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2019/01/12 | 1,258 | 5,650 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently my research article has been reviewed after first round of revision and has been sent back to me by editor. In addition, editor has written in a very clear manner that a thorough response and revision will make my paper eligible for second round of revision otherwise it would be a wast... |
2019/01/12 | 1,179 | 5,158 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergraduate student in geophysics. I have read two types of papers in this field.
First, the field work papers that shows survey results using some particular methods.
Second, paper in which novel advanced mathematical concepts are used to solve geophysics problem. 95% of mathematic... |
2019/01/13 | 644 | 2,744 | <issue_start>username_0: I successfully defended my dissertation in November. Through the process, my chair (member A) was a terrific cheerleader. My second committee member (member B) was encouraging in a more specific,academic manner. At times, only because of Member B's feedback, I advanced in the dissertation proce... |
2019/01/13 | 1,700 | 6,804 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently in the first 4 months of my PHD in Physics, but I already did a 5 months internship before. I have some relationship+work problems with my phd advisor.
I am here to have feedback from other phd students or phd advisor to understand if what I am facing can indeed be a big proble... |
2019/01/13 | 1,024 | 4,489 | <issue_start>username_0: I have come up with a new mathematical method that has applications in a field outside mathematics. I have described the mathematics of it, and proved relevant theorems to show how it works. The sole importance of this method is its applications to field X.
If I go to mathematicians, they are ... |
2019/01/14 | 1,448 | 6,406 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently our paper was rejected in an journal.
Now, after two resubmissions a Reviewer was not satisfied and the editor sent it to an independent reviewer, who was satisfied with our previous revisions.
But now he asked a new set of comments and thereby the editor rejected it.
Our main obj... |
2019/01/14 | 188 | 864 | <issue_start>username_0: When a conference has a date for `Rebuttal`, does this mean they send the reviews to all submitted papers including accepted papers? Or is it just sent to borderline/rejected papers?<issue_comment>username_1: The answer will depend on the conference, but reviews are typically sent to all author... |
2019/01/14 | 631 | 2,703 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to reference a book chapter (I have the title for this). But the book's title is not yet confirmed and neither is the order of the chapters, or the size of the book (meaning page numbers are not gonna be fixed to the A4 manuscript).
How would I go about citing this?
I have the chap... |
2019/01/14 | 1,627 | 6,930 | <issue_start>username_0: Title is a pretty good TLDR.
I would like to get a PhD sometime in my life.
I have a stable job where I can work from home frequently. Unless something catastrophic happens, I should be receiving my BA in mathematics this summer.
I would like to continue my education. I know of many data sci... |
2019/01/14 | 2,280 | 9,618 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently accepted a paper review based on an abstract.
On seeing the paper, at least one of the authors has listed their address as being within an unrecognized annexed territory, like this:
>
> Author, X university, /annexed territory/, /annexing state/
>
>
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I am interested in the co... |
2019/01/14 | 2,470 | 9,992 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a BSc in Software Engineering, and I am now doing an MS in Software Engineering (taking more advanced courses and such).
Once I am done with my MS I would like to do a PhD in a software engineering related research topic, but I am not sure if I should get a job for a few years after my ... |
2019/01/14 | 588 | 2,329 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergraduate student and I am writing my CV which I am going to send to my professor for a position as a junior researcher. My questions are:
* How should I present my education (including the bachelor that I am going to finish in a year) ?
* I am currently doing my thesis which I am ... |
2019/01/15 | 1,195 | 5,120 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently shared a [video](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6474879610864619520/) on LinkedIn about a project I was involved in while working as a part-time Research Assistant. Besides this project, I have a number of other robots that might be commercialized.
Having... |
2019/01/15 | 1,190 | 5,229 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a third-year Ph.D. student in the Industrial Engineering department and my supervisor owns a company based on the technology which I initially intended to work on under his supervision. I am mostly interested in the technical aspects of his work, for example, modifying software and hardwar... |
2019/01/15 | 1,180 | 5,086 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a fourth year undergraduate student in a university in the U.S., and this is my last semester. I have already applied to graduate schools, and I'm currently awaiting responses. Since I have already finished all my requirements and am ready to graduate, I wanted to go part time this semester... |
2019/01/15 | 530 | 2,312 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently in the process of changing my advisor and hence looking for new prospective advisors at my university. I got interviewed by one and she asked If I was in touch with any other advisors. I told her what the truth was but what exactly is the reason for asking this question? What doe... |
2019/01/15 | 1,591 | 6,492 | <issue_start>username_0: A few days ago one of my former PhD students (in fact Dr. since I'm in Germany) contaced me and asked me, if there is any chance to finish their PhD thesis. The work was done at a different institution where I was active years ago and I was one of the two advisors.
A rough outline of the facts... |
2019/01/15 | 1,992 | 8,349 | <issue_start>username_0: The countdown to ending my studies has begun, with less than a year left to finish my PhD. I'm currently very confused about whether or not going for a post-doc, considering that I have recently found out that [physicists can do something outside academia](https://academia.stackexchange.com/que... |
2019/01/15 | 438 | 1,857 | <issue_start>username_0: My university requires me to write my Bachelor thesis in my mother language. How detrimental and devastating is it to have your Bachelor thesis in non-English when it comes to applying for PhD positions and language requirements in other countries?
My thesis is on p-adics and my wish is to pur... |
2019/01/15 | 613 | 2,230 | <issue_start>username_0: Will application deadlines for federally-funded fellowships and grants be extended, due to the ongoing government shutdown here in the States? Is there even anyone to contact (and get a response from) at this time, regarding application deadlines?<issue_comment>username_1: For the National Scie... |
2019/01/15 | 703 | 3,078 | <issue_start>username_0: Here is the scenario (hypothetical at the moment):
I have two papers on entirely unrelated topics, but are both presentable at the same conference. Paper 1 was funded through funding agency A, but paper 2 was not. The conference has multiple sessions covering a wide variety of topics. My fundi... |
2019/01/15 | 525 | 2,264 | <issue_start>username_0: I have earned a PhD last year in materials science (semiconductor processing). Now I find myself in a job where most of the work is managing other people. To mee it seems like most of my former colleagues at university share the same fate.
What are your experiences? Have some of you found a jo... |
2019/01/16 | 659 | 2,740 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a PhD student at a reputed institution and in my 4th year now. I'm researching in the domain of information security & privacy.
I've got a number of good conference publications (4 conferences) but not in top conferences.
I attempted for the top conference (S&P or ACM CCS - their workshops... |
2019/01/16 | 675 | 2,641 | <issue_start>username_0: Is the course site property of the university or the person engaging it such as a teacher, teaching assistant etc.,?
Is it proper etiquette to add **religious contents such as quotes from religious texts, images of gods** into scientific course pages in a secular institute?<issue_comment>user... |
2019/01/16 | 215 | 836 | <issue_start>username_0: When we write to any professor, we write Dear Professor X. If we write only Professor X, is it weird?
Professor X,
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Best Regards,
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2019/01/16 | 298 | 1,261 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for an Economics PhD and I need to submit a writing sample of 2,000 words. I am planning to take an extract from an article I published, but I am unsure about whether I should take the literature review or the empirical results + conclusion.
The upside of the literature review i... |
2019/01/16 | 5,784 | 23,824 | <issue_start>username_0: I graduated in December 2018 with a double degree in math and electrical engineering and have applied to various graduate schools in pure math and electrical engineering and have been offered admission to phd programs in pure math and electrical engineering.
During my undergraduate studies, I ... |
2019/01/16 | 5,825 | 24,197 | <issue_start>username_0: Would it be possible for researchers back-assign a DOI to an existing dataset they have rights to - where there is no permission to share it publically (privacy, organization proprietary, personnel to clean data...etc)?
This would at least allow tracking the same dataset usage across multiple... |
2019/01/16 | 5,549 | 22,882 | <issue_start>username_0: I am editing a thesis and the writer has quoted from many interviews with non-native English speakers. I'm wondering whether it is correct practice to leave the quotations as is, or perhaps use (sic), or to edit them in correct English? Thanks in advance.<issue_comment>username_1: Just a person... |
2019/01/16 | 919 | 3,614 | <issue_start>username_0: I´d like to know if the average salary for a PostDoc and a PhD student is sufficient for a middle income expectations in Denmark.
What I mean for middle income is for the two of us (1 PostDoc and 1 PhD) to rent a 1 bedroom flat, spend in public transport, go to the supermarket without worries a... |
2019/01/16 | 415 | 1,896 | <issue_start>username_0: I noticed a particular conference had a deadline in January, whereas a workshop collocated at the conference had a deadline in May. Does this mean the workshop is merely using the location of the workshop, but is a distinct event? [Example](http://www.fatml.org/schedule/2018/page/call-for-paper... |
2019/01/16 | 420 | 1,809 | <issue_start>username_0: I have reached the maximum paper length and already shortened everything as possible. I use 4 different github repositories, which I mention in my paper. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no room left to add a citation for each repository.
What options are there to solve this problem?
Would ... |
2019/01/16 | 2,346 | 9,724 | <issue_start>username_0: My employer is sponsoring most of the tuition and fees for my master's degree (in aerospace engineering), including required textbooks. Thus, it is unethical and against policy for me to sell those books once I'm done with the corresponding courses. Specifically, the policy is that **I cannot "... |
2019/01/17 | 1,775 | 7,118 | <issue_start>username_0: While taking a test a student is bound to make *some* mistakes but I make excessive errors. It's not that I get a question conceptually wrong. I'll make a mistake in reading it or in simple arithmetic calculations.
This issue is not a new occurrence it's been haunting me since middle school. ... |
2019/01/17 | 1,718 | 6,963 | <issue_start>username_0: I need a comprehensive introduction to how research journals work and conferences relevant to the point of view of a student, and as a researcher.
Although I have read many research papers, I think I still don't understand a lot of the basics. I googled my problem and maybe I am not searching ... |
2019/01/17 | 722 | 3,268 | <issue_start>username_0: I have reviewed several papers for a particular journal in the field of computer science. This journal has the practice of not informing reviewers about the final decision. As an example, I previously suggested a major revision and after a couple of weeks I received the revised paper, then I su... |
2019/01/17 | 689 | 3,139 | <issue_start>username_0: I made a contact with a proposed PhD supervisor( Professor), everything went well and she forwarded the email between her and the department Research committee secretary that I have been shortlisted for studentship and recommended for Fellowship, in the email she sent to me, I observed a remark... |
2019/01/17 | 2,976 | 12,628 | <issue_start>username_0: Background: At my current institution I haven't even officially started my PhD yet, meaning I am not even enlisted as a PhD student. I have my bachelor’s and master’s already, and this is in Germany so “thesis only”. I also have worked here for a while now during my master’s so I know the insti... |
2019/01/17 | 2,047 | 9,155 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm responsible for a large research project, with many members and some substantial funding for traveling to conferences. However, I'm now in a relationship with one of its members. How should I proceed regarding allocating funds to my significant other? I'm worried that I may be accused of be... |
2019/01/18 | 531 | 2,218 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a first time researcher and naively submitted to an OA predatory journal (on BEALL'S LIST) which requests a publishing fee. Having read the terms and conditions, there was no comment stating that I needed to pay if accepted for publication and did state that i retained copyrights to my wor... |
2019/01/18 | 549 | 1,900 | <issue_start>username_0: The way I'd like to cite papers in my work is 3 characters of the last name of the first author + year of publication without spaces, 'et al.' and comas.
I'd like to use Citavi, as it has convenient Word add-on, but I haven't found how to shorten last names there so far. After all, if it is ... |
2019/01/18 | 587 | 2,494 | <issue_start>username_0: I asked a professor for letters of recommendation for 7 universities. I was able to view his review for one particular university and it was extremely, unnecessarily negative.
When I confronted him, he denied submitting this review. However, on comparing the negative letter and the actual let... |
2019/01/18 | 448 | 2,020 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a researcher in computer science. I have seen few research papers in a journal called *Information Processing **Letters**,* which seems to cover a very broad subject area. I am not getting what distinguishes such a journal from other journals in the area of computer science. Why would some... |
2019/01/18 | 1,008 | 4,222 | <issue_start>username_0: So, during my bachelor years I was a bit of a hermit. I studied on my own, made little contact with my professors outside of the necessary academic/ social situations, and mostly passed on as that rather good student professors don't think much about.
Stupid, I know, but people skills is the w... |
2019/01/18 | 2,158 | 8,592 | <issue_start>username_0: As I work my way through my academic career (second-year PhD student), I am confronted with many stats and instances of gender bias in the publishing process (see references below). Of course for double-blind peer reviews, this is not an issue, but for others it may be. I’ve also seen stats tha... |
2019/01/18 | 1,009 | 4,344 | <issue_start>username_0: So I applied to several PhD programs at different schools of probably different levels of selectivity and prestige. From a few of these schools I have been admitted and in contact with certain professors there who are suggesting that I will receive full funding to go there. In one case, this fu... |
2019/01/18 | 453 | 1,857 | <issue_start>username_0: I am assigned to review a paper that has an extremely strange page layout (the pages are squares, single column with about 150 characters per line), making it very impractical to print or read. It is for a journal and was submitted via Manuscript Central.
I could of course read it on my screen ... |
2019/01/18 | 352 | 1,314 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in my second semester in a Post-Bachelors Doctorate of Nursing Practice program. The class is a graduate nursing informatics course. My instructor posted the following grading scale. My initial reaction is that it leaves little room to earn an A grade. Would it be appropriate or acceptable... |
2019/01/18 | 661 | 2,912 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been assisting with a project that my friend had come up with. I am doing the entirety of the analysis for it as they have zero research experience and are not able to do anything beyond conception of the idea.
They are not letting me submit it to a conference to present a small part of... |
2019/01/19 | 2,201 | 9,448 | <issue_start>username_0: Would authors of a paper be okay with fielding technical questions about the paper (implementation, theory, etc.) from a person in industry?
I see this as a moral grey area because an engineer in industry is in some way profiting off the work of a researcher without necessarily paying them for... |
2019/01/19 | 2,357 | 10,010 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently been a admitted to a top 20 math Phd program at one of the schools I really wanted (woohoo!). The reason I wanted this school is because I have been really into a certain research topic and, after a lot of "stalking" I found a professor at this department who's research interest... |
2019/01/19 | 340 | 1,290 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a young resercher from bangladesh. I have submitted a muniscript to SPGbiomed and the articale has been accepted. Now I have to pay the APC (article processing charge). Is there any grant who can provide the charge on behalf of the author?<issue_comment>username_1: Check with your professo... |
2019/01/19 | 738 | 3,133 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm now at the final (4th) year of completing my bachelor's degree in IT. Four years back I haven't had any idea about what I'm choosing and in my country there were no space related degrees, therefore I enrolled in an IT degree. But I always had the passion for space and now I really need to c... |
2019/01/19 | 1,210 | 5,205 | <issue_start>username_0: I just received my first offer to a Mathematics PhD program at a reasonably good US institution, where one of my recommenders is also working. He sent me an email saying he "hopes I can accept the offer quickly". I love working with him, and have told him his school is my top choice, which is t... |
2019/01/19 | 864 | 3,545 | <issue_start>username_0: This is my first year in graduate school. I am studying computer science. Our group has 2 faculty advisors and ~8 students (faculty are married). The group is established in a niche part of the subdiscipline of computer science that I study.
My advisor really wants our group to break out into ... |
2019/01/19 | 1,649 | 6,831 | <issue_start>username_0: I began my undergrad at an ivy league university but decided to transfer after one year. It wasn't that the classes were too hard; I went through a bit of a mental health crisis w/ depression, which contributed to a mediocre average (81, if I recall correctly). It doesn't help that I also slept... |
2019/01/19 | 541 | 2,357 | <issue_start>username_0: everyone—
A quick and vague question. I've applied to 9 English PhD programs this cycle at institutions that vary greatly in prestige. Only one of them, the least prestigious program, requires a brief video interview for "finalists" (about 15 minutes), in which the candidate discusses his/her ... |
2019/01/19 | 573 | 2,415 | <issue_start>username_0: Accidentally submitted to predatory journal (very naive and stupid first time researcher here) accepted with no evidence of peer review. Could not pay submission fee so they reduced cost substantially so I submitted an updated manuscript. Then realised it was predatory and they also have alread... |
2019/01/20 | 853 | 3,698 | <issue_start>username_0: I will be applying to PhD programs in statistics this upcoming fall and I have noticed that at many institutions, the professors in the statistics department also hold positions in other departments such as CS or EE. I know that professors do interdisciplinary research, so they get experience i... |
2019/01/20 | 1,233 | 5,331 | <issue_start>username_0: I’m a beginning PhD student in theoretical physics specializing in string theory. Unfortunately, my advisor doesn't have a good understanding of this subject; therefore, he provides me with very little guidance. The problem is that I have a very little understanding of how should I do research ... |
2019/01/20 | 919 | 3,928 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted my manuscript to a journal from 1 month ago in scholar one. The status changed to admin check to under review after one week. Now, it shows Awaiting Decision.
Does this mean that the paper has passed the editorial check and the external reviewer completed?<issue_comment>username_1... |
2019/01/20 | 875 | 3,416 | <issue_start>username_0: The Lab leader is putting a surveillance camera inside the lab to protect some precious devices bought recently. The viewpoint of the camera covers most of the lab and shows clearly the lab members 24h per day and 7 days a week. The camera is only accessed by the lab leader.
is it ethical to ... |
2019/01/20 | 1,071 | 4,972 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a reason to think an official from a university I previously applied to is potentially stalking me. His previous actions and attitude had made me uncomfortable. We live in the same town and at a talk I attended recently, he asked if I am a grad student at University X now (the school I c... |
2019/01/20 | 922 | 4,297 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an American citizen but I am doing my undegraduate studies in math/physics in France. I am looking for a way to get some research experience this summer. My ultimate goal is to return to the US for graduate studies in physics, and it appears that research experience is a de facto requireme... |
2019/01/20 | 969 | 3,681 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a question regarding filling out the FAFSA or not as a incoming PhD student.
What is the benefit of filling out the FAFSA if you are a(n) (incoming) PhD student? In the US (at least in physics), PhDs are (to the best of my knowledge) fully funded — full tuition waiver + a "decent" TA st... |
2019/01/20 | 2,037 | 8,703 | <issue_start>username_0: Some months back I got into a situation where a paper with information that I considered important to prove a point was in a language I cannot understand. Since it was important but not crucial, I ended up not using the paper. Except for its abstract, which was in English, the entire paper was ... |
2019/01/20 | 1,311 | 5,305 | <issue_start>username_0: **Two part question**
*Part I*
For a revised paper following a review by referees, to what extent is each of the following acceptable or unacceptable:
1. Use the exact sentence from a report without quotations or acknowledgement of the source?
2. Use a series of sentences (almost) verbatim f... |
2019/01/21 | 511 | 2,131 | <issue_start>username_0: Can an advisor suddenly say one day - "I have decided not to advise you anymore"?
Thanks!<issue_comment>username_1: Advisors can do this. (So can students.) I would ask for some reason (money, competence, personality, etc.) Not an interrogation or a debate (for now). Just listen, don't argue a... |
2019/01/21 | 685 | 2,591 | <issue_start>username_0: I had worked under a supervisor in 2015 and that year I asked a recommendation letter from him for a Ph.D. He wrote it very well. On 2016, I again asked him for one and he sent me again. Both of the times my application was unsuccessful. This year I had applied for a very prestigious scholarshi... |
2019/01/21 | 4,640 | 19,771 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently took an exam in my master's program where I missed just enough points to change my grade from A+ to A (in my country, these show up differently on a transcript). I intend on applying to some extremely competitive PhD programs (otherwise I would not be concerned with this grade differ... |
2019/01/21 | 789 | 3,443 | <issue_start>username_0: I have done a literature review, but every time I send my article to the journals I receive either major changes or a rejection because I have only searched in journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science (40). The journals say I have to search the databases. I am in the last year of my thesis... |
2019/01/21 | 738 | 2,798 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently the main author of a paper. The work was performed when I was working at university X. However, I will start at a new university Y in one month, and the conference I'm presenting the work at is in two months. So, while presenting the paper I will be working at university Y (but th... |
2019/01/21 | 762 | 3,160 | <issue_start>username_0: I meet with my PhD advisor quite irregularly so we arrange meetings on an ad-hoc basis depending on work progress, availability etc. Usually we communicate a bunch by email about the state of work.
I'm want to leave my course. I don't see how any minor changes to my work would change this deci... |
2019/01/21 | 1,037 | 4,368 | <issue_start>username_0: I was just catching up with a friend about the plunging temperatures in the towns that we live in, and they brought up that they actually have classes today, on Martin Luther King day, which is a national holiday.
Shouldn't colleges observe national holidays and give faculty, students and sta... |
2019/01/21 | 2,110 | 6,353 | <issue_start>username_0: In the US, "Assistant Professor" is a junior rank among permanent university faculty. Generally, Assistant Professors are independent researchers with more or less the same job responsibilities as more senior faculty (Associate Professors or Full Professors), but without the perks of tenure. Th... |
2019/01/21 | 1,091 | 4,587 | <issue_start>username_0: A paper was uploaded to Arxiv that is very similar to my research. I cited it in the related work section of the paper I am currently working on. I was planning on noting the shortcomings of this Arxiv paper when a few days later I found that it was rejected from the conference via [openreview]... |
2019/01/21 | 604 | 2,543 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a research proposal for a PhD, and I am referring to my earlier research, which is published in a scientific journal. Should I cite myself? It feels a little preposterous, but I can imagine it could be good to provide the full reference. I do provide it in my CV as well.
An additi... |
2019/01/22 | 555 | 2,405 | <issue_start>username_0: Now our marks came out and the average is 94 and he gave me 2 marks less than the average of the class. (This means that I have got the lowest grade in the class)
I am overthinking these days and getting a headache.
I really want to figure out what is his intention and why is he playing with m... |
2019/01/22 | 1,365 | 5,632 | <issue_start>username_0: I am reaching out to get a piece of friendly advice on the search process for a faculty job worldwide.
I was awarded a PhD in Pure Mathematics from a Russel Group university in July 2018. I started a postdoc during my PhD, and it is has been now one year and a month of my postdoc. I wrote the ... |
2019/01/22 | 686 | 2,792 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently working on finishing my PhD thesis. For about 3 years and 6 months of my study, I am suffering from the absence of my supervisors. She always travels for 6 months, sometimes two months without contact. My second supervisor takes only 20% as supervision.
Any help, please?<issue_... |
2019/01/22 | 3,416 | 14,229 | <issue_start>username_0: Some professors might have many papers and a high reputation, but aren't necessarily good at theory/maths/research hard skills. In a face to face or video interview, what will be the best strategy to interview/test a professor's maths/theory/research ability? It's of course usually the other wa... |
2019/01/22 | 1,709 | 7,254 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying for postdoc jobs right now (math). I was put on the short-list for one position and had an interview but the PI for that postdoc made the offer to someone else. I'm starting to get discouraged and wondering what I'm doing wrong. I showed my research statement to a few faculty membe... |
2019/01/22 | 517 | 2,174 | <issue_start>username_0: Generally, the "standard" path of further educational progression in the UK is:
Bachelor's -> Master's -> Doctorate.
However, I've been doing a BEng part-time whilst working full time and as part of my work I also have to do a significant amount of research and have written many academic-styl... |
2019/01/22 | 1,061 | 4,648 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it unethical if we cite a paper with mentioning the publication venue (e.g,. author, "paper title," journal name, year) when quoting or mentioning some idea from it, while we have not even seen the paper in its final published form and what we have read is indeed previous versions of it (e.g... |
2019/01/22 | 1,019 | 4,524 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently in the writing phase of my master thesis in a US-based university. Almost all of the feedback I am receiving from my advisor is either linguistic suggestions or just positive supportive kinda of a language. I am the primary investigator from my thesis.
How should I interpret th... |
2019/01/22 | 1,058 | 4,623 | <issue_start>username_0: My college (IIT) follows a relative grading system and each professor was given freedom in choosing how to grade the students.
As far as I know, Some professors give 5 students (less than 8 percent of the batch) the grade of S and others give A grade to 6-7 people in the class. I am looking fo... |
2019/01/23 | 4,250 | 18,261 | <issue_start>username_0: Example:
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> Q: Does Venus exhibit retrograde motion? (1 mark)
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> A: No. This is because Venus orbits the Sun and not the Earth.
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The first part is correct: Venus does not exhibit retrograde motion. But the explanation is incorrect: the reason Venus doesn't exhibit retrograde mo... |
2019/01/23 | 396 | 1,689 | <issue_start>username_0: This is in the U.S. I am a graduate student, and an undergraduate student who I mentored in an independent reading project has asked me to write her a letter of recommendation for an internship outside of the university.
For some context, I am the organizer of the program at my university thro... |
2019/01/23 | 866 | 3,478 | <issue_start>username_0: I finished my PhD degree last year. I had a bad experience with my adviser over the 4 years. He treated me like a technician. He used the data I collected and analyzed to publish with his post-doc in a top journal. They just put "personal communication" in the paper when they used my analytical... |
2019/01/23 | 1,822 | 7,465 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a second year PhD student in math. I recently feel miserable working with my current advisor so I am considering switching advisor or adding a second advisor.
A few problems I can think of at this moment which make me want another advisor include:
* He constantly forgets meeting. For ex... |
2019/01/23 | 1,141 | 4,668 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a newbie and have a question. First of all let me introduce myself and the situation in which I am going through.
I have just got my PhD from the Middle East Technical University (Turkey) from the department Political Science. I was also a research assistant between 2011-2018 during my m... |
2019/01/23 | 418 | 1,636 | <issue_start>username_0: This morning I received the email I've posted below, which says it comes from an "acquisitions editor."
1. What should I expect from a meeting if I agree to meet with the rep?
2. Is Kendall/Hunt a trustworthy company?
"Dear Professor Cruiser,
My name is [redacted] and I am an Acquisitio... |
2019/01/23 | 1,088 | 4,627 | <issue_start>username_0: Good afternoon,
I am a high school junior in the process of preparing a real analysis paper for submission to a mathematics journal. I have written my proof and conducted an exhaustive literature review and now I would like to take the next step towards finishing my paper but I am unclear as t... |
2019/01/23 | 858 | 3,917 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted my application for grad school with some professors as my potential supervisors. I have never contacted them prior to my submission.
Days ago I sent an email to one of them and asked him to take a look at my application and later he invited me to an interview. Interview went well b... |
2019/01/23 | 1,315 | 5,650 | <issue_start>username_0: As you may know, I was a first-year student and forced to leave and it was a long story, I have posted here. My question is: since I pledged myself to be honest and tell the truth, the interviewers when they hear that they are negatively affected. Recently, I have applied for a position and I w... |
2019/01/23 | 1,001 | 2,911 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there citation style that only cites it as (FirstAuthorLastName,year)
that can be downloaded as a .csl file and incorporated into mendeley/readcube.
However a simple nature style [1] is too short.
And I would like to see the author's name in the text.
Is there citation style that only cites... |
2019/01/24 | 392 | 1,692 | <issue_start>username_0: I feel a little unproductive in managing students as their advisor. I have both undergrads and graduate students, and especially with undergrads, it's hard to make them respect scheduled updates.
Right now, I am using online tools to track their progress (on GitHub), but communication is lacki... |
2019/01/24 | 581 | 2,607 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been working in commercial software development for quite a while for now, and I'm getting more and more disappointed in the way things are being done here as time passes.
So I was thinking to get back to academia, but the problem is that even though I hold master's degree, I have just a... |
2019/01/24 | 469 | 2,091 | <issue_start>username_0: I emailed a professor asking him to be my master's supervisor. He replied saying he is willing to meet me and asked me to send him my transcript. I have sent it and he has not replied yet after a week (he replied to my initial email a day after). I don’t have great grades so does this mean that... |
2019/01/24 | 541 | 2,204 | <issue_start>username_0: More clearly;
Is it possible to apply with a proposal like "I want to make international publications based on my PhD Thesis during my post-doc"
or
Does someone have to formulate an entirely new research question/proposal in the application?<issue_comment>username_1: >
> Is it possible to... |