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84,260 | I plan to finish my PhD in climate sciences in about one years time. I’m not yet exactly sure what I want to do afterward but I’m considering a position in academia. A professor at my institute recommended to me to start writing some people now, inquiring about possible positions (which is in line with [this answer](ht... | [
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84,270 | When giving a talk, if something is past ~1990, there's only the journal publication year to give to the audience. When something has only an arxiv year, then that's clearly the appropriate year. However, sometimes things take a long time to get published (refereeing and/or backlogs) and end up making things become ana... | [
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"text": "I think you are trying to do two different things in one:\n\n1. **Give references:** This should help others to find rele... | 2017/02/01 | [
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84,271 | As an example ETH Zurich, which is arguably one of the best universities in Europe, [still educates Bachelor's students in German](https://www.ethz.ch/en/studies/prospective-bachelors-degree-students.html):
>
> Please note: the Bachelor’s degree programmes begin in German. In the second and third years of the program... | [
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84,282 | Some years ago, I published some papers that I'm not particularly proud of. They aren't in prestigious or widely known venues in my field, and I'm sure that few if any people in my field have seen these papers. When I apply for a job, am I permitted to omit these publications from my CV? Or am I, for some reason, oblig... | [
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84,316 | Similar questions ([privacy/ethical point of view](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/30682/under-what-circumstances-would-a-professor-be-offended-at-students-taping-or-rec),[generic legal point of view](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/56126/is-it-okay-to-record-audio-for-a-lecture)) have been as... | [
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84,318 | I have to decide whether I'm staying/leaving my lab soon, but would need a few changes on my PI's part to erase my doubts about whether it's a good idea to stay. Lets assume for all intents and purposes that my advisor really wants me to stay:
1. I need continuous advising. My advisor tends to have really busy streaks... | [
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"text": "I think you should absolutely have a conversation with your PI. I also think that you can discuss your needs... | 2017/02/02 | [
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84,320 | How often do math professors / math PhDs / postdocs, whose research directions are in abstract algebra and number theory, get hired by the NSA to do some work - either on a short-term contract or longer-term / full-time work? Or is the NSA highly selective and just because one has a PhD in Algebra and / or Number Theor... | [
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"text": "Being the \"largest employer\" is easy, because the vast majority of industry has no need for algebraists (or, at le... | 2017/02/02 | [
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84,327 | I'm senior year undergraduate, and I have to say I love to teach. I have assumed the role of a TA for multiple courses uptil now, including courses in economics, physics and mathematics. I have had the fortune of leading tutorial sessions for almost all the courses I have TA-ed thus far.
I have the following concern:
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84,343 | The question in the title is motivated by recent comments on other questions on this site that were surprising to me. Is there a precisely defined and widely accepted standard for CVs that would mean omitting one or more publications in a CV is dishonest?
Please base your answer on one or more references and not merel... | [
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"text": "Since there are no rules on how a CV should look like it will be hard to find references. There are also different pre... | 2017/02/02 | [
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84,350 | I want to say got it, but it seems not appropriate.
Can I just reply like, well noted with thanks or well received?
How to reply emails like this?
thanks in advance
EDIT----------------------------------
I work as the TA for the professor. So the usual cases are:
1. he gives me an assignment and I want to reply 'I wi... | [
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"text": "I have found (through trial and error) that a simple \"My sincere thanks\" can work wonders."
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84,351 | I am a master’s student in a public university in the state of New York. I do not consider myself to be disabled in any form but I do find it difficult to concentrate in class. I lose focus too often and have difficulty recalling concepts taught during class. So I find resources such as recorded lectures to be very qui... | [
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84,360 | Many professors got their Ph.D degrees from departments that were much more prestigious than the ones they are working in. So when they train Ph.D students in their current department, (I think)they may have the following comparisons, though they will never speak them out:
>
> "When I was an undergraduate student in ... | [
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84,375 | I'm in the process of applying to Ph.D. programs right now, and professors from two schools have let me know that I've been recommended for admission and that the graduate studies department still had to approve the recommendation. In both cases, I was assured that there was no way the approval would be denied.
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84,384 | I just turned sixteen this January, and I have started thinking about where I will go to pursue research in theoretical physics and mathematics. I live in India, and, sadly speaking, research here in India is awful, even though many claims of scientific advancements in India are made. First, I would like to share what ... | [
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"text": "If you are not truly a genius there is no way around standard procedures. But if you are:\n\n1. Make a paper\n2... | 2017/02/03 | [
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84,388 | Last week I taught my first exercise session. I am a PhD student so the kind of classes that I will teach are exercise sessions about what the Professor explained in the theory class. They essentially have to work problems and I have to explain and help them with their approach in solving them.
Students of the same ye... | [
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84,410 | If a professor in a North American country presents his- or herself by his/her first name in email messages, does this mean that students can refer to him/her by his/her first name? Or is this generally not a good idea, unless the professor has explicitly mentioned that he/she can be referred to by first name? I've not... | [
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84,412 | I have high functioning autism / aspergers syndrome comorbid with ADHD.
During highschool I went undiagnosed, but always suspected I was autistic. I had a few Dr's comment but I didn't really agree with them at that time.
Fast forward now, I got my psychiatric diagnosis, and also found out that I had ADHD. I don't ca... | [
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84,420 | In my place of work, which has a very incipient progress in the field of research in Computer Science, has occurred this dichotomic situation:
* It has arrived one lecturer that has finished his PhD students in a foreign country. Because he has some research already on the way from his doctoral studies, he has formed ... | [
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84,437 | If I am in class and I don't feel like doing a boring, uninteresting, optional exercise which won't benefit me in any way, how should I deal with an insecure instructor attempting to force me to do it?
If I pull out my laptop or phone and start watching some harmless, audioless videos, that cannot possibly bother anyo... | [
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84,445 | It is well known that in most fields the order of the authors in a paper indicates the authorship, being the first one the best.
Independently of the order in a paper, does being the person that submitted the paper (*not the corresponding author*) gives any advantage, intellectual property, or academic reputation? If ... | [
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84,447 | Hello this is the first time i post something here:
I live in Argentina and I'm 18. Currently, I'm giving my evaluation exams to enter UTN university (It's one of the best universities in Argentina, it's public).
I wanted to study software engineering but that is a rare degree in Argentina, however i found a private ... | [
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84,449 | Okay so I am a Computer Science student Today was our Programming Fundamentals paper basically I am very good in Programming so I finished my paper early and was so happy after leaving the exam class I was going suddenly I heard a voice It was my friend I thought he gave his paper as well but no he came out of the hall... | [
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84,454 | Good day.
I'm currently a PhD student in computer science. I was married and have a daughter with my former wife. There is a probability that our daughter
will live with me. Could you please tell me is it possible to be successful in academia and to raise a child alone? By "to be successful in academia" I mean eventua... | [
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84,457 | I have a 3 year post-doc position at University A and also have been offered a 3 month post-doc position at Research Institute B. To be precise, the invitation letter from B is worded as follows:
>
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84,460 | I will soon finish my thesis and I researched a lot in this technological area. Basically I want to say: “I have these *n* methods that all didn’t work out; that’s why I’ve decided to pursue *this* final method.” However I’m lacking time for extensively testing all these misleading alternatives, thus I could only state... | [
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"text": "> \n> *n+1* methods were trialed; Method X [the one you ended up using] was the most promising [say in what se... | 2017/02/04 | [
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84,476 | ### Problem
*This question was triggered by the comments on [this discussion](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/84445/7734), but comments and answers on [these](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/10062/7734)
[questions](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/69588/7734)
confirm the existence of conflicting ideas.*
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84,487 | I am a recent M.Sc. graduate and I have applied for a few PhD programs abroad.
A few months ago, we submitted our paper (which was about my thesis results) to a journal and also uploaded it to a pre-print server. Then, I mentioned the paper in my CV with the status "submitted to journal X". In my Skype meeting with a ... | [
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84,497 | **A**, **B** — my current bosses. **X** — my ex-boss.
**A** — I've spent a semester on sabbatical at the institution of **X**. Here is some data I produce. You have to write 2 papers.
**Me** (after 3 month, working completely independent; I am on the stage of the scientific career that does not need any supervision) ... | [
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84,511 | We are from Kuwait. Our university often has many foreign professors visiting for extended periods.
In my particular department, the head has now begun rejecting professors from the US, and starting to send those back who are here already, the reason being that this is in response to the immigration ban imposed on Mu... | [
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84,522 | Why do supervisors normally tell potential PhD students that they don't have funding, hence they can't accept students? does that mean the stipend? I thought stipend is paid through the department?
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84,533 | Say there is an influential and popular research professor who is moving up fast in his research areas - and that he heads a big research group at his school. Then he gets an offer that he can't refuse - from a big time university. He leaves six months or so later, bringing some of his doctoral students with him, too. ... | [
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84,547 | Suppose I have devised a way to cheat at cards, exams or any other situation in which secret communication with other people or machines provides unfair advantage. The method is novel and uses original technology and algorithms such that I think they might be worthy of a scientific publication.
The method is *not* a ... | [
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84,551 | I'm at a conference and I really enjoyed a plenary lecture by a speaker.
His work resonated with some of the stuff I have been working on myself.
I have a Journal Club presentation coming up soon in my lab and I'm planning to present a few of his recent papers along with other perspectives in the field. Would it be o... | [
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"text": "Here is a better idea. \n\nAsk if you can have your picture taken with them. Ask someone else to hold the came... | 2017/02/06 | [
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84,565 | Are there some reasons to include them besides a historical tradion? Let's assume that it's not a requirement by the publisher.
There are some answers (such as [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/49095/32707)) which claim that keywords basically do not matter. However, I wonder if there are some empirical resu... | [
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84,567 | I am interested to know, whether an advance stage PhD student (without thesis submission) can apply for post doc positions or not? | [
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84,571 | In a [comment](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/84388/how-to-deal-with-uninterested-students-during-an-optional-exercise-session/84398?noredirect=1#comment211879_84398) on another question Wolef shared an anecdote.
>
> And just another anecdote: A few weeks ago, there was a question hour at the last lectu... | [
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84,576 | I am a teaching assistant in an undergraduate bioinformatics course. A few weeks ago the students in the course handed in the final assignment (which is worth 80% of the final grade), which we (me and the other members of the course staff) are currently in the process of grading.
The lecturer in charge of the course w... | [
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84,591 | I have been teaching various subjects in programming for a couple years. What I struggle with most is getting the students engaged in the basics - the first few lectures.
For example, it's simpler to come up with a design pattern or a hands-on project when you are talking about intermediate or advanced subjects like d... | [
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84,604 | I've been a long time member of academia.SE but I created this alt account because the question is a bit embarrassing. I finished my PhD 4 years ago and after a 2 year postdoc at a different university secured a contractual lecturership. During my PhD I never realised I had fear of public speaking, because I always fel... | [
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84,613 | I had a skype interview a week and a half ago. I believe that the interview went well. I had a brief e-mail exchange with the head of the search committee on the 26th.
How long does it take to move from Skype interviews to campus interviews?
Shall I email them to ask about the status of my application? | [
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84,624 | I give quizzes in my recitation classes. I write down the problems on the board. My handwriting is okay but not great and most students can read what I'm writing but because of chalk marks, bad writing, bad vision or whatever some students copy down the problem incorrectly. Mostly the changes are trivial (I wrote a 2 a... | [
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84,627 | I am about to submit an article to an international conference (<http://www.mldm.de/>). I am thinking also to submit to arXiv as well. Is there any problem with this? | [
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84,648 | I am setting up mid-term exam paper for engineering students.
As a new Assistant Professor, I will like to know is it okay
to put "All the Best with your exam" or "Happy Problem Solving" at the end of the question paper?
Will it be frowned upon by my colleagues or taken sarcastically by my students? | [
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84,654 | My question is similar in spirit, though different in context (I think) to the question posted [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/82085/will-papers-published-in-other-sub-disciplines-matter-for-graduate-admission/82088).
My professor and I recently submitted a paper on arXiv (submitting for publicatio... | [
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84,659 | I (foolishly) corrected my physics professor as he was about to teach fifty students a blatantly wrong simplification, and since then he's been out to get me. I get grades of 20% or lower on tests where I get all the answers right, but don't solve the problems in precisely the way he wants.
He answers all my questions... | [
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84,686 | I have noticed that it seems like every other conference has it's own citation style; even in the same field, or subfield.
Or at least each provide their own bibtex style (.BST) file.
* Are they actually different styles?
* Is there a historical reason for this?
* Is there a ongoing practical reason for it today?
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84,690 | I’m doing my first review of a journal paper.
The paper looks good other than a few spelling/grammar typos and one formatting issue where a line has a single letter extend into the center margin between the two columns. These issues are not ones that confuse the content of the work in anyway.
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84,695 | I want to reuse, in a new work, some period drawings and paintings that are held in various libraries and archives. Presumably this means paying for their time spent helping me. To make the process go as smoothly as possible, what is the correct process for obtaining high-quality copies of these materials and permissio... | [
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84,712 | When applying for PhD in US or EU, do universities give any importance to the summer schools (7 days/15 days) candidate has attended? I mean, are the summer schools a worthy addition to the CV? | [
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84,723 | Can we list papers/Journals in reference section, but do not quote them in thesis. It may happen that I read some papers which are close to my area of work, but I may not use any idea from that paper. So in such case, I may not quote anything from that paper. But since I have read that paper, can I list that paper in r... | [
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84,728 | I am a future PhD student here in Germany and I am worried about whether the PhD German title (Dr.rer.physiol.) will be accepted internationally in general and in Germany in particular. In fact here in Germany there are many different titles that is possible to get after the PhD, the most common is Dr.rer.nat (literall... | [
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84,731 | In [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/84576/lecturer-in-a-course-im-taing-refuses-to-give-feedback-on-student-assignment/84581?noredirect=1#comment212366_84581) a person working as a TA was asking if and how he should try to persuade a lecturer to change her practice, in which she gave grades ... | [
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84,742 | I will be meeting with a professor tomorrow who I previously asked to supervise me. I believe he has the right knowledge to assess the standing of my work in the interdisciplinary field I work in and help me moving forward.
He said yes and gave me some suggestions which I partly followed, but the last time we spoke wa... | [
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84,745 | I'm wondering how can a professor encourage students to complete their problem sets on their own in undergraduate classes. I'm not saying that every student cheats off of other students; rather, I'm saying that some, if not most, students free ride and copy the solutions from their peers (or from the Internet). In addi... | [
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84,759 | I plan to apply for PhD programs in foreign policy this upcoming year. It's a field I'm passionate about and something that, after much deliberation, I am positive I want to pursue. With that said, I'm currently in a field unrelated to politics/policy - having studied business in college. I have been working in this fi... | [
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84,774 | I am currently a second-year undergraduate double-majoring in math and computer science. I am currently doing a joint research paper with one of the faculty in my university.
My advisor gave me research problem A. I thought about the problem for one week and managed to break problem A to sub-problems A₁, A₂, ..., An. ... | [
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84,776 | In Germany and Austria¹, it is possible to have your doctoral degree noted on your passport, official ID (Personalausweis) and similar documents of identification.
Whether allowing this is a good thing in general is debatable but the subject of another question (that is arguably too opinion-based for this site).
Havin... | [
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84,804 | I was wondering if it is appropriate to have my phone out on my desk face down during class. I have done this for some time and have never been told to put it away.
On the one hand, putting it out shows the teacher, *Here is my phone, I'm not using it.*
On the other hand, putting it out might imply, *I am waiting fo... | [
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84,810 | My thesis has around 100 references. What do you think if I highlight most important references (for example with bold text)? does it add more value to the work? | [
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84,829 | I've been studying uses of quaternions to study various types of orbifolds. The important thing here though is that I came across an absolutely incredible result due to Vahlen in 1901, that apparently received no attention until Ahlfors revamped the idea in 1985 using more contemporary methods. The result (Vahlen matri... | [
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84,834 | I have been working on a paper that is now ready for submission. I put a lot of time into polishing my figures in Illustrator, which are very detailed bioinformatics visualizations. I sent the figures to the main responsible PI. The PI has now sent me a draft of the manuscript, with the suggested arrangement of the fig... | [
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84,843 | Is there a (reasonably common) verb I can use meaning *to perform the practical work* of one’s PhD thesis that I can use to put in the following blank:
>
> I have \_\_\_\_ my Ph.D. in the laboratory of Professor M. Hatter.
>
>
>
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84,850 | I've been offered a position in the lab I worked in as an undergrad, starting this spring upon graduation. One of the perks of my position would be that I get to register for 5 credits (~one class) per quarter for free.
Let's say I want to take advantage of this, and my boss in the lab is willing. I see I have three ... | [
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84,864 | I'm a non-EU postdoctoral researcher in Europe who recently started looking for company jobs. I just informed my advisor that. He asked me where, and I said the name of the same city we are in, because that's my most preferred choice. Now, my postdoc is till the end of the year (if not renewed), and I know that I've th... | [
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84,868 | I'm 2 weeks away from being done with my program. A classmate & myself got caught looking at the quiz answers while the teacher left the room, but all of our 10 other classmates were benefiting from the answers also. Technically they were cheating also because they didn't go tell the instructor. We both got a 0 on our ... | [
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84,873 | I think PhD is the first time, mostly, when a person does original new work and in this process they gain the skills to do research. So, I was wondering why do people do postdoc(s) when they already have those research capabilities which they can practice even being a Professor or in Industries. Is there something else... | [
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84,884 | I currently have Bachelors in Economics and Mozh, and I'm doing full-time research in Economics right now.
My initial plan was to do PhD in Economics and work in academia, but after doing research, I realized that I'm not very interested in doing research in Economics, but rather I'm interested in teaching Economics ... | [
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84,887 | I have seen professors clearly stating that they do not accept visitor students or postdocs.
So, what are the disadvantages of having such positions? | [
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84,889 | I have been invited as a Guisd speaker to a scientific workshop at a University. I know there will be faculty members but will there be students present as well? This is my first time as a Guisd speaker, so any information of what happens in such events would be helpful. | [
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84,902 | I was invited to give a talk at an upcoming conference. The abstract has myself and two other authors listed. Is it unreasonable for me to back out of the presentation (they were only paying for the hotel, food and conference registration fees and not flight) and have a co-author do it? The reason for me backing out wo... | [
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84,911 | Recently, I am looking for a PhD position.
I emailed a professor and he said I chose a day for Svyi, I did.
Then he said that afternoon is OK with him, and asked me a bout time difference between my country and his country.
then he did not answer me for 3 days and yesterday was the day we were supposed to have Skype.
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84,919 | I received a very low grade in one of my Master classes. This is not a failing grade but close to it. Such low scores are highly unusual in this country (Japan), 90/100 or more is the norm and even a 80/100 is frowned upon sometimes. My score is much lower. Therefore, although I will obtain the credits for the class, t... | [
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84,925 | I read in the instructions for one conference:
>
> Please do not use arXiv references for papers that have been published at official venues such as conferences, journals or workshops. Please make the effort to identify these at least for all papers prior to 2017.
>
>
>
What are the downsides of using arXiv refer... | [
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84,929 | I received some help during my thesis under the following circumstances:
1. Took "neutral" classes for coding from a online tutor
2. The tutor helped me in sharpening my coding skills
3. I took his help (held discussions) in understanding a solution (how to code, which library to use)
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84,931 | Does he know immediately (from some internet / intranet access) which students in his classes are undergraduates, masters students, PhD students, non-degree students? Does he typically have access to his students' transcripts, thesis work (dates submitted / approved / topic), and knowledge of his students' academic / r... | [
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84,946 | I have noticed many academic conferences are held in small resort town. Why? Why not held in something like a 4-star hotel in the city center?
Attending a conference is a paid job, why should we travel to somewhere remote? | [
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84,964 | About a year ago I submitted a paper to a very good math journal.
After 10 months I asked the editor for its status,
and he said it is still with the referee, and that he will remind him about it.
Two more months have passed. Should/could I write the editor again? or am I risking annoying the editor/referee? How muc... | [
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84,965 | I will use [this](https://math.stackexchange.com/a/58756/130361) proof in manuscript. It is clearly plagiarism if I just write down the proof and do not cite the original content.
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84,969 | When I read other theses, I am often astonished by the sheer number of people whose help the writer is acknowledging in a multitude of ways. Here's an example to demonstrate what I am talking about, but I am sure you get the point: <http://www.mit.edu/~alvarso/thesis-phd/Acknowledgements.pdf>
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84,977 | I am a university marker TA, and after midterm exam I met with a student who would not accept that he was wrong. He thought his answers were correct but didn't explain to me why his answers were correct. He just didn't accept my explanation. He also blamed me marking his assignment wrong, but later I found out it has n... | [
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84,980 | I'm an undergrad and kind of new to this whole research thing. I've been doing research for the past ~9 months as a requirement to graduate with my bachelor's (there's the research track and software development track, I chose research).
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84,987 | There are a lot of people/websites/organizations that I want to include in the acknowledgement section of my master thesis.
I think it does not look good if I name all of them in sequence with a brief explanation.
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84,994 | An assessment I'm looking at contains a few questions along the lines of:
>
> Arrange the following in the correct sequence:
>
>
> * `__`: The third in sequence
> * `__`: The second in sequence
> * `__`: The fourth in sequence
> * `__`: The first in sequence
> * `__`: The fifth in sequence
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85,002 | I took a pause from school during personal problems and started it again half-year ago. Now that I've finished almost all of it, the last thing I have left is to finish my thesis-work.
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85,027 | I finished my thesis writing and my supervisor ask me to send it to another professor who he want to referee my thesis, I don't know this professor either he don't know me, The problem my supervisor refuse to talk with him first, just to tell him that he want him as a thesis referee.
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85,030 | I am a PhD student in a UK university. As I was putting my thesis together, I did not know how I should order the preliminary pages, which are as follows:
* Abstract.
* Dedication.
* Acknowledgment.
* Declaration.
* An empty page with a quote at the top.
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85,048 | I'm in the habit of putting a motivating quote on the top of each of my syllabi. For my introductory programming course, I'd like to focus the class on the theme of **testing and verification**. Of course, this is also an important theme in non-CS disciplines, as well.
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85,057 | I applied for a post doctoral position a few months ago. The initial response from the professor in charge was warm and enthusiastic and he even made a verbal commitment to hire me. But then he just stopped replying to my mails for sometime and then out of the blue he told me that the regulations have changed and I wou... | [
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85,068 | Recently my paper was accepted in one of the best computer science journals in Elsevier. In less than 12 hours, I received the galley proof of the paper. Initially, I was surprised at the speed of conversion of the paper into the final format, but when I saw the paper, it turned out to be in a terrible condition.
I wro... | [
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85,070 | I'm currently thinking of applying to PhD in Economics, after much consideration and reading through answers in my previous question: [Should I do master or phd to teach in community college](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/84884/should-i-do-master-or-phd-to-teach-in-community-college/84915#84915).
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85,073 | I am an international PhD student of 2nd year (my PhD is supposed to be for 3 years). When I just came to this lab, my professor mentioned a possibility to go to an international conference or visit some other lab. Later when I asked him, he said that I don't have any result (I have done a lot of work but didn't get th... | [
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85,088 | I'm an italian student,attendig the university, and I have to apply for a Work placement during this year, in order to complete my path and graduate. I have already found a firm in London and I would like to send as soon as possible my request. The point is that it's my first time and I have some doubts:
**Should I s... | [
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85,096 | When the next sentence in the paper or thesis shares the same citation with the previous one. Should cite one time only at the end of the 2end sentence or cite 2 times - one for each.
For example:
In the following paragraph, 2 sentences follow each other share same citation. Should I remove the 1st citation or not.
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85,099 | Many (most?) universities have a system of allowances for students with particular medical conditions/learning difficulties including dyslexia, dyspraxia and others. The most common allowance is extra time in exams. Sometimes this can be an extra half or whole hour but in other cases can be, for example, 8 hours allowe... | [
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"text": "You already gave the actual reason: to hide it from employers. Why? Because it is irrelevant. \n\nDiplomas/grades from un... | 2017/02/15 | [
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85,104 | Recently I received comments from two reviewers on my submitted manuscript as major revision. Both the reviewers have given a few major comments along with some minor comments. The major comments are something like this:
1. It is essential to analyse.
2. Please add some more explanation on this.
3. Please discuss with... | [
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85,117 | I have an interview for a PhD position (engineering) at a Central German University. I am not sure what to wear (formal wear for woman). Since certain countries are very particular about what you wear to an interview, I want to make sure that I don't look out of place. Any suggestion about formal wear for woman would b... | [
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"text": "EDIT: [In Germany](http://businessculture.org/western-europe/business-culture-in-germany/business-etiquette-in-ger... | 2017/02/15 | [
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85,118 | I would like to know what are the (academic) requirements (in general) of a **Dipl. Math.**?
What Dipl. math. Is good for (in math Academia)? More general what is a Dipl. Math.?
(Some reference for cover letters for Dipl. Math.) | [
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"text": "*Dipl.-Math.* stands for *Diplom-Mathematiker.* It is a [German academic degree](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di... | 2017/02/15 | [
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85,139 | An increasing number of funding agencies require recipients to make all research papers it funded open access.
Does any scholarship require the benefiting student to make open access any research paper they wrote during the scholarship period? | [
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"text": "The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds [scholarships](http://www.gmsp.org) and has an [open access policy... | 2017/02/15 | [
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85,148 | I have included a pretty complex map with about 10 different colors in my scientific paper in forest ecology. I am looking for a standard formule which is applied in this case, something as : ***For interpretation of the references to color in this figure caption, the reader is referred to the web version of this paper... | [
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"text": "Do I understand correctly that you just want to tell the reader that the colored figure is available online (in case th... | 2017/02/16 | [
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85,152 | I'm currently working on my CS masters thesis. The timeline is set up to 5 months with developing the software and writing the thesis itself. My supervisors and me had a nice idea that would (if it were implemented successfully) be a great contribution to a currently running research project of one of the supervisors.
... | [
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"text": "First of all, you can relax about the fact that you won't solve everything. In research, it's **the defau... | 2017/02/16 | [
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