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2016/01/19 | 470 | 1,895 | <issue_start>username_0: I have noticed that quite frequently MOOCs close their enrollment, and content is made available only for students who are enrolled. Why?
[Example](https://www.edx.org/course/discrete-time-signal-processing-mitx-6-341x-0):
[]... |
2016/01/19 | 293 | 1,237 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking at an advertised Masters thesis/internship that could lead to a PhD. The first contact should be made by email.
Is there any chance it could be looked down upon if I send that first email late at night?
I live (and currently study) in the same timezone as that of the research gro... |
2016/01/19 | 619 | 2,513 | <issue_start>username_0: For giving a research presentation, I will need to refer to papers with multiple authors. When citing in the slides, I use the convention (as does everyone else) of 'et al.' How should I pronounce this when speaking during the presentation? I don't speak French fluently, but I know that the Fre... |
2016/01/20 | 2,369 | 8,224 | <issue_start>username_0: I am very interested in understanding the aspects of current social science research that are *generally* accepted as being problematic (by researchers and other commentators).
I regard problematic aspects as those which at least some academics regard as as sub-optimal and present as problems ... |
2016/01/20 | 746 | 3,124 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in my second year of University in Computer Science for a Bsc and I'm getting very scared for the following reason : all jobs I'm interested in seem to ask for a Software Engineers!
I'm starting to worry I didn't make the right choice in chosing CompSci...
Should I try to switch for Soft... |
2016/01/20 | 801 | 3,480 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a completing Ph.D student. I submitted my thesis 4 months ago and have recently received the comments from the examiners. But to my surprise, two examiners have provided entirely different comments. One of the reviewers has appraised my thesis and congratulated on my work while the other h... |
2016/01/20 | 1,079 | 4,685 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to get some advice about this difficult situation concerning one of my PhD students.
Some time ago I wrote already about my status: I am assistant professor in Germany and very recently I got an offer for another permanent position abroad. I accepted it and in some weeks I will move th... |
2016/01/20 | 706 | 3,072 | <issue_start>username_0: I have some doubts about reusing some material from Coursera for a set of lecture notes that I put online as part of the courses that I am lecturing. In some ocassions I use some Coursera material, mostly exercises that are based on source codes provided by the authors, and referenced them in m... |
2016/01/20 | 578 | 2,475 | <issue_start>username_0: A lot of scientist that I've talked to are worried about sharing their ideas with too many people. They get very protective of those ideas. Here are some reasons why:
1. Ideas are harder to define on your own
2. Ideas are hard to validate
3. There is no good way of getting constructive feedbac... |
2016/01/20 | 1,356 | 5,563 | <issue_start>username_0: I don't know how to ask this so please forgive my ignorance and lack of vocabulary. Consider a case as below. I just would like to know.. :
Can a PhD student who just defended their thesis, but is accused of plagiarism the day after that by his own advisor, be denied the right to correct/revis... |
2016/01/20 | 1,185 | 4,230 | <issue_start>username_0: I noticed that there are some significant variation in the salary of post-docs in Germany. The post-doc salary could be given in TVL13, TVL14, TVL15, and even TVL15U scales. This means that the net income could change from 2,000-4,000 Euros. I have currently an offer to start my post-doc with T... |
2016/01/20 | 426 | 1,655 | <issue_start>username_0: Currently I do not belong to any institution and work from home.
Now can I put the name of the last university I attended in place of affiliation in a journal paper?
I have masters degree from Linkoping University, Sweden. Do I need to ask permission in this case ?
Regards,
Umair<issue_comm... |
2016/01/21 | 1,035 | 4,591 | <issue_start>username_0: There are many academic writing services (editing, proof reading and writing from scratch). These services range from writing basic essays to research papers and dissertations.
I will use editing and proofreading services because my mother tongue is different from the language of thesis.
I di... |
2016/01/21 | 766 | 3,388 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently finishing up my second year of undergraduate studies and overall I've gotten some pretty average to good grades. Over the summer, I would like to focus a little bit on myself and my health, but I'm worried not using my time to work on some academia would be detrimental when I want... |
2016/01/21 | 555 | 2,431 | <issue_start>username_0: I began working on a paper during my undergraduate degree in the summer of 2014. I continued to work on the same paper into summer 2015, at which time I graduated and moved to a different university to pursue a graduate degree. However, all experiments failed and my collaborators and I were una... |
2016/01/21 | 2,498 | 10,963 | <issue_start>username_0: I work in a lab in experimental psychology at a pretty prestigious research university. I have worked there for a while (this is currently my fourth semester) for about 8+ hours a week, entirely unpaid. I have worked on menial tasks (data entry), more theoretical things (experimental design for... |
2016/01/21 | 420 | 1,729 | <issue_start>username_0: If one has research findings in a topic *X*, and wishes to publish it in one of the many IEEE journals, which is the best way to list the journals that includes *X* within its scope?
Note that the solution to *X* might use one or more of frameworks of [A, B ..], where 'A' can covered in the sc... |
2016/01/21 | 1,123 | 4,917 | <issue_start>username_0: In some disciplines (such as theoretical computer science), it is typical to have papers where you have co-authors. Especially when the set of co-authors is large, and work is being done at different universities, it is possible that person X works on one part, and person Y on one part. Thus, p... |
2016/01/21 | 926 | 4,098 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently writing a paper which gives an overview over semantic segmentation. My target audience are people who are not experts, but who need semantic segmentation or who want to get into this field. The aim of the paper is to provide starting points. This means I give a very brief idea an... |
2016/01/21 | 1,553 | 6,360 | <issue_start>username_0: I am coauthor of a review article, in which we reuse a figure from another article that is, so far, available only on the arXiv. In such a case, one would usually obtain the copyright from the publisher and acknowledge the copyright holder with a statement similar to
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> Reproduced with permi... |
2016/01/21 | 2,446 | 10,349 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently a postdoc in theoretical computer science. My position will last for about 9 months. I have a good track of publications and enjoy a lot working at academia, in particular I enjoy to solve problems and write papers in my field. But I think that it would take something like 2 to 3 ... |
2016/01/21 | 1,836 | 7,686 | <issue_start>username_0: Or put simply, 3-year vs. 5-year PhD?
Many programmes in UK (and EU) take up 3 years, as opposed to a minimum of 4-5 years in North America. For a masters degree holder, with a goal to stay in academia, is a 3-year Ph.D. too short to prepare one for postdocs and academic roles? Or would the ex... |
2016/01/21 | 277 | 1,315 | <issue_start>username_0: I applied to a computer science PhD program and received an email saying the department admissions committee has recommended me for acceptance to the program. What does it mean "recommended"? Isn't it the department making the decision?<issue_comment>username_1: Not always. At some universities... |
2016/01/21 | 1,286 | 5,430 | <issue_start>username_0: A friend of mine is a mathematics professor at a college in the southeast United States (where they're currently expecting significant snowfall) and just asked an interesting question that I'm reposting here:
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> I'm currently teaching a four-week class, and next week is the final week. There... |
2016/01/22 | 535 | 2,002 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an idea which I'd like to work on with a professor at my university. In my initial email would it be arrogant to ask if he's interested in working with me on this particular topic (he's published some papers on closely related topics), or should I just say that I'm interested in generall... |
2016/01/22 | 1,626 | 7,160 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm curious about what strategies, approaches and/or methods people (successfully) use in academia for motivating colleagues to adopt innovative research collaboration mechanisms, workflows and/or tools. Please share your experience or point to proven range of approaches.
The following is in l... |
2016/01/22 | 1,451 | 6,488 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm giving a presentation at an undergraduate conference. There are awards given for the best talks. The focus of each talk is what the student has been working on for their research project.
What, in general, do the conference judges look for when they evaluate a talk? Is it the general quali... |
2016/01/23 | 584 | 2,562 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the new fashion of arxiv.org to silently put a submission on hold for many months?
When I wrote to moderation email, the question was ignored.<issue_comment>username_1: Based on your comments, I understand that you have put several papers on arXiv. Usually, technical reports or drafts ... |
2016/01/23 | 355 | 1,502 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently finishing my undergraduate degree, and I am working on my CV for graduate school applications. After High School, I spent ~1.5 years traveling, mostly by myself, and with no notable employment.
Do I write this in my CV? If so, should I just mention it or say anything further abo... |
2016/01/24 | 638 | 2,579 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a 3rd year aerospace engineering undergrad with an inclination to pursue graduate studies in dynamics and control (ultimate goal of PhD). Until last semester, I had a lazy attitude towards my studies which earned me 3 Bs over the span of my undergrad studies. Last semester, this laziness, p... |
2016/01/24 | 792 | 3,064 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for a database of funded grant proposals with abstracts for various DoD components (e.g., DARPA, AFRL, etc.), similar to the one for the [NSF](http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/).
The [Federal Business Opportunities (a.k.a. FedBizOpps)](https://www.fbo.gov) website exists, but it doe... |
2016/01/24 | 408 | 1,256 | <issue_start>username_0: <http://emjd-dc.eu/files/2011/11/emjd-dc.pdf>
Here, one of the admission requirements is, A Master's degree corresponding to 300 ECTS.
How is that possible?
A Masters degree is at most of 2 years. 2 years = 4 semesters.
1 semester = 5 courses = 5 \* 6 = 30 ECTS.
Then, 4 semesters = 30 \* 4... |
2016/01/24 | 1,621 | 6,917 | <issue_start>username_0: So far as I understand, Ph.D. programs in the United States have entrance requirements and exams, but when you enroll in one, you start process of becoming a "Ph.D. candidate" first, which in the end will lead to defence of your thesis and becoming a Ph.D.
Before becoming a "Ph.D. candidate" ... |
2016/01/24 | 1,515 | 6,386 | <issue_start>username_0: In Germany, it is common for students to hold “Tutor” positions, which entail a weekly teaching class (e.g., 90 minutes) and the correction of exercise sheets handed in by students.
I would like to list such a position in my CV, which is in English.
What English expression should be used for ... |
2016/01/24 | 1,263 | 5,481 | <issue_start>username_0: I am supposed to be admitted to a M.A.Sc. graduate program in engineering at a reputable Canadian university. I am now communicating with my potential supervisor about the potential plans for my research... and here is my concern:
My background and enthusiasm have been shaped around applicatio... |
2016/01/24 | 757 | 3,238 | <issue_start>username_0: I am refereeing a paper (a good one) for a mathematical journal. The author repeatedly writes like this: "we can't do", "we don't know" etc. He is not a native English speaker, and this paper is his first paper in English.
**Question.** I am going to ask the author to change "can't" and "don't... |
2016/01/24 | 1,499 | 5,668 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a graduate school applicant and am considering requesting a meeting with a professor while I'll be visiting a city near their university town.
The current e-mail format I have in mind goes roughly as follows:
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> Dear Professor X,
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> I am a graduate school applicant at University A... |
2016/01/24 | 1,182 | 4,962 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm 46, 20+ years of industry experience, some teaching experience, decent MBA and strong undergrad scores. GRE is okay, working on improving my quantitative score. I'm open to going anywhere in the world (English as a primary language at the school), but I need full time funding. My goal for a... |
2016/01/25 | 1,045 | 4,409 | <issue_start>username_0: I am appearing my Ph.D defence in a few weeks. I am in need of some starting phrases or words which I can use while responding to the questions from the examiners. There could be difficult questions which are beyond the objective of my thesis, the examiner could point out a better methodology o... |
2016/01/25 | 2,208 | 9,508 | <issue_start>username_0: We have solved an important mathematic problem that has not been solved over 10 years. I want to publish a paper about this topic soon, but my supervisor impede me, and he is reasoning that the quality of paper is not good enough. I am concerned that he may publish a paper about the mathematic ... |
2016/01/25 | 494 | 1,909 | <issue_start>username_0: I am sending in an article to a ScholarOne journal: should I mark my prefix Dr. or Mr./Ms. if I have an M.D. but not a Ph.D.?<issue_comment>username_1: First, note that the title that you give to a ScholarOne manuscript handling system probably doesn't matter at all --- more than anything else,... |
2016/01/25 | 1,910 | 6,923 | <issue_start>username_0: I checked the salary scale for a W3 professorship position in Germany. The annual income is about 75K Euro which seems pretty low for someone managing about 20 people. Is there any other payment beside the base salary? For example, some additional payment from DFG/EU projects or for supervising... |
2016/01/25 | 322 | 1,306 | <issue_start>username_0: I am confused about which tense to use in presenting my results in a paper.
"In this study, we created a mathematical model of the herding behavior using the A-algorithm. The goal of this mathematical model is to allow the ..."
1. Am I correct in using the past tense "created" in the first ... |
2016/01/25 | 413 | 1,734 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose I do the research for my thesis from 2013 to 2016, and do the write-up of the dissertation in 2016.
If during write-up in 2016 I discover new related work (published during 2016), is it eligible to put it into the related work section of my thesis? Or should this related work have alre... |
2016/01/25 | 478 | 2,032 | <issue_start>username_0: I looked into an article published rather widely in the media, but on a fairly marginal topic (perceptions of grammar use), so noone will die or ever bother to replicate or correct it.
The contents of the paper looked dodgy in analysis and setup, but more than anything else, the statistics loo... |
2016/01/25 | 1,112 | 4,595 | <issue_start>username_0: In my field (I am a condensed-matter theoretical physicist) it is such a normal thing to put papers on the arXiv, that people sometimes look at other people's arXiv list of papers instead of their publication record to get to know what they do, etc.
It just so happens that a few years ago I di... |
2016/01/26 | 488 | 2,075 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Master in Computer Science and I am applying to some Canadian Universities for a PhD...
After contacting to a supervisor, I got a positive reply, however he asked me:
"Do you have your own funding to support your PhD study?
What and how should I reply? On one hand having some financi... |
2016/01/26 | 860 | 3,449 | <issue_start>username_0: I run into a situation where the logical division the material in the thesis I'm writing forces me to create sections of very different lengths. Matters are further complicated by the fact that the short section does not naturally divide into subsections.
Is this bad style to divide material l... |
2016/01/26 | 1,014 | 4,041 | <issue_start>username_0: Here's the situation I am in:
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> I have written a paper. I need to decide whether to submit it to GREAT [insert conference/journal name here] or to GOOD [ditto]. I would prefer to have a GREAT publication, rather than a GOOD publication. However, GREAT is a long shot, while GOOD is very like... |
2016/01/26 | 479 | 2,113 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student in economics and I try to finish and send a paper to an international conference but the version that I will send will be a very preliminary version.
I see sometimes in my field that there are papers in which people write under title a little note that the current version is... |
2016/01/26 | 2,065 | 8,959 | <issue_start>username_0: I will graduate soon from the doctoral program. I will apply for multiple postdoc positions. The results of the one that I really think is great for my career will be probably announced later than the others. If I accept an earlier offer, and later learn that I could also get the one I desire t... |
2016/01/27 | 1,439 | 5,134 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any research/study/survey/dataset that looked at how often the reviewers correctly guess the identity of the authors when the review is double-blind?
I am aware that the answer is likely field-dependent, or even publication venue dependent. I am mostly interested in computer science, ... |
2016/01/27 | 858 | 3,361 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying for a postdoc. I passed my PhD viva in the UK, and was given minor corrections which I've submitted. What is my status? Can I say PhD (pass)? Or something better?<issue_comment>username_1: This is always a tricky time period. Trying to make such a complicated situation clear in a s... |
2016/01/27 | 1,056 | 4,072 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently an undergrad student and have found a recent paper, published in Nature a few days ago, that represents a huge breakthrough in its field (I'm active in that area, so I'm aware of it), but has barely been reported elsewhere.
One of my professors is doing research in a related, but... |
2016/01/27 | 1,305 | 5,449 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a last year student of a degree in mathematics ( and another in physics) in Spain.
I'm starting graduate education next year and I need some advices on how to improve my chances to get into graduate programmes.
Here in Spain the grading system is based almost entirely in exams in which I'... |
2016/01/27 | 861 | 3,993 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently received reviews on a paper that I submitted to an Elsevier journal, with 2 reviewers. One had some minor comments and recommended minor revisions, while the second reviewer recommended full rejection and was very vehement about it.
The second reviewer's concerns were basically that... |
2016/01/28 | 987 | 3,534 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a hypothetical question, but I am assuming that if there is a research field out there that has not been discovered, it will, in theory, be possible for an article to be written without containing any references.
The reason I ask this question is because I see that a good number of pub... |
2016/01/28 | 440 | 1,827 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that the number of publications is just a number, but it can be used as measure for progress in academic career.
What is the highest number of publications you have seen for
a postdoc fellow before assuming a tenure-track position?
an associate professor before promotion to full profe... |
2016/01/28 | 402 | 1,778 | <issue_start>username_0: I created an algorithm for predictive analysis based on text. I'm making a paper out of it. I have the textual data my algorithm was tested on and compared with other algorithms tested with the same textual data. Should I post a link of this data in my paper or should I just state that I have t... |
2016/01/28 | 1,404 | 5,101 | <issue_start>username_0: I have performed 21 different experiments, which I have repeated 3 times in total (63 samples gathered).
I plan to compare data using a bar plot. For bar plotting, I initially decided that I will calculate the mean over every 3 samples, and I will graph this value. However, along with the mean ... |
2016/01/28 | 796 | 3,337 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a Computer Science PhD student aiming for an Academic career. One of the options I am considering after I receive the degree is to apply for a W1 professor position in Germany (Junior professor).
My question is very specific to Germany. Is there a chance I can become a Junior professor w... |
2016/01/28 | 617 | 2,651 | <issue_start>username_0: I am new to Github and I want to upload some scripts that I developed during my research. One of the scripts requires the use of a small external program (not mine) whose source code is included as supplemental material in a journal paper. Can I upload the program and/or the source code of that... |
2016/01/28 | 1,646 | 7,041 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an issue with my supervisor: he likes to write papers in MS Word and I like to write in LaTeX. We have had issues with editing and formatting, since it is difficult to do it, while working on different platforms.
Does anyone have any advice on how to resolve this situation?<issue_commen... |
2016/01/28 | 1,644 | 7,279 | <issue_start>username_0: A collaborator sent me an abstract he's submitting to a conference, listing me as a co-author (middle position, implying not a major contribution). It's for a conference presentation, not a manuscript, and it will not be published in e.g. a supplement or anything like that.
I've spent a fair b... |
2016/01/28 | 1,006 | 4,320 | <issue_start>username_0: As a graduate student, I have recently supervised an undergraduate with their thesis work in co-operation with my own supervisor. I took care of the daily in-detail supervision, and my supervisor had the "grand overview" of the project and where it should lead to. This went on for almost 7 mont... |
2016/01/28 | 364 | 1,577 | <issue_start>username_0: Spring break is coming up and I plan on taking that week off to go traveling in Europe. Do I ask my supervisor/advisor for permission or do I just inform them that I am doing so?
Do I do it via email or face to face?
Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: Preferences on this issue vary widely, e... |
2016/01/28 | 627 | 2,636 | <issue_start>username_0: I asked a professor to write a reference letter for me and he agreed to it; however, the deadline is coming up and he has yet to submit the letter.
As I am not experienced with the process, I wanted to ask if, based on your experience, it is typical for professors to delay submitting reference... |
2016/01/28 | 1,952 | 8,328 | <issue_start>username_0: Together with a colleague from a different university, I wrote a paper that has passed peer review in a respectable journal and is currently in press. The topic of the paper is very far removed from our usual research areas; let's say that my colleague is a chemist but the paper is about histor... |
2016/01/28 | 344 | 1,397 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in between jobs and want to send a quick note to a journal. However, I do not have any lab to pay the ridiculous publishing fees, is there any way I can ask the journal to waive the publishing fees? Is being unaffiliated sufficient grounds for this?<issue_comment>username_1: This surely de... |
2016/01/29 | 1,616 | 6,374 | <issue_start>username_0: **My situation is very strange.**
I have completed a sociology PhD from a well-regarded university. As I was a part-time candidate and holding a full-time job in the private sector, I guess my supervisor did not impress on me the importance of publishing. In addition, the university has no req... |
2016/01/29 | 2,071 | 8,073 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm starting grad school in the Fall and what worries me isn't the material. I'm good at my subject, I know I will be fine. What worries me are the stresses. Grad school is stressful. Even the impending stress is stressful.
I am planning on studying more of my subject before entering which is... |
2016/01/29 | 1,718 | 7,372 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm finishing Applied Physics this month, and the next I will finish my other bachelor degree, engineering. I have many ideas for starting my own research (at the frontiers - not doing things already attempted) and I feel like it would be a waste of time to attend a graduate course, also becaus... |
2016/01/29 | 375 | 1,518 | <issue_start>username_0: Last summer I did an Internship at a Company and after finishing it with a positive review, I received the offer to write my bachelor thesis in cooperation with that company.
After finding a suitable subject (taken from the list of available subjects) I contacted the Doctor that initialy poste... |
2016/01/29 | 803 | 3,325 | <issue_start>username_0: I am planning to submit an article to a mathematically-oriented journal (namely: [Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis](http://www.springer.com/physics/classical+continuum+physics/journal/205)).
I have quite a lot of results so I wrote a section "Main Results".
**Question 1** In this ... |
2016/01/29 | 1,485 | 6,535 | <issue_start>username_0: I got invited for a PhD interview to the University of Edinburgh. I was asked in the email to prepare a 10 mins presentation on a recent research I was involved in. I did a sandwich placement year and it just so happened that this week I just gave a presentation about my placement project. I wa... |
2016/01/29 | 1,206 | 4,474 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that arXiv have their own identifier system, but considering how widely adopted DOI is, why do they not use DOI perhaps as a supplement to their own identifier?<issue_comment>username_1: DOIs have a technical purpose and a bolted-on social purpose.
The technical purpose for DOIs is to b... |
2016/01/30 | 1,353 | 5,056 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently in my last semester of BS degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics. I am in the middle of applying for a number of taught Master's programmes in both the US and in Asia, most of which are 1-year and full-time.
My grades are fairly good, with a cumulative GPA of ~3.7 and a maj... |
2016/01/30 | 2,133 | 9,028 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm 27 years old and I'm applying to university. On the applications it ask the student to list activities and employment during time away from school. I played online poker for living for ≈4 years, should I mention this? Or would I be looked down upon and perceived as a gambling addict? There'... |
2016/01/30 | 622 | 2,645 | <issue_start>username_0: In the application form of the school I'm applying, there is a short definition of SOP:
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> Your statement of purpose should explain why you want to study your proposed course and how it will help your life and career.
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The message is direct: why I want to study here and how it will ... |
2016/01/30 | 743 | 3,085 | <issue_start>username_0: It has been several months that I am looking for a juniorprofessor position in German institutes. Basically there are just a few opening which are far from my research interests. I have a good publication record and I was involved in writing funding proposals. Is it possible to write a proposal... |
2016/01/30 | 1,018 | 4,351 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose you have a manuscript and you have just missed the deadline for an A\* conference. Should I submit to the next tier A conference or wait until for the A\* conference to come around again?
I am in the computer science field, hence the emphasis on conferences, rather than journals.<issue... |
2016/01/30 | 337 | 1,436 | <issue_start>username_0: How should you handle a question in an interview for a PhD program when you don't know the answer ?
Should you try to just say something even if this is wrong or just tell the interviewer that you don't know the answer?<issue_comment>username_1: In most cases, the interviewer does not care abo... |
2016/01/31 | 1,502 | 6,094 | <issue_start>username_0: In my area (computer science) it's common for a paper to be posted on arxiv, then appear in a conference a few months later, and finally appear in a journal several years later. This raises the question: [which version should I cite?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5964/choosing-w... |
2016/01/31 | 1,406 | 5,948 | <issue_start>username_0: EDIT: I originally tried to make the context as brief as possible, but I may have overdone it.
Context
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I'm starting to put some data analysis I'm asked to do on Github, and licensing all my work (mostly **R** scripts and markdown files displaying statistics, graphs and brief result de... |
2016/01/31 | 1,726 | 7,139 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a Ph.D. candidate in social sciences and last month I presented and defended my thesis in an Eastern European university. The full text of my thesis is available to the public. A couple of weeks after my defense, a math professor from the U.K. wrote a blog post in which he utterly misrepres... |
2016/01/31 | 668 | 2,751 | <issue_start>username_0: If a student has to use the bathroom, s/he may simply politely and quietly excuse him/herself for a few minutes.
**But is there any established etiquette for what an instructor is to do when nature suddenly calls?** Let's say this is a typical classroom lecture of about 90 minutes, meaning a s... |
2016/01/31 | 665 | 2,859 | <issue_start>username_0: I have already had this issue a few times. I just received an e-mail from a former student of an undergraduate course, asking for a letter of recommendation to apply for graduate studies. This course took place almost 5 years ago. I don't think I had any contact with the student after the cours... |
2016/01/31 | 570 | 2,539 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently sourcing some ideas from a few books (through Google Books) and I sometimes stumble upon introductory messages from the authors/editors of these books saying something like:
"All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by a... |
2016/02/01 | 582 | 2,628 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently interested in pursuing a graduate degree in computer science, but right now I am working full time and will need to continue to do so for a few more years until I can pay off my undergraduate debt. I also have very limited research experience as an undergraduate. That said I was w... |
2016/02/01 | 916 | 3,928 | <issue_start>username_0: Long story short, I'm a struggling first year graduate student. I considered myself very lucky when I found out that I was accepted into one of the best programs in my field, but didn't realize at the time how steep the learning curve would be to work alongside the best. I work in a wet lab, wh... |
2016/02/01 | 2,604 | 10,775 | <issue_start>username_0: From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict_of_interest):
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> A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial interest, or otherwise, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation of the individual or ... |
2016/02/01 | 1,774 | 7,608 | <issue_start>username_0: This is something I have been thinking about for some time. What I study is pretty much on the edge between applied and pure math. Specifically, I am interested in stochastic dynamics including SPDEs. Thus I have been investing a lot of time into stochastic analysis, really enjoy the subject, a... |
2016/02/01 | 892 | 3,727 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm at an engineering department at a public US university, and I'm somewhat new to writing proposals. The call I'm submitting to wants know if the project budget is higher than the amount of the grant, what other sources of funding the PI will use, presumably to ensure the success of the proje... |
2016/02/01 | 604 | 2,062 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm writing an academic paper in the CS field. I'd like to define five symbols as tersely as possible.
Can I say this as the following using 'let' and semi colons? Like:
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> Let $a$ be xxxx; $b$ be xxxxxx; $c$ be xxxxx; $d$ be xxxxx; $e$ be xxxxxx.
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If answer is no, I would apprecia... |
2016/02/01 | 320 | 1,363 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an incoming freshman. I'd like the first set of courses I pick to be with great professors. By great I mean someone that's encouraging, honest, and patient, and that makes the subject interesting.
My question is: How should I go about finding who these professors are?<issue_comment>userna... |
2016/02/01 | 745 | 3,087 | <issue_start>username_0: I will be starting my Masters degree and intend to be fully committed to working on interesting problems with a lot of impact. I have a few groups in sight which seemingly work on very important problems and publish in major conferences but looking at the 'alumni' section on their website, I ha... |
2016/02/01 | 1,021 | 4,699 | <issue_start>username_0: I work in a Department of Mathematics in the Irish Institute of Technology sector.
Funding for mathematics research has been reduced by the Higher Education Authority and between this, a heavy teaching load and other reasons, staff are either not very active or completely inactive in research... |
2016/02/01 | 1,208 | 5,162 | <issue_start>username_0: How important is your written PhD thesis for an academic job search, assuming the results are already written in papers? Do search committees ever read your thesis in addition to your papers? My PhD advisor said that the written thesis is not important and I can write whatever I want as long as... |
2016/02/01 | 612 | 2,683 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student applying to academic faculty positions in mid-sized institutions in the United States. I am writing research statements for ecological/environmental positions with a major focus on my current (graduate) research and my plans for extending my research in the future. However, I... |
2016/02/02 | 360 | 1,539 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying to a Canadian University for a Master in Neuroscience. I have contacted a professor and asked for a place at his laboratory even though he only accepts PhD and post-doctorate students. However, he said that he accepted me as his student but wanted to have a skype meeting for us to... |