NAMD User Survey 2000

Dear User:

Our records indicate that you have recently downloaded a copy of NAMD from our site. We are delighted that you are using our software and hope that it serves you well. As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure that our programs are up-to-date, relevant and of high quality, we are seeking feedback from all of our users. Your input will help us steer NAMD in directions which are most responsive to your needs.

We would appreciate your completing the following questionnaire by June 12, 2000. The information you provide to us will be confidential. A report summarizing the results will be posted here after the completion of the survey. Please take care to enter your email address as it appears in the header of our email to you to avoid receiving reminder emails from us.

Thank you.

The NAMD Development Team
namd@ks.uiuc.edu

  1. E-mail address:

  2. Affiliation:
    Academic Government Industrial
    Other (specify)

  3. My level of expertise with molecular modeling is:
    Very Low Low Moderate High Very High

  4. The work I do with NAMD is funded (at least partially) by NIH:
    Yes No

  5. I primarily use NAMD on:
    AIX-RS6000 AIX-SP HP-UX Linux-i686
    Origin2000 Solaris-Sparc T3E Tru64-Alpha

  6. I use NAMD primarily for:
    Research Teaching Commerce Personal

  7. The number of people using NAMD at my site is:
    1 2-4 5-10 11-20 21 or more

  8. I use NAMD because it:
    a) meets my needs 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    b) is free 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    c) includes source code 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    d) is user friendly 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    e) is better than other molecular
    dynamics programs    		 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree

  9. I have downloaded the NAMD source code to:
    a) examine algorithms Yes    No
    b) compile executables Yes    No
    c) locate bugs Yes    No
    d) add new features Yes    No
    e) reuse in my own programs Yes    No

  10. I generate input files for NAMD with:
    X-PLOR CHARMM Quanta Insight II Other

  11. Rate the usefulness of these PLANNED features to your work:
    a) Tuned serial performance 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    b) Scaling on 100's of CPUs 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    c) Longer timesteps 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    d) Faster minimization 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    e) Support for Windows NT 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    f) Extended Tcl scripting 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    g) Structure (PSF) file generation 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    h) Interoperability with AMBER 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    i) Interoperability with GROMACS 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    j) Free energy of mutation 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important
    k) Locally enhanced sampling 1 2 3 4 5
    Unimportant Very Important

  12. Rate your agreement with these statements describing NAMD:
    a) NAMD is a well written program 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    b) NAMD meets my needs 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    c) NAMD developers respond to my requests 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    d) NAMD support meets my expectations 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    e) NAMD web pages are instructive 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    f) NAMD documentation is clear 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree
    g) NAMD documentation is complete 1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree

  13. I am satisfied with NAMD:
    1 2 3 4 5
    Strongly Disagree Strongly Agree

  14. I first heard of NAMD from:
    Friends and Colleagues Publications Professional Meetings
    Web Announcements E-mail Lists Usenet Newsgroups

  15. I would prefer to be informed of NAMD news by:
    Web Announcements E-mail Lists Usenet Newsgroups

  16. What suggestions do you have for improving NAMD and NAMD support: