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27,757 | Should I mention that I have Bipolar disorder in my statement of purpose and ask my lecturers to mention it in their letters of recommendation(I am doubtful that they will) ?
Bipolar disorder was a critical roadblock in my academic life man. When I was having maniac episode I was like "I am God, I don't need to study,... | [
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27,762 | I am a second year PhD student in computer science. I see other students craving to find new problems, read papers and it's like they are enjoying it and when they find a problem, they spend endless hours trying to come up with a publishable results about it.
I talked to some people and they said, many times you get ... | [
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"text": "I find that a good way (for me) to get excited about my research is to work with some inexperienced research students... | 2014/08/28 | [
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27,769 | I am working on a paper in which we need to reference the meaning of english words as foundation for the analysis in the paper (we are categorizing situations using these words, and there is no method of categorizing these items, so no precedent).
Before internet, using the encyclopedia Britannica or merriam-webster ... | [
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"text": "* [www.oed.com](http://www.oed.com) is the online version of the full, *official* Oxford English Dictionary. Require... | 2014/08/29 | [
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27,776 | Let's say we have a thesis/scientific paper with a sectioning depth of three [chapter, section, subsection]. I already often wondered:
**Is it okay to have text outside of the lowest level, i. e. subsections?**
For instance giving the introduction to / overview of a chapter is that done right after the chapters head... | [
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"text": "From my point of view, the answer to your question depends on the content that you refer to by *introduction* and ... | 2014/08/29 | [
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27,779 | I am really frustrated, I have started my research for my master thesis 6 months ago and I have to submit the final draft after 2 months.
I was interested in a specific topic and I looked for a supervisor with the same research interests.
I was looking for something related to internet security (Botnet Detection); lu... | [
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"text": "Note that there is no way anyone knows about your precise situation, except you and your advisor, so I am making... | 2014/08/29 | [
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27,780 | I am scheduled to present part of my PhD research
at a conference in a few months.
This will be my first conference after graduating from my PhD.
I am now a postdoc at another university,
but my current adviser's policy is to fund conference travel
only for postdocs presenting research done by with him,
i.e. he would n... | [
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"text": "One should always figure out the funding issues before submitting an abstract to a conference. Presenters withdrawing... | 2014/08/29 | [
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27,781 | I am a European student applying for a PhD in mathematics in the US. Browsing the internet, I have come across quite a lot of American PhD applicants claiming that they have several years of research experience, or even publications. I am rather astonished because in Europe first research attempts normally begin when a... | [
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"text": "To address a few of your points. \n\n1. There is no standard definition of undergraduate research. In many US univer... | 2014/08/29 | [
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27,782 | Could anyone kindly provide me with information about how *PhD international students* can be covered by health insurance in the US? :
Is it often granted by the University?
How much does it cost, on average (for the student and possibly spouse/children) and what does it cover?
Does "Obamacare" reform affect it an... | [
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"text": "This is very university-specific. My university pays the health insurance for students who are appointed to a g... | 2014/08/29 | [
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27,819 | How difficult is it to get an assistant professor position in a department (e.g., applied math) while you have a PhD degree from another area (e.g., electrical engineering)? Particularly, when you target only relatively good departments (top 20~30).
If it makes any difference, I am particularly thinking of becoming pr... | [
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"text": "How difficult it is to get a position in another field depends enormously on your specific interests a... | 2014/08/30 | [
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27,825 | I am soon to finish my PhD and would love to do postdoctoral research (UK). However, for reasons I shan't go into, it is not viable for me to travel outside of my city and so I am unable to attend conferences/workshops/etc.
Is it feasible for me to obtain a postdoc position? Or do postdoc responsibilities necessarily ... | [
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"text": "This is somewhat field dependent, but your academic career could be much more challenging if your disability or ... | 2014/08/30 | [
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27,835 | Is there any good resource to figure out the track record of academic success of research lab’s alumni (e.g. how many of postdocs became a PI)?
I'm a grad student in the US who will finish PhD next spring, and I've just started to find a postdoc position. I realized it's crucial to find an postdoc advisor who has a go... | [
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"text": "This is not an answer to your question, so feel free to downvote me. But I'm going to answer the question you sh... | 2014/08/31 | [
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27,852 | Art history is an established academic discipline and you can do degrees at all levels in it.
Why is this the case?
Why isn't it considered a sub-discipline of history? It seems to stand separately as its own subject.
Why don't you get a BA in Music History, for example? I am sure people study music history, but i... | [
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"text": "It is interesting that you assume Art History as a sub-discipline of History. I am aware of many joint Art and Art H... | 2014/08/31 | [
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27,855 | When writing the references at the end of my internship report, I needed to cite all the information that needs to be said about the scientific articles that I used while writing the report. But these articles, most of the time, do not mention the conference or journals in which they were presented nor their publicatio... | [
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"text": "[Elsevier's Scopus](http://scopus.com) has pretty decent coverage and can also be used to create custom alerts that... | 2014/08/31 | [
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27,862 | I am trying to list my publications in my curriculum vitae. But, because I have publications in three fields *x, y, z* of study such that *x* is my major and *y, z* are not, I am looking for how to best display them so that it can be emphasized that I have works in different areas. | [
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"text": "Why not just make three lists of publications (one for each field) and place each with its own subheading under t... | 2014/09/01 | [
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27,871 | I recently took an exam, and our professor told us that we should submit our question sheets since 2 other students in our class are going to take a make-up exam. We were also told that we were not allowed to talk about our exam while the other 2 are around. I presume this means that their exams are going to be identic... | [
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"text": "Assuming that your professor is *really* going to put forward the same questions in the re-exam (which I doubt h... | 2014/09/01 | [
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27,872 | It is clear that if I study for an exam in 2014, then it should be okay to look at previous exams from the previous semester of 2014, exams from 2013, 2012, etc.
**First question: Is it wrong, however, to look at previous exams within the same semester?**
Example:
Let's say there are two classes (9:30-10:30 MWF and ... | [
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"text": "Do you have access to the exam in question? If you can \"legally\", e.g. download it from the subject's site, ... | 2014/09/01 | [
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27,882 | I found a relevant PhD supervisor who refused to supervise my PhD project by saying that he has no open position in his research group. Is it OK to mail him again and request to accept me as a student, because the work he is doing in his research group is extremely relevant for my research interests. I have received fu... | [
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"text": "**You can always ask.**\n\nHowever, be prepared that the answer may easily be still \"no\". Direct funding is by n... | 2014/09/01 | [
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27,891 | Is it 'a must' to state min/max values in addition to mean(+-std) when writing a publication? | [
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27,892 | Is translating an article (that could be found written in a popular science magazine or online in a science blog or personal webpage say) for a public newspaper or an online blog ...etc, requires permission from the author? | [
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27,901 | In preparing my application to PhD programs I have the following question:
I have presented papers in two distinct large-scale local conferences. However, I am not sure how to list these on my CV in a verifiable way, since the conferences' websites and programs are not in English.
For journal papers I can simply prov... | [
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"text": "Not everything on your CV needs to be verifiable via an Internet link. \n\nI have many items on my CV that would requ... | 2014/09/02 | [
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27,904 | In a "list of publications" (e.g. for a PhD thesis), should a conference paper which is published as "proceedings" in a peer-reviewed journal be categorized as a "journal article"?
(I'm from Liquid Crystals field.) | [
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27,918 | I'm writing an academic CV for a PhD application and they have asked for the standing of journals or conferences of published articles.
>
> **Research publications**
>
>
> Include articles published or accepted for publication (with the three most significant marked with an asterisk). Please specify the publication... | [
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27,921 | **Intro:** `R` is a open-source software tool for statistical analyses and graphics, which is heavily used in different science disciplines and which is becoming more and more popular (although it is already quite popular in many areas). In addition to the base version, people from all over the place develop so-called ... | [
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27,923 | A few months ago I attended a panel discussion on non-academic future careers for physics PhDs. The panel was made up of two senior physicists, a science communicator and freelance journalist, and a CEO of a finance corporation with a degree in physics. At some point I raised the question of whether the PhD program is ... | [
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27,924 | Let's say I wrote a paper and got it accepted in a journal. Can I then give a talk on that paper at a conference? What are the relevant factors here? | [
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27,934 | My current strategy in my thesis and in papers is to write numbers less than 10 in words. For example, if I need to write the number 6, I write 'six'. Recently though, I've been thinking this strategy adds unnecessary complications. Is there any particular reason why numbers less than 10 should be written in words? | [
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27,936 | My advisor always keeps pointing out that I should have publications and I should keep working and stuff like that. Recently he's been saying that not all student will finish Ph.D. and you should be careful not to be kicked out. He has this notion that Ph.D. students should work more than 80 hours per week on regular b... | [
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27,940 | I am writing a paper, in which I must include a definition of a particular mathematical structure. It's a structure with which very few people would be familiar, thus I wish to include it verbatim, as opposed to citing it. Rewriting it in my own words would only obscure the meaning. Putting a long mathematical definiti... | [
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27,943 | Most journals have a peer review process, where there are several rounds of reviews and modifications over a single paper.
In my particular case, one of these reviews was, in my opinion, a bit over the top. In this case, the reviewer asked me to expand a set of equations that are explained in any undergrad numerical a... | [
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27,949 | My boss is first author on several papers, and doesn't want to give a reprint to anyone unless he knows and approves the reason they want it. I know, I know. These reprint requests fall to me. How do I inquire why they want it, with an appearance of collegiality?
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27,962 | I had unofficially agreed to start working on my thesis during September, with no concrete date being mentioned.
However there are two factors which might delay this date:
1. Me not being available due to travelling until the end of the month
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27,965 | I'm a life sciences Ph.D. student preparing over the next few months to begin applying for a postdoctoral fellowship. Several of my potential advisors are on the coasts--California, Boston, Seattle--where the cost of living is quite high. Others are in the Midwest where the cost of living is much lower. I've lived a lo... | [
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27,988 | I did some work as part of my final year undergraduate project and wrote a paper which has now been accepted at a conference. Though I am now working in the industry, I have listed my affiliation as my University because that is where I did my work as a student. So, for registering in the conference, do I have to pay t... | [
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27,991 | In the field of **Mechanical Engineering**, when doing a PhD in a University but in *partnership* with a company, at some universities, an agreement is signed between the company and the university (or Laboratory) in which the company remains the owner of all files provided (e.g. geometries, meshes) as well as the resu... | [
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27,994 | In a book recently, I saw a reference to someone "reading law" at such and such a university in England. But I thought "reading law" was a way to bypass law school and still enter the law profession (after passing the bar I presume). Is that only in the United States? Any other countries?
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28,009 | If someone *s* has a paper *p* published, and if *s* wants to write up a piece explaining the contents of *p*, then to what extent can *s* use the contents of *p*? Or, the person *s* has no right to mention the contents of *p*?
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28,016 | As an example of a vote of no confidence, recently, the academic world has been shocked by the Salaita case at the University of Illinois. I happen to be a UIUC alumnus, so I guess I'm more concerned about the current state of affairs in my Alma Mater. So I just read an article on the web about the case: [More Votes of... | [
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28,026 | I frequently bring my own equipment to the classroom for student use. Some students forget my announcements to bring certain items. Some items are infrequently used or kept ready on standby when time permits or need to be carefully prepared beforehand. For these reasons, I provide my own equipment, rather than requirin... | [
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28,039 | Background of person is: first year Phd student, no publications, no research grants, but I have received a fellowship for my first semester that paid my stipend and tuition, so should I list the total amount with stipend and tuition?
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28,045 | I'm a fifth year pure mathematics student and after this year I should get a Master degree (I'm from Europe). As you might know, this should be the time I decide (or at least seriously start thinking about) whether I should pursue a PhD or go work in the industry.
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28,054 | How do you respond to a reviewer who is very critical about your paper but from whose comments you can easily see that he/she has misunderstood the key concepts of the paper?
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28,055 | I have put into my paper a photo (available [here](http://www.apenusa.com/images/Apen_A3_DetailPage_06.jpg)) that I have collected from the company's website available for free. There is no copyright note, except the one at the bottom of the website and product is available for sale (probably patented). I have contacte... | [
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28,062 | I'm wondering how best to respond to queries from non-academics along the lines of "Why should you be paid during the summer holidays?" This is the sort of question I hear a lot in this economic climate here in Ireland, though I strongly suspect that one encounters similar questions and opinions elsewhere.
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28,072 | Our law school has (soon to be had) an endowed professorship that was awarded (on a 5-year rotating basis) to a faculty member with an outstanding record of research and scholarship, consistent with the traditional role of endowed professorships and chairs. The money in the endowed fund has grown sufficiently to transf... | [
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28,086 | The two journals I am considering for my paper each demand that the paper be submitted exclusively to their journal for consideration.
What do I win if I don’t keep this rule?
* If I get rejected by both, I will have found out earlier that the paper is not worthy of publication.
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28,094 | Currently, I am a PhD student from material science and I wish to become a TT professor in the future. When submitting papers, we see an option to submit it in arxiv and it seems to me that the acceptance to the arxiv would probably be much faster than usual journal. I want to ask if publishing articles in arxiv instea... | [
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28,103 | I completed a BA in philosophy, but then my interests changed and I did a BSc in mathematics. I am currently finishing my MSc in mathematics and applying for a PhD in maths. I have the following questions:
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28,108 | This [answer of mine](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/28053/929), in which I advocate listing internal funding of your PhD studies on your CV, is not well liked. When evaluating potential post docs for my lab, I am interested in if the applicant is going to be competitive for external funding. I take self funding ... | [
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28,110 | I am a PhD student in Europe and I am in the state of permanent crisis because of my PhD supervisor. He is a very nice person, who is very active with public engagement, very successful at grant applications and all that. But the problem is, it turns out he does not know the subject. Now I realize this is a very arroga... | [
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28,116 | I'm curious about today's focus on external funding versus that of the past.
In Mathematics anyway, it seems that the quality of a researcher is increasingly being measured in dollars of external funding rather than by some other, more idealistic measure. That means that pure mathematics, for instance, seems to be mu... | [
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28,117 | Often in a Calculus or Linear Algebra class, my students may ask - when am I ever going to use this? The answer I try to give them is "You're not. And that's totally OK. But you do need to learn how to think logically and solve problems. Mathematics provides a safe place to learn these thinking skills."
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28,118 | Instructors can use reflective teaching to analyze their teaching, in the hope that they can improve their course for subsequent terms. If a teacher focused on insuring that all students earned A's, would that bring about unintended negative consequences.
Here are some examples:
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28,126 | I saw the PhD transcript of a colleague graduated from a US university. There was no score for the `dissertation`, just stated `Pass` with no effect on the cumulative GPA.
Is it common?
How the dissetation quality controls the final GPA?
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28,130 | For the problem I am trying to solve,
I considered 2 base algorithms and devised about 30 variations on each.
I then threw about 2 CPU-years and ran a number of simulations to see how they went.
When that completed I drew alot of graphs and came to some conclusions like:
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28,131 | I spent sometime recently at a HR department of a government company (in the utilities) in the US.
I accidentally found a file that listed out interview outcomes for new applications for a technical position (spreadsheet jockey - nothing fancy)
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28,133 | A professor who knows me very well is currently on maternity leave (her baby arrived in late April).
This professor has known me for 4 years (since first semester of undergraduate career) and also advised my undergraduate thesis (2 semesters). In addition I also did an independent study course with her, and she has p... | [
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28,148 | I am doing my MS thesis on wireless networking, I give the codes from the author of the paper, for some month, after reading his paper and also working on the some aspects of his codes (the implementation of his paper). Now it is the time to create the idea, Can I send him "Do you have any idea which improve some aspec... | [
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28,149 | I am nearing the end of my PhD and I would quite like to buy a "thank you" gift for my supervisor (although, she's the socially awkward type who I'm sure will be greatly embarrassed to receive one).
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28,162 | At least in the humanities, it seems to be fairly common for journals to publish book reviews. To be honest, I don't think I fully understand why many academics write them and why many journals publish them. I don't read them very often because I usually don't find them very enlightening. If I want to find out whether ... | [
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28,164 | For given papers A and B, I would like to search for all papers that cite both A and B. I guess one can generalize to papers {A,B,C,...} and find all papers that cite all of them.
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28,166 | I have recently graduated and I was wondering whether, after submitting my thesis, there are any issues (legal or otherwise) if I publish parts of my thesis as a paper in a journal.
My thesis was not published as book, as was the case in [this related question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2937/can-i-p... | [
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28,170 | I just spent a year preparing a set of course slides for an introductory course in engineering, and they now look really good. In addition to posting them on my web page, what more can I do to get use out of them?
For example, it would be nice to see if there's a MOOC that would be interested in them, but it doesn't s... | [
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28,171 | When a professor stays in another university as a visiting professor during his sabbatical leave, his salary is partially paid by his home university. Then, he is not a regular employee of host university, but how is the official processing?
For example, he needs lots of employment stuff such as ID, parking, etc. Thus... | [
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28,174 | I was reading about email etiquette. Dos and don'ts when you are sending mailing your professor. One of them was about email domain. I was wondering if it is a good idea to use personal website domain? (eg. email@sadafnoor.com)
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28,176 | I am a PhD student in mathematics and I’d like to visit professor X (whom I don’t know personally), as he’s an expert in my field and could really help me with some passages in my research. I have quite a few questions:
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28,196 | The reason I'm asking this question is that I've never used Web of Science before. My apologies if it is silly or irrelevant.
I'm gathering materials for an application to a tenure-track job, and one of the things I have to submit is a list of my publications as indexed in WoS. This is an important thing for them, bec... | [
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28,199 | How do I cite a very old and well-known book which has multiple editions and reprints, various editors, facsimile reprints, and a recent paperback version, plus it's even available free online, again at more than one site. The text I want to cite is common to all of them so that's not an issue but I'd like to be able t... | [
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28,204 | My understanding is that colleges with sports programs will admit students with "low end" but not "off the charts low" grades if the respective sports teams want them. By this, I mean grades just above the "cut-off" for admissions, without having to make a special case or allowance for the athlete.
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28,206 | Please read the bold text before answering.
A colleague has shown me that one of his students has posted exam questions with answers , and prior assignments with answers to a commercial web site intended to communicate such material to other students. Sadly, I am the chair of the university's Honor Council and the que... | [
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28,210 | I wonder if anyone can give me some advice about how a computer science graduate shifts career to mathematics? I'm currently doing a Master's degree in computer science and i was thinking about doing a PhD in pure mathematics? so I was thinking is this transition feasible? how can I make this leap of faith?
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28,224 | I hope to receive my PhD in Mathematics in May of 2015, so I am currently applying for jobs. Due to life circumstances, I'm fairly certain that I will only be staying at my next position for about 2 years. Does this mean I shouldn't even try to apply for tenure-track positions? Will a hiring committee not even consider... | [
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"text": "Apply. \n\nIf you accept a position, you are committed for the following year. Leaving after two years will disap... | 2014/09/09 | [
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28,232 | I am a teaching assistant for the first time this semester. A couple of friends have asked how it is going, and I have used phrases like "some of my students..." or "my students are ..." when telling them my experiences.
I'm not so concerned when talking to my friends, but in an academic setting (ex. talking to anothe... | [
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28,240 | Are there any **general** (not field-specific) *researcher digital identification* services or directories, *similar* to *ORCID* and *ResearcherID*? | [
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28,246 | This is a hypothetical question so no hard facts about conferences etc.
Say for example there is a conference at your own university that you get to present a paper at but you also get accepted at another university's conference to present a paper at as well.
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28,255 | What would be best practice in indicating the source of text samples used to illustrate some concept or analysis result in linguistics or computational linguistics?
For example, I might want to use the sentence
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28,257 | I'm a first year PhD student (computer science), and I've felt that I lost this year up to now due to some life difficulties. I'm getting no financial support and I was forced to teach to get some money and pay my expenses. I have another personal problems that took me to a state of depression, where I've spent some mo... | [
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28,270 | I would like to apply for following PhD studies in the Nordic countries, particularly in the field of Computer Science. The problem that I found is that it says in the admission procedure that "before applying one should get a Professor or Researcher that agrees to supervise the applicant".
I have checked up the pers... | [
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28,276 | As a professor, I am sometimes asked to help undergrads (I'm currently at the University of Michigan) find funding for math research during the summer. In the past I have seen some get funding from the NSF REU program. The only problem with this is that it is only 8 weeks (At least at my school). Are there any other re... | [
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28,281 | When applying for postdoc positions, one has the option to send out lots of applications, possibly get several offers, then choose the one that seems best.
Alternatively, the applicant could contact the research group that looks the most relevant or best suited for him, and focus on getting a position there. If the fe... | [
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28,288 | During my bachelors and masters degree I have attended some brief talks called colloquiums in which a researcher was invited by a professor at the university and s/he gave a one-hour talk about a scientific topic most of which about his/her own research interests.
These talks are a little different from normal confere... | [
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28,294 | Around a month ago, I was requested to review a paper submitted to a well-known APS journal. The main idea introduced in the paper was nice and the experimental implementation had fairly good results. I therefore sent my approval with some minor revisions.
Last week, I was shocked to find (through a poster presented ... | [
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28,305 | I have finished writing my first paper to be published in a journal. My intent is to try to publish in a high-impact journal (there are two candidates from the IEEE Transactions class). However, my advisor and another professor, who is close to our research, both suggest that I should refrain from trying to aim that hi... | [
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28,316 | I am applying for a PhD at a certain university that requires the student to provide and evidence of support from a potential supervisor before submitting the application. After mailing some professors, one of them agreed to support my application. It was a very brief email saying "I am happy to support you". I immedia... | [
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28,320 | I'm currently in a class in my major that meets for 50 minutes 3 times a week. Meanwhile, I'm a member of a campus club, unrelated to my major, which meets right after this class one day.
My professor has decided that he should have the students stay an extra 30-45 minutes after class on the day of the meetings so th... | [
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28,324 | Once a tenure-track professor finishes their initial 6 year evaluatory period, I imagine their publication/teaching/grant record should pretty much speak for itself to a tenure committee. Apparently, as I have recently found out, some departments additionally require a tenure defense talk at the end of this period. It ... | [
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28,335 | I am a 2nd year graduate student in physics, at one of the top 20 universities in the US. This semester, I am supposed to start a research project with a professor who agreed already to be my thesis advisor.
So, I emailed her at the beginning of the semester -10 days ago- but I didn't get a response yet. Nothing. I e... | [
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28,336 | Ok, here is a major issue I have with much of my work (which is experimental/computational research): I am a graduate student, and spend much of my day doing 5, 10, 20 and 30 minute experiments (both biological and computational), which require set up and monitoring, but result in small to medium size hunks of time whe... | [
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28,340 | I had contacted a potential supervisor and got a positive response from him. He said that he is interested but he said we should do a skype interview first. He also stated that he is moving to another university in 4 weeks and explained a few conditions and asked if I am still interested. I had no issue with the place ... | [
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28,343 | I want to know, since I am not a native English speaker, whether or not it is appropriate to reply to a thank-you email from a professor?
For example, if every time you get an email from a professor saying "Thanks," you reply "no problem" or "you are welcome."
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28,346 | I work in a field that heavily uses arxiv.org and posts papers before submitting them to journals, so it's common for people to send a citation request when they see a preprint that they think has overlooked their work. I do this pretty rarely, because I think it's often abused by people looking to pad their citation c... | [
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28,353 | I am now working towards my PhD degree. In the very near future, I will have a citizenship change, which also leads to a name change. In detail, I am adding another given name to my current name with the original surname and given name untouched. So it's like going from
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28,359 | I was torn between workplace and here, but I think the question is better here.
I have an assistant researcher that I have indirectly worked with for 3 months, and for the past month have hired directly for a research project full time (they are not taking classes for 6 months to work on my project). Recently the stud... | [
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28,360 | I am reading the guidelines for authors on a research journal which is part of Wiley. In the guidelines for authors it is only mentioned it should be submitted in Word format but nothing about font, font size, and if it should be already in two-column format.
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28,378 | I am a masters student in Computer Science. I also work for a software development company which happens to sponsor a scholarship that I want to apply to.
I was concerned about the ethical aspect of applying to this scholarship, I contacted the communications department via e-mail and asked if it is illegal and/or une... | [
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28,385 | I've heard from people that generally, it's a bad idea to go to the same school as your undergrad to get your graduate education.
However, in the situation that you get into only your undergrad school and a few much-lower ranked grad schools, what would be the better school to pursue? | [
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28,386 | What is a reasonable percentage salary increase for tenure and promotion from assistant to associate professor in the US? | [
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28,396 | **Background**
I graduated with a BS in math about a year and a half ago from a not well known school and with a less than stellar academic record. I did not go to graduate school (I was not accepted). Since then, I have improved my mathematical ability considerably, but I have not kept in touch with my professors. I ... | [
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28,398 | I am rather disappointed by the existing research in my area of interest. There is a big disconnect between the solutions practitioners need and what researchers look at.
* I have read everything available on the subject in e-journals.
* I have many ideas which I believe can solve some small problems in my field.
* I ... | [
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28,407 | I am not a psychology major.
I came across [this paper](http://www.ucd.ie/artspgs/semantics/ConsequencesErudite.pdf)
that shows that using erudite vocabulary will not do one good.
What makes me want to ask here is a case study in the paper. Long story short, a bunch of admission officers, unaware of being tested, re... | [
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28,409 | I'm currently an M. Phil student in Mozh and I failed a course last semester because I was not able to hand in a home work assignment (which was worth 40% of my grade) on time (I was 30 minutes late).
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