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76,397 | What would be a good way to overcome bad experiences with a professor in my department, who is not my main advisor, but from whom I would like to get advice regularly?
During the first year of my PhD, I worked with the Professor in a class on a project that I didn't perform well on (because I was not very interested i... | [
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"text": "Invite him to lunch. You pay. Apologize for your poor past performance. Ask for a fresh start.\n\nFor me, th... | 2016/09/06 | [
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76,400 | I'm currently in my first year of undergrad in Physics in Leipzig, and was just wondering, does a 3 year undergrad program make it necessary for one to pursue MSc instead of going straight to Gtay school for a PhD like most American Physics undergrads do?
P.S. My interest is inclined towards theoretical particle physi... | [
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76,408 | I have submitted a manuscript in (nature) Scientific report journal. it was under review for a month. After that it is showing decision started since last 30 days? what can be the reasons for such a long time in making decision? Should I ask for a status of manuscript? | [
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76,420 | The Journal "Scientific Reports", published by the Nature publishing group, is gaining popularity with time (impact factor now around 5.2). It highlights its editorial policy as one that is focused on scientific rigour and validity, rather than perceived impact.
My question is:
* How well regarded is "Scientific Rep... | [
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76,423 | I'm starting a lecturer position in Computer Science in the UK, which is roughly equivalent to a tenure-track assistant professor position. However, the department head told me that, while they do provide some support for conference travel, they do not offer any kind of startup package and we are expected to acquire ou... | [
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76,444 | Full disclosure: I'm asking this as a displacement activity while I should be reviewing a paper.
Given how well journal clubs etc work, it has occurred to me a few times that reviewing a manuscript *as a group* would probably result in faster turnaround and more detailed comments. However, typically journals approach ... | [
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76,445 | A lot of people are grumbling about [USPTO 9,430,468, "Online peer review system and method"](http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=9,430,468.PN.&OS=PN/9,430,468&RS=PN/9,430,468), which describes (if I'm reading it right) Elsevier'... | [
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76,453 | I'm currently preparing a paper for publication and so trying to construct the figures. I'm finding it more difficult than making figures for a report mainly because journals expect one figure file for each figure, regardless of whether it contains subfigures or not. This leads to some problems/hurdles:
* I can't use ... | [
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"text": "I don't know how well this will apply to you because I don't use tikz much. But if you can save them as say ... | 2016/09/07 | [
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76,458 | I need to start learning about a new research topic, I've been collecting articles for about a year now. I collected +400 articles, spanning a range of ~40 years.
I haven't had the time to read them since I was working on finishing a few papers, I'm finished now so I want to get on it.
The question is: should I start... | [
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76,468 | Is there any research/study/survey/... that looked at the effect of background music in educational videos on the learning outcome?
I am aware of (1) but they focus on educational virtual environments.
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(1) Fassbender, Eyil, Deborah Richards, Ayse Bilgin, William Forde Thompson, and Wolfgang Heiden. "VirSchool: T... | [
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"text": "See Boreme, Pexena, and Richard E. Mayer. \"A coherence effect in multimedia learning: The case for minimizing irrele... | 2016/09/07 | [
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76,470 | In every university that I know, doctorate (and very commonly master's) students are expected to do a number of things which I would categorize as work, related to the operation of the faculty, such as:
1. correcting exams
2. supervising exams
3. supervising undergraduates in lab exercises, answering questions, usuall... | [
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76,475 | I am a new STEM faculty member at a primarily undergraduate institution. I emailed my students (through the school-mandated online course management system) before the beginning of the term about the availability of the syllabus online, as well as other things. Several students told me that they hadn't checked their em... | [
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76,478 | I am a PhD student and I have been contacted today by some other PhD student with a very odd request. He is from a different university in a different country and I don't know him at all. He is asking me to review his own paper before submitting it to some journal. Is this a common thing to ask? What is the best respon... | [
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"text": "I'm not surprised to hear this. I often encourage my students to reach out to others working in their specific fiel... | 2016/09/07 | [
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76,503 | >
> If one wanted to cite an article where the listed author is a pseudonym and it is well-known that the name is a pseudonym then which name ought one use?
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Normally I would just use the name listed on the paper, however there is the following situation that made me wonder: there is a paper by one Maurizio H... | [
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"text": "If the pseudonym is not listed in that book and the author refers to [Bo] as \"Dwork\" that would cause a lot of conf... | 2016/09/08 | [
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76,511 | I belong to an environment where gaining a valuable/ meaningful Letter of Recommendation (LoR) is difficult. There exist various reasons, from they themselves not being researchers to fake letters; but that is not the region of interest for this question.
I have been working in the industry for couple of years, where ... | [
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"text": "There's nothing to stop you from submitting a LOR written by your former student but it's very difficult to ... | 2016/09/08 | [
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76,522 | I have read various posts on SO related to my question, so the parts I got answer I am not putting here.
My advisor has asked me to write a paper and when I sent the draft it's with him until the last week of deadline for journal. Then he called me for meeting and I could clearly see the nice and crispy pages just pri... | [
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"text": "It is your PhD, not his! \n\nWhile it is true that writing papers is hard work you really need to take some in... | 2016/09/08 | [
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76,527 | I am finishing up my PhD this year and my adviser has recently recruited two new PhDs to our research group. I am the adviser's first student. Up until this year, we have had consistent individual research meetings weekly. Now, the adviser wants to incorporate weekly group meetings in addition to individual meetings. I... | [
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"text": "You don't tell him that at all. You go and contribute as best you can.\n\nEven if the meetings are of no val... | 2016/09/08 | [
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76,531 | Our students are asked to sign an "academic integrity" pledge with each assignment and exam, vowing that they have not given nor received unauthorized assistance on the assignment.
What (peer-reviewed) evidence is there to support the claim that these pledges make a significant impact on the rate of cheating, plagiari... | [
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76,535 | I am going into my third year at university of my Math degree and have decided to undertake an independent project under the supervision of a lecturer who is, primarily, a number theorist. One of the main reasons I wanted to do this project (which includes producing a presentation and report) was for the experience.
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76,536 | I am an undergraduate student in computer science, and I have been working as an undergraduate researcher in theoretical computer science for 7 months. There was this problem that my supervisor mentioned, and I worked on it for a while. But I only managed to solve a sub-case of the problem, which didn't interest my sup... | [
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76,547 | My question actually is complicated. A company provided me data for my thesis. They allowed me to use the data in my thesis. But I need get their permission if I want to publish my thesis. The thing is, my thesis can be googled at school's database. So I am not sure if this means "publish."
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76,551 | If a professor is scheduled to teach two hours, only one day a week, but instead he only teaches one hour, one day a week - in an extremely rushed manner - and tells his students he has to leave, is there anything that students can do about this behavior, if the professor continues in this way?
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76,557 | Scientific publishing absorbs a lot of money from the budgets of scientific organisations, either by publication fees or subscription fees, and many feel that the value added by the publisher is questionable ([source](http://www.nature.com/news/open-access-the-true-cost-of-science-publishing-1.12676)). That money comes... | [
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76,558 | I am a postdoc in the humanities and I am drafting a funding application for a project envisaging the development of a research database. The project will last no more than 2-3 years and as a postdoc I am not supposed to stay at the host institution for longer.
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76,574 | I am attempting to transform the content of my MA thesis into a piece of academic writing which can be published. This is the first time I have done this, and I am concerned that some of my main arguments will become lost in the process.
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76,583 | An editor of a journal asked me to review a paper but did not provide his/her name or institution, signing the e-mail as, essentially, "Editor of ...". The e-mail seems to be based upon a template. The sender's e-mail address is of the form AbbreviatedJournalName@PublisherName.com
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76,586 | I have contacted so far 5 supervisors for my master program that I want to enroll in ( applications open late September and admission January 2017) .
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76,601 | I know the minimum number of reference letters required at many U.S. PhD programs in the STEM fields is three -- and that it is also not uncommon for someone to submit a fourth letter.
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76,626 | I have authored some publications that are already present in Google Scholar and have citations listed for them, but I see no way to add them to my profile. I see how to add an article with all of the same information manually, but this creates what appears to be an independent (duplicate?) entry for the article, with ... | [
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76,632 | I'm applying for math PhD programs this year. I'm a junior at UCB, and I've taken standard grad math courses such as algebraic geometry in the last year. This year I'm taking grad seminars and topics courses, and the topics covered this semester include geometric rep theory, symplectic field theory, TQFT and microlocal... | [
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76,638 | For the last few days, I have been trying to reproduce things in a published paper (in quite a reputed journal) from my field. My postdoc mentor is the last author of the paper and the main work was carried out by her collaborators from a different institute and a first author is finishing his Ph.D.
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76,643 | I am in the first year of my PhD studies. Was involved with the same group since a while as a student, and then I was offered a PhD there.
**Project work**
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76,645 | My understanding is that a hypothesis is not scientific unless there is a way to sufficiently test it.
Is it ever acceptable to present a hypothesis that cannot be sufficiently tested?
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76,653 | I recently discovered the following two papers:
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> Bruckman, Piun S. A proof of the Collatz conjecture. *Internat. J. Math. Ed. Sci. Tech.* **39** (2008), no. 3, 403–407, [DOI: 10.1080/00207390701691574](http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207390701691574).
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76,664 | I should soon complete my masters degree in engineering and have decided to apply for a PhD after I finish.
An issue I face is that I cannot afford to not receive a wage that I could for example get by going into industry. So far I have been very fortunate to study for free in Scotland and Switzerland - and during my ... | [
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76,681 | I have a power point presentation in front of our Head regarding my research and achievements. Time limit is 4 minutes presentation and 1 minute discussion. I am wondering what to keep in the PPT?
I have now prepared with 5 slides:- an Title slide, Introduction, Ongoing Research, Achievements.
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76,686 | I am currently starting my PhD in physics. I like the work and the working environment, thus I chose the project. The onliest thing I am a bit worried about is that my supervisor is known for changing tasks during the project, regardless of deadlines. I already saw that during my master thesis in the same group, where ... | [
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76,692 | I'm taking a course named **Numerical and Computational Methods Based on Mathematica** (Or in Chinese: "基于Mathematica的数值计算方法"), but [Wolfram Mathematica](https://www.wolfram.com/mathematica/) is a bit expensive for me to afford. On the first lesson of this course, the teacher told us how to crack this software, and ask... | [
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76,702 | Suppose you learn of a confirmed fundamental error in a CS conference paper (for a reputable conference) that smells of gross negligence. Is there any way to get it retracted? Whenever I've asked, people told me that CS conferences don't do that—and I've surely never seen it for PL conferences (though this paper is on ... | [
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76,719 | I have finished my BSc and I am considering applying for a Msc. I have no idea about the etiquite of applying for grad school. Do I apply using the online form or should one send an email to the proffesors and doctors?
If they are important, what does one say!?
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76,720 | A while ago I got a job as a theoretical interdisciplinary modeler in a purely experimental lab of a different field from my own. It was an experiment for the lab and a big change for myself. It was risky for both, but also potentially a great opportunity.
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76,726 | I just finished my PhD and am starting an adjunct position at a local community college. I was responding to my first email from a student when I came across a problem I've never had before: I don't know how to sign my email.
Some options I've considered are:
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76,731 | I'm currently a grad student in STEM in the US. I'm currently receiving a very modest stipend for acting as a TA, as well as getting credit for some research this semester. I'm also interested in doing some research not directly related to my degree for a professor in my department who has been publishing papers on ano... | [
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76,743 | I'm currently starting my PhD and I'm contemplating whether I should stay with my current advisor and topic or switch before its too late.
Current subfield
* The recent work in this subfield has been very cool and my advisor's strong track record in this area was what attracted me to his lab.
* I don't have much of a... | [
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76,744 | I'm usually assigned to review one or a couple of papers for a conference. The problem is: I only have access to these single submissions.
How can I **give a score** (reject/weak reject/neutral/weak accept/accept) to a submission **without** having access to the other papers, so I could **compare** and **contrast** th... | [
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76,755 | I am in math, and it occurred to me that in average, I receive answers to submission of my papers after about 8 months. In the journals I submit to, there is almost always only one referee report.
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76,763 | I have been accepted for a research position in a very renowned Medical Professor's research group over the summer. The internship starts after 5 months so I have enough time to prepare to perform extremely well and impress the Professor. I would appreciate if you provide me some valuable tips and advice. Thanks! | [
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76,771 | So my bachelor's thesis and master's topics bear some similarity. Now I am doing literature review for my master's thesis under same supervisor. Can I copy some relevant parts (about 10 pages long) from my old bachelor's? It's just the literature review, not the findings. | [
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76,789 | I completed my Masters of Science in September 2014 after over 2 years of work. My supervisor wasn't particularly helpful or supportive of the project since he seemed close to retiring and also most his money was dedicated to other fields of research. However, the field I studied in was my passion and I did it anyways.... | [
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76,792 | I'm a high school student who's been working at a university lab as an intern, and this has been on my mind for a while.
The amount of scientific literature/papers in any field is obviously staggering. To me, it seems like there's no possible way to have read all of it. So, assuming I were a full-blown researcher/prof... | [
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76,802 | I'm teaching as an adjunct at a community college in the US. One of the courses I'm teaching has very low enrollment. Now, several weeks into the semester, the college is considering cancelling the course. I am not happy about this as it would significantly impact my income. The course is unusual (for reasons I won't g... | [
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76,811 | I just graduated recently in May, and right before graduation, I asked if my professors could write me LOR for grad school. And they all agreed. Now I'm in the process of applying to grad schools, but it's almost October, and how should I write the email to remind my professors of LOR? Should I start by asking if their... | [
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76,831 | In a math talk (at a seminar or a conference, not teaching) that uses projected slides, is it better to display the number of slides left or not? What are the pros and cons? Some people tell me they like it, others prefer when it doesn't appear. I'd like to have some objective comments about this.
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76,848 | I have many publications in my profile that I had to add manually, but ResearchGate seems not to recognize any of them sufficiently to create links to the online full text (and other info) that is readily available for all of them (Google Scholar, for example has links to every one of them).
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76,870 | Now, I am working on a joint paper with some collaborators. The research is about mathematics.
This is my first experience of working in collaboration.
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76,874 | What are good choices to produce charts in computer science research papers? For example, I think Figure 8 from
[Staring into the Abyss: An Evaluation of Concurrency Control with One Thousand Cores (pdf)](http://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol8/p209-yu.pdf), included below, is great. What tools were used to produce it?
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76,879 | I'm in the second half of an electrical engineering doctorate but have come to realize that mathematical statistics and the theoretical side of information theory might be more my calling. I am too far along in my research to pivot my doctoral thesis to this abstract of an area, especially considering I am in the engin... | [
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76,883 | I am currently a Ph.D. student. I was invited for a week by a professor from another university in a second country. He told that he likes me to meet his research team, and to show me what they are working on. This collaboration is intended to be a preparation for a postdoc position in his department.
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76,896 | In case it varies between countries, by thesis committee I mean 2-4 professors who examine you on your MSc research after you submit your thesis, so except for your advisor, they are usually not familiar with your work prior to submission. Some of them might belong to other universities/departments and not be familiar ... | [
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76,906 | I am a communications engineering undergraduate, and I was thinking of studying pure math courses will this help me later on in graduate school, and if it will help what courses of pure math will be related to my major? | [
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76,911 | Me and my coauthors have recently submitted a paper to conference X. By talking to colleagues I discovered that another set of authors have had a very similar result, and submitted their paper to conference X.
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76,915 | I was recently asked to train a new undergrad research assistant in the lab I work in. I was then told this new lab member is my assistant. He has no experience working in the lab before this, but I had been there for about a year before he came in. We have been working together for a few months now, but I am stuck.
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76,919 | Suspense is a powerful tool. In story-telling, not knowing what is going to happen or how the story is going to end can grab attention and sustain interest. In giving a research presentation, one is often encouraged to "tell a story". One could certainly make use of suspense to do so.
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76,923 | I am working on a research project whose eventual conclusion is probably several years away. However, I have some intermediate results that are:
a) Useful for practitioners in the field
b) Useful as stepping stones towards the eventual complete solution
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76,928 | Two friends of mine, Aluke and Bob, enrolled in two different Ph.D. programs, have been collaborating in a research project and writing a paper together. They have submitted the abstract to a certain conference and hope to publish the paper in the future (the conference allows this). Aluke, expecting to graduate sooner... | [
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76,936 | I need some help determining the proper publication date to cite a book (a textbook). It is the 8th edition of the textbook, Print 01, Print year 2016, the Copyright year is 2017. Should the print year or the copyright year be cited as the proper publication date? Does it matter if the copyright date is in the future (... | [
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76,939 | When I want to use formatted citation from google sholar it;s show 5 option to copy. Which one is IEEE standard? I add an image for clear my question.
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76,947 | If you are creating a simulator of the existing system then should you present the details about the system or your simulator? or both? How technical you should go in your defense presentation? I have so much stuff in my report that I don't know what to put in my defense and what to leave out. I wanted to show my slide... | [
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76,949 | When you write a thesis is it supposed to all be 100% independent research?
Does the thesis need to be ground-breaking? For example, the thesis from Riemann about Differential Geometry.
Does a thesis always have to be 'revolutionary' in math and physics? | [
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76,961 | Almost every publication, journal or conference series seems to have its own style guide. Is anyone keeping track of these ? IE, is there a website which keeps a list of style guides - specifically citation styles - for various publications ? The most definitive (*ie* all-encompassing) list would be what I'm after. | [
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76,965 | Much work is put into constructing grant applications: sharing them would allow diffusing novel ideas faster, which I would expect it to be seen positively by researchers. Why aren't grant applications systematically published online, regardless of whether they are accepted? | [
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76,969 | I will soon take part in my first congress in the USA.
**What piece of identification is needed to register on the first day?**
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76,972 | I am an I.T. student and currently working on my capstone project it is equivalent to research paper or thesis for some college courses. I usually do an in-text citation using APA style. For example:
>
> According to Jonif (1998), "Students often had difficulty using APA
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76,980 | I recently submitted an application essay for a pre-college program, and was accepted. I'm particularly proud of my essay; I put my best into it.
Now, after the pre-college program, I intend to apply for one of the institute's degree programs.
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76,985 | The recommendation letters seem to be one of the most important aspects of the application.
1. First of, how will I manage to ask a professor to write a recommendation letter for 5 colleges I am intending to apply to?
2. Does it make a difference for the professor what school I am
applying to (ivy league or not)?
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76,991 | I'm going to graduate with a physics degree at the end of next year (around December). I want to do my PhD in Europe, but I know that the academic year starts in September, and I don't think I can finish before that.
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76,995 | Typically, PhD theses are expected to have novel results. As science advances, it is becoming increasingly difficult to accumulate enough knowledge to begin a project that pushes the boundaries. Original findings are often published as papers before the defense, thus the thesis has become valued for its indication of t... | [
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77,011 | In a certain field of science, it has been known that X leads to Y and assumed that if Y is observed it is caused by X. Using a relatively simple (mathematical) experiment, I have shown that also A, B, C, ... (class of certain objects), lead to Y, which means that observing Y does not guarantee X.
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77,019 | Most PhD students I know have the problem that their supervisor is not involved enough. I have a different problem, my supervisor is too involved.
He wants to be a co author on all three of my PhD papers, and to get them published.
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77,021 | I am trying to come up with criteria to decide if I leave my job and start a PhD I was recently offered. One issue is the impact the PhD will have in my career: will it open new doors, will it make me a more attractive candidate to work for the government or the non-profit sector where I have been working for the past ... | [
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77,024 | In a comment to [How do you answer "Oh, you're a professor? What do you teach?"](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/49504/how-do-you-answer-oh-youre-a-professor-what-do-you-teach/), @ZotnSmith [wrote](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/49504/how-do-you-answer-oh-youre-a-professor-what-do-you-teach/4... | [
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77,055 | I'm a first year PhD student at a university in the USA. Still I haven't finished my first semester. After I come here, I feel right now, I like a different research field (based on job application and doing empirical research). The problem is that, there is only two professors who do that type of research work in my d... | [
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77,067 | The following question asks about how long after making a submission you should wait before contacting the editor to enquire about the status of the submission. (i.e., [When / how should I ask about a manuscript's status in review?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/900/62) ). Many people suggested that after around... | [
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77,084 | I read on [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brexit&oldid=739916614#Academic_funding):
>
> UK universities rely on the EU for around 16% of their total research funding, and are disproportionately successful at winning EU-awarded research grants.
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>
>
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77,089 | I am doing an undergraduate project on matrix analysis which mostly involves functional analysis(but not a lot of heavy machinery) but I realize I don't really like the area very much and my work isn't particularly non-trivial. I have an excellent and patient guide.The alternative is that I can instead read a bunch of ... | [
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77,102 | I'm trying to search for a scientific review article of determined theme. That is, I'm not searching a single scientific article containing an analysis of a determined theme, I'm trying to search a scientific article containing a review of many articles about the theme and its conclusion.
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77,105 | I am applying for PhD in engineering and wondering whether should I take recommendation letter from academic advisor during master's program.
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77,112 | I'm in a total disaster right now because it feels like I have no chance of being a researcher anymore. Months ago, I submitted my Bachelor's thesis. Days later, I realized that I printed a wrong version of it (the version before the final) so I asked permission from my adviser and the librarian if I can replace the co... | [
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77,119 | It’s International Peer Review Week, and this year’s theme is “Recognition for Review.” This makes me wonder whether authors feel a sense of appreciation for their reviewers. As an author, I have always felt intimidated or depressed by peer review. But on some reflection, I feel that reviewers have actually helped me i... | [
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77,123 | Since entering graduate school, albeit in a [STEM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics) field, I have never been exposed to such an emphasis on women-only meetings, leadership conferences, panels, etc. I have seen most, if not all of these venues, exclusive to women. Most of ... | [
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77,130 | How/where does one get hold of the arguments put forward by lobby groups?
I am currently researching the topic of advertising as it relates to junk food. There are many arguments in favour of regulation/ban in books, papers and websites; however, I am looking for responses to these arguments by the industry. I keep co... | [
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77,132 | Are systems like Git robust enough so that if questions arises about a paper's priority, it would prove or substantiate a claim to have a VCS log? | [
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77,142 | If I have an idea to extend an already published paper (P1) but the extension is very small and further I know how to prove the results of (P1) so my question is as follows. If I prove the results of P1 through my own way and has slight extension (in the form of application of the results) of P1 then is it worth writin... | [
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77,144 | Students A and B in my physics class turned in identical solutions to certain homework problems on two problem sets in a row. My policy is not to give credit in situations like this. The similarities are far too extensive and idiosyncratic to be explainable if the students had really done their work independently. Norm... | [
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77,151 | I have several research ideas (oncology and virology) that I want to discuss with professors/experts, so I am looking for an online platform where the ideas can be shared and discussed. However, other than Researchgate (which I cannot use, because I don't have an institutional email), I can't seem to find any other sui... | [
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77,170 | I am a researcher without a PhD. Because most people in my field do have PhDs, I sometimes get emails addressed to "Dr. [MyName]."
How should I address this, if at all? I don't want to complain because they are being polite, but also I don't want to lie by omission about my credentials. | [
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77,182 | I recently attended a "preparing for the job market" workshop for PhD students where the speaker instructed us in no uncertain terms that we should always refer to a "curriculum vitae" and never a "curriculum vita." Following the workshop, I made sure to replace all instances of "vita" with "vitae" on my website.
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77,204 | I work on both in the area of pure Computer Science and in the area of Computational Chemistry/Biology.
Till now I have submitted papers to well known venues(journals) of both these fields. I don't understand the following situations after paper submission in both these fields:
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77,208 | I am a PhD student and my supervisor has asked me to make some significant contributions to a book which he is trying to publish.
He has asked me to proofread the book (English is my native language but is not his) but has also asked if I could effectively rewrite some sections to improve the communication and struct... | [
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77,213 | How should instructors deal with the fact that the students who know the least are precisely the ones who think they know everything?
**NOTE:** This question is not and never was intended to be primarily about mathematics instruction, but was intended to be equally applicable to all subjects to which it can be applied... | [
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