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2020/07/24 | 953 | 4,053 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a student of a M.Sc. in Economics.
For reasons that are really beyond my control, a week ago I was asked to write a one-page draft of my Master's thesis topic, so that I can be assigned to a supervisor. The draft must be handed in by July 31st. This notification came out of the blue for m... |
2020/07/24 | 942 | 3,351 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering what paygrade (Stufe) I am likely to get for a position advertized as TVL-13 (100%), knowing that I have a 3-year PhD experience from a EU (non-German) university.
The postition's title is Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter in German but Research Engineer in English. Also, if we con... |
2020/07/24 | 829 | 3,579 | <issue_start>username_0: So I was working with someone from a different University on a project and I have started to become very concerned about their mental and physical well-being.
The messages which they sent me a day before came across as paranoid, saying that he believed that one of his colleagues had hacked his... |
2020/07/25 | 436 | 1,569 | <issue_start>username_0: CVPR doesn't add workshop "short papers" into the proceedings, but they have uploaded all of it onto a github.io repo.
How do I cite this when it's not in proceedings?<issue_comment>username_1: If your paper is already into Google Scholar, it id easy, anyway, eventually, it will (if not yet). ... |
2020/07/25 | 528 | 2,225 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking to apply to grad school once my wife finishes her PhD next year. She has a post-doc lined up in Canada and I'm thinking during that time would be a great time for me to finally start mine (PhD).
My issue is that I do not have any research experience and I'm about 4 years into indus... |
2020/07/26 | 408 | 1,739 | <issue_start>username_0: I know that it is not compulsory to taking classes during the PhD (in Germany). But if I want to take some classes in subjects that I missed during my master program, is it possible to take some classes 2-3 in the related field that my PhD is in?
I want both take the exam and follow the course... |
2020/07/26 | 881 | 3,691 | <issue_start>username_0: I started my own research (sub) group in a STEM field some months ago at an EU university (bachelor/master/PhD system). Every student has to do a bachelor's thesis (6 weeks), research internships (total of 6 weeks), and a master's thesis (6 months). Since I believe that introducing students to ... |
2020/07/26 | 1,444 | 6,118 | <issue_start>username_0: I am doing a postdoc with a principal investigator (PI) at an American university. Research is going great, with three publications in one year.
But the PI has serious issues. I would say he is a psychopath. I would have probably laughed in the past if someone would have used this description,... |
2020/07/26 | 598 | 2,684 | <issue_start>username_0: I have published my thesis to an international conference but it was not anything reputed. However, I do not have access to lab now. I have been asked to be a part of a **review-paper** writing team and a **book-chapter** writing team. I am not sure which will have greater impact during my admi... |
2020/07/26 | 1,576 | 6,648 | <issue_start>username_0: Forgive my complete newbieness, but I truly don't to know the answer to this question.
If you decide to write a scientific paper for possible publication in a conference/journal (in engineering, for instance), you'd obviously need to choose a subject that adds something new to the status quo, ... |
2020/07/26 | 153 | 691 | <issue_start>username_0: Generally speaking, are the papers submitted to a conference (Scientific conference, say) that took place in region/country X reviewed by peer-reviewers in region/country X?<issue_comment>username_1: No, the reviewers could easily be from other countries and may, or even may not, be attending t... |
2020/07/26 | 1,976 | 7,838 | <issue_start>username_0: I was a grader for my university couple of years ago. I'm also a PhD student. Out of the five semesters I graded..I got a "not fit for rehire" 3 times.
I was not responsive, didn't cater to the needs of the students properly, and occasionally would lose assignments submitted to me. I could not... |
2020/07/27 | 1,994 | 8,515 | <issue_start>username_0: (context: undergrad/integrated masters student in a math-related field, planning on a PhD in a CS-related field)
In Asia (at least in India and Singapore), students are generally expected to personally know (and ideally have worked with) their to-be supervisors before starting their PhD.
So i... |
2020/07/27 | 941 | 4,063 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an Electrical Engineer, working in industry but planning on returning to school in a few years to get my PhD and pursue academia. I was recently offered an opportunity to be a tutor for high school calculus students, and am curious how beneficial that would be for me in applying to grad sch... |
2020/07/27 | 507 | 2,116 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in the last year of my tenure clock and will be submitting my tenure package this Fall. However, I will not be able to teach on campus this Fall partly due to COVID-19 disruption (school closing means I will have to stay home with my children). If teaching on campus is required (not yet fi... |
2020/07/27 | 755 | 3,396 | <issue_start>username_0: I am interested in applying to some applied math graduate programs but I have some deficiencies in a few math courses. However, I have reached out to a potential supervisor and our conversations are going well. So my question is, if a prospective supervisor wants to take on a particular student... |
2020/07/27 | 2,171 | 9,363 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a grad student in Italy, for context. My professor wrote some lecture notes about a course I just finished. They are not well written, not because the professor isn't good but because he wrote them in a rush since he wanted to give us some material for the period of Coronavirus, so he wrote... |
2020/07/27 | 3,832 | 17,084 | <issue_start>username_0: Traditionally assignments handed in on paper need to be handed in at the same time due to time constraints on the instructor, to prevent plagiarism, to maintain pace since most of the teaching happens through physical lectures and if someone is behind they will miss out etc.
Since a massive ch... |
2020/07/28 | 2,668 | 11,314 | <issue_start>username_0: First of all, let me admit something from the beginning; I don't understand *exactly* what is meant by networking in an academic setting.
I am a new Master's student in a country where I never studied before (Germany). Until now, as an undergrad, I have done several internships, worked within ... |
2020/07/28 | 4,755 | 20,283 | <issue_start>username_0: I received a fund that I can use explicitly for paying graduate (master's and doctoral) students for research. These students already receive a stipend from the university, but most advisors who can afford it pay them a supplement. My colleagues just pay a fixed amount per month. However, I am ... |
2020/07/28 | 934 | 3,932 | <issue_start>username_0: I feel really bad asking for my co-authors, who are also my dissertation committee, to provide edits on my paper so quickly, but it looks like it needs to be done.
I submitted a paper to a journal a few months ago. They got back to me a month later with "major revisions" recommended. I got a l... |
2020/07/28 | 1,382 | 6,030 | <issue_start>username_0: I‘ve been told (by a PI who is a co-author of the paper) that I cannot submit a jointly authored paper to any journal in my field except Frontiers because anything else is “politically incorrect” or “too slow”.
We have a new method developed with a colleague in a different (more quantitative) ... |
2020/07/28 | 862 | 3,375 | <issue_start>username_0: There are multiple cases of movie or TV show students who are attending an exam and are too late to turn in, but then ask the teacher "do you know who I am" at their desk. Then when the teacher says "I have no idea", they mix in their exam with the pile of completed exams and then walk away. 2 ... |
2020/07/28 | 1,216 | 5,171 | <issue_start>username_0: I found a potential wrong application of machine learning validation methods in one paper recently published in Nature Energy, which is the best energy journal (>50 impact factors). The authors used k-fold cross validation over a forecasting model on gasoline demand under COVID-19 with Google m... |
2020/07/29 | 732 | 3,290 | <issue_start>username_0: I am faculty in a technical field, and I started exploring a new research direction that I could work on in the coming years.
I have not worked yet on this particular topic I am exploring, but after reading a bunch of papers, I have a solid grasp of the state of the art and research opportuniti... |
2020/07/29 | 1,138 | 5,153 | <issue_start>username_0: Shouldn’t the algorithmic problem statements and their editorials designed for online international programming contests, which are published on well known coding platforms like Codeforces, Codechef, Topcoder etc. be considered as worthy of publications in academia?
Before publishing the probl... |
2020/07/29 | 926 | 3,362 | <issue_start>username_0: Many PDFs of old papers are only an image of text. Other papers have been converted with [optical character recognition (OCR)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_character_recognition). By OCR'ed, I mean the text is electronically typeset, and so there are no artifacts from the scanner and g... |
2020/07/29 | 844 | 3,645 | <issue_start>username_0: I am about to start a research career in physics. I am trying to read plenty of research papers. Is/are there a smart way/ways (a software or something else) to keep track of the papers I have already read, partially read, wish to read, my favourites and so on? I am sorry to ask such a dumb que... |
2020/07/29 | 1,670 | 7,044 | <issue_start>username_0: You might think the title is a bit of an exaggeration, however this is exactly what has happened.
Note: No, I can't find my answer on How to React to Incorrect Claims by Reviewers? as it addresses the rebuttals/revisions but my question is about what to do after the final decision. (no rebutta... |
2020/07/29 | 739 | 3,436 | <issue_start>username_0: This bugs me a bit. I understand that technically the advisor or supervisor relationship may be a bit different from the more senior-level collaborations, but I can't help but think when I see people say "thanks to my supervisors/advisors for their help with this project" (i.e. on Twitter press... |
2020/07/30 | 416 | 1,848 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm joining a grad school for a research-oriented Masters in CS in Germany, early next year. There's a professor whose research interests me, but I certainly don't know enough currently to contribute to his group. His group regularly offers HiWi (tutor/research assistantship) positions and I'd ... |
2020/07/30 | 366 | 1,571 | <issue_start>username_0: During lockdown I found some books/articles online for my thesis. Am I allowed to quote them or is it unprofessional? Should I find a paper edition and quote that instead?<issue_comment>username_1: You want to reference reliable material - whether physical or virtual. If you read an article onl... |
2020/07/30 | 1,020 | 4,335 | <issue_start>username_0: A bit of background: I just completed my MA at a large Canadian university, and I will be starting my PhD in Sociology in the fall (at the same large Canadian university). Over the course of my 2-year MA, I worked as a teaching assistant (TA) both years, and also held 6 different research assis... |
2020/07/30 | 1,515 | 6,203 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a first year PhD student, and since starting, I’ve had worsening mental health problems which I have tried to deal with to no avail. I ended up failing quite a few things in the second term earlier this year and am on a very very fine ledge with the exam board.
One of the biggest factors ... |
2020/07/31 | 6,433 | 26,837 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an Indian student and studying in the USA away from home and family.
I am writing my master's thesis in a private University and we were two weeks away to submit the final version to the committee and I was about to start my PhD in a public state university. I was working in math and prove... |
2020/07/31 | 1,274 | 5,442 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm from the humanities, where research grants etc. are scarce. Also, training to deal with research grants and external funding is nearly non-existent in my field.
I'm curious as to how graduate students in more external money-heavy areas like engineering or medicine (or maybe even computer s... |
2020/07/31 | 672 | 2,871 | <issue_start>username_0: I uploaded an article to arXiv which has been published in The Astrophysical Journal after referee suggested edits and final proof. How do I cross ref the arXiv version with the DOI of the published version? Do I just cross-ref the DOI of published version with the older version in arXiv or do ... |
2020/07/31 | 479 | 1,800 | <issue_start>username_0: Is Diplom-Mathematiker equivalent to M.Sc?<issue_comment>username_1: *(Note: The answer is primarily referring to the question in the title, which is not quite the same as the one in the text.)*
No. Why would you think so?
Diplom-XXX is a title which is, mostly, not awarded any more. Th... |
2020/07/31 | 507 | 2,229 | <issue_start>username_0: This came up in a paper recently submitted and commented on by the tutor. The paper relied on, and separately referenced, multiple separately authored essays in a single volume ("edited by...") on a single subject.
A comment returned was "... perhaps too much reliance on a single source (thoug... |
2020/08/01 | 1,046 | 4,525 | <issue_start>username_0: I will be applying for grad school soon and have drafted a few informal enquiry emails. When would be the best time to send out informal enquiry emails to potential supervisors? Would it be advisable to send them out as soon as the programme starts to accept applications or even earlier than th... |
2020/08/01 | 310 | 1,427 | <issue_start>username_0: I have written a paper with some interesting results. However, I would like to add one or two sentences that draw the attention of the reader to the fact that the results also depend on the instruments used for the experiment. I would like to point out, that if the equipment were more advanced,... |
2020/08/01 | 532 | 2,322 | <issue_start>username_0: **Question description so that anyone can evaluate and answer accordingly**
Since last many years, I have self-studied a subject that is Theoretical Physics - Cosmology, Time and Space. I have never got the opportunity to study this at University level so I self-published a book on the theory ... |
2020/08/01 | 2,922 | 12,848 | <issue_start>username_0: I went to university to study a degree which has computer software and hardware elements to it. I didn't do badly in my normal modules at all, I never got below a 2:1 grade in any module, and some of them I got to over 80% percentage wise. Now, I don't feel like I come from a terribly good home... |
2020/08/02 | 514 | 2,141 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an undergraduate student pursuing B.Tech IT from India. I'm entering my final year. While going through requirements for a job in the AI field online, I could see most of the big competitors ask for either a Master's degree or experience of 2 to 5 years in the AI field.
I thought having a ... |
2020/08/02 | 933 | 3,954 | <issue_start>username_0: I sometimes receive review requests that says the authors have recommended me, and I know them in person but I have no COI, so I do my best to objectively evaluate their paper. Also, I do suspect some labs might be recommending me as I always end up reviewing their papers (or maybe the editor t... |
2020/08/02 | 890 | 3,821 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently I watched a series of video talks that greatly helped me understand a topic I am researching. I wanted to help the author create more such videos by making a Patreon donation. This made me wonder whether such donation can be done using money from a research grant? I looked at guideline... |
2020/08/02 | 412 | 1,761 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I move forward after working with a toxic academic supervisor who ruined my all job opportunities by giving negative referrals, when my next job is asking referee report from him?
If anyone has gone through a similar experience and survived, would love to hear how you survived.<issue_co... |
2020/08/03 | 2,992 | 10,303 | <issue_start>username_0: Perhaps it is a sign of paranoia that I even ask, but is there a chance that the private college I got my BA from back in the 1980s would revoke my degree if I were to publicly complain about its political stances?
Unfortunately, I have never donated significantly to the college, so my views d... |
2020/08/03 | 819 | 3,548 | <issue_start>username_0: I wrote a 20+ page postdoc grant last year and was rejected, but decided to revise and re-apply with the same collaborators. I am probably *days* away from it being ready to re-submit, with slightly better odds this time around. In total it's gone through maybe 4-5 months of work with multiple ... |
2020/08/03 | 366 | 1,312 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm writing my master thesis and I've created an initialism that has the letter *S* repeated three times in a row (the initialism is OSSSP and stands for *Optimization Search Space Scope Parameters*). In my opinion, the constant repetition of letters in initialisms, abbreviations, and acronyms ... |
2020/08/03 | 2,131 | 8,699 | <issue_start>username_0: I graduated with a bachelor’s in the humanities last year. I would have preferred to continue studying, but I don’t have the money, and I have found very few opportunities for full funding where I live (in the EU). I’m originally from the States.
I work in IT, and given how the wages are at pr... |
2020/08/03 | 672 | 2,993 | <issue_start>username_0: Assume that I have a math problem, I want to find results, theorems (as much as I could find, in maximum number) relevant to the problem, how can I do that **efficiently**?
For example, one way could be to look for the latest survey paper related problem, but I have seen that survey paper does... |
2020/08/04 | 683 | 2,832 | <issue_start>username_0: If you are in academia, you might have noticed that your contact information is being sold, sometimes you collaborate with a person with a very specific research line and background and get an invitation to review, submit to this journal you never heard of despite not working on these topics - ... |
2020/08/04 | 2,713 | 11,983 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a student working on a doctoral thesis. We're working on a paper for which I've done most of the coding for the statistical analysis (the field is microbio/bioinformatics). I'm new to coding and the whole thing is more of an add on to my "real" career, which is medicine. Therefore, my style... |
2020/08/04 | 4,195 | 17,689 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently finished an undergraduate program and obtained an engineer’s degree. I am working as a software engineer at an automotive company and I can only imagine myself having a career in “production”, meaning working for a private company for a while and eventually starting a company of my o... |
2020/08/04 | 1,541 | 6,513 | <issue_start>username_0: I found few professors having supervised more than 200 masters theses 'each' in the past 14-15 years. When looked at these theses, I found that out of 200 theses supervised by a professor, more than 100 works were based on the same idea:
1. theory is same
2. method of analysis is same
3. resul... |
2020/08/05 | 946 | 3,973 | <issue_start>username_0: My university had a quite strange rule that set an upper limit 78 on the average grades for each course. To be more specific, even if you're the number one student in your school, your GPA will still be lower than many other applicants who are applying for grad schools.
My question is **"Shoul... |
2020/08/05 | 451 | 1,844 | <issue_start>username_0: Firstly, I am aware of [this](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/65717/can-i-still-try-to-publish-my-work-if-my-algorithms-results-are-not-as-good-as) question, but: 1) there is no accepted answer there and 2) my situation is not as good as the OP's in that question.
Being new to res... |
2020/08/05 | 504 | 1,956 | <issue_start>username_0: How does the process of collaboration in math work ? Do mathematicians like to share their problems ? Can I do this by e-mail ? How to ask mathematicians if they want to collaborate in a math project ? I'm still learning more advanced math but these are questions I had in mind and didn't know w... |
2020/08/05 | 1,499 | 6,398 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted it yesterday, after sending it to a repository. Then, a colleague gave a quick read and found some narrative issues, i.e., our abstract seems to be claiming something we did not do and we did not give much importance for some classical results in our introduction. He pointed out tha... |
2020/08/05 | 2,232 | 9,186 | <issue_start>username_0: Here are some things that are well-established:
1. Being a PhD student is a (albeit, temporary) career-path with the **poorest education-level/income ratio in the United States.** It has been estimated that [Post-Doc salary is comparable to junior librarian.](https://cheekyscientist.com/why-a-... |
2020/08/06 | 1,614 | 6,940 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently applied for a grant. The specific application consisted of a 3 page-pdf document and an online application form. The 3 page pdf document is solid (at least from my point of view), and there are no grammatical mistakes or typos. Unfortunately, in the form, I made some minor gramm... |
2020/08/06 | 5,432 | 22,268 | <issue_start>username_0: My apologies in advance for asking such a trivial question. My concerns may not be as urgent or serious as some of the others on here, but I have been worrying about this for some time now.
My life since starting my PhD has can typically be summed up as waking up early, getting to the office a... |
2020/08/06 | 709 | 2,933 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a master's student in India, supposed to apply for PhD applications this year. However, I am still unsure of what I want to pursue in my PhD program. Meanwhile, I came across PSI's one-year master's program which seems like something I would like to explore. Should I apply for it or anothe... |
2020/08/06 | 804 | 3,403 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose a computer science student who has had lots of life problems and failed courses during their master's degree, but eventually defended successfully with an excellent score, seeks PhD positions.
Is it impossible for him to get accepted into a PhD position and a professor who's willing to... |
2020/08/07 | 5,668 | 23,701 | <issue_start>username_0: I watched an episode of "Patriot Act with <NAME>" called ["Is College Still Worth It?"](https://youtu.be/YytF2v7Vvw0)
In there the point was made, with ample evidence, that universities are increasingly resembling businesses with dire consequences for the professors. The amount of tenure-track... |
2020/08/07 | 5,404 | 22,628 | <issue_start>username_0: I know this question has been asked before, but I didn't find it asked by a UG student.
I'm a senior undergrad student, and I want to start communicating with professors in Canada and the US in order to get a funded MSc position for fall 2021.
Being an undergrad, I haven't published any paper... |
2020/08/07 | 411 | 1,402 | <issue_start>username_0: For a class demonstration, I am seeking a political topic that all of my students (US undergraduate class) would pretty much hold the same opinion on. The original topic from the research I'm basing the demo on was support for the Castro regime in Cuba (study was conducted in the 1960s) - every... |
2020/08/08 | 3,138 | 11,650 | <issue_start>username_0: I was awarded a degree from a reputable college or university. For what reasons could my degree be revoked after the fact? Should I be worried?
**Note to readers:** *This is a special community wiki 'canonical' question that aggregates advice on a frequently-asked question. See [this meta disc... |
2020/08/08 | 1,235 | 5,326 | <issue_start>username_0: **Do reviewers/editors receive a deadline for reviewing a paper**?
I wanted to know that whether reviewers/editors receive any kind of deadline for reviewing a manuscript for a journal or they are allowed to submit their reviews any time they wish since they are not paid for this service.
If ... |
2020/08/08 | 1,044 | 4,603 | <issue_start>username_0: I will likely be applying for PhD programs in mathematics. Several of the schools I intend to apply to state that they require ‘a minimum of 3 letters’. Presently, I have three solid letters from well known professors in my current institution, as well as a fourth letter from a professor from a... |
2020/08/09 | 282 | 1,117 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm trying to apply for a PhD and want to include references in my resume. Is it okay to include a PhD student, one who has gotten a degree and has worked in our lab,and is currently working in industry, as a reference?<issue_comment>username_1: Why “former”? Has their PhD been revoked?
As to ... |
2020/08/09 | 442 | 1,764 | <issue_start>username_0: I graduated my bachelor's recently (have not received the final degree yet, but all the requirements are done and I have a provisional degree). As part of the degree, we are required to do a bachelor's project during the last two semesters. We also have to do courses in parallel, so nobody real... |
2020/08/09 | 568 | 2,562 | <issue_start>username_0: In some countries, whenever someone applies for a Ph.D. admission, the universities ask for a research proposal. A research proposal includes a literature review and bibliography.
If the research is paper-based research, i.e. no popular survey or experiment is involved, I see no further need f... |
2020/08/09 | 4,387 | 18,416 | <issue_start>username_0: I applied for a postdoc at a lab in the US as I really liked
the work of that lab.
I had the initial interview with the professor and then with the lab members.
All went well and the professor welcomed me to join the lab.
When the administrative part started, things got very strange quickly:
... |
2020/08/10 | 413 | 1,813 | <issue_start>username_0: Firstly, I understand what matter are the regulations from my own college and advice from my supervisor. I would like to ask this question more as a survey of experience and opinions.
It happens that my supervisor has suggested an external examiner that has lead a lab for numerous years, with ... |
2020/08/10 | 1,362 | 5,740 | <issue_start>username_0: As I understand it, today's professors spend a large amount of time writing grant applications, many of which fail. As a result, I'm thinking of endowing a professorship someday with enough funds to remove this part of the job description - effectively funding the professor for as long as they ... |
2020/08/10 | 983 | 4,244 | <issue_start>username_0: This question was first asked on [writing](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/52157/does-a-glossary-make-sense-in-a-computer-science-thesis), a user pointed me at this site.
I am currently writing my master thesis in computer science, more specifically on voice activity detection, a s... |
2020/08/10 | 443 | 1,771 | <issue_start>username_0: I just recently finished a masters program in Mathematics, unfortunately it seems most PhD Programs require a math GRE Subject test. At the moment I'm living with my parents and don't feel comfortable going in to take an exam with others - especially with the cases in the US right now, but I do... |
2020/08/10 | 1,030 | 4,511 | <issue_start>username_0: A professor I'm familiar with has multiple partners, **none of whom are his direct students, supervisees**, or university affiliates. As he married to none of them, I understand that having multiple girlfriends seem to be legal in most of North America and other Western countries. They are not ... |
2020/08/10 | 705 | 2,618 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any good reason to be optimistic? I have the impression that this may be the worst job market year in the past ten years.
Edit to be more specific: I am referring to hiring grad students, postdocs, and tenure-track assistant professors, primarily in the U.S., but in other countries as... |
2020/08/11 | 989 | 4,144 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for a position at a University. The director of the department at the University I am applying to was my PhD supervisor.
Is it still proper to ask them to provide a letter of recommendation? Or is this a bias (conflict of interest) I should try and avoid?
EDIT: The director IS i... |
2020/08/11 | 4,236 | 18,159 | <issue_start>username_0: This question revolves around using integers (−1, 0, 1, 2, 3) or simple fractions (½, ⅓, ⅗) vs. real numbers (−1.254, 42.72) in teaching concepts, assigning homework, and preparing tests for math, science, or engineering. For the rest of this question, I will call integer or simple fractions *n... |
2020/08/11 | 771 | 3,201 | <issue_start>username_0: I am pursuing a PhD in one of the physical sciences. I attend a university that is top 10 or so in my field and has a recognizable name (Ivy league). My adviser’s past students have had somewhat good luck finding professorships, but even so several have left the field for jobs in computer scien... |
2020/08/11 | 548 | 1,859 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently published my [first paper in a conference proceedings (CogSci2020)](https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci20/papers/0183/). Before submitting I was struggling how to give my name. My name is:
* First: [Alireza]
* Last: [<NAME>]
The two words for the last name are both my last n... |
2020/08/11 | 4,476 | 18,646 | <issue_start>username_0: I work as a postdoc in a lab that is extremely mismanaged. The head of the lab micromanages all the staff, often claims successful work as his own, and rejects new ideas that are not from him. All the employees (both scientists and technicians) are miserable, and some of the team has become des... |
2020/08/11 | 3,322 | 13,899 | <issue_start>username_0: For context, I'm entering a mathematics PhD program that offers several different areas of specialization, mathematical computer science (MCS), pure maths, statistics, and more. My undergrad was in pure maths, so I feel most comfortable there, but I'm also interested in MCS, although I'm essent... |
2020/08/11 | 697 | 3,094 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm starting my Ph.D. this year. My first 2 years will **only** be coursework. So, I won't be able to do any serious independent research. My research will only be in the context of what's required for the specific courses, so nothing too serious.
I am aware that I should meet with my advisor ... |
2020/08/11 | 870 | 3,674 | <issue_start>username_0: I have just very recently accepted a full-time teaching position at a reputable college (hooray!). I've been employed as an adjunct the last several years with courses assigned to me generally well in advance of the academic term. This full-time offer however has come in only a couple weeks bef... |
2020/08/12 | 4,488 | 19,141 | <issue_start>username_0: I have studied at 4 universities, and in 3 different programs.
I always observed that when asked for a recommendation for a book to understand a topic easily and clearly, university-professors **always** referred to books that are **not** student-friendly, i.e. written for more advanced level ... |
2020/08/12 | 865 | 3,742 | <issue_start>username_0: Can I publish an idea as a paper if somebody else has published this idea in an online forum or a blog?
I believe it's useful to publish good ideas academically because posts on forums and blogs are usually of low quality and have a niche audience. I'm sure some journals will allow publication... |
2020/08/12 | 500 | 2,200 | <issue_start>username_0: I’m a rising senior in a mathematics program, and I’m planning to apply to top US schools in maths in the fall. I’ve completed most of my undergrad coursework requirements, and I’m looking into what I should take for the fall.
I have a choice between Graduate Analysis I or Undergraduate Comple... |
2020/08/12 | 614 | 2,559 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a PhD student, sending cold emails to potential PIs for postdoc positions these days.
I sent an email to this one PI that I've been interested in and asked him about the possibility of joining his lab as a postdoc, elaborating potential projects I would like to study in his lab.
He replied... |
2020/08/12 | 819 | 3,296 | <issue_start>username_0: I have studied at 4 universities, and in 3 different programs.
I always observed that STEM professors are not good at teaching. I suspect this is because they do not have [degrees in pedagogy like MEd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Education) and so on.
Do STEM professors generally ... |
2020/08/12 | 1,951 | 8,322 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a graduate student, and my fall classes start in a few weeks. I have already began reading the textbook for one class, and I have come across 1 or 2 things that I couldn't figure out. It's not the end of the world if I don't figure these out; for one, I can probably get an answer on math s... |
2020/08/13 | 2,296 | 9,765 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in the second year of an International Affairs undergraduate program.
When classes first began last year, I - like most of my peers - felt overwhelmed by the amount of text assigned for reading, which I averaged as 400 pages per week, the whole year.
I initially managed it by reading the te... |
2020/08/13 | 628 | 2,638 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a master student. In the next year I need to start my work on master thesis. I have sent letters to two professors in the same group, stating my interest, and have asked if they have a suitable project for me. One said that he is retired and cannot take long term responsibility, but he inv... |
2020/08/13 | 328 | 1,476 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently writing a paper that cites other works authored by me. I was wondering which percentage of self-citations is recommendable in a journal paper.<issue_comment>username_1: Write the paper you think it should be written and cite what you use, whether from yourself or others. Let the ... |
2020/08/14 | 539 | 2,345 | <issue_start>username_0: I am doing Master Thesis which is now in a final stage. My Thesis submission is in around 3 weeks and i am almost done with documenting my findings. This is my first ever Thesis writing in my whole academic career. So I am already thinking about Thesis defence presentation.
I want to know that... |
2020/08/14 | 1,158 | 4,434 | <issue_start>username_0: Let's posit:
1. You're a university student. I don't posit degree level; you can be undergraduate or postgraduate.
2. You must *not* overstep the essay's word limit, whatever it is. You lose marks if you overstep.
3. Your word limit is too short to elaborate an argument or idea.
How do academ... |