="oddrow">
 353    <td>
 354
 355 What fraction of time do you spend in this environment during your research
 356 activities?
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 360    </td><td class="response">
 361    <select name="man_time" size="1">
 362    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 363    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't use this">None/I don't use this</option>
 364    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 365    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 366    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 367    </select>
 368    </td></tr><tr><td>
 369
 370 What type of hardware is this software environment running on?
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 373
 374    </td><td class="response">
 375    <select name="man_hardware" size="1">
 376    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 377    <option value="laptop" label="Laptop/Portable device">Laptop/Portable device</option>
 378    <option value="desktop" label="Commodity desktop">Commodity desktop</option>
 379    <option value="workstation" label="High-performance workstation">High-performance workstation</option>
 380    <option value="cluster" label="Compute cluster">Compute cluster</option>
 381    <option value="grid" label="Grid/Cloud-computing facility">Grid/Cloud-computing facility</option>
 382    </select>
 383    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 384
 385
 386 What operating system is this environment running on?
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 388 .. raw:: html
 389
 390    </td><td class="response">
 391    <select name="man_os" size="1">
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 394    :file: select_os_options.inc
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 396 .. raw:: html
 397
 398    </select>
 399    </td>
 400    </tr>
 401    </table>
 402
 403 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 404
 405 How much do you agree to the following statements?
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 408
 409    <table>
 410    <tr class="oddrow">
 411    <td class="task">
 412
 413 This environment provides me with the best available tools for my research
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 415 .. raw:: html
 416
 417    </td><td class="response">
 418    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="3" /></div>
 419    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="2" /></div>
 420    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="1" /></div>
 421    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r1" value="0" /></div>
 422    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 423
 424 The support staff solves all my technical problems and addresses my demands in
 425 a timely fashion
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 428
 429    </td><td class="response">
 430    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="3" /></div>
 431    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="2" /></div>
 432    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="1" /></div>
 433    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r2" value="0" /></div>
 434    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 435
 436 There are always enough licenses for essential commercial software tools
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 439
 440    </td><td class="response">
 441    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="3" /></div>
 442    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="2" /></div>
 443    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="1" /></div>
 444    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r3" value="0" /></div>
 445    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 446
 447 I need to deploy additional software to be able to perform my research in this environment
 448
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 450
 451    </td><td class="response">
 452    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="3" /></div>
 453    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="2" /></div>
 454    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="1" /></div>
 455    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r4" value="0" /></div>
 456    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 457
 458
 459 Using this managed environment is more cost effective than operating a suitable
 460 environment myself
 461
 462 .. raw:: html
 463
 464    </td><td class="response">
 465    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="3" /></div>
 466    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="2" /></div>
 467    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="1" /></div>
 468    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="man_r5" value="0" /></div>
 469    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 470
 471 .. raw:: html
 472
 473    </td>
 474    </tr>
 475    </table>
 476
 477 Virtualization
 478 --------------
 479
 480 The following questions are about your usage of systems for hardware
 481 virtualization in your research -- so-called **virtual machines**.
 482 Virtualization is a technology that allows running more than one operating
 483 systems on one machine at the same time.
 484
 485 .. raw:: html
 486
 487    <table>
 488    <tr class="oddrow">
 489    <td class="task">
 490
 491 What fraction of your research activity time do you spend in a virtual
 492 environment as opposed to any other environment?
 493
 494 .. raw:: html
 495
 496    </td><td class="response">
 497    <select name="virt_time" size="1">
 498    <option value="none" selected="selected" label="Select an option">Select an option</option>
 499    <option value="notime" label="None/I don't use this">None/I don't use this</option>
 500    <option value="little" label="Less then half of the time">Less then half of the time</option>
 501    <option value="most" label="More than half of the time">More than half of the time</option>
 502    <option value="always" label="All of the time">All of the time</option>
 503    </select>
 504    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 505
 506 Which products for virtualization are you using?
 507
 508 .. raw:: html
 509
 510    </td><td class="response">
 511    <table><tr><td>
 512    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="vmware" />VMWare<br />
 513    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="virtualbox" />VirtualBox<br />
 514    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="parallels" />Parallels<br />
 515    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="qemu" />QEMU<br />
 516    </td><td>
 517    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="virtualpc" />Virtual PC<br />
 518    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="xen" />Xen<br />
 519    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="kvm" />KVM<br />
 520    <input type="checkbox" name="virt_prod" value="othervm" />
 521    <input name="virt_other" type="text" size="20" maxlength="40">
 522    </td></tr></table>
 523    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td>
 524
 525 What **guest operating system** is running inside virtual machine?
 526
 527 .. raw:: html
 528
 529    </td><td class="response">
 530    <select name="virt_guest_os" size="1">
 531
 532 .. raw:: html
 533    :file: select_os_options.inc
 534
 535 .. raw:: html
 536
 537    </select>
 538    </td></tr><tr><td>
 539
 540 What **host operating system** are the virtual machines running on?
 541
 542 .. raw:: html
 543
 544    </td><td class="response">
 545    <select name="virt_host_os" size="1">
 546
 547 .. raw:: html
 548    :file: select_os_options.inc
 549
 550 .. raw:: html
 551
 552    </select>
 553    </td></tr></table>
 554
 555 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 556
 557 What are your reasons for employing virtualization in you research?
 558 Please indicate how much you agree to the following statements
 559
 560 .. raw:: html
 561
 562    <table>
 563    <tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 564
 565 I can run software that is otherwise incompatible with my system
 566
 567 .. raw:: html
 568
 569    </td><td class="response">
 570    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="3" /></div>
 571    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="2" /></div>
 572    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="1" /></div>
 573    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r1" value="0" /></div>
 574    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 575
 576 I have the ability to easily create a snapshot of my whole analysis environment
 577
 578 .. raw:: html
 579
 580    </td><td class="response">
 581    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="3" /></div>
 582    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="2" /></div>
 583    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="1" /></div>
 584    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r2" value="0" /></div>
 585    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="task">
 586
 587
 588 I can take my complete analysis environment with me and run it on different
 589 machines
 590
 591 .. raw:: html
 592
 593    </td><td class="response">
 594    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="3" /></div>
 595    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="2" /></div>
 596    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="1" /></div>
 597    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r3" value="0" /></div>
 598    </td></tr><tr><td class="task">
 599
 600 The performance of a virtual machine is sufficient for routine application in my
 601 research
 602
 603 .. raw:: html
 604
 605    </td><td class="response">
 606    <div class="rating">Definitely agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="3" /></div>
 607    <div class="rating">Mostly agree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="2" /></div>
 608    <div class="rating">Mostly disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="1" /></div>
 609    <div class="rating">Definitely disagree<br /><input type="radio" name="virt_r4" value="0" /></div>
 610    </td>
 611    </tr>
 612    </table>
 613
 614
 615 Resources for scientific software
 616 ---------------------------------
 617
 618 Where do you obtain scientific software that you employ in your research? Please
 619 check all items that apply
 620
 621 .. raw:: html
 622
 623    <table class="questionaire">
 624    <tr class="oddrow">
 625    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="vendor" /></td><td>
 626
 627 Directly from vendor or project website
 628
 629 .. raw:: html
 630
 631    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="retailer" /></td><td>
 632
 633 Retailer
 634
 635 .. raw:: html
 636
 637    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="os" /></td><td>
 638
 639 Comes with the operating system
 640
 641 .. raw:: html
 642
 643    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="cpan" /></td><td>
 644
 645 `Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN) <http://www.cpan.org>`_
 646
 647 .. raw:: html
 648
 649    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="cran" /></td><td>
 650
 651 `Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN) <http://cran.r-project.org>`_
 652
 653 .. raw:: html
 654
 655    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="epel" /></td><td>
 656
 657 `Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) <http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL>`_
 658
 659 .. raw:: html
 660
 661    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="fink" /></td><td>
 662
 663 `Fink <http://www.finkproject.org>`_
 664
 665 .. raw:: html
 666
 667    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="freebsdports" /></td><td>
 668
 669 `FreeBSD ports <http://www.freebsd.org/ports/science.html>`_
 670
 671 .. raw:: html
 672
 673    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="incf" /></td><td>
 674
 675 `International neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF) Research Tools <http://www.incf.org/resources/research-tools>`_
 676
 677 .. raw:: html
 678
 679    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="macports" /></td><td>
 680
 681 `Macports <http://www.macports.org>`_
 682
 683 .. raw:: html
 684
 685    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="matlabcentral" /></td><td>
 686
 687 `Matlab Central <http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral>`_
 688
 689 .. raw:: html
 690
 691    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="neurodebian" /></td><td>
 692
 693 `NeuroDebian <http://neuro.debian.net>`_
 694
 695 .. raw:: html
 696
 697    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="nitrc" /></td><td>
 698
 699 `Neuroimaging Informatics Tools and Resources Clearinghouse (NITRC) <http://www.nitrc.org>`_
 700
 701 .. raw:: html
 702
 703    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="pypi" /></td><td>
 704
 705 `Python Package Index (PyPi) <http://pypi.python.org>`_
 706
 707 .. raw:: html
 708
 709    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="pythonbundles" /></td><td>
 710
 711 Python bundles: `Enthought Python <http://www.enthought.com/products/index.php>`_, `Python(x,y) <http://www.pythonxy.com/>`_
 712
 713 .. raw:: html
 714
 715    </td></tr><tr><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="sourceforge" /></td><td>
 716
 717 `Sourceforge <http://www.sourceforge.net>`_
 718
 719 .. raw:: html
 720
 721    </td></tr><tr class="oddrow"><td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="software_resource" value="otherres" /></td><td>
 722    <input name="software_resource_other" type="text" size="40" maxlength="200">
 723    </td></tr></table>
 724
 725 Software selection
 726 ------------------
 727
 728 Please select all software that you are using in your research.
 729
 730 Generic computing/scripting/programming environments
 731 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 732
 733 .. raw:: html
 734
 735    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 736    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="cpp" />C/C++</td>
 737    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="fortran" />Fortran</td>
 738    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="idl" />IDL</td>
 739    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="java" />Java</td>
 740    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="labview" />LabVIEW</td>
 741    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="lisrel" />LISREL</td>
 742    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 743    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="maple" />Maple</td>
 744    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="mathcad" />Mathcad</td>
 745    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="mathematica" />Mathematica</td>
 746    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="matlab" />Matlab</td>
 747    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="octave" />Octave</td>
 748    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="perl" />Perl</td>
 749    </tr><tr>
 750    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="python" />Python</td>
 751    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="r" />R</td>
 752    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="ruby" />Ruby</td>
 753    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="scilab" />Scilab</td>
 754    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="spss" />SPSS</td>
 755    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="scirun" />SCIRun</td>
 756    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 757    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_general" value="shell" />Shell scripting</td>
 758    </tr></table>
 759
 760 Distributed computing - frameworks and controllers
 761 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 762
 763 .. raw:: html
 764
 765    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 766    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="sge" />SGE</td>
 767    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="torque" />Torque/OpenPBS/Maui</td>
 768    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="condor" />Condor</td>
 769    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="globus" />Globus</td>
 770    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="mpi" />MPI (any)</td>
 771    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_dc" value="ipython" />IPython</td>
 772    </tr></table>
 773
 774 Imaging
 775 ~~~~~~~
 776
 777 .. raw:: html
 778
 779    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 780    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="3dslicer" />3D Slicer</td>
 781    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="afni" />AFNI</td>
 782    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="aeskulap" />Aeskulap</td>
 783    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="amide" />Amide</td>
 784    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 785    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="birn" />BIRN Tools</td>
 786    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="brainstools" />BRAINS Tools</td>
 787    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="bioimgsuite" />Bioimage Suite</td>
 788    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="brainmap" />BrainMap</td>
 789    </tr><tr>
 790    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="brainvisa" />BrainVISA/Anatomist</td>
 791    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="brainvoyager" />BrainVoyager</td>
 792    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="cmtk" />CMTK</td>
 793    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="camino" />Camino</td>
 794    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 795    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="caret" />Caret</td>
 796    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="connectomviewer" />ConnectomeViewer</td>
 797    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="dsi" />DSI Studio</td>
 798    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="dtitk" />DTI-TK</td>
 799    </tr><tr>
 800    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="trackvis" />Diffusion Toolkit/Trackvis</td>
 801    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="fsl" />FSL</td>
 802    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="fiji" />Fiji</td>
 803    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="freesurfer" />FreeSurfer</td>
 804    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 805    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="itksnap" />ITK-SNAP</td>
 806    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="imagej" />ImageJ</td>
 807    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="invesalius" />Invesalius</td>
 808    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="loni" />LONI</td>
 809    </tr><tr>
 810    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="lipsia" />Lipsia</td>
 811    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mango" />Mango</td>
 812    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mipav" />MIPAV/JIST</td>
 813    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mni" />MNI tools</td>
 814    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 815    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mricron" />MRIcron</td>
 816    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mrtrix" />MRtrix</td>
 817    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="mvpa" />Matlab MVPA toolbox</td>
 818    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="nibabel" />NiBabel/PyNIfTI</td>
 819    </tr><tr>
 820    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="nipy" />NiPy/NiTime/DiPy/NiPype</td>
 821    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="pymvpa" />PyMVPA</td>
 822    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="rest" />REST</td>
 823    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="spm" />SPM</td>
 824    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 825    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="v3d" />V3D</td>
 826    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_img" value="voxbo" />VoxBo</td>
 827    </tr></table>
 828
 829 Data management
 830 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 831
 832 .. raw:: html
 833
 834    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 835    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_datamanage" value="xnat" />XNAT/PyXNAT/...</td>
 836    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_datamanage" value="hid" />Human Imaging Database (HID)</td>
 837    </tr></table>
 838
 839 Neural systems modeling
 840 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 841
 842 .. raw:: html
 843
 844    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 845    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="brian" />Brian</td>
 846    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="ecanse" />Siemens ECANSE</td>
 847    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="emergent" />Emergent NNSS</td>
 848    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="genesis" />Genesis</td>
 849    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="iNVT" />iNVT</td>
 850    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="iqr" />iqr</td>
 851    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 852    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="moose" />Moose</td>
 853    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="nengo" />Nengo</td>
 854    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="nest" />NEST</td>
 855    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="neuroml" />NeuroML</td>
 856    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="neuron" />NEURON</td>
 857    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="neurosolutions" />NeuroSolutions</td>
 858    </tr><tr>
 859    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="pcsim" />PCSIM</td>
 860    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="peltarion" />Peltarion</td>
 861    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="psics" />PSICS</td>
 862    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="pynn" />PyNN</td>
 863    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="snnap" />SNNAP</td>
 864    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="snns" />SNNS</td>
 865    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 866    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="topographica" />Topographica</td>
 867    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="xnbc" />XNBC</td>
 868    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_neusys" value="xpp" />XPP/XPPAUT</td>
 869    </tr></table>
 870
 871 Electrophysiology, MEG/EEG
 872 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 873
 874 .. raw:: html
 875
 876    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 877    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="asa" />ASA</td>
 878    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="besa" />BESA</td>
 879    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="biosig" />BioSig</td>
 880    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="brainbay" />BrainBay</td>
 881    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="brainstorm" />BrainStorm</td>
 882    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="brainsuite" />BrainSuite</td>
 883    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 884    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="brainvisionanalyzer" />Brainvision Analyzer</td>
 885    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="chronus" />Chronux</td>
 886    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="eeglab" />EEGLAB</td>
 887    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="elekta" />Elekta Neuromag</td>
 888    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="emse" />EMSE</td>
 889    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="fieldtrip" />Fieldtrip</td>
 890    </tr><tr>
 891    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="fmatoolbox" />FMAToolbox</td>
 892    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="klustakwik" />KlustaKwik</td>
 893    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="klusters" />Klusters</td>
 894    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="loreta" />LORETA/sLORETA</td>
 895    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="mclust" />MClust</td>
 896    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="mne" />MNE suite</td>
 897    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 898    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="ndmanager" />NDManager</td>
 899    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="neuroexplorer" />NeuroExplorer</td>
 900    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="neuroscan" />Neuroscan</td>
 901    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="neuroscope" />NeuroScope</td>
 902    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="neuroshare" />Neuroshare</td>
 903    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="openeeg" />OpenEEG</td>
 904    </tr><tr>
 905    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="openelectrophy" />Openelectrophy</td>
 906    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="openmeeg" />OpenMEEG</td>
 907    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="plexon" />Plexon</td>
 908    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="relacs" />Relacs</td>
 909    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="svarog" />Svarog</td>
 910    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="rtxi" />RTXI</td>
 911    </tr><tr>
 912    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_electro" value="trellis" />Trellis-neuro</td>
 913    </tr></table>
 914
 915 Brain-computer interface
 916 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 917
 918 .. raw:: html
 919
 920    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 921    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_bci" value="bci2000" />BCI2000</td>
 922    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_bci" value="openvibe" />OpenVIBE</td>
 923    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_bci" value="pyff" />Pyff</td>
 924    </tr></table>
 925
 926 Hardware interface/Data acquisition
 927 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 928
 929 .. raw:: html
 930
 931    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 932    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_acq" value="comedi" />Comedi</td>
 933    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_acq" value="epics" />EPICS</td>
 934    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_acq" value="mx" />MX</td>
 935    </tr></table>
 936
 937 Real-time solutions
 938 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 939
 940 .. raw:: html
 941
 942    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 943    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_rt" value="rtai" />RTAI</td>
 944    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_rt" value="xenomai" />Xenomai</td>
 945    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_rt" value="rtlinux" />RTLinux</td>
 946    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_rt" value="preempt_rt" />PREEMPT_RT</td>
 947    </tr></table>
 948
 949 Psychophysics/Experiment control
 950 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 951
 952 .. raw:: html
 953
 954    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 955    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="cogent" />Cogent</td>
 956    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="dmdx" />DMDX</td>
 957    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="eprime" />E-Prime</td>
 958    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="opensesame" />OpenSesame</td>
 959    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="presentation" />Presentation</td>
 960    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="psychopy" />PsychoPy</td>
 961    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="psychtoolbox" />Psychtoolbox</td>
 962    </tr><tr class="oddrow">
 963    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="psyscope" />PsyScope</td>
 964    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="psytoolkit" />Psytoolkit</td>
 965    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="pyepl" />PyEPL</td>
 966    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="superlab" />SuperLab</td>
 967    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="tscope" />Tscope</td>
 968    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_psychphys" value="visionegg" />VisionEgg</td>
 969    </tr></table>
 970
 971 Other
 972 ~~~~~
 973
 974 .. raw:: html
 975
 976    <table class="questionaire"><tr>
 977    <td class="response"><input type="checkbox" name="sw_other" value="othersw" />
 978    <input name="sw_other_name" type="text" size="40" maxlength="200"> <span style="font-size:70%">(comma-separated list)</span></td>
 979    </tr></table>
 980
 981 ---------------------------------------------------------------
 982
 983 .. raw:: html
 984
 985    <!-- <input id="submit_button" value="Submit survey" type="submit">
 986    <div id="server_response"></div>
 987    -->
 988    </form>
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