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63,397 | What is the most proper greeting for when you enter a panel of faculty members for a PhD Interview, and what for when you leave? I'm in the UK, in case that's relevant. | [
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63,429 | I've been invited to a workshop in Japan, and I haven't been to an academic event there before. In my field in the UK, it would be normal to attend an event in "smart casual" wear, eg a polo top or open necked shirt. Should I expect this convention to be different in Japan? | [
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"text": "From going to Japan for math, engineering, and Earth sciences conferences a number of times, expect that... | 2016/02/15 | [
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63,440 | I arrived at the printer room this afternoon to collect my printing and I happened to notice that someone was yet to collect a printout of [the gravitational waves paper](https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.061102) that has been all over the scientific news the last few days/weeks. Of course, ... | [
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"text": "The \"point\" of 1000 authors is to recognize that 1000 people contributed to the paper at a level sufficient to be ... | 2016/02/16 | [
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63,449 | Currently, I am in the process of finishing my PhD and starting a PostDoc position. Part of this position will be the supervision of Master theses.
I have little teaching experience, and no supervising experience except for "passive" experiences of being supervised myself when writing a Master's thesis myself. An add... | [
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"text": "My supervision is (in Computer Science, although I think that this is likely not particularly field-dependent) in t... | 2016/02/16 | [
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63,450 | I'm about to write my thesis (which will also be the basis of a journal article, though not written by me). I was wondering how the materials & methods section should be written, when an experiment has multiple phases. I personally find it clearer, when for each sub-experiment, the materials are listed separately. Ther... | [
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63,453 | I'm a computer science student from Iran. I'm applying for student visa to study master in Germany. Germany's embassy requires students to write a motivation letter in visa process.
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> For the summer semester 2016 I have received admission from TU
> Darmstadt, TU Stuttgart and university of Freiburg. Also I have b... | [
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"text": "If I were you, I would just write why I want to study at TU Darmstadt. Have a look at their web pages, name a few... | 2016/02/16 | [
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63,463 | I sent an email to a professor in my university two months ago for a research position in the lab since her research was about my place and interests.She told she will contact me sometime in feb (since she was on a maternity leave till December and has joined again in January).How should I remind her gently about my em... | [
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"text": "Simple! Forward the same email to the professor, and let him/her know if he/she has any update on the position. Then t... | 2016/02/16 | [
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63,472 | In our university, we have a discussion about different question types to use in a module in our Electronic Learning Environment called 'self-tests'. We use this module to stimulate active processing of learning material by students in an automated fashion, enabling us to offer courses with a high degree of interactivi... | [
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"text": "Agree with the comment above about Bloom's. I take a different tack though.\n\nWhy not ask questions that matter in ... | 2016/02/16 | [
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63,474 | 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).
Prof 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 t... | [
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"text": "Look at it from the PhD students perspective. It is possible the work you are doing is not important enough for them t... | 2016/02/16 | [
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63,488 | I will have my doctoral defense next month, in Italy. In my jury there's a foreign member, who comes on purpose from Belgium (I know him in person and I invited him to be member of the jury, through my supervisor).
I had two opposite advices.
Somebody told me that it is usual, in this situation, to invite the foreign m... | [
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"text": "I think it is appropriate to invite an academic to give a lecture on their work at any point, provided the invit... | 2016/02/16 | [
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63,502 | Soon I will be assigned to a project with industry partner X which will start in couple of months and is very loosely related to my major research interests. The project *might* not be very challenging and time-consuming, but it has close to zero contribution to my actual research, that is why I am not so keen working ... | [
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"text": "Directly and honestly. It's your job to champion your concerns, not your professor's. They might not have realized Y woul... | 2016/02/16 | [
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63,507 | Presentions for papers or posters at conferences are easy to reference, but how do you reference activities such as organizing conference symposia / panels on your CV? | [
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63,512 | I have interviewed for a tenure-track position. I got a call (followed by an email) saying that they would like to offer me this position and I am their top candidate.
This being said, in the negotiations that followed for a few days after, the department showed no desire in increasing the salary or startup package (w... | [
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"text": "\"I would like to see a formal written offer before we move forward.\"\n\nAny department that's unwilling to do that is... | 2016/02/17 | [
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63,515 | Following on from [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/63440/what-is-the-point-of-listing-1000-authors-for-a-single-scientific-paper), I'm really curious to know about the logistics of large scale collaborations when it comes to publishing a paper that everyone has some contribution to.
To summ... | [
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"text": "I have recently been the primary organizer and lead author on a large-scale collaboration, in my case an inter-la... | 2016/02/17 | [
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63,526 | I'm not contractually obligated to teach in my postdoc position, but she just asked me as a favor... I don't mind of course, but I'd rather be formally acknowledged as co-teaching on the syllabus, etc. It's good for my CV, etc.
Is it expected that I comply with my supervisor or am I within my rights to expect formal a... | [
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"text": "The answer to your questions depends: First what does your supervisor asks you in specific? Teach an entire te... | 2016/02/17 | [
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63,527 | I am going to submit a paper IEEE Communications letters.
In the paper, I cited my source code repository to provide an open access:
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> ... For more detail, please refer [1] ...
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> * Reference
> 1. My real name, My project name "<https://my-source-code-repository>", Accessed: 2016-02-17.
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63,534 | This is a follow up to [the question *What is the point of listing 1000 authors for a single scientific paper?*](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/63440/what-is-the-point-of-listing-1000-authors-for-a-single-scientific-paper), I'm just curious.
Supposed I were the 900th co-author in a paper with 1000 autho... | [
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"text": "The quick answer might be to look up the CV of a CERN researcher...\n\nFrom outside physics, when compiling ... | 2016/02/17 | [
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63,540 | Why are graduates of ETH Zürich awarded with titles that include the "ETH"?
[This list of degrees conferred by ETH](https://www.ethz.ch/content/dam/ethz/main/education/rechtliches-abschluesse/bachelor-master-abschluesse.pdf) also states conclusively that "[t]he Bachelor and Master titles may also be used in the form “... | [
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"text": "This seems to be historical. ETH is a university. Switzerland also has institutes formerly called `Höhere Technische ... | 2016/02/17 | [
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63,555 | Over the last couple of days, I happened to exchange comments with users who disagreed with me about the fact that *progress in academia is based on publications*. Am I missing something here?
**What I mean by progress**:
Simply put, progress here means to obtain promotions. To go from postdoc to lecturer and so on. | [
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"text": "Trying to measure success with *any* metric in life is a dangerous thing.\n\nAs soon as there is a metric, peopl... | 2016/02/17 | [
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63,557 | While reading [this slightly-too-snarky question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/63440/what-is-the-point-of-listing-1000-authors-for-a-single-scientific-paper), I was reminded of a slightly more serious question I’ve wondered about from time to time: how does being one of the 1000+ authors on a paper like... | [
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"text": "It depends a lot on what you are using papers for. A published paper can inform a committee on the... | 2016/02/17 | [
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63,561 | If someone works as teacher in high school after completing his undergrad studies or works as a freelance tutor, can he write about it in his statement of purpose? Would such experience be considered as "Teaching experience"? | [
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63,566 | Actually I am doing my PhD in Computer Science, and it is advancing a little bit slow. I am convinced that I can use a technique to solve a problem in my research, but my supervisor is not very keen with the idea. Searching on an online course I found an expert in the area that uses this technique, and I would like to ... | [
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"text": "* Start with a summary. Write a couple of sentences to explain the reason for your email and a rough statement... | 2016/02/17 | [
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63,568 | I used to think that with every degree you get your salary goes up.
Universities produce more and more PhD's and i learned in economics 101 that once the supply is higher than the demand, the price (here salary) will drop.
Even if you get a little bump in salary, you have to take into account, that you are joining ... | [
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"text": "I would say: \"it depends\".\nBasically: What is your field you want to do a PhD in? Does it complement your f... | 2016/02/17 | [
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63,577 | I've read a couple threads on how to state a PhD dropout in a CV, but wanted to query opinion on the case where the degree in question is a Master's instead. Additionally, my situation is a bit different from others in that I'm mostly done. I plan to complete 33 units by the end of this semester but need 36 to graduate... | [
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"text": "First, some advice. I agree with @gnometorule, but I would state it stronger: *IMHO and based on limited i... | 2016/02/18 | [
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63,583 | Three students came to my office hours and told me that they are straight As but for some reason are failing my class. I have 14 students who got A- and A. 11 are in 80s range, 9 got 70-77, and 9 in 50-60% range (three of those didn't turn in assignments). Is this a normal grade distribution or are some failing because... | [
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63,590 | A bit of context before hand. I am a second year PhD student. In the course of my studies, I have slowly shifted from aerospace engineering towards computer science. Now, my research involves developing software applicable for aerospace systems. I am fairly competent in programming and related subjects, even though I s... | [
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63,591 | I am just done with my Masters degree in one of the universities in Germany. I am wondering if I can make my Master's thesis open for public to download and read.
I am not talking about submitting it to a journal or a conference, I am just asking if I can put the PDF file I submitted to my professor on my website. My... | [
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63,609 | A psychology PhD candidate has been doing research on students (sorry i don't think I can be any more specific than this). They needed someone to develop a application that gathers metrics about each student and then reports back to a central database. The PhD candidate then accesses the database and runs various metri... | [
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63,617 | I am currently writing a thesis. In the related work part I am discussing a paper from a few years ago. The paper presents several web applications which were available back then. Hence, these applications are referenced via footnotes in this paper. Unfortunately, some applications were shutdown, hence, the URL is not ... | [
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"text": "You cite/reference stuff so later readers can check it. A dead URL is mostly useless, cite the archived one if nee... | 2016/02/18 | [
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63,619 | Is there any dataset that look at how much revenue academic authors make on their published books?
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I am aware of the question [How much do Springer-Verlag authors make per book sold?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/19333/452) but answers there focused on royalties (i.e., data on number of sold books is miss... | [
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"text": "It varies, but often, nothing. I have three experiences with academic books:\n\n1. As a postdoc, I was signed... | 2016/02/18 | [
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63,621 | I plan to obtain a recommendation letter for PhD from a recommender with whom I have worked a lot during the course of my bachelor's. However when I accidentally typed her name in Google, a copyright violation notice by IEEE in her name shows up [(sample)](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6061618). It identifies th... | [
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"text": "Unfortunately, yes, this might put a small seed of doubt in people's minds about you, by association. Was the... | 2016/02/18 | [
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63,622 | Is it ethical for a psychology professor to expect volunteer work in the lab in exchange for a letter of recommendation? The rationale is that they are unable to judge a student's suitability for graduate school without evaluating their lab abilities. I can see the point, but it's difficult for a working student to vol... | [
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63,633 | I finished my PhD a while ago but, long story short, got screwed over by my department and wound up entering industry rather than continuing my academic career as I had wanted. My degree and background are in pure math, which industry really doesn't care about (and I'm not interested in the NSA or finance), and thus I ... | [
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63,634 | I am an adjunct instructor in English. I do not have a PhD and don't actually want one. What I really want is a full-time lectureship that would offer job stability. However, I was recently told that they are often offered for one year and then not offered the next year. I want to know if that is how things typically g... | [
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63,635 | A colleague of mine, who teaches chemistry, claims that these days, sales of copies of college textbooks are no longer profitable for publishers. He says that their revenue is now from services, such as answer-checking services like MyMathLab. I asked him to provide a source for his claim, but he didn't. I have a prett... | [
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63,659 | Big collaboration projects such as LHC experiments (ATLAS, ALICE \_e.g.) and LIGO result in academic papers featuring hundreds or even [more than 1000 authors](http://archive.sciencewatch.com/newsletter/2012/201207/multiauthor_papers/). Correct me if I’m wrong, but in fields like particle physics, researchers seem to b... | [
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63,662 | I am a student in a german technical college. We have several tutors for our various math subjects. One of those tutors is not a student but an employee of the college. He offers an open hour where students can ask question about all the math subjects. I will refer to him/her as X.
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63,666 | I contacted a group leader, and he strongly liked my CV. He encouraged me to join his group as a postdoc fellow, but he mentioned that the position he may offer is unpaid (so, I must cover my living expenses).
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63,695 | I'm working on finishing up my thesis in wireless security and I'd like to publish the results of my work in a conference, obviously the best conference that I can realistically get published in.
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63,696 | I was asked by a potential PhD student
why departments that do similar things as my department have different names.
For example, some of the researchers who
work in research areas that are similar to my own
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* Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering
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63,706 | In some of my more advanced classes, I have students present solutions to problems on a rotating basis. Not all solutions are perfect, but for almost all students this goes okay. However, sometimes there is a student X who seems incapable of solving all but the most trivial problems (and cannot always do those correctl... | [
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63,713 | I want to upload my paper to arxiv.org.
I also want to submit the same paper to a conference (computer science/multimedia related). The PC chair informed me that if the paper already has an ISBN/ISSN number, then it cannot be submitted to the conference.
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63,716 | How can I get the most out of my advisor's knowledge if s/he's always travelling and out of office?
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63,719 | While writing my thesis, I'm looking for some sites or free software that can help in rephrasing some sentences used in scientific papers. Any recommendation? And is it effective to use such sites to avoid copy-paste sentences? | [
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63,724 | I am not currently enrolled in any university (too costly for me at this time), but I would like to study as much as I can in various subjects (Advanced Mathematics, Psychology, Computer Programming and so on.) I'd like to find out the areas in which I am adept in case I decide to attend a university later on in life. ... | [
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"text": "MIT's Open Courseware project has a lot of material of this sort. Here is a link to the [Course Finder](http://ocw.m... | 2016/02/20 | [
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63,728 | I have noticed that many French diplomas contain the mention "*Pour en jouir avec les droits et prérogatives qui y sont attachés*", which can be translated into "*[The diploma is conferred upon Mr. X and gives the Y level] to be enjoyed with all rights and privileges pertaining thereto.*"
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63,733 | I know this is somewhat strange, however I'm trying to properly cite a quotation from a comment on Reddit.
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63,736 | If an applicant has research experience in a field that they are applying to and includes it in their application, would there be negative impact on the application if they chose not to include a recommendation letter from their research advisor for that research experience?
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63,742 | Why almost all students answer 'Yes' to this question? Is this a must for student visa? I have applied to student visa from Iran to study master degree in Germany. I want to pursue PhD (may be in Germany or may be not) and I will apply to work for giant software companies after that.
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63,743 | Suppose that I submitted an essay of a literature review for 1 course and I have to prepare a study for another course with similar ideas. My questions:
1. Can I 'copy' some of the ideas of the literature review of the 1st essay into the 2nd one? How ethical is such a practice?
2. Generally speaking, suppose that I de... | [
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63,747 | I work at a university and want to get some FPGA development boards sponsored by Xilinx for labs. They have a [donation program](http://www.xilinx.com/support/university/donation-program.html), so I filled a request. But after the final submission I've been presented with the following license agreement, which I find q... | [
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63,754 | My paper got published in a good journal but later I noticed that in the final results table I have mistakenly written the parameters used in the previous literatures and not what I have calculated for one of the ions. I know it's a terrible mistake to do. I can't figure out how to write the corrigendum.
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63,758 | I'm curious to hear from any American professor out there who has successfully done a full-year sabbatical overseas, with his or her family along for the ride. How did you make it work for you financially and personally?
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63,770 | I got accepted for graduate school(MS program) at my top choice (got accepted in few other as well). I have not visited the campus yet (its top 3 program in US, so i just applied). The school will be out of state for me so it will be expensive.
During the application it said that if i applied before a certain date, i... | [
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"text": "You can certainly ask all of the questions that you have above in a friendly, politely worded email. There isn't anythi... | 2016/02/22 | [
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63,773 | I am interested to know what the likelihood is that an undergraduate would be able to publish an academic paper (particularly in a STEM field) from home. For the sake of argument, assume they are an advanced student, and work independently of any supervisor.
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2. Would this ... | [
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63,777 | I am currently interviewing in several universities across the U.S. for PhD programs in computer science. In every one of my interviews so far, there are always 1 or 2 professors that are eager to know which specific problems I am interested in researching (and it normally comes out as the most important question they ... | [
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63,784 | I would like to ask you a question about my PhD thesis, which has already been defended.
Part of my results were obtained in a university in another country. During my work, two of the PhD students there helped me and they have included these results in their theses. The problem is that I have also included these res... | [
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63,799 | I have recently received a minor revision from a journal. In the manuscript upload portal, there are two places where we could include the response to reviewer comments. One is in the form of a text box and the other in the form of document upload. I am thinking of choosing to include the response file as an attachment... | [
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63,803 | I am a young scholar about to complete my PhD. in Finance from an Asian country. I am interested to know whether it is possible to pursue Habilitation from Germany (or any other European country) while working as an Assitant Professor in my home country. I have the following subqueries:
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63,806 | I'm an Italian student of mathematical physics at the university of Edinburgh. I have recently caught up with one of my friends and noticed that their exams in Linear algebra and calculus (analisi I, II and Geometria 1) are harder than those I have done here, which made me question how valid my university actually is. ... | [
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63,809 | I am going to apply for a visiting research program in Physics. The institute asks for a Curriculum Vitae (a single pdf file) which will provide all my academic background and professional background info, copies of my academic transcripts, and a Statement of Purpose describing my background and explaining why I feel t... | [
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63,815 | I just received some proofs of an accepted paper, for me to review prior to publication. The email from the publication staff included the following paragraph:
>
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63,817 | Last year, I presented a poster at a major conference.
My lab didn't have the money to send me, so I applied for and received an undergraduate travel grant from my university's office of undergraduate affairs.
Is this a relevant and/or important thing to list on my resume for future scholarships and grad apps? | [
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63,828 | I got a surprising email from the department chair today, saying that one student has made a complaint against me. It seems that one of my weaker students felt that my tone in an office hour was mocking, and felt uncomfortable because of it.
I have not yet heard the details of the incident. So I have no idea who this ... | [
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63,833 | I'm a doctoral candidate in Biomedical Engineering. I've finished my coursework and I'm in my first year of PhD research currently - I had 3 more yrs. to graduate. My PhD adviser has decided to move to another university (50 places lower-ranked). I will not need to be a TA after the move, and can fully concentrate on m... | [
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63,838 | [This article](http://www.browndailyherald.com/2016/02/18/schoolwork-advocacy-place-strain-on-student-activists/) from the Brown University Daily Herald describes a number of student activists who claim to have suffered due to excess levels of student activism. Some excerpts from the article are included:
>
> “There ... | [
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63,839 | What if I conduct a study and suggest a hypothesis to test but later find out that this hypothesis was already tested before in a different industry/country. Can I still continue? In other words, is there such a thing as plagiarism in stating the same hypotheses?
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63,849 | I would like to start publishing scientific papers soon. This issue pertains to the name I will use when publishing.
Basically, I would like to keep my personal and academic life separate and my question is "how can I do this?".
To make it clearer why I want to do this, I'll mention that my current legal name is as... | [
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63,859 | I think I understand the general difference between US and European PhD.
**US**
1. GRE is compulsory to get admitted to any PhD programs.
2. First we get admitted to the institution.
3. Need to do extensive course work though if one has masters.
4. Will decide about the area of PhD only after completing the course
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63,866 | I want to cite the [following paper](http://kaner.com/pdfs/metrics2004.pdf):
>
> Cem Kaner & Walter P. Bond, “Software engineering metrics: What do they measure and how do we know?” 10th International Software Metrics Symposium (Metrics 2004), Chicago, IL, September 14-16, 2004.
>
>
>
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63,867 | My friend earned her PhD in Tehran Iran, I assume from the primary university. She received many awards and published several articles in Condensed-Matter/Cosmology. However when she applied to several post-doc positions in the United States, she was denied, not because of her experience, but because her PhD was earned... | [
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63,870 | I am really looking for some very open-mind answers here.
So here is the scenario. I have finished my undergraduation in Visual Communication Design from a premiere institute from my country. I couldn't get a chance to make it for post-graduation or further for any phd program, due to some health and financial issues.... | [
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63,889 | I'm currently enrolled as a graduate student pursuing my masters. I'm wanting to eventually pursue a PhD, but in order to do that, I believe I need to do a thesis for my graduate degree, and for that I need a thesis adviser. What would be the best way of going about this?
There is a long list of professors, and it wou... | [
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63,905 | This term I'm taking a (graduate) course which is crucial for my degree. The teacher's plan for the course is quite ambitious and all along he's been following the structure of a given text, but he doesn't follow it completely and quite often omits (what I consider) key results from it, e.g. results which motivate or d... | [
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63,914 | I am about to submit my master's thesis **report** and writing a **research paper** along with it to submit in CHI conference. While writing I got stuck when I had to mention the references. Here, I have few questions for while referencing the material in the report and research paper.
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63,915 | I am a TA for an introductory computer programming course at a university in the US. There is one student in particular who, during lecture, will argue with me about every point I make, which eats up a lot of lecture time and becomes un-enlightening for the students, as I am mainly repeating myself to answer the questi... | [
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63,923 | In one course I got a lower than expected grade. If the professor wants, he can give me a non passing grade and this won't be on my transcript (non passing grades are not on our transcript). Of course I have to retake the course.
Many of our professors do it, but a few usually doesn't.
How I can polity ask him to giv... | [
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63,936 | I recently took up a job at my Alma Mater as an adjunct professor teaching an undergraduate embedded systems course. Due to the nature of the school, and this being my first teaching assignment, I work in conjunction with a more experienced professor; he handles the lecture and one of the lab sections, I handle the oth... | [
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63,946 | I have received an admission **offer\*** from a US University for PhD program with full tuition waiver plus a TA offer. The deadline of accepting the offer is April 15. Graduate coordinator wrote me that
>
> Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or
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63,951 | [Many](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/63619/452) authors do not intend to make much revenue from books (textbooks or research books) they contribute to, yet they don't make it open access. Why? | [
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63,961 | Upon acceptance, some journals offer open access through an *optional* fee. This model differs from the usual open access model in which *all* authors pay a fee and *all* accepted papers are accessible *without* restriction. **Addendum**: the latter is referred to as simply open access, while the former is referred to ... | [
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63,969 | I'm new to academic writing. From what I read on other posts, would the "133" be the volume number? And the 46-54 be the page in the journal?
J Surg Res. 2006 Jun 1;133(1):46-54. Epub 2006 Apr 21.
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63,972 | I am going to start a postdoc at a Dutch university. This is my second postdoc, and my contract says I am on salary scale 10, level 8. I am assuming that they counted 5 years of PhD and 3 years of my first postdoc to arrive at the level 8.
However, I took more than 5 years (actually closer a decade) to finish my PhD. ... | [
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63,976 | My project work which i was planning to publish somebody else published just 1 month before. what should i do? Is my total research work of 8 months going to be a waste?
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63,979 | Manuscripts should provide new contribution in the particular field which is listed as the scope of the journal. But is it necessary to cite papers from the particular journal for which I am going to submit my paper? | [
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63,980 | For example, let us consider that I write a manuscript which is to be submitted to one of the prestigious journals such as PRL, PRB, etc. In this manuscript, is it OK to cite from some journals which are generally considered as not-so-prestigious journals? If I cite more papers from low impact factor journals, does it ... | [
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63,983 | I have written a few manuscripts so far, and those have already been published in some ordinary peer-reviewed journals. However, I feel stressed so much when I write my new manuscript. How should this stress be handled or overcome? I feel that other researchers also feel similar to me. | [
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63,991 | You address a new Professor by accident with half-typed name in an email. The professor is from US but working now as a professor in Europe. This was my mistake. Rest of the mail was done except half of the name -- the name had unique alphabets not finding in my keyboard so he may have similar experiences. Anyway my mi... | [
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63,999 | This is not my current situation. However I've heard similar stories from different people (along with my own past experience) a few times. Therefore I want to ask a general question(the title).
For example, suppose you're a graduate student in one of the following scenarios
1. You believe you prove a theorem but lat... | [
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64,022 | I was offered admission into a graduate physics program in February. I was given 21 days within which to accept the offer and pay the admission deposit.
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64,025 | I am teaching a large undergraduate class this semester. One day a week (same day every week) we have a quiz. The syllabus doesn't specify at what moment of the class period the quiz will be given. It does say though that students who missed the quiz aren't allowed to make it up. So, I've had the following situation si... | [
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64,037 | I am doing a literature study, and I would like to identify published research papers that report results on Reuters dataset RCV1-v2 (as comprehensively as could possibly be expected). The results should preferably be comparable (i.e. use the exact same subset of this dataset, e.g., some tend to use only a smaller subs... | [
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64,038 | I am currently a PhD student. I have a previous publications on my field in a top tier conference. Now my adviser wants to extend the work. The problem is when I started working on that again, I found some results were not correct in the published paper. I did mistakes unintentionally interpreting the results previousl... | [
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64,042 | I have written multiple opensource programs as part of my PhD, and some of these programs require a dedicated server somewhere on the internet to work. Mainly it is online databases, but also things like project homepages, version update checks, usage-metric logging, etc.
I currently host all these website/databases f... | [
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64,046 | Here's the question: is university a sound investment? I'll be clear, since I know that this situation and this questions are experienced by many people. I'm going to face very soon the choice of where to go attending my Msc courses and obviously, after having decided which universities suit my tendencies better, finan... | [
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64,059 | Is it worth it to coauthor a book with my advisor in place of spending time publishing resrarch in journals or conferences?
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64,060 | So far this year, I have been asked to be an assessor for proposals submitted to three different international funding schemes, with the value of the proposals ranging from $0.5M to $10M. I acceded to the first two requests (one of which has me assessing 7 proposals, the second only one proposal) because I thought it w... | [
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64,061 | So far I have worked on papers by myself and have been the sole author in all of them. There is one project that I am interested in and have been working on it for a while with no significant progress. It seems, I'm definitely going to need some fresh thoughts. In our department there is absolutely no one interested in... | [
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64,101 | I recently joined a technology startup company where a key business value-proposition depends on solving certain various problems that no current business competitor solves. There is one particular sub-problem we're looking to offer a commercial solution to - and it has been already solved by an academic team who publi... | [
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64,105 | I'm designing curriculum that involves many steps and a correlating animation to go with it. The end goal of this curriculum will be to turn into a video where it might end up on Youtube (or something similar) for self-study.
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