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2018/11/28 | 816 | 3,182 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently in the process of trying to publish a mathematics paper. A draft of this paper had been posted on arxiv, which contained an interesting conjecture.
In the intervening time, this conjecture has been refuted by another group of authors. I am not sure how I should edit my paper to ... |
2018/11/29 | 514 | 1,610 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a paper that has say 100 references. I'd like to use a lot of them as references to a paper I'm writing, but it seems pretty laborious to go on each and everyone of them, search in google scholar and get the bibtex info.
Is there a tool available that given a paper\pdf\book etc, harvest... |
2018/11/29 | 768 | 3,138 | <issue_start>username_0: I have seen similar posts to this one, but none of which answer my specific questions. The google scholar help documentation states:
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> Documents larger than 5MB, such as books and long dissertations, should be uploaded to Google Book Search; Google Scholar automatically includes scholarly w... |
2018/11/29 | 3,720 | 15,170 | <issue_start>username_0: I was kicked out of a programming-oriented PhD program at the end of last summer because I failed one of two qualifying exams; the department is keeping me on assistantship for a semester while I finish a master's thesis (which I've done).
Now over the past few months, I have developed a stron... |
2018/11/29 | 305 | 1,323 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying to several places for Masters in pure mathematics in the month of December.
I submitted a paper in a math journal and received its review. The reviewer mentions and I quote "I recommend
this article for publication". However, he has suggested to make some changes and upload a rev... |
2018/11/29 | 708 | 3,039 | <issue_start>username_0: Whereas I normally paraphrase information when I use a source for my literature review, I occasionally insert quotes (not to emphasize the information within the quote). All the reviews I've looked at so far tend to use quotations as little as possible. My question is whether it is discouraged ... |
2018/11/29 | 1,090 | 4,817 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been invited to review a manuscript for a peer-reviewed journal. Actually, this is my first invitation and I am a bit confused whether I should accept or decline. The subject is in the field of experimental physics which is quite different from my research field which is computational ph... |
2018/11/29 | 3,593 | 15,909 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a postdoc and have dedicated the past five years to working on a big project spanning several groups and countries.
My and my supervisor’s contribution was to interpret their results in light of our knowledge in my field.
For me, the project was an “aside” project, i.e. I have done volunte... |
2018/11/29 | 669 | 2,848 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is related to [this one](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1897/can-i-reuse-part-of-a-paper-for-my-thesis). Only this time it's not about a journal paper but a chapter in a text book.
I am first author of the chapter in the text book that was published by a renowned pu... |
2018/11/30 | 1,084 | 4,496 | <issue_start>username_0: As an international student, I found hard to integrate well with other classmates. I only have two relatively close friends in my class. When my classmate asked me to send my code to him, I did not reject him as I was afraid of losing this friend. Now, I feel extremely regret as I am facing an ... |
2018/11/30 | 1,495 | 6,369 | <issue_start>username_0: I am attending a course at a neighboring institute purely out of interest. Neither credits, nor grading of any kind are involved.
As part of the course, we are required to work in pairs (assigned, not chosen) and write an essay on a controversial/contentious topic. My partner and I find oursel... |
2018/11/30 | 1,264 | 5,482 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for an institute and would like to upload my manuscript for a paper which is under peer review onto the Supplemental materials section. The manuscript contains the watermark "For Peer Review Only." Can I upload this version?<issue_comment>username_1: This is an unusual situation, ... |
2018/11/30 | 1,296 | 5,080 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is a splinter of [an earlier question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/120839/writing-homework-essay-anonymously-to-avoid-controversy?noredirect=1#comment320039_120839), posted separately upon advice from commenters.
The background is:
(1) I audited a course at an ... |
2018/11/30 | 1,843 | 7,872 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm almost at the end of my Ph.D., writing down the thesis and having the disputation.
Well, my Ph.D. took me about 5 years. My main background is Engineering, but I changed my research domain to Computer Science during my master study.
So, my supervisor had a mindset at the beginning that I'... |
2018/11/30 | 448 | 1,946 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently it happened to me twice that I had a paper which was under review for more than one year (first round) and that all inquiries about the status of the paper went unanswered by the handling editors. Both cases were reputable mathematics journals but not among the very top journals (not t... |
2018/11/30 | 813 | 3,446 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for a scholarship (women in graduate studies). It asks whether I have received any academic honors and prizes. I received a couple of master's awards from my supervisor's grant and a graduate scholarship. Do those count as an academic honor or not?
And in another part, it asks wh... |
2018/11/30 | 5,130 | 21,666 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in an large, entry level course targeted at engineers. A few weeks ago, I was reading for another class while my professor covered material I was familiar with, and she marked me down as absent for at least one and maybe two classes. She has a strict attendance policy so that she gives a 5... |
2018/11/30 | 424 | 1,556 | <issue_start>username_0: For a conference paper, I created an image compiling data from multiple sources. What is the correct format for acknowledging the sources?
Map showing road condition (Data source: Esri, OpenStreetMap) or,
Map showing road condition (Data source**s**: Esri, OpenStreetMap)
In most of the liter... |
2018/12/01 | 881 | 3,722 | <issue_start>username_0: One of my professors gave me a recommendation letter for my master's degree application however I just noticed that she wrote the specific program that I'm applying to from a different university that I want to apply as well. Is it alright to just change that data? She send it on a pdf file, an... |
2018/12/01 | 1,046 | 4,212 | <issue_start>username_0: At the start of the semester, I was driven, powered, a little unfocused (my phone kept distracting me from studying.) But I kept pushing on and on.
But I made costly mistakes along the way.
-I insisted on reading the book for EVERYTHING.
Because of this, I would have to study into the day of ... |
2018/12/02 | 617 | 2,799 | <issue_start>username_0: I've seen some review papers use images from other articles under the 'adapted from [ref]' description while most others use the standard 'reproduced with permission from [ref]'. Does the former not require asking for permissions from the original publisher? If I redraw images myself, is it suf... |
2018/12/02 | 2,242 | 9,064 | <issue_start>username_0: The institute I am studying at has added the following requirement recently:
>
> A PhD scholar must publish two papers in his/her corresponding field
> in SCI journals.
>
>
>
This means that a student cannot get PhD without two SCI rated papers. To the best of my knowledge, novelty is a ... |
2018/12/02 | 1,797 | 7,415 | <issue_start>username_0: I am the course lecturer of an undergraduate course.
For a recent assignment, I had written the assignment deadline as 23 November 2018 (Saturday). Unfortunately, 23 November is actually a **Friday**, and not a **Saturday**.
I received an email from a student asking for me to excuse his/her as... |
2018/12/02 | 503 | 2,123 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying to a university for a PhD position because my girlfriend is a PhD student there. Our affair is quite serious and it is almost surely going to convert into a marriage. We might even get engaged in 2019.
I have been in touch with professors from this university. Moreover, I am usin... |
2018/12/02 | 396 | 1,663 | <issue_start>username_0: Most of the US graduate programs I'm applying to require official transcripts sent in a sealed envelope from the issuing university itself and not by the candidate. I visited my registrar office and they are willing to provide sealed envelopes containing official transcripts to me but they do n... |
2018/12/02 | 1,749 | 7,683 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to explain the particular situation in my university, and advice for how should I act (or at least how my mental status should be).
Traditionally, the management positions in my university (dean of the science school, head of studies, director of PhD program, etc) has been taken by eith... |
2018/12/02 | 987 | 4,285 | <issue_start>username_0: I am starting my PhD in Statistics soon and while I will try not to burn myself out, I still want to publish as much as possible while I am in my PhD program.
What are some useful tips that allows PhD students to produce many publications of good quality throughout the duration of the PhD? I h... |
2018/12/02 | 2,146 | 9,052 | <issue_start>username_0: I've done my Master's degree in Computational Mathematics. Then, because of several reasons, I decided to pursue my Ph.D. in the field of Quantum Chemistry.
The problem is, obviously, my lack of knowledge in this area. I'm studying, but even in my second year there are still many things I don'... |
2018/12/03 | 2,171 | 8,443 | <issue_start>username_0: While I was browsing faculty websites, I came across this [page](https://iblagouchine.perso.centrale-marseille.fr/teaching.php) (new link: <http://www.pdmi.ras.ru/~iaroslav/teaching.php?screen_check=done&Width=360&Height=640>). Near the bottom there is a section called *Top 6 Most Stupid Questi... |
2018/12/03 | 905 | 3,948 | <issue_start>username_0: I received a 4/6 (59%) for my GRE analytical writing score. I would have scored higher had it not been for the fact that I type on an alternate keyboard layout (i.e. not QWERTY) and had to use QWERTY to type the essays. Before taking the test, I looked into getting approved to use my alternate ... |
2018/12/03 | 305 | 1,141 | <issue_start>username_0: For example, in the same fashion that medical professionals might do research on cancer, does there exist comparable positions in philosophy where one "researches," say, Free Will Determinism?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, for example Oxford's [philosophy faculty](https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.... |
2018/12/03 | 905 | 3,513 | <issue_start>username_0: My PhD supervisor wanted me to talk about how my research was "validated" by another student in my Viva Voce, despite my results speaking for themselves. This part of my findings had not even been questioned by my examiners.
The student in question had never worked with me in any way. Nor have... |
2018/12/03 | 1,171 | 4,680 | <issue_start>username_0: From the answers to [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/120918/35909) question. We can clearly know that novelty is a basic requirement for a PhD degree.
Now, consider the following statements:
1) Is Goldbach conjecture true?
2) Is P = NP?
etc.,
All the questions have a lot of at... |
2018/12/03 | 1,049 | 4,573 | <issue_start>username_0: Currently I'm writing a thesis in Computer Science for which I need to introduce and compare several open source tools that are available for performing a certain type of testing ([mutation testing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_testing)) on some piece of code.
To reduce the number of... |
2018/12/04 | 2,646 | 11,038 | <issue_start>username_0: I have seen a shrinking trend in the number of students coming to my classes and suspect that it's due to the large number of digital tools that are available to students.
What techniques can I employ to encourage students to attend class and stay engaged through a class or lecture?<issue_comm... |
2018/12/04 | 668 | 2,885 | <issue_start>username_0: I am about to make a submission to a computer science conference which adopts a double-blind policy. The submission is through EasyChair portal. My questions are as follows:
1. Should I remove all authors' names in the manuscript before submitting?
2. Since this is a computer science conferenc... |
2018/12/04 | 446 | 1,783 | <issue_start>username_0: When one already has a PhD from a university outside of Europe, could he apply for a second PhD in Austria?
I know that second PhD is not possible for example in UK. Is it the same for Austria? Is there anything against it?<issue_comment>username_1: Assuming that "apply for a PhD" means that y... |
2018/12/04 | 888 | 3,890 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an upper-division physics student. I have finals coming up next week and I want to take the advice of one of my professors from several years ago: write your own exams for practice and give them to peers. It'll help the test writer to review topics and your peers to have practice questions.... |
2018/12/04 | 365 | 1,380 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an Erasmus student and I've had pleasure to meet a really great teacher who taught me more than anyone before. I would like to show my appreciation and thank her, but I'm leaving a week before the end of the course - and the grades release.
I want to be polite, appreciative and show my resp... |
2018/12/04 | 2,190 | 9,234 | <issue_start>username_0: I am doing my PostDoc with a reputable professor, who achieved a lot in our research area. I really learnt a lot of things from him, but the problem is that I am uncomfortable with his supervision.
He is kind of person who wants to show that they are open and accept different opinion but when... |
2018/12/05 | 323 | 1,480 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a schematic diagram that I created and have used in a published peer-reviewed conference paper. It is not part of the method or the results for the paper, just an explanatory diagram giving context, explaining teh terminology used in the text. I want to use the same diagram in a journal ... |
2018/12/05 | 2,053 | 9,252 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently started teaching activities in an American institution.
I have had a couple of students asking for extensions for problem sets / project deadlines for medical or family reasons, which is obviously acceptable. More unexpectedly, other students asked for extensions because they also ... |
2018/12/05 | 691 | 2,669 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just started my master in Canada and I just passed one course so far and it was with my supervisor.
could I ask my supervisor to fill out a strong reference letter for me for a scholarship? or should I find another professor?
Please note that I am receiving some funding from my supervisor... |
2018/12/05 | 891 | 3,558 | <issue_start>username_0: I met with a potential supervisor and initially he was nice and helpful. Although he tried to make me alter my thesis, something I wasn’t keen on because I love and breath the topic. He told me to go and read more. I have done enough reading about the topic and it’s time to set the topic then r... |
2018/12/05 | 439 | 1,834 | <issue_start>username_0: This is not a question about how to insert images at the top, but rather asking whether or not this is common practice.
The template I've received from my university automatically inserts figures at the top of a page if no other flags are given using `\begin{figure}[t]` as default.
Personally... |
2018/12/05 | 411 | 1,780 | <issue_start>username_0: My advisor suggested including a simple plot in my physics PhD personal statements for US universities in order to make the essay more interesting and give a bit more detail about a research problem I am working on right now. On one hand I agree that this would probably make the essay more inte... |
2018/12/05 | 1,855 | 7,914 | <issue_start>username_0: I have received an excellent job offer from institution A. I have also applied to institution B, which I would likely prefer over A if I had the choice. I believe I have a shot at getting an offer from B, but it is far from sure, and they will only start making offers well after I have to give ... |
2018/12/06 | 1,339 | 5,994 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a PhD student at my fifth semester in the US. From the beginning of my PhD program, I didn't have sponsored graduate research assistantship from NSF or NIH. I was just on my PhD adviser's startup grant for two semesters and after that I got a job in another department of our university. Rig... |
2018/12/06 | 1,458 | 6,326 | <issue_start>username_0: *I'm asking out of curiosity / because I think the answer may be of general interest:*
**A bit of context:** When I applied to PhD programs, I had degrees from two institutions. One (let's call it "A") is more selective and trains students a little more in depth than the other (which we'll cal... |
2018/12/06 | 554 | 2,411 | <issue_start>username_0: I have withdrawn my paper after it was accepted for financial reasons.
Can I resubmit it to the same journal ?<issue_comment>username_1: That depends entirely on the journal itself. If the submission process is automated, you could just try and see what happens. But you could, and probably sh... |
2018/12/06 | 5,300 | 20,420 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently sent some e-mails to potential supervisors asking information for a PhD with them, I obtained no answers. I share my doubts and then copy the standard mail I sent.
1. I sent it to 5 different professors in different universities, is the sample too small to expect some answers? I kn... |
2018/12/06 | 305 | 1,294 | <issue_start>username_0: Is someone who is currently pursuing his Integrated Master's course/ Dual Degree course (or any other 5-year degree course) considered to be a graduate student or an undergraduate student?<issue_comment>username_1: In terms of the literal meaning of the word, you're an undergraduate until you g... |
2018/12/06 | 822 | 3,457 | <issue_start>username_0: I am 3rd year Phd student. So far I have been doing systems research in top US university. I realized that I want to do theory (in particular machine learning (ML) theory), but unfortunately I do not have any publications in that area. I do not have good math background, I never majored in math... |
2018/12/06 | 3,923 | 16,229 | <issue_start>username_0: I wrote my PhD thesis a few years back. After I finished, my supervisor found another researcher and continued research with the apparatus I built, but along a different line of study. I met this student a few times and gave them advice and help when I could. They always had a hard copy of my t... |
2018/12/06 | 3,708 | 15,237 | <issue_start>username_0: On my grad school applications for an American Statistics MS, the application asks for the Professor title. I've always referred to my professors with the "Professor" title, but I'm wondering if title on a grad school application is concerning their official position / ranking in the department... |
2018/12/06 | 823 | 3,475 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for PhD this Fall. Came across one of my referees today, had a great conversation and then he asked if I had a plan B if I would not be admitted. Does it mean he thinks I'm not good enough?<issue_comment>username_1: Don't overthink this. It sounds like he's just showing a friendly... |
2018/12/06 | 949 | 4,052 | <issue_start>username_0: I got into a delicate situation with my supervisor (and the director of the institute -- they are very close friends) and I will not have a chance to get my Ph.D. at the institute, at least not under conditions that I find acceptable.
My thesis will be finished soon; I wouldn't like to lose y... |
2018/12/07 | 1,595 | 6,740 | <issue_start>username_0: Next week I'm scheduled to graduate from a major university. One of the required courses that I've taken over the past semester is an independent research study with a single professor.
Throughout this process I've mostly worked on my own, however, with the semester nearing its conclusion, I ... |
2018/12/07 | 793 | 3,475 | <issue_start>username_0: In my country it is very common for courses to consist of two types of classes: lectures primarily focus on theoretical aspects of a topic and then after each lecture comes a corresponding “practice” class which covers practical aspects of the material from the preceding lecture, such as how to... |
2018/12/07 | 797 | 3,333 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying for master's degree in mathematics (pure math) at Canadian universities.
I already found two professors to write academic letters for me, but it's hard to find the third one who can write a strong letter.
All schools mentioned on their websites that they require 3 letters with at... |
2018/12/07 | 2,109 | 7,846 | <issue_start>username_0: I am presently writing an article about a certain class of discrete probability distributions, and I want to mention that the distribution is relatively obscure compared to other common distributions. As an indicator of its relative obscurity, I would like to mention the fact that this class of... |
2018/12/07 | 2,211 | 9,588 | <issue_start>username_0: I am the project manager of a small team of five undergraduate developers who have been working for months on a large system for our Senior Capstone project. Four members of the team, including myself, have put in an extensive amount of work on this project. The remaining member failed to contr... |
2018/12/07 | 425 | 1,819 | <issue_start>username_0: I plan to make Master Thesis with the topic around Energy Storage System and PV, unfortunately the suitable Professor in electric power system does not have time to be my advisor.
I will use Matlab as modelling tools. Should I go find the professor with expertise in Matlab and Math Modelling i... |
2018/12/07 | 488 | 2,007 | <issue_start>username_0: If in a footnote I write something like, "For more on the debate, see... so and so"
Does that work I referenced in the footnote go on the bibliography page even if I did not reference this work directly in the essay?<issue_comment>username_1: You did reference it, it is in the document, so of... |
2018/12/07 | 2,471 | 10,798 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a homework assignment where I require students to create a set of pivot charts in Microsoft Excel. I know that I can reduce cheating by changing datasets or chart specifications around, but because of the complexity of the assignments and my practical constraints in not being able to mar... |
2018/12/07 | 3,125 | 12,323 | <issue_start>username_0: The only official statement for Nintendo is their [legal terms page](https://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp), which prohibits anyone using downloaded ROM files.
Scenario -
* If someone plays a downloaded ROM file (any ROM file will serve the purpose) on the FCEUX emulator on PC. The ROM file... |
2018/12/07 | 5,430 | 22,660 | <issue_start>username_0: I have worked on a problem for close to two years. I feel I have an adequate theoretical solution. However I feel to get some backing on the theory I need some quantitative hard computer data. It is only a few days work of programming. Would it be ethically wrong to recruit an undergrad for a f... |
2018/12/07 | 1,030 | 4,356 | <issue_start>username_0: As a post-graduate student at a renowned university, I am supposed to make an assignment (see attached images) which is obviously inspired on [this](https://scikit-learn.org/stable/auto_examples/manifold/plot_lle_digits.html#sphx-glr-auto-examples-manifold-plot-lle-digits-py) licensed scikit tu... |
2018/12/07 | 1,203 | 5,043 | <issue_start>username_0: Six months after my PhD graduation, I submitted a paper to an SCI journal as a sole author. Apparently, my PhD supervisor is the technical editor for this journal. He wasn't pleased that I submitted a sole-author paper without informing him.
I formulated the idea and wrote everything from scra... |
2018/12/07 | 236 | 1,067 | <issue_start>username_0: I have published an academic monograph in Spanish based on my dissertation with a university press in Spain. I have reworked the book since then and translated it into English, would it be dishonest to try to get it published in English (I would of course mention that the book originally appear... |
2018/12/08 | 819 | 3,523 | <issue_start>username_0: I generate detailed notes throughout the school year to help out the students. Most of these notes are in the range of 30 - 50 pages.
I wonder if I should attempt to copyright my notes to ensure that it is not copied without attributing me as the creator.
If so, how can I go about doing this... |
2018/12/08 | 708 | 3,154 | <issue_start>username_0: As an international graduate applicant, I'd contacted professor that I am interested to work in his research. He replied that I should apply to school first and if I get admission, then contact him? Is he aware that I want to join as an graduate assistant? What does he really mean?<issue_commen... |
2018/12/08 | 1,101 | 4,593 | <issue_start>username_0: On Workplace Stack Exchange, one answer to the question
<https://workplace.stackexchange.com/questions/124329/bullying-group-work>
says "Speak to your personal tutor. Immediately."
I remember to have seen the word "personal tutor" also here on Academia Stack Exchange. (As I do not remember havi... |
2018/12/08 | 676 | 3,103 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for PhD positions in computer science. I have been fortunate to get the opportunity to research under some really good professors (specifically, one who has a high h-index, another who is the academic director of a large scientific institution). While these professors are respecte... |
2018/12/09 | 915 | 3,726 | <issue_start>username_0: It seems to me, based on two previous stack exchange questions ([1](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/38175/solution-manual-and-copyright), [2](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/87125/posting-solutions-to-textbook-problems-online)) that this is legal, but I'm wondering mor... |
2018/12/09 | 1,779 | 7,578 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently a Master's student and planning to apply for PhD. Now, I have directly worked with two professors for research projects. Unfortunately, those two are the only professors I have taken more than one course with too. With no other professor I had two or more classes so they do not k... |
2018/12/09 | 416 | 1,779 | <issue_start>username_0: There are two terms in my thesis that I'm using throughout the entire work. They have been added to the glossary for that reason. However, by the time I got to chapter 4 or so I've stopped writing them as PDF hyperlinks (so that they can jump to the corresponding entry in the glossary) because ... |
2018/12/09 | 479 | 1,671 | <issue_start>username_0: May you please tell me what is the difference between
>
> Visiting Lecturer
>
>
>
and
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> Lecturer
>
>
>
Can Visiting Lecturer be considered an affiliation or academic staff, for Ph.D holders?<issue_comment>username_1: It surely depends on the circumstances.
Perhaps in some case... |
2018/12/10 | 541 | 2,176 | <issue_start>username_0: After the report was sent in, the status of my manuscript in the tracking system of Physical Review Letters indicated a *query to referee.*
What does this mean?
The editor explained further information is needed from the referee.
This is basically what *query to referee* means.
But I am wonder... |
2018/12/10 | 676 | 2,455 | <issue_start>username_0: * The first year is when the data was collected: 2013
* The second year is when the paper was written: 2015
* The third year is when the paper was published: 2017
"In total, 121 women and 61 men completed the experiment over the course of several months across 2013." is where I am getting the ... |
2018/12/10 | 2,182 | 8,401 | <issue_start>username_0: The F32 pays for my salary, and my benefits. This is going to be more than 58,500 dollars that my boss saves per year, for the next 3 years. That is a lot of money.
I think it is only right that I ask my boss for more money on top. She has 1 large non federal grant. And since she is relatively... |
2018/12/10 | 1,214 | 4,857 | <issue_start>username_0: Thing is, dude was happy with my work in a research course with him over the summer. I had a small portion left to complete the project which I offered to volunteer to do. He immediately ordered the supplies I needed to conduct this last portion of research, and that was 2 months ago :(. I sort... |
2018/12/10 | 445 | 1,876 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm reviewing the paper **X** related to the topic **Y** for a conference which is single-blind (in Computer Science). Also, I'm about to submit a paper to a different conference related to the same topic (single-blind).
In fact, I noticed the paper **X** is a good recent work in the literatu... |
2018/12/10 | 344 | 1,439 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying to a PhD program. I contacted one professor and told him that I would like to join in his research team. He replied to me as below. Was this a positive response? How could I reply to this email?
>
> "Good luck with the PhD applications! Happy to talk with you if you come to XXX (... |
2018/12/10 | 2,065 | 8,803 | <issue_start>username_0: The dean of our school/program teaches a class and has put in the syllabus that if a student gets below a 75% in her class it is an F and the student will be eliminated from the program. She doesn't round up either so a 74.99% is a 74%, and a D is not a grade she offers; it's an A, B, C or F.
... |
2018/12/10 | 2,179 | 9,192 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a sociology undegrad working on an essay for a methods class. I'm also planning on submitting it as a sample for my application to grad school. I don't want to be too specific, but I believe that this work is quite original and my hypothesis would confirm previous literature, and all in all... |
2018/12/10 | 1,050 | 3,683 | <issue_start>username_0: We are publishing articles that use several different datasets acquired from user (clinicians, physicians and radiologists) analysis through interaction to our healthcare systems [1, 2, 3]. We would like to share them so that other researchers can use the same data for post-process analysis and... |
2018/12/10 | 2,552 | 11,291 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any point to making a complaint against my PhD supervisors?
I was never going to ask my supervisors for references but was wondering about other repercussions.
I was planning to complain informally to the graduate office and say I had terrible supervision that I wouldn't wish on any... |
2018/12/10 | 362 | 1,560 | <issue_start>username_0: Cheers, I am writing a thesis using secondary data and need to report on the sampling methods used to collect the data. Am I allowed to verbatim state what is listed in the study documentation? It is fairly complex and thus paraphrasing it changes the meaning.<issue_comment>username_1: It isn't... |
2018/12/11 | 891 | 3,762 | <issue_start>username_0: Alice and Bob both go to a conference. Alice gives a great talk, and most people understood it. Bob gives a much more technical talk filled with jargon which almost everyone failed to understand. Do people walk out of the talk thinking Alice must've done something simple while Bob did something... |
2018/12/11 | 967 | 4,443 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying to PhD program. I'm my 4th year out of undergrad, I have a masters and am currently midway through my 3rd year at a research org. At this stage, can I get rid of stuff (like summer internships, clubs, etc.) from undergrad on my CV that I submit as part of my application? I guess I ... |
2018/12/11 | 1,426 | 6,010 | <issue_start>username_0: My friend is completing her PhD comprehensive test and is going to start research.
Her supervisor is emphasising the importance of self-learning. He is saying that "I will provide the necessary resources, books, etc., I am not going to teach you anything, it is your responsibility to complete ... |
2018/12/11 | 841 | 3,721 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently published an article (written in English) in a Finnish scientific magazine (for outreach mostly). This magazine reaches only a few thousand people in Finland. Most of the articles are not made available online and, those that are, are so behind a subscription paywall. It is thus... |
2018/12/11 | 963 | 4,246 | <issue_start>username_0: I read a scientific paper, which is accompanied by a code library published by the authors. I couldn't find anything about its license.
Could I just reuse the code?
Is there a default license for code libraries that accompany scientific research papers? or a standard way to find out the lice... |
2018/12/11 | 312 | 1,323 | <issue_start>username_0: I´m looking for a database of granted and declined scientific funding proposals. The applications should contain an identifier of the subject as well as the semantic components of the application and be available for download. The area of applications does not matter.
I have already found the w... |
2018/12/11 | 1,447 | 6,423 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student, and my supervisors have a "different approach" for doing research. They do not dig into the literature to find a gap and then do research on that. Instead, they just do some surveys and then hand the data over to their students, who go through it in order to find an interest... |
2018/12/11 | 1,209 | 5,162 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student and I wrote a paper in the social sciences. The contribution of my paper is that it's the first non-North American analysis on the subject.
There is a working paper I found online from a doctoral student in another university, whose research is semi-similar to mine, and who... |
2018/12/11 | 677 | 3,106 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose there are several journals with the same impact factor.
Is it better to submit my papers to one of them or each time I finished a manuscript it is better to submit to an equally good journal that I have not published in yet.
I am early in my career and I already published two papers in... |
2018/12/11 | 3,864 | 15,581 | <issue_start>username_0: Yesterday, a colleague from my school's history department brought me a student's final project from her history class. The assigned project was to produce a "creative" project dealing with a historical figure/event covered in the time period of the class (20th century United States). One stude... |
2018/12/11 | 598 | 2,570 | <issue_start>username_0: I am wondering if having much knowledge in other (seemingly not directly related) branches of mathematics is helpful to a mathematician in his own research. Say there are two algebraic topologists A and B. A also has some knowledge in PDE (say he knows the basics of graduate level PDE well and ... |