Name: First Time on a Supercomputer
Start: 2025-10-27T12:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-27T15:00:00+01:00
Location: online

Personal details

Welcome to the evaluation survey of the "First Time on a Supercomputer" training held on 27th October 2025 at ACC Cyfronet AGH.

Thank you very much for the time that you have spared to give us feedback!

Are you a user of ACC Cyfronet AGH computing resources?*

Yes

What type of institution are you from?

Academia

Industry and private sector

Public sector (municipalities, government, etc.)

Overall assessment of the training

Default value for each question is 0.

Please be sincere in your assessment and feedback, so we can improve 🙏

Overall benefit of the training for you*

3 - perfect

2 - great

1 - good overall, minor complaints

0 - average

-1 - below average, some complaints

-2 - major complaints

-3 - waste of time

Knowledge before training

Describe your knowledge about HPC before the training*

4 - expert, I confidently tune the resources to best fit my needs

3 - competent user, I can make batch scripts from scratch

2 - regular user, I've been using HPC like a "black box" service

1 - novice, I just started

0 - never used it

Describe your experience with bash scripting before the training*

3 - I use my own scripts within my other scripts

2 - I write some of my scripts from scratch

1 - I only use scripts written by other people

0 - never used it

Content

Default value for each question is 0.

Please be sincere in your assessment and feedback, so we can improve 🙏

Subject was clearly presented*

2 - agree

1 - partially agree

0 - no clear opinion

-1 - partially disagree

-2 - disagree

Materials (slides, walkthroughs, handouts) were well prepared**

2 - agree

1 - partially agree

0 - no clear opinion

-1 - partially disagree

-2 - disagree

Demonstrations, examples and hands-ons were useful and illustrative**

2 - agree

1 - partially agree

0 - no clear opinion

-1 - partially disagree

-2 - disagree

The pace of the training was**

2 - way too fast

1 - too fast

0 - just right

-1 - too slow

-2 - way too slow

The course duration was**

2 - way too short

1 - too short

0 - just right

-1 - too long

-2 - way too long

How well did you feel the presented content aligned with your knowledge and abilities?**

3 - It provided an excellent cover for fundamental concepts and was precisely what I needed

2 - It provided a good balance of new information and a review of familiar concepts

1 - It could have been more perfectly tailored to me, but I've learned a bit

0 - no clear opinion

-1 - It was primarily focused on beginners and didn't challenge my existing knowledge

-2 - It was primarily focused on users with more experience and there was too much new information in a short amount of time

-3 - I felt lost and unable to follow the content

Was there a part that was particularly hard for you to follow? Which one?

If you want, please elaborate why that was the case.

Feedback crucial for content improvement

These are the most important questions for us. We want to know what to change in future installments. Please be sincere in your assessment and feedback, so we can improve 🙏

Was there any subject that you have found unnecessary for this training? Which one?

Please elaborate why that's the case.

Were there any topics directly related to the subject of the training that weren't included and you wish they were?

Please elaborate what you want to learn about.

Was there any subject that you think is important and wasn't covered well enough? Which one?

Please elaborate which subject we should cover with more care.

Other notes and comments on the quality of the event

Please focus on the educational aspect of the event

Organization

Default value for each question is 0.

Please be sincere in your assessment and feedback, so we can improve 🙏

The event was well organised*

2 - agree

1 - partially agree

0 - no clear opinion

-1 - partially disagree

-2 - disagree

What did you like best about training event organization?

before the training: e.g. announcements, registration, access to the infrastructure, mailing communication, etc. or
during the training: e.g. time management, question handling, Slack and Zoom utilization, etc,

What should we improve about training event organization?

Future

Default value for each question is 0.

Please be sincere in your assessment and feedback, so we can improve 🙏

How likely are you to apply the knowledge and skills you gained from this training in your work or personal projects?*

2 - very likely

1 - likely / only parts

0 - I am not sure

-1 - unlikely / only a handful of skills will be useful to me in the future

-2 - very unlikely

Would you recommend this training to others?*

2 - very likely

1 - likely

0 - I am not sure

-1 - unlikely

-2 - very unlikely

Your wishes regarding future courses

Let us know about your preferences in related or other HPC training.

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