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5,214 | I recently submitted a paper to a conference whose notification of acceptance/rejection is due to 3 months from now. However I realize that I can extend my results in such a way that it gets much more general and such that the results of the previous paper follows as a special case. The generalization however is non-tr... | [
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5,229 | I have just finished an honours degree in Psychological science in Australia - this is a 3 year bachelors with an additional selective entry 4th year involving 50% coursework and research. In addition to this I have about a year of research experience across a few different labs and areas. I'd like to move to somewhere... | [
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"text": "From my experience, EU citizen and familiar with Australian degree system, you will have a hard time getting ... | 2012/11/10 | [
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5,231 | I have applied to PhD programs in ecology in Europe (Germany, Denmark, UK) and Oceania (Australia/New Zealand). Now the deadlines for US programs are coming up and I am debating whether I should apply there as well. Aside from the exorbitant costs when applying to US programs I am interested in comparing the pros and c... | [
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"text": "I think the key question is: What do you want to do after the PhD?\n\nThere are some points that you may consider to cho... | 2012/11/10 | [
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5,236 | I am a new lecturer in the field of Computer Science. I got my MSc and I would like to go for a PhD. However, I would like to improve my teaching methods and way of thinking before I pursue this goal. Any recommended books or articles? | [
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"text": "The way I learned how to lecture was just drawing on things other professors did that were beneficial to me. If you are... | 2012/11/11 | [
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5,246 | **I’m looking for a way to manage the text of the quotations that most certainly I will use (i.e. quote) in the future**. I’m a philosopher, so this is specially handy —and even required— for the classical texts.
I'm currently using [Mendeley](http://www.mendeley.com/) to manage my references, which is fine for citati... | [
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"text": "[TextCite: Publication Quotation Manager](http://textcite.sourceforge.net/) looks like a thing you are looking for (... | 2012/11/12 | [
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5,253 | I've just started using git for tracking changes in a LaTeX paper I'm writing, and for collaboration with co-authors.
However, I cannot find easily private git repositories with reasonable plans for scientific collaboration (I'm not asking about discounts, just about a different workflow, so no "one team of n develop... | [
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"text": "Consider asking your research institute/university IT services. \n\n* In terms of fees, I'd consider ... | 2012/11/12 | [
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5,255 | I have been contemplating studying some subjects by watching video lectures, more specifically Topology and Quantum Mechanics. I was wondering, if anyone has tried studying a subject on his own by watching just lectures. Alternatively, I could work systematically through a book. What are the advantages and disadvantage... | [
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"text": "For postgraduate research, neither watching video lectures nor just reading a book are going to help you enough.\n\nYou'r... | 2012/11/13 | [
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5,264 | I have a question about copyright. When I make a presentation based on my research (together with co-authors from other countries), who owns the copyright of the presentation? I think, only I have the copyright since I give credit to my co-authors.
The problem is now that the university (I'm living in Germany, if that... | [
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"text": "I'm going to answer this question based on my understanding of copyright law in the United Kingdom. The general prin... | 2012/11/14 | [
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5,277 | I am following the advice of @Piotr Migdal in [Is there an internet Git-like repository for collaboration on a paper?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/5253/14341), and I want to ask about version controls: how beneficial are they (specially under LaTeX settings) for writing papers compared to Dropbox and [SugarSyn... | [
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"text": "> \n> how beneficial they are (specially under Latex settings) for writing papers compared to dropbox and SugarSync... | 2012/11/15 | [
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5,290 | I have a very brief question: Can a professional mathematician publish philosophy papers, essays, etc.? For example, would a leading philosophy journal, nowadays, consider publishing a paper or an essay about philosophy of mathematics written by a mathematician. If so, does any one have proof of such instances? I am of... | [
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"text": "Just randomly browsed Philosophia Mathematica and found [To Diagram, to Demonstrate: To Do, To See, and To Judge in G... | 2012/11/11 | [
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5,297 | I am an Early Stage Researcher in a bigger project. I am non-native speaker of English and I find my level of English in my articles not satisfactory, especially when I consider that it is not just my reputation but also the reputation of the project.
I am thinking about hiring a proofreader for my future articles or ... | [
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"text": "I would recommend both, for exactly the reasons you stated. Hire a proofreader to maintain a high quality *current* profe... | 2012/11/16 | [
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5,300 | What types of methods are available to students today who want to find a University for a Master, PhD, or postdoc program that supports the student's obscure/specific area of research?
For example, I am looking for PhD programs that specialize in software engineering metrics analysis and process improvement. I have lo... | [
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"text": "**Look at affiliations in papers**.\n\nWhen I was looking for a PhD position, I systematically did [an extensive litera... | 2012/11/16 | [
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5,301 | My earliest PhD graduation date is 10 months away. Funding permits me to stay 1–3 months longer, so the final date is still uncertain.
It is never too early to make contacts for possible post-docs. But how long in advance is too early to formally apply to post-doc job openings or funding opportunities? Depending on th... | [
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"text": "It depends on the type of funding associated with the postdoc position: \n\n1) If the funding is already there and has a... | 2012/11/16 | [
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5,314 | I presented my psychology thesis at an undergraduate conference, an international conference in France, and am now interested in submitting it to be presented at the 2013 APA conference in Hawaii. Since it's been presented to different audiences at each presentation is this unethical? Also, the first two presentations ... | [
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"text": "It might depend on the field.\n\nIf there are no conference proceedings, there is no publication whatsoever. Therefore... | 2012/11/18 | [
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5,323 | I have a good GPA (over 3.5) from a top 5 CS school. I also have lots of research experience and a few publications. I also expect to have very good recommendations. The only problem is that I did badly on the GRE general exam (just under below average). The exam seems like a big scam, so studying for it felt like a wa... | [
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"text": "Despite being nearly the exact opposite question, I will give the same answer that I gave about the importance of [GP... | 2012/11/19 | [
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5,327 | I use a version control system (formerly subversion, now git) to write papers, which for me works very well and is convenient. A few times, I even worked with branches for different logical versions of a paper, such as versions submitted to different journals. However, I found branching of little use for paper writing.... | [
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"text": "Personally, I've never used branches (for papers), and would certainly *not* use branches for different chapters (WT... | 2012/11/19 | [
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5,330 | Say a prospective PhD has a high reply rate (90-95%) to first contact emails with potential superviors. He/She has a well thought out e-mail, but a particular professor (here: USA) that is in the top preferences does not reply after two to three e-mails that were sent within a time frame of three months. I also followe... | [
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"text": "* Consider the possibitity of ending up in the spam filter. (I know a professor whos emails were regu... | 2012/11/19 | [
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5,336 | I need a book for my teaching and/or research, but my university's library doesn't have this book. I don't think I'll use it enough to justify spending money out of my own pocket to own it. What other ways should I try? I searched Internet, there is no "free" (in whatever sense) PDF of it either. | [
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"text": "Usually I try to\n\n1. Aks to profs. at the university. Most are happy to lend them for a short time.\n2. Public librarie... | 2012/11/19 | [
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5,345 | Let's consider two papers, one by authors A1, A2, A3 and one by authors B1, B2, B3. In the case of two publications by the same research group, some of the authors may be the same, some may be new… Typically, the senior author/team leader is the same, which means that A3 = B3 (in fields where the senior author is typic... | [
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"text": "I would avoid \"the authors\" unless it is exactly the same set of authors (preferably in the same order).\n\nI ... | 2012/11/20 | [
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5,351 | As illustrated by the recent [NY Times article](http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/20/education/colleges-turn-to-crowd-sourcing-courses.html?pagewanted=3&_r=0), Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have recently gained a lot of attention because of their new model for educating students.
What are the main concerns regardin... | [
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"text": "One of the biggest challenges is to perform assessment. To scale, the most natural approach to assessment is to use purely... | 2012/11/20 | [
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5,352 | [Mendeley](http://www.mendeley.com/) is (mainly) a proprietary social network to share basic citation data and research papers. [see also](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendeley)
**Are there any free and open source substitutes for this service?**
A technical possibility: users could collect BibTeX data and a hash an... | [
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"text": "The only alternative that comes to my mind is [Zotero](http://www.zotero.org/):\n\n* It is open-source,\n* it comes as ... | 2012/11/12 | [
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5,354 | I am a PhD student from central Europe and I am teaching an introductory class on programming at my university.
I know that in the US, humour or a joke is often used at the beginning of a presentation. My first 2-3 sentences are right to the point, but I would like to include also a small joke or humour at the beginni... | [
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5,356 | Say a candidate has met with a potential PhD supervisor and it was rather evident that he would be willing to take on the candidate. You have emailed a lot and met in person a few times, but nothing has been formalised yet.
Suppose now the candidate decides to take it into a different direction simply because there a... | [
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"text": "Just send a polite email stating that you found another position or that you simply prefer to take a different direc... | 2012/11/20 | [
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5,358 | What is the academic approach when your supervisor goes off-topic? In other words, what is the academic reaction for a PhD student when his supervisor starts attacking the student's religion?
I must say the fact that I'm an international student coming from a different culture. I looked over his publications/current ... | [
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"text": "I can tell you as a personal experience that if you do not feel comfortable, and feel you have no future doing r... | 2012/11/20 | [
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5,360 | I still have 2-2.5 years of my PhD program, but it want to try my skills in programing, especially in the taste of data science (needless to say, I do it overnight for some hobby projects and I like it a lot).
Moreover, as working in companies may seem as one of the options "what to do after getting PhD", I would be ... | [
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"text": "**Yes.** Almost every PhD student in my (US computer science) department has at least one summer internship between admissio... | 2012/11/21 | [
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5,369 | I once jokingly included in a thesis:
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> The equations of motion [1] for a rigid body can be reformulated as…
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> [1] I. Newton, *Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica*, 1687.
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"text": "What they taught me, is that the main criterion is:\n\n> \n> is there a standard textbook covering the topic I want ... | 2012/11/21 | [
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5,376 | I was reading the other day this [blog post](http://matt.might.net/articles/how-to-peer-review/), about "how to peer review", and one passage struck me:
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> **Don't review like a grad student**
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> Reviews written by graduate students are among the most negative.
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> Gtay students are often on the receiving e... | [
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5,377 | I'm in Germany studying a Master of Computer Science, and the program has options of Dual Degrees with other Universities from outside of Germany (US, Europe, Asia). I'm thinking of applying to the Dual Degree, but i have doubts about the purpose of getting two degrees.
Is there a defined purpose or career profile for... | [
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"text": "I think you should apply if you find both the degrees interesting, and they are complementary. For example, Phy... | 2012/11/21 | [
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5,386 | My professor recently had a problem, and he asked me for my help to solve it, and of course I ask for yours.
He was made the School of Engineering Dean, an while it sounds important it takes most of is time through an administrative black hole, also, because of this his office is now in another building so he cannot c... | [
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"text": "Since you said that the \"research can be done everywhere\", the same can be said about collaborations. As long as th... | 2012/11/22 | [
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5,390 | How should one "address" the person for whom I am writing a recommendation letter *in* the letter?
Scenario:
* I have known Zotn Doe for many years and am familiar with his work. We address each other on a first name basis. I've been asked to write a letter supporting Zotn's application. When I write about him, sho... | [
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"text": "I have seen both used in recommendation letters, regardless of the strength of the recommendation letter itself. I would, ... | 2012/11/22 | [
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5,398 | I am a senior computer science student and I am working on my senior graduation project. My supervisor said that I should implement a job search web portal as a graduation project. But I want to make some research oriented project rather than raw coding. My supervisor insists on this because he won't have to spend time... | [
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"text": "Since *you have never done research and do not know what exactly it means*, I would suggest **Attending Seminars and... | 2012/11/22 | [
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5,400 | I am writing my first research paper in field of computer applications and artificial intelligence. I have following doubts, please answer them to help me out..
a) When explaining my research, do I need to include the whole code or just algorithms ?
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5,401 | I want to know how can I get some participants for an empirical research study I would be conducting. Does universities have systems in place to call/recruit participants or do I have to find them myself? | [
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5,408 | From [this MathOverflow question](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/45185/pseudonyms-of-famous-mathematicians):
>
> William Sealy Gosset published a result under the pseudonym Student. (Because his employer, the Guinness brewing company, did not allow their employees to publish for fear of divulging trade secrets.)
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5,414 | What are objective advantages or disadvantages of using the markup language [LaTeX](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX) instead of a [WYSIWYG](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG) word processor like MS Word or LibreOffice Writer?
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5,426 | I am presently doing MSc (Information Technology) in India. I really like teaching and have a passion for it. Based on my Masters degree I will get a designation of Assistant professor (hope so I get it!), but to be a Professor we need a PhD degree, so I was thinking of doing a Phd (Computer Science) not right after th... | [
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5,433 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [What tools make it easy to maintain (or avoid!) the N versions of your CV?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/4903/what-tools-make-it-easy-to-maintain-or-avoid-the-n-versions-of-your-cv)
>
>
>
When writing a CV (applying for an academic position, workshop or a schola... | [
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5,440 | We've been having this discussion about what actually formulates 'contribution to knowledge' when doing a masters or a PhD in a particular field.
For an example from my field (Computer Science), say an MS student finds a particularly good algorithm that has not been used to solve a problem in disaster management. He t... | [
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5,445 | I was wondering if someone who is reapplying to the same program after it was not accepted the previous year is seen as a negative thing.
If in the application form I am asked if I applied the program in the past, should I state that I did or would that look bad on my application?
Why is this question been asked? And... | [
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5,446 | I understand that schools are trying to gauge the chances of an offer being accepted by a potential candidate. Similarly to what has been described for job applications and other questions that a lower ranked program might not offer admission to someone who applied to just top schools.
How much should a candidate divu... | [
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5,452 | While I know that students are encouraged to "tailor" their applications to the particular school or program they're applying to, does the same hold true for the people writing letters of recommendation on their behalf? In other words, is it possible just to change the "addressee" portion, and use a greeting such as "D... | [
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5,454 | In what ways would a Professor's LinkedIn Recommendation differ from his Recommendation for Graduate School(Masters/PhD)?
In other words: In what was does the visibility of a Recommendation change a Professor's Recommendation? | [
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5,458 | A professor once said to me: ***publication is about intelligent copy paste from one field to another***. His claims were right in a sense that he knew what results already exist in one field and apply it to the other non-mature yet field. Ofcourse he didn't mean a literal copying.
>
> If you are working in a cut-edg... | [
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5,462 | I have been in my current teaching/research position for 4 years. I have just been informed that my contract is research only. I think technically this means I don't have to be teaching. My School and HR want to issue a new contract (which I am sure will take months/years). I would prefer to be research only. I think i... | [
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5,466 | I was recently asked to review for an [MDPI](http://www.mdpi.com/) open access journal. Is this a reputable publishing company? Their website suggests that they are 15 years old, and only do open-access publishing. The journal has a 3-year impact factor of around 2, which is not unreasonable for my field. | [
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5,471 | I am writing a paper with a co-author. I need to explain some terms in the preliminaries section. I am copying the definitions from my co-authors previous paper. Afterwards, I want to include the paper into my thesis. If I use the same definitions word for word in my thesis, would that be considered plagiarism? | [
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5,475 | Certain schools give you specific details about their statement of purpose. For example a maximum of a certain number of words, double spaced, two pages maximum, etc. If a school does not provide any of the above-mentioned details, what would be a good lenght in terms of number of words to engage the admission committe... | [
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5,479 | I'm currently a Ph.D. student. I'm applying for a post-Ph.D. faculty job, and so is one of my two Ph.D. co-advisors. I think we have a good relationship, and I am thrilled they are applying, and truly hope they get the job. I think this is mutual.
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5,482 | I'm writing a scientific article and a dissertation in biology, for which I used Python for simulations. Some people in our department, especially the "non-computer-people", don't know what Python is, so I want to reference something helpful. Open-Source scientific tools such as CellProfiler usually tell you how to ref... | [
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5,483 | Is it possible to apply for a graduate program in theoretical physics without having a bachelor's degree in physics or mathematics?
I'm completely self-taught. I'm half way through Jackson electrodynamics and Peskin QFT. These books are taught to students at a graduate level, let's say that I can pass the GRE exam and... | [
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5,487 | I'd like to know the connection of researchers. Similar to the connection of LinkedIn. In the field of computer science, the [DBLP database](http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/) seems to be useful. Does anyone know a tool to generate a FoaF graph out of DBLP data and a FoaF (Friend of a Friend) graph rendering ... | [
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5,499 | I have BSc in computer science and entrepreneurship background with strong technical skills (software) but low GPA and no publication. I have bean away from university for few years and have not been working as employee so I can't provide any letters of recommendation.
As my previous businesses have not been successfu... | [
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5,500 | Is there a non written rule to which person to use in the PhD thesis, 5 years of using "We" in the papers have brought me to the innate necessity to do it every time I describe something.
Recently, though, one of my lab-mates told me that I should use I, since it is your work, if the thesis were co-written, then it wo... | [
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5,511 | Reading this very interesting question ([*"How long before PhD graduation should I start applying for post-doc positions?"*](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5301/how-long-before-phd-graduation-should-i-start-applying-for-post-doc-positions)) about "**when**", suddenly I started to reason on the "**how**" i... | [
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5,530 | Following ArXiv rules I contacted with an well-known expert in thermodynamics (he is author of a known monograph) we discussed my work during several days and finally he endorsed me. When my work was ready to appear a moderator removed it, alluding to technical problems with my submission (a embedded font problem), alt... | [
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5,541 | I took a class with graduate students as an undergraduate student. The grading was on a curve and combined (as in graduate students were graded along with undergraduate students).
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5,545 | Is publishing papers before the evaluation of thesis is a good idea?
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5,547 | I am currently doing my M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering in India and I want to do a Ph.D. in the US. Are any scholarships available for Ph.D. in the US that take care of all the expenses there (similar to DAAD scholarships offered for pursuing secondary education in Germany)? If there are other similar schol... | [
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5,553 | When writing papers (and even more - when revising after collaborators', or reviewers', remarks) it's hard to keep track what is done, what needs to be fixed, what cannot be fixed, when opinions of authors are equivocal (and when an issue raised by one author is not supported by the others).
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5,554 | I am currently working as a software developer. I have a degree in computer science. However, my country, Turkey, is not a technology favoring country, and research in the fields I am interested in is very rare, and only available at a few select schools. From job, location and opportunity perspective (too many applica... | [
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5,556 | As noted in [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/5426/1033), academics should write research articles. In many fields, these are way more important than books. It's original research that counts for getting a PhD position, a post-doc, a tenure-track position, grants, etcetera. Writing a good textbook ab... | [
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5,567 | I'm starting to do some research in Asia, however, I don't know the local language. I do have some contacts, all of whom speak English, but I'm worried about finding earlier research which was published in the local language. For example, if I don't speak Thai and I am doing research in Thailand, how can I find existin... | [
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5,569 | I want to include a **glossary** in my **master’s thesis** explaining some technical terms.
My university doesn't make any specifications about the usage or position of glossaries. So I'm asking myself:
* Is it better to **put the glossary at the beginning of the thesis?** (e.g. between the Table of Contents and the... | [
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5,575 | >
> **Possible Duplicate:**
>
> [University rank/stature - How much does it affect one’s career post-Ph.D?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/90/university-rank-stature-how-much-does-it-affect-ones-career-post-ph-d)
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>
>
Do rankings of universities matter while pursuing research or should I be more... | [
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5,579 | I am considering pursuing a PhD in computer science one day.
I guess specializing in (is that the way to put it)?
What I want to focus my research efforts on.
I am interested in:
1. Manned/unmanned space exploration (writing guidance/navigation systems for the next Mars rover, etc).
2. Finding cures for diseases (... | [
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5,585 | The title is fairly generic in nature, so I'm trying to elaborate in the body. I'm interested in answers pertaining to Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), but I'm certain the question would be equally relevant in fields which have been around for more than a couple of decades, and hence I hope to get responses from res... | [
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"text": "I'm very bad at keeping track of things, so maybe all I can share is what NOT to do :), but I find it easiest to keep tr... | 2012/12/03 | [
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5,593 | It seems that more and more schools are encouraging their faculty to apply for (and secure) external funding. I have not yet been awarded any research grants. If I'm applying for jobs at research schools, should I include on my CV my unfunded grant applications? The obvious argument against this is that these applicati... | [
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"text": "Unfortunately as you already mentioned there is no clear answer. One time I was at an AAG conference at a wor... | 2012/12/03 | [
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5,594 | I have received an offer to visit a lab for 4/5 months that could lead into a fully funded PhD. In the meantime I have other applications in the pipeline from which I will hear back in either a few weeks or a couple of months (just different educational systems).
I am excited about going to this lab but I want to wait... | [
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5,610 | if a current PhD student applying to another university *within the same country*, is it required to expose the fact that he/she is currently enrolled in another university?
is it a right for the grad studies office to know my current status? if yes; why? what is the difference?
Specially in case if the student do... | [
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5,625 | In my master's thesis I am building on two earlier works of myself.
-> One is a study project I've done together with two fellow students,
-> the other one is an assignment I did on my own.
**If I'm using results from these, should I include them in the Bibliography?**
Arguments against including them might be... | [
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5,628 | Impact factors of journals are one the most commonly use indicator of their quality. As a consequence when someone is looking for a journal in which publish his results, the highest the impact factor, the better. However, over the years journal's impact factors change depending on the quality of their article.
My que... | [
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5,638 | A lot of universities nowadays expect professors to be able to provide research experience to their undergraduates. i.e. in job applications for new hires. What do they actually expect- Publications? Senior projects? Funding opportunities for undergraduates? While I agree research 'experience' is a great thing for unde... | [
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5,644 | My department requires dissertations from all honours students (being England, that's basically all of them). Some of these are extremely good, even though they are written by undergraduates. My department for some years created a tech report series, which included undergraduate dissertations with high enough marks and... | [
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5,655 | Does someone know what are the different roles between a Program Committee (PC) member and Reviewer for conferences (e.g., in the field of machine learning)? | [
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5,656 | I am a junior PhD student in electrical engineering and I need ideas about how to handle my mentor. Whenever I go to her with an idea she rejects it saying it is wrong or not interesting. But after a few months she comes back with a slightly modified version of my earlier idea and takes credit for the full idea. She as... | [
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5,662 | Is it common to supervisors to email their students papers to review (which were apparently assigned to the supervisor, and not to the student). The field is Computer Science, but I would also like to hear from the other fields. | [
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5,663 | Tenured staff are [virtually impossible to fire](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/186/1033), why is the urge to find funding so strong? For post-docs and other untentured scientific staff I can understand, for their job depends on it. For a tenured professor it would rather be the joy and honour of doing important ... | [
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5,673 | I'll be teaching a graduate-level mathematically oriented class with probably less than 20 students. I have to grade the students (our system doesn't allow for pass-fail grading), and while I don't want to be overly fussy about the grades (this is after all advanced level material and mostly Ph.D students), I would lik... | [
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5,676 | I am an undergraduate student applying to grad schools this year.
I was recently told by my friend (who is already in a PhD program now) that I should consider underlining some key sentences in my SoP, and put them in bold font, since the admission committee most likely won't have the time to read every whole statemen... | [
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5,683 | I have a Bachelor's in EE and Master's in Automation and 3 years experience, including 2 in software development. For me, an academic career would be both more meaningful and professionally rewarding in its flexibility.
I think someone with experience but without formal qualifications could teach a subject such as me... | [
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5,686 | I am looking for any indication of how long should it take to write, let's say, a paragraph, for a non-native English speaker (with a good knowledge of English). I know that for the writing process of a paper or essay one should take in account also the time required for research and mind-mapping, which is not easily q... | [
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5,687 | I am an Computer Science undergraduate student and I am looking for my potential mentor for my PhD study. I guess besides research interest, personality etc., h-index is an important factor one should consider. So I wonder whether there is a way to find out about the precise h-index of an arbitral author.
I've been us... | [
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5,692 | I have just found that a student has posted one of their assignment questions on a forum and is seeking help in getting a solution.
I have a good idea who the student is, but no definitive proof. How would you handle this situation? | [
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5,694 | Our advisor is getting married over winter break. None of us are super close to him and the wedding is going to be a very private event that none of us are invited to.
Should all of us (his graduate students) chip in for a wedding gift for him?
What is the etiquette for this? | [
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5,696 | I'm currently a post doc in theoretical computer science and I have a double digit number of conference publications, about half of which are at so called "tier 1" conferences (SODA,STOC,...). Unfortunately I only have 1 journal publication so far, mainly due to coauthors dragging their feet.
Will the lack of journal... | [
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5,702 | 1. In writing my thesis in geosciences I have a number of figures with a fair amount of text content. Is there some limit I should adhere to -- say for example max 5 lines -- before I should just write 'refer to text'?
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5,711 | After having written a manuscript and formatted it to the publishers specifications, are there any additional things you do before submitting it (or right after submitting it) that make the review process easier. For example, for journals that I know the approximate time it takes to review, I make a note in my diary to... | [
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5,716 | I am no longer affiliated with a University. In the instance that I publish a paper (co-author or otherwise), **is it appropriate for me to e-mail my old University and ask them for a staff e-mail?** This journal is highly ranked. I don't know how the University rankings work so maybe they will look favorably upon this... | [
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5,717 | Suppose that I've written 10 academic papers. Which CV is the best for academic appointments?
* 5 publications in mid-high ranked journals, 5 in low ranked (but nevertheless peer-reviewed) journals.
* 5 publications in mid-high ranked journals, 5 working papers that you disclose on your CV and publish on your website/... | [
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5,724 | I studied math and economics at a poorly ranked university, and I will graduate in the near future. I have a position lined up at a prestigious, data-heavy research institution, where I'll work with numerous economists for a few years before applying to top PhD programs (Berkeley, Chicago, MIT, Harvard, etc.) I took tw... | [
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5,727 | Last year, I applied to a university which is in Europe so a research statement is a crucial part of the application. I was interviewed by two faculty members and then finally got a rejection letter.
In my research statement, I had a particular idea and described a roadmap for it, though I did not get into technical ... | [
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5,729 | I hope to enter a PhD program in economics in the next few years, ideally at a top US school (Berkeley, Stanford, MIT, Harvard, etc.) Are there usually opportunities to study abroad during such a program? For example, if I attended Berkeley intending to focus on macroeconomics, would it be possible to study abroad with... | [
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5,753 | so I've found a [few open lab notebooks such as this](https://web.archive.org/web/20130513220209/http://www.carlboettiger.info/2010/11/07/welcome-to-my-lab-notebook.html) online. I think the philosophy is great, basically an extreme form of open-access. I work in theoretical neuroscience as a fresh post-doc. I'm also c... | [
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5,757 | How are bad first year marks (i.e., ranked around average among my peers) but outstanding 2nd-4th year marks (i.e., top 2%) perceived by PhD admissions committees in the U.S.? What emphasis is placed onto first year marks? | [
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5,767 | I am currently applying for post-doctoral and asst. professorship positions. One of my letter writer is most likely to submit the letter a week late. Some of the positions I am applying to clearly state that "applications submitted after the deadline cannot be considered". Couple of people (my fellow grad students/post... | [
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5,786 | I just finished all of my coursework for my PhD program, and am entering the research phase of my degree with a topic already in mind. I've already started the research, but I'm already finding that I end up procrastinating a lot of my time away. When I was taking courses, I felt like i didn't have time to procrastinat... | [
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5,793 | I never tried to avoid becoming a sub-reviewer, and still, [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/5662/3926) made me wonder. How much time should I, as a PhD student, spend on a review of a paper that my advisor gave me to do? Does the answer depend on whether I'm getting credit for the review or not, tha... | [
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5,796 | A few days ago, I read an article that I found through Google. I analyzed it and find that article is correct, and then I prepared a paper of my own built on the basis of that article.
But when I tried to complete the references section, I realized that the source article had not been published.
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5,798 | Recently, after submitting a manuscript for publication, I received the following response:
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> Your manuscript, referenced below, has been considered for publication in XXX: "Article Title"
> Unfortunately, this manuscript on a fundamental topic does not fall under the range of topics that are covered by XXX, whic... | [
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5,808 | I've always been under the impression that you're only allowed to publish 1 result in 1 journal. However, [Economics Letters states](http://www.elsevier.com/journals/economics-letters/0165-1765?generatepdf=true):
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> For instance, a theorist could submit to Economics Letters a
> thought-provoking example before the ... | [
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"text": "*Taken from the comments as per request*\n\nThis is fairly common. For example, in CS, one might publish preliminary work... | 2012/12/17 | [
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