2003 Affiliates Survey

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2003 Affiliates Survey

A number of suggestions concerning the NISS Affiliates and NISS/SAMSI University Affiliates Program were raised at the March 7, 2003 Planning Meeting. (Click here to view the meeting summary.) To help the program focus on activities and other initiatives that are of most interest to the Affiliates, please complete the survey below, and then click on the "SUBMIT SURVEY" button. Bear in mind that several of the items entail participation by Affiliates (Examples: providing information or attending events), so that "Strong Interest" responses, without being firm commitments, should be construed as willingness to help achieve success in addition to mere interest.

Thank you very much for your time and ideas.

Information Dissemination

Several items were proposed for inclusion on (or to be linked directly from) the Affiliates Home Page (www.niss.org/affiliates/affiliatesmain.html). Please rate your interest in them, keeping in mind that much of the information would be provided by Affiliates.

Activity	Strong Interest	Moderate Interest	Little Interest
Searchable Faculty Interest Database (Faculty from NISS/SAMSI University Affiliates)
Funding Opportunity Alerts
Problem Database (Possibly organized as on-line discussion group)
Consolidated Technical Report Series (NISS, SAMSI, Affiliates)

Event Accessibility

At the Planning Meeting, there was strong sentiment that NISS and SAMSI events should be more readily available to those who are not able to attend in person. Keeping in mind that the time and monetary resources differ, rate the following dissemination mechanisms in terms of their interest to you and others in your organization.

Mechanism	Strong Interest	Moderate Interest	Little Interest
Powerpoint/PDF Copies of Presentations on Affiliates Home Page
CD Containing PowerPoint/PDF Presentations
Downloadable Video Recordings of Presentations on Affiliates Home Page
DVD Containing Video Recordings of Presentations and PowerPoint/PDF Files
Live Streaming Video

Technology Day Topics

Characterize your interest in the following proposed topics for Technology Days.

Topic	Strong Interest	Moderate Interest	Little Interest
New Capabilities for Statistical Software
Anomalies in Large Data Streams
Data Fusion
Detection of Bioterrorism

Technology Day Organization

While there was strong sentiment that Technology Days should be focused and therefore not necessarily of strong interest to all Affiliates, several improvements were suggested. Please rate your interest in them.

Item	Strong Interest	Moderate Interest	Little Interest
Materials Distributed Beforehand
Strong Introduction by Organizers (Explaining purpose, vision, ...)
Written Summaries
Tutorial the Afternoon Preceding Technology Day (Bring attendees "up to speed")
Technology Days Addressing Theory and Methodology (Example: MCMC)
Technology Days at Affiliates' Sites

Other Initiatives

A number of new initiatives were articulated at the meeting by either NISS personnel or Affiliates. Please characterize your interest in them, assuming that more complete descriptions would be provided to Affiliates, and Affiliates' reactions taken into account, before any of these would be undertaken.

Activity	Strong Interest	Moderate Interest	Little Interest
Affiliates Data Sets (Furnished by and accessible only to Affiliates)
Visits to Affiliates by NISS Personnel (Assistant Directors or Director)
Week-Long In-Depth Workshops ("Summer Schools")
Shared Postdoctoral Appointments
Links from Affiliates Home Page to Affiliates' Own Web Sites
Annual Affiliates Problem Day (To bridge between corporate/government/ national lab and university affiliates)

Additional Comments

If you have any comments, please enter them below. In particular, feel free to elaborate upon responses to the survey items. Additional suggestions for Affiliates activities are welcome.

Respondent Information (Optional but Appreciated)

Name

Affiliate Organization

E-mail

Please check here if you are willing to be contacted by E-mail to discuss your responses and comments.

Submission

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