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23,817 | I just had a job interview for a tenure-track position where I interviewed with several people from the department. As far as I know, I'm supposed to send a thank you note after the interview. Should I send one to each person I've interviewed with or would this be perceived as excessive? | [
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23,820 | In 2006, when I was still in grad school, I wrote a paper that went through the usual motions: I discussed it with my advisor, I presented it at a peer-reviewed conference, and then published it as a refereed chapter in an edited volume. Right before the volume came out, I was explaining the paper to a friend from anot... | [
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23,827 | The instructions of the engineering journal I submitted to (IEEE transactions on wireless communications) says this regarding the final submission of figures and tables
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> Please upload the Originals (masters) of the tables and figures (in separate files, one
> figure per file). All graphics material submitted for ... | [
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23,829 | I'm working on a specific subject, and I thought that sharing my **bibliographical and synthesis work from peer-reviewed journals** on Wikipedia could be a good idea. Moreover, there is no Wikipedia entry on that subject.
But as I will use that work for my PhD thesis, is this problematic because someone might think th... | [
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"text": "No, but make sure you cite it *and* mention it, to avoid being accused of copying and pasting from Wikipedia.\n\nIn ... | 2014/06/23 | [
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23,832 | When writing a paper which applies some known method to a new problem, for completeness we may need to summarize that method, probably as a section on its own.
In the paper where it was first proposed, the method was described in a set of equations. In my case, I need to include some of these equations, because I nee... | [
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"text": "It is generally sufficient to say explicitly that \"in this section we will recall the method X from [ci... | 2014/06/23 | [
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23,836 | I have seen couple of questions related to rejection of submissions to conferences (CS). Coming to my case, this is my third rejection, I agree that first two were fair decisions as the paper was not clear and needed more thorough experiments. However in this third submission I have put in all possible effort to make i... | [
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"text": "The possibility to have unfair reviews is one of the reasons why you receive multiple reviews. I have received multipl... | 2014/06/23 | [
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23,847 | I'm curious as to whether or not any departments ever attempt to evaluate their own admissions decisions. It seems quite plausible to do for any college or graduate program, but I've never heard of it done. I have in mind some kind of data analysis comparing student success in the program or beyond with variables from ... | [
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"text": "This practice is not frequent, and it is rarely systematic and rigorous. However, from a decision-making perspectiv... | 2014/06/23 | [
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23,849 | About a year ago, I was studying at a university. I had a subject with a tutor; since my family moved to a different city, I also moved to a different university and discontinued my studies at my former university.
I do not use my real name at Facebook for obvious reasons that we all know. In a public group in Faceboo... | [
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"text": "I am not a lawyer, and I am not giving you legal advice. If you are in the US, you can view this matter from the F... | 2014/06/23 | [
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23,851 | I'm working on my Master's thesis in Computer Science. Shortly, I am "drawing" a diagram, which is then serialized and from the serialization I generate some source code. So, my question is not about the code of my application, but about the code generated by it. I think we can call it the result of my app.
I want to... | [
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"text": "I assume you are publishing the code that you wrote by hand. Then, the interested reader can just run it and get t... | 2014/06/23 | [
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23,864 | I initially thought this was off-topic but StrongBad told me this is not, so thank you.
A friend of mine has been a victim of fraud by someone at an university. This was investigated by the police and will almost certainly lead to a conviction and probably a prison sentence. My question is do universities (automatical... | [
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"text": "I am aware of no University that automatically does anything. That said, most Universities, have policies in place to... | 2014/06/23 | [
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23,873 | I'm an individual interested in multiple academic disciplines such as neuroscience, biological engineering, computer science, history, anthropology, psychology, political theory ... to name just a few. Currently, I have a normal (40 hours/week) engineering job that leaves me enough free time to follow these topics to a... | [
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"text": "You can do it, but you might not be a professor. I have a PhD in Aerospace Engineering, and I work in CFD, HPC ... | 2014/06/23 | [
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23,874 | Academic job applications usually require the submission of a research statement, which describes not only the applicant's research experience, but also future direction of their work. As such, it may contain some novel ideas.
Considering that a research statement is not a publication, and therefore, can't be cited, ... | [
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23,881 | I developed a system, and wrote a paper about it. It includes formulas and pseudo-code. During the course of development I used Roman letters in the formulas. I eventually ran out of meaningful letters (letters that I could associate to some extent with what they represented), and started using Greek letters. The devel... | [
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"text": "The writing style is really something very individual, and may vary a lot. There is nothing wrong with ... | 2014/06/24 | [
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23,884 | Is it ethical to accept small gifts from students? In past years I have one or two students have given me small gifts, generally a box of chocolates. I judge the size of gifts on my international beer scale, where things that cost less than 4 beers, (maybe 10 USD) are small token gifts. These have always fallen into th... | [
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"text": "Fortunately for everyone involved, I am not a professor. I would be *very* uncomfortable even with \"small\"... | 2014/06/24 | [
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23,885 | I am BSc student. When I was in the fourth semester (end of the second year), I did my course project and submitted it to my professor. His efforts in order to publish it really shocked me. It was just a course project and I already had a conference paper out of it. I know the article was so foolish and basic but he is... | [
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"text": "I have never heard of a journal holding rejected manuscripts against the authors. Editors likely keep track informal... | 2014/06/24 | [
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23,895 | I'll be at a conference next month to present my paper.
I have a Master's degree in Computer Science and now I'm looking for a PhD with scholarship.
Well, is it right, with a common sense and in a polite way, to ask a professor at conference about a PhD position? | [
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"text": "It is definitely OK. You should be more like @JeffE suggests \"How do I apply?\" rather than \"Would you accept me... | 2014/06/24 | [
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23,900 | In Masters in Management (MSc Mgmt/MIM) admissions, how much weight is generally given by the Adcom to the applicant's undergrad performance, especially if it's an unrelated one like engineering?
Does it have any bearing if the applicant's undergrad performance is poor but his other credentials are excellent?
What ki... | [
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"text": "I'll speak from my own experience.\n\nI had only a 2.9 GPA in my major, Economics. But I had a 3.5 overall.\n\nWhat may... | 2014/06/24 | [
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23,901 | Some conferences are established by IEEE and ACM, others by only one of them.
I thought at first that such organizations somehow maintain a certain degree of high quality in the affiliated conferences. But I've seen beginner conferences saying they they are sponsored by IEEE, some say "technically sponsored", while th... | [
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"text": "In practice, it means that they publish the conference proceedings and you may get a registration discount if you ... | 2014/06/24 | [
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23,904 | As an editorial board member for a low impact journal, I've been approached to provide comments on whether I think a proposal for a special issue is acceptable or not. I'm quite inexperienced in this role, and it seems rather different from reviewing a paper or grant proposal. I have been provided a list of guest edito... | [
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"text": "I have been receiving a lot of invitations lately to review proposals for special editions -- mostly open access. ... | 2014/06/24 | [
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23,909 | From reading the many questions on here that relate to CVs it seems that some items are necessary on a CV and others are more appropriate at the persons difference stages within academia. As someone at the very early stage, masters student with no publications, is conference volunteering a plus or minus on a CV?
In my... | [
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23,917 | I've recently finished grad school. I've written two papers since that time, and I think that I have more good ideas. However, I find it difficult to write now for two reasons. First of all, I don't have access to the ACM / IEEE literature databases anymore (they were gratis from my university.) Second, I have no one t... | [
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23,921 | So i am really interested in psychology, law, film studies, and writing. (very different topics) Could i double major in psychology and say political science and minor in film studies and something like English, and then go on to get a Phd in either law or psychology? By the time i get to college i am sure my interests... | [
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"text": "Savannah-Jane,\n\nThe future is always exciting, especially for someone who has promise. But I would caution you into lo... | 2014/06/24 | [
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23,927 | I am writing a paper on a topic closely related to previous literature (but in a different study population). As such, the statistical analysis is very similar to a previous publication and I really like the way the previous authors (which I have cited in the literature review) have structured a particular table.
Wou... | [
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"text": "I doubt anyone would consider a table format as plagiarized when used to show new data. It would be akin to say... | 2014/06/24 | [
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23,935 | I’m a mechanical engineering student and I am about to apply for a PhD. I am certain about my desire to pursue advanced studies. However, I have serious doubts in what I want to pursue my studies on.
I have done research on structural health monitoring and power electronics. At some point I thought that I had interes... | [
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"text": "Much depends on the specific university and department arrangement. \n\nHowever, moving departments at the PhD level ... | 2014/06/25 | [
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23,948 | There's a lot of text here, I do apologize. Many thanks to those who read it all and provide commentary.
Background: I have worked with my adviser for ~7 years now carrying out research with him in the field for many seasons, receiving my BS under his guidance, and TAing for him for several years until I decided to be... | [
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"text": "I am agreeing with @scaaahu on both parts of your question:\n\n> \n> How to inform an adviser I am ceasin... | 2014/06/25 | [
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23,955 | My friend wrote a fantastic paper in their scientific field. I believe it is truly ground-breaking but it calls a lot of existing theory into question. If he's correct it will force many accepted articles to have to be rewritten.
Perhaps because this paper is controversial, then, my friend has faced a very uphill bat... | [
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23,961 | I am writing a paper that continues and extends my previous paper (the usual situation), and I plan to submit it to a journal that conducts a double-blind review. It is a research that started recently, so I have only one paper published.
The published paper represents a strong foundation of the research, which means ... | [
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23,963 | After applying for a number of PhD positions I ended up with a surprisingly high rejection rate, and as little as 3 acceptances. Waiting for a positive answer from other labs (which I liked a lot better), I ended up inadvertently losing these 3 offers as well.
This seems to have been very unwise in hindsight, but at t... | [
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23,964 | I am a junior college student that goes to a top 6 CS school. I will be graduating a year early and am starting to think about whether or not I want to get my Master's degree.
However I have an egregious academic integrity violation from my first university from which I was expelled (which was a top 4 CS school, duri... | [
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23,969 | I am making a final dissertation for my graduation. I want it to have a better design than the boring traditional. When I read [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9026/making-it-look-good-is-it-always-important) and [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7948/is-use-of-unconventional-design... | [
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"text": "Are you interested in receiving your degree? Then submit a thesis meeting all of the university's requirements. If you... | 2014/06/26 | [
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23,973 | Is it possible to add a new co-author when requested for a second revision?
Another co-author would help improve the quality of the manuscript, but I am not sure if this is possible. | [
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"text": "A revision to a manuscript is a chance to correct any issues raised in the original review. If you and your co-authors ... | 2014/06/26 | [
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23,977 | I just finished my master in Geophysics with [some help from here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23231/is-it-appropriate-to-acknowledge-stackexchange-in-my-msc-thesis) ;). Now I applied for several PhD positions in Natural Sciences and just got an invitation for a personal interview for one of them.
Th... | [
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23,981 | As a recently graduated researcher in the field of physics, I am in the early stages of establishing my scientific career, which involves being hired by senior researchers and professors. Much of the likelihood of being hired in a reputable group relies on my publication record and, for good or for bad, on my citation ... | [
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23,990 | After completing a PhD in Particle Physics I left academia and have been working in industry for a few years now. However, during that time I've become more and more interested in Pure Math, to the point that I am considering trying to go back to academia and pursue my interest in full.
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23,991 | I'm wondering if there's a more efficient method of booking an academic supervision appointment. The method I experienced was a schedule on the professor's door, first-come-first-serve.
How do we employ technology that is the most efficient (reduces scheduling time, permitting all students to view sign ups)? | [
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24,000 | Depending on the project, many researchers have to rewrite code and reproduce datasets from previous works in order to perform experimental evaluations. Although some dataset are understood to contain private data, and thus cannot be shared, it would be very nice to have access to the source code and results produced a... | [
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24,005 | Is it common to discuss the fact that one didn't have time to do more reading, or didn't have time to elaborate certain sections, in the "limitations" section of a thesis? | [
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24,009 | I have a grant proposal that I'm ready to submit, and I would like to re-use a significant amount of the text (on the order of 5-8 pages) in a paper that I intend to submit to a journal for publication. Is this considered self-plagiarism?
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24,017 | **Background information:**
I have just finished refreshing my high school courses in order to enter into university for engineering. Because I have a strong desire to become an engineer I have not moved past any material unless I fully understood it. That being said, the courses I took have had many mistakes in the m... | [
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24,023 | During my masters, I used to ask a lot of questions in class and during the lecture. Whenever I had a doubt I used to ask questions. It was my habit which my undergraduate teachers inculcated in me and inspired us to do so. However, here, in my masters, I got the impression that this is probably a bad habit as professo... | [
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24,028 | Background: I was a senior at a very prestigious, high-ranking university in the US. At the time my GPA was around a 3.9 and had never had any issues with professors (and actually socialized with a few outside of class).
Fall semester I ended up getting pinned taking two classes from a female professor that had a rep... | [
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24,031 | I’ve red that some universities in Japan offer a non-degree program called *research student.* I want to know:
1. Why do students usually apply as a research student?
2. Do research students work on things that haven’t been done before? Or do they work on anything that interests them (of course) but that is not necess... | [
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24,037 | So with the job market being as it is, I'm considering the prospect of leaving academia after my PhD. The problem that I have is that the name of one of my Areas of Specialization has been co-opted by some new age mystics and if you search "X" after seeing that I specialized in "X", you're more likely to think I specia... | [
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24,038 | I have had the need to dig deep into the theory of architecture and in doing so I have encountered various authors who make extremely grandiose claims about themselves and their work.
This of course is not a measure for the actual value of their achievements, but sometimes it is hard to find out if an author is just v... | [
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24,049 | Recently I submitted my first paper to a philosophy journal and got a rejection. This is of course nothing unusual, but as someone with a STEM background, I was surprised by the reason for the rejection: While there were no complaints regarding contents or correctness, it was felt that the paper failed to cite and enga... | [
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24,055 | I am a university student, doing a scientific bachelor study. I plagiarised multiple exercises from multiple homework sets for three different classes, all in all about 50% of all the homework for those three classes. I passed the final exams of those three classes. Realizing what I have done, I am considering turning ... | [
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24,065 | I hold a PhD in pure mathematics and am looking for mathematics teaching positions in the UK, preferably at University level.
1. What would be some websites where to find such ads?
2. What is the standard application procedure/requirements? When are the deadlines for applications? When are the offers typically made?
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24,081 | On average do grad schools offer more distinct courses than undergraduate schools?
If that is the case, then it must mean there are more professors teaching in graduate schools. And common sense tells me that there are less students in grad school than undergraduate.
Does that mean there a disparity in the student-t... | [
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24,085 | I sit on my department's academic misconduct committee. When students are suspected of academic misconduct they are invited to a meeting with the academic misconduct committee. The university polices are pretty clear that students not only can, but should, have an advocate attend the meeting. The policy also states tha... | [
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24,086 | Do people ever upload papers exclusively to arXiv, or do authors simply use arXiv to assist in review while they find a journal to publish in? If people sometimes publish exclusively on arXiv, what's the point? What do they get for their work? A paper on their CV? Is it at all prestigious? | [
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24,088 | I know some PhD students have their own business cards, but I don't know if it is a standard practice for PhD students to have their own business cards. I think a business card can be useful for networking in conference or collaborating with some industrial partners. So, is are business cards necessary for a PhD studen... | [
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24,095 | I have written papers on the topic of network security. Now I am trying to find a place to publish one of them. Is there a list of publications by topic, somewhere? If I come across such a list, how can I determine the reputation of the various publications? | [
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24,096 | Sometimes I am in a conference presentation or seminar which there are only a handful of audiences, and after the presentation the atmosphere simply urges the audiences to ask questions or the presenter will be embarrassed. I do want to contribute to a meaningful discussion, but the problem is that I am unfamiliar with... | [
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24,106 | I am a 19 year old sophomore at a well-regarded state university. I currently have a double major in the arts/humanities and public policy, with a minor in linguistics. I just took the intro to PoliSci course, and I think I've done pretty well in it (practically guaranteed a 4.0).
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24,111 | Can the word "subsubsection" be used in a thesis?
For example:
The next subsubsection discusses so and so.
It is not listed in English dictionaries.
What do you think?
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24,127 | ResearchGate is pretty well placed on Google. But it does not have a lot of contents or active users, despite their constant invitation spam.
So they spidered a lot of publications, and provide some metadata on publications *and authors* on their web page, **even when you do not join**.
Given the amount of spam I rece... | [
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24,146 | I am an undergraduate student doing summer research and I am helping a PhD student to write a portion of her PhD thesis and with a bit of editing here and there. I am wondering how would credit be distributed since I don't think a PhD thesis can be co-authored. Also, when I apply to graduate school afterwards, how woul... | [
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24,156 | A friend of mine has told me that his Master student (Chemistry) defended his thesis sometimes ago and everything went alright and he graduated.
He recently realized that in the acknowledgements part the student has copied practically (word by word, line by line) the acknowledgements of another thesis available on the ... | [
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24,162 | Around 3 months ago, I submitted a paper to a Mozh journal for peer-review through an online submission system. The same day I received in my e-mail an acknowledgement saying that the paper had been received.
The problem is that the status of the paper on the online submission system is still "Manuscript submitted".
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24,163 | Should I use the pronoun 'my' in the title of an appendix of a thesis?
For example:
Appendix A: An Example of My Participation in the Community's Rituals | [
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24,168 | I am an undergraduate and I have no experience in research papers. I have come up with an idea to write a simple research paper on "Emerging fiber optic networks in Africa." To my utter astonishment, I have seen a few papers already published in IEEE forum: one titled "Developing a fiber optic backbone for Africa" and ... | [
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24,170 | I am in the last months of my MSc and I have done my thesis. I have published some conference papers but most of them were literature reviews. My MSc thesis is about solving wave equations by means of method of potentials and boundary elements. I am interested in pursuing research in another field (differential equatio... | [
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24,176 | What is the difference among the terms *paper*, *thesis* and *dissertation*? Which one should I use, for instance if I am completing a master's degree? Are they interchangeable ? | [
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24,180 | I want to conduct some research and will apply for IRB approval. But, finding money to offer incentives for respondents may be difficult. I do not mind using personal funds as the total amount is very low.
1. Is there any ethical issue with using personal funds for research?
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24,184 | I am currently working on my bachelor's thesis in computer science in Germany. I have created a few charts/graphs, making heavy use of icons downloaded from <http://www.thenounproject.com/>.
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24,191 | My university requires one to submit a printed copy of the dissertation. The paper has to be 100% cotton, white, and 20- to 24 lb weight.
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24,201 | I think of a thesis as sort of an immature document, by definition. It delineates the university era from the professional era, and is bound to lack some practical elements. Should a student refrain from publishing his or her thesis on the Internet, for this or any other reason? | [
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24,212 | I'm applying to a online Bachelor of arts degree at a very well established university in the United States.
However, I'm almost through the application process and at no point did they require an actual print of my high school diploma. They simply asked me to sign (digitally through docusign.net) that I have complete... | [
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24,227 | Say I discover an “interesting topic” (at least from my perspective), and I do all sort of work necessary to formulate and tackle the problem (it is an optimization problem), nearly a month of work, and now I suddenly come to realize that the close-form analytical solution to this problem is not possible (or that the s... | [
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24,233 | I am submitting a publication to IEEE. In the course of the process, they've asked for a cover letter. Is this request typical of journals and other publications? What is expected to be on such a letter? | [
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24,239 | Several times my supervisor has asked me for my opinion on papers he is reviewing. I find this helpful as it encourages me to read things I otherwise would not, helps me understand how to review articles, and can lead to interesting discussions. Presumably my supervisor also finds it useful to have a second opinion or ... | [
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24,255 | What does the distribution of wait times for a editor decision look like for a manuscript submitted to Science or Nature?
(You are not allowed to say "Gamma" unless you give a shape and scale parameter) | [
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24,264 | During the discussion [How/when to become independent in research as a graduate student?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/24170/how-when-to-become-independent-in-research-as-a-graduate-student), there were one or two professors who not only agreed with the idea of independent research, but also said that t... | [
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24,265 | My paper was rejected a few hours after submission with the following explanation:
"Regretfully, your manuscript is being Immediate Rejected without review since it is a short correspondence item while we do not publish correspondence. "
What does this mean? Is my manuscript too short? | [
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24,267 | I would like to increase my use of formative feedback (feedback showing students whether they understand material correctly without impacting their grades) and would like to integrate it with online quizzes.
I'm wondering if this has been found to be effective.
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24,273 | I am an international student(south Asia) who has recently completed his 4th semester in CS.
My current CGPA is 3.2 (social science courses in my freshmen year messed it up) and Major GPA of 3.6.
I am expecting my CGPA to be around 3.5 by the time I graduate.
I do not have any research experience and I am worried t... | [
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24,276 | I have done 5 different projects in my undergraduate course and all of them are from different areas/fields. My project work during High school is from a different area still. The reason of working in different fields is that I was trying to figure out what exactly interests me.
Having found that, I am interested in do... | [
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24,285 | I recently joined a research group as a postdoc. I wrote the professor an email to ask quick but important questions including asking him when when he wanted me to start. It's been over a week and I haven't received get an answer. Other emails I've sent previously have also gone unanswered for long periods as well.
W... | [
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24,286 | I am an undergraduate student who has developed a novel new model which according to my PI (principal investigator) will have a high impact.
My PI assigned a grad student to supervise me. Supervision consisted of meeting once a week to update him on my progress so far. Sometimes he would provide certain helpful sugges... | [
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24,287 | I'm filling out a form with information about my publications, and one of the fields is "Type of Journal." I'm not sure what this means, except that SCI and EI are possible values. I'm guessing the former refers to [Science Citation Index](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Citation_Index), but I can't find what EI i... | [
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24,288 | Potentially predatory publishers and journals (as listed on Beall’s list [here](http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/10/22/science-target-targeting-your-author-fees/)) are springing up more and more often, but they do not always stick to journals and publishing articles. Some host conferences, workshops, or other events with re... | [
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24,295 | My paper is accepted with minor revisions and now is in proof stage. Unfortunately, I have found computational errors in my calculations which have led to some wrong results.
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24,297 | After a series of discussions about the level of dependency of a research student on his advisor in [this link](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/24170/how-when-to-become-independent-in-research-as-a-graduate-student) and [this link](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/24264/to-what-extent-should-a-... | [
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24,310 | I am a PhD student and I am doing a literature review for my dissertation. Despite the fact that I am working on the topic, I am not an expert; but I have enough information because of my previous research during MSc and have a published paper in my CV.
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24,325 | I am trying to write a review on a published paper for Mathematical Reviews. The paper proposes a generalization of K-theory. Its main definition is fundamentally problematic. So the rest of the results are worthless. Therefore, I cannot write a brief summary of their results, because it means that I did not understand... | [
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24,332 | One of the interview excerpt I want to quote include "haha."
Is it permitted to quote an interview excerpt with 'haha' in a thesis?
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24,340 | I have to hand in the thesis to my supervisor, but I could neither find him in the faculty nor contact him, but I know his house.
Is it advisable to hand in a thesis by visiting my supervisor's house? | [
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24,346 | Even after having proofread my thesis many times, I think asking another person to proofread it before submission is necessary.
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24,351 | I'm a 2nd year student writing a request to volunteer as a research assistant to a professor. From what I've read, attaching a transcript to the introductory email is a good idea. [[1]](http://ugr.ue.ucsc.edu/email_examples)[[2]](http://www.virginia.edu/cue/urn/how-to-successfully-e-mail-professors.html)
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24,356 | I know that college mathematics typically start at Calculus I (Differential Calculus) and then Calculus II (Integral Calculus). Then after Calc II, it starts to branch off a little. One option after the first two semesters of Calculus is Calculus III (Vector/Multivariable Calculus). Another option is Linear Algebra, an... | [
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24,372 | After joining a research group, I discovered my colleagues are always lowly motivated. They play card games and online games, and they listen to songs with the loudspeakers on all the time. They never discuss research-related things, and the only time they open a spreadsheet is to calculate some kinds of points in onli... | [
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24,377 | In my thesis, I have five chapters, each of which includes sections and subsections. Each of the five chapters has an introduction and conclusion.
Should chapter introductions and conclusions be included in the table of contents?
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24,381 | Should the table of contents of a thesis include beyond heading level 3?
I would like to know if there is a rule specifying this issue either in MLA or APA? | [
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24,387 | I have my Bachelor's degree in Business and Marketing and my Master's degree in Computer and information Science.
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24,390 | I really enjoyed my research but it happens that whenever I tell somebody about it, I have the impression I'm making it sound boring, unimportant and not exciting.
Americans have a way of telling a story, I know this kind of "performance" does not suit my habit. I'm more the continental European, a bit reserved, a bit... | [
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24,396 | It's been mentioned before on this site [how important it is to have a webpage](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/616/is-web-presence-important-for-researchers).
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24,400 | There has been general discussion of [whether one can use a published work in their dissertation](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1897/can-i-reuse-part-of-a-paper-for-my-thesis), with the consensus being 'of course'! The first two chapters of my thesis will be published works. I'm interested in the reverse... | [
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24,403 | I am a math major who will be a senior next year and hope to graduate a semester early for financial reasons. During my semester off, I plan to continue my (mostly trivial) research in algebra and independently work through three graduate level texts. However, I am going to apply to grad schools for pure mathematics in... | [
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24,418 | I am now working as a postdoctoral researcher in Japan. I came to work at this institute when it received a big grant from government more than 2 years ago. My research budget is paid from a small part of that grant. I am affiliated with a lab run by my current advisor, but I do my own research topics and build my own ... | [
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24,421 | I am writing my thesis in computer science and I am looking to include some references. I need to include though the researchers who first wrote about a specific subject and not others who expanded the original ideas.
I use Google Scholar for searches but there isn't an option to search for this criteria.
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