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2013/10/01 | 1,050 | 4,114 | <issue_start>username_0: How *illegal* is it to cite books that were illegally downloaded?
If they aren't available in the university library, if you can't really afford the books (maybe you will make one reference in one article and the book costs $250+), if there isn't anything else you can use (published articles, ... |
2013/10/01 | 1,254 | 5,473 | <issue_start>username_0: The simple version:
I've been out of college for 7 years and want to pursue graduate studies in a field unrelated to my undergraduate degree but am not sure how.
The detailed version:
My college career began as a Physics major. I made what I now consider the mistake of changing to a technica... |
2013/10/01 | 940 | 3,475 | <issue_start>username_0: The [Erdős number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s_number) is the academic [collaboration distance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration_graph#Collaboration_distance) someone has to [Paul Erdős](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Erd%C5%91s). [MathSciNet has a tool](http://www.a... |
2013/10/01 | 1,182 | 3,965 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm having some trouble trying to find a place to publish. Therefore this question is about how to find these places.
For this I provide the following example, my particular case.
I'm searching for:
* A journal, not a conference, workshop, etc.
* Where publishing is free (no cost for process... |
2013/10/01 | 503 | 2,235 | <issue_start>username_0: When reviewing a paper for peer review, I consistently find that I spend **way** more time on a paper than if I were just reading it for understanding.
How can one increase the speed at which they review papers, without compromising on the quality of the review?<issue_comment>username_1: I thi... |
2013/10/02 | 1,052 | 4,298 | <issue_start>username_0: So, to start with my question... PhDs/research are undoubtedly hard/stressful, but how much is too much? Should I leave my PhD in my 6th year or just take a bit of a leave to try and regroup? (I'm 31 if that makes any difference.)
As with most, my path through grad school has not been straight... |
2013/10/02 | 1,386 | 5,253 | <issue_start>username_0: *Though related to [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/890/2700) on undegrad student affiliation, I am in a somewhat different situation…*
I am an undergrad student at the Miskatonic University. For completion of their BSc, students at MU are required to perform a 6-week resea... |
2013/10/02 | 1,263 | 4,877 | <issue_start>username_0: I have seen few people who learn better(or mostly) by reading textbooks themselves in private as that gives them more time to think back and forth about the material. While there are other students who are quick at grasping things transmitted orally like in a lecture and despise reading it thro... |
2013/10/02 | 1,072 | 3,983 | <issue_start>username_0: I hope this question does not offend our American fellows.
I've read in news that the US government is partially closed and many agencies and services run by US federal government is no longer available, for example national parks, many websites, etc. I was wondering if this temporary governm... |
2013/10/02 | 347 | 1,467 | <issue_start>username_0: I have two publications submitted but rejected in top conferences. Is it advisable to mention and list them in my CV/resume to show that the work was submitted for publication?<issue_comment>username_1: You can certainly list them as manuscripts. I'm not sure what you are asking exactly: it wou... |
2013/10/03 | 906 | 3,642 | <issue_start>username_0: I use active voice for cover letter and while doing that I end up with too many "I" and most of the sentences in my letter also begin with "I". This makes my letter quite boring. I would appreciate if you share your suggestion/tips to avoid this while writing a cover letter.
Since cover lette... |
2013/10/03 | 1,097 | 4,667 | <issue_start>username_0: Nowadays, many journals publish articles online ahead of print, in a state that is given various names by the various publishers: in press, ASAP, just accepted, ahead of print, etc. The final printed paper will be identical with the online one, except maybe for page numbers and color figures… T... |
2013/10/03 | 674 | 2,849 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently a PhD student in a program that I do not find challenging. A part of that may be due to the fact that my advisor has an EXTREMELY hands off approach. He will not return my emails for weeks on end and rarely gives me things to do, despite the fact that I am being paid as an RA.I w... |
2013/10/03 | 448 | 1,871 | <issue_start>username_0: I teach a mixed undergrad/grad course that has lecture (300 people) and seminar (15 people) components. Thankfully for me, only the grad students get seminars. I have 2 TAs that assist with the seminars allowing us to break into 3 five-student 1-instructor discussion groups. The problem is that... |
2013/10/03 | 359 | 1,505 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying for a post-doc where they ask for two "academic reference letters". Does the adjective "academic" strictly mean they must be from people working in academia? In my field, a good deal of research is performed at meteorological agencies, and I've co-authered several papers with a res... |
2013/10/03 | 528 | 2,194 | <issue_start>username_0: I am about to begin my hunt for post-doc positions. As such, I will be discussing my dissertation work in some detail with potential post-doc advisers.
I am currently in the data collection phase, and none of this research has been published. I am somewhat worried because, as a requirement for... |
2013/10/04 | 1,156 | 4,059 | <issue_start>username_0: When you meet new people entering the world of academic research, it is often tempting to try and guess what “sort” of researcher they'll be, based on their personality, character, known qualities, and defects, etc. You'll sometimes hear people say things like *“he's not cut out to be a researc... |
2013/10/04 | 1,155 | 5,032 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergraduate student in China. I am currently a junior, majoring at Mathematical Economics and Mathematical Finance. My goal is to apply to a graduate school in the U.S. to learn Finance or Financial Engineering.
What can I do now to better prepare myself for the forthcoming applicati... |
2013/10/04 | 2,692 | 10,996 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently I have come across a few articles on Google that are really distressing.
I typed in "professor real world" and it just mentions how professors have lost touch with the real world, how they need to step down from their ivory towers, etc.
Why is all that bad? It doesn't make me reconsi... |
2013/10/04 | 934 | 4,079 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a second year math major, and I intend to do my PhD from a top math school. Until now, I haven't taken any university level physics course. Somewhere in this site, I saw someone writing that courses related to theoretical physics (heavily loaded with mathematics) are also very important be... |
2013/10/04 | 308 | 1,220 | <issue_start>username_0: **Does anyone know if there will still be NSF postdocs offered (the current deadline is the 16th), given that the NSF website is currently down due to the government shutdown in the US?**
Also, in case it is still open, if anyone has the PDFs that could previously be found at
<http://www.nsf... |
2013/10/04 | 752 | 2,983 | <issue_start>username_0: Does anyone know of a resource or study that compiles statistics about paper acceptance rates in various journals?
I am more interested in biomedical journals, but this would be a good place to list such resources in any scientific field.<issue_comment>username_1: A few journals/publishers pub... |
2013/10/04 | 2,590 | 11,277 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working for a professor who started out recently. Most new professors get start-up funding from the department which helps them pay for their first students. Right now I am working in the lab with another PhD candidate; both of us have been funded by departmental funds until now.
The PhD ... |
2013/10/05 | 1,352 | 6,011 | <issue_start>username_0: I heard that many researchers spend a lot of their time (maybe even a half) writing the grants. I understand the researchers that need to purchase some equipment or fund their PhD students, although does not the department fund PhD students anyway?
But what about pure mathematicians and resear... |
2013/10/05 | 852 | 3,539 | <issue_start>username_0: In applying to the NSF postdoctoral fellowship for mathematics, the instructions include the following paragraph for the biographical sketch:
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> A list of: (i) up to five products most closely related to the proposed project; and (ii) up to five other significant
> products, whether or not ... |
2013/10/06 | 1,121 | 4,840 | <issue_start>username_0: As a thirsty graduate student, I've amassed a burgeoning collection of research articles in both paper and digital formats. Right now I manage PDFs and references with Zotero, but I'm still searching for an organization logic for paper documents that allows rapid access and prevents redundant p... |
2013/10/07 | 700 | 3,145 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the best protocol for handling a student whose name has changed from the time when a letter writer knew the student. For instance, suppose <NAME> has become <NAME>. Do we write
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> <NAME> (*né(e) Jones*)
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>
>
or is this unnecessary? I would think that the name should match what'... |
2013/10/07 | 633 | 2,664 | <issue_start>username_0: I am finding it difficult to select a topic for my masters thesis (my advisor is unwilling to offer suggestions on the matter). I intend to do thesis in the field of internal combustion engines. To get some good ideas about finding a good topic I want to study some recent PhD theses in internal... |
2013/10/07 | 1,081 | 4,191 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently a computer science student at the 3rd/8 level, and there is a competition in scientific researches, including computer researches, at my university for financial aids and I'm thinking of getting involved.
I'm not a fan of theoretical stuff or things can't be applied, instead, I t... |
2013/10/08 | 2,567 | 10,757 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been reading some reflections on research and academia lately, and it has gotten me to think more critically towards what we do, and what the life we are pursuing has in store for us.
Some of you might remember [another recent question of mine](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questi... |
2013/10/08 | 776 | 2,722 | <issue_start>username_0: The 2013 Physics Nobel prize went to <NAME> and <NAME>, for their discovery of the Higgs boson. I was wondering why the CERN, as an institution, or the ATLAS collaboration, are not co-awarded the price with Englebert and Higgs. Apparently, “collaborations” cannot be awarded the Nobel prize. Is ... |
2013/10/08 | 626 | 2,608 | <issue_start>username_0: So here is the situation:
I am a Math student in a very well ranked French university, and I am going to finish my degree (i.e. 2-year MSc, after a 3-year BSc) in August. Therefore, it is time to think of the future: graduate school. In particular, I have been thinking to apply in the US, wher... |
2013/10/08 | 892 | 3,696 | <issue_start>username_0: Two friends successfully defended their dissertations yesterday, and many people have congratulated them, calling them Doctor so-and-so. I explained to my wife that they actually don't have that title until the graduation ceremony, that it's similar to a President-elect, who isn't called the Pr... |
2013/10/08 | 507 | 1,921 | <issue_start>username_0: In the cover letter of an application to an academic job, should we write
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> Dear Search Committee Members,
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>
>
or
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> Dear Professor A, Chair of the Search Committee Members,
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>
>
or
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> Dear Professor A, Chair of the department
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>
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or what else?
In case we don't kn... |
2013/10/09 | 1,632 | 6,572 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an international student. I have been in a PhD program in the US for 1 year and this is my second. My advisor informed me earlier this year that he is moving to another lower-ranked school. [How to cope when PhD advisor quits midway](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1169/how-to-... |
2013/10/09 | 1,358 | 5,786 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in my last year of an undergraduate degree in pure maths, doing my thesis on probabilistic combinatorics. In Australia (at least at my university), Hungarian-style combinatorics is classified as "pure".
I'm currently thinking about PhDs and where to apply. One thing that I've noticed is th... |
2013/10/10 | 857 | 3,752 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a web developer reasonably proficient in PHP and front-end development. I had completed my Masters (by coursework) more than 6 years ago and have been working as a web developer. My Masters' grades weren't very good (pass in average with few distinctions and credits). When I did my Masters... |
2013/10/10 | 920 | 4,087 | <issue_start>username_0: Naturally I would say "of course", but my current situation makes me doubt.
In my paper I'm *briefly* covering various alternative cryptographic constructions. I am (of course) familiar with all of them, but I have not (nor have the time to) read the full papers I'm actually referencing. The r... |
2013/10/10 | 710 | 2,785 | <issue_start>username_0: A friend has made some nice slides that I could reuse (similar topics). He sent me the slides and commented that if I use them and could cite him that would be nice, I asked him how should I cite the slides but he said that whatever suits better to me he said "Just add my surname in some place ... |
2013/10/10 | 1,002 | 4,624 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been working on an application where we have tried two alternative methods. Both methods are used for the same purpose, but the first one had several problems. Despite getting results we had to look for another method that solved those problems to some extent.
Can I mention the rejected... |
2013/10/10 | 548 | 2,605 | <issue_start>username_0: I have created a new data structure, and I intend to submit a paper about it to an ACM conference later this year. However, in writing the paper, I realize there is no specific "question" the research answers. I was simply curious if such a structure could be created. Can I simply write the pap... |
2013/10/10 | 2,010 | 7,757 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a master student, my master's background is about IT, signal processing, and Telecommunications. It's a "research master", which means that we're trained more to do research than be an IT engineers/specialists.
I've made my choice because I want to do research, but It is also important for... |
2013/10/10 | 1,146 | 4,675 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering if there already exists a software/service that allows to build a tree of references/citing articles starting from a selected paper `X`. For example paper `X` has a list of references, call it `bibliography[X]`. This list of references is usually presented in the journal's webpa... |
2013/10/10 | 865 | 3,360 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to ask about the possibility of getting a paid PhD position in Germany.
I am going to defend my thesis in Physics after a few days and I am thinking of applying for a PhD.
My specialization is in nano-science and surface physics.
The average of my Master's degree will be at most 2... |
2013/10/11 | 1,396 | 5,668 | <issue_start>username_0: (This question is one of three correlated questions: How should I do it? [(second part)](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/13367/is-it-a-good-practice-to-choose-my-undergraduate-research-topic-on-my-own-and-h), What are the downsides? [(third part)](https://academia.stackexchange.com... |
2013/10/11 | 349 | 1,283 | <issue_start>username_0: I have developed an Internet application that I need people to run across the Internet to collect statistics to see how well the program works. So far, I have used LinkedIn to reach out to my friends from my university and I started an open group. I also have a Git page where the program can be... |
2013/10/11 | 797 | 3,559 | <issue_start>username_0: I have had two PhD interviews. One of the position (position A) I like more than the other (position B).
Now, I have gotton a reply from position B saying that they will offer me the PhD. However, before replying yes/no, I would like to know what the response is from position A.
Will it be go... |
2013/10/11 | 914 | 3,737 | <issue_start>username_0: I got my PhD in quantum gravity 2 years ago, not from a top university, publishing only 1 paper, no conferences. Couldn't get a post doc, and it has been 2 years struggling in the job market, teaching part time here and there.
I am thinking seriously about getting an MS degree in something tha... |
2013/10/11 | 593 | 2,551 | <issue_start>username_0: As a potential future researcher I would like to know how much I could focus on my research and how much distraction grants cause. My research interest lie in theoretical cs and logic, however the answers should include other areas so that they may be useful to other readers too.
Specifically,... |
2013/10/11 | 1,824 | 7,221 | <issue_start>username_0: There are a number of lessons I learnt as an undergraduate which I wish somebody had told me much earlier.
Although each of you learnt different lessons with different notions of which way is the right, please share your findings and wisdom so that an eager reader would contemplate over your a... |
2013/10/12 | 1,020 | 4,002 | <issue_start>username_0: Doing research requires exploring a tree of different ideas and then, upon failures, tracking back to some extent, up to giving up on the whole project and changing topics (or even quitting your PhD). You might err on both sides: change approach too much, give up too early, or too late. (See fo... |
2013/10/12 | 2,796 | 11,895 | <issue_start>username_0: I've become quite upset with how lectures for my courses are conducted.
Everyday, I attend lectures where the teacher simply writes definitions and theorems on the board straight from one of our textbooks (or another professor's published lecture notes). They then prove a handful of the theor... |
2013/10/12 | 1,088 | 4,421 | <issue_start>username_0: (This question is one of three correlated questions: [Can I get enough help? (first part)](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/13342/is-it-a-good-practice-to-choose-my-undergraduate-research-topic-on-my-own-can-i), [How should I do it? (second part)](https://academia.stackexchange.com/... |
2013/10/12 | 1,675 | 7,066 | <issue_start>username_0: I am employed as a student in a theoretical computer science research group and part of my job was to assist my supervisor with a scientific paper he has been working on.
Concretely, my job was to implement the software that was used to conduct the experimental part of the research paper and al... |
2013/10/13 | 1,325 | 5,408 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to know what is graduate school supposed to be like? I started grad school for mathematics 2 months ago and I find myself studying all the time with no time for anything else (except activities of daily living). Is this typical?
Some notable advantages that I have:
I commute from... |
2013/10/13 | 949 | 3,905 | <issue_start>username_0: Quick background; I study Computer Science and have been asked to take the role as a paid student teacher for college students.
I am extremely nervous about it, although it's a fairly familiar role as I'll be teaching what I learned only three years previous.
I'm far from the extrovert type ... |
2013/10/12 | 1,995 | 8,590 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in the early stages of my PhD and I am trying to put together a literature review of my topic. My intention is that this review will eventually be included in my thesis, something like "*the chapter that describes the state of the art in the domain*."
My subject is soft matter physics and... |
2013/10/14 | 902 | 3,860 | <issue_start>username_0: I need your advice, dear visitors. Currently I am finishing my BS in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, and trying to apply for a PhD program in Computer Science to universities in the USA.
But I have a real problem.
The topics on which I worked with my adviser are purely mathematical... |
2013/10/15 | 842 | 3,800 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working towards a PhD. My supervisor and I decided upon a topic which interested both of us. I did an exhaustive literature survey, and found that there have been heavy work in this area in the past 2-3 years. The problem statement we started with seems to have been primarily solved, and n... |
2013/10/15 | 407 | 1,829 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to continue working on the research I used to work on when I was in school.
The thing is that I am not a student anymore, and I also do not work for the company that works on the research project I used to work on. It used to work on the research project by myself while I was in school (... |
2013/10/15 | 1,685 | 6,726 | <issue_start>username_0: Even though title itself seems quite similar to other questions asked here, my question is a bit different from other similar questions. I know it's a bit long, but I do appreciate anyone who has a read through it.
I am a Ph.D. student in UK and it has been 5 months since I started. My topic ... |
2013/10/16 | 764 | 3,201 | <issue_start>username_0: There are quite a few question aiming at or hinting towards avoiding academic burn-out, but I couldn't come across one that targets interaction with a colleague that has suffered from a serious burn-out, which can be very tricky as I am learning nowadays.
Background: A colleague of mine (offic... |
2013/10/16 | 3,089 | 13,199 | <issue_start>username_0: Often, when speaking English in research, you can find a great variety of (mostly, non-native) accents. Since I started moving in academic circles and a more international environment, I slowly learned to understand some of the accents much better. I can currently understand well most mild acce... |
2013/10/16 | 1,196 | 4,861 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a 4th year computer engineering undergraduate student who will apply for Ph.D. programs this winter/spring, for the next fall semester. I have decided to become an academic 2 years ago, and head of department said "keep your gpa high and you will be fine". Well, I have increased my gpa, fr... |
2013/10/17 | 2,628 | 10,810 | <issue_start>username_0: I have no formal work experience. I have a BA in sociology and went into graduate school for education. Instead of following my instincts or really thinking about whether I could teach childhood as a job, I told myself it would feel more natural. It has not.
I will fail this program if I have ... |
2013/10/17 | 512 | 2,085 | <issue_start>username_0: What information is important to provide when citing from a PhD thesis that has appeared as book?
* The publisher (even if it is a 'dubious' one that might vanish in the near future)
* or the institution and that it is a phd thesis.
As for bibtex, I wonder whether I should use the @book or th... |
2013/10/17 | 585 | 2,522 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a doubt regarding the Statement of Purpose for grad school.
Toward the end of the essay, should I specify the list of professors who I am interested to work with? For example:
*"...Since research in this field is very active in Dr. A's, Dr. B’s, Dr. C’s groups at XXX University, I woul... |
2013/10/17 | 835 | 3,434 | <issue_start>username_0: This is one bit of academic etiquette I'm not sure about. When I write to another researcher, a peer (we're both professors). I've never exchanged with before and never met him but I know of him (and he probably knows of me).
Erring on the side of formality, I write to him *“Dear professor Mor... |
2013/10/17 | 638 | 2,742 | <issue_start>username_0: The title mostly says it all.
I am writing an article on a rarely researched topic in my field - 4-5 articles exist, as far as I know.
I recently published a related article, still making this topic a rarely researched one.
Would it be a bad practice to include my own published article in ... |
2013/10/17 | 862 | 3,570 | <issue_start>username_0: Do you think it is against the academic code of conduct to present a paper at a conference or a departmental seminar that has already been submitted to a journal for publication?<issue_comment>username_1: There are two aspects to your question:
* **“Duplicating” a publication by having both a ... |
2013/10/17 | 890 | 3,771 | <issue_start>username_0: The blog Retraction Watch posted an interesting question the other day [about reviewing the same paper twice, rejecting it both times, and then later finding out it was published in a different journal](http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/ask-retraction-watch-whats-a-reviewer-to-do/... |
2013/10/17 | 3,178 | 12,857 | <issue_start>username_0: I love my full-time job and do not wish to leave it (statistician in a small-ish research institute within a large university) because I believe the research we do will someday benefit humanity and because I get the freedom to pursue my own research and several open-source statistical software ... |
2013/10/17 | 891 | 3,944 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently I caught a paper which had plagiarized my paper. Several sentences had been copied from my article without citing my article. Some of the copied sentences had been shuffled, so the words were the same but the order of the words had been changed. Some other sentences were exactly copied... |
2013/10/17 | 410 | 1,450 | <issue_start>username_0: When selecting an American business school, we look for certain accreditations specific to business schools, like ACBSP, AACSB, CHEA, , etc.
For European universities, we look for Equis, AMBA, etc.
What about British universities? (For pursuing a PhD in a UK business school.)<issue_comment>u... |
2013/10/18 | 2,169 | 8,727 | <issue_start>username_0: Somewhat similar to [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/4784/7921), but looking for resources (books/articles, etc) for undergrad students who are not very familiar with designing effective surveys, (for example, one student is creating a survey in [SurveyMonkey](https://www.su... |
2013/10/18 | 947 | 4,054 | <issue_start>username_0: I am doing my PhD research in a new multidisciplinary field within Computer Science. It is new in the sense that there are still no tools/implementations publicly available and several workshops co-located with different conferences. Many papers targeting this new area, have been published in d... |
2013/10/18 | 738 | 3,253 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently dating a PhD student in the same department as me (I am also a PhD student). Not the same research group, but closely related topics anyway. We're both happy with it, and I don't think there's anything wrong with it, but I am worried about possible negative consequences on the jo... |
2013/10/18 | 1,598 | 6,174 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm just had a look at my citations and they are in an aweful state. Most conference papers that I imported into my citation manager have different styles, e.g.:
```
IEEEE Conference on Emerging Txxx Bxxx Qxxxxxxx, 2009 (ETBQ 2009)
IEEEE Conference on Old Wxxx Yxxx Sxxxxxxx (OWYS), 2009
IEEEE ... |
2013/10/18 | 269 | 1,014 | <issue_start>username_0: While I am writing the references for my paper, I usually **copy and paste the bibliographic** information and use it **directly**. AFAIK, most of them are in the full version, meaning that all the author names are spelled out, e.g. *<NAME>*. *(They can be really long!)*.
Also given the fact t... |
2013/10/19 | 534 | 2,268 | <issue_start>username_0: Perhaps it is too early to ask this, but I will go ahead anyway, to satisfy my curiosity. I am currently studying Arts in a University, aiming to get a BA Honours in English and German. If I went ahead to get a Masters, would I have to choose one of them, or could I continue with both? And simi... |
2013/10/19 | 1,003 | 4,394 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to ask the authors of a paper if they have thoughts on an application of their work. I'm not sure who to email.
The first author is a grad student, who is supervised by the last author - however, the authors are in alphabetical order so I'm not sure if there is any meaning to the orderi... |
2013/10/20 | 1,200 | 4,009 | <issue_start>username_0: I have this line about the article:
```
BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2007, 6:16 doi:10.1186/1475-925X-6-16
```
I think the volume is **6**.
Then what is **16**?
**How should you correctly cite the Bibliography in Tex?**
My BibTeX
```
%
% Published abstract
%
@ARTICLE{vladimir,
author... |
2013/10/20 | 1,855 | 8,154 | <issue_start>username_0: A normal process of learning in a graduate school looks like taking courses that include a broad perspective on some subject. This also includes the instruments of control: exercises, tests, problem sets, and exams. Let's suppose this control exists only to show where a student has gaps in his ... |
2013/10/20 | 657 | 2,909 | <issue_start>username_0: During my literature survey for a project, I came across papers that have very interesting results and have decent number of citations. Unfortunately, the sub-area I am exploring doesn’t have any standard datasets on which I can test my implementation of the algorithm presented in their paper. ... |
2013/10/20 | 1,784 | 7,668 | <issue_start>username_0: I currently teach at University X and am applying for a job at University Y. Should I write my cover letter on University X's letterhead, or use a blank page?<issue_comment>username_1: No. It is you as a person who is applying, not you as a representative for your university. Univ. Y would prob... |
2013/10/21 | 1,354 | 5,958 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying to graduate math programs and my subject test score was abysmal, but I'm very confident that I will have excellent letters of recommendation from my professors. Will these LOR offset the bad test scores? I know every situation is different, but in general what is your opinion?<issu... |
2013/10/21 | 794 | 3,100 | <issue_start>username_0: It's embarassing, I failed my quals (in PhD ECE). The school is going to give me a terminal masters (w.o. thesis). My gpa is also not that stellar (3.4+), from a mediocre school. But I have a strong will to do a PhD (I enjoy doing research).
My supervisor (along with other co-authors) are sup... |
2013/10/21 | 1,810 | 6,709 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently reviewing a paper that has an uncommonly large number of references compared to the average number for that particular venue (more than 60 versus around 30). This is a regular paper, not a survey one, and although there does not seem to be wrong references, it feels like some are ... |
2013/10/21 | 1,191 | 5,197 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a motivation letter to be used in applying for masters from German or Finnish Universities. I have the following points explained in my motivation letter:
* How I see this technical world
* Why I chose Computer Science in my undergraduate
* What I learned in undergraduate
* What a... |
2013/10/21 | 1,053 | 4,382 | <issue_start>username_0: Having experienced academia through masters, and work via part-time and full-time jobs, I plan to pursue PhD and keep working full time. However, my plan is to create a mutual relationship between work and PhD program in which research feeds work and leads new assignments, and work assignments ... |
2013/10/21 | 468 | 1,898 | <issue_start>username_0: What should the last section of a scientific paper be called? Conclusion or conclusions?
I always felt like conclusions were things to take away from a paper, and a conclusion was the end of something (a book).<issue_comment>username_1: According to the [*Little, Brown Compact Handbook*](http:... |
2013/10/22 | 1,267 | 5,093 | <issue_start>username_0: My University has recently started recording lectures and posting them online. We have also, in the past few years, noticed a considerable drop in lecture attendance across the whole Physics and Astronomy department (even in courses that are not recorded).
I expect that the advent of recorded ... |
2013/10/22 | 1,704 | 7,111 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted one of my paper to an ISI journal in September 2011. While I was waiting for it, I inquired about its status (I needed the paper to complete my PhD), and the journal wrote back saying that my paper was under review and the referee was not answering. I was thus waiting.
But after mo... |
2013/10/22 | 3,103 | 13,432 | <issue_start>username_0: OK, I know this is a pretty basic question but I haven't been able to come up with any really satisfactory solutions. (I have searched around on this site, but none of the related questions precisely answer my problem.) I'm a first-year PhD student working mostly in evolution, phylogenomics, an... |
2013/10/23 | 557 | 2,476 | <issue_start>username_0: If one applies to a graduate school and gets declined, is it considered okay to ask for the opinions of admission staff or committee, about their thoughts on the person's application package (gpa, experience, personal statement, recommendation letters), for better adjusting his plan of applying... |
2013/10/23 | 934 | 3,999 | <issue_start>username_0: *The topic of [reproducible research](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproducibility#Reproducible_research) is attracting quite some press these days, yet much remains to be done. In this spirit, I am asking what can be a reviewer's role in this — I'll explain fully below.*
Like many people, I w... |
2013/10/24 | 3,002 | 11,892 | <issue_start>username_0: I do scientific research, and I noticed for a lot of plots, the different curves are represented with different styles, but they are all black. For instance, one curve may be a solid line, one may be a dashed line, one may be a dotted line with triangular markers, etc.
However, this makes it h... |
2013/10/24 | 1,237 | 5,131 | <issue_start>username_0: In science/engineering subjects, it's not yet commonplace to use a laptop or tablet in class as most people still take notes with a pen and paper.
What is some good etiquette for laptop use in classes, so that I don't annoy or distract either my fellow students or the professor? Should I ask t... |
2013/10/25 | 1,258 | 5,104 | <issue_start>username_0: I am proofreading and editing a dissertation proposal for a student for whom English a fourth language--cleaning up the language for clarity and grammar, etc. The student has asked me to paraphrase the information of some articles so that s/he can use what is most relevant to her research. Is t... |
2013/10/25 | 634 | 2,451 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible for an Indian student with M.Sc degree to do M.S course in USA? I heard BS degree in USA is of 4 years, but in India MSc is done after BSc.<issue_comment>username_1: So long as you meet or exceed (but not by too much!) the graduate admission requirements of a department, there's ... |