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3. Research area

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

• Bioinfomatics
• Bioinformatics
• Biophysics
• 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}

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

IT Needs

3. Computational

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 High performance computing (HPC)
• My research currently uses HPC : Y/N
• If Y :
  • The importance of HPC to my research is : High, medium, low
• 3.2.2 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
  • If your group could exclusively use one operating system for your workstations, which would it be : Linux (CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.), MacOS, Windows, One OS is not an optiom
• 3.2.3 Laptops
• My research currently uses laptops : Y/N
• If Y :
  • The importance of laptops to my research is : High, medium, low

3.3 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)

• 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 :
• 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
• 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
• What is your estimate of the percentage of your VDI usage that will require GPUs : 0%, 1-25%, 26-50%, 51-75%, >75%

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 : 1-5TB, 6-50TB, 51-100TB (two drop-downs)
• How much archival storage capacity do you need, now and over the next 5 years : <1TB, 1-5TB, 6-50TB, 51-100TB, >100TB (two drop-downs)
• Where do you currently store your data : Hard drive on local workstations, External drives, USB flash drives, External disk, AFS, Google Drive, Dropbox, (select all that apply) Other
• Is your 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 : $25-50, $51-75, $76-100, >$100

Comments on storage needs (text box)

5. Software

List the top three software applications you use in your research

• Name [ Opensource | Commercial | Own code ]

Comments on software (text box)

6. Technical Assistance

To increase the effectiveness of your research, assistance in certain areas may be useful

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

• Programming
• C/C++, Python, Shell, PHP
• Parallelization of code
• Optimization of code
• Other
• Building software from source code
• Backing up data
• Sharing data, code, doumentation
• Fundamentals of using Linux
• Other