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Submission Questionnaire
Submission Questionnaire
OMB Control #0693-0033
Expiration Date: 07/31/2022
PURPOSE AND USE
This questionnaire is designed to help NIST PSCR evaluate the Differential Privacy Temporal Map
Data Challenge and inform the design and management of future prize challenges.
All information will be aggregated before any public dissemination. Individual responses will not
be shared.
We will ask you to complete this when you register for the contest and a similar set of questions
each time you submit a solution.
Your responses to this questionnaire will NOT be used to evaluate you or your submission for
prize awards or eligibility. Your responses here have NO impact on contest awards or prizes.
Contest judges and reviewers will NOT have access to your individual responses.
If you are participating as an individual and not part of a team, please respond to team-based
questions as yourself.
Thank you for participating in the Differential Privacy Temporal Map Challenge and for helping
NIST PSCR to improve our program.
1.
What is your DrivenData Handle (username)?
2.
Including your self, how many people are on your team?
3.
What is your team's name?
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4.
What type of background does your team have?
Check all that apply.
Academic (e.g., group from a university)
Hobbyist or casual participant
Industry (e.g., group from a business)
Frequent prize competitor
Other:
5.
What experience and skills does your team have?
Check all that apply.
Computer science
Data science
Differential privacy
Machine learning
Project management
Statistics
Other:
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6.
How much do you agree with each of the following statements?
Mark only one oval per row.
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly
agree
I don't
know /
Doesn't
apply
to me.
“Prize challenges have a
positive impact in helping
me develop understanding
of a problem.”
"Prize challenges have a
positive impact on helping
me learn new skills."
“The topic of public safety
communications is
important in my
professional work.”
"The topic of public safety
communications is
important to me
personally."
"My job or professional
role provides me time to
work on this prize
challenge."
"My job or professional
role provides me
resources (financial,
computational, etc) to
work on this prize
challenge."
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7.
Please consider the technical merits of THIS prize challenge and state how much
you agree with each of the following statements.
Mark only one oval per row.
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly
agree
“I have thought extensively about
the application of differential
privacy to temporal and/or spatial
data.”
"This problem is interesting."
"This problem is relevant."
"The problem statement is well
formed."
"This problem is too difficult to
accomplish in the context of this
prize challenge."
"I have spent a great deal of time
on this competition."
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8.
Please consider the challenge implementation and management when considering
this section. Please state how much you agree with each of the following
statements.
Mark only one oval per row.
Strongly
disagree
Disagree
Neutral
Agree
Strongly
agree
"This prize challenge is well
managed."
"The platform has been easy to
use."
"Communication on the challenge
has been clear."
"The challenge design gave me
enough time to complete my
solution."
"The prize amounts for this
competition are appropriate."
"The number of prizes for this
competition are appropriate."
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9.
To the best of your ability, please rate the importance of your team's motivations for
participating in this prize challenge.
Mark only one oval per row.
Most
important
motivation
Very
important
motivation
Somewhat
important
motivation
Not
important
at all
Community recognition
Community service /
public interest work
Intellectual curiosity
Interest in public safety
Learning/acquisition of
skills and knowledge
Prize money
10.
Approximately how many person hours did you team commit to working on the
solution you are submitting. (person hours = # of team members X average hours
team members worked on project)
11.
How do you think your submission will compare to other submissions?
Mark only one oval.
Much stronger
Stronger
About the same as other submissions
Weaker
Much weaker
I don't know.
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12.
Has you team ever released software for public use? Select all that apply. If none
apply, please leave this question blank.
Check all that apply.
Yes, as a commercial product.
Yes, as an open source project.
Yes, as part of a larger package or library.
Other:
13.
Do you plan to release your submitted solution as an open source repository?
Mark only one oval.
Yes, regardless of if our team wins a prize or not.
Yes, if our team wins an Open Source prize.
No.
Other:
14.
What factors influenced your response to the previous question?
15.
What would you have changed about this competition or what improvements
would you suggest for future competitions?
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16.
What do you feel went well in this competition or would like to see kept the same in
future competitions?
17.
Do you think the prize structure (amount, number, etc.) is appropriate for this
contest? Please explain.
18.
Do you have any suggestions for future prize challenges in this area (e.g., topics,
structure, prizes)?
19.
Do you have any other thoughts you would like to share?
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A Federal agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, nor shall a person be
subject to a penalty for failure to comply with an information collection subject to the requirements of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 unless the information collection has a currently valid OMB Control Number. The
approved OMB Control Number for this information collection is 0693-0033. Without this approval, we could not
conduct this survey/information collection. Public reporting for this information collection is estimated to be
approximately 5 minute per response, including the time for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources,
gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the information collection. All responses
to this information collection are voluntary/mandatory/required to obtain benefits. Send comments regarding this
burden estimate or any other aspect of this information collection, including suggestions for reducing this burden
to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Public Safety Communications Research Division Name at:
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