SPARC Survey

About you - Demographic Info

Welcome to the the Sustainable Planning for Advanced Research Computing Phase II (SPARC2) Survey. Thank you for taking the time complete this. Compute Canada will be submitting updated technology and operations plans to CFI in spring 2016. Your input will be valuable to ensure these plans reflect your needs.

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* 1. About You (note: you may choose to remain anonymous by simply not answering this question)

Name

Institution

Address

Email Address

Demographic Questions

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* 2. I am:

A Canadian university faculty member

A Canadian university researcher (e.g., postdoctoral fellow)

A Canadian university graduate student

A researcher at a university or research hospital research institute

A researcher at a Federal Government Laboratory

Other - Please specify

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* 3. Area(s) of Research (check all that apply)

Natural Sciences and Engineering (e.g., NSERC funded)

Human Health (e.g., CIHR funded)

Social Sciences (e.g., SSHRC funded)

Humanities (e.g., SSHRC funded)

Genomics (e.g., Genome Canada funded)

Domain or subdomain (please specify in next question)

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Research Domain or Subdomain (e.g., physics, english, computer science, chemistry, etc.)

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* 5. I am:

An experienced Compute Canada user

A relatively new Compute Canada user

Someone who has never used Compute Canada resources

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* 6. I use Compute Canada resources through: (Skip this question if you don't use Compute Canada resources)

Default access

A special resource allocation (through annual RAC or RPP competition)