SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED COMPUTATION

2000

Participant Feedback Survey

***Please fill out this survey as completely as possible, and please leave it with us

before you leave the Institute.***

(Please circle your response to the following questions.)

Networks of Workstations presented by Dr. Prabhaker Mateti

1. How would you rate the instructor’s presentation of this material?

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2. How worthwhile did you find this material to be?

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3. How well did the coverage of this material meet your expectations?

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4. Do you have any comments on or suggestions for improving how this topic was covered?

The Grid and the Globus Project presented by Mr. Lee Liming

1. How would you rate the instructor’s presentation of this material?

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3. How well did the coverage of this material meet your expectations?

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4. Do you have any comments on or suggestions for improving how this topic was covered?

The Condor System presented by Dr. Prabhaker Mateti

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4. Do you have any comments on or suggestions for improving how this topic was covered?

The SGI Linux Cluster presented by Dr. Kumaran Kalyanasundaram

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4. Do you have any comments on or suggestions for improving how this topic was covered?

Beowulf Systems and Linux Clusters presented by Dr. Prabhaker Mateti

1. How would you rate the instructor’s presentation of this material?

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4. Do you have any comments on or suggestions for improving how this topic was covered?

HPVM presented by Dr. Mario Lauria

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3. How well did the coverage of this material meet your expectations?

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4. Do you have any comments on or suggestions for improving how this topic was covered?

Dinner Presentation “Commodity Computing” by Dr. Myron Livny

1. How would you rate the instructor’s presentation of this material?

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Lunch Presentation “Software Tools and Programming Paradigms” by Mr. Joshua Simons

1. How would you rate the instructor’s presentation of this material?

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Dinner Presentation “High End Architectures: Linux Clusters at the SGI Technology Center” by Dr. Kumaran Kalyanasundaram

1. How would you rate the instructor’s presentation of this material?

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Dinner Presentation “NT Clusters - the HPVM Project” by Dr. Mario Lauria

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3. Do you have any comments on or suggestions for improving how this topic was covered?

PHYSICAL ARRANGEMENTS:

1. How satisfied are you with the meals?

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(Dissatisfied) (Very satisfied)

2. How satisfied were you with the lodging arrangements (for those who were sponsored participants)?

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(Dissatisfied) (Very satisfied)

3. How satisfied are you with the daily schedule of the Institute?

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(Dissatisfied) (Very satisfied)

4. Do you have any comments on, or suggestions for improving any of the areas above?

OVERALL:

1. Overall, how would you rate your experiences at the Institute?

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2. Would you like to see the Institute repeated in the future (with other topics)?

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(No) (Maybe) (Yes)

3. What are some topics that you might suggest for coverage at a future Institute?

4. How frequently would you recommend the Institute be held?

never annually biannually other__________

5. What one aspect of the Institute did you like most?

6. What one aspect of the Institute did you like least?

7. Other comments or suggestions?