Evaluation Reports for NIMBioS Events and Activities

NIMBioS conducts evaluations of its working group meetings, investigative workshops, tutorials, and major education and outreach events. Evaluations are carried out via electronic surveys sent to all participants either after participation in a NIMBioS event, or both before and after participation if a pre/post comparison of responses was warranted. Evaluation findings, along with suggestions for improvement, are shared with event organizers, as well as NIMBioS staff as needed. Improvements to program content and format, as well as NIMBioS' overall operations, are made accordingly. All evaluation data are confidential, and results are reported only in the aggregate.

To learn more about the National Institute for STEM Evaluation, which currently conducts our evaluations, visit https://www.stemeval.org/.

Annual Evaluation Summaries
Year 10 Evaluation Summary
Year 9 Evaluation Summary
Year 8 Evaluation Summary
Year 7 Evaluation Summary
Year 6 Evaluation Summary
Year 5 Evaluation Summary
Year 4 Evaluation Summary Year 4 Participant Diversity Report
Year 3 Evaluation Summary Year 3 Participant Diversity Report
Year 2 Evaluation Summary Year 2 Participant Diversity Report

Event names below are linked to the event's web page. Click Report for event evaluation report (pdf).

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Working Group Event	Dates	Year	Evaluation
Coalitions and Alliances	Apr 16-18	2009	Report
	Feb 4-6	2010	Report
	Nov 4-6	2010	Report
Intragenomic Conflict	Apr 20-22	2009	Report
Feral Swine / Pseudo-rabies in Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Apr 27-29	2009	Report
	Jan 25-26	2010	Report
	Aug 10-12	2010	Report
Biological Problems using Binary Matrices	May 26-29	2009	Report
	Dec 10-13	2009	Report
	May 4-7	2010	Report
	Dec 14-17	2010	Report
Synthesizing and Predicting Infectious Disease while Accounting for Endogenous Risk (SPIDER)	Jun 7-9	2009	Report
	Nov 9-11	2009	Report
	May 16-18	2011	Report
Integrating Functional and Evolutionary Dynamics at Multiple Scales	Jun 10-12	2009	Report
	Mar 1-3	2010	Report
	Sep 13-17	2010	Report
Consequences of Intraspecific Niche Variation	Jul 27-29	2009	Report
Consequences of Intraspecific Niche Variation	Jun 21-24	2010	Report
Cross-Topology Registration	Jan 10-12	2010	Report
Cross-Topology Registration	Jan 8-10	2011	Report
Modeling Bovine Tuberculosis	Feb 17-18	2010	Report
Modeling Bovine Tuberculosis	Jan 31-Feb 1	2011	Report
Modeling Forest Insect Dynamics	Feb 22-26	2010	Report
	Oct 18-21	2010	Report
	Oct 13-17	2011	Report
Food Web Dynamics	Apr 27-30	2010	Report
Food Web Dynamics	Jan 11-15	2011	Report
Multi-scale Analysis of Cortical Networks	May 19-21	2010	Report
Gene-tree Based Species Delimitation	Dec 2-4	2010	Report
Gene Tree Reconciliation	Dec 16-18	2010	Report
Optimal Control for Agent-based Models	Apr 26-28	2011	Report
Modeling Toxoplasma gondii	May 16-18	2011	Report
'Pretty Darn Good' Control	Sep 12-15	2011	Report
Suction Feeding Biomechanics	Sep 26-27	2011	Report
Play, Evolution, and Sociality	Nov 30-Dec 2	2011	Report
Ocean Viral Dynamics	Apr 11-13	2012	Report
Modeling Anthrax Exposure	May 15-17	2012	Report
Within-host modeling of MAP	Jun 26-28	2012	Report
Biotic Interactions	Feb 1-4	2013	Report
Hierarchy and leadership	Apr 25-27	2013	Report
Design and Analysis of Bat Population Monitoring	May 7-9	2013	Report
Nonautonomous Systems and Terrestrial Carbon Cycle	May 13-17	2013	Report
Plant Soil Feedback	Oct 31-Nov 2	2013	Report
Evolution of Institutions	Mar 13-14	2014	Report
Evolutionary Approaches to Sustainability	Mar 26-28	2014	Report
Migratory Habitat	May 5-8	2014	Report
Computational Landscape Genomics	May 13-16	2014	Report
Modeling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Intervention	Sep 19-22	2014	Report
A DEB Model for Trees	Oct 14-17	2014	Report
Expanding Data Nuggets	Jan 7-9	2015	Report
Vector Movement and Disease	Mar 30-Apr 2	2015	Report
Vector Movement and Disease	Jan 30-Feb 2	2017	Report
Leptospirosis Modeling	Apr 8-10	2015	Report
Leptospirosis Modeling	Nov 1-4	2016	Report
Climate Proxies	Apr 20-24	2015	Report
Climate Proxies	Apr 4-6	2016	Report
Dispersal Biogeography	May 11-14	2015	Report
Ecological Network Dynamics	Jun 10-12	2015	Report
Ecological Network Dynamics	Nov 14-17	2016	Report
Teaching Quantitative Bio	Oct 22-24	2015	Report
Modeling Organisms-to-Ecosystems	Nov 16-20	2015	Report
Modeling Molecules-to-Organisms	Nov 16-20	2015	Report
Spatial Cell Simulations	Dec 1-3	2015	Report
Cooperation and Cognition	Dec 9-11	2015	Report
Multiscale Vectored Plant Viruses	Dec 14-16	2015	Report
Models of Produce Contamination	Apr 13-15	2016	Report
Long Transients and Ecological Forecasting	Mar 1-3	2017	Report
Remotely Sensing Biodiversity	Apr 21-23	2016	Report
Prediction and Control of Cardiac Alternans	May 2-4	2016	Report
Caulobacter Cell-Cycle Model	Oct 20-21	2016	Report
3D Modeling of Human Body Composition	Mar 13-14	2017	Report
Ecosystem Federalism	Jun 28-30	2017	Report
Learning in Networks	Feb 22-24	2018	Report

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Investigative Workshop Event	Dates	Year	Evaluation
Modeling White Nose Syndrome in Bats	Jun 29-Jul 1	2009	Report
Modeling Bovine Tuberculosis	Jul 7-9	2009	Report
New Soil Black Box Strategies	Oct 15-17	2009	Report
Optimal Control and Optimization for Individual- and Agent-based Models	Dec 1-3	2009	Report
ModelingToxoplasma gondii	May 13-15	2010	Report
Modeling Reef Ecosystems	Jul 21-23	2010	Report
Modeling Wildlife and Virus Zoonoses	Nov 8-10	2010	Report
Solid Tumor Modeling,	Jan 19-21	2011	Report
Synchrony in Biological Systems Across Scales,	Apr 11-13	2011	Report
IB Ecology of Microbes,	Jun 8-10	2011	Report
Malaria Modeling and Control,	Jun 15-18	2011	Report
Modeling Johne's Disease	Jul 6-8	2011	Report
Modeling Metabolism and Body Weight Regulation	Jul 12-15	2011	Report
Modeling Renal Hemodynamics	Aug 1-3	2011	Report
Mathematical Modeling of Intracellular Movements (MMIMO)	Oct 24-26	2011	Report
Modeling Free-roaming Cats and Rabies	Nov 9-11	2011	Report
Modeling Dengue Fever	Jul 23-24	2012	Report
Modeling Social Complexity	Feb 6-8	2012	Report
Disturbance Regimes and Climate-Carbon Feedback	Feb 13-15, 2012	2012	Report
Systems and Synthetic Microbiology	Mar 11-13	2013	Report
Blood Cell Interactions	Jun 5-Jun 7	2013	Report
Animal Vocal Communication Sequences	Oct 21-23	2013	Report
Insect Pest Resistance Evolution	Nov 14-15	2013	Report
Animal Social Networks	Mar 6-8	2014	Report
Vectored Plant Viruses	Mar 17-19	2014	Report
Interface Disease Models	Mar 11-13	2014	Report
Modeling Contamination of Fresh Produce	Apr 24-25	2014	Report
Predictive Models for ERA	Apr 28-30	2014	Report
Heart Rhythm Disorders	Dec 3-5	2014	Report
Lymphoid Cells in Acute Inflammation	Jan 15-16	2015	Report
Olfactory Modeling	Mar 2-4	2015	Report
Neurobiology of Expertise	Mar 11-13	2015	Report
Information and Entropy in Biological Systems	Apr 8-10	2015	Report
Malaria-Leishmania Co-infection	May 26-28	2015	Report
Many-cell System Modeling	Jul 7-9, 2015	2015	Report
Computational Advances in Microbiome Research	Jul 27-28, 2015	2015	Report
Morphological Plant Models	Sep 2-4, 2015	2015	Report
Evolution and Warfare	Sep 16-18, 2015	2015	Report
Algebraic Mathematical Biology	Jul 25-27	2016	Report
Next Generation Genetic Monitoring	Nov 7-9	2016	Report
Stoichiometric Ecotoxicology	Jan 17-19	2018	Report
Bio-acoustic Structure	Jun 25-27	2018	Report
DySoc/NIMBioS Workshop: Extending the Theory of Sustainability	Dec 5-7	2018	Report
DySoc/NIMBioS Workshop: Human Origins 2021	Feb 15-16	2019	Report
DySoc/NIMBioS Workshop: Social Norms – Emergence, Persistence, and Effects	Apr 23-25	2019	Report
Scientific Collaboration Enabled by High Performance Computing	May 13-15	2019	Report
Transients in Biological Systems	May 29-31	2019	Report

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Tutorial Event	Dates	Year	Evaluation
Training the Trainers: HPC for Computational Scientists Collaborating with Biologists	Mar 16-18	2009	Report
Optimization for Biologists	Dec 15-17	2009	Report
Graph Theory and Biological Networks	Aug 16-18	2010	Report
High Performance Computing for Phylogenetics	Oct 13-15	2010	Report
Stochastic Modeling in Biology	Mar 16-18	2011	Report
Migration from the Desktop	May 9-11	2011	Report
Multi-cell, Multi-scale Modeling	May 18-21	2011	Report
Mathematical Modeling for the Cell Biology Researcher and Educator	Apr 8-10	2013	Report
Computing in the Cloud	Apr 6-8	2014	Report
Spring Opportunities for Women in the Mathematical Sciences	Apr 9-11	2014	Report
Parameter Estimation for Dynamic Biological Models	May 19-21	2014	Report
Algebraic and Discrete Biological Models for Undergraduate Courses	Jun 18-20	2014	Report
Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics	Aug 4-9	2014	Report
Using R for HPC	Feb 27	2015	Report
NIMBioS/SAMSI/ESA Graduate Workshop/Tutorial: Current Issues in Statistical Ecology	Apr 15-17	2015	Report
A Research Collaboration Workshop for Women in Mathematical Biology	Jun 22-25	2015	Report
Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics	Aug 10-15	2015	Report
Game Theoretical Modeling of Evolution in Structured Populations	Apr 25-27	2016	Report
Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics	Aug 8-12	2016	Report
Uncertainty Quantification for Biological Models	Jun 26-28	2017	Report
RevBayes: Bayesian Inference of Phylogeny	Aug 7-11	2017	Report
Applications of Spatial Data: Ecological Niche Modeling (2017)	May 16-18	2017	Report
Applications of Spatial Data: Ecological Niche Modeling (2018)	Dec 3-5	2018	Report
Network Modeling	Feb 4-6	2019	Report
Risk Assessment Calculator Training	Mar 5-7	2019	Report
The Search for Selection	Jun 3-7	2019	Report

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Education and Outreach Event	Dates	Year	Evaluation
R Seminar	Feb 2 - Mar 2	2009	Report
NIMBioS/Project Kaleidoscope Webinar: Mathematics and Life Science Education: Promoting Interdisciplinarity	Apr 23	2009	Report
Biology in a Box Workshop	Jun 17-18	2010	Report
EcoEd Webinar–Math, Computing, Undergraduate Ecology Education and Large Datasets: An Example from a Citizen Science Program	Sep 8	2010	Report
1st Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Oct 23-24	2009	Report
2nd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Nov 19-20	2010	Report
3rd Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Oct 21-22	2011	Report
4th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Nov 17-18	2012	Report
5th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Nov 16-17	2013	Report
6th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Nov 1-2	2014	Report
7th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Nov 21-22	2015	Report
8th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Oct 8-9	2016	Report
9th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Nov 11-12	2017	Report
10th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Nov 11-12	2018	Report
11th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference at the Interface of Biology and Mathematics	Nov 16-17	2019	Report
Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Veterinary Students 2009	Jun 1-Jul 24	2009	Report
Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates and Veterinary Students 2010	Jun 7-Jul 30	2010	Report
Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates 2012	Jun 11-Aug 3	2012	Report
Summer Research Experiences for Undergraduates 2013	Jun 10-Aug 2	2013	Report
Summer Research Experiences at NIMBioS for Undergraduates and Teachers - 2014	Jun 9-Aug 1	2014	Report
Summer Research Experiences at NIMBioS for Undergraduates and Teachers - 2015	Jun 8-Jul 31	2015	Report
Summer Research Experiences at NIMBioS for Undergraduates - 2016	Jun 6-Jul 29	2016	Report
Summer Research Experiences at NIMBioS for Undergraduates and Teachers - 2017	Jun 5-Jul 28	2017	Report
Summer Research Experiences at NIMBioS for Undergraduates - 2018	May 29-Jul 20	2018	Report

Other Event	Dates	Year	Evaluation
The Society for Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting and Conference	Jul 25-28	2012	Report
NSF INCLUDES Conference: Multi-Scale Evaluation in STEM Education	Feb 23-24	2017	Report
NSF INCLUDES Conference: Multi-Scale Evaluation in STEM Education Webinar: Program Evaluation 101	Feb 9	2017	Report

For more information, contact:

Pam Bishop, Ph.D.
Director, National Institute for STEM Evaluation and Research (NISER)
NIMBioS Associate Director for STEM Evaluation
Email
phone: (865) 974-9348
fax: (865) 974-9300

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From 2008 until early 2021, NIMBioS was supported by the National Science Foundation through NSF Award #DBI-1300426, with additional support from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.