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54,500 | I was the TA for a course a few years ago.
As part of the course, I was able to obtain a set of business case studies.
At the bottom of each page, it is written something to the effect of:
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> This document is authorized for use by [my name], from [start date] to [end date], in the course [name of course] at [name of... | [
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54,509 | This question has asked previously for PhD in [mathematics](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/8939/non-academic-career-options-for-phd-in-math) and [computer science](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/37606/non-academic-positions-after-phd-in-computer-science) in this StackExchange forum. However,... | [
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54,511 | I am applying to tenure track jobs at high research activity universities in the United State. Wading through open positions, I've become increasingly confused about what is the meaningful distinction between "programs", "institutes", and "departments". I understand faculty are organized into departments, and may parti... | [
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"text": "*Program* is a plan of either tutor-based or research-based application, is which often designed for undergraduate or... | 2015/09/17 | [
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54,514 | I would like to firstly state that I do understand the essence of the reviewing process in scientific publications.
I have submitted my article to a material-science relating journal. The first round of revision was very fast; it took less than 10 days. One of two referees suggested a minor revision while the other as... | [
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54,515 | Obviously, the college drop-out in question is me, so allow me to supply as much detail as needed for you to answer this question as it pertains to my situation.
I come from a "disadvantaged" background; bad schools, bad home-life, the works. The high school I attended was one of those under-performing schools that un... | [
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54,529 | I am an electronics engineering undergrad currently choosing a topic for my bachelor thesis.
I have always been interested in physics in general, and in quantum mechanics in particular. To make sure my attraction to quantum mechanics wasn't merely that of a layman reading about the cool properties of the quantum worl... | [
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54,532 | I have a degree in *Social Education* (done in Portugal). I am wondering whether anybody can help me in finding organizations that can provide an *equivalency certificate (report)* for this degree. I have searched and a degree in *Social Pedagogy* is very similar to mine. However, I don't know how to obtain an equivale... | [
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54,541 | I am part of the student council at my college and I would like to email a letter to all of the deans.
How can I start the letter without writing "Dear Deans?" | [
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54,551 | In my country (Vietnam), the professor title is bestowed by a national council. In Korean or USA, it is bestowed by the university. What about other countries (e.g. Japan, France, Germany, Australia, England, Russia)? And if the title is bestow by the university, is it still recognized when the person who hold the titl... | [
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"text": "In Taiwan, you need to pass the [Screening of Qualification on Teachers of Junior Colleges and Higher Levels](http://en... | 2015/09/18 | [
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54,568 | I have gathered online that SpringerPlus is legit. thing and not some scam. But they emailed me (a PhD student) and called me a Professor and asked me to review an article which was accepted in some other journal.
I feel like i should do the review because it's good for one's career, but this seems very strange. What... | [
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54,573 | Should I write *PDE* or *partial differential equation* in the body of a mathematics paper? In a similar way, should I expand *Dirichlet-to-Neumann map* or write *DN map* or *DtN map?*
A somewhat related question [Can I use abbreviations in the title of a research paper?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/7362/) co... | [
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54,577 | (Context: theoretical computer science.)
I just received a review request; I have previously reviewed three previous versions of the same submission (twice for conferences, once for a journal), recommending rejection each time. For one of the conferences, there was discussion between reviewers and PC members; all revi... | [
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54,584 | I am applying for a junior faculty position (i.e. tenure track assistant professor level) at a research-intensive US university this fall. As a part of the application process, the university asked for CV, cover letter, employment application letter, a list of referees at the initial phase. Now they have contacted me a... | [
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54,588 | I am submitting a revised manuscript to an Elsevier journal. However, English is my second language and I am confused about the meaning of "Date Revision Due"!
The journal editorial system indicates "Sep 19, 2015" as Date Revision Due. Please tell me should I submit the revised manuscript before "Sep 18,2015 11:59 PM... | [
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54,598 | I am applying for Graduate Admissions to the Previous University where I graduated nearly 10 years ago.
Application says to send official copies of Transcripts from Previous University.
But I am applying to Previous University, shouldn't they have it?
Sure, I can upload photocopies of their transcripts (application ... | [
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54,626 | I’m writing my master’s thesis about visual automated testing, which will be summarized to paper.
In my *theoretical study,* I reference other people’s work, papers and study about this topic. Meanwhile, there are some new commercial products that have the same functionality as my research project and they provide a 3... | [
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"text": "I am not familiar with your area but I do not see a problem here. Basically about every book you reference... | 2015/09/19 | [
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54,629 | I plan to apply for a tenured position at school B.
I am currently on sabbatical at my school, school A, for the fall semester of 2015. According to the rules of school A, I have to stay with school A for the whole year of 2016 (I heard that this is the case for most universities: you have to stay for at least six mo... | [
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54,636 | A paper contains three theorems. After submitting the paper, the author finds out that one of their theorems was already published by someone else with stronger result. Although their result is not as strong, the author’s method is much simpler.
They have two choices:
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54,638 | I am applying to two graduate programs in the same University (Electrical Engineering and Financial Engineering).
One of the required documents is the latest resume.
In the past, when I applied for jobs, I would tailor my resume to fit the job description and skills they require, and include only relevant accomplishm... | [
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54,640 | I once read that, for example, there are statistical techniques that are applied in social sciences that also are applied for Computer Science and other fields, for example: sampling, hypothesis testing, and so on. I was wondering if there are some statistical specific techniques that are used in the field of Computer ... | [
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54,646 | The application season is coming, and I'm going to spam the mailbox of every professors.
OK, just kidding, but not completely untrue. Of course I will do my homework. As Enenymooy said, it is fine to contact a professor if you are:
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54,675 | I'm a junior faculty in a reasonably good UK university. It seems to me that the non-research workload is quite high, and more than I would wish/expected for.
I have two courses per year. Which is okay. And then there's some admin work.
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54,676 | Some time ago I switched departments within the same institution. Before leaving I had an idea of a paper and started to work on it. I shared my thoughts on it with my then-coworkers and they praised it. So now, after I settled things in a new department, I continued to work on that paper and completed it. Before submi... | [
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54,683 | We're currently interviewing candidates at my company and I'd like to verify if some of them really have the academic degrees they claim. One in particular claims a doctoral degree from a German university.
I've contacted the university, and the dean wrote back saying that they could not provide this information witho... | [
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54,684 | Our team had a paper recently published in *Energy and Buildings*, and one of us (not the main author) received last week an email from someone claiming to be an editor with Bwrungor.
According to this email, the editor was "impressed" with our paper and invites us to write or edit a book.
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54,690 | I got a rejection after one review cycle, with a comment that reviewer comments are useful and will help you in submission to another journal. Can I ask the editor's opinion on which journal to target? | [
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54,704 | **Background:** This summer I was the instructor for a course in which many of my students were in high school, and were enrolled in my course as part of a 'pre-college' program at my university. This was a regular course, in no way modified for the pre-college students, and there were undergraduates enrolled simultane... | [
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54,709 | How many references on average are typical for a PhD Thesis?
More specifically, I'm looking for a comparison of the average number of references for an engineering PhD thesis and PhD theses in other fields.
I'm looking for references or data on the subject. | [
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54,719 | I am looking for a reputable free tool to export results of a keyword search on Google Scholar to Microsoft Word or Excel.
I am in the process of assembling a reading list for systematic literature review. In Google Scholar, I get 276 results for my keyword search. I need to perform and record two culls firstly on tit... | [
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54,722 | It seems like journal publishers do not require credentials for proof of your affiliation and identity. There are many places where such credentials are important, but even the most popular journal publishers do not ask for them. Why is that so? | [
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54,723 | In citing a paper by myself and others in my thesis, suppose my surname is A and that I have a paper jointly with B and C. I want to cite it, and normally, I would write
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> A, B, and C showed that this can be done [ABC15].
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However, in my thesis, it feels more natural to say
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54,730 | In writing, there are many things one can do to make the text better.
Some basic rules of thumb include avoiding repetitions, avoiding passive voice, breaking down long and complicated sentences, or letting the reader think for themselves.
Do such rules also apply to scientific texts, and if not, why?
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54,741 | I defended my master thesis couple months ago in a German University. It's a thesis in Computer Science. In my thesis I mainly implemented some machine learning methods and compared their performance. The implementations of the methods and making them available as open-source are considered one of the main contribution... | [
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54,744 | I emailed a professor a week ago about any potential undergraduate opportunities he might have in his research lab. I have not yet gotten a response. Is this normal? the end of my email went like this, was I too pushy or was I not explicit enough with my question? would it be rude to send another email asking again? th... | [
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54,756 | I teach courses in physics, astronomy and planetary science.
Often, but certainly not always, international students (and even some domestic students, for whom English is not their primary language), write worse than their domestic peers who have grown up with English.
For most assignments, I take up to a couple poi... | [
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54,757 | I'm putting together applications for assistant professor positions and some ask for a research *statement* whereas others ask for a research *plan* (still others, although a rarity, ask for neither).
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54,760 | I am a PhD student and a new TA for a class. I receive no extra money for TA'ing. Instead, my TA'ing offsets my advisors need to fund me. The professor I'm TA'ing for knows that I have advanced software engineering skills from professional experience.
The class I'm TA'ing for is very different than lecture style clas... | [
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54,765 | As a teaching assistant (TA), how to handle the situation where a student comes to office hours asking to check their homework? I.e. the student hands in their solution to the homework and ask the TA to check for any mistake. Assume homeworks are worth somewhere between 20% and 50% of the grade.
If country-specific, I... | [
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54,779 | I am someone who has wide-ranging interests, and these interests are not terribly interdisciplinary. (Say someone is interested in Physics and History. Or perhaps, Economics and English. Or, Civil Engineering and Music Composition. You get the picture.)
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54,792 | I'm a PhD student in the process of writing a manuscript. I have more than one supervisor and other collaborators for the project I'm writing up presently. I've also received very useful feedback from all supervisors. However, there's one problem. I often find that the feedback from one supervisor sometimes contradicts... | [
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54,806 | Academics sometimes publish popular books based on their own research, but not always cite properly themselves, even when book references other authors properly. Moreover, sometimes I can see that one author publishes very similar (but not same) papers on the same topic, without self-referencing, even though it can be ... | [
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54,807 | I was looking at [this question on The Workplace](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/35818/should-i-take-money-for-homework-assignments?rq=1), where in the asker was considering doing homework for students for a fee. My initial thought was that it's possible he went to the same university\*, and if discovere... | [
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54,821 | On an application form for PhD programs in Florida, they ask:
* "Have you recieved disciplinary action?"
* "Have you ever been arrested for, been convicted of, or entered a plea of "guilty" or "nolo contendre" (No contest) to a crime (excluding traffic offenses not involving death or serious bodily injury), or been ad... | [
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54,823 | I am writing up my dissertation, and one of the chapters is a final draft of an as-yet unsubmitted journal article.
I know with published works, I just get the copyright from the journal if needed, and can include the reprint as is in my dissertation, but how do I include a draft?
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54,831 | Is it common for a journal to reject a paper after previously accepting it?
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54,833 | I study mathematics as my major subject and theoretical physics and statistics as my minor subjects. I found that, sometimes in physics or statistics lectures, the lecturer makes mistakes, like forgetting to prove that a series converges, or computing multi-dimensional integrals by using only one path. Once I spent thr... | [
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54,848 | I wish to apply to *public* universities in the US for a PhD in the near future and at this point I am drafting my statement of purpose.
Having been exposed to how research (majority of which is public and funded by the government) is done in my country ([India](http://www.nature.com/news/india-1.17456)) from an earl... | [
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54,856 | I am trying to find the origin of an idea based on journal articles.
**To elaborate more**:
Let's say object A affects object B in a certain manner and this was originally discovered by Researcher A a long time ago, say in the 1960s.
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54,868 | For the record, I'm a college dropout myself... ;-)
During the late 90's, my wife completed both a B.A and M.A. in Psychology in the Cal State system. She also completed during the Master program two years of interning to concurrently obtain her required Certificate as an Educational Psychology. She then essentially w... | [
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54,870 | I submitted an article to an academic journal about a week ago (not through a website but directly to an editor's email) but received no confirmation of receipt. What is proper protocol -- time wise etc. -- for sending a followup email asking for confirmation of receipt? | [
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54,874 | In my field of research, it is common to include a supervisor as a co-author of a student's PhD research related papers. A supervisor mainly contributes by helping to improve the writing of a paper, such as emphasising its contribution or clarifying the content, etc. Which means that a supervisor does not contribute an... | [
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54,879 | I'm a Mozh professor. I teach a face-to-face calculus course, and I'm in the habit of distributing handwritten quiz keys online.
I'm informed by a colleague that she believes that this style of distributing quiz keys (posting handwritten keys online) is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
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54,885 | When preparing a technical report or paper, is it better (more readable, more common) to use a space between each value and the units for it, or no space?
With space: 10 mA
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54,902 | In computer science being first author means you basically did all the work whereas if co-author does not indicate what amount of work is done. Which would be more well received on an application to PhD programs? | [
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54,912 | I am pursuing a PhD in analysis and partial differential equations. My advisor has given me a problem which actually turns out to have a very large algebraic geometry requirement. Although my analysis is very good, my geometry and algebra have always been a little weak. I find the problem very fascinating and, surprisi... | [
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54,914 | I am a student doing my undergrad in Electronics and Communication engineering and wish to pursue a career in Avionics. My paper was selected for presentation at 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition 2016 (SciTech 2016). I have another paper which was selected for presen... | [
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54,920 | I'm writing a mobile application which will be part of my master's thesis. In my application I'm using contents from the wikipedia (small fragments of articles and pictures) to present my solution on the specific data.
Must I add links to articles, images and to them licenses?
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54,936 | all.
I am currently studying Electrical engineering in master course at one of good German universities.
I would like to study in the US for my PhD course, but have some questions about the application.
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54,944 | It seems like in most European countries a student has to take a 3 years B.Sc, 2 years M.Sc and then 5 years phd program while in the U.S the M.Sc is skipped but the length of the phd stays the same...
(Specifically talking about CS, but may relate also to other fields)
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54,958 | According to the information retrieved from EVISE supporting agent, my revised submission was undergoing the second round of review. I have found out that both referees missed their target deadline (without any request for further extension).
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54,960 | I'm currently a sophomore at a small liberal arts college. I want to get into one of physics PhD programs with faculties renowned for quantum gravity. I'm majoring in math and physics, and since both departments in my college are small, I will have taken all the upper-level courses in math and physics until the next se... | [
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54,964 | As an international TA getting accustomed to the landscape of my University, I managed to earn the ire of my instructor/professor for having not shown up during the discussion/office hours.
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54,972 | My paper was accepted to an IEEE conference, but I am not getting the simulation results I obtained before.
In IEEE conferences will they tell you to run the simulation in front of them? | [
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54,976 | Science and research is open knowledge. We should always share our knowledge with each other. However in current competitive world, scooping research is very common (specially in bioinformatics, methodology and medicinal sciences where research has immediate applications). This has further downstream effects like less ... | [
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54,997 | I would like to be able to recognize contributions in cases where the contributions of individual may not warrant co-authorship, but where the work would not have been possible without the diverse contributions of a community (e.g. developers of an open-source software).
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55,008 | This is going to be a rather soft question, I am not completely sure it is appropriate for this place. But still.
In your opinion, how important is the presence of strong curiosity (passion for research) in a researcher for him/her to become very successful in science? Here I mean really big success (like getting top ... | [
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55,016 | In some good classes I've had, I've gone to office hours not because I'm confused, but because I just want "more". I like the teacher and just want to listen to them talk about whatever, even if it's not necessarily about the class. I can usually come up with a couple questions for an excuse to come by, but I wish I co... | [
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55,028 | Recently I ran across a number of *patent agent* positions, which seem to require significant scientific research or academic skills and experience, up to a Ph.D. level. After reading some patents, it is pretty clear to me that such role is anything but an easy job. Nevertheless, I am somewhat attracted to it due to th... | [
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55,030 | I am wondering if my goal is to work in an industry as an electrical engineer, is it better to get PhD? I know PhD might open some options for me such as working in industry and teaching in academia at the same time or research job. However PhD is a long term commitment and during this time you can gain a lot more expe... | [
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55,034 | I have been through many different things with my previous advisor.
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55,040 | I am an independent math researcher and I think I have discovered an interesting result in a particular field (in math). I would like to present my result in front of a committee of PhD admission.
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55,043 | I am a mathematician on the job market this year and am wondering if I should talk at all about service and other aspects of who I am other than my teaching and research. So for example, committees I've been on, leadership roles, professional development, etc. And if so, where would I put this information? My teaching ... | [
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55,050 | I am writing a report on CPUs and I need to constantly need to cite technical information from a single reference multiple times throughout the report, specifically the datasheet for an Intel processor. Should I be citing my reference every time I cite some information from the datasheet like this?
>
> This sentence ... | [
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55,058 | My ultimate goal is to teach undergraduate level mathematics, that is, classes such as calculus and differential equations, as well as introductory proof-based courses like linear algebra, abstract algebra, and real and complex analysis. Why? I just love to teach people who are interested in learning math, and I have t... | [
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55,060 | Should the fact that I already have a PhD in another (useful) subject be downplayed on the personal statement? I'm concerned that it would make me look unfocused, but I also think I may want to *emphasize* it because it demonstrates prior success.
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55,061 | I'm currently applying to a masters program in a field unrelated to my current line or work. I am lucky to have a job that I love in a different field. Will this make the admissions committee question my commitment to their program? I am satisfied with my current job, but the Masters would enable me to try and do my dr... | [
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55,069 | I have heard a lot about people doing research and writing papers about it, but I’m not sure in which cases the papers would be called a *research paper.*
Here are a few hypothetical example cases I could think of:
* A found a technique to increase clock speed of microprocessors
* B did research on life on a historic... | [
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55,077 | How should one address the classic "Why do you want to become a research mathematician?"-type question that is normally asked in the statement of purpose when applying to Masters (and also) programs?
I've read (and I bet so has any admission board) lots of statements beginning with
>
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55,081 | The faculties of some German universities offer a choice of doctoral degrees. For example, Technische Universität Darmstadt's Department of Computer Science allows candidates to apply for either a *Doktor-Ingenieur* (*Dr.-Ing.*) or a *Doctor rerum naturalium* (*Dr. rer. nat.*). Candidates choose which degree they want ... | [
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55,088 | (Motivated by <https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/55082/hey-i-was-wondering-of-your-students-write-like-this>)
>
> The writing style probably [stems] from the electronic age of text
> messaging. In any case, an email between an a student and professor is
> a professional communication (not a social text mes... | [
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55,091 | Our institute has office spaces for the PhD students with a number of cubicles in the same room. I happen to be an introvert and dislike people talking to me when I am in the office space, or otherwise. But people just love to gossip. They will talk about how bad their supervisor is or how bad my supervisor is, and eve... | [
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55,120 | I will soon be teaching my first class as an assistant professor.
The class is made up of 130 undergraduate students,
most of whom are in their first year.
The class in a introductory course,
so I will be giving an overview of the field;
for each lecture I will going through one different topic,
with most of the materi... | [
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55,122 | I am wondering if it's common for universities to have multiple boards, each with a specific mandate to manage and carry out initiatives in a specific field, such as General Planning, Education, Finance, Global Initiatives, etc. I am particularly interested in universities in the US and the UK.
These boards would be h... | [
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55,130 | The APA citation basics write:
>
> If you refer to the title of a source within your paper, capitalize all words that are four letters long or greater within the title of a source: Permanence and Change. Exceptions apply to short words that are verbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs: *Writing New Media, Ther... | [
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55,133 | Two years ago I took an upper undergraduate/graduate course which I passed with a good grade. Sadly I missed many of the lectures, did few of the suggested exercises and managed mostly by cramming a few days before the exam.
To little surprise but to my great regret, I have now forgotten quite a lot of the material. ... | [
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55,134 | I want to digitally publish a document which includes mathematical equations – including symbols for integration, summation, etc.
This isn’t possible in MS Office or Notepad, which makes things difficult. Is anyone aware of software which would let me typeset math on a computer? | [
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"text": "[LaTeX](http://www.docs.is.ed.ac.uk/skills/documents/3722/3722-2014.pdf) is the industry standard. Note there is also ... | 2015/09/28 | [
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55,145 | I've been tinkering with the idea of installing several glass boards in the lab & offices instead of white boards. They look cool, and seem to erase better. But I do not have extended experience using them.
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55,190 | Recently I have had a paper accepted by peer review (4 reviewers!) and received an invitation to have it included as part of a 'special issue' (which, of course, I accepted).
The question is: how to emphasize in a CV that the paper is published in a special issue (without being too pretentious about it)?
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55,196 | I am working at a consulting firm as a Data Scientist. I applied and was accepted to talk at a scientific conference. I am going to talk about a topic I worked on mostly during office hours and which has also been presented to customers by me.
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55,202 | The Gikscz index, or [*h*-index](http://www.harzing.com/pop_hindex.htm) is a widely used citation statistic that, arguably, accurately reflects the impact of a scientist. It takes into account the number of publications as well as how often those papers are cited. For example, an author with 4 publications each with at... | [
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55,212 | I am currently PhD student, just finished 3rd semester. But it is just 5 months that I defended my proposal, and due to university rules, you are considered an official PhD student just when you defend your proposal. I would like to change my group, due to different reasons, one is financial matters. As my one year fin... | [
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"text": "Such matters are of both sensitive and ethical concern. The best thing to do is to tell the truth."
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55,222 | **In general, is a position in academia the best way to contribute to a field of study?**
**In general, are contributions to a particular scientific field made from an industry position as impactful as contributions (to the same field) made from an academic position?**
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55,232 | I'm applying to a PhD program in computer science. My friends and advisors all recommend that I cold-email the professors I'm most interested in working with and have a conversation with them about their research. However, I feel like just asking something like "What type of research do you do?" would just come off as ... | [
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55,239 | I am making a scientific poster. A block spills from the left column to the right column. So I divided it into two blocks, one with a heading in the left column at the bottom and one without heading in the right column at the top. The design of those blocks looks, as if a regular block was cut in half and placed where ... | [
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55,255 | Over the last few years, our university has seen a rise in high-tech academic dishonesty. We have a no electronics policy, except calculators when needed (even those now are provided by the school, and personal calculators are not allowed). However, students still sneak cell phones into the exam and use them in a very ... | [
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55,258 | What is the most appropriate way to refer to the preceding/succeeding (sub)sections within a paper? In my case, the paper style does not allow enumeration of the (sub)sections. | [
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55,275 | I am a teaching assistant and I am writing a list of instructors that I have assisted.
Should I go with full titles such as Assoc. Prof. Dr., Asst. Prof. Dr. or is it enough to write Dr. only.
I have encountered many CVs that only uses Dr. no matter the person is either assistant professor, associate professor or pro... | [
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"text": "In my experience, I have always used the titles Professor, Associate Professor *or* Doctor - with an explanation of th... | 2015/09/30 | [
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55,285 | Many journal articles start with the phrase: "Towards a theory of...", as in these real examples from diverse fields:
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> "Towards a theory of innovation in services" (Management)
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> "Towards a theory of soft terms for the supersymmetric Standard Model" (Physics)
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> "Towards a theory of communicative compet... | [
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55,302 | Let Swoth be the last name of a U.S.-grown-up professor you not only have taken part in whose class but also ended up becoming a friend of whom in a general sense; I wonder if it still sounds good if in an email to him one uses "Dear Prof. Swoth" to address him. I am not really sure, given this condition, if using "Dea... | [
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55,303 | Ever since I have known the term *academic integrity*, I have known that it is bad to breach it––I have known that it is in my best interest to maintain academic integrity and in the best interest of all others. However, recently, I have been wondering *why* it is so detrimental to break academic integrity though ***on... | [
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