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10,804 | Would it be out of the ordinary to get a Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering and then go for a Masters in something like Civil or Structural Engineering?
I don't know a lot about how transitioning to a Masters program works.. Do people usually continue on in the same field, or is branching out common? | [
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10,812 | By the time I apply for a PhD, I will have almost a year of experience as a Research Assistant, but I doubt I will have a paper published till then. The project is still in the data analysis stage, and it will most probably be in the review stage when I apply. Other than this job, I have no other research experience/pa... | [
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"text": "This is a difficult question to answer and I know little about the intersection of CS and neuroscience. I do know a *l... | 2013/06/28 | [
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10,821 | I have a B.Tech (Bachelors of Technology) from IIT Madras (class of 2000) and looking to change tracks from my current job in the software industry. In university, I specialized in computer science and engineering.
I want to know if I can get paid as a faculty for teaching at university level either in private or publ... | [
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"text": "(U.S. answer follows)\n\nIt is virtually impossible to get a teaching job at the college or university level wit... | 2013/06/28 | [
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10,822 | Common sense dictates that any and all work/research/drafts/etc that we do in our journal-research and PhD ought to be backed up and backed up again. Most of the time, this is constrained to laptop/desktop, USB memory and perhaps a copy in your own email - one disaster could wipe all that out (almost happened to my MSc... | [
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"text": "This is not really a research-related question at all, but I can tell you what I do. I put everything (excluding ... | 2013/06/28 | [
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10,823 | When you are asked to list what continual professional development (CPD) you have completed in the previous 12 months, where do you draw the line on what gets included?
* I would think attending a seminar on teaching skills should be included.
* A new degree, diploma, certificate, etc. would certainly be included
* I ... | [
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"text": "This depends on the authority that you have to report your CPD to.\n\nHowever, here in Queensland, most of what they d... | 2013/06/28 | [
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10,833 | I'm currently 2 units into my MSc degree (6 units over 2 semesters left).I know this is rather early, But I would like to start work on my dissertation as soon as I can, to give myself enough time and preparation to do "distinction level" work.
How do I come up with a topic I'll stick with? I've had tons of advise fr... | [
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"text": "This is a classic example where talking to your advisor is of the utmost importance. Some advisors want their stu... | 2013/06/29 | [
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10,842 | I just saw that one of my research articles was the most-read paper in one of the top journals in my field in February of this year. What is the appropriate way, if any, to list this on a vita? It's not an "Award", strictly speaking, so would it be best to just list it as a comment next to the paper? | [
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"text": "First of all, congratulations!\n\nSecondly, whether or not to include this in your CV depends what you are applying fo... | 2013/06/29 | [
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10,843 | Should I use software for managing my references? What is the benefit of it? I can write down the references by myself, so I'm not sure what the benefit is. | [
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10,849 | I am completing my masters in chemical engineering. I have completed my first two semesters but was unable to find a research thesis topic to work upon. Will it be bad to complete my masters degree without a thesis, if I don't get a better option? | [
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10,850 | From what I know, every Phd student needs to choose a supervisor in the first year. For someone who is entering a Phd with a broad interest in a field, this might be difficult since they don't immediately know what they want to work on. How do they go about choosing a supervisor in that case? | [
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10,857 | When someone is just starting out, they can be overwhelmed with the number of journal articles published each month. Reading everything published seems impossible due to time constraints.
After someone has enough experience, they naturally watch for articles which are impressive, see where these are published and wher... | [
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"text": "This depends on your field. In mathematics, physics, and a few related areas there is arXiv.org. From which you ... | 2013/06/30 | [
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10,869 | I am a Master's student in math who is doing pretty well so far.
I aced my first two classes (real analysis)
and my summer session in probability theory is going well, too.
Even before my Master's study, I already thought of a PhD.
Nonetheless, there are concerns:
1. My good grades were the result of grit, not bra... | [
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"text": "As Aagtun Muvr, pointed out, it is unlikely a stranger on the net fully answer this for you, but what you are experien... | 2013/07/01 | [
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10,870 | I will be undertaking my first teaching position as a graduate student in the fall - I will be leading two of the discussion sections for an undergraduate biology course.
What sorts of things should I expect to teach in a discussion section for a science course and how should I teach them?
When I was an undergraduat... | [
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"text": "I can say with 100% confidence that it will depend on the professor(s). That being said, you should expect to:\n\n* Ret... | 2013/07/01 | [
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10,872 | I would like to distribute some of the materials related to my paper (such as source code) available online. I have the option of uploading them to my personal website or to a server in my institution, (or any better ways you suggest?)
I am concerned that if I upload it on the institution personal space, after gradua... | [
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"text": "Try something like [github](http://www.github.com) which will provide not only a public place for storing your code... | 2013/07/01 | [
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10,881 | I'm writing my master thesis at the moment in the area of cyber/computer security.
However, I'm having real trouble in keeping a good structure in the thesis.
What I mean with structure is that my supervisor has commented on several occasions that the order of subjects should be changed and that some parts should be s... | [
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"text": "Have a look at good masters theses and good PhD theses in your area to get an indication of the structure. Borrow ... | 2013/07/01 | [
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10,885 | Reading [this question and its answers got me thinking](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10652/ways-of-developing-non-core-skills-during-phd-studies), once non-core PhD skills are learned and perhaps mastered, how can we make these achievements clear on a CV when applying for academic positions?
For exampl... | [
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10,889 | Context: I intend to study mathematics and do research as a career. I am studying analysis and abstract algebra now and I shall begin my undergraduate studies shortly.
>
> Should I opt for physics as minor for better mathematical intuition?
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I have been told my friend that physics may lend one intuition into... | [
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"text": "There's a range of applications for mathematics around many disciplines. In the XX century, physics was definitely the b... | 2013/07/01 | [
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10,893 | I want to write something along the lines of:
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For this I shall be using the foo library
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And I wish to insert a link to said library, but I am confused as how to properly write the link. Do I insert it as a citation, a footnote, or just leave it there in the text? | [
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"text": "I prefer footnote or in text. Others would also consider using a citation. Check your local style guide. Here is o... | 2013/07/01 | [
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10,898 | Based on @JeffE's suggestion [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10658/how-can-a-senior-undergraduate-find-academic-journals-in-math-and-computer-scien#comment19585_10658), I see many CS researchers care mostly about conferences deadlines. Even when they want to read papers, usually they check the recen... | [
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10,902 | I'm looking into applying to present at a conference for undergraduates in mathematics this summer. When I apply, I have to either apply to give a talk (~20 minutes) or present a poster.
From what I've read on this site, it seems posters are often looked down on relative to talks, especially in mathematics. However, o... | [
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10,919 | There is an argument in my institute that ISI journal publication incentive (in ISI journals only) should be omitted. However, the opposition, including me, believe that such monetary incentive would motivate young researchers who are low paid researchers to publish their work in ISI journals. I checked some of the int... | [
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10,926 | Since I've been using Mendeley to manage and extract metadata from my PDFs, I've come to notice that authors are sometimes denoted with all their initials and sometimes with just one. I assume this has to do with different journal's rules on denoting author's names. However, this makes a mess in my author list in Mende... | [
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10,928 | I'm about to start my PhD. I feel I should try to plan my academic career; or set some general goals at least. The time line could be something like 5-15 years. The first years are easy to plan: study this, study that, publish a few papers etc. It gets more difficult to make plans beyond receiving the PhD. I think that... | [
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10,931 | I am a second year under-graduate student in mathematics. My school (3 years under-grad) has a great history of sending its under-graduates to top graduate level math programs of the US universities. However, I do not know to what extent top universities expect an under-graduate to have done graduate level courses.
T... | [
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10,932 | Nowadays, since (almost) all of the submitted works are usually available in an electronic format (e.g. PDF or Word) besides the printed version, is it recommended to add an index to a PhD thesis in order to facilitate search within the printed version? Was it required in the past? | [
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10,935 | What's the best method to understand the real concept that a paper is trying to explain?
Should one go through the paper as it is presented, from first page to last page? Is there a specific walk-through to understand it faster, such as first reading the result section, followed by the concept section, and then discus... | [
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10,937 | Three papers on a new technique came out at almost the same time. They are all similar and introduce a new method that I use in my research by providing a range of examples of that technique.
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10,946 | I gave a presentation on my PhD research at university last week, and it was criticised for lacking practical significance. A different comment suggested the presentation was not placed in context. Could somebody provide some advice on how to place research in context and convey its practical significance? How can I ef... | [
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10,966 | There are some prominent summer schools in CS (ML in particular) like MLS (Machine Learning Summer School).
What is the impact of attending such program on academic careers? (or applying for graduate programs)
For example,
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10,969 | Background - I am doing my PhD in atmospheric physics/photobiology.
Here is a scenario:
* The experiments are complete - the results are far better than expected
* Successfully got the computer program to work properly and have developed another
* Papers are published
* Much of the thesis is drafted
The light at the... | [
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10,972 | I see researchers working on their PhD calling themselves PhD Candidates, other call themselves PhD students. What's the difference between a PhD Candidate and a PhD Student?
According to two posters on the [WordReferences forums](http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1790323):
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10,977 | I am a new graduate student and I am about to start writing my first paper. Some of my adviser's other students have been working on similar topic to what I have been working on and he has been pushing us to combine our results into one paper. However, I feel my results could be a paper on their own. I want to start be... | [
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10,983 | I have submitted a paper later that was reviewed by four reviewers. I submitted my revisions to all reviewers. Three accepted the review, while the last is still asking for modifications.
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10,999 | About 5 months ago I submitted a paper to a journal. The editors assigned a reviewer. In the meantime I sent a couple of revised versions, which did not help matters, but the editor ultimately wrote back and asked me to complete my revisions and re-submit the document. I did that within a couple of weeks. The editors d... | [
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11,004 | Recently two friends of mine have come back to Australia after having done 2 semesters of 3rd and 4th year subjects (about half mathematics) at different branches of the University of California.
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11,011 | I have a question particularly for the math professors here. I just finished my second year as a PhD student at a top30 University, passed all my qualifying exams, and I've begun working with an adviser in an area I'm excited about. Since the end of the Spring semester I've done a LOT of thinking, and I'm not sure acad... | [
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11,014 | When preparing my PowerPoint slides for a lecture, I often find myself wondering what to put as the final slide.
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11,017 | I will be a second year math under-grad in September, and currently doing an internship at applied math research institute. However, my interest after my bachelors is to do PhD in pure math at a top math school. My question is:
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11,019 | A significant number of colleagues had their thesis defense in the past year and talking to them got me thinking about my own dissertation to come in about 2 years (I am approximately half-way through my graduate studies).
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11,023 | I've passed the disputation and am now preparing the document for the printing press and final submission. We're required to have a CV in the back matter of the dissertation, and I was wondering if it is a good idea to link to my LinkedIn profile in addition (perhaps with a QR code) because it'll be far more up to date... | [
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11,033 | As a future French PhD student (in Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning) that legally HAS TO write his thesis in French, I am a bit concerned about the fact that less people would be able to read it and it got me thinking: why do you keep reading articles in your native language, when some ideas you find might als... | [
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11,037 | I have two Bachelor degrees and an MMath, not looking for any more degrees at this time, but I might be interested in taking some Japanese and Chinese language courses.
I'm working as a research programmer for a university in the US ([IU](http://www.indiana.edu/~uhrs/benefits/tuition.html)), and they offer the option ... | [
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11,041 | As a non-native speaker of english, I often struggle with always finding new, well-sounding, non-repetitive descriptions for the same thing and I also, to be honest, find it a waste of time of always having to do something different. For example:
Section 1 describes the X while section 2 is about the Y.
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11,058 | In the USA, if someone writes that they are "professor" with no other specification, does this mean full professor, or can it also mean associate professor? In other words, is associated professor a subset of professor, or is it a fully distinct category? | [
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11,061 | My university is starting a policy where graduate students need to pay for printing (10 cents per page) while It was free before. As a student coming from another university, I see it very weird policy. Actually, I am not aware of any university charges its PhD students for printing. I heard faculty members will be cha... | [
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11,083 | Occasionally, my university gives me outside work to design courses for other teachers or graduate students. This includes course books and other complete materials so that teachers using them have little to prepare.
How do schools typically arrange the payments for course designs?
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11,091 | So the title question is not real clear so let me try to elaborate. I am currently 30 and a senior in college. I will be graduating this spring with a BS in Computer Engineering. The way my school is set up the Comp-Sci and Computer Engineering departments are together and the Electrical Engineering department is separ... | [
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11,094 | I am interested in a new fast moving field in which none of the professors at my university have an interest. I have even started to work on some areas that show promise in the current scenario.
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11,097 | What are the ethics of publishing (on the web, etc.) peer reviews received for a paper? Does your answer change if the paper was accepted or rejected?
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11,100 | I'm a senior college student and start to read papers for my final year project. I find phrases like " Chinn et all (1982)", "Garley et al(1978)" and "Jhut and Naytour (1989)". When I type those phrase in Google Scholar, its results are not relate to graph theory at all.
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11,103 | If I have understood correctly, most people doing their PhDs do their best to avoid any teaching duties while in their programs. However, I think I might *want* to do some teaching too. Of course, I have a hidden agenda. I would hope that:
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11,109 | I'm a PhD student at a reputable institute in my country. I joined the group of a supervisor who is good at experimental and not so good in analytical front. I also have a co-supervisor who's good at analytics and numerical stuff. Neither know my research problem well.
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11,116 | My situation is the following: I have a very productive but not respected advisor. By productive I mean that he has published a lot, and with not respected that his work is not cited by anyone except himself (his top paper has 20 citations, 15 from himself).
I will get my master's degree in 6 months, so I need to deci... | [
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11,125 | Okay, I'm in a nasty situation. I'm about to receive my master's degree in two months. Also, I am a third author on my advisor's paper, and the paper is completely awful and full of mistakes. Contradicting results not reported etc., it has it all. The thing is, my advisor *will* take it personally if I give comments th... | [
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11,128 | I have an idea for a website, which I'm afraid may land me in trouble. I want to create a website where students from the university I attend can submit exams that they took (with scores of 90% or above), and they will be publicly posted on the site for other university students to utilize and study from. However, woul... | [
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11,132 | I know one can get a Bachelors degree online. Can one do the same with a PhD (I refer to fields which don't need specialized equipment like Mozh or CS, for example).
At first glance, it should be easier since your doing almost independent work (you don't really need tests).
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11,135 | I think that many unpublished theses are available in libraries etc and reading relevant theses is a normal part of research and does not involve asking the author's permission. But suppose a humanities PhD student has seen a thesis title (2008, so presumably in electronic format), that is relevant to their PhD subject... | [
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11,136 | Actually I have been working like a Computer Science lecturer, part time, in a couple of universities in my country. Main problem is that those universities are only worried in finances, but not in academic productivity. So that is why almost all the lecturers, my case included, are assigned only lecturing hours, but w... | [
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11,137 | I've been working as a statistician in the marketing world for two years, and I have an M.S. in applied math. I want to change industries a bit (maybe epidemiology or engineering) and I also want to live overseas (ideally, a job where I'd live in one country for a few years and then move on to another).
So, my questio... | [
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11,149 | This question follow's JeffE's comment [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11137/what-are-the-benefits-of-getting-a-phd-in-statistics#comment20522_11139):
>
> In most industries, a PhD has negative value.
>
>
>
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11,151 | I am moving from one job to another (postdoc to tenure track) this summer and I have papers in several stages of being written, these go from handwritten notes with all the necessary arguments to under revision at a journal. All the papers will have my new contact information put on them but where is the line for chang... | [
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11,159 | Do US universities offer Graduate Paid Internship programs in CS/CSE?
That is, studying MS in CSE while working as a paid intern in a company, which is arranged by the university itself?
If yes, do they have any age limit? | [
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11,161 | A simple question:
>
> What qualifies as a research publication?
>
>
>
Two criteria spring to mind:
1. **Peer-reviewed:** The article has gone through some form of formal peer-review process.
2. **Dead-tree proceedings:** The article has been published in a bound collection of thin sheets of dead tree.
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11,162 | A friend of mine is pursuing a Masters course containing a research dissertation as part of the curriculum. He has done a lot of work on his topic (both studying of existing literature as well as tried out some new methods) but none of them have given interesting results. So, what should his thesis describe? Or does he... | [
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11,165 | I have recently come across a paper that copy-pasted entire paragraphs of one of my papers which is already published in an international journal. This paper appeared in a journal which is not very popular, and I did not get a courtesy citation.
How should I proceed with this? I was thinking of reporting the issue to ... | [
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11,183 | I've published a paper in [viXra](http://vixra.org) and I would like to know if someone else cited it anywhere, but I don't know how. Is there a kind of global index for citations? Does it include “alternative archives” such as viXra? | [
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11,187 | I will finish my 4 year bachelors program next year, in a total of 5 years.
I had failed many many courses in 2nd year and my cgpa was around 2.4
Then I had that enlightenment and decided to become an academic. Since then, I have increased my cgpa to over 3.5 and turned all F's to A's. For last 3 semesters I get aver... | [
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11,193 | Many academic journals have copyright policies which forbid authors (possibly for a finite embargo time) to make their papers (either preprints, accepted manuscripts, or camera-ready versions) freely available (either on their personal websites or on repositories such as the arXiv). **How tightly enforced are these pol... | [
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11,195 | I was thinking about submitting one of my papers in [arXiv](http://arxiv.org/) or [www.optimization-online.org](http://www.optimization-online.org/) and hence I was just wondering if mentioning the same in my CV would be appropriate. Is it done usually? If yes, how should I actually mention something like this in my CV... | [
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11,200 | I have searched the literature and I'm now have all the papers I need.
I'm reading the papers at the moment in order to write a lit review. I would like to know some strategies to read them, should I read them from first page to last page? or should I read specific sections only? | [
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11,201 | I'm weighing all my options before the fall application and I wanted to know if it is possible to take out loans in the US as an international master's degree student.
Any tips where to look?
Best I've seen are private loans with an American cosignatory. Is it really the extent of loan options for an international? Do... | [
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11,213 | I had submitted this paper of mine to a reputed springer journal some time back. There are reasons for me to believe it is a good journal although it has an impact factor of only 0.941 since most of the original work on the problem ( I will describe that in detail below) I'm working on was published in that journal. A ... | [
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11,228 | I notice that coming up for tenure/getting tenure is often an opportunity to move to another institution (even if tenure is granted). How does this work in practice? Is it common for assistant professors to formally go on the job market the year that they are up for tenure? Do they do it only informally, by asking arou... | [
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11,229 | I'm in the very beginning of my scientific career, so I don't yet know the standards for (systematic) reviews very well. I feel I don't have so much experience that I could publish my own research in good journals (I have now just two conference papers), so I'm considering to pay close attention for 6-12 months in othe... | [
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11,232 | I'm designing a leadership development program for a graduate college at a research university. As part of the project, I've designed a summary sheet which each participant will receive. The summary is designed to give them an impression of their overall leadership development. It includes an "overall leadership score,... | [
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11,240 | I'm a junior looking for insights on intro to academia. My GPA is considered low (~3.2), but I believe I have a reasonable understanding and experience in the field I'd like to study and would like to try to submit a paper to a conference to aim for top-10 CS grad schools and see if I really have research interest and ... | [
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11,247 | I made a really stupid mistake. Me and some other graduate students were playing Dungeons and Dragons in my lab after hours (9 pm) this summer and we each opened up a beer and the cleaners called the cops on us. I think I'm going to get an academic censure because of it, which means I think that it will go on my transc... | [
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11,250 | Is it advisable to have a professor from a university look at your paper before you submit it to a journal, since they might want partial credit? and would it take the journal a longer time to referee your research paper if you have no affiliation? | [
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11,254 | I am attending a university with a mediocre mathematics department. The courses at my school cover fewer topics and are less challenging than the same courses at top universities.
* How can I avoid becoming behind in coursework compared to students at top universities?
* How can I ensure that I am competitive when app... | [
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"text": "Read as many mathematics books, lecture-notes, and published articles as possible. Not just \"textbooks\". Not ju... | 2013/07/20 | [
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11,260 | I'm a rising senior at a Chinese university. I'm really interested in pursuing a master degree (as a stepping-stone to a PhD) in the US.
I do not know what "Minimum Requirements" for admission really mean. [For example](http://www.amsc.umd.edu/join_us/),
>
> Applicants should have at least a B average (3.0 on a 4.0 ... | [
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11,264 | If I wanted to check how competitive it is to get into a school's PhD (or MS/PhD track) program, what should I look at? For undergraduate, I usually search for the incoming SAT/ACT scores and the acceptance rate, and I found that pretty reliable. Is there something like that for grad schools? | [
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11,267 | I always read phrases such as "empirical data" and "empirical study." What does it mean when a study is empirical? | [
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11,273 | I'm a westerner doing my PhD in an Asian country. While writing this I've just finished my first year, but I'm getting so fed up with my academical environment that I decided to move my PhD.
One of the reasons why I went to Asia is that I'm in a technological field. Now a days with all these Asian countries up-and-com... | [
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11,287 | I'm beginner in research and I'm doing my PhD. I would like to know why when I read a paper I worry as if I have exam tomorrow and I have to prepare for it. How can I ignore that feeling and increase my productivity? | [
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11,288 | I just thought that I would put this question out here because I am currently working on a [meta analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meta-analysis) of a particular research question in my field (HCI/information science). Moreover, this question is new and has not been answered in very detail so far.
I have done mo... | [
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11,291 | I recently got rejected from quite a few grad schools. Will this make it harder for the faculty at these schools to take me seriously if I interact with them?
In particular, I'm interested in having a particular professor at the school I will be attending as my advisor. However, until a few month ago, he was a profess... | [
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11,294 | Please forgive the rambling intro...
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are all the rage when people write about teaching. So many articles have been written about MOOCs killing universities while others complain about the attention. Some have even discussed some community colleges using MOOCs with the classroom teac... | [
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11,295 | [This other question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11294/mooc-video-integration-into-classroom-schedule) is about assigning videos as homework and [this one](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/8855/undergraduate-not-doing-homework-case-method) is about what to do when students do not do their ... | [
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"text": "Well, you've stumbled upon a key and age-old pedagogical issue, and one that doesn't have an easy answer. I woul... | 2013/07/22 | [
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11,297 | We are at the moment designing a document which we can hand out to Bachelor and Master students to give them a general idea on how to efficiently write a thesis. We also do this to make correcting easier for us. We are working in the field of cell biology. A thesis in our field is usually structured like this:
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11,311 | I have submitted a paper to a journal 2 and a half months ago. Its status remains "With editor". From your experience, is this normal? If not, how should I deal with that? | [
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11,320 | I am an undergraduate mathematics major, entering my fourth year. I plan on applying to graduate school, but I have not yet taken the GRE exams, and there a few key courses (Topology and Algebra in particular) that I have not taken yet, so I am hesitant to take the Advanced Math GRE too soon. (If you're wondering why I... | [
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11,323 | I have read and heard conflicting opinions on this topic, and would like to see what some of you have to say, particularly related to CS.
Does earning two bachelor's degrees as an undergrad, considering all other things equal, provide any advantage over another applicant? That is, saying that this person earning two d... | [
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11,336 | What is the typical amount of vacation time, per year, during a PhD program in the United States. I am particularly interested in 1. PhD programs in the physical sciences, and 2. PhD programs at competitive, research-focused universities. | [
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11,353 | I am new to teaching. Recently I was given the opportunity to teach at my own university (I am currently doing an MPhil from my university).
If a teacher fails to control his students once, he wouldn't be able to control them until the end of semester.
This is my first time in teaching and I am afraid that my students... | [
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11,362 | I have recently received a response for a paper submission. The paper expanded on a conference presentation, and it was submitted to the journal special issue related to that conference.
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11,363 | Who can apply for research grants in Europe? Are there some degree requirements? Can students (undergraduate/graduate) apply for research grants? I know that the answer surely depends on the institution giving the grant, but I assume there are some general requirements, formal or informal. If you know (or even better, ... | [
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11,374 | This question is prompted mostly due to a `Numerical Methods and Computer Programming In MATLAB` course I took this summer ([textbook](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0470565152)). To summarize the course it's basically methods for solving linear, nonlinear, and differential equations and systems of those equa... | [
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11,377 | I'm a postdoc and a guy who used to be a part of our group dropped by today and said repeatedly that he wanted to collaborate with me and that he's too busy with other commitments to do any work. I suggested a project where he could write up some of his recent experiences in the area (I know of a publication that did s... | [
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11,382 | I have been advised that I should include the peer reviews in my CV, particularly when I am applying for academic/research positions. I am not too sure how to go about this, thus my questions:
* Is it ethical to include the full details? I would imagine that as reviews are anonymous, this would be a no-no.
* Should I ... | [
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11,405 | [This question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/11398/starting-a-mooc) prompted me to wonder what compensation comes with teaching a MOOC. Most of these seem to be sponsored by universities, but my university doesn't offer them and neither did my PhD institution so I have no first-hand experience on the in... | [
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