Reflections
After the presentations on Tuesday, May 20th, attendees were asked to complete breif surveys indicating their reactions and reflections on Ciberinfrastructure (C) at Clemson. The four constituencies - faculty, IT staff, students, and non-Clemson guests - were presented with different questions, as shown below, together with the number of respondents from each group:
- Clemson Faculty (31) : What are you excoted about and/or what are you perplexed by?
- Clemson IT Staff (4) : How do you see your role in supporting faculty with their needs for CI? What do you need to succeed in that role?
- Clemson Students (2) : How do you see CI affecting your learning, research, and outreach?
- Non-Clemson attendees (7) : How can Clemson be a more effective collaborator with your institution?
While the total number of respondents, 44, is comparatively modest for a symposium with over 250 attendees, the open-ended survey responses suggest a high degree of interest in the material presented as well as a high degree of enthusiasm for Cyberinfrastructure development, application and collaboration at Clemson and beyond. As is clear from teh survey respones, attendees also raised numerous questions about how to learn more about and apply CI in and across academic disciplines, how to fund and sustain CI as usage grows and technologies advance, and how Clemson can best collaborate with other institutions, governmnet agencies, and industry to exploit the University's expertise and leadership in Cyberinfrastructure.
