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== Feedback Items ==

# Content: Was there any material that you would have liked to see more/less of during the meeting?
# Was the balance between presentations and working discussions reasonable? Would you like to see more/less of either?
# Was there a good balance between whole-group vs. core-specific time? Any suggestions for change for next time?
# Was the duration of the meeting reasonable? Would you prefer it to be longer/shorter?
# Have you found the Wiki to be a useful communication tool? Any suggestions for additional tools?
# Location: how did the location work out in terms of accessibility, facilities and general hospitality?
# Next AHM: Please submit suggestions for the next AHM location. If you would like to host it, please also send a private email to Ron Kikinis.

== AHM Feeback ==

# Content: Was there any material that you would have liked to see more/less of during the meeting?<br />no
# Was the balance between presentations and working discussions reasonable? Would you like to see more/less of either?<br />very good
# Was there a good balance between whole-group vs. core-specific time? Any suggestions for change for next time?<br />I liked the balance. In the future, core-specific work might even be done outside of the AHM meetings since groups start to organize themselves. I see the main purpose of the AHM to have whole-group discussions.
# Was the duration of the meeting reasonable? Would you prefer it to be longer/shorter?<br />There is surely never an optimal time for such a meeting. In general, for those of us involved in teaching, any time during the semester is more difficult. The same is true for graduate students in their lower semesters.
# Have you found the Wiki to be a useful communication tool? Any suggestions for additional tools?<br />Excellent tool, it facilitated communication of material during this meeting tremendously.
# Location: how did the location work out in terms of accessibility, facilities and general hospitality?<br />very nice and convenient place, I enjoyed it.

== AHM Feedback ==

   1.  Content:

The DTI workshop was very useful. The main meeting struck a good balance between engineering and research for me.

   2. Was the balance between presentations and working discussions reasonable? Would you like to see more/less of either?

Fairly reasonable, could have been slightly more focus on working discussions. Maybe next time make it explicit that 15min or more out of every hour slotted for a presentation is reserved for discussion so rushing is avoided.

   3. Was there a good balance between whole-group vs. core-specific time? Any suggestions for change for next time?

A little more core specific time would have been useful.

   4. Was the duration of the meeting reasonable? Would you prefer it to be longer/shorter?

There needed to be more regular comfort breaks - sitting in one place for four hours during one stretch was very uncomfortable. As for number of days we met and the hours we used, that was reasonable.

   5. Have you found the Wiki to be a useful communication tool? Any suggestions for additional tools?

Yes, though it can always use a bit more organization. Maybe use it to schedule teleconferences and report back on them. It would be useful to have summaries of the breakout sessions from the last day.

   6. Location: how did the location work out in terms of accessibility, facilities and general hospitality?

Great. I was glad to see that more tea was provided during the breaks as the meetings went on. There could have been a bit more effort to accommodate vegetarians/vegans.

   7. Next AHM: Please submit suggestions for the next AHM location. If you would like to host it, please also send a private email to Ron Kikinis.