2020 National Institute of Standards and Technology Differential Privacy Temporal Map Challenge Questionnaire

Questions for NIST PSCR Differential Privacy Temporal Map Challenge Registration Questoinnaire OMB Control #0693-0033, Expiration Date: 07/31/2022
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What is your DrivenData handle (user name)?
How did you form your team?
What type of background you have?
How would you describe your professional role or job function?
Is this prize challenge related to your professional work or job function?
What experience and skills do you have?
What computer languages are you using (plan to use) for this project? Please specify any specific libraries you plan to use.
How much do you agree with each of the following statements? [“Prize challenges have a positive impact in helping me develop understanding of a problem.” ]
How much do you agree with each of the following statements? ["Prize challenges have a positive impact in helping me learn new skills."]
How much do you agree with each of the following statements? [“The topic of public safety communications is important in my professional work. ”]
How much do you agree with each of the following statements? ["The topic of public safety communications is important to me personally."]
How much do you agree with each of the following statements? ["My job or professional role provides me time to work on this prize challenge."]
How much do you agree with each of the following statements? ["My job or professional role provides me resources (financial, computational, etc) to work on this prize
challenge."]
Please consider the technical merits of THIS prize challenge and state how much you agree with each of the following statements. [“I have thought extensively about the
application of differential privacy to temporal and/or spatial data.”]
Please consider the technical merits of THIS prize challenge and state how much you agree with each of the following statements. ["This problem is interesting."]
Please consider the technical merits of THIS prize challenge and state how much you agree with each of the following statements. ["This problem is relevant."]
Please consider the technical merits of THIS prize challenge and state how much you agree with each of the following statements. ["The problem statement is well
formed."]
Please consider the technical merits of THIS prize challenge and state how much you agree with each of the following statements. ["This problem is too difficult to
accomplish in the context of this prize challenge." ]
Estimate the number of previous prize competitions in which you have competed.
Have you participated in any previous NIST differential privacy challenges?
Please indicate if you have participated in one or more of the following opportunities in the area of public safety.
To the best of your ability, please rate the importance of your motivations for participating in this prize challenge. [Community recognition]
To the best of your ability, please rate the importance of your motivations for participating in this prize challenge. [Community service / public interest work]
To the best of your ability, please rate the importance of your motivations for participating in this prize challenge. [Intellectual curiosity]
To the best of your ability, please rate the importance of your motivations for participating in this prize challenge. [Interest in public safety]
To the best of your ability, please rate the importance of your motivations for participating in this prize challenge. [Learning/acquisition of skills and knowledge]
To the best of your ability, please rate the importance of your motivations for participating in this prize challenge. [Prize money]
Very briefly describe your motivations for participating in this competition and why you say so. (e.g., prize money, recognition, intellectual curiosity, etc.)
How likely are you to deposit your solution as an open source repository at the end of this competition if you qualify?

What factors influenced your response to the previous question regarding making your solution open source?
Based on what you know now, do you have any suggestions on how to improve this prize competition?
Based on what you know now, what do like/appreciate about the this prize competition?
Do you have any other thoughts you would like to share?