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65,464 | I am writing a homework at the moment. One of the authors I cite, changed his name from A... to B... due to marriage (I know him personally).
In the Bibliography I clearly should use the name given in the papers (sometimes A..., sometimes B...). But how should I refer to him in the text?
*"B... also mentioned...[1,2]... | [
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65,470 | Often, when taking a course at the university level, I amuse myself by Googling phrases from the instructors' slides, assignments, and other materials. I have found, *without exception from any instructor*, that the material is more or less identical to some resource I can find online, often course materials posted by ... | [
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65,485 | I am a computer science freelancer who takes on medium-sized projects I can complete in a month or less. I was approached by someone who wanted a set of 12 tutorials at least 500 words each about certain programming topics with code examples and workouts. We talked payment and I accepted this project and got to work. I... | [
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"text": "I think this is one of the more interesting ethical questions I've ever seen on this site. The answer is really ... | 2016/03/21 | [
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65,491 | I'm mainly interested in the level of fact-checking of computer science conference papers. Do reviewers normally read the entire paper and exhaustively check the correctness of proofs, algorithms and claims?
I have read papers at top conferences where implementation details are sketchy and conceptual claims are inacc... | [
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65,494 | I am writing a paper about a problem that involves solving a certain equation. The problem is that the solution is very long and there are a lot of terms. My question is: Is there a way to present the solution in an attractive manner instead of just typing the solution, which is about a page long? Also, would the fact ... | [
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65,499 | I am in a terminal masters program in the Humanities. I will have to write my masters thesis at some point and have been told that I will have 3 meetings with my professor.
I have never worked on a thesis or with a professor as closely as this (I did not write a thesis as an undergradute), so I am a bit worried about ... | [
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"text": "There is no standards about contacting your professor.\n\nI think the proper answer to this is : ask your supervisor abou... | 2016/03/21 | [
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65,503 | I'm about to graduate with a BS in computer science, my question relates to even higher education.
I generally found most of the topics (Aside from the post calc 2 math) pretty easy and am graduating with a 3.5 GPA. I had the chance to get into an early entry MS program but applied over winter break and 2 of my instru... | [
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"text": "A master degree and a Ph.D are two completely different things. \n\nThe master degree has the intention to specialise you... | 2016/03/21 | [
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65,508 | I am at the final point of my pretty satisfying PhD. I like working alone and I did not need constant supervision, and I had a pretty good relationship with my supervisor until now. I noticed in the past that when it was time to proof-read papers, it took EXTREMELY LONG TIME to do it, and almost always waited until the... | [
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65,522 | A quick question, which I'm asking out of curiosity rather than an actual problem.
Plagarism and how to detect/combat/punish it seems to be a common topic on this SE. When I was an undergraduate, 20 years ago, I don't remember ever plagerising a book or other student, or any of my classmates doing the same (at least n... | [
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"text": "Plagiarism is typically defined in terms of taking the work of another person and passing it off as your own (see... | 2016/03/21 | [
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65,531 | I'm a little confused. The [ACM Author Rights and Publishing Policy](http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/copyright_policy) states:
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"text": "This is a matter of obsolete documentation. \n\nThe [current version](http://www.acm.org/publications/policies/copyri... | 2016/03/21 | [
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65,550 | I have submitted a paper to a conference with a rebuttal phase.
I have received the first round of reviews, and should be writing
an answer which addresses issues raised by the reviewers.
I have received two very positive evaluations, with one accept and
one weak accept. The third review however was -2 (reject).
... | [
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"text": "I don't think it's worth it. I've seen conference program committees accept papers with such scores many times.... | 2016/03/22 | [
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65,554 | From time to time, I cannot access a reference of an article that I am reviewing, either because my university did not [subscribe](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/29923/452) to some journals (and I failed to find it myself on [sci-hub](https://opendata.stackexchange.com/q/7084/1652), Google, and other places), or ... | [
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"text": "While online access is very useful, it is not the only access. Every university I have been affiliated has provided ... | 2016/03/22 | [
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65,557 | I came from India to UK for my PhD as I hoped to work in a team and learn from others. However, I am all alone as other students of my professor are. As I inspected this is the case in all UK universities.
I understand that a PhD student is responsible for completing his project but I expected that my project is part ... | [
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65,564 | Currently, I am a history student (MA) from Europe. I plan to pursue further education in Asia.
Initially, I applied to university X (a 2-year research program (MA) with full funding). I also applied for a 1-year language acquisition program (also with full funding). I was shortlisted by uni X and accepted for the la... | [
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"text": "> \n> delay my possible admission for a year\n> \n> \n> \n\nIn theory, yes, you can delay the admission for up to a ye... | 2016/03/22 | [
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65,568 | I am a PhD student. In the past I have met with an assistant professor for some general advice about my research, both times he has made off the cuff comments on my lack of competence as a researcher and overall career suitability in academia. During my continuation, he made further comments in this area. I prepared fo... | [
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"text": "He may be competing with your supervisor. He may not like your general topic. He may not like you. Or, he rea... | 2016/03/22 | [
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65,573 | I have my thesis abstract translated by an Italian friend (from English to Italian). Therefore, I'm wondering if I should mention it somewhere in the abstract or acknowledgment that the Italian abstract was written by him. What is the common way in academia?
The whole thesis is in English, but I wanted to add an Ital... | [
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65,591 | I am going to be teaching a workshop on Julia for data science and scientific computing soon. I came up with a plan that has a lot more than we will be able to do (just in case), but was wondering about how to come up with a good estimate for how far along we will get. I find this hard to estimate since for most of the... | [
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"text": "Test drive\n----------\n\nGrab a couple of local students of comparable level and have them do the assignments.\n\n... | 2016/03/22 | [
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65,606 | *(I consider this question to be an extension and complement of [**this one**](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/1275/8575)).*
My field is Economics. It is not uncommon for a published research paper to reference a (third-party) "technical report", or a "mimeo" or a "manuscript", usually accompanied by the name of... | [
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65,617 | I am writing a paper which is building up on the work I have published earlier. It includes experimental results which were used to further develop the model.
To show that the model has improved I would like to include a graph of one of my experimental work showing the model predictions before and after the implement... | [
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65,620 | I have a LOR from my previous employer and I want to use it for the MSc application I'm preparing. However, there is a certain sentence in this LOR that even though I understand its meaning (based on facts I know of course), I don't know if it will be good for my application.
"Major characteristics of his job were the... | [
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65,623 | Should I email the editor and resubmit the corrected version of the chapter?
I have been trying to meet a deadline so I worked very hard on my book proposal. It was polished and ready to be submitted. In the last minute, I decided to write a new introduction for one of the chapters that I submitted together with the ... | [
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65,639 | An industry conference in my field of research (medical) is being held soon. I am wondering is it typical for academics to attend non-academic conferences?
Several academics have been invited as keynote speakers but it is predominantly aimed at industry professionals. The talks sound interesting and relevant to my wor... | [
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65,644 | There are some websites like [topuniversities](http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings) and [times higher education](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings) that rank universities based on several criteria.
I don't know if the ranking of a university is directly proportional to its a... | [
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65,645 | I finished my undergrad in Electrical Engineering at the end of 2014, and since 2013 then I've been working on a startup that is soon going to fail.
I would like to apply for a Masters in 2017, and to strengthen my research profile in my resume, as well as earn letters of recommendation (which I sorely lack), I'm cons... | [
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65,652 | Would potential employers (for academic or non-academic R&D positions) care about who is on my thesis committee?
Basically, I'm asking if there is any benefit in having more well-known professors on my committee who would provide me with little guidance, as opposed to assistant professors or research professors who ar... | [
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65,655 | There is a professor in the city I am currently living in who does some interesting work. I would like to sit in on his lectures, but I do not know how to ask him.
What is the best way for me to ask him to attend or audit his lectures or seminar? I don't want to come across as rude or imposing myself on him, esp. when ... | [
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65,662 | Some universities have ethics codes that require (whatever that might mean) members to report misconduct within the community.
Are there universities where such a requirement extends to reporting misconduct within the "larger academic community"? For example, if someone at school X learned that someone at school Y had... | [
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65,664 | Can a University professor post a grade on web-campus or blackboard and then change the grade the next day? Yesterday I received a B and today I it had been changed to a C... C's do not pass the class in the masters program. | [
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65,666 | Many say that
>
> A good paper is a paper which is easily understandable by a reader.
>
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Actually when I am reading lots of papers in *good* journals, however, they are written with a sort of pedantic vocabularies, even though I can find simple and easy words which can replace the former.
Should I use a pedan... | [
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65,667 | A relatively big conference will take place in my neighborhood, but I haven't noticed of it until now. I'd like to attend some lectures done by young researchers who recently made a breakthrough.
Unfortunately, the deadline of registration is over. Thus, I have this question: do conferences accept entry of those who ... | [
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65,670 | Let's say I'm writing a report about sociological consideration of Aurora borealis in hipster communities. I want to support the value of my paper by showing that the way in which people consider Aurora borealis is a major and recurrent question.
I have found a paper saying in its literature review: "*Aurora borealis ... | [
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65,671 | Let's say I'm writing an original research paper about *the design process in the **helicopter** industry*.
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65,685 | I applied to a university in Canada for a MSc. As part of their requirements, I needed to have a supervisor in order to be granted admission to the program. So I did contact a supervisor and he took me in as his student with the condition that I brought my own funding. I said yes. However, the university has not yet of... | [
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65,686 | It seems that many universities are rotating professors who teach a subject. I was talking with a friend and he mentioned that as a result of this, he is struggling with a professor who is teaching a subject outside his area and is still learning the materials. My question, is why do schools apply such strategy? Wouldn... | [
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65,689 | I am just wondering if I can legally use a nickname or not to use my official name (Passport name) as the author's name of a conference or a journal publication?
My official name is quite long and I am planning to change it in the future. Is it possible to put the name that I am going to call myself in the future as ... | [
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65,700 | I've been trying to cope with a very abusive and mentally unstable advisor. In a recent clash she has been spewing lies and threats. It has become clearer and clearer that despite the four years of manipulations, borderline extortion, and five publications that I've survived through, I will never receive a degree from ... | [
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65,711 | I have a definition like the following:
**Definition** *System of sides* is ... conforming to axioms:
1. ...
2. ...
3. ...
**Definition** *Monotone* system of sides is a system of sides conforming to additional axiom:
4. ...
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65,714 | As far as I know, some research involves group-work.
If a PhD student is either introverted, bad at interpersonal communications or both.
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65,717 | I've written a classification algorithm that does a pretty good job at classifying some datasets. However, I compared my algorithm to other classification methods, and their results exceed my results by a little. For instance, when classifying a dataset from a repository, my algorithm is getting 95% correct while anoth... | [
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65,720 | I am looking for the correct way to write the caption name of figures in the response letter for a submission to an Elsevier journal. In the manuscript, the name is
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> **Fig. 1.** This is caption
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I need add some figures in the response letter as well as revised manuscript. The figure number of these files ... | [
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65,737 | I am trying to contact with professors to showing them a research proposal that I want to work on for master degree. Some people advice me to not do this, because professors get fund for their ideas not mine, so if my research proposal was incredibly liked by a professor, then he will have no fund to do this research p... | [
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65,749 | Suppose an instructor is teaching a course on a particular field in computer science. He uses a language that is popular for said field, **but itself is not the topic of the course** (though its use is still required). The instructor provides a code base he wrote that the students may base their course project upon. Ho... | [
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65,761 | In the US, can a student who is already enrolled in a course grade homework assignments of all other students in the same course (but not actually accessing and changing academic records)? Is it legal and compatible with academic integrity?
Two of several issues that I'm concerned about are:
1. He has not actually ... | [
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65,767 | I am currently writing my Master's thesis in Mozh and part of my results involves using running simulations to test for certain types of algebraic properties of parameterised equations. The theoretical basis for these simulations were derived from a paper, in which the authors published their code online. I wish to cop... | [
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65,780 | It seems a rather odd thing to emphasize, but I thought my past experience as a broker could be turned into a positive rather than a moot point.
Do PhD admissions committees take into account soft skill development as a factor, and how heavily do you think they wieght this? Should I note my sales experience in the ap... | [
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65,783 | A student from another university is planning on taking a class I'll be teaching this fall and will be doing it as a transient student. Apparently, in order to have their transient status approved, they need a copy of the course syllabus, and so requested it from me by email.
I don't normally finalize my syllabi until... | [
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65,805 | I am an M.Sc. student in computer science, working on machine learning.
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65,817 | Suppose some author provides his original research article to a journal for publication. In this way, he is disclosing or revealing his confidential research work to that journal. Now, consider the case that his article gets rejected. So, is it not possible that whoever reviews that article can publish that kind of wor... | [
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65,822 | I recently defended my master thesis.
One thing only went wrong: I said a certain method was rather new (which it was!) and the most senior professor in the room (my supervisor was not there, he had an unexpected meeting) contradicted me, telling me that it was old and had been done in the lab for ages.
Honestly, I ju... | [
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65,826 | I would like to do a second masters, because I would like to change focus to a certain subfield within my field (not changing fields) and have the best shot of getting into my favourite program. I also had some personal problems both during my BA and my first MA, and think I could do much better.
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65,838 | Does the US department of education publish a list of universities that they've approved for Competency-Based Education? I've only discovered articles where they've approved a couple schools at a time. I'd love to find a complete list so that i can do a thorough comparison prior to choosing a program.
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65,844 | I know for those wishing to have a career in academia that branding is key for securing a tenure track position. Branding is also key for certain industries at the undergrad level. I was wondering if that bias softens a bit at the PhD level, specifically for life science roles. How many doors shut if one gets a degree ... | [
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65,857 | I'm currently taking a required class where attendance is counted at 15% of the grade. The policy is that if a student misses more than 2 lectures, they lose all 15% of those points. The class itself takes place 5 days a week, and attendance is taken daily and uniformly. I currently hold a 91% in this class, but I miss... | [
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65,868 | It seems that in higher education, some instructors either do not care at all whether students attend, and others care minimally (often resulting in a 1-5% attendance grade or tie-breaker rule).
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65,892 | Often researchers publish their work incrementally. Abstractly speaking, let's say, in 2010 the researcher publishes version *1.0* of his algorithm/system/framework. Two years later, he publishes an improved version *2.0* of the same algorithm/system/framework.
If I want to cite his work, should I
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65,895 | I was just wondering how this is possible, there are some 50+ year old people who are 'Dr. X Y', and others who are maybe "only" 40 years old , but they are 'Professor Dr. X Y'. | [
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65,917 | I have a large diagram that does not fit into horizontal space of my A4 book manuscript (see below).
* What to do to make the diagram easier to read?
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65,918 | Picture the following scenario:
X finished his PhD. X is also quite rich and can support himself (as well as his research) independently.
**What do you think about this:**
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65,937 | Here is my situation. I am looking for a post-doc position. I have two choices, A and B.
My first choice is A. And I already got an un-official offer from A. I was told that A is working on a official offer. But I haven't got the official offer yet.
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65,938 | I have a new algorithm which I would like to publish.
I'm not a student, so I wanted to know a few things:
1) What should I publish? Just the algorithm with explanation? an academic paper? What are the principals of writing such one?
2) Where to publish?
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65,942 | Is this ethical?
Researcher A asks Researcher B, "Where should I submit my paper?"
Researcher B says, "If you submit it to Journal X, I will almost certainly be the reviewer and I think highly of your paper."
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65,956 | I'm planning to apply for US's PhD program in Political Economy, and a writing sample of maximum 20 pages is part of the application requirements. The problem is I don't think that I have any recent high-quality writing to submit. I didn't write a thesis for the B.S. as my university didn't have that kind of requiremen... | [
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65,962 | I manage a research group and need to track, for all manuscripts I am going to submit soon, things like funding agency I need to add for that manuscript, authors for the other, potential journals for submission, etc, etc. Currently I build an excel sheet but things are getting very complicated due to all details I need... | [
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65,963 | For most university classes I have come across, the professor teaching the class is also responsible for making (and usually grading) the exam, or holding an oral exam. As far as I can tell this is true in most (at least Western) countries.
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65,964 | Poster author added me as coauthor after its abstract has been submitted to a conference. As a result, on the conference website I'm not listed as an coauthor, but my name is on the actual poster.
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65,967 | Let's say there is a physicist who is merely 21 years old, has no relation with academia and is only beginning, but has came up with a contradiction/refutation in the theory of relativity. His 25-page and extremely complex paper has no grammar/mathematical mistakes, is written in LaTeX. However, it is 25 pages and extr... | [
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65,974 | I had noticed a sudden change in the quality of the essays submitted two of my students. When I confronted them, they were quite frank and admitted that due to lack of time, they had assigned their papers to be written by an outside source, an essaywriting service (a booming business that must be).
What is the propos... | [
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65,983 | I'm on the waitlist of a top 2 program in my field which has a good track record of accepting waitlisted applicants. They told me to wait until April 15 and then I would hear from them. Interestingly, I got rejected by every other program I applied to, so I have no other place to go to. This is my second admissions sea... | [
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65,987 | I am doing a research in a field of psychology and I would like to do almost the same research (just with different groups) as one other published research. I can make similar research but actually I want to compare my results with already existing ones.
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65,989 | I have presented posters at poster sessions at a few large conferences in pure mathematics. Is it worth putting these down on one's CV?
For context, I am a PhD student and have also given talks at several seminars and (smaller) conferences, so my CV is not especially in need of bulking up. Currently I do not have the... | [
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66,007 | The [American Physical Society *Ethics Case Studies*](https://www.aps.org/programs/education/ethics/upload/Ethics-Case-Studies-Student-Edition.pdf) presents the following case study:
>
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66,009 | I submitted a paper to an ISI journal almost a year ago. The submission date of the manuscript was May 20, 2015. I received a referee report on January 15, 2016. The report was quite positive but asked for some major revision. I made all the required changes and submitted a revised version of the manuscript on March 10... | [
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66,013 | I have found links on academia-SE pertaining to translation of documents [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/18258/should-we-translate-non-english-university-names) and [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1913/translating-transliterating-foreign-bibliography-references), but those were n... | [
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66,020 | I occasionally receive emails inviting me to present in a predatory conference. These are usually easy to identify, given that they call me a "Dr" or a "Prof" (only a PhD student at the moment), never heard of them (6th conference on something.. What were the first 5?), weird English, bizarre locations, organised by an... | [
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66,024 | I'm finishing my bachelor's in physics and for my masters, where I have a few free choice courses (~5), I'd like to take math courses that would be relevant for a future as a theoretical physicist or applied mathematician.
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66,033 | How do I cite in APA format for an author who uses only a first name? | [
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66,041 | Multiple choice questions are nowadays very common in many of the world's institutes. Particularly in entrance tests, they use multiple choice testing.
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66,045 | I know that in most U.S. universities, most programs for graduate studies require a GRE score.
1- Are there any graduate programs in the U.S. which does not require this?
2- Is it required for graduate programs in Europe, Australia or other parts of the world? | [
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66,049 | Is it permissible to reuse a methodology in another context. e.g. One did a research on land surface temperature(LST) based on a model, say for [it](http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003442571630092X). Now is it legit to follow all the procedures of this research for forest loss modelling? Care that jus... | [
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66,052 | I have heard the term "priority" used in regards to research ideas. For example, [How does one determine priority, prominence, and impact with regard to books, rather than articles?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/56072/how-does-one-determine-priority-prominence-and-impact-with-regard-to-books-ra) asks ab... | [
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66,054 | When hiring PhD students, what document is used most frequently for a 'first impression': the CV or the research statement/statement of purpose?
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66,057 | I am going to an overseas conference this year. The conference organizer provided two hotels that we can book from. But after a round of Internet search, I found generally better prices at other hotels that are closer to the conference venue.
Obviously, I do not want to book so far away from everyone else that I cann... | [
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66,066 | What does a "List of publications" mean? I'm applying for a scholarship and it says I have to add that file, so I need to know what this file should contain and if it's necessary. | [
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66,076 | It bothers me when I tries to remember how many highschools or universities use curve to adjust the final grade for their student based on the class average.
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66,115 | I am a PhD student now in theoretical physics with applications to nuclear physics, astrophysics and chemistry and I am asking about how many papers are expected a PhD student to write in order to be accepted on postdoc program. I know that this varies from field to field. I know one PhD student who didn't write any pa... | [
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66,124 | I am a female PhD student in the end of my second year, and my supervisor has been acting weird lately. He asks me to run the experiments from my laptop and not from my PC in the lab (it does not affect the test), and he does that when it's 11 or 12 at night.
We usually do a voice call to discuss work, but very recentl... | [
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66,126 | I'm applying for a graduate school. In the application there is a question about academic history. So I have to key in the schools that I have attended previously. It's in form of:
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School:...
...
From:
To:
Gtay:
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Clearly it asks me to indicate my period of study and graduation date. It's not problem.
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66,150 | I am currently finishing my master in pure mathematics. I've studied mainly logic, mathematical analysis a bit of probability and I'm writing my thesis about Riemannian Geometry. I've been thinking about doing a PhD, but I am not so sure if I really want (and if I am good enough) to stay in the Academia for all my life... | [
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66,155 | My mentor professor has threatened to take authorship of my work away from me because of a disagreement. Can she do this? Is this plagiarism on her part for not including me as an author? I wrote the original paper, before editing. She never provided a syllabus and kept tacking on more and more things for me to do. I t... | [
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66,160 | Fresh from undergrad, I will be starting a math PhD program this upcoming fall in the United States. After several conversations with math professors and current PhD students, I noticed that several people advised having a sense of "urgency" right from the very start of your PhD program. Most recommended working to com... | [
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66,161 | It's nearing a six-month mark since I've submitted my proposal, and I haven't heard anything from them. Does this mean that I'm probably not getting the grant? When do people expect to hear back? There seems to be almost no resources online in this, which I find to be surprising. | [
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66,164 | In some countries like mine (Iran), you are asked to have at least *two* papers printed or accepted in an ISI journal before you can claim for your PhD thesis defense.
1. Is it like that in other countries?
2. Is there any world record for the number of papers extracted from a single PhD thesis? | [
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66,165 | I wonder what the upsides are of hiring assistant professors instead of more experienced professors.
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66,172 | This question is based on a paper I came across a couple of years ago written by a famous professor who had developed a method to solve a certain problem. His method was not the first or the only method but it has some advantages and it is widely used in industry.
The paper I came across was written with sole purpose ... | [
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66,182 | I read that a "Doctor of Science" is awarded for research well beyond a usual PhD degree awarded for a dissertation work and includes a portfolio of high quality papers in interdisciplinary fields.
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66,195 | Someone I know is submitting her work to a scientific journal. As part of the submission process she is requested to include in the cover letter the reviewers' comments, should the manuscript had already been submitted to other journals previously. The journal's rationale for such a request is that this expedites the a... | [
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66,201 | If you have undergrad / master's degree student loans, but are fortunate enough to get into good PhD programs (with funding), how do you practically manage your debt situation? | [
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66,210 | About a year ago I received a request to review a paper from author X in journal A. The paper uses a hype tool T to solve a common problem, which is good, but due to some shortcomings in the implementation I recommended to revise the manuscript. The editor followed my recommendation.
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66,216 | I am considering applying for US PhD Program. In the UK, at many unis the first year does not count towards degree classification. Is this known in the US? Will they be wondering why I stated I have X %, but they calculate Y % ? Shall I explain to grad school admissions that 'the first year didn't count' towards my deg... | [
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66,222 | I have nearly 1750 papers in PDF on one folder, all pertaining to medical research. What's the best way to organize them? I have thought about creating one folder for every subject/sub-category, but I want to know if there's anything more efficient that many academics use. | [
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