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2019/02/04 | 572 | 2,435 | <issue_start>username_0: I found out that a collegue published about 5 years ago a paper in the proceedings of a conference about education in engineering (proceedings has ISBN, but publication has no DOI, in case that matters for this question). Then reworded the whole paper but kept literally the same references, sam... |
2019/02/04 | 2,089 | 8,702 | <issue_start>username_0: I hope to begin a PhD in the near future in a technical field. I feel that my strength is in being able to ask interesting questions / come up with a creative high level approach / make new connections between fields or ideas (several of my mentors have commented on this) and being extremely mo... |
2019/02/05 | 1,366 | 5,535 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I judge a professor's quality while choosing a PhD?
I have completed my Masters in Pure Mathematics.
I want to work in fields which involve Algebra,Functional Analysis,Complex Variables.
I also have my own funding to pursue my research.I have passed a qualification exam which will fund... |
2019/02/05 | 1,268 | 4,962 | <issue_start>username_0: Maybe it's because I'm a very shy person, but whenever I am in a big classroom setting (lecture), I am too afraid to raise my hand and ask questions or answer questions in class. It's really odd to me how some people can just do it so naturally. Recently, I've been trying to participate more in... |
2019/02/05 | 1,049 | 4,417 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a third year Physics & Mathematics student, and I want to work with a specific advisor. I have read almost all the related questions in this site and this [blog post](http://science-professor.blogspot.com/2011/10/writing-to-me-reprise.html). However, almost all of them suggest the student t... |
2019/02/05 | 1,299 | 5,758 | <issue_start>username_0: I am doing a PhD in molecular biology where we conduct research on human skin and skin diseases. Our group (EU based) has been in a discussion with another research group from the USA, where we can factually show that our methods are 'better' and cleaner than theirs. Nevertheless, they keep pub... |
2019/02/05 | 1,446 | 6,068 | <issue_start>username_0: Even though my advisor is reasonably friendly with me, it feels like he doesn't 'trust me' as much as he trusts the other grad student (let's call him X) in the lab. A few examples:
* I joined a lab a few weeks before X and we both worked on the same project until recently, and both made signi... |
2019/02/05 | 2,080 | 8,921 | <issue_start>username_0: I plan on leaving my current postdoc at the end of the first year to go to industry. My question is two fold:
Is 3 months a good length of notice to give?
When should I begin applying for positions in industry?
With regards to the first, there are already plenty of answers saying the more ... |
2019/02/05 | 984 | 3,992 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm seeking guidance here for a situation which is becoming unsustainable. As you can get from the title, I don't get along with my PhD (STEM) supervisor.
He never cared of my thesis, he doesn't even read my papers at all. All he does is charging me with his ideas that every time turn out to ... |
2019/02/05 | 476 | 2,089 | <issue_start>username_0: I saw on the internet that many degrees are revoked due to data falsification, but the question here is: how come colleges cant identify data falsification or manipulation before the degree is awarded? Do colleges have to wait for another person to report the misconduct and waste time and money... |
2019/02/05 | 619 | 2,615 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a ~5 page references section with citations added by various authors in varying formats. What's the easiest way to get them all into the same format?
The two options I see are to do it manually or use citation management software like Zotero. Doing it manually is feasible but tedious, p... |
2019/02/06 | 644 | 2,688 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently enrolled in a science research PhD study in Canada. I am co-supervised by 2 people in different fields. The problem is that I started my PhD ~1.5 years ago and was told that there was funding but there wasn’t; something didn’t work according to plan, I am not sure what happened. ... |
2019/02/06 | 955 | 3,920 | <issue_start>username_0: I started graduate course in a national research institute abroad (3 years ago). I just realized now this is my third year and every year we had different projects.
Main problem is that I am not having enough time to focus in one area to publish papers. Second problem is that I am not obtaini... |
2019/02/06 | 467 | 2,052 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a paper that I am working on . I found a special issue on the area I am working on.
My advisor told me special section have a good chance for acceptance.
What is good about special issue call for paper on journals ?
How many papers are usually accepted?<issue_comment>username_1: This ... |
2019/02/06 | 439 | 1,909 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently an undergraduate in mathematics and physics and graduate student in applied mathematics in the US. I am looking for a research position/internship for the summer (somewhere other than my current institution). Is it recommended to cold-call or send emails asking professors or rese... |
2019/02/06 | 1,724 | 7,421 | <issue_start>username_0: In websites such as publons, reviewers can declare that they reviewed papers for some journals. In addition, they are encouraged to upload the full text of their review.
On one hand, the review content might be useful for readers of the paper: it contains ideas and perspectivese that are ofte... |
2019/02/06 | 707 | 2,959 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently heard a few independent rumors about massive collusion amongst reviewers in major AI/ML conferences. The way this works is that a large group of program committee (PC) members start a chat group (on WhatsApp/Telegram etc.) and share their assigned papers; other members of the gr... |
2019/02/06 | 600 | 2,692 | <issue_start>username_0: I am interested in a tenure-track position at a university with 9 months hard money and 3 months soft money during the summer (by this I mean something between a liberal arts college and an R1 research institution). However, I'm concerned about my lack of teaching experience. I was a TA for som... |
2019/02/06 | 4,581 | 18,105 | <issue_start>username_0: I found that a Ph.D. student, recently graduated, plagiarized over a dozen passages from a book I based on my own Ph.D. dissertation of some years ago.
Their dissertation is on the Internet, which is how I became aware of the plagiarism. I am in the US, I should say, while the student’s univers... |
2019/02/06 | 1,896 | 8,126 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a starting graduate student in math. Without a doubt I'm not a genius or even that smart, and that creates a serious problem: I often lose my nerve while doing research or studying other people's paper. I feel that some of those people (if not most) are just too good and I crack under the p... |
2019/02/06 | 2,960 | 12,702 | <issue_start>username_0: I received an offer for five years of guaranteed PhD funding. However, various sources have been prognosticating another recession for sometime soon.
Between a science-hostile administration and a recession; I would be worried about funding to NSF and NIH.
Does a (university) department gua... |
2019/02/07 | 665 | 2,748 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently a first year graduate student in mathematics in the United States. After having completed my requirements for a master's degree, I'm considering moving to a different program, based on reasons I outlined in a previous [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/119543/... |
2019/02/07 | 1,398 | 5,710 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm passionate about getting a PhD in Math for a career as a research mathematician and then as an educator working at a community college.
I got A's in community college. I transferred to our local University and for my 1st semester got a 3.67 taking science courses and 300 level math courses... |
2019/02/07 | 703 | 2,991 | <issue_start>username_0: Someone copied my solution to an assignment without my knowledge, and now I'm accused of directly assisting them by allowing them to copy my work. I was given a formal written warning.
How do I prove that I did not give permission to anyone to copy my work?
I do not know the person. My lectur... |
2019/02/07 | 626 | 2,907 | <issue_start>username_0: According to the Global Library Statistics the United States consists of 3793 academic libraries with more than 7 million users. They are visiting their university library like other people the postal service. That means, the users love the library-industrial complex, profit from it and stay th... |
2019/02/07 | 1,174 | 4,839 | <issue_start>username_0: This is probably more of a request for an advice than a pinpoint question.
Nevertheless I'm interested in hearing the take of others on the topic.
*Background:*
I have graduated in Germany, 2 years ago, with an excellent master's grade (converting to GPA: 4.0)
in theoretical physics (c.f. [Al... |
2019/02/07 | 721 | 3,109 | <issue_start>username_0: I resubmitted a manuscript to a journal (listed in political science as well as in International Relations and Economics journal rankings). The editor's decision was minor revisions. The email says that after resubmitting, the final decision will be made by the editor's team asap (asap=as soon ... |
2019/02/07 | 1,208 | 5,014 | <issue_start>username_0: In a faculty interview, when asked about how to prepare for lab equipments and how to search for funding, how to answer, esp for postdocs having no experience in these things? This is spoken in a context of an engineering deparmtent whereas I do theory work only.<issue_comment>username_1: In ad... |
2019/02/07 | 1,232 | 5,081 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm highly interested in going to grad school in electromagnetics (eventually a Ph.D.) but for various reasons, most of which are my fault, and some aren't, I graduated with a horrible GPA. In short, my transcript sucks.
My initial attempt to get around this was that if that I do extra-curricu... |
2019/02/07 | 369 | 1,595 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently my paper got accepted in a journal. After that we submitted the final version with all corrections. Now I found an error in the way I calculated some type of numerical error. I don’t think correcting the numerical errors will change any of the conclusions of the paper.
What should I d... |
2019/02/07 | 1,187 | 4,630 | <issue_start>username_0: I was accepted to a PhD program, and the two professors I mentioned in my application have reached out to me to discuss research. Now I am wondering what is the best way to gather information on them. Is it considered odd to cold email a recently graduated student from the program? Or current s... |
2019/02/07 | 4,155 | 17,096 | <issue_start>username_0: Plagiarising the ideas of others is obviously a big deal. You are stealing the hard work of others and misleading your peers by pretending it is your original work.
But why is plagiarising words and paragraphs considered a big deal? I mean, isn't the point of academic effort to transmit ideas... |
2019/02/07 | 781 | 3,404 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm searching for postdoc positions in CS and sending my CV to here and there trying for different opportunities. However, I do not know how to present my under-review works. For instance, should I add them in my CV as under-review papers and mention the conferences to which I submitted?
Then,... |
2019/02/08 | 1,369 | 5,683 | <issue_start>username_0: At my current rate of taking classes I will be able to graduate from college with a B.S. in math from a top 50 US school in mathematics (according to U.S. news) in a total of 2 years with around 3.7-3.8 GPA. However, I am interested in pursuing a PhD within mathematics. If I do graduate within ... |
2019/02/08 | 1,159 | 4,983 | <issue_start>username_0: I am going to submit my journal paper in 2 weeks. Besides, there is a workshop whose deadline is in a couple of days. I am going to submit a brief version of my potential journal paper (12 pages) in this workshop (4 pages).
In the workshop website it's mentioned that "Please note the papers wi... |
2019/02/08 | 1,851 | 7,393 | <issue_start>username_0: Today in the lab we had a birthday, I had participated, but not so much as I feel anxious in crowded areas. I felt very shy and that's true, so I withdrew from the party after 15 minutes and wished everyone well.
Later, my PI informed me that he is extremely pissed off and did not like the fac... |
2019/02/08 | 1,456 | 6,434 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently had a paper rejected with 2 Accepts and 1 Reject from a CORE A\* conference. I did understand the risks of being rejected when I made the submission, the problem is that I got back some set of reviews that are not applicable (let alone constructive) to my work. The 2 Accepts qua... |
2019/02/08 | 807 | 3,355 | <issue_start>username_0: For someone who is doing his PhD in a US institute (STEM filed), how likely is it to be employed (as a post-doc for example) in another country (which is not my home country, in general) ?
For example, for a PhD student, it should be much more easier get a job in an environment that you know; ... |
2019/02/08 | 725 | 3,210 | <issue_start>username_0: My co-authors and I are preparing to submit a major project manuscript. Unfortunately, we have just learned that one of the persons involved in the project has committed major scientific ethical violations related to the project, but not directly impacting this paper.
The scale of the ethical ... |
2019/02/08 | 1,759 | 7,609 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to consider physics (theory) or math. I have two questions, but in general I would like to understand more about the following.
* If a researcher joins the faculty of a small (not top-research) university, will his/her administrative or teaching responsibilities be much greater th... |
2019/02/09 | 474 | 2,087 | <issue_start>username_0: What are common techniques to grade/mark assignments efficiently? Is it better to focus on one question and go through the pile or do them assignment after assignment? Or are there other techniques and tips people have?<issue_comment>username_1: When marking 150 plus exams, I go page by page so... |
2019/02/09 | 798 | 3,465 | <issue_start>username_0: I have spent 4.5 years on my PhD, writing my thesis, with just one average publication. I am 30yo with no work experience and don't want to go to industry. I have been looking at several postdoctoral positions and it seems every postdoc position needs representative papers showing proof for the... |
2019/02/09 | 4,079 | 17,233 | <issue_start>username_0: I am from Computer Science (CS) doing microscopy imaging applications, mainly in software side.
Recently we submitted a paper to *Scientific Reports* on a new algorithm. My own human blood cells (a few tiny drops of blood) were used in the experiments. The experiments are extremely trivial.
... |
2019/02/09 | 1,028 | 4,357 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking to one job opening for a Lecturer position in a university (mostly dedicated to teaching but expanding its research capabilities), which asks me to submit a "proposal of academic plan". The application is actually in Spanish, and the above is a literal translation of "*propuesta de... |
2019/02/09 | 516 | 2,194 | <issue_start>username_0: I graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering back in May. However, due to some extra credits I also have a general studies degree, the diploma for which simply states "Bachelor of Science" and nothing else.
For resumes and general discussion is it appropriate to say what subjects contribu... |
2019/02/09 | 672 | 2,925 | <issue_start>username_0: Two months ago, I submitted a paper to a journal. Within two weeks, editor in chief gave me: "Invitation to Revise". He himself read the manuscript and provides some comments.
I worked on his comments during the past two months. Today I finished the revision and submitted the revised version ... |
2019/02/10 | 1,690 | 6,704 | <issue_start>username_0: **TLDR: Professor apparently only takes at most one look at a student's answer to determine correctness, doesn't award full marks kind of unfairly (clarifications below), is offended by hearing the question in the title, and grade reviews end up taking up to 5 hours due to complications I try t... |
2019/02/10 | 5,332 | 22,451 | <issue_start>username_0: At best, the PhD thesis is read by:
* The author
* The examiners
* The supervisor
* The author's parents
* The author's roommate / spouse / fellow students in research group
Or less than 10 people in total. What, then, is the point of writing it? Writing a complete PhD thesis is a time-consum... |
2019/02/10 | 1,691 | 6,781 | <issue_start>username_0: 15 years ago I was young and dumb, now I'm not as young. No way around it, I did poor in college. My grades were abysmal and were part of a period of my life that has long since passed. I'm now at a point in my life where I'd love to go back to school and earn the degree I never did, but I've g... |
2019/02/10 | 420 | 1,875 | <issue_start>username_0: Some journals expect the Discussion to have the following structure and order (with some flexibility):
* summary of results
* strengths and weaknesses
* interpretation/context/comparison with previous studies
* implications
This makes sense: discuss the study strengths and limitations before ... |
2019/02/10 | 859 | 3,677 | <issue_start>username_0: There are two types of programs (maths - Turkey) that I can apply for MSc : With and without thesis. I agree that writing a thesis is a writing task to learn and important but I can also learn how to write when writing a paper.
But also I believe that writing a thesis (i.e. a book!) is very t... |
2019/02/10 | 909 | 4,158 | <issue_start>username_0: I saw some research papers still present in good and reputed journals even though they were proven wrong by other papers. The subject is cryptography.
If a paper is proven wrong, it does not contribute a valid result to the corresponding topic. What is the reason for keeping them intact, which... |
2019/02/10 | 1,680 | 6,958 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to know what my current grade in a particular class is. The professor says she refuses to tell us our grades. The syllabus mentions the same policy.
Is this normal? What should I do?<issue_comment>username_1: There may be an actual reason for the policy. In particular your professor may... |
2019/02/11 | 1,472 | 6,262 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently a computer science graduate student on a low stipend, and have started spending a few hours per week tutoring undergraduates to help make ends meet. I love teaching and want to be a help to students, but I also want to make sure that I don't personally cross any ethical boundaries... |
2019/02/11 | 1,735 | 7,221 | <issue_start>username_0: I, a graduate student, have started tutoring undergraduates in computer science at my university to help make ends meet. One student who inquired about my services turned me down upon hearing my rates and remarked (in writing) that they might as well just buy solutions to their projects on a pa... |
2019/02/11 | 463 | 2,054 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently a second-year computer-science student. However, I am interested in pursuing social science after I am done with my bachelor's degree. To be more specific, *I am interested in the fields of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Political Science*. To be able to do that, I have started pr... |
2019/02/11 | 803 | 3,275 | <issue_start>username_0: I am 5th year PhD, about to submit my thesis in few months and defend in around September this year. My computational materials science PhD thesis involved using a commercial software (ABAQUS) to model a machining problem. I had to come up with material models and write python codes to build ne... |
2019/02/11 | 577 | 2,524 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an undergraduate student in Turkey, and am planning to do my Phd in US/Canada/Europe.
I've taken various graduate courses from my departments - Physics and Mathematics - in following status:
I enrolled to course, but it status was NI (not included), which means I didn't take any credit f... |
2019/02/11 | 1,356 | 5,858 | <issue_start>username_0: To explain further, I have loved books for a very long time. I've always been interested in how they're made, and the possible "illnesses" that can befall books and how one goes about to "cure" them. I want to do it as a job, and the research I've done has lead me to learn that there's printing... |
2019/02/11 | 1,379 | 6,108 | <issue_start>username_0: A (master) thesis about the development and assessment of an algorithm has some limitations. The method chapter is organized as follows:
* Algorithm Description
* Simulated Scenarios
* Evaluation method
The algorithm itself is not optimal and potential flaws exist in some modules.
The simulat... |
2019/02/11 | 2,653 | 11,063 | <issue_start>username_0: **Summary**
I have recently submitted a paper to a fairly prestigious journal in my subfield of mathematics, along with a co-author. I am a junior author, but my co-author is well-established.
It's not the top journal in the subfield, but it is well-considered -- one wouldn't think "wow, amazi... |
2019/02/11 | 581 | 2,413 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying to a Master's program in "Mechatronics", in Germany. One of the program requirements is a ECTS credits form for some specific fields.
According to the university I'm applying (Tuhh) the workload indicates the time students typically need to complete all learning activities (such a... |
2019/02/11 | 1,862 | 7,894 | <issue_start>username_0: A student of mine has asked to take his final early because he is "going out of town." He has only just mentioned this to me and we are already halfway through the quarter.
I have spoken with some faculty in my department and one has suggested that if not taking the exam early would impose an ... |
2019/02/11 | 774 | 3,333 | <issue_start>username_0: Preferably from a professor's candid viewpoint. When writing graduate recommendations for an undergraduate, do professors write general recommendations describing why #insert name# is a great fit for graduate school or do they tailor each letter to the school. I know this can vary from professo... |
2019/02/11 | 1,064 | 4,478 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in the process of advisor searching for a PhD in mathematics.
I came across this site called Google Scholar which lists nearly all the publications of a professor.
I found that many professors don’t have any citations of their papers in the first three years
If at all, it is two or three c... |
2019/02/11 | 2,080 | 8,332 | <issue_start>username_0: TLDR: Got a PhD offer at top choice, all details checked out, and I want to accept now (much earlier than the April 15th deadline).
A colleague (at the professor level) I mentioned this to said I should wait as it could look 'too earnest' accepting roughly 10 days after notification.
Is ther... |
2019/02/11 | 2,356 | 9,137 | <issue_start>username_0: There are a lot of questions here on what predatory journals *are*, and how to tell if a journal *is* one or not.
Are there known cases where a journal has "switched" camps, or where substantial evidence has been presented that they have? That is, has it ever occurred where:
* A journal devel... |
2019/02/11 | 257 | 1,090 | <issue_start>username_0: Should one include a "Last updated on [DATE]" footer at the end of an academic CV? Why or why not?
(I would imagine that context matters. For example, perhaps it wouldn't be advised for a CV that I would submit as part of a job application, but perhaps it's worth including on the version of m... |
2019/02/11 | 2,212 | 9,291 | <issue_start>username_0: I have not yet seen anyone in academia put a copyright notice on their CV or resume. Why is this?
One might expect that even if the content is implicitly copyrighted, the layout/format/style of the document -- perhaps more so for a graphic designer -- is part of one's intellectual property.<i... |
2019/02/12 | 2,810 | 11,421 | <issue_start>username_0: I work as a senior academic in an important university in Europe. My name is in several publications in top journals in my field.
I have always published papers together with brilliant collaborators who really made the difference but they are not there any more.
I am working on a new paper a... |
2019/02/12 | 2,544 | 10,762 | <issue_start>username_0: I am considering developing a new journal, with an innovative publishing method, and would love to hear some insights. The main concept is to change the review process. I would like to have a extra fast review period, by doing two things:
1. All the reviewers should be still PhD student or po... |
2019/02/12 | 224 | 948 | <issue_start>username_0: I sent an article it's been almost 4 months, but still my article is in the same status "submissions being processed", that I have to do is what I contact the editor or I wait for their response, since I have heard when we send an e-mail to the editor, he sends the refusal directly, I wait for ... |
2019/02/12 | 467 | 1,957 | <issue_start>username_0: One of my papers got accepted yesterday. We had received conflicting opinions from the reviewers even after three rounds of revisions. We also had written a rebuttal directly to the Editor in response to one of the reviewers' comments in the last revision.
I never reply to an Editor after rece... |
2019/02/12 | 772 | 3,174 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted a research paper to a reputed journal (open access). Later, after getting the first reviews, most of the authors are refusing to pay the publication fees even though we all previously decided to contribute.
I sent a wave-off request to the journal by explaining the money problem. ... |
2019/02/12 | 666 | 2,791 | <issue_start>username_0: Academics commonly get invitations to conferences. Some of these are legitimate, but many are simply scams or bogus. How can you tell at a glance which is which?<issue_comment>username_1: The fastest way possible is to use a policy of "don't call me, I'll call you" with venues (conferences, jou... |
2019/02/12 | 1,824 | 6,666 | <issue_start>username_0: In academic life you need to publish papers. Some journals publish papers merely based on peer review; they don't ask for money. For some other journals, you have to pay certain amount of money for your paper to be reviewed and published.
What are this second kind of journals called? I have h... |
2019/02/13 | 621 | 2,488 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm writing a historical work about a German philosopher, in which I use some of his unpublished notes.
One quotation contains an almost untranslatable, hardly intelligible expression - it's not essential to the point I'm making with the citation (which is perfectly clear), but by cutting it ... |
2019/02/13 | 1,291 | 5,235 | <issue_start>username_0: I have finally found my true *calling*. I want to work on autonomous underwater vehicles trying to solve different problems from research to oil and gas industry.
The problem is that I am having issues finding the PhD positions for this:
* If I search for marine sciences, I usually end up r... |
2019/02/12 | 782 | 2,962 | <issue_start>username_0: I've noticed in some papers (CS) that even if the authors define acronyms in the abstract, they restate them once again in the rest of the paper. It is like "what happens in the abstract stays in the abstract"!
So, I was wondering if there is a rule regarding the above?<issue_comment>username_... |
2019/02/13 | 1,019 | 4,486 | <issue_start>username_0: I am considering applying for a research prize that is apparently given out as one award per year, up to a certain amount of money. Applications are accepted all-year-round (there is no deadline).
I don't really understand this model of research funding: if a funding body gives one such award ... |
2019/02/13 | 373 | 1,624 | <issue_start>username_0: I applied to grad schools this year. I haven’t heard from some of them but the one I was admitted to I was invited to come and visit. My understanding is that this is relatively common, but I would like a better sense of how common.
I want to visit the school I choose before I make a decision... |
2019/02/13 | 1,053 | 4,192 | <issue_start>username_0: I was rejected from all of my top choice schools and am still waiting to hear back from my other schools. The top two being Southern Methodist University and Baylor University. Honestly, I feel horrid about myself and know that my GRE Subject (Math) exam was terrible, but know that everything e... |
2019/02/13 | 662 | 2,865 | <issue_start>username_0: This year I am applying to an big university's summer camp this year, and I am not really aware of how US Universities handle this situation. I am a Mexican "medical intern", I call myself like that because I know no better term to describe my degree, which would be literally translated as "In-... |
2019/02/14 | 507 | 2,195 | <issue_start>username_0: I am thinking to apply to a graduate program in computer science (Research Masters or PhD), but I am not sure how often universities accept applications.
For example I know the University of Toronto does so each December (so only once a year). But I wonder if other places (anywhere in NA or Eu... |
2019/02/14 | 655 | 2,693 | <issue_start>username_0: In your opinion, which is more important when deciding where to do a PhD?
Choosing a top-tier university with a brilliant professor who is an excellent mentor or choosing a decidedly average university with a professor who you do not know the quality of their mentorship, but the subject matter... |
2019/02/14 | 680 | 2,818 | <issue_start>username_0: Lately I have been applying to many universities for a position on a master's program, therefore I contaced many people asking them questions regardings these programs. What troubles me is the following:
When I recieve an answer, am I supposed to answer saying "Thank you" or something like tha... |
2019/02/14 | 725 | 3,117 | <issue_start>username_0: I worked on a project as a graduate student in a research group in order to complete the credit points (20 ECTS Germany) required for my Master's degree. I was not employed on a contract i.e. not paid for the work because it was for completing the credit points for my Master's degree. Now I wan... |
2019/02/14 | 1,672 | 7,387 | <issue_start>username_0: I just graduated with BS from undergrad and am employed as a research associate staff by a research team at the university.
I would like to ask for suggestions about how to obtain research funding for my independent project. Most of the funding opportunities are only available for registered ... |
2019/02/14 | 1,344 | 5,735 | <issue_start>username_0: A while back, I submitted a paper to a mathematics journal. Since then, I have managed to prove an additional result that I think would improve the paper. If the paper gets rejected, I plan to incorporate the result into the paper and submit again elsewhere. If the journal accepts the paper and... |
2019/02/15 | 1,144 | 4,932 | <issue_start>username_0: The answer, in theory, is trivial -- add them if you think they contributed -- but there are some nuances...
1) This person (who left about 4 months ago) was a more senior researcher (not Prof. title, in fact below the Prof.) who was in charge of managing a small research group that I'm part o... |
2019/02/15 | 708 | 2,962 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying to MS/MA programs and my first due date is tomorrow. All my matierals were submitted 2 weeks in advance,however, my final letter writer hasn’t submitted his LOR. My other two have both been submitted but I am worry they will not carry as much weight as they are coming from directo... |
2019/02/15 | 993 | 4,406 | <issue_start>username_0: I have submitted my first paper in a very top conference, but the paper was accepted in the poster section instead. I am ok with that, as the reviews were very helpful.
However, is it interesting to travel (it is far from my workplace) to do a poster presentation? I have never done such a pres... |
2019/02/15 | 510 | 2,228 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm interested in going to grad school in Canada. I'm a foreigner but I can relatively easily obtain my PR as I satisfy all requirements.
Admission-wise, would applying to grad school as an international student give me any leverage? Considering that the tuition fees would be far higher and C... |
2019/02/15 | 285 | 1,252 | <issue_start>username_0: If I already asked a professor to serve on my dissertation committee but I now longer want him on my committee for various reasons, how can I politely tell him this through email? I just don't know how to say this in a polite and not at all prideful way.<issue_comment>username_1: Just tell him ... |
2019/02/15 | 673 | 2,686 | <issue_start>username_0: Long story short. I was look for some undergraduate level research for this July and August, so I contacted a professor like a month ago. Things went very well, and two weeks ago I even had a Skype conversation with one of their PhDs, from which I can tell that they are preparing to include me ... |
2019/02/15 | 1,234 | 5,249 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a computer science Ph.D. student. I have written a couple of research papers and some of them are under review. I have started becoming fearless from some time as my past experience has told me that with time and with hard work every research problem is solvable to some extent (make someth... |
2019/02/15 | 1,398 | 5,597 | <issue_start>username_0: It has recently come to my attention that a renowned scholar in my field whose academic journals have been highly influential in my area of research has recently been charged with child pornography. Is it possible to separate the scholar from their work? And will my thesis research, in turn, be... |
2019/02/15 | 500 | 2,113 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a master's student in Applied Math with two undergraduate degrees in physics and math. There is a professor who is coming to my university to give a talk on his research, and I read his abstract for the presentation as well as part of his most recent publication and I really would like to ... |
2019/02/16 | 460 | 1,844 | <issue_start>username_0: I have hit a wall. I will receive a D in a math course (my major), C- but doubtful. D is passing according to university. It would drop my gpa from 3.6 to 3.3. Two more courses after this to take, so a lower gpa might follow. Does gpa matter when applying for jobs in the math/science field? Let... |
2019/02/16 | 663 | 2,678 | <issue_start>username_0: My paper was accepted to be published as a chapter in a SPRINGER book after it was presented at an IEEE-sponsored conference and gaining a high score form their peer-reviewers. The editor of the book series (also the chairman of the conference) invited me to submit an extended version of the pa... |