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11-13-89
Dear CA Researcher/Pioneer:
Please excuse this intrusion into your e-mail space.
As part of a class project at Rennsellear Polytechnic Institute
(RPI), we are conducting a survey for a local company that may
ultimately provide useful services and products for your own work.
Our goal is that this project be part of an example of commercial
and academic cooperation that leads to the production of a new
scientific computing instrument (see questionnaire below) that is
carefully designed with the thoughts of potential users. Thus,
the input that you provide by completing the questionnaire below
will be very valuable.
Please return the questionnaire with your comments via e- mail to
the above return address no later than November 27, 1989. If the
return address is garbled, our internet e-mail address is:
todd_wilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx
If it is more convenient, you may also U.S. mail the questionnaire
with your comments to:
Todd Wilson
2148 5th Ave.
Troy, NY 12180
Since we would like to get as much feedback as possible in a
limited amount of time, feel free to share this questionnaire with
others who you think could provide useful input. This survey is
independent of any previous surveys in which you may have participated.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Todd Wilson
Aaron Lynds
Jeff Wilcox
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1. Do you work with Cellular Automata ?
Yes ( ) No ( )
2. What computers do you use for Cellular Automata
simulation?
( ) Sun
( ) IBM PC
( ) Apollo
( ) Connection Machine
( ) Cray
( ) Macintosh
( ) by hand
( ) other :________________________________________
3. Which programming language do you prefer?
( ) Forth
( ) C
( ) Pascal
( ) LISP
( ) BASIC
( ) other :________________________________________
4. What do you like about your current Cellular Automata
system? Check all that are applicable.
( ) integrated display
( ) speed
( ) flexibility/versatility
( ) availability
( ) portability
( ) data analysis
( ) simulation size
( ) programming environment
( ) # bits/cells
( ) favorite language
( ) program size
( ) cost
( ) real time
( ) other :_______________________________________
5. What do you dislike about your current Cellular
Automata system? Check all that are applicable.
( ) integrated display
( ) speed
( ) flexibility/versatility
( ) availability
( ) portability
( ) data analysis
( ) simulation size
( ) programming environment
( ) # bits/cells
( ) favorite language
( ) program size
( ) cost
( ) real time
( ) other :_______________________________________
6. What are your current applications in Cellular Automata?
( ) materials research
( ) process research
( ) physical research
( ) lattice gas - goal of research _________________
( ) Cellular Automata research
( ) university education
( ) non-university education
( ) computer art
( ) image processing
( ) data encryption
( ) pattern design
( ) other :_________________________________________
7. What new projects do you plan to use Cellular Automata
for in the next 12 months?
( ) materials research
( ) process research
( ) physical research
( ) lattice gas - goal of research _________________
( ) Cellular Automata research
( ) university education
( ) non-university education
( ) computer art
( ) image processing
( ) data encryption
( ) pattern design
( ) other :_________________________________________
8. How would you classify your main job function?
( ) research
( ) product development
( ) process development
( ) engineering
( ) education
( ) other :_________________________________________
9. How would you categorize the primary function of your
organization?
( ) education
( ) manufacturing
( ) computer/electronic design & manufacturing
( ) industrial research lab
( ) service (design, consulting)
( ) other :_________________________________________
10. Where did you first learn about Cellular Automata?
11. What are your current sources of information about
Cellular Automata? Check all that are applicable.
( ) Books _________________________________________
Journals
( ) Journal of the American Physical Society
( ) Computers in Physics
( ) Physics Today
( ) Complex Systems Journal
( ) Physica D
( ) Scientific American
( ) other ____________________________________
( ) Colleagues/associates/friends
Computer networks
( ) Usenet Cellular Automata news group
( ) Usenet Cellular Automata mailing list
( ) other ___________________________________
( ) Conferences/Workshops/Courses
(which ones: where & when, who sponsored it?)
( ) other :_______________________________________
12. What professional societies do you belong to?
13. Are you familiar with the book "Cellular Automata
Machines: A New Environment for Modeling" from MIT?
Yes ( ) No ( )
14. A CAM-PC is a new type of dedicated computer that is
optimal for Cellular Automata computations and is
tightly coupled to a color graphics display.
Would you consider purchasing a CAM-PC board which runs
in an IBM-PC, has four 256 x 256 bit planes, and
requires a minimal knowledge of FOURTH? Several boards
can be combined for expansion.
( ) yes
( ) no, why not?__________________________________
15. What is the approximate dollar value of your current
Cellular Automata system?
16. What would you be willing to spend on a Cellular
Automata board for your IBM-PC?
$3500 - $4000 ( )
$3000 - $3500 ( )
$2500 - $3000 ( )
$2000 - $2500 ( )
$1500 - $2000 ( )
$1000 - $1500 ( )
$500 - $1000 ( )
17. If such a product was available at that price, would
you consider purchasing it within the next 12 months?
( ) yes
( ) no, why not?__________________________________
Thank you very much for your time and help.
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