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1. Preamble

This form is intended to gather information for inclusion in NSF 21-528 Campus Cyberinfrastructure (CC*) Program Area 4, "Campus Computing and the Computing Continuum".

The NJIT proposal will seek funding for public-access GPU nodes, which will be part of the Lochness.njit.edu cluster. Program Area 4 supports awards up to $400,000 for up yo teo years.

By participating, you will be provoiding data necessary for this proposal.

2. Participant info

2.1 What is your position? {button}

• Faculty
• Tenured
• Tenure-track
• Non-tenure-track
• Academic research staff {text box}
• Postdoc

2.1.1 What is your department {dd menu}

Newark College of Engineering

• Biomedical Engineering
• Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering
• Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Engineering Technology
• Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

College of Science and Liberal Arts

• Department of Aerospace Studies (AFROTC)
• Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science
• Department of Humanities
• Department of Mathematical Sciences
• Department of Physics
• Federated Department of Biological Sciences
• Federated Department of History
• Rutgers/NJIT Theatre Arts Program

Ying Wu College of Computing

• Department of Computer Science
• Department of Informatics

Martin Tuchman School of Management

College of Architecture and Design

• NJ School of Architecture
• School of Art and Design`

2.2 For approximately how long have you and/or your research group been using IST-managed HPC resources? {dd menu}

• Never used
• Less than 6 months
• 6+ to 12 months
• 1+ to 2 years
• 2+ to 5 years
• 5+ years
• Don't know

2.3 What is the general classification of computations for which you and/or your research gropup use IST-managed HPC {dd menu}

• Bioinfomatics
• Bioinformatics
• Bioinformatics, text analysis
• Biophysics
• Computational Chemistry
• Computational PDE
• Computational biophysics
• Computational chemistry
• Computational fluid dynamics
• Computational physics and chemistry
• Condensed matter physics
• 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}

2.4 What is the specific description(s) of the computations for which you and/or your research group use IST-managed HPC? {text box}

4.1 Please rate the suitability of software environment for your work {dd menu}

• Excellent
• Good
• Fair
• Poor
• Don't know

Please identify software not listed above that you wish to be available.

Does the software have any associated costs?

To what extent would you use the software for research and/or teaching?

Expected use choices:

• Research - high, medium, low, no use
• Teaching - high, medium, low, no use

Please provide any comments on the software environment {text box}

5. Internet bandwidth, Science DMZ

Internet bandwidth is the capacity of NJIT's connection to and from the Internet.

5.1 Please rate the suitability of Internet bandwidth, including Internet 2 if applicable, for your work {dd menu}

• Excellent
• Good
• Fair
• Poor
• Don't know

Has your research been hampered by difficulties in transferring data from or to the Internet? {button yes/no}

If yes: Please describe in detail the nature of the difficulties in transferring data from or to the Internet {text box}

Please provide any comments on Internet bandwidth {text box}

5.2 Science DMZ "Science DMZ" refers to a computer subnetwork that is structured to be secure, but without the performance limits that would otherwise result from passing data through a stateful firewall.

The Science DMZ is designed to handle high volume data transfers, typical with scientific and high-performance computing, by creating a special DMZ to accommodate those transfers.

Science DMZ is typically deployed at or near the local network perimeter, and is optimized for a moderate number of high-speed flows, rather than for general-purpose business systems or enterprise computing.

5.2.1 Please rate the desirability of implementing a Science DMZ at NJIT as it relates to your work

• High
• Moderate
• Low
• Don't know

Please provide any comments on Science DMZ {text box}

6. Consultation

Consultation is interaction with Academic and Research Computing Systems (ARCS) staff in areas such as getting started in HPC and BD, problems encountered when running jobs, optimizing throughput, running parallel jobs, managing disk space, and assistance in working with and managing big data.

6.1 Please rate the effectiveness of consultation in your work {dd menu}

• Excellent
• Good
• Fair
• Poor
• Never consulted

Please provide any comments on consultation {text box}

7. End game

7.1 What is your and/or your research group's satisfaction with their use of IST-managed HPC and/or BD resources? {dd menu}

• High
• Medium
• Low
• Don't know

7.2 Please suggest up to five changes you would like to see in the NJIT HPC and/or BD environment. {text box}

7.3 Please provide any comments on your and/or your research group's use of IST-managed HPC and/or BD resources. {text box}

The final questions are about the device and browser that you used.

7.4 What device did you take this survey on? {dd menu}

• Desktop computer
• Laptop
• Tablet
• Smartphone

7.5 What browser did you use? {dd menu}

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer / Edge
• Safari
• Other

7.6 Did you encounter any problems with visual presentation and/or navigating the survey? {button yes/no}

If yes

Please describe the visual presentation and/or navigation problem(s) you encountered in taking the survey {text box}