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2018/06/06 | 434 | 1,971 | <issue_start>username_0: What I have understood till date is that abstract summarizes the work done in the research article (Journal + Conference), and so does the conclusion section.
However, the conclusion section not only summarizes the work (like abstract) but also give a hint of what results were produced?
Can ... |
2018/06/06 | 1,768 | 7,825 | <issue_start>username_0: So the school that I got into for m PhD program offers a simple admission deferral process that I'd like to apply for, for personal reasons (I don't want to use this post to discuss whether or not I *should* defer; assume that the personal reasons are serious enough, because they are). This cou... |
2018/06/06 | 485 | 2,072 | <issue_start>username_0: Long story short, I could never attend higher education, and now, later in life, I would love to be with people 100x smarter than me that take a scientific approach to discussions. Professors seem like good candidates. My girlfriend recently finished her PhD(albeit in a different field than I'm... |
2018/06/06 | 1,096 | 4,401 | <issue_start>username_0: I have kind of an interesting scenario that I would like to get advice on. I apologize if this is a bit lengthy, but I want to get all the facts out there.
A bit about me first: I have just finished my first year of grad school in an applied math program at a top 40 program in the US. I have ... |
2018/06/07 | 1,225 | 4,602 | <issue_start>username_0: Now, say authors A and B are writing their second paper. Which is more appropriate, or which sounds better. Referring to their previous work as "we researched/we surveyed" or "the authors researched/surveyed". This warrants a question because, in the first case, it may sound like they are "broa... |
2018/06/07 | 859 | 3,275 | <issue_start>username_0: My questions regards the format of citation.
For the context: I am a student, presenting my work (with slides) and referring to the publications in which I am co-author (never in the first three authors).
It would be nice for my name to explicitely appear, as I also refer to other publicatio... |
2018/06/07 | 589 | 2,532 | <issue_start>username_0: I am going to present my research on a conference in the near future. This conference is in the field of engineering and CS. It has several sessions in parallel and a total of more than 100 papers.
When I had a look at the program, I noticed that I (and another person) have been assigned the r... |
2018/06/07 | 437 | 1,865 | <issue_start>username_0: So in my mathematics master's thesis I am mainly following a certain paper, trying to understand it and present it's results in my own way. Now for a few chapters in my thesis I am basing them off of chapters in the paper and I'm unsure on how and what I need to cite. I generally start of these... |
2018/06/07 | 1,988 | 8,054 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm at a top university in Europe in chemistry. My PhD advisor and I have not gotten along due to problems with funding and management issues, and as a result, I am finishing extremely early. I was going to leave with or without a PhD, but I have passed my defense although the degree is not off... |
2018/06/07 | 1,613 | 6,552 | <issue_start>username_0: I am new to this forum and need/want advice. I am 46 years old, hold a CPA license and have a Macc from an AACSB accredited university.
My goal is to obtain a doctoral degree and research/teach at a university...not necessarily a top university, but not a small, liberal arts college either.
I... |
2018/06/07 | 1,491 | 6,198 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been searching for an answer, to no avail. I would like to apply for a grant for preconference funding. I know NSF has awarded such grants in the past, but I don't know if they will award a grant to a postdoc. My advisor would not be involved in this application, but other faculty at oth... |
2018/06/08 | 840 | 3,523 | <issue_start>username_0: I am registering for a conference in Canada but [the payment link](http://meeting.yizhifubj.com.cn/web/main.action?meetingId=188) has a weird name like yizhifubj and the website is Chinese.
Is that normal? Are there any guidelines for determining if a registration website is “safe”?<issue_comme... |
2018/06/08 | 2,466 | 10,278 | <issue_start>username_0: I’ve just moved to Canada for PhD studies at one of its best universities.
One day during my master studies, I felt that I wanted to live the international student experience and decided to move to Canada which is far away from my home country (at least 16 hours by flight!). But before moving t... |
2018/06/08 | 613 | 2,617 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm still early in my scientific career, with only a few papers published. However, I've discovered a typo in a non-critical equation of my paper, and one of the graphs in the same paper should have smaller values (but exactly the same trend). It's important to say that it does not change any o... |
2018/06/08 | 425 | 1,857 | <issue_start>username_0: When presenting a scientific poster at a conference, I am often asked by colleagues if they can get a copy of the poster. Often, I have DIN A4 prints ready (quite hard to read...) and I am also happy to share them via email, if somebody is interested.
It would all be much easier if I could jus... |
2018/06/08 | 449 | 1,853 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a book chapter in theoretical computer science. I would like to add figures based on figures previously published in relevant papers.
In the caption of each Figure I will cite the original source. Obviously, the figures that I will include are not the original ones but are made b... |
2018/06/08 | 460 | 2,025 | <issue_start>username_0: The students were never told this is the actual exam or this will be on the exam; my physics teacher used to give us the problems for the exam as a study guide and those were the exact problems on the test, if you studied that.
If this is a coordinated course, do I get some autonomy and do as... |
2018/06/08 | 1,291 | 5,370 | <issue_start>username_0: In [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/110929) recent question, the OP there describes a situation where they were assigned to be a session chair without being asked to do so.
After reading the above question, and having never chaired a conference session before, I wonder if I would b... |
2018/06/08 | 958 | 3,794 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing my PhD thesis in engineering at a research university in the US.
My question is about using frames (or boxes) around a plot, specifically simulation results plotted as a function of time. These figures are intended to span the entire width of the type-area (i.e. paragraph width) a... |
2018/06/08 | 1,164 | 4,614 | <issue_start>username_0: I took a specialization course at Coursera in which I have learned a lot of insights that would be essentially useful while writing my master's degree dissertation. **How can I refer to them?**
I've already found a paper that does this for another lecture at Coursera but I'm not sure if that i... |
2018/06/09 | 505 | 2,415 | <issue_start>username_0: **Context:** A paper has been conditionally accepted (subject to my major revision). Main issues that have been raised by two reviewers are:
1. The author should compare the testing times of different algorithms.
2. Some methods can be added for comparison.
3. Negative example used in experime... |
2018/06/09 | 1,224 | 5,294 | <issue_start>username_0: I've applied to a graduate program at a university in Germany and there is relatively clear evidence indicating that they've missed one or even two of my documents in application review based on the responses they've given me. Now they are reluctant to reconsidering my application when I resent... |
2018/06/09 | 2,411 | 10,201 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm at the end of the second year of a phd in engineering. My project is going well: I'm involved in an international project and I submitted 6 journal papers and 5 conference papers.
The problem is the relationship with my main supervisor.
I have two supervisors. I'm working really well with... |
2018/06/10 | 1,377 | 6,019 | <issue_start>username_0: I am entering Hofstra University this fall as a mechanical engineering student, and I am curious what the workload would be like if I took a second major in mathematics?
To clarify my situation, here are some points:
* im simply considering it and dont have to make a decision until, at the ea... |
2018/06/10 | 2,120 | 8,592 | <issue_start>username_0: Since it is required to be precise and ask one question at a time, I had to split my problem into two. The first part (background) is mentioned here:
[Gifting co-authorship if the topic of research was suggested by my boss?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/111033/gifting-co-author... |
2018/06/10 | 738 | 3,283 | <issue_start>username_0: I have two advisors for phd from differnt countries. I recieved an email from first professor. I just forwarded his email to second professor for his information. I used the native language of the second professor when I forwarded the email including one general statement. Is forwarding with th... |
2018/06/10 | 1,885 | 6,638 | <issue_start>username_0: [According to <NAME>](https://mobile.twitter.com/ileanamfreytes/status/1005146039098146817?p=p),
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> By defending my PhD yesterday, I just became part of the 0.13% in the US that is #LatinoPhD
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I find t... |
2018/06/10 | 1,427 | 5,961 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a detailed literature review of some twenty papers available on a newer topic of interest, which form the core of the topic. I am extensively using data from all of those twenty papers.
I want to know whether there is any limit to the amount of data that can be taken from a resear... |
2018/06/10 | 2,401 | 9,617 | <issue_start>username_0: I am organising an upcoming conference and some of our participants were approached by Expo Housing Services, a company claiming - falsely - to be charged with arranging accommodation for our guests. The details of their operation, specifically targeting scientific conferences are explained [he... |
2018/06/11 | 527 | 2,150 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently submitted a manuscript to a prestigious journal in my field. The manuscript is now under "minor revision" status and the reviewer only asked me to provide percentages in one of the table. The comments are positive and I think the overall chance of acceptance is quite high.
The thing... |
2018/06/11 | 1,451 | 6,119 | <issue_start>username_0: I am interested in different methods for scaling grades from a class test, say. In this case there is only one test and this gives the whole class grade. I remember from years ago a method that took into account the relative strength of the students taking the class by looking at their grades i... |
2018/06/11 | 1,094 | 4,799 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an R1 offer in Engineering. The department and Dean, per my request, have offered me a very good salary competitive with my competing industry offers, as well as excellent lab space. However, the startup package is lacking. Equipment is 50% what I hoped for, travel budget is 25%, and the... |
2018/06/12 | 997 | 4,116 | <issue_start>username_0: 18 months into my PhD (after I had passed my quals), my advisor became so emotionally abusive and bullying that I had to take a semester off (I was already dealing with diagnosed depression). While I returned for six months, ultimately I was not able to make it work with my advisor (who went fr... |
2018/06/12 | 489 | 1,987 | <issue_start>username_0: I am starting to write my thesis by the start of August this year.
I want to write it in a format so that later I can publish a book out of it.
How is it possible? Any suggestions?
Also, does this account for self-plagiarism? What are the key points I should keep in mind before start writing?... |
2018/06/12 | 1,434 | 6,282 | <issue_start>username_0: My adviser is chairing an upcoming conference and I am wondering as his PhD student how can I benefit from this opportunity?
Other than attending the conference itself and benefiting from that, I am interested in knowing if it is common for PhD students from the conference chair research grou... |
2018/06/12 | 747 | 3,284 | <issue_start>username_0: Many people told me it is much more easier for an applied/computational mathematician to find a job in U.S. than a pure mathematician. I believe that it is largely due to the fact that applied/computational mathematicians have many advantages in finding jobs in industry. I wonder if this is sti... |
2018/06/12 | 504 | 2,164 | <issue_start>username_0: Can reviewing experiences for top notch journals in a specific field be considered as a distinguishing and effective factor for the applying process?
I've read somewhere that having a fertile record in sites such as [Publons](http://publons.com/) can have a positive effect for applying for, e.... |
2018/06/12 | 331 | 1,291 | <issue_start>username_0: A colleague of mine (C1) from other University (U1) has asked me, by email, if another colleague (C2) from my University (U2) is moving from U2 to U1.
Should I tell to C2 about that rumor?
Or should I answer to C1 that I have no clue?
Of course, I do not have any idea of C2's plans but I have... |
2018/06/12 | 2,231 | 9,649 | <issue_start>username_0: During class, I asked my instructor about a certain thing that didn't make sense to me. Basically, there was a problem that I couldn't figure out how to solve using the methods we've studied. The instructor told me that the problem couldn't be solved using those methods. As this aligned with my... |
2018/06/13 | 1,045 | 4,788 | <issue_start>username_0: After I have been accepted to present a paper at a conference, the organisers are asking me to fill in a registration form (participation and attendance are free) AND to produce proof of purchase of flight tickets. I find this bizarre and intrusive. Anyway, my travelling would happen between tw... |
2018/06/13 | 733 | 3,057 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a review paper in the field of engineering.
At the moment the paper is 20 pages and I am afraid that this goes up to 80 pages when it is finished.
I was thinking about making it open access. However, I am afraid to break the paper into several parts and pay the open access fee mu... |
2018/06/13 | 1,133 | 4,703 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose you are in a tenure-track position in the US and lucky (or successful) enough to eventually get tenured.
The most important effect is obvious that you now have a permanent position. But what other effects are there? Does your salary increase automatically? Does your teaching load chan... |
2018/06/13 | 515 | 2,185 | <issue_start>username_0: As an artist and retired visual art professor, I'm updating my master thesis written in 1997 as a hand-crafted art book. Today I'm self-publishing a rewritten thesis as a paperback book to include more of my artwork since graduating in 1997 with my master's degree. Is it legally okay for me to ... |
2018/06/13 | 856 | 3,640 | <issue_start>username_0: Just a quick question regarding authorship. Recently, a PI won a grant, which was used to buy some computer equipment (~$1000 piece of computation equipment along with some other equipment not relevant to the post).
I am a student that has been using the piece of equipment, as it was not being... |
2018/06/14 | 1,531 | 6,193 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a postdoc who was supposed to *co-supervise* a PhD student along with another academic who invited me for that. However, I ended up fully supervising the student after the *supervisor* became too busy to attend meetings. Eventually, I also ended up defining a problem for the student, which... |
2018/06/14 | 436 | 1,664 | <issue_start>username_0: I have to cite a product manual in a journal paper, but the product manual do not have a year mentioned on it. The content of product manual has not changes over the years. Could this type of documents be cited in a paper or thesis?
If you have not seen a manual like this, then this is an exam... |
2018/06/14 | 885 | 3,684 | <issue_start>username_0: I am, or was, a math major in a big state university, and just graduated this year and I am taking a gap year. I finished my undergrad in three years and took some extra math courses. I also have one-year independent research experience with an Honors Thesis and a research award by the math dep... |
2018/06/14 | 914 | 3,898 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a first year Maths PhD student in Singapore.
As I am going to give my first talk at a Mathematics conference soon, I look for some tips on how to give a good talk.
While googling, I come across [<NAME>'s blog post entitled 'talks are not the same as paper'](https://terrytao.wordpress.com/c... |
2018/06/14 | 535 | 2,348 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student mid stage, working on computational aspects of mathematics. I am working on a research problem with my supervisor. I am at a stage where I can't take much help from the supervisor because I am in the fourth year. I can't do something like going to supervisors office to verify... |
2018/06/14 | 1,693 | 7,412 | <issue_start>username_0: I am reading a paper that I find very hard to follow.
This is partially due to my lack of experience in the subfield, but also I think because the paper is unclearly written.
**Is it acceptable for me to email the writer of the paper, and ask for explanations of basic concepts in the paper?**... |
2018/06/14 | 329 | 1,365 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student in applied mathematics. I have submitted my PhD thesis and started applying for postdoc positions. Now suppose I informally email somebody and suppose he says that he has no funding currently and once he has funding he will inform me. Now, suppose at the time he has funding, ... |
2018/06/14 | 399 | 1,665 | <issue_start>username_0: I applied for a position. Before the interview, I was encouraged by the selection committee that I was a very good candidate. But I was not sure. I thought it is far more above my capabilities, I was not sure what to do with my family (it was not a permanent position), etc. After the interview,... |
2018/06/14 | 863 | 3,652 | <issue_start>username_0: I received notification that I wasn't select for the final round, but they encourage me to apply next time when the application is open.
So I of course, out of curiosity ask when will be the next time.
I got the following reply
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2018/06/14 | 609 | 2,452 | <issue_start>username_0: I am making a diagram in my paper. In that diagram I use several squares of different colors and one rectangle of multiple colors. An easy way to get a rectangle full of colors is the rainbow flag. I am sympathetic to the LGBT cause, but I am not LGBT. I thought the flag could be a small gestur... |
2018/06/14 | 1,221 | 5,445 | <issue_start>username_0: I am about to finish an undergraduate degree, with a good enough GPA that even if I got C's in all of my current classes, my final overall cumulative GPA would remain above 3.6.
Assuming I graduate with all the whistles in my diploma it would be:
Honours Bachelors of science in computer scien... |
2018/06/14 | 419 | 1,784 | <issue_start>username_0: * I have a full ride for a grad program at a good school
* I've recently gone through an awful breakup with a girlfriend of 7 years
* I now want to take an extra year before going to school, for many reasons. I could explain them to you all here, but that seems beside the point; assume they are... |
2018/06/15 | 770 | 3,233 | <issue_start>username_0: I had been invited to give a talk at a summer school abroad, but had to cancel due to a complex visa issue that could not be foreseen at the time I accepted to give the talk: it turns out that I'll be transitioning between two visas because of a job change, and will be unable to leave the count... |
2018/06/15 | 481 | 2,132 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently completed my PhD and now looking for a postdoc/research assistant position. I found a few positions that look attractive - but I don't have all the skills listed in the job ad. I have some and I know I can learn the rest quickly; I also know from talking to other postdocs that t... |
2018/06/15 | 296 | 1,229 | <issue_start>username_0: I have 3 days left and I totally forgot I could add more than 1 reference letter to my application.
I need this teacher to write me a reference letter as soon as he can... and it feels so rude asking this.
How can I imply that subtly but clear enough for him to understand my situation?
Shou... |
2018/06/15 | 6,369 | 24,762 | <issue_start>username_0: I teach a certain course where I think the best way to test knowledge is using yes/no questions. However, with a simple yes/no exam, a student can just answer randomly to all questions and get, in expectation, a score of 50%, which is not very fair. I thought of several solutions, but each of t... |
2018/06/15 | 420 | 1,772 | <issue_start>username_0: It looks like everyone has it's own theories on what's the function of a defense. People say that it has to be a contribution to knowledge, other people say that it has to reflect 3 years of work, other say that it has to be a work of publishable quality.
Given that "contribution to knowledge" ... |
2018/06/15 | 471 | 1,948 | <issue_start>username_0: In the following licence to publish:
6.b) preprints (before referee) can be posted to electronic preprint servers
6.c) postprints (after referee) can be posted to subject repositories
Now I am wondering whether arxiv is an electronic preprint server ([wiki says it is](https://en.wikipedia.o... |
2018/06/15 | 728 | 2,768 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a postdoc in the sciences.
My supervisor submitted a grant renewal to the NIH recently and listed me as "key personnel" on it. The renewal received very high marks and is likely to be approved.
Although I have received fellowships in the past, I've never applied for a grant, and I've neve... |
2018/06/15 | 910 | 4,035 | <issue_start>username_0: I have submitted a paper to a Taylor & Francis journal. I received two constructive reviews and one negative, together with an editor’s request for major revision. My coauthors and I didn’t agree with the third reviewer and wrote a polite rebuttal. After major revision two referees accepted our... |
2018/06/15 | 1,237 | 5,468 | <issue_start>username_0: I just received a confirmation from my graduate program adviser that I successfully completed my two-year-long master's program. I had a negative experience in my second year because of a mandatory group project that I had to do in order to graduate.This group project was done under a certain l... |
2018/06/15 | 806 | 3,418 | <issue_start>username_0: I just received an email from the editor of a monograph series letting me know the issue where my article is included is now live. I went through normal things recently to get it published, like a copyright statement, but I never saw proofs. Upon looking at the pdf as it is online, I noticed fo... |
2018/06/16 | 955 | 4,091 | <issue_start>username_0: It took 5-6 months to hear from the referee in both of my accepted papers. In my one rejection it was only a couple of weeks.
I do not think it could possibly take 5-6 months to read and understand my papers.
Should I conclude that my referee's wait a few months to even begin reading my pap... |
2018/06/16 | 1,242 | 5,257 | <issue_start>username_0: I accepted a postdoc position after a short interview by Skype and I haven't had the chance to get to know the people and the city. Anyway, my PI helped me to get my visa (EU - researcher) issued and, currently, I'm already working on the project with some good preliminary results.
BUT
I hate t... |
2018/06/16 | 1,532 | 6,069 | <issue_start>username_0: A couple of months ago, I defended my Master's thesis and got graduated. One of the referees, a professor of mine with a history of verbal contentions between us, did me an overt injustice and despite all my efforts, attacked me with her unfair judgement. I got angry and sent her an e-mail the ... |
2018/06/16 | 2,848 | 12,189 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a phd student that is very smart. They had a small baby a few months before starting the PhD in a foreign country and then moved to do the PhD with their family in the UK.
It has been 7 months now and the PhD student is not performing well. We have weekly meetings and I try hard to guid... |
2018/06/16 | 2,624 | 11,242 | <issue_start>username_0: I'll be attending to a conference and do a poster presentation of my master's thesis work so far. What I'm concerned of is that my tutor wants me to also wirte a short report to be submitted as a conference proceeding.
What I've done so far is nothing new. I've just applied already existing t... |
2018/06/16 | 900 | 3,659 | <issue_start>username_0: I heard somewhere that publishing in open access (OA) journals is not a good strategy and such papers may be less valuable (specially for who want to apply for a PhD program in EU and North America)! However, I think this is not a strong remark but publishing in low level and paid journals form... |
2018/06/16 | 867 | 3,573 | <issue_start>username_0: I just recently graduated university with a bachelors in computer science. I did not participate in the career fairs at my uni, because I wanted to apply for MS in US/Canada, even though everyone told me to have a backup option. Unfortunately, I did not get admit for any of the MS Programs I ap... |
2018/06/16 | 376 | 1,617 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for PhD positions nowadays. Recently, few PhDs are announced (in CoQus, Austria) and I am very interested in these positions. But it looks like these positions require very high profile candidates. They have asked about publications (if applicable) in nearly each paragraph of adve... |
2018/06/16 | 343 | 1,430 | <issue_start>username_0: I work in physics.
Throughout my graduate career, I heard about people who have been known to see work done in a talk and subsequently catch up to that work and then-some, and attempt to publish first. I ignored this lore assuming it wasn't really true.
Now I am presenting at a conference w... |
2018/06/16 | 442 | 1,856 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm planning to consult a potential future advisor for a postdoc position. However, they do not put up any advertisement for postdocs, thus there is a large possibility that they cannot afford a postdoc. However, even if they cannot afford any postdocs, I still prefer them to read my email, as ... |
2018/06/17 | 611 | 2,447 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a 3rd-year computer engineering student at a mid-tier state school with a high GPA (3.97/4.0), top of my class, and 1 semester worth of research. I am also currently participating in a very prestigious REU program, so I do have a decent amount of research experience. I have also taken the ... |
2018/06/17 | 609 | 2,849 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been researching a specific topic in computer science for a couple of years now and a well established professor and his students have recently published a couple of publications in that topic too. In their work they do reference the well known and well cited previous work that basically... |
2018/06/17 | 1,305 | 4,979 | <issue_start>username_0: **The scenario:**
* in an article, found a point/claim/fact that would fit/support perfectly a broader point I'm trying to construct (@Related works section)
**The dilemma:**
* Whom to cite?
+ a) only the article in which I found the [whole] point/claim/synthesis
+ b) the original sources,... |
2018/06/17 | 504 | 1,709 | <issue_start>username_0: Are there APIs or databases that allow to retrieve the works that a *book* cites. Eg. I give it an ISBN, and it returns all the works that it cites (*not* those it is cited by).
APIs or databases like Microsoft Academic Search usually only contain citations of journal articles and papers, but ... |
2018/06/17 | 345 | 1,492 | <issue_start>username_0: I have the possibility to organize a special track/session at a small computer science conference, however at the moment I'm in the last year of my PhD study.
The special session includes an introduction presentation (related to an editorial) by the organizer (me in this case), some accepted p... |
2018/06/17 | 612 | 2,637 | <issue_start>username_0: A month ago I applied for a postdoc in a renowned institute in my field. Through the process of evaluating the different candidates, an assessment was performed by other professors from the same institute but from a different team.
*An assessment here means a paragraph written by someone in t... |
2018/06/18 | 1,041 | 3,762 | <issue_start>username_0: The Austrian school system used to not have undergraduates. So when graduated from a high school, you just got in a Master's program for about 2 years and then PhD program for about 4 years. However, we called it "Master" and "PhD". So it means that "it is a PhD degree in Austria", but by Ameri... |
2018/06/18 | 1,364 | 5,792 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently deciding whether to take up a tenure-track faculty position. It's a good position (R1, top-50 department in USNWR ranking), but I'm not very excited about it. In particular, the location is not to my liking. So I would seek to move elsewhere if I took up the position. That is, I w... |
2018/06/18 | 1,501 | 6,220 | <issue_start>username_0: Earlier this year, I interviewed and received offers for two postdoc positions from competing universities, with one- and three-year contracts, respectively. The first is more related to my PhD, while the second is a bit distant but still in the general area of my discipline. I eventually accep... |
2018/06/18 | 250 | 1,065 | <issue_start>username_0: The answer contained 4 words, I wrote them in a large font size.
I erased them at the last minute, but it's still visible if you see it closely. Can lecturer accuse me of cheating in this case?<issue_comment>username_1: I suspect this will get closed, but you can be *accused* of anything. Due ... |
2018/06/18 | 772 | 3,303 | <issue_start>username_0: In some European countries, PhD programs are free. As I understand, PhD opening depends on the research funds of the supervisor. In other words, PhD research is funded by a national agency or EU.
Some countries offer the programs for free and an international student in the UK should pay about... |
2018/06/18 | 1,096 | 4,548 | <issue_start>username_0: The situation maybe a little bit unusual, and I am asking for your opinion.
I have taught an undergraduate course on differential geometry of curves and surfaces last Fall semester. One of the students in my class, whom I think is really bright, told me that he found the proof of a certain wel... |
2018/06/18 | 750 | 3,295 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a 4th year Ph.D. Student. After submitting my first paper 6 months ago, I have been continuing that research. I have a lot of new methods and results, and I am almost ready to start writing again.
How do I know if I should split my research into two papers or write a single comprehensive ... |
2018/06/18 | 364 | 1,674 | <issue_start>username_0: As far as I understand "accepted pending revisions" is not the same as "submission accepted".
What are some important things to keep in mind while revising the submission in order for it to be finally accepted? Which have been the most useful to you?<issue_comment>username_1: Following all rev... |
2018/06/18 | 5,138 | 21,004 | <issue_start>username_0: Imagine this scenario: you're in an exam. Somebody asks for your help to answer a question. You help them (whisper the answer, slip them a note, whatever). You get caught. You get punished.
That's fine. You're not allowed to help others cheat. You broke the rules. The university is liable to p... |
2018/06/18 | 2,899 | 11,951 | <issue_start>username_0: Imagine you are minding your own business when you receive an email from someone who claims to have discovered the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. He provides some "details" about his theory, then says he wants to meet you and / or arrange a time for a pho... |
2018/06/19 | 1,061 | 4,556 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a first year Master's student that works under the supervision of my thesis chair. At first, I was really excited to work with my chair because she is known as one of the nicest people & best profs in the department. However as time went on, those rose colored glasses have come off and I ha... |
2018/06/19 | 3,862 | 15,667 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a computer scientist at the point in my postdoc where I will have to decide soon whether to apply for faculty positions this fall or go to industry, in the US/Canada/UK/maybe Europe.1
But I've also recently come to the realization that spending half of my waking hours fervently wishing I h... |
2018/06/19 | 522 | 2,046 | <issue_start>username_0: My friend is soon to obtain her doctoral degree in applied physics and start postdoc. She is **provided by the department a chance to choose what to be displayed on the degree (between D.Eng. and Ph.D., but both in applied physics)**. She is actually doing purely theoretical physics although th... |
2018/06/19 | 1,280 | 4,885 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently a PhD student suffering from extreme anxiety after finding some mistakes in my scientific paper 7 months back. I've talked to my supervisor about it and he said that those were simple errors that would not affect my conclusions... Something that triggers for my anxiety is the fact... |
2018/06/19 | 1,932 | 8,308 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently a graduate student, and for a course I gathered hundreds of thousands of records (not confidential, but difficult to access if you don't already know about them and know who to talk to) and spent several months cleaning, combining, and organizing them into a usable dataset, upon ... |
2018/06/19 | 1,427 | 6,570 | <issue_start>username_0: For the first time, I had to review a revision of an academic paper (I have already reviewed several other papers, but they were all rejected after the first round). While the authors had clearly improved the paper (after the first round, major revisions were requested by the editor (and myself... |
2018/06/19 | 1,241 | 5,627 | <issue_start>username_0: A guest editor at a peer-reviewed academic journal solicited me to write a paper. I initially hesitated for lack of time. But the editor's invitation was courteous. So I sent an abstract, which was accepted by the editor.
I submitted the 6k-word paper a few weeks later, taking care to comply t... |
2018/06/19 | 1,453 | 6,321 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is based around a hypothetical, but realistic, scenario.
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> The situation revolves around a group-based course in which the main deliverable is a report. Every group member is responsible for the report. The report is graded as a whole and counts for the entire group but indivi... |