Poll Results!

We did some brief demographic surveys of the attendees of the session. Here are the results!

1. What is your current occupation?

(Respondents could choose 1 answer)

High school student: 0
Undergraduate student: 2
Graduate student: 8
Postdoc/other research staff: 6
Academic faculty: 5
Industry professional: 6
Other: 0

2. With what discipline do you (most strongly) identify?

(Respondents could choose 1 answer)

Chemistry: 9
Physics: 5
Materials Science: 3
Biology: 2
Computer Science: 2
Mathematics: 3
Other: 0

3. What tools/approaches do you use in your work?

(Respondents could choose multiple answers)

Density functional theory (DFT): 14
Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC): 2
Hartree-Fock (HF): 7
Tight-binding models (TB): 6
Parciel simulation: molecular dynamics (MD), classical Monte Carlo, etc.: 12
Continuum modeling: 1
Data Science/Machine Learning: 12
Experiments!: 7
Other: 6

4. What kinds of systems do you think about?

(Respondents could choose 1 answer)

Mostly periodic systems/crystals: 8
Mostly localized systems/molecules: 10
Both (e.g. surfaces, catalysis, etc.): 9
Something else?!?: 0

5. How do you use Julia in your work?

(Respondents could choose 1 answer)

I maintain a research/production code in Julia (e.g. for running simulations): 20
I use Julia for setup/post-processing/other minor tasks: 2
I use Julia for a personal side project: 1
I plan to use Julia for an upcoming project: 2
I don't use Julia, but am curious about how I could :) : 2

6. Which is the best energy unit?

(Respondents could choose 1 answer, Rachel was critiqued for lumping Hartrees and Rydbergs together. She will hopefully live it down someday.)

Electron volt: 11
Hartree/Rydberg: 10
Joule: 6
Kilowatt-hour: 1
Erg: 0
Btu: 1