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1,452 | While it is an unethical academic practice, it is a fact that most recommendation letters for MS degrees in US and Europe from countries like India and China are written by students themselves. Students apply en masse; the faculty strength in departments in many universities is small; the few professors hardly get the ... | [
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"text": "The first point is impossible to carry out without a cross-sample of the professor's existing letters; obtaining such a c... | 2012/05/07 | [
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1,459 | Recently I got a cite in a research paper where the author cited my work as [first name] et al, where it should have been [last name] et al. Is there any problem for indexing purpose? should I contact the journal editor about this incident and ask for correction? | [
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"text": "Yes, that's a problem, and you will absolutely want to fix it. The problem is that it's actually a two-stage problem to c... | 2012/05/07 | [
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1,464 | Some preprints on arXiv have 1.5- or double-spaced lines, making it less pleasant to read and more wasteful to print.
Is there a reason for it, except for the laziness/sloppiness?
(If drafts were >1-spaced, one need to change only one option.) | [
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"text": "I don't like it either. My understanding is that it's for historical reasons: in the dark ages, publish... | 2012/05/07 | [
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1,469 | I'm interested in answers for both the individual faculty member and for the department as a whole.
For the individual prospective faculty member - How long does the prospective faculty member's visit usually take, especially compared with the visit of a prospective PhD student applicant? And does the faculty member ... | [
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"text": "**Edit:** This answer applies only to the US.\n\nFor me, the typical case seemed to be:\n\n* Day 1: Fly in mid-afterno... | 2012/05/07 | [
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1,471 | I'd imagine that a good fraction would actually start to tire (a bit) of the repetitiveness of describing their research hundreds of times over, and would probably want to talk about something else.. After all, does the professor usually benefit when they talk about their research to a random undergrad?
Yet, "ask the ... | [
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"text": "Two points from experience (as a student):\n\n* Don't ask/talk about something that can be googled\n\nIf you want to ta... | 2012/05/08 | [
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1,472 | Many teachers at my university have produced custom course books for their students. These books contain all original content, written by the teacher, and tailored specifically for the course and students. The school does publish a trade journal, but to provide the lowest costs available, and perhaps to keep things sim... | [
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"text": "\"Published\" is a vague word, since for example you can even self-publish a book.\n\nIdeally, a publish... | 2012/05/08 | [
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1,478 | A tenure from a good university is generally considered to be the pinnacle of academic achievements. It is packed with so many benefits that it is easy to lose direction in one's research career post tenure.
* In the event that such a thing happens, i.e., if a professor loses interest in research after obtaining a ten... | [
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"text": "The cynical answer is \"nothing\". But in truth there are other ways to monitor progress and dole out rewards/lack of rew... | 2012/05/08 | [
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1,481 | I've recently submitted a paper to a conference requiring anonymous submission, meaning that the name of the authors should not be included, and no obvious self-reference should be made. The problem is that I add additional information relevant to the submission, such as some proofs and some code working on an example,... | [
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"text": "If you need to distribute stuff anonymously via the web, as far as code goes, you could create a pseudonymous github or ... | 2012/05/08 | [
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1,482 | **Background**
I am asking this question in the context of the long running plagiarism scandal in Germany.The most prominent victim of the scandal of plagiarized doctoral dissertations by politicians was former defense minister [Guttenberg](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Theodor_zu_Guttenberg#Doctorate_plagiarism). ... | [
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"text": "Given the complexity of the modern PhD thesis, and the number of references to other works in the literature that such a... | 2012/05/08 | [
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1,490 | Most bibliography formats require the city of publication for books. Why? In this digital era, ISBN would be way more important. But even before the digitalization of everything, why was the city of publication important?
I can imagine some purposes:
1. to distinguish potential same names of different publishers, an... | [
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1,498 | Critical reading is a very useful skill for most PhD students (and postdocs and researchers in general).
Instead of assuming that everything you read in a scientific paper is right, it's useful to learn how to evaluate the paper critically: e.g., to question its content, to identify shortcomings and limitations and wa... | [
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"text": "I disagree with the statement that a PhD student never doubt a published article (at least in my field).\n\nThis said, it se... | 2012/05/09 | [
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1,505 | I have a paper which I'm interested in submitting to arXiv.org.
However, the [submission guidelines](http://arxiv.org/help/submit#responsibility) say an institutional affiliation is required for submission. I've graduated in physics from Unicamp in Brazil, but I didn't follow a scientific career. My current employer d... | [
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"text": "~~I don't see where it says that you must have a institutional affiliation,~~ \nReading comprehe... | 2012/05/09 | [
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1,510 | What if I submit a same preprint to several open access repositories, e.g. arxiv, vixra, philica etc.?
I guess doing so would give to a paper more visibility. But would it be a bad practice? Would it be unethical? Scientific community would complain or blacklist me? Is there any copyright issues, or other notes that I... | [
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"text": "At first glance, I don't think it would be an ethical problem, but it could be a management one: if you need to update ... | 2012/05/10 | [
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1,512 | For computer science tenure-track faculty, the standard teaching load at a major research university in the US is 1-1 (meaning 1 course each of the two semesters). My understanding is that in math the standard teaching load is 2-1 (two courses one semester, one course the other).
What are the standard teaching loads i... | [
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"text": "In the largest national survey collecting this data is the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty. (http://nces.ed.gov... | 2012/05/10 | [
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1,519 | Is there a good practice of citing (or not) a paper or preprint that you consider flawed (or at best - totally incomprehensible)?
Once I had a problem of that sort. I wrote a paper on a topic, which was not very popular. Even if I was not using other's results directly, I wanted to cite a few papers solving very simil... | [
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"text": "*in what follows, I'm assuming you're correct in your assessment of the flaw.* \n\nThe first step is to communicate with... | 2012/05/11 | [
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1,523 | I am attempting to apply for a PhD but made rather a mess of my masters. Advice from anyone involved in the process is appreciated.
I am applying in the UK, and have a good bachelor's, which is all that is necesary for funding. I worked for 2 years before doing a master's. My field is computer science or bioinformati... | [
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"text": "Delay applying for a year and work on a new project, where you can perform much better (now that you have more experi... | 2012/05/11 | [
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1,525 | Universities do encourage close cooperation between students and faculty. However, how does one prevent close working or personal relationships from affecting grading, so that it can be carried out fairly and uniformly? Is there a method of avoiding "playing favorites" with students a faculty member has a "closer" rela... | [
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"text": "I would suggest to design a [**rubric**](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubric_%28academic%29) to assess the ... | 2012/05/12 | [
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1,531 | Let me explain my situation a little bit, then I will try to make it more general for others to benefit.
I am graduating in a month and getting my bachelor degree in computer science. I did apply to graduate programs of US universities, and it did not end up as I expected. Right now, I am still looking for chances, gr... | [
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"text": "At my university (Bath), prestigious university scholarships are awarded through a competition that has its first ... | 2012/05/12 | [
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1,539 | If a professor is teaching a student currently, is it okay if he/she friends the student on social media sites such as Facebook or Google Plus? | [
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1,544 | How should I interpret a journal rejection of "not of sufficient interest" or "does not meet journal standards"?
This is what happened to me particularly. Papers were rejected for those reasons and the journal never told me that they had found any error or that anything was wrong or inconclusive.
When a paper is rej... | [
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1,547 | I live in the UK, study Computing and I'm about to start my final year. I have been told by friends that the University holds the right to my final year project. Is there a way of getting the rights and intellectual property of my final year project? | [
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1,561 | Undergraduates have several-month long "sabbaticals" every years. While graduate students shouldn't expect to have the same thing, could it maybe be justifiable for them to take a several-month long sabbatical in the middle of graduate school? These things can be really helpful for things like evaluating whether or not... | [
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"text": "We encourage our graduate students to take internships for 3 months during summer (at Microsoft Redmond and MSR Camb... | 2012/05/14 | [
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1,563 | And how often does it happen? I know someone who was de facto kicked out of Harvard due to some conflict with his advisers, though he was later able to transfer to Caltech.
As an example - what if there was an irreconcilable difference between the student and adviser, and what if other advisers were reluctant to take ... | [
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"text": "This is such a loaded question I'm hesitant to answer. While it might seem that a student was \"kicked out\" of a progra... | 2012/05/14 | [
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1,574 | I'm a civil engineer myself and found no options for depositing engineering related **pre-print papers** in any online repositories. Is there any easy solution to this? For example, academia.edu lets one upload their papers but other people must have account to download the paper which is kinda turn off.
In short, I w... | [
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1,580 | Sometimes we may ask questions on stack exchange or online forums wherein the response is helpful or even essential to a piece of work that gets published in an academic journal. If this occurs, how should credit be given to those involved in the exchange? Should they all be included as authors? Should a link to the fo... | [
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1,591 | There is a general tendency of students (master's or less) to rate highly those courses that create a value for them at the industry. For example, in CS, networking or OS courses are found to be attractive by many students simply because these are (almost) indispensable for most job interviews. It is difficult to find ... | [
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"text": "I hate to resort to youtube but:\n\n<http://youtu.be/WgWNQVdhE9A>\n\nChanning Robertson at Stanford teaches Intro to ... | 2012/05/17 | [
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1,593 | Discussions about academic publication (for example, the recent [Elsevier boycott](http://thecostofknowledge.com/), the [actual cost of publication](http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/03/06/an-efficient-journal/), open-access initiatives by [universities](http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=k77982&tabg... | [
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"text": "In theoretical computer science:\n\n* Papers are written, illustrated, and typeset (in LaTeX) by authors and refereed by un... | 2012/05/17 | [
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1,599 | What do academicians need to keep in mind when they are conversing with a fellow researcher whom they do not think highly of? I was reminded of *A Beautiful Mind*, where Nusb (Crowe) says [the following](http://movie.subtitlr.com/subtitle/show/247553):
>
> I imagine you're getting quite used to miscalculation. I've r... | [
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"text": "\"Thank you for your useful contribution to the field\" seems to be a popular opening in such cases.\n\nAnd as it might ... | 2012/05/18 | [
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1,604 | >
> "Luck favors the prepared mind"
>
>
> ( [Louis Pasteur](http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pasteur) )
>
>
>
During the MS degree program or PhD program, it's advisable for a good student to get used to take a look on scientific activities of research groups he want to join, after graduation.
So, if the stud... | [
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"text": "I'll start with some steps prior to yours in the interest of making the answer more generalizable:\n\n1. **Determine whic... | 2012/05/18 | [
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1,609 | Suppose you find out that someone you know well or work with is reviewing the same journal paper you are reviewing (i.e., finding out this information on your own, and not via the journal or editor, assuming a blind process).
Can you discuss the paper? Can you discuss your reviews? | [
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1,613 | Consider a mid-level PhD student in a STEM field (maybe 2-3 years into the program), he and his advisor are working on something relatively new and interesting but they have reached a point where the research isn't moving ahead. How do you get out of this situation?
All papers have been read, colleagues have been con... | [
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1,616 | The metric I see most on the internet and on journals' home pages is the 'Impact Factor'. Are there any other metrics that are considered as important as (or more important than) the Impact Factor? | [
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1,621 | Is there any compulsory rule for researchers to have publications in restricted access publication platforms? What if one has majority of his publications in open access journals? | [
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1,623 | When applying for the PhD program in mathematics, usually, one is not required to specify in what field (e.g., PDE, dynamical system, etc.) he/she intends to do. However, I don't know whether it will be *disadvantage* that one does not have a specific field in mind at all.
I ask this question because some people sugg... | [
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1,628 | ### Background
I like the idea of writing an academic book.
* It currently looks better on a CV when applying for jobs, grants, promotions, etc. than a blog post, or a website.
* Libraries and people archive the work
* Most of the best academic content currently seems to end up in books and journal articles, rather t... | [
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1,639 | Could multiple advisers mean that it might be easier for you to get funding? (since you're not just limited to one person?) Could it also mean that you get more overall input in your project (the input of 3 different people), and that maybe your project will be geared in a way that it's "interesting" to more people, an... | [
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1,644 | I was wondering if there is a rule of thumb for the following.
What percentage of students that are accepted for a PhD position were initially put on a waiting list, and were only admitted after high-scoring applicants did not enroll? | [
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1,646 | If a master's degree candidate needs to select a thesis topic, but their advisor is unwilling to offer suggestions on the matter, how should one go about selecting a thesis?
* How might one select an area to study?
* How can one evaluate if if is a suitable topic?
* Does the thesis need to focus on an area which is re... | [
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1,652 | Compared to writing a research paper, I found writing a grant proposal to be much more intimidating, because there aren't any finished products that I can compare to. I am wondering if there are any good samples out there so that I can see what good proposals are like, especially for social sciences. Thanks!
Related q... | [
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1,655 | Academic blogs and websites are emerging as an important component of academic discourse.
However, I often lack confidence that the content will remain accessible in the short term (e.g., 5 years) let alone the longer term (10, 20, 50, 100 years).
An important function of journals is to archive the content and provi... | [
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"text": "I believe you have a number of options, which I'm stating in no particular oder:\n\n1. You can use the [Wayback Machine](... | 2012/05/23 | [
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1,658 | I think contributions to StackExchange constitute a valuable thing for an academic to do. In many cases such contributions are directly related to the aims of an academic department: community engagement, building new knowledge, etc.
This is particularly clear for sites that directly align with a particular academic di... | [
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1,668 | I have a learning disability where I can only learn through seeing (not seeing and hearing). As a result, I need to have headphones in class to block all sound. Should I just tell the professor this? | [
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1,678 | I generally chase after whatever my adviser/supervisor tells me to do, although I know that it's sometimes a project that they don't want to spend their time on. I know that I can learn a lot even when I go after such "wild goose chases".
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1,680 | Are there expected dressing norms at faculty interviews? Will a casual tee-jeans be discouraged?
In the same vein, what is expected when a student visits the campus for an interview? | [
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1,682 | I am going to release a Technical Report that will be archived and made available online by the university's library. An abridged version of the work was accepted by a peer-reviewed conference and will be published in the proceedings. For this to happen, I have to sign a [copyright form](http://www.ieee.org/documents/i... | [
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1,686 | It's always worthwhile to take some time to try to figure it out by yourself. But eventually there's a point where you're unsure how much more time it would take to figure it out by yourself (which could take far longer than you originally think), and when asking for help could be more helpful.
So for analytical or co... | [
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1,695 | My research interests are shifting, due to papers I read and talks or conferences I attend (and also due to change of tastes).
However, I don't know how to communicate it on my CV or my website.
One the one hand, I am eager to move into new fields, and I am eager to learn more (and they are my first preference, when ... | [
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1,705 | These days there is so much material on the web that it is difficult to set good exercises/assignments for students, because they often find the questions on the web simply by googling (or else ask at a site such as <http://cs.stackexchange.com>).
>
> How do people deal with this problem? How do you generate unique a... | [
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1,707 | If I were a Spanish Major as an undergraduate and decide to pursue a PhD in a completely unrelated field (like Theoretical Physics), it makes sense to give a qualifying exam to check that I had the necessary skills to begin the program. But if I'm coming from a B.S in math to a PhD program also in math, it doesn't seem... | [
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1,716 | Like a halloween mask to conceal injuries of a burn? | [
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1,722 | I just submitted a paper to a conference. The reviewers gave me their responses only two days before the deadline to resubmit the paper. They seemed to indicate that my paper was on topic, and had good preliminary results, but they seemed to indicate that it was lacking more results. I understand it, and I think they'r... | [
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1,726 | Say you wrote a good thesis on some discovery you made in physics.
If it was a mediocre discovery, nothing special, are you more likely to get awarded the PhD at a 'not very good' university than at a top class university like Cambridge? | [
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1,727 | If a student feels that the grade he received is lower than he expected, because he has been working very hard, and truly trying to understand things, but sometimes at the cost of sacrificing details. But the instructor might think differently, as the student sometimes made careless mistakes in assignments and didn't h... | [
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1,731 | I am a student of computer science from India and specialize in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics. I have completed M.Tech (for those who do not know, it covers 18 years of education. It is actually PG in engineering, sort of an Indian equivalent of MS, consists of a one year course work + one year dissertation ). I h... | [
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1,743 | I've already completed my first grueling year of the PhD program, and graduation is still a yet to be seen light at the end of the tunnel. I'm very sure that academia is for me, and I really want to obtain a tenure-track position in my field (computational science). I know that universities often look very highly upon ... | [
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1,744 | This question was raised by Dabo Ylirce [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/1725/64).
When a textbook author approaches a topic in a novel way or presents a particularly interesting example, I believe that a teacher who creates lecture notes using this novel approach or interesting example would be doing the r... | [
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1,746 | In recent months, I have found myself getting involved in varying degrees with the papers being written with members of my group. Some of the papers—by the more senior and experienced members of the group (primarily the postdoc) have needed little real effort on my part, except suggestions for improvements.
On the oth... | [
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1,752 | After all, to do research with a professor, a student has to have good social skills. So why not have classes that teach social etiquette and social skills? It seems that many courses in college are "book courses." Yet, when students graduate, what really matters is how they present themselves and their social skills. | [
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1,762 | So [bobthejoe said this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/757/77):
>
> The PhD students I remember the most are the ones who came up to me
> and made meaningful comments or suggestions regarding my work. They
> get extra bonus points if in the middle of the night the next week
> they offer more meaningful comm... | [
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1,763 | There are a lot of very smart people in academia. They are at the front of human knowledge and push it further. Obviously, the research that comes out of academia is very new. My question is who applies this research? In other words, why don't these smart professors start a company and sell their new findings by applyi... | [
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1,767 | This is a follow-up to [How good are entrepreneurial opportunities for faculty members?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/792/entrepreneurial-opportunities-for-faculty-members).
Say, a few researchers, professors and their students, at a university would like to start a company to exploit and commercialize ... | [
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"text": "This will heavily depend on the specific country you are talking about. We have a so-called [Innovation Lab... | 2012/05/28 | [
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1,772 | A stack of psychology exam essays has just landed on my desk for marking. It was a 3 hour exam with 3 essay questions. This is a final year essay so I do not have to provide written feedback. How long should I be spending marking an essay? | [
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1,782 | This is what I don't understand. Journals provide you with LaTeX class files and instructions and they also advise not to spend time typesetting the paper into the exact format of the journal. What does this mean? I don't know if this applies to all journals or to most of them. | [
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1,788 | Are faculty salaries negotiable in general? Wherever they are negotiable, how could applicants gain insights about the statistics of offers or the extent of safe negotiation? | [
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"text": "*This entire answer is US-centric, since I have no clue how other countries work. This is not to say that I know the US s... | 2012/05/29 | [
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1,798 | I'm at the stage in writing my dissertation where most of the substantive aspects are finished and the only tasks left are more or less administrative. However, one thing that I've been avoiding is writing the "Acknowledgements" section. Obviously I will thank my supervisor, committee members, other faculty and staff t... | [
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1,799 | In a [previous question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/980/how-much-do-soft-skills-matter-for-admission-decision) we stated that soft skills are pretty important for admission decisions in universities, so I suppose that you'll agree with me if I said that they are very important not only during the admi... | [
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1,804 | After a paper is published, say in CS, who reads the paper? How are the ideas presented there applied to business and industry? How is industry collaboration done?
I'm asking this question per this [comment](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1763/how-do-academics-make-money-from-applying-their-research#comm... | [
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1,806 | Why don't more professors attempt to use the knowledge gained during the course of their research work by starting a company and commercializing their findings?
I'm asking this question per this [comment](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1763/how-do-academics-make-money-from-applying-their-research#comment... | [
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1,816 | When interviewing for a new position, is it common practice to count the days spent on interviews as vacation days?
It wouldn't seem unreasonable to count these as vacation days, except that I could also see them as being work days. If I were only visiting to give a lecture and speak with faculty in another department... | [
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1,820 | I'm a U.S. sophomore (junior in the fall) studying Computer Science looking to transfer. I have three questions:
1. What schools in Europe should I look into for Computer Science? To clarify what I'm looking for out of this question, I'm not asking for schools tailored to what I'm seeking (ie, will this school be good... | [
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1,832 | I am a PhD student and have a *D* in one of my exams due to some family issues. I also have a *B* in 3 subjects and *A* in one. I am worried about my future. will the *D* have an impact on my job prospects even if I maintain my GPA above 3.3? | [
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1,834 | I have heard of people who have gone on to pursue an MBA after their doctorates. What are the advantages/downsides of this?
Wouldn't the companies recruiting them after MBA value their doctorate experience less compared to the experience gained at an MNC? Is there a risk of them being valued as "failed" doctorates? | [
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1,835 | Is it possible for faculty members to enrol themselves for a degree while being employed? I have seen professors attending classes occasionally, but how about earning a full degree?
I guess this may not be an issue within a university, but what if the professor wants to earn the degree with another university in the s... | [
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1,836 | I would love to know the circumstances under which people opt for a second doctorate degree.
* Could a professor working in a university write up a thesis and submit it to his department to earn a second doctorate?
* Do only those who want to remain in the university forever as students go for a second doctorate?
* Ar... | [
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1,840 | Recently, I was having a chat with a few senior PhD students (almost done with their thesis) and they pointed out that the professors would, at times, solicit their opinion regarding the admission of a particular student. This was especially true when the prospective student belongs to the same country as that of the s... | [
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1,848 | My university is in Oklahoma and most companies are in east coast and west coast in the US. I am a bit worried if a PhD will be worthy from an average university with poor location. Should I apply to a college where there is a bunch of industries around? | [
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1,869 | To be specific, I just graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and my final project supervisor has asked me to co-author a paper with him about the subject of the project I did with his supervision.
I'd love to join the research community, and I guess this would a be good starting point, but there are two issues I'm conce... | [
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1,880 | And how much time does it usually take? I'd like to create a poster without having to put too much time into formatting. | [
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1,884 | I wish to categorise my large collection of electronic documents. I need a foolproof set of categories to put each document in. I want to use a classification system similar to how university schools are organized:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_disciplines>
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1,887 | Is it a bad thing in academia if a student works from home? [Missing department talks and seminars](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/39/will-people-judge-me-negatively-for-skipping-department-seminars) is obviously bad, but in case a student is pursuing a problem alone and he feels comfortable researching a... | [
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1,896 | As a PhD student pursuing an academic career (but optionally a career in industry), what should I do do to get the most of a 10-week internship at a research lab?
Things I've thought of: talking with people (networking); attending talk/seminar (new ideas); giving a talk (get people to know you).
What other things can... | [
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1,897 | I am finishing writing my master's thesis (~100 pages) and I also just submitted a paper (8 pages) to a conference. Since both are on the same subject and I am an author on both, is it ok if I reuse one page from the paper and put it in my thesis without many changes? The paper will not be published until 2013 (if at a... | [
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1,911 | Given the [importance of web presence](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/616/is-web-presence-important-for-researchers) how does one manage the web presence of a research group? The simplest approach seems to be to use links to the personal webpages of the group members to supply content. Is it worth creatin... | [
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1,913 | Let's say I want to cite a Russian text in my own paper which is written in English. Should I:
* reference it as is, in the original Cyrillic alphabet, although the readers won't be able even to pronounce it?
* transliterate the authors' names, while keeping the rest as is?
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1,915 | I have a few questions regarding admission into a PhD program in Applied Linguistics or Linguistics at US universities. I could not find any other valuable online sources regarding Linguistics for the answers I seek. Let me start with my qualification. I am an international student with a Masters in English Linguistics... | [
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1,919 | After receiving a rejection (not revise and resubmit) decision from the editor/associate editor of a journal, should we write an email to thank him/her for the time, or just do nothing? I imagine one might do that out of courtesy, but then I don't really have much to say otherwise. | [
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1,922 | The example is when you might be reading a certain paper, and the authors refer to another paper. You can't get that other paper as it's unpublished, or it's in a language that you can't read, or maybe something else.
My guess is:
>
> Featherstone et al 1900 (in Thulos and Cullen 2002).
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>
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1,923 | I'm an STS student, so bear with me; I'm happy to provide clarification but I want to leave the specific application unspecified:
**What sources would you consult if you were trying to generate a huge "list of all academic topics"?**
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1,930 | My question is about using a Ph.D. title/grade from an EU University in Germany.
Germany recognizes (properly obtained) Ph.D.s from other EU countries.
People with an EU Ph.D. are allowed to use the abbreviation "Dr." in front of their names without mentioning the country of origin (which is AFAIK required for some oth... | [
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1,933 | ### Background
When preparing a final version of a figure, it appears that some changes could be more easily made in a graphics software (gimp, inkscape, scribus, adobe) as opposed to R. Such changes might be done more efficiently, and more to the publishers standards, by the publisher. Apparently, the publisher uses ... | [
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1,937 | For example, a presentation whose PDF is listed at <http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/exoclimes/2012/pdf/talks/Day02_Ferreira.pdf>?
And what if the presentation doesn't have a publicly available URL? How would the citation style differ from that of a poster? | [
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1,944 | I am a PhD student right now, and I'm looking towards doing a post-doc in the future. There is a research laboratory where I want to do my post doc, primarily because there are scientists engaged in very similar topics to my dissertation work. I've never met any of them personally, and I know that the standard approach... | [
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1,950 | I need to get some more experience with writing grant proposals, and I know that professors are often invited to review them. How can I get involved in it while still being just a graduate student? | [
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1,956 | I am a math student and never take notes in class. I feel like I am offending the professors by not taking notes. In general, do professors like students to be "active" during class? I have never learned much by taking notes.
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1,966 | I'm developing a paper right now based upon some of my preliminary results, and I'm attending several conferences to present and get some feedback on my results from other experts in my field. A thought occurred to me that because my work is yet to be published, I there is a potential for others to steal my idea and pu... | [
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1,967 | I am working on a mathematical model to help explain some experimental results and generate new hypotheses. Unfortunately, I have neither the resources nor interest to gather experimental data, but in this particular sub-field publishing a model without showing its usefulness on some experimental data is not common.
T... | [
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1,968 | I am about to take the French language exam as part of the requirements for the PhD program at my university. The exam will consist of having to translate (with the help of a dictionary) a subset of a mathematics paper written in French. As an Indian international student in the US, I speak a number of languages, but I... | [
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1,975 | Background: I have been in the Phd Program since fall 2010, I have made great academic progress (two papers published in journals). From the 4th semester (spring, 2012), I have started working in a company and still a part time student in school. Till now, I am still keeping doing research and publish another paper and... | [
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1,980 | I am three years into a PhD in Germany in an interdisciplinary social sciences field (Global Integration/Global Studies), but I am quite disillusioned with the faculty and the quality of guidance here. Moreover, the academic job prospects are not very good after the PhD, and any other job, given EU regulations, is hard... | [
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1,983 | I thought of an interesting idea for a thesis for my Masters program and I think I would eventually be able to sell a product that is built from the algorithms/code that I develop for this thesis. I realize my thesis is my work and I have the copyright permissions, but I am wondering what rights I have and what rights ... | [
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