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69,452 | There's a maths conference coming up and the whole thing amounts to about $1K, which is not the problem. I'm not going to be presenting, and I'm just going to be attending. I am planning to go next year to present a project I've currently started. Is it worth going this year?
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69,456 | The Wikimedia Foundation initiated an education program at U.S. universities that in 2010 encouraged government, law, and public policy students from 33 classes at 22 programs to contribute to Wikipedia (<https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education>). Surveying 463 students in the public policy program revealed that ... | [
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69,457 | I'm in the UK and graduated with 1st class honours. Should I write my name as:
* FirstName Surname Bsc(Hons) (1st class)
* FirstName Surname Bsc(Hons)
or something else when writing a CV and on business cards? | [
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69,475 | I am seeing many people doing postdocs for years, or even nearly a decade, well into their late thirties. Do they usually have progressive salary and responsibility, as one could expect in a job? Is your fifth or sixth year as a postdoc essentially the same as your first month after PhD., but with some extra publicatio... | [
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69,486 | The IEEE holds yearly elections for senior positions in its societies. Every member of the IEEE has the right to vote in these elections, including me. My advisor, however, has candidates who, for one reason or the other, he supports and wants to get elected.
The issue is that he is forcing all of his students to vote... | [
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"text": "This is extremely unethical. Do you have **any proof** of what he asked for ?\nIf he can't check for who you did... | 2016/05/30 | [
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69,489 | I am currently reviewing a computer science conference paper. I like to give constructive feedback both related to the content as well as for language issues, such as typos or grammatical mistakes.
The paper I'm currently reviewing has significant language flaws. Mentioning each and every typo, wrong word order, and g... | [
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69,503 | I am a PhD student in statistics/math in the U.S. I go to a large, state run institution. I am currently hired for the summer as a research assistant for a professor.
On the department website, an RAship is listed as being a 20 hour a week job, paid at $21 per hour. This is what she and I agreed to before my starting ... | [
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69,509 | I have submitted my paper to Proceedings of the AMS one month ago and we haven't gotten a response yet. Can I upload my paper to arxiv despite of this? Would there be any conflict? About accepted ones, they have written that there is no conflict and so: Can I deduce from this that there wouldn't be any conflict for sub... | [
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69,516 | In some fields, authors of a paper are not ordered alphabetically; rather, their order carries some meaning related to the authors' contributions to the work. See [What does first authorship really mean?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2467/what-does-first-authorship-really-mean) for more details. In thes... | [
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69,522 | My professor has not and will not hand out a syllabus (I have asked as well as others). I have a very vague idea about how grades will be calculated and no idea what the class schedule looks like (I don't believe the prof knows until the day before, either). He has also said that he has no office hours and will not ans... | [
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69,525 | I find that a not-so-insignificant number of my students could benefit from coming to talk with me during office hours about homework assignments, their exam preparations, etc., and I'm looking for ways to encourage them to do so. I am a big proponent of students being proactive, and figuring out on their own that they... | [
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69,554 | I am in the final phase of my Ph.D. research. I need to defend my thesis before my fellowship funding runs out in a few months.
I won't have time to carefully prepare and polish my results for journal papers before I defend. I need to include some preliminary, unpublished results in my thesis, as per the work I agree... | [
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69,560 | I received a doctorate from an online school Walden University. I have not had any luck finding a full time college teaching position. Should I pursue another Ph D from another reputable college? Can I use any of the coursework I already have to defray the expense? | [
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69,567 | I'm working on paper discussing protection of National Park in Tatra Mts., splitted between Slovak republic and Poland: TANAP (Slovakia) and TPN (Poland).
I want to include the indication of laws declaring protected sites - however, those are the abbreviations in Slovak or Polish, respectivelly. Thus, for to say that ... | [
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69,572 | Due to health problems, I wasn't able to study well enough during my teenage years + 20s and I did not study or pursue something that truly interests me; instead I just graduated with a degree because it was easier for me at that time. My passion has always been in science - especially Robotics/Engineering or Physics. ... | [
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69,574 | I am currently preparing some case studies written by Harvard Business School professors. The case is a 'real marketing' case; based on a true story. It is mostly compiled from many sources such as newspaper articles and books. Aside from common knowledge, the authors sometimes provide information (i.e. factual) withou... | [
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69,585 | I have a bachelor's degree in Oenology and Beverage Technology and I would like to apply for a master's degree in Brewing Science and Technology. However, my bachelor's ECTS in mathematics and statistics are far fewer than those required by the M.Sc. Is there a way to add more ECTS to my degree? Could I take a course t... | [
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69,587 | Recently, we had a lecture about Reproducible research on of the slides was:
>
> * **Reproducibility:** start from the same samples/data, use the same methods, get the same results.
> * **Replicability:** conduct again the experiment with independent samples and/or methods to get confirmatory results.
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69,588 | I was wondering what kind of correspondance should one have with persons denominated as corresponding authors ?
Let's assume one was reading through a paper and did not understand a specific point. Is that a reason to mail the corresponding author ?
I've read through the different answers that it is in general the m... | [
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69,601 | I am presenting a poster at a conference and need to include a figure as background information. Given that it is properly cited, is it okay to include a figure I did not make in an academic poster for a conference? Should posters contain only figures made by the presenter? Would it be seen as unprofessional? | [
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69,607 | I am currently enrolled in a PhD programme in a north American university and I am considering quitting my current PhD and applying for a PhD in another institution.
The reasons for me doing this are:
1. My advisor (Who is excellent in his research area) has very little knowledge in my research topic and avoids tech... | [
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69,621 | Relevant info and background:
I'm an engineering Post Doc at an American university. One of my roles is to basically function as a 'project manager' for a couple projects that have a number of Graduate-level RAs working on them. I have a good relationship with all the RAs and all are hard-working.
I'm convinced that ... | [
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69,627 | Currently I am in my third year in engineering - applied mathemathics. I have been thinking about what I would want to do after I get my master. I have concluded that I have 3 options.
* Work as an engineer.
* Study one year pedagogics, then work as a high school teacher.
* Apply for a PhD.
In my country you can, if ... | [
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69,632 | I've recently been awarded a graduate school dissertation fellowship which (unlike many other fellowships) is awarded directly to me personally rather than to my institution. Normally, when fellowships are awarded through my institution, the amount of the fellowship is deducted from the stipend that my lab pays me. For... | [
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69,648 | In my subfield of computer science I observe that workshop papers often are not thoroughly reviewed. It even appears (attention, possibly controversial assumption incoming) that workshop-paper acceptances are used to increase the number of participants at the conference, because authors of accepted workshop papers are ... | [
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69,654 | * Institution in a **non-English**-speaking country.
* I do not speak the native language of that country.
* I studied entirely in English language and all of my educational documents are originally issued/generated in English, therefore there is no possibility of receiving the document of interest in a language other ... | [
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69,675 | I am not talking about whether I can submit a paper on subject A to a journal on subject B.
My question is:
How do I know *how good* my paper is? I could of course just send it to the best journal in the field, and see what they say, but I also don't want to embarrass myself and waste their time. If, however, it is... | [
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69,679 | Usually during our meetings my advisor will complain a lot and tell me I am doing stuff wrong. How can I tell if he thinks I am a bad student or if he is just trying to give me direct feedback?
Keeping this general so this question becomes a reusable resource. | [
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69,688 | What is the general viewpoint held in academia regarding patents, as opposed to published papers? Are patents regarded as similar in credibility to papers?
As a software engineer returning to graduate study after a long professional career, I have collaborated with colleagues on a number of patents. But I do not have ... | [
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69,692 | I'm a UK post-doc working in Computer Science -- specifically, Computer Vision and Robotics. For the next stage in my career, I'm aiming to apply for some very competitive post-doctoral research fellowships. Reading through the application guidelines, they list the metrics which are used to judge each candidate's abili... | [
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69,700 | Assume the tenure track faculty members has produced worthwhile and well published research, has shown potential to attract outside funding and has above average reviews for classroom instruction.
Is the mere fact that this person treats other faculty members (not students) with varying levels of hostility, is general... | [
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69,701 | I had to take a standard ethics seminar at my research lab (everyone in my lab must take the seminar). As one would expect, I learned that the charges associated with falsifying data are serious.
Whether you falsify data or make a stupid mistake, the end result is that the published work is wrong. But the charges of ... | [
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69,705 | I am close to entering the fifth year of a five-year Concurrent Education program. What the program involves is four years spent working on a bachelor’s degree, while “on the side” taking education courses and doing placements contributing to a bachelor of education and teaching certificate. The final year of the progr... | [
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69,709 | I *think* I can, if I'm understanding the rules right, but I was wondering if anyone had done this/could give advice.
I recently completed a JD. My dream in college was always to get a PhD in literature, but for several reasons, some good some bad, I chose to go for the JD instead (it isn't completely unrelated to my ... | [
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69,715 | Recently I sent a manuscript to a high-level IEEE journal (Transaction on Cybernetic, IF=3.45). After my first submission, I received “reject & resubmit” as a response. I resubmitted my manuscript. This time, all reviewer’s answer were “accepted with minor revision”, but the editor decided “reject & resubmit” again.
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69,734 | There is an article which contains a section describing preliminary materials, that is, results which have already been published elsewhere and on which the current work is based.
This section is not supposed to contain any new result.
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69,748 | I just got the page proofs of an article I wrote that is to appear. In it I cited a book, like this:
>
> Author, *Title in Italics*, Cambridge University Press, 1891.
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>
>
In the page proof it looks like this:
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Obviously ... | [
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69,759 | Does there exist applied mathematics research that involves primarily pencil-to-paper work, without the use of computers? Or, are computers quickly replacing everything that an applied mathematician can once do by hand / traditionally does by hand?
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69,772 | As a background, I am a PhD student in Physics. I have published 3 papers with my supervisor and 3 without my supervisor,as an independent work. After all these, I reached a point where I don't have any good ideas anymore. I don't know what direction I should approach. I have some ideas, some of them are not so good be... | [
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69,774 | I'm a post-doc who has been the primary supervisor for two master's students this year (computer science, UK). Their theses are due in soon, and I have asked for a draft beforehand so that I can give some feedback. However, I am now wondering how typical this is, and whether it is fair on other students in the year (be... | [
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69,781 | I recently applied to the CERN prestigious [Fellowship program](https://jobs.web.cern.ch/job/11857) (Programme des Boursiers).
A few words on my background: I am a PostDoc in Algorithms/TCS/Network Systems. I have > 10 papers and 2 years of PostDoc experience and I really thought I am a very good fit for that position... | [
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69,784 | Can I change statistical results (mistakes) a discussion section with new results in a major revision stage? I corrected all the comments of reviewers but I don't know what should i do in this case. Might this situation affect the editor negatively? | [
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69,790 | Who should I ask to proofread my MSc dissertation? Is proofreading required? | [
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69,793 | In a journal article, is it advisable to insert a colour bar (i.e. an explication of the colour scale) in a figure if arbitrary units are used?
If the colour order is already stated in the legend, does a colour bar add additional information in this situation?
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69,804 | Lately, and after long time of work in my PhD, I was able to get a result that is brand new, very strong and important. My supervisor though seems jealous and wants me not to publish before finishing my PhD. But I sense he wants to scoop me once I leave. The time is short and I haven't enough time to work in lab that w... | [
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70,800 | I am currently writing a paper for the thesis work I did last year along with my advisors. (I successfully graduated last year and currently work in a software company.) I am confused regarding what organization I should mention in the author's section. Should I mention my university name since I completed my thesis wo... | [
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70,805 | In my CV I want to know whether the following ordering of the categories is suitable. I thought of giving prominence to research work because I am applying for a PhD.
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2. Career objective
3. Education
4. Publications
5. Conference presentation
6. Research Interest
7. Skills
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70,813 | I am a master student in computer science and am working on a static program analysis project as my thesis. I used *existing* platforms and frameworks along with *existing* approaches for static analysis of a program.
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70,821 | Public outreach is an important part of being a researcher, in my opinion, and blogging is the method of choice for many researchers. Is it okay to share recent research progress, explain publicly what you are doing, what kind of experiments/simulations you are running, why you chose these kinds of simulations, and the... | [
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"text": "Blogging is very common and appreciated in mathematics. For example, here are some blogs maintained by well-know... | 2016/06/05 | [
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70,830 | I am attending a conference with my PhD supervisor! So, I was a little bit nervous how to treat for example in welcome cocktail, during the conference time and at the gala dinner! Do I need to accompany him most of times? Or only need to be around? It is such a long time doing research with him, but never able to commu... | [
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70,856 | I am a pet and Nat gas engineering student. I am graduating in six semesters (three yr) and this fall will be my fifth semester. I did not apply for an internship my freshmen year because I was under the impression no one hired freshmen. Therefore I assumed a rather standard summer job and figured I would certainly get... | [
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70,859 | Recently I had my paper reviewed for potential publishing. With no big surprise I need to make some adjustments to my paper. One of the criticisms was that my work lacks "textbook explanations" (e.g. what is BETA, alpha).
To further clarify, this is the first ever work I ever plan to get published (academic context i... | [
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70,860 | I am wondering about review articles. Where to get them? Google scholar or Researchgate or other such sites does not provide any option to separate out the review articles. It is very hard to look into all the articles and separate out.
Is there any way to separate out the review articles only? | [
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70,866 | I have studied in an Australian university and throughout my university studies, I declined all prizes awarded to me. It is not that I have had something against my university but it is due to my own ethical values. I believe that a true scholar should have no interest in fame and prizes and that is exactly the reason ... | [
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70,872 | I spent 10+ years in industry before going back to grad school to pursue a PhD, and therefore I have extensive industry experience, as well as ongoing academic work.
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70,892 | I am currently a PhD student studying robotics at university A in my third year, and I've recently finished my qualifying exams and advanced to candidacy. My professor has been in contact with another university B, and they want to offer him a position there, so now I have two choices: stay at A, and finish up my PhD; ... | [
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70,896 | I'm a postdoc in computational biology. I've been given the opportunity to choose if I want to be co-first author (listed second) or a co-corresponding author (possibly listed next-to-last or third from last) on a manuscript based on my contributions. It has been beaten into my head that postdocs looking for a job are ... | [
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70,901 | There is an open math problem that I am interested in. There was a lot of progress in fully working out the problem in low-dimensions and progress towards sub-problems of the main question up until the 1980s, but it seems that the research activity has mostly stopped since then. Newer papers just essentially reiterate ... | [
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70,909 | **Applying to the US:**
I just finished my master's in mathematical finance. I want to apply for a PhD in math (but not in mathematical finance).
Can I start applying this year while studying and taking exams (GRE, subject GRE, IELTS, TOEFLS), or might my time be better spent on the latter?
I'm fluent in English, it... | [
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70,911 | Quite a few threads have already discussed the issue of publishing articles under a pseudonym, such as
[Is pseudonymous publication ethical?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5408/is-pseudonymous-publication-ethical)
[If I publish under a pseudonym, can I still take credit for my work?](https://academia.... | [
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70,914 | I had missed deadline for a reputable conference (Computer Science). Now I see that a workshop is being organized with the conference which exactly aligns with my area of research. The workshop proceedings will be published with the conference proceedings. (It is the first workshop in this series)
Does a workshop publ... | [
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70,922 | **IELTS/TOEFL**
I haven't read up on IELTS/TOEFL, and I don't want to waste time on that if I don't have to. As far as I know, they are testing your fluency in English.
**Generally:**
Is a significant amount of north american/first world universities really that stubborn as to require their applicants to take IELTS/... | [
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70,929 | I am planning to apply for Ph.D programs in mathematics in U.S. and I am thinking about which professors I should ask for letters of recommendations from. In order to get "strong" letters, I need to determine which professors believe I am really strong.
Although I do well in most of my classes (I am always trying to g... | [
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70,933 | As some students know, sometimes [it is not easy to determine](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/70929/how-do-professors-think-of-a-student-who-has-good-grades-but-always-asks-stupid) whether a professor (restricted to the professors in U.S.) will write a strong letter of recommendation for a student. So the... | [
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70,939 | When I first began applying correct citations and referencing, I followed methods such as placing a citation at the end of the paragraph if I am paraphrasing for one person and not following a citation for each sentence. For example:
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70,948 | Last year I took a class where we had to work with a partner on programming assignments. Apparently someone's solution from this year has a 50% match with our solution from last year. I did not share my code with anyone but I would not be surprised if my partner did. What should I do?
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70,949 | After leaving school I set myself the goal of completely digitalizing my note-system. Because of this I now scan all hand-written notes and make digital notes while in lectures and keep them nicely ordered on my laptop.
After a couple of days I realized, I could as well share these notes with my co-students having the... | [
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70,956 | I am currently a Computer Science/Mathematics student going into my 3rd year of a 4 year program. I spent a year in a different program at a different university and was able to transfer those credits, but I was not able to take courses in a way that I could graduate quicker. However, these credits do allow me to take ... | [
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70,960 | Basically, my supervisor wanted to measure variable X. X is very important to him due to some other projects we are working on. So he wanted me to give a talk on measuring X at an upcoming conference.
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70,987 | I'm in charge of putting together an event program, for a non-academic (business) event. We have several academics presenting, from mainland Europe and the UK.
In the agenda is it appropriate to write, for example,
1. Topic Title - Dr. Firstname Lastname, Professor of xyz at XYZ
University
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70,996 | I am less than half way through a five year postdoc/fellowship in mathematics. Some places have talked to me about possible tenure-track positions over the past year. As the years go by, I am getting conflicting opinions on whether I should stay put for the full five years and then go with momentum on the job market or... | [
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71,021 | I need to cite different pages for the same source in Harvard style so here's an example of what I am doing (a hypothetical example):
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71,022 | I can't seem to find the answer online.
If no, can I assume no one would ever need to? I haven't looked at sample GREs yet because I haven't tried any yet, and I don't want these exams compromised when I take it in the future. I tried a 10-number GRE and thought it would be helpful to have a calculator for
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71,028 | I have been toying with the idea of becoming an independent researcher, raising money by working very long/hard hours for a year, then taking a year off for solely for research. This would be partially for financial reasons (Post-Doc salaries are really awful), but also because I think my research would benefit if I co... | [
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71,031 | Background
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A friend of mine submitted a very original presentation proposal to the largest academic association in her field for their annual conference about 10 months ago. About 7 months ago, she heard back that her topic was rejected (according to her, it was probably because her proposal was about a pro... | [
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71,033 | More than once, I have found myself with a curious ethical dilemma. Due to the nature of the dilemma, however, I have waited quite some time to ask this question, in order to increase the anonymity of those involved.
Here is the dilemma: a colleague of mine sent me a copy of a paper currently under review, saying they... | [
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71,041 | I am first author on a paper about my research from last summer. Due to a busy school year and a bout of severe depression, I have taken FAR longer to finish this paper than originally planned.
When I send the draft to my coauthors, should I apologize? Thank them for their patience? Promise to be better in the future... | [
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71,048 | I have the following problem:
I want to write an indirect citation of a passage in a specific book. The problem is that there is a literal error. Normally this would not be much of a problem (if I would quote it directly I could also write [sic!] to tag it as an error).
But the thing is that the literal error changes... | [
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71,060 | The Wikipedia page for “[Curry–Howard correspondence](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry%E2%80%93Howard_correspondence)” has a section on ”[Synthetic papers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry%E2%80%93Howard_correspondence#Synthetic_papers)”.
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71,062 | I'm to write my MSc thesis soon, and am a bit worried that I will get stuck in a rut. By that I mean that I will have very little variety in my daily (work) life, and that it will not only be stressful, but also that I will sort of stare myself blind on the same problems every day.
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71,069 | In Australia, when you want to do a PhD, you only would need first class honours (some universities even accept second class honours upper division). For instance, please see [the self assessment for the Australian National University](https://cecs.anu.edu.au/study/graduate-research):
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71,078 | I am a German student at a German university. I and everyone I know usually addresses my professors with "Herr *Lastname*" or "Frau *Lastname*". Sometimes I wonder whether they would prefer if I addressed them as "Professor *Lastname*".
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71,082 | A [recent question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/70996/when-to-apply-for-permanent-positions-while-having-a-lengthy-postdoc) asked about applying for tenure-track jobs before the end of a postdoc. I'm in a similar position, also in math, and would like to ask the same question with an additional twist.
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71,083 | For a PhD student getting married in the middle of the degree, is there an established etiquette for invited your peers and/or your adviser to the wedding?
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71,092 | I have a simple question about a math paper, since I don't have a lot of experience in reviewing papers. I have currently received a request for reviewing a paper for publication. I would normally have no problem in doing so.
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71,097 | I found a significant error in a paper with 1000 citations. My advisor agreed that it is a significant error, but discouraged me from telling the author.
It occurred to me that maybe other graduate students also found the error, and never told the author, or they did tell the author and he just never corrected it. I t... | [
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71,110 | Some people erased three author names including mine from a paper previously submitted (and rejected by three different journals) and got it accepted by Case Reports In Emergency Medicine.
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71,128 | I recently graduated with a BSc in applied mathematics and considering on applying for a PhD. In fact, I contacted a supervisor and he seems some what interested in my undergraduate academic performance. He also sent some articles to read so that I get an idea of what sort of problem is there to be analysed in the PhD,... | [
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71,133 | I'm on my senior year of college, and my professor and I have decided on an independent study where I will analyze and develop some method(s) for screening valid data sets for the 'selection' phase of data mining, where spam bots, dead accounts, and other irrelevant data sources are omitted from machine learning analys... | [
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71,163 | I have enough credits to graduate a semester early, and will be soon. I know of the perquisites such as the GMAT, but when researching the school I wanted to go to (Fordham) I am worried now that most schools only have a fall intake. I noticed UMaryland has spring intake and Villanova has a summer intake. Will my pool ... | [
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"text": "check the list below for spring intake colleges. dates may be different as the list is for 2015\n\n<http://ww... | 2016/06/11 | [
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71,191 | I'm in the process of selecting courses for my third year, and I wasn't planning on taking certain mathematics courses (in particular, "pure" courses, such as Algebra). However, upon speaking to come colleagues, I've found that I might want to substitute Advanced ODEs for Algebra, given that I could probably learn the ... | [
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71,200 | When I look for a PhD position, they always write that they need a master’s degree. However, most of the times I see that I have all the experience they are looking for. PhD is a lab-based work, so what they will do with the degree? Shouldn’t they take someone who is more good at lab work? | [
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71,204 | A day before I am supposed to give an invited talk at a conference, I find myself battling an awful flu. Can someone help me figure out the right etiquette here? Do I tough it out and travel to the conference to give the talk anyway (and risk infecting dozens of people), or pull out of it citing bad health? | [
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71,211 | I've recently enrolled in an Introduction to Computer Science II course in which the professor allowed me to skip the prerequisites.The problem is, I don't have the textbook from the previous course, *Java How to Program 10th Edition Late Objects - Deitel & Deitel*. The course and the one before it both encompass the s... | [
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71,215 | Upon retiring after decades with the same university and rank of full professor I did not realize that I would lose my faculty email account until it was too late to save years of correspondence including correspondence concerning a paper currently being refereed for publication. Are there any recommended policies on t... | [
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71,230 | I wonder when and why conferences picked up the habit of giving out conference bags to attendees. | [
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71,236 | Two months ago, I submitted a (mathematical) paper to a journal. On the journal's website, there is a status concerning the paper, e.g. "Rejected", "Awaiting reviewer selection" and so on.
About two weeks ago, the submitted paper's status was "Awaiting reviewer assignment", and then it changed to "Awaiting reviewer se... | [
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71,240 | When visiting my old school to attend the graduation of a friend, I ran into my old tutor. Exchanging stories and ideas, she nearly immediately offered me the option of a PhD position under her.
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71,243 | A rather prestigious mathematical journal asked me recently to referee a paper.
More precisely, they asked me to provide "a brief (but relatively quick) report".
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71,257 | A professor in the same department has asked my friend to collaborate with him in writing a paper which is close to his area of research. My friend is not sure what to tell the professor since he is afraid that his supervisor will not be happy that he is publishing papers without letting him know or without adding his ... | [
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