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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello PETSc users – <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Our research team is conducting survey research to understand perceptions of teamwork, AI, and software in scientific computing. As a member of the scientific computing community, your perspective
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We are reaching out to invite you to share your point of view on teamwork and software in scientific computing via an online survey.</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">You
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<i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">If you are interested in contributing your perspectives to this research, use the following link to access the survey:</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color:black"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fumt.co1.qualtrics.com*2Fjfe*2Fform*2FSV_6uicew8JJmavimO&data=05*7C02*7Cpetsc-users*40mcs.anl.gov*7C3f56c0256cf2429a867508de16483481*7C0cfca18525f749e38ae7704d5326e285*7C0*7C0*7C638972696530763123*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ*3D*3D*7C0*7C*7C*7C&sdata=2Un0T7JTWN4vZQpC9Qhxy8WuK8SjfKD2*2FbWuLiaycGs*3D&reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!G_uCfscf7eWS!dW1im6s9VYYiogwjjee069HxGYrE424FHdwsLEo72qB_vm6SPJwuSjFV1pBrHfcQx88-2MSwQLDvRHHw57muDNE$" originalsrc="https://umt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6uicew8JJmavimO" title="https://umt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6uicew8JJmavimO"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">https://umt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6uicew8JJmavimO</span></i></a><i>. </i></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Please reach out to our research team with any questions you may have pertaining to this study. Feel free to share this call for participants with your network. The survey is open to all adults who work in scientific
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Thank you very much for your time and consideration,</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Research Team</span></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Olivia B. Newton, University of Montana (<a href="mailto:olivia.newton@umt.edu" title="mailto:olivia.newton@umt.edu"><span style="color:#467886">olivia.newton@umt.edu</span></a>)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Lois Curfman McInnes, Argonne National Laboratory (<a href="mailto:curfman@anl.gov" title="mailto:curfman@anl.gov"><span style="color:#467886">curfman@anl.gov</span></a>)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Anshu Dubey, Argonne National Laboratory (<a href="mailto:adubey@anl.gov" title="mailto:adubey@anl.gov"><span style="color:#467886">adubey@anl.gov</span></a>)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Denice Ward Hood, University of Illinois (<a href="mailto:dwhood@illinois.edu" title="mailto:dwhood@illinois.edu"><span style="color:#467886">dwhood@illinois.edu</span></a>)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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