The following questionnaire was distributed to workshop attendees during the workshop. 58 surveys were returned and are tabulated below.

QUESTION 1

Should the workshop coincide with SIGGRAPH/Eurographics in the future, or should it become a separate event?

_53_ Co-located with SIGGRAPH/Eurographics
_04_ Not sure
_01_ Separate event

Comments:

• Merger may reduce attendance and quality
• Easier to attend when together
• 3- 4 sessions if merger occurs
• Should occur before or after conference
• Good idea to merge
• Merger would make both easier to attend

QUESTION 2

Was the Hot3D track a success, or should we reconsider a papers-only format?

_45_ Hot3D is a great addition to the workshop
_08_ Not sure
_05_ Go back to papers-only

Comments:

• Have tech people give talks opposed to marketing people
• Select partners carefully
• Very worthwhile

The following were rated on a scale 1-5, 5 being the best.

10 said 5, 26 said 4, 11 said 3, 1 said 2
Comments:

• Mostly very good
• Getting better year by year a good sign
• All very interesting
• 2nd day was very good
• More valuable than SIGGRAPH for the hardware community

4 said 5, 22 said 4, 18 said 3, 14 said 2, 1 said 1
Comments:

• Mix academic and industry
• Good, please continue
• Poor presentations
• Broad range in quality and presentation

4 said 5, 30 said 4, 16 said 3, 8 said 2, 1 said 1
Comments:

• Print quality should be better
• Printing was no good
• Margin on top!
• B/W photos not great

8 said 5, 31 said 4, 17 said 3, 1 said 2, 1 said 1
Comments:

• Too cold as usual
• No problems
• OK
• Sound system problems
• Thanks for getting the svtts desk
• Higher screen so people can see
• Poor narrow seats
• Audio problems
• Too cold

4 said 5, 10 said 4, 12 said 3, 10 said 2, 4 said 1
Comments:

• Schedule better
• Didn't need good pub
• Not needed
• Should be listed in SIGGRAPHs schedule
• Found out about it by accident
• Great

8 said 5, 14 said 4, 11 said 3, 6 said 2, 2 said 1
Comments:

• OK if you know to type www.merl.com
• Hard to find
• Should show the room location
• Good

19 said 5, 22 said 4, 4 said 3, 2 said 1
Comments:

• Good

2 said 5, 18 said 4, 6 said 3, 3 said 2
Comments:

• Quick schedule was appreciated
• Ok
• Could got more help

21 said 5, 11 said 4, 6 said 3, 4 said 2, 1 said 1
Comments:

• Web reg. is the way to go
• Ok
• My name was spelled wrong on badge

19 said 5, 16 said 4, 8 said 3, 1 said 2
Comments:

• Drinks were too expensive
• Good food
• Nice choices of food
• Great
• Good boat trip

22 said 5, 24 said 4, 2 said 3, 2 said 2
Comments:

• Missing morning food
• Provide coffee at all breaks and before 9am

QUESTION 3

As other forums, such as hot chips, microprocessor forum, and SIGGRAPH itself, increasingly feature 3D hardware, how can this workshop most benefit the hardware graphics community?

Responses:

• Provide detailed technical arguments for current or previous generation hardware
• Good focus on stx hardware
• Give idea
• Premiere place to publish graphics
• Push for more submissions to get higher quality papers
• Needs less marketing hype
• Ask the chip producers
• Invite the game HW people to give presentations