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"Mailing a relevant researcher before starting to think about the problem",
"I am starting to think about a problem, inspired by a series of papers on similiar questions. Is it correct for me to e-mail the professors that wrote these papers, and ask them if they already thought about it? If they did, would it be fair to ask for the ideas they had, and what they tried (of course, assuming they are not currently working on it, and don't plan to publish on their own)?"
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"mathematics",
"email"
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"IEEE TVCG length of review process",
"We recently submitted an article to IEEE's Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics journal. It is the first time I submit to a journal so I am a bit unfamiliar with the process, being used to conferences. \n\nIn their website they mention that the review process usually takes between 6 and 12 months. I am wondering, does this refer to the time taken by all reviewers to take a single iteration on the manuscript or, does this include more review iterations? I.e. does this time take into account also the time needed by the authors to revise their manuscript according to their comments and resubmit it? How much time does one have to do these revisions? Provided that it is not rejected..."
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"journals",
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"paper-submission"
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"Teaching advanced courses in a specialized area of math",
"Today mathematics (and probably also other sciences) became very specialized: every researcher works in their own narrow field which usually hardly interacts with fields of other colleagues, even on the same department. \n\nAt the same time every researcher is often expected to accept PhD students and introduce them into his/her field. Some mathematical fields (e.g. algebraic geometry, algebraic number theory) require significant background before starting the research, and hence teaching quite a few advanced courses. \n\n\n How this problem of regular teaching of many advanced courses on a certain subject is resolved on your math department? Who teaches all of them? Does there always exist a group in your area on your department so that the teaching load can be shared? How it is decided who teaches what? (Please indicate your country.)"
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"phd",
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"What are the general ethical procedures to restart abandoned research?",
"Please note: this is a hypothetical situation\n\nSometimes, for whatever reason, research is started by another academic (not necessarily known to you) and abandoned part way through (more often than not, the reason is tragic). This will potentially leave research incomplete. \n\nIn a general sense, what are the practical and ethical considerations and procedures to restart and complete the research that has been abandoned by another academic?"
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"Where can I find a list of think tanks broken down by funding source?",
"I'm doing research on funding for think tanks. I'd like to know if anyone maintains a database of who funds think tanks. Ideally, the list would state each organization that has contributed to a think tank within the last few years, but I would be happy with more general data as well (i.e. funded by a government, funded by an individual, funded by a nonprofit, etc)."
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"Has there ever been a successful copyright infringement suit against someone using a small amount of a protected work in an academic publication?",
"I am familiar with what the US Code says about copyright and fair use, and am specifically interested in actual practice regarding academic publications which use small amount (under 10% of the original) of a protected work, without obtaining permission. Specifically, I would like to know if an infringement suit has ever been successful when the amount of copying has been under the prevailing \"substantiality\" threshhold, and the copying was in an academic publication. I'm not asking what might happen or whether I should ask permission. U.S. cases and non-U.S. cases would be relevant (to the extent that \"fair use\" concepts exist in other systems). Alternatively, if you know of a case where the copier prevailed specifically because the use was in an academic publication, that would be relevant."
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"Should one provide a reference list and a bibliography in an academic paper?",
"I was wondering whether it is good practice to present a reference list (works one actually cites) as well as a bibliography (additional literature that has been used but that is not referred to). Is there any difference between MLA and APA in the matter?\n\nBoth MLA and APA go quite deeply into how to construct a reference list, but a bibliography is seldom mentioned."
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"citations"
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"Searching for papers on a subject I'm about to start researching myself but nothing comes up. How do I know that I've searched enough?",
"I'm about to begin my master's research, and I'm in the process of formulating my research question. Therefore, I am searching for papers about the same topic to make sure that what I am planning to do has not been done before (at least not the way I am planning to do it), but so far I cannot find such papers.\n\nHow can I make sure that I've searched enough and that I am not missing anything obvious? I have chosen characteristic keywords from my topic and ran them in Google and Google scholar. Should I perform the same search in other places, or should that suffice?"
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"Acquiring a bound copy of someone else's thesis",
"I am in Canada and wanted to get a bound copy of someone's doctoral thesis in Sweden. The thesis is fully available online in PDF form for free from the library/publisher, but since there is a copyright on it printing services won't print and bind it for me without proof of printing permissions. The library does not seem to offer a service and does not seem to understand what it is I want since they keep directing me to the online PDF, while the author doesn't seem to be responding (probably ended up in his junk mail).\n\nDoes anyone know how one would go about this?"
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"Is it necessary for a letter of recommendation to include the full name of the candidate?",
"I'm applying for Colleges for my MSc. But all of my letters of recommendation address me by my first name. is it okay, or should the complete name of the candidate be included?"
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"recommendation-letter"
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"I wrote the code based on a paper's methodology; are there any legal problems with making it open source?",
"I coded the methodology based on the paper \"Free Water Elimination and Mapping from Diffusion MRI\" and I am curious if I am legally bound to take permission from the authors or the journal in making the code open source on Github?"
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"open-science"
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"Masters application with bad 1st year transcript",
"When I started the course I had a very negative attitude and did not participate or even bother trying to pass. I am not proud to say that I failed multiple subjects in my first year of degree.\n\nIn my second year I came to realize that this is the opportunity I have been given and actually started working really hard on pushing my CGPA up. I have successful done so bringing it up to 3.25 out of 4.0 from a low of 1.9. Once I started actually trying I found that I do have a passion and would love to pursue a master.\n\nI am worried that I stand no chance because of that first year record. My question is do I stand a chance to get in a masters program and what do you think would help strengthen my application."
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"What happened if the third author made extensive changes for galley proof without letting the editor, first and corresponding authors know?",
"One of the papers (Letter to the Editor) I am first authors got accepted with no revision, and it is in under the proofing system now. The publisher gave us 48 hours to revise but somehow the third author just bounced up in the last hour to change and paraphrase almost every single sentence and add a reference without previously letting both the corresponding author and me know. When I found out, I was just OK with it, but I required her to contact the editor for approval before submitting the paper or made any change. Now the second author of the paper just rushed and submitted the revised version without anyone else's agreement although I had kept telling him not to do so.\n\nI particularly concern that this is very unacceptable behaviour and moreover I have other two first-authored papers under the review in the same journal. Will this have any impact on my other papers? Did anyone experience the same thing before? Is making 30+ changes considered extensive changes?"
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"My essay has been plagarized in a journal article - what to do?",
"I have an essay online on a dense philosophical text. One sentence of my paraphrasing or interpretation of this text has been copied verbatim in a now-published journal article. In that article, the sentence is attributed to the original author of the philosophical text, not to my essay. The article was published this year; my text was written over five years ago.\n\nThis upsets me because \n\n\nI believe I have been plagiarized\nThe authors are asserting my paraphrasing and interpretation of the text as their own, and in the process skipping the work of interpreting the original text, along with misleading their readers. If the authors want to use the text to support their argument, they should paraphrase it themselves, or quote directly (and who knows, my interpretation could be wildly off!).\n\n\nRegardless, can any one advise on the best way to report or address this, or what I should expect if I do so?"
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"Do students have the right to see how their papers were graded?",
"Note: You may refer previous revisions for more context.\n\nI read Academia varies more than you think it does, but in any school or university I've been to or heard of, students can always see how they were graded for any assignment. Or, at least, if the school won't let them keep it, but they will at least let the students view it (usually final exams).\nI believe it's every student's right to know how e was graded on, well, a graded requirement. (see Dan Fox and David Hill's answers) The only exception I can think of is Educational Testing Service, which administers the TOEFL and GRE, but it's not really a school or anything.\nRecently, my sibling was a little surprised with a grade on a paper and wants to know about how their particular paper was graded. But when my sibling tried to ask to view the marking of the paper, this was the reply:\n\nAre you an exchange student? [University] does not provide marks to students after the examination. The only thing that can be released is the Grade or Pass/Fail. Giving you the marks would be a violation of the regulations. In fact, all such information will be destroyed after a period of time. You can try asking other teachers about marks, they will also tell you the same.\n\n(My sibling is not an exchange student.)\nMain question: Do/Should (see here also) students have the right to see their how exams were graded?\nSome guide questions for the main question:\n\nIs this policy unconventional or unethical or unfair? Based on\nCorvus' answer to this\nquestion\nor Dan Fox's answer to this\nquestion,\nI kind of think my sibling's university's policy is unconventional\nor something.\n\nHow will any student get feedback on their communication or their mistakes if they do not see any of the marking of their work?\n\nIs it unconventional, unethical or unfair to tell them to ask other teachers rather than point to the specific university regulations?\n\nIs it unconventional, unethical or unfair to not have specific university regulations on this matter?"
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"Negotiation of a faculty position",
"I've just started to apply for faculty positions and received an invitation for a phone interview scheduled for next week. I am not in rush at the moment to accept a faculty position. \n\nEarlier this year I had a friendly conversation with a chair at a school who I had an opportunity to work with in different capacities and discussed with him a potential faculty position at his department. He is the hiring person and it is a school that I am interested in. He suggested a few months ago that I can fit into a number of projects that are ongoing at the school. Back then I was not as advanced as I am today in my Ph.D. studies and since then I've defended my proposal and expect to graduate in seven months.\n\nHowever, I expressed my interest in a faculty position and indicated that I expect to defend my dissertation in August this year. Few days ago, I've informed him that I've received an invitation for job interview and indicated that I remain interested in a position at their school. He stated that as of now, there might not be a position because they expect two new research hires and doesn't know how this will impact the school`s budget. Then he stated that if I don't like what I would be offered or don't receive an offer, we can discuss a position.\n\nJust a small update, eight months ago I asked if I could receive a post-doctoral fellowship position at their school.\n\nMy question is: I didn't respond to him yet and I am confused how to understand this last statement that he made?. is this part of the negotiation process?. I prefer this school over other schools for now until i find something better."
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"IEEE journals: how do I find articles published as letters?",
"In JMEMS there are primarily 3 types of publications: conference proceedings, letters(3 page limit) and articles.\n\nI am trying to find articles published in letter format in JMEMS. I have access to Webofscience and ofcourse google scholar/scopus etc. I can find these articles by manually going to each issue (published quarterly) and looking for 3 page articles. However this is very inefficient, since I am looking for a certain topic published in the letter format, and I will have to go through all the issues to collect these articles and then look through them.\n\nHow do I find/search for letters published in JMEMS? Is there a more efficient way?"
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"Can I publish a yellow paper written when I was employed?",
"I am a developer graduate in Artificial Intelligence. I wrote an interesting draft document seeking feedback from fellow developers, and data scientists.\nThe paper was about stream reasoning and how I imagined a pattern to help anticipate future business changes on stream data. I was a developer part of a big energy producer in France.\nUnfortunately this paper did not get any attention whatsoever; I don’t want to lose my work; As the purpose was to seek feedback and discussion. I mentioned that is copyright of that company as any other work. It is still a theoretical study. No production procedure, business process or a technical solution part of any project when I posted it.\nI feel very frustrated and consumed that It had no attention. I want to post It publicly with all the benefit of the open community. My resignation has nothing to do with the paper, and as I said, It was not a mission that I had to do. Even if It consumed some time but that time was part of innovation time anybody can enjoy. Many do not produce anything really useful."
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"Is reproduction of copyrighted material in a research proposal fair use?",
"Say that I am writing a grant application to be submitted to a funding agency. The application is not a public document and so it will be only accessible to the review panel, the collaborators involved, and administrative staff both at my institution and at the funding agency.\n\nNow imagine I want to make a point, in particular regarding the wider interest of my proposed research topic, for which a figure that appears in Nice Paper by Reputed Author is a perfect fit. Unless Nice Paper has been published under some Creative Commons-type license (assume it hasn't) copyright in principle prevents me from freely using this figure in my proposal.\n\nHowever, one could argue that if 1) I credit Reputed Author for the figure and reference Nice Paper in my proposal, and 2) given that I am not using the figure for commercial purposes and that only a very limited amount of people can access this document, then 3) it is reasonable (and it constitutes fair use) for me to reproduce the figure without seeking explicit permission. Getting explicit permission could potentially be a tiresome process since it's probably the journal that published Nice Paper that holds the copyright.\n\nAm I right to assume that reproduction of copyrighted material on a research proposal with the characteristics described above constitutes fair use?"
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"Is it common to seek outside letters for the third-year renewal of an assistant professor?",
"I often write promotion letters for faculty going up for tenure or promotion to full professor. For those who are unaware, this involves reviewing a candidate's entire portfolio including research statement, publications, teaching, funding, etc., and cannot really be done properly without reading several of the candidate's papers. \n\nRecently I received a request of a new sort: I was asked to go through the entire process associated with a tenure letter, simply for a third-year review of a tenure track assistant professor at another institution. (If it matters, the request is from a good R1 school, but not a super-elite ivy or equivalent.)\n\nTo me this seems a terrible practice. It is already a ridiculous waste of time that some schools ask for 15 or more promotion letters. Figure that letter each takes a minimum of one day for a well-established senior professor to write. Could the marginal information provided by the 15th or even the 10th letter possibly be worth that much of the community's time? We are already suffocating under our peer review obligations; adding the huge additional burden of writing promotion letters for routine reappointments strikes me as ridiculous. Yet I'm loathe to refuse, lest I hurt the candidate. \n\nIs this a practice that others are seeing in their fields, or is this some dean's stupid idea that is being forced upon a single unfortunate college?\n\nEdit: If this is uncommon, we should nip in the bud. Bureaucracy, like entropy, is monotone increasing in this particular universe. Thoughts on what I should do would also be appreciated, though I suppose that's technically a separate question."
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"A research question with subquestions, and all with hypotheses: Numbering schemes?",
"I am editing a dissertation that has a single research question with multiple subquestions, and where every question has a null and alternative hypotheses. The current numbering and lettering scheme looks like this:\n\nRQ SQ1 SQ2 SQ3\nHo H1o H2o H3o\nHa H1a H2a H3a\n\n\nAn anonymous reviewer (name and role unknown) insists that the RQ must be numbered, even though there is only one RQ. \n\nThe reviewer offered no suggestions, and I was unable to find guidance in the APA manual, in the university's style guide, or by searching online such as at Purdue OWL on how to number for this specific situation.\n\n\nIs it feasible to use RQ0, as in:\n\n\n\nRQ0 SQ1 SQ2 SQ3\nH0o H1o H2o H3o\nH0a H1a H2a H3a\n\n\n\nIf it's not feasible, then we could abandon the subquestions, and bump all questions \"up\" to RQ, which (to me) seems an unnecessary and misleading contrivance. \n\n\n\n RQ1 RQ2 RQ3 RQ4\n H1o H2o H3o H4o\n H1a H2a H3a H4a\n\n\nSo what would be another feasible solution?"
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"Professor refuses to write a recommendation letter to students who haven't written a research paper with him",
"I am currently a fourth-year Electrical Engineering student. I have been a top-ranked student in our department. I have passed 3 courses with a professor in our department and have received a full mark in all three. I did participate a lot in all classes and had many discussions about the courses in his office hours. He knows me very well. I have also been the teaching assistant of this professor twice, for two distinct courses. I believe that I have also done a decent job as a TA for him. I also have worked in his research lab for a year now.\nRecently I have asked this professor for a recommendation letter for graduate school and he refuses, arguing he has decided to only give a recommendation letter to people who have written a research paper with him. By the way, he is willing to accept me as a master student, in his group but I prefer moving to another university.\nMy professor is new to the field I am currently working on and I believe it is hard for an undergraduate student to write a scientific paper in this situation.\nI wanted to ask whether his refusal for recommendation letters is reasonable and also ask for some advice on how to handle this situation.\nPS:\nMaybe "reasonable" is not the best choice of word. I mean whether only giving recommendation letters to co-authors is something "common".\nI am applying to a direct PhD in the US. But I am from a different country. Direct PhDs are not possible in our country.\nI Professor obtained his bachelor degree in our university and his PhD in the US.\nHe has also worked as a professor in the US and in Europe before joining our department."
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"Appropriate timescales for an undergrad research project",
"I'm a sophomore in engineering in India, and I have an opportunity to take up an undergraduate research project to investigate the efficacy of deep learning for medical imaging. This is at a university with a top medical program. However, the data has just started being annotated and due to this, the project could take as long as 2 years (according to the faculty since CT data is pretty voluminous). There would be some periods of very less work, while some periods would need huge amounts of work in a week.\nThe main point of contact/research mentor would be a grad student, who in turn works under some professor. They are very experienced in the medical imaging field, but have just started venturing into AI. I have the chance to publish as a non-first author if the results are worthy of publishing.\nI plan to apply for grad school right after undergrad. The possibility of publishing seems to be a great offer, but if it were to take 2 years from now to finish the project, I may not have a publication to include in my applications. I will probably have an LoR (preferably from the prof) and gained some research experience though.\nMy main question is: Are undergraduate research projects on such long timescales (like 2 years) likely to stagnate and/or get abandoned?\nI'm not experienced with CT scans but 2 years seems a bit overboard to me for training and evaluating models, since most of the delay is coming from annotating the data.\nPS: I do have the chance to get similar opportunities with smaller timescales later, but the potential impact of this project is high, and hence my personal liking for it"
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"My research work stolen and published as his own by the co-author without my consent",
"My research paper was stolen by the co-author and published as his own. What do I do? All the data the paper is based on is my own work. I got it accepted in another journal but now I cannot get it published according to the copyright terms and conditions."
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"DBA vs. PhD Perception within Academia",
"In my field (business administration) there are two main terminal degrees. One is a DBA (doctorate of business administration) and one is a PhD (business admin, economics, etc.). A DBA is focused on the application of theories (within a business) as opposed to the generation of new theories.\n\nIs there any published research on the perception between these two terminal degrees? I'm concerned that a DBA is viewed as a \"poor-man's PhD.\" While I am interested in what hiring committees think I am also concerned about the perceptions across academia."
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"Is using other's survey questions verbatim considered a plagiarism",
"I liked the questions on various surveys I examined. Rather than paraphrasing, I want to copy some of them directly, and use them in my survey, which is required for my dissertation.\n\nWhat do you suggest to me, should I cite them or put in quotes, which I believe would be too awkward."
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"Should I be stressed about asking for an Academic Reference?",
"I need a academic reference for application of a PhD program.\nI believe this is the same as what is called a Letter of Recommendation, at other institutions.\n\nI am getting one from my potential supervisor, and I need one other.\nI thought through all the lecturers I had, and came up with a priorities list of people to approach. Taking into account (in rough order of priority): How likely they are to remember me, How relevant their units/expertise are to my intended course of study, How well I did in their Unit/s, and How research/project focused the Unit/s I did under them were.\n\nThe person I found most suitable is currently lecturing me, and has done serveral times before.\n\nI figured I would basically send him an email saying:\n\n\n \"Looking at continuing my studies on X, that I mentioned to you\n before, with a PhD. For this I need a academic reference. I thought\n you might be suitable because of (reasons outlines above). Could we\n meet to discuss this some time in the next few weeks? I am free on\n Monday mornings, Tuesday afternoons ...\"\n\n\nI thought, fairly casual, not really a big deal kinda thing.\nBut then I got looking around the internet, and it seems like maybe it is a big deal.\nThere seems like there is lots of advice and template letters out there.\n\nSo is it actually worth worrying too much about?\nShould I spend say a hour or so checking over my request email,\nto make sure I am giving all the right information and that it is formatted nicely and perfectly grammatical?\n\nOr is it more of a casual thing, the email serves its purpose to give the key points of information and to arrange a meeting. It will be a throw away communication.\n\nIs it different because he is currently lecturing me, so it is not so much of a cold call?\n\nIf it is cultural depended I am in Australia. I am applying to the same institution I am currently doing my undergraduate/honours at."
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"Is it valid to modify a student's exam grade if you feel they did not earn it?",
"I am a graduate student who teaches their own class. I have a supervisor who I report to for everything, including final grades. We have a meeting every semester at the end to review our final grades and for my supervisor to see that I did everything correctly.\n\nIn my second semester, my supervisor looked through my grades before they were submitted or published.\nAt the end, she said: “Let’s look at your borderline students.”\nShe noticed that a student had a borderline C, say 73.5%, which is barely above the passing threshold of 73% for this course, and had us look at his final exam. The student got 66.5% on the exam, and she said to me: “Are you sure you want to pass him?” At the time I was thinking: “Well, the student did earn the passing score.” However, my supervisor kept suggesting: “Are you sure?” I looked up to my supervisor who was the one who taught me to be a teacher, and like anyone at their job listening to their superior, I felt pressured to say yes, because you do what your supervisor tells you to do, and I was told to take off points from his final exam to lower his final grade to 72.36%. The sole reason for this was not to let the student pass. My supervisor also mentioned specifically not to keep it higher than 72.5%, because students will ask for a bump.\nSo, in the end, I ended up giving him that 72.36%, a C−, which is a failing grade: They cannot move on the the next-level class.\n\nThe discussion happened before the grades were submitted or published, so the student never knew he originally scored 66.5% on the exam. There were no other students with borderline scores.\n\nI felt extremely guilty because I knew who this student was; they didn’t do much of the work, they didn’t always come to class, but they knew the topic and did the bare minimum to pass. I went back to my office right after our meeting and was tempted to change it back to a C. But knowing my supervisor, I knew there was a chance I could’ve gotten in trouble because my supervisor might’ve noticed.\n\nI feel extremely bad for doing this, I felt like I was pressured to do this and couldn’t turn back.\n\nWas the supervisor's decision ethical, academically, and legally sound?"
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"How to find exercise problems as a graduate student?",
"I took my first graduate course as an undergrad last semester and it seemed that graduate student exams are much more open ended. Not only do they require you actually know more stuff (i.e. remember the theorem, the general approach) but they also require a lot more creativity, time management and general problem solving smarts.\n\nBut flipping open a text at the graduate level (Birkhauser, Springer-Verlag type), not only are most books filled with theorems, lemmas, proofs etc from head to toe, covering a very large array of concepts, but the much needed exercise at the end of the chapter is replaced with a list of references. Where are the exercises? And the course I took was sort of commonly taught I believe - stochastic networks.\n\nI can see how this can be very problematic as one climb up the academic ladder. How would you ever find a text on \"lower dimensional topology of autonomous robotic system\", \"Brain chaos in semi-aquatic faunas\" or \"Renal-sarcomere interaction theory\" (three completely made up course). \n\nHow should graduate students approach a subject or an emerging field where there exercises scarce aside from what is introduced during the lecture or in existing literature?"
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"Should a PhD student be credited in supervisor’s article that is based on a book chapter by both?",
"Jane is doing a PhD and is supervised by Professor Mary. Mary asked Jane to put together a review article for a book based on a draft chapter from Jane’s thesis with additional suggestions from Mary. The book article was submitted with the authors listed as Jane and Mary (corresponding author). I am unsure whether this has actually been published, though it was submitted well before the now-published review by Mary.\n\nSometime later, Mary submitted a broader review article online which used large chunks of text and figures from the book article which were directly written/generated by Jane. Whole paragraphs were copied verbatim from the first article to Mary’s article, and many more paragraphs were slightly rewritten but contained exactly the same references and phrases from the first article. Mary’s paper did not cite the book review. Mary was listed as the sole author. Jane was not informed this review was being written, and was not asked for permission to include her figures or content from the book article, which were originally written by her for her thesis.\n\n\nDid Jane ‘hand over’ the rights to her written material to Mary by agreeing to submit the book article under both of their names?\nShould Mary have credited Jane in the article as a second author because she used exact sentences from the book article which were written by Jane?\nWill Jane still be able to use these (her) phrases and figures in her thesis despite not being credited on Mary’s online article?"
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"Applying for phd with flunked course in master",
"Well, here's the thing. I'm a 2nd year ME master but enrolled in a CSE course and got flunked. So up to now, I enrolled 8 course in my first year (4+4). Without the failed course, I get GPA 3.52 for the rest seven courses. My GPA drops to 3.0, if that course is included. So I plan to take one more course to balance my GPA in this semester. Actually, I feel confident about the courses in this semester. \nMeanwhile, I'm gonna apply for phd in this semester. So how will the failed course affect on my application for phd? Am I supposed to submit transcript with 7 or 8 courses?"
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"What is the difference between a research paper and a student paper?",
"The i-Society conference calls for Research Papers, Student Papers, and Case Studies.\n\nWhat is the difference between a \"research paper\" and a \"student paper\"?"
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"conference"
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"On Submitting to the Journal of Applied Mathematics Letters",
"On their \"guide for authors,\" they state the following regarding referees:\n\n\n (1) Please prepare a list of 8 (eight) proposed reviewers. You MUST\n include Full Names, Department, University, Country and Email\n Addresses for each proposed reviewer. It should be a globally\n geographically diverse list of potential reviewers; there should be no\n more than two suggested referees from any particular\n area/region/country. If you, or any of your co-authors, have submitted\n to our offices previously, please note that should not include\n reviewers on lists for your manuscripts in the last 2 years. All\n proposed reviewers MUST be fluent in English to ensure the integrity\n of each review and the correct processing of all manuscripts.\n \n (2) Proposed reviewers MUST BE experienced, well published researchers\n who are knowledgeable in your area of research. The editor-in-chief\n depends heavily on your suggestions for the choice of reviewers and a\n list of weak reviewers can be the basis for rejecting a submission.\n (Also minimize the number of leaders in the field who are typically\n too busy to be reviewers.) In addition, proposed reviewers MUST NOT BE\n former co-authors, instructors, co-workers, advisors, students, nor\n have had any other personal/working/professional relationship with you\n or any of your co-authors.\n\n\nPart of what drew me to the journal was the short article size and the quick publishing time, however I fail to see (1) how this process can allow for expedient publishing and (2) how to gather said referees. I am supposed to gather a list of referees from around the world that I do not know while also somehow making sure they are \"not too busy\" to act as a referee. \n\nIs there any coherent way to accomplish a process such as this? How should I go about gathering said referees?"
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"Is it right to ask for a PhD position at a conference?",
"I'll be at a conference next month to present my paper.\nI have a Master's degree in Computer Science and now I'm looking for a PhD with scholarship.\nWell, is it right, with a common sense and in a polite way, to ask a professor at conference about a PhD position?"
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"How often should an academic reference for computer-related subjects be revised?",
"I know of a certain on-line college offering Bachelor of Arts Major in Information Technology. After inquiring about the program, I found out that almost all the references/ modules this school gives to its students have not been revised or updated for almost two decades. \n\nConsidering this, is it still advisable to pursue Information Technology in the said school?"
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"online-learning",
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"What does it mean for a paper to be \"under review\"",
"I dont know much about paper submission as I am not that matured enough.\n\nCan someone kindly say what does it mean for a paper to be \"under review\"?\n\nFirst I was informed that it was \"Initial version\" and now the status says \"under review\".\nHow long will the tag \"under review\" stay?\n\nAs I am a Master's student I dont know much about publication.Can someone please say what does the above means and what are the steps that follow in order for a paper to be accepted in a journal.\n\nDo editors send the authors mail keeping them informed about the steps that are being done ?\n\nI will be grateful if someone helps me here."
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"Pros and cons of double majoring vs a Master's",
"I've looked into double majoring at my university and it seems that, as is apparently common, it's very likely that if I go down this track I will not graduate in 4 years, but probably in 5 or 6. This makes me wonder: what are the implications for a career in either industry or academia of a double major, as opposed to doing a single major, graduating in 4 years, and using the next 2 years to study for a Master's degree instead?"
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"How long should you wait to email journal editor about a submitted revision of a manuscript?",
"It has been 10 weeks since I submitted my revised manuscript for minor revisions. The status of the article is \"revision submitted to journal\" since 6th Sept (and it is now 14th Nov). I am applying for a grant and really want to include this article in my CV, is it rude to write to the editor to find out what is going on? I am worried that my article has somehow gone under the radar and the editor has completely forgotten about it. Just wondering do they get alerts if they haven't responded to a submission for too long?"
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"What is the etiquette for asking a professor I don't know to suggest universities for me?",
"Because of the current political situation, I cannot apply for a PhD in the USA. There is a very remarkable professor on a U.S. university and I want to ask him to suggest for me other universities that are good to be considered. \n\nI want to know your opinion about this. \n\nAnd, if you agree, how can I state my request?"
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"etiquette",
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"Citable code snippets as gists",
"I have several code snippets shared as gists in GitHub. How to make them citable with a DOI?\n\nI know whole repositories in GitHub can be made citable using Zenodo or Figshare (guide). But as I have mainly R functions as gists, I don’t want to build entire R packages to make it citable.\n\nWhat are the other options available?"
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"What does it mean by a \"research university\"?",
"For example, University of Maryland, Baltimore County is said to be a research university. (Same thing for Rice University, for example.)\n\nAre there \"non-research universities\" also? What is the difference?"
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"Uninteresting research area and contacting potential supervisors",
"I've recently finished off my undergraduate degrees and am in the process of contacting various faculty members for MSc supervision. Recently I have been offered supervision at a research lab which I had previously worked with. However, I don't find the research that the lab is doing all that interesting. As a result, I've decided to contact a couple of different potential supervisors (both are world-renowned/highly cited) at a different institution. One of these potential supervisors has not replied to my last email and I'm thinking about contacting the other potential supervisor. My issue is two-fold:\n\n1) If I move to another research area, will the lead supervisor at the lab that has given me an offer be jilted and could this adversely affect me in the future? Is it bad to reject an offer if I'm not interested in the research field? EDIT: The lead supervisor and another collaborator/co-supervisor are happy for me to leave if I don't like the research area. But I will still do some research at the lab over the summer holidays. \n\n2) The two potential supervisors are both in the same faculty at the same institution. The one that I have contacted already is the Head of the prospective research group whilst the other potential supervisor is a member of it. Both of them work quite closely together (looking at their recently published papers). \n\n\nWould it be unethical/bad for me to contact the other potential supervisor given that the Head of the group has not replied to my last email? It has been a week and a half since the last reply. Should I re-engage with the Head of the group? \nShould I tell the potential supervisor that I'm thinking of contacting that I have already contacted the Head of the group? Will the more junior member feel like he was the second choice and hence inclined to not respond?"
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"Can I Publish a Book Based on my Ph.D. Thesis and Other Practical Findings I Found After My Ph.D?",
"I have a followup question after getting the answer on the following question: Who Owns the Publishing Rights of my Ph.D. Thesis?. \n\nAfter my Ph.D. I did work both in industry and in academic, and I think I have a reference book in me based on the theory side of my Ph.D. thesis and the practical knowledge I gained developed those theories (using main stream programming languages in my case); and the teaching experience on that matter. \n\nSo, is it possible to write a reference book based on theory contributions of my Ph.D. and practical findings based on those theories?"
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"books",
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"What exactly is \"nostrification\" of a university diploma?",
"I have been reading a bit about nostrification of a university diploma, but I don't quite understand what it means. I do understand that nostrification is basically validation of your diploma in a foreign country. But, does it only mean that your diploma is recognized in this foreign country (so you can actually take a job there, or you can continue to a higher education there) or it actually means that you can go to a university at this foreign country and require the same degree diploma from that university? \n\nFor example, if you have a civil engineering degree from a university in country A, and you do nostrification in country B, does it also mean that you can go to a university that offers a civil engineering programme in country B, and just require a degree diploma from that university cause you already had one from country A?"
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"I feel left out from the group",
"My supervisor had a surgery. She notified the other doctorate student other than me and the other members of the group. I have no information. No one in the group said this to me. I feel like an idiot and can't understand why she didn't tell me. I don't know, what should i do?\nedit: Thank you very much for your answers. I can think better now. I'm the only foreign student in the group, a small group. When I first arrived, I saw discriminatory attitudes from the head of the group (I was not invited to group meetings but there were all other students). But my supervisor always treated me well, we did not have a problem but when she did not inform me, I was very sorry, she informed the others by phone."
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"Paper get rejected despite positive recommendations from both reviewers",
"I have submitted a paper to an IEEE conference before this. I received a rejection today despite the fact that, both reviewers recommend to accept my paper.\n\nThe reason for rejection is not mentioned at all in the email. I try to analyze the reason and from my point of view:\n\n\nThe paper is not out of the conference's scope. If my paper is out of scope, it should be rejected at the first place without sending out to be reviewed.\nBoth reviewers recommend to accept my paper.\nThe conference should have not received too many papers. This is because the deadline for submission has just been extended to 10 Nov. In other words, they continue to accept submission of papers at this point. \n\n\nI was really surprise after I read the following email:\n\n\n Dear xxx:\n \n Unfortunately, your paper xxx for xxx has not been accepted for\n publication. We hope that you will find the reviews useful when\n revising your paper.\n \n The reviews are below or can be found at xxx.\n \n ======= Review 1 =======\n \n *** Originality: New or Novel contribution Strong Accept (10)\n \n *** Technical Contribution: Technical/Scientific Contribution, also consider papers that contributes to development of applications.\n Accept (8)\n \n *** Significance of Topic: Relating to knowledge contribution & conference scope (relevant to Science, Engineering & Technology)\n Strong Accept (10)\n \n *** Presentation: Clarity and Organisation of Content (Includes Language & Formatting) Accept (8)\n \n *** Recommendation: Overall view and recommendation Strong Accept (10)\n \n *** Detailed comments: What are the major issues addressed in the paper? Do you consider them important? What are the major reasons to\n accept or reject the paper? Comment on the degree of novelty,\n creativity and technical depth in the paper.[Be brief.]\n \n Please provide detailed comments that will be helpful to the TPC for\n assessing the paper, as well as feedback to the authors.\n \n The paper was reporting an original findings by the authors based on\n their simulation. xxx. I reckon it is of sufficient quality for the\n conference.\n \n ======= Review 2 =======\n \n *** Originality: New or Novel contribution Accept (8)\n \n *** Technical Contribution: Technical/Scientific Contribution, also consider papers that contributes to development of applications.\n Accept (8)\n \n *** Significance of Topic: Relating to knowledge contribution & conference scope (relevant to Science, Engineering & Technology)\n Accept (8)\n \n *** Presentation: Clarity and Organisation of Content (Includes Language & Formatting) Accept (8)\n \n *** Recommendation: Overall view and recommendation Accept (8)\n \n *** Detailed comments: What are the major issues addressed in the paper? Do you consider them important? What are the major reasons to\n accept or reject the paper? Comment on the degree of novelty,\n creativity and technical depth in the paper.[Be brief.]\n \n Please provide detailed comments that will be helpful to the TPC for\n assessing the paper, as well as feedback to the authors.\n \n Good paper and well written. Easy to understand. xxx.\n\n\nI replaced some of the reviewers' comments with 'xxx' because it will reveal my unpublished works. Please believe me when I say they are all positive.\n\nHas someone been in this situation before? What is the possible reasons for rejection?"
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"Will I have to pay VAT or other taxes when paying an article processing charge from India?",
"Recently my manuscript has been accepted in Nature Scientific Reports, an open access journal. \n\nThey charge £1,110 to the UK and other countries. \n\nWill additional tax be added when transferring the article processing charge to the journal's account? And if so, how much?"
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"CV for PhD application: personal interests and non-academic skills",
"I am polishing my CV for PhD applications (Statistical Physics related). I was wondering about whether it is appropriate to list some personal interests and non-academic skills. This is my list (last line is the more uncertain, since during the lessons sessions I am not able to read much):\n\nAdditional Skills & Interests\n\n\nTime planning skills --- Ability to take on new responsibilities --- Teamwork \nCurious nature --- Problem solving skills --- Critical thinking\nKeen hiker, runner and soccer player (informal level).\nPassionate reader of classics and manga."
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"Is investigating a new technology a justification in itself?",
"One of my PhD objectives involves an evaluation of the suitability of an emerging technology for deployment in geographical area (where it has not yet been deployed before -- mainly because it's new). I have been asked \"Why evaluate this tech? Why not the others?\" \nI have found this tech to be significantly superior to the other alternatives in several parameters of importance (in the lab), which is probably already a good justification itself to proceed.\nMy question though is: The other technologies have been around for years and been fairly evaluated already. This tech is new and untested in this area. Is the fact that it is new a justification in itself for me to bias myself to it? Do I need empirical results to justify? \nIsn't it enough that the results, good or bad, are a significant contribution since there was no knowledge before?"
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"What is my degree if I am still a bachelor student?",
"I am registering to submit an article and I am asked to give my current degree, the problem is that I don't have a bachelor degree yet. So, what is the usual term and acronym to use for the current degree if you are still a degree student?"
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"What sections should I include in the Project Description section of my NSF grant proposal?",
"I am a Ph.D. student, and I am writing my first proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) for a research grant in the field of chemistry.\n\nOne thing that I have found very confusing is the format of my written proposal. Specifically, what sections should I include?\n\nThe U.S. NSF distributes a very detailed (76 pages) set of guidelines (The National Science Foundation Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide: Part I - Grant Proposal Guide, available in PDF here). Section IIC2 is about \"Sections of the Proposal,\" but this section only enumerates the following sections that I should include:\n\n\na. Cover Sheet\nb. Project Summary\nc. Table of Contents\nd. Project Description\ne. References Cited\nf. Biographical Sketches\ng. Budget\nh. Current and Pending Support\ni. Facilities, Equipment, and Other Resources\nj. Special Information and Supplementary Documentation\nk. Appendices\n\n\nIt seems that the Project Description -- at least from the intellectual merit and broader impacts perspective -- will contain the \"meat\" of my proposal; the Project Description has a 15 page limit. It is here, I think, that I will discuss my plan of work, the scientific rationale, and the methods that I will apply. I should also discuss the related work in the literature in this section. Finally, I should discuss broader impacts of the proposed work. \n\nBut, beyond this, the NSF Guidelines do not seem to be all that specific about sections or section headings within the Project Description section. Am I free to make my own sections/section headings within the Project Description section? For example, could I make a section \"Previous experimental work,\" followed by a section \"Previous theoretical work,\" followed by a section \"Proposed model description,\" and so on and so on? These section headings would be quite specific to my proposed work and the chemical system that I propose to investigate. Thanks for your time."
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[
"How to stop Endnote omitting the year for some references?",
"I am having problems with Endnote outputting a mix of citation styles (or possibly a broken citation style!) in the same document, despite applying the Endnote Frontiers Science style (official, from the Endnote website) throughout. Eg\n\n...feline herpesvirus 1 (Thiry et al.) and terrapene herpesvirus 1-associated pneumonia in Eastern box turtles (Sim et al., 2014)...\n\nand when I look at the final reference list I see that both references look correct and the same eg\n\nThiry, E., Addie, D., Belak, S., Boucraut-Baralon, C., Egberink, H., Frymus, T., Gruffydd-Jones, T., Hartmann, K., Hosie, M.J., Lloret, A., Lutz, H., Marsilio, F., Pennisi, M.G., Radford, A.D., Truyen, U., and Horzinek, M.C. (2009). Feline herpesvirus infection. ABCD guidelines on prevention and management. J Feline Med Surg 11, 547-555.\nSim, R.R., Norton, T.M., Bronson, E., Allender, M.C., Stedman, N., Childress, A.L., and Wellehan, J.F., Jr. (2014). Identification of a novel herpesvirus in captive Eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina). Vet Microbiol.\n\nSo I am at bit of a loss as to why one reference looks correct (author, year) and the other does not (author)."
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[
"Are official transcripts required for faculty appointment?",
"I am curious if faculty appointees (at various levels) should request their schools to send their official transcripts to the employer to get a faculty position? Or is it only required for students?\n\nWhen I finish my PhD, do I still need to request my school to send an official transcript of my PhD for starting an assistant professor position (and later on)?"
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"Fixed an error in my published paper, and cite the paper in my not-yet-defended thesis. What should I do?",
"I found an error in two figures of my published paper. They are part of the main results of my PhD dissertation. \n\nI am in the writing step of my PhD dissertation, and I put the new version of those figures. However I have to cite the paper (with the error) in the volume. I am concerning if the committee would ask about that.\n\nWhat should I do?\n\nBest"
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"What are the tradeoffs involved in taking a postdoc at a top university versus an assistant professorship at a non-top university?",
"When it comes to getting a tenure-track position where one has both a lot of resources and academic freedom to do what one wants to do (so having a tenure-track position in a top university might be more useful because one may get more resources at a top university). \n\nOr in short, when one wants to maximize one's chances of becoming a \"top scientist\".\n\nThere are obviously numerous factors, and \"rank/prestige\" should not be considered as a factor in itself. That said, the period after one gets a PhD is an extremely important time for building up connections, and those are easier to get at a top university."
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"professors"
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"Student leaving before completing PhD - how to write about his motivations for switching in recommendation letter?",
"I have a beginning PhD student who wants to enroll in a more prestigious PhD program elsewhere. He has done good research work here, both with my group and with a group at the university he wants to join. He is currently supported from my grant. He also wants to switch fields to something he always wanted to do.\n\nIn his recommendation letter, I want to write the things above and motivate why he wants to switch fields. \n\n\nWill switching fields be seen as a negative by a graduate admission committee? He's done it already twice, mostly because funding and availability of diploma and master's advisers.\nWill the graduate committee feel it is better to give the PhD position to a candidate who is not currently financially supported?\nWill leaving a PhD program before completion be seen as a negative? We simply do not have specialists in the field of his choice at my institution.\n\n\nI might be overthinking this, but given the quality of his work, so far, I think it would be a shame for him to miss out on a much better opportunity to (re)start a career. I also think he will perform well in that PhD program."
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"phd",
"graduate-admissions",
"recommendation-letter",
"transfer-student"
] |
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"co-supervised PhD, dis-similar research",
"For co-supervised PhD in USA, I am wondering if it is possible to have two supervisor in two un-related field. (For instance, telecommunication, and database). These two fields are about 90 degree dispart (just rough estimate). If this possible? If yes, should the thesis include work from both field?"
] |
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"phd",
"thesis",
"advisor",
"supervision"
] |
[
"How do you insert links to a printed report?",
"I want to write something along the lines of:\n\nFor this I shall be using the foo library\n\n\nAnd I wish to insert a link to said library, but I am confused as how to properly write the link. Do I insert it as a citation, a footnote, or just leave it there in the text?"
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"paper-submission"
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"Is it acceptable to ask a professor who is not your supervisor to give you M.S. thesis topic?",
"I'm currently a M.S. student. My supervisor give me freedom to choose thesis topic. Since it is so hard for me, I decide to ask another professors whom I consider to be their PhD candidates in future. I have written an email to ask them. \nIs it a good idea to do so? And is my email appropriate for this purpose?\n\n\n Dear Professor xxx,\n \n I am a M.S. student at University of xxx-the most prestigious university in xxx- with a major in information technology- multimedia systems. I will graduate on September 2016.\n I had the chance to read your publications and some of your articles. I really enjoyed them, and it gave me many ideas for my future research. Due to my strong interest in your research area and considering the experience I have gained from my relevant courses, I believe I can be a beneficial part of your research group, if I get a chance. \n Since I haven't chosen the topic of my M.S. Thesis, I prefer to ask you to give me some information about the topics you are currently working on, in order to get a higher chance to be your PhD student in future.\n I know you’re very busy so I appreciate any time you can give me.\n \n Thanks very much,\n Sincerely,\n xxx"
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[
"What should I focus on to get admission in a Masters programme in the US?",
"I am currently in my second year, pursuing a B.Tech. in Software Engineering, in India. I want to pursue a Masters' in the US in CS/CS-related fields. My area of interest is AI. \n\nI still have two years to go before I will need to apply. So, what should I be working/focusing on in the next two years so that I have a good chance at making it there ? Keeping in mind the fact that i will need scholarships/financing options."
] |
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[
"Post doc or Lecturer after Full-time PhD? and Can I apply for Post doc after Thesis submission or should wait until Viva-voce?",
"I am a Full-Time research scholar in finance about to submit my thesis in a month or two.\n\nAfter this is it good to go for post-doc or as a lecturer in finance?\n\nIf I apply for lecturer will colleges entertain it as I am a fresher?\n\nAnd one more doubt I got is, Am I eligible to apply for Post-doc position after submitting my thesis? or should I wait until the completion of Vivo-voce and/or graduation? Because its time-consuming process to receive Vivo-voce.\n\nKindly give your valuable suggestions"
] |
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"phd",
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"lecturer"
] |
[
"First paper published, follow-up paper rejected by editor as out of scope?",
"I published an article few months ago in a journal. I sent another article to the same journal, in which I improved the design idea and enhanced the computation.\nI was told that my second article was sent to Prof. X (name was provided) as a topic editor. \n\nAfter about 70 days, I got an editorial rejection due to the article not being within the scope of the journal. In the online submission site, it said that my article was under review for the last 70 days.\nIn the end, my article was not even sent to referees... is that normal?"
] |
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"publications",
"journals",
"peer-review",
"editors"
] |
[
"Funding for Phd positions in Australia",
"Are PhD positions in Australia fully funded for international students like in the US and Europe? I shall be applying for PhD programs in Astronomy and Astrophysics. Also, are scholarships given for masters program in the same field?"
] |
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"phd",
"funding",
"australia"
] |
[
"Should I contact the Editor again?",
"I have submitted my mathematical paper to a journal in November 2018. After that, it has the status \"Awaiting Referee Selection\" during 4 months. I contacted the Editor-in-Chief for his support, luckily, he is very nice. The result is that the status of the paper has been \"under review\" in March 2019 and he said that:\n\n\n I hope to receive the reports of the referees by mid-April.\n\n\nHowever, today (April 24, 2019) I still has not received the first decision. \nShould I contact the Editor-in-Chief again or not?\nThank you for your comments."
] |
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"publications"
] |
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"Is there away to know who has published several high quality papers in a specific academic field/area during the last 5 years for example",
"I am trying to submit a paper for publication. The journal is asking to provide a list of experts who have published several high quality papers in the field of interest. Is there away to find this out easily?"
] |
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"publications",
"peer-review",
"publishers",
"publishability"
] |
[
"Shooting For a Star Supervisor VS Mediocre Supervisor and Consequences For Your Academic Life Career",
"I have asked this question before, but it seems easier said than done. I think this question is really important for prospective students for making a sound decision for their career life. Academia, in general, is very competitive. My question is: If your goal to be recognized in your research field, should you shoot a star researcher in your field and wait maybe a couple of years to join his/her lab, or working with a mediocre supervisor and in that case, I have to build a reputation on my own, however, I don't know whether it possible.\n\nDefinitely, we cannot make a sweeping generalization, but some stars in the field are really bully and this based on true starts( happened to me and others posts here) and they can write pretty bad letters. \n\nShould a prospective student wait to shoot a star lab/supervisor or just manage to finish and then build his/her reputation by attending conferences, organizing workshops.\n\nEDIT\n\nI have been shortlisted as top candidates at a very prestigious institute in Europe, however, the junior supervisor selected me is really negative person based on a couple of discussions and ignoring multiple emails, I cannot imagine myself to be his student.\n\nOn the other hand, another supervisor is quite old, not so much involved in research, but he offered to deposit a grant for next year. He is really very nice person, his former student was able to finish, but he told me you will learn on your own. \n\nI don't have many options cause I am running out financially and has no many options, maybe I am not a lucky person."
] |
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"advisor",
"supervision"
] |
[
"\"Quarterly Franklin Membership\" means?",
"Recently I received a email from London Journals Press.\n\nDear Dr. Po-Wei Huang,\n...\nTaking note of your research interest that matches with our journal scope, I would like to welcome you to associate with us. To follow this, our Editorial Board has agreed to recognise you under "Quarterly Franklin Membership" (Membership ID#XC11296).\n...\nAlso I encourage you to have your upcoming research article/paper published in our international, peer-reviewed, refereed journal, London Journal of Engineering Research (LJER) and confirm your review slot before 15th of the coming month for the next issue. ...\n\nAt first, I ignored it. But after few days, he sent a follow up email like the following,\n\nI’m writing this as a follow-up for my email which I sent few days ago. I think that you had a glimpse of our Franklin Membership email and our proposal for your membership ID #XC11296. I did not hear back from you since then. If you have any queries regarding the Quarterly Franklin Membership honored to you, I (or my support teammate) would be grateful to provide you with further information.\nI hope you don't find this outreach uncomfortable. I was simply wondering if you are still interested in joining our member community. I truly feel that someone like you who is involved in many great research works is ideal for connecting.\n\nI find that London Journals Press is not on the list of predatory journal. So , is there Any recommendation? or should I ask my advisor directly?"
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"journals"
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"As an undergrad in research, how should I deal with a uncommitted PhD co-worker?",
"I'm a sophomore in CS planning on grad school, so I asked Prof. A to do research, hoping that I may eventually get some publication (which was understood). \n\nProf A. is THE star in our department (and in the field as well) and is all busy fundraising, giving talks, etc. So as I expected I was assigned a PhD student B to work with (so this is B's project). Basically I'm building the software infrastructure of online surveys related to the research, and B is responsible for giving me data so I can populate my survey templates and publish them online.\n\nNow the problem is that B has put off their share of his work (or at least it seems) repeatedly -- they'd promise \"I'll take a look at your UI tomorrow and give you feedback\" -- then two weeks would pass by, I'd email, and eventually get back to me one week later (\"sorry I got busy...\"). This has happened a few times, and I believe I finally have the UI the way it was wanted and the entire system ready to deploy -- but seems to be unable to deliver me the data. Again I emailed, still no responses. No luck finding the Prof in their office either.\n\nI'm not sure if it's a good idea to tell Prof A. about this (who after all funds this project)... I have put in too many hours of work (for free) to quit this project, and worst yet the Prof I'm working for doesn't seem to care, and I never dared to ask about authorship (so there's no promise). What should I do?"
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"research-process",
"undergraduate",
"research-undergraduate"
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[
"A new model for publications where papers evolve over time?",
"In the old days, software was shipped, then used, and eventually replaced or uninstalled. Academic publications are roughly the same: they get published, read and cited, and (for the most part) eventually replaced by newer results. However, while the way we create software has changed to where it now evolves, being updated regularly without uninstalling or fully replacing, publications have not. If you want to publish new results on a line of research you need to publish a new paper, even in cases where 80% of the theory or methodology behind it have stayed the same.\n\nSo I'm asking the question: does anyone know of a model where publications evolve over time, perhaps by being hosted and versioned on github or similar; where revisions can still get reviewed, but the authors can later change and extend their publication? Given the Internet, a model like that seems more appropriate to me. Publications could evolve over time from early position papers, to preliminary results papers, to conference style papers, to longer journal style reference papers, to books. Over the same time, the list of contributors could change and in particular, hopefully, grow.\n\nDoes anyone know of a publication model like that, either discussed in the library science literature or implemented in practice? I've looked at what some of the open journals do, but haven't found any model where publications can evolve."
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"publications",
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"What does recommended for acceptance mean?",
"I applied to a computer science PhD program and received an email saying the department admissions committee has recommended me for acceptance to the program. What does it mean \"recommended\"? Isn't it the department making the decision?"
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"graduate-admissions"
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"What should I do when the references are not replying?",
"I have worked in Germany for 2 years as a research assistant and then I moved to my home country and worked here for almost 4 years and published papers in reputed journals. Logically I think I should include the names of my current supervisors or the supervisors I have published works with.\nBut Professor X (I am applying for a Ph.D. position) is originally from Germany, currently residing in Canada. He asked me to include three references from Germany. So I wrote the supervisors those I have worked under.\n\nOne of them had given LOR earlier in 2019 and it was very good (as he sent me once to check if everything was ok or not). I worked under him in 2014 and only for a month and we were on good terms. But now when I wrote him, he did not reply (its been 2 days)\nAnother one has also given me LOR when I was applying for another job. I worked under him for 4 months(I got the job that time in 2015). After that, we were not connected. He also did not reply.\nThe last one where I worked for 8 months ( in 2015) and learned most of my works which mean his LOR is the most valued one. But we did not finish on good terms. I mean we both have issues so I left that job at that time. After that, once I asked for a LOR from him, he only wrote a list of works that I learned from his lab, and nothing else (like good character or something that you usually need to write in a LOR). So I don't think his LOR will add anything positive to my application. But as Professor X asked for their name, so I mailed him (the last one) too. Again he did not reply.\n\nSo basically I wrote three of my supervisors two days ago and asked for their permission if I can include their name in my application and none of them replied yet. Maybe things are difficult due to this pandemic.\nIn this situation what should I do? Should I write Professor X that I could not reach them? Or just send Professor X the list of names? what if Professor X contacts them and they don't reply?\n(I am restless because Professor X is waiting for my reply too)\nUpdate: I have written to Professor X explaining the problems I am facing 3 days ago. And he did not reply to me yet. Should I write him again? or what can be a good step to take now?"
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"phd",
"advisor",
"recommendation-letter",
"professors",
"germany"
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"Is it plagiarism if you combine different algorithms to form one algorithm?",
"Im doing a paper where i use a system to combine rules and algorithms from different studies to form a complete program. The ideas were combined and i made a program from that combined idea, now th program itself was made by me and I used solutions which are not exactly the same such as using shortcuts and other functions in matlab. The original papers were all in 1980s, and i was wondering if it is plagiarism to use their algorithms. In my methodology i explained thoroughly their method."
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"publications",
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[
"Is there a search tool for finding primary sources in US History?",
"If I search a tool like JSTOR, ProQuest, or Academic Search Complete, I typically just find secondary sources. Occasionally I can find primary sources there, but only when it is part of a translation or transcription project, but it is rare for me to find these appear in my results. Sometimes I can find books that compile these, but one $20 book might contain just 40 primary sources, which seems minuscule.\nI'm looking for US History resources like letters, dairies, military orders, military reports, commission reports, etc.\nIs there a search tool that compiles a vast database of primary sources?"
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[
"How to appropriately emphasize the importance of consulting more to a student?",
"I'm a PhD student and a full-time researcher in my uni. This year I was assigned with supervising of one Bachelor's thesis. My PhD supervisor invented a topic, which is really interesting, but a really difficult one for this level (combination of quantum chemistry and neural networks).\n\nStudent, who assigned for that, has a programming background, so he doesn't have much experience in mathematics or a theoretical computer science. Nevertheless, I believed he can catch up and I had some literature prepared for him.\n\nAt first he didn't contact me for the first several weeks, which made me pretty nervous and I wrote him a polite reminding e-mail with a consultation suggestion. He came and we agreed on some plan. Several weeks later, on our second consultation he showed just a little real progress, but I still considered it ok, believing, that he's studying the underlying theory beforehand.\n\nThe problem is now, that he didn't show up since and I had to contact him again, only to find out, that he was too occupied by his job and that he will be writing e-mails with his progress.\n\nSo, I'm afraid, based on his behaviour, that he tries to appear independent and to develop the software for the thesis on his own. That could be a real problem as he will progress too slow without any guidance (he has NO previous experience with his topic, except programming skills).\n\nSo, my question is - how can I politely persuade him to communicate with me more often? I really want him to successfully finish his thesis, both because of my \"score\" during PhD and because I would otherwise feel guilty of ruining someone else's career."
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"thesis",
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[
"How do PhD programs use information on where admitted and waitlisted students will be going?",
"I applied to several American PhD programs in statistics in the fall. A few days ago, I accepted an offer from one of them. I have since been emailing other programs that admitted me to decline their offer and programs that waitlisted me that I can be removed from their waitlist. Some programs have asked me where I'll be going. What do programs typically do with this information?"
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"graduate-admissions"
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"Documenting code for thesis",
"I'm making my degree thesis on applied maths. An important part of the work is the implementation of some algorithms and simulations so code is part of the work. And I mean a lot of code.\n\nI don't have references of works like mine so I'm not sure what to do with the code. Of course, it's not going to be \"printed\" as part of the thesis. It's supposed to be documented on internet with the link in an appendix I guess, but I don't really know how to deal with it.\n\nI didn't find and answer in other posts."
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"thesis",
"mathematics",
"code"
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[
"Supervisor lack of knowledge",
"I am a doctoral student in the engineering area in Europe, Belgium. I applied for the project in which I am in April and was accepted. I also had other offers from England.\nI liked the subject and refused the other offers, also because of the higher salary and the beautiful city where the university is located.\nI started in early September. I have always been a very dedicated student and a passionate and curious person, but now I go to work only because I have to and sometimes I feel very depressed and nervous, and these are the reasons why:\n\n\nThe supervisor is a good person. He looks good, is very calm, but has shown a lack of knowledge in the field where I am. She is a strong researcher, but in the field in which she graduated (which is also the field of my degree)\nIt is a small department with a very small laboratory. Everyone is on the paper of others and I don't think it's because they have made a great contribution to the work. I'm like a family and even if I enjoy the relaxed atmosphere, I don't feel \"proud\" of where I am;\nWhen I applied, they told me that I had to do some tests in a very interesting laboratory abroad. These tests are important for having very precise data (experimental data should be compared with numerical work) and they also told me that I had to integrate a technique into a production process. I discovered the first week that people using the machine are in a very early stage, they have to learn to use the machine and this was not emphasized during my interview. Furthermore, the test will probably not be performed abroad. This has negatively affected the way I perceive them. I feel that they have selled the position without being totally honest with me;\nI come from another field. I'm not really understanding most of the things they say and I doubt I am the right candidate for this position. I'm starting to think I just hired \"because\" I have a strong resume. To be more precise, I am a civil engineer and the field of my doctorate is more on material / mechanical engineering.\nI can't change my topic: my project is part of a bigger one. This is another important reason why I wanted to go to this university. I liked not being alone on an island, but I liked the spirit of collaboration and the link with the industries. But I can't really follow them when they talk, they speak another language for me.\n\n\nWhat do you think of this situation? I have been alone for two months.\nMy feelings are very bad and I don't know how to talk to my supervisor. I often think to quit and to find onother position, but I feel that is very hard in my position now. I know that i am unhappy and if I had another possibility, I would quit."
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"changing-fields",
"early-career"
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"Preparing a curriculum vitae for an undergraduate internship",
"I am currently a scholarship student in my sophomore year in a double major programme in theoretical physics and pure mathematics. I wish to apply for an internship, for which they have asked me for my CV. I checked traditional CVs and I couldn't find anything that is relevant to my current situation. What should I put in my CV and what must I ignore? \nThe following is the skill set that I have in my arsenal. The internship is for a physics research topic so what must I include? \n\n\n\nSkills (academic) : \n\n\nPhysics (The courses that I have taken with my grades on them) \nMath (The courses that I have taken with my grades on them) \nRandom courses in the branches of languages and arts\nCurrently involved in a theoretical research project in physics, but haven't really achieved anything in it as yet as I was headed tangentially in the topic\nHigh school results (top 1% of the cohort)\n\n\nSkills (miscellaneous): \n\n\nhyperpolyglot\nartist (professional impressionist and surrealist) \nwriter and poet (free verse)\nactive quizzer and debater \nfootball striker (out of context, but you never know ;) )\nswimmer\nsculptor\n\n\nInterests: \n\n\nPhilosophy\nPsychology \nTheology\nOccult Sciences \nArt and art history\nReading (I would read anything with words on it)\nLiterature \nLanguages\n\n\n\n\nAnd a couple of other things here and there. Also, is there any particular formatting that I should adhere to? \n\n\n\nI mailed the professor I wished to work with and he replied as follows:\nSend me a CV and information on your coursework and results\n\n\n\nSo what must I put in and what must I deduct? Thanks in advance :)"
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[
"Is it a bad idea not to use slides in my Ph.D. oral defense?",
"I am preparing for my Ph.D. oral defense in mathematics and am reading tips from various resources. It seems that the usage of slides is usually assumed, though it is generally not required. For me, I am more used to the more traditional way; that is, using whiteboard and markers. I have almost never used slides in my past part-time teachings.\n\nMy questions:\n\n\nIs it a bad idea to use whiteboard and markers instead of slides in my Ph.D. oral defense?\nIf I use whiteboard, what if the committee have questions about the contents that I have already erased in my presentation?"
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"phd",
"mathematics",
"presentation",
"defense",
"slides"
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[
"Supply and Demand of Academic Research?",
"My question needs prefacing. I was thinking about an analogy between research and a macroeconomy.\nIn the macroeconomy, there's a supply of investment funds from households that ultimately goes toward firms' production of goods and services. Households then consume those goods and services, and judge the value added by those goods and services to their original investment. The cycle repeats. Government acts as a large "resource allocator" by investing some fraction of household investment funds at their own discretion, and the "outside world" likewise contributes to investment funds, consumes, and produces some of the goods and services.\nIt seems natural to extend this analogy to research funding and "consumption." The private industry produces research "investment" money that is then used by firms and government to fund research. That research is then "judged" for its viability by its spawned correspondence in the short term (forward citations) and the related goods and services ultimately produced in the long run. Some fraction of the value added by that research then goes back into investment funding that repeats the cycle.\nAn idea follows from this analogy. Just as there's a finite propensity to "consume" and a finite supply of investment funds, there's also a finite amount of productive research that can be performed and a finite supply of research funds. This seems to imply that, though the government can choose to throw more and more investment into any research field, there'll eventually come a point where there aren't enough labs that can draw up useful grants and then reasonably complete them for that investment. Research funding supply "shocks," such as government suddenly quadrupling fundamental research spending in renewables, may have a diminishing return issue.\nI understand that there are several conflated classifications here (research vs. R&D) and that many segmentations exist for "research" that may behave differently (laboratories vs firms vs industries). But I'm only interested in the behavior of research grouped as a whole.\nSo my question is this: are there any analyses of research as a whole that treat it somewhat like a macroeconomy? Is there any value to such an analysis? And if not, why?"
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"government-institutes"
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"Is it appropriate (as a current student) to ask professors questions not directly related (but related enough) to course material?",
"I am an undergraduate mathematics major. During office hours I asked a question to a professor which was not a homework problem, but which was related to a homework problem (and I had made the connection clear). He answered my question fine enough, but at the end he said, \"My office hours are for students to ask about [course he is teaching] only,\" and he said my question was not relevant to the course. \n\nSo, I asked (as politely as possible), who in the department should I ask if I have a question (as he was clearly implying not to ask him anymore)? He said, ask your teacher if the question relates to his class, but not otherwise.\n\nObviously I understand the importance of self-study, but am I expected to not ask anyone for advice on any questions that aren't word-for-word out of the textbook or problem set? \n\nWhat is the typical attitude of professors toward students asking somewhat tangential but not totally off-topic questions? Is this normal behavior? I want to have realistic expectations for my professors in the future. I'm an underclassman and relatively new to the field of mathematics so maybe I just have wrong expectations right now. Hopefully some of you who are more experienced in academia can help me out here. \n\nEdit: There was no one else in line after me to see the professor at office hours."
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"mathematics",
"undergraduate",
"office-hours"
] |
[
"How to select a journal at the intersection of two domains?",
"My professor has asked me to select a journal to publish the paper I have been working on, which focuses on analysing the performance of NNs, SVMs etc. on existing datasets in the Network Security Domain. \n\nI am a new researcher (just finished by Bachelors), and I'm unsure how to go about selecting a journal; I tried sending the paper to an AI journal, which rejected it suggesting I submit it to a journal closer to the application domain. I do believe the paper lies in the domain of AI/Machine Learning, as it's majorly a performance analysis of datasets and their properties. How would I go about selecting the correct journal, accounting for things like impact factor etc.?"
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"research-undergraduate"
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[
"I made it past the first round and I'm a Fulbright semi-finalist — should I tell the graduate programs I applied to?",
"I have not heard from any of the programs (Physics PhD) I applied to yet.\nMy thoughts on the effect of a brief email to the graduate coordinator are:\n\nPros —\nThe admission committee at the graduate program will have the knowledge that another committee (for a prestigious scholarship) has reviewed my project/profile/etc and found me of a high caliber.\n\nCons — The admission committee may be annoyed by my contact, viewing me as trying to score some \"brownie points.\" It is only semi-finalist, I still have to be selected in the final round."
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"graduate-admissions"
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"Applying for two Assistant Professor job posts on different subjects, but very related",
"I am preparing my application for two job positions for the same university on different subjects, but they are highly related to each other. Based on my knowledge and experience (PhD in applied machine learning and statistics), I am capabale of teaching both. Suppose, one job position is for assistant professor on statistics and the other is on statistical programming. Two different subjects, but (very) interrelated.\nThe question is: will it be detrimnetal or in anyway seen as a counterintuitive, or negative to my chances if I apply for both these positions given that they are so close to each other and is for the same university?"
] |
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"job-search",
"job",
"assistant-professor"
] |
[
"What is a typical retirement pension plan for professors in the United States?",
"I have read some posts regarding academic salaries such as\nIn which countries are academic salaries published? but none about retirement pension plans.\n\nWhat is a typical retirement pension plan for professors in the United States?\n\nI assume there might be some significant differences between public and private universities. Research/study/survey that tried to quantify it on a larger sample is welcome."
] |
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"united-states",
"professors",
"salary"
] |
[
"How to write an abstract for a summary paper based on a longer paper?",
"I wrote a 50-page report that has an abstract. Now I have to write a shorter paper on the same topic that summarizes the report.\n\nThe challenge is that the most logical thing to do would be to simply use the same abstract for both papers.\n\nHowever, it seems to be an unwritten rule that abstracts should not be reused. (I am wrong?)\n\nAlternatively, I could write a new abstract from scratch, ignoring the old abstract.\n\nWhat would be the best course of action in this case?"
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"publications",
"abstract"
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[
"Establishing the list of authors for a comprehensive/review (conference) paper",
"I am about to submit a paper for an international conference in condensed-matter physics. I want to present work which has been done over a number of years with different people. In particular, I want to include i) work that I did during my PhD with set of collaborators A; ii) work done also with set A but more recently; and iii) related work done also more recently but with a set of collaborators B.\n\nIn a way, this could be regarded a bit as review of methodology/older results plus new results, all in the same field/theme. All the results I will be presenting are already published in different journals, except for the work done in collaboration with set B which is under review at the moment (note that our conference culture differs from CS, where the conference is typically also the publication venue for the work).\n\nMy question is regarding how to manage the list of authors for my abstract. In the past I always presented very specific bits of work for which the author list was clear. In this case I do not know how to handle it given the more comprehensive nature of the presentation. I am considering the following options:\n\n\nUse only my name as author and reference appropriately the relevant publications. Then acknowledge my collaborators with a slide at the end of my presentation.\nUse only the names of the most important contributors to the work in the list of authors, then acknowledge everyone at the end of the presentation.\nUse everybody's name, then again use a slide at the end with pictures etc. where the roles of the different collaborators are highlighted in more detail.\n\n\nI am biased against 3. because of practical considerations: if I submit an abstract with lots of names then I have to get everyone to agree on the abstract's and presentation's contents. I am also afraid that 1. might come across as if I was trying to neglect the contributions made by others and could be unfair to them, especially those that contributed most.\n\nI am looking for some advice on how to handle this kind of situation in such a way that the contribution made by everyone involved is appropriately acknowledged."
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"authorship"
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[
"How do really talented people in academia think about people who are less capable than them?",
"To be more specific, how do really top professors think about students who are much less smart than them, the students can be their Ph.D. students or just students who were taking his/her class.\n\nThis is a main problem I am concerned about when I have something I don't understand, and because of this, I am often hesitant to ask my professors or other friends, because I am afraid that they would look down upon me and think I am too stupid/useless/incapable, etc?\n\nCan someone who know this give me some advice to overcome this unhealthy attitude?"
] |
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"graduate-school",
"academic-life",
"emotional-responses"
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[
"How likely is it that a UK or EU PhD in STEM has to be self funded?",
"I am an EU citizen interested in pursuing a physics PhD in either a UK university or an European one. It looks like PhD fees for UK universities are so much higher than EU universities, so my issue resides more with UK universities.\n\nHow likely is it for a physics PhD to be self funded? Do most PhDs get funded by the university or other third party funding? Are there any statistics on this since on average, £20,000 a year for 4 years is not an option for me if I have to pay these fees myself.\n\nAny thoughts on this?"
] |
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"phd",
"funding",
"united-kingdom",
"physics",
"eu"
] |
[
"How to cite class notes in a paper?",
"In a paper, I have used a very classic method, whose details I found in certain class notes, found googling the name of the method itself. \n\nI would like to cite these class notes (something like \"this method has been implemented as explained in [class notes]\") , but I have no idea if this is common or if I should find a different (more official) source. \nWhat should I do?"
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"citations"
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[
"Is it possible to do a research on both Computer Science and Law, without a Law Degree?",
"I'm currently a computer scientist, with work experience in both academia and industry. I'm starting to get very interested in the intersection of law and computer science. I do think we really need people that know law and computer science at the same time very well, to decide on the important issues currently we are dealing with.\n\nWhat is the best way for me to deal with my decision? Do I need a law degree first, before I do research on this matter, If so I should start with an Bsc?; or should I apply for a junior research position in the law department?"
] |
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"computer-science",
"law"
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[
"Should one refer to the title of an article or to the title of the magazine when the author is unknown (MLA/APA)",
"I think the title is quite clear.\n\nIf the author of an article is unknwon, should one refer to the title of the article, or to the magazine itself? The same goes for electronic sources.\n\nLet's say this is my source.\n\n\n “An Interview with Susan Bassnett.” Channel View Publications Blog.\n Channel View Publications. n.d. Web. 5 dec. 2013.\n\n\nWould I refer (inline) like so:\n\n\n Bassnet states that ... (\"An Interview with Susan Bassnett\").\n\n\nor like so \n\n\n Bassnett states that ... (Channel View Publications Blog)."
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"citations"
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"Share copyrighted stimulus material with collaborator",
"We've been showing a number of copyrighted movies in a psychology experiment. I would like to share the movies with a collaborator at the other side of the world, who wants to run an alternative analysis. As our behavioural data is event timing-related and as we've shown the movie in separate clips with some additional overlays it would be best if we just shared the stimulus files directly. We've got a lot of videos with relatively large (GB) individual size. \n\nWhat are my options? I've got no experience with file sharing, so am not sure what can go wrong here. I don't want to get into legal trouble for uploading them somewhere."
] |
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"copyright"
] |
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"Good ways to multitask",
"While multitasking is not a desired trait unique to academia, it's something that seems particularly important for graduate students and new faculty. I've had many students ask me how to multitask effectively, and I'm curious to know what the collective wisdom of this forum would be. \n\n\n what are good practices to manage multiple distinct academic\n activities effectively ?\n\n\nTo make this more focused and relevant, I'll limit academic activities to\n\n\nTaking (or teaching) classes\nWorking on multiple research projects\nWriting grant proposals (or applying for fellowships)\nservice responsibilities\na healthy lifestyle with outside hobbies"
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"productivity",
"workflow"
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[
"Should you tell grad students to apply for grants you know they won't get?",
"I am a humanities professor at a middling university in the United States. My department has a poorly funded Ph.D. program, which attracts second-tier students at best. (The good Ph.D. students go to programs that can afford to fund them fully, it seems.)\n\nEach year, I typically have my Ph.D. students apply to all of the relevant major grants (Fulbright, Mellon stuff, etc.) that would fund their dissertation research. None has ever gotten a grant, nor have I ever had a student who I thought had a remote chance of getting one. Their essays are usually poorly written, despite lots of editing help from me. (By poorly written, I mean there are really fundamental writing issues, like incomplete sentences. I point these out to them to the extent possible but I can't write their essays for them, and I don't catch every error they make.) Frankly, I think our Ph.D. students are just not of the caliber that are going to win grant contests where only the top 1 or 2 percent of applicants are funded.\n\nI am wondering if I should continue to have the students apply to these grants each year. On one hand, it feels like a waste of their time (not to mention mine, and the application reviewers') to have them write grant essays for fellowships that they basically have no chance of getting. On the other hand, I can't know for certain that they will never get grants -- strange things happen -- and more importantly, I think that writing the application essays is good for forcing them to think through their dissertation projects. But maybe that time would be better spent doing research so they can finish our program without accumulating massive amounts of debt (because we have poor funding, many of them borrow money to attend -- for which reason I think we should not even admit students if we can't fund them, but that is a separate issue).\n\nFor the record, I do strongly encourage my students to apply for smaller-ticket grants -- the kind that pay $500 or $1000 to support a certain type of project, or go to a specific research site, etc. These grants are usually more obscure, more specialized and less competitive, and the students have a better record of getting them. (I also work very hard with them on these smaller grant applications because I know their chances are better.) But when it comes to the big-name, Fulbright-esque grants, the prospects just seem hopelessly dim, and I wonder if the time everyone spends on their applications is worth it."
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"graduate-school",
"funding"
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[
"Can postdocs in the United States apply for funding to support undergrad/MS/PhD students?",
"As a postdoc in the US, is it possible to apply for funding for a project, which can be used to support one or two undergrad/MS/PhD students?"
] |
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"funding",
"united-states",
"postdocs"
] |
[
"What do principal investigators (PIs) look for in prospective post docs?",
"I've always wondered if PIs look for a perfect fit for their projects. For instance, a post doc vacancy is advertised as follows:\n\n\nMust have completed PhD with 3 peer reviewed journal articles.\nMust have x,y and z skills.\nMust have had some exposure to a,b and c skills.\n\n\nNow what if the applicant has only 1 journal article and is working on a 2nd manuscript. Has x and z skills and has had exposure to a and b skills but not c but some other skills that might be useful?\n\nSo would this applicant want to apply for said post doc? \nIf so does how does the hiring dynamic work? \nWould this dynamic be the same whether it is an engineering/science post doc or otherwise?\nWould the applicant be overlooked because he/she isn't a 100% fit?\n\nI realize that each situation would need to be judged differently but there has got to be a general thumb rule."
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"career-path",
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"job",
"postdocs"
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[
"What does \"The references in general are not current\" mean?",
"I submitted a paper recently and one of the major revisions that they ask for was this: \"The references in general are not current.\"\n\nWhat does the reviewer mean by this?"
] |
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"citations",
"journals",
"peer-review",
"paper-submission"
] |
[
"Teaching high school mathematics after a pure mathematics PhD",
"I am currently a PhD student in pure mathematics. Since I began studying mathematics I hve wanted to pursue a career in academia, doing reserch and teaching at a university. \n\nHowever, my interest in doing research has somewhat declined. I have a deep passion for teaching mathematics but I understand that it is not easy (or even possible) to teach mathematics in a university and make a career out of that without doing research. So I started to ponder the possibility of teaching high school mathematics, something I think I would be good at. \n\nIn my country it's not easy to find a job as a high school teacher and this is a seriously underappreciated job. My question is:\n\n\nIn what countries could I expect to find a job as a mathematics high school teacher after completing my mathematics PhD?"
] |
[
"phd",
"mathematics",
"teaching"
] |
[
"Can professors generally keep books paid for with university funds?",
"I'll soon be leaving the faculty position I've held for over 20 years at a private college in the United States. Do departing faculty typically keep books that might have been purchased with university funds? After all of this time, it's hard to know which books I paid for, which were given to me, and which were paid for by grants or departmental funds. My department (which I head) is being shut down, so nobody will remain to whom the books would be useful."
] |
[
"united-states",
"professors",
"books"
] |
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