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1. Preamble

2. Demographics

3. Research area

2.1 What is the general classification of your research {select all that apply}

• Bioinformatics
• Biophysics
• Computational PDE
• Computational biophysics
• Computational chemistry
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Computational physics and chemistry
• Condensed matter physics
• Data Science
• Electromagnetism, Wave propagation
• Granular science
• Image forensics
• Materials research
• Monte Carlo
• Neural networks, genetic algorithms
• Software verification, static analysis
• Statistical analysis
• Steganalysis and image forensics
• Transportation data analysis
• Other {text box}

2.2 Please provide a brief, specific description(s) of your research {text box}

IT Needs

3. Computational

3.0 High performance computing (HPC)

• My research currently uses HPC : Y/N
• If Y :
  • The importance of HPC to my research is : High, medium, low

The remainder of this survey relates only to research using your own lab resources.

3.1 Does your research require significant computation : Y/N

• If Y, continue with this section
• If N, go to Comments

3.2 Which of the following computational hardware do you use, and what is their importance

• 3.2.1 Lab workstations
• My research currently uses lab workstations : Y/N
• If Y :
  • Type of lab workstations used
  • CPU-only
  • GPU
  • The importance of lab workstations to my research is : High, medium, low
  • My lab workstations are managed by :
  • Academic and Research Computing Systems (ARCS}
  • IST other than ARCS
  • Internally by a research group member
  • Other
  • Not managed
  • I would like to have my lab workstation(s) managed by IST : Y/N
  • What operating system does your group predominantly use for your workstations : Linux (CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.), MacOS, Windows, Other
  • If your group could exclusively use one operating system for your workstations, which would it be : Linux (CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.), MacOS, Windows, Other, Could not use one OS exclusively
• 3.2.2 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

  VDI is a technology that separates the desktop environment and its associated applications from the physical client device used to access it. It allows users to access a virtualized version of their desktop operating system from any device, including computers, tablets, and smartphones. VDI can be delivered through on-premise servers or as a cloud service and provides benefits such as increased security, improved data management, and enhanced flexibility for remote work.

• Would you consider an IST-managed VDI environment (with and without GPU) utilizing bring-your-own-device (BYOD), instead of Linux/MacOS/Windows workstations : Y/N/Maybe
• If Y or Maybe :
• If you would you use, or might use, CPU-only VDI
• What would be the expected daily use of a CPU-only VDI in hours per day : <2, 2-6, 7-12, >12
• What is the maximum annual cost you are willing to pay for VDIs (CPU only) : <$100, $100-500, $501-1000, >$1000
• If you would use, or might use, GPU VDI
• What would be the expected daily use of a GPU VDI in hours per day : <2, 2-6, 7-12, >12
• What is the maximum annual cost you are willing to pay for GPU VDIs : <$500, $500-1000, $1001-2000, >$2000
• In your estimation, what percentage of your VDI usage will require GPUs : 0%, 1-25%, 26-50%, 51-75%, >75%
• 3.2.3 Laptops
• My research currently uses laptops : Y/N
• If Y :
  • The importance of laptops to my research is : High, medium, low

3.4 Comments on computational needs (text box)

4. Storage

• How much readily available storage capacity do you need, now and over the next 5 years : <1TB, 1-5TB, 6-50TB, 51-100TB, >100TB
• How much archival storage capacity do you need, now and over the next 5 years : <1TB, 1-5TB, 6-50TB, 51-100TB, >100TB
• Where do you currently store your local lab data : Hard drive on local workstations, External drives, USB flash drives, External disk, AFS, MS Windows file shares, Google Drive, Dropbox, (select all that apply) Other
• Are your local lab data backed up : Y/N/Don't know
• If Y :
  • What is the backup mechanism : NJIT enterprise, local to lab, commercial cloud, other
• What is the maximum annual cost you are willing to pay for storage (no backups) per TB : <$10, $10-25, $26-50, >$50
• What is the maximum annual cost you are willing to pay for backed-up storage (or backup services) per TB : <$25, $25-50, $51-75, $76-100, >$100

Comments on storage needs (text box)

5. Software

List the most important applications you use in your research.

You will be able to list up to five such applications.

• Name and purpose [ Opensource | Commercial | Own code | Don't know ]

Comments on software (text box)

6. Technical Assistance

To facilitate your research assistance in certain aReas may be beneficial - e.g., consultation or tutorials.

Select the areas in which you think such assistance would be of use

• Programming
• C/C++, Fortran, Golang (Go), Java, Julia, Perl, Python, PHP, R, Shell, Swift
• Parallelization of code
• Optimization of code
• Other
• Building software from source code
• Backing up data
• Sharing data, code, documentation
• Security
• Fundamentals of working in a Linux environment
• Other
• Don't know

Comments on technical assistance needs (text box)

7. Additional Comments

Please provide any additional comments relevant to this survey.

8. Follow-up

• May IST contact you regarding this survey
• Yes - IST may contact me
• Yes - I request that IST contact me
• No