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2015/01/10 | 1,024 | 4,353 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a few research papers for an upcoming conference and things have been going decently. But I could really use more time to analyze my papers.
I am new to writing and this entire conference process, however - How should I e-mail the organizer requesting a deadline extension?
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Hi... |
2015/01/10 | 1,360 | 6,087 | <issue_start>username_0: I have organized several times some international conferences on my field (computational chemistry), where accepted proceedings are afterwards evaluated again for it submission to a special issue of a journal. Now I am thinking that I could create a journal for all those submission, even if at ... |
2015/01/10 | 1,100 | 4,876 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a very recent Ph.D. student (since October 2014), and the deadline date of the conference in which I want to participate is quite near. I don't want to miss the conference, but as I am so new in my Ph.D. program, I don't have something really concrete for the moment. For this conference, h... |
2015/01/10 | 890 | 3,435 | <issue_start>username_0: Research articles are often priced at 20-40 USD. I know that typically a researcher's institution subscribes to [myriads of journals](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/29923/452), and that some research articles are accessible online for free either legally or illegally, but I am curious to ... |
2015/01/10 | 628 | 2,634 | <issue_start>username_0: With a few other professors, I have been working on proving a certain mathematics conjecture. Our solution seems to be working perfectly in computer simulations but we can't find a proof. (..its a very big result if it works!...)
I have been trying pretty much everything I can think of. Nothi... |
2015/01/10 | 3,047 | 13,694 | <issue_start>username_0: I attained my bachelors degree in computer engineering in January 2014. I was not a prolific programmer as an undergrad, instead focusing on my other coursework and in general completing my degree. I am now paying the price for that. I got a job after graduating that involved writing code, howe... |
2015/01/11 | 931 | 3,926 | <issue_start>username_0: Following [the answers to this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/7360/how-common-is-it-to-inadvertently-reinvent-the-wheel-in-academia) that it is quite common to inadvertently reinvent the wheel in theoretical/computational research, have there been cases where the decisio... |
2015/01/11 | 365 | 1,549 | <issue_start>username_0: 
I am applying this time for graduate admission in physics at Utah. In the online application they require a financial statement. Does graduate admission require it too, even though I must need a TA/RA?<issue_comment>username_... |
2015/01/11 | 571 | 2,336 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently I prepared to submit to a conference of IEEE. In the requirements of submission, it indicated that:
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> PDF and Postscript files:
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> * must not have Adobe Document Protection or Document Security enabled,
> * must have either 'US Letter' or 'A4' sized pages,
> * must be in first... |
2015/01/11 | 1,570 | 6,600 | <issue_start>username_0: It seems that there is no requirement for professors to serve on even a single dissertation committee. (This is so at least at my US university and I believe is common practice worldwide - please correct me if I'm wrong.)
So why would any of them do it, other than out of the pure goodness of t... |
2015/01/11 | 2,531 | 9,917 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to determine what percentage of a tenure track/tenured professor's salary is paid for by tuition? At my UK university, our school budget includes income from student fees (we only get a portion of the fees each student pays), grants, and central university funds (presumably some ... |
2015/01/11 | 709 | 2,823 | <issue_start>username_0: To give credit where credit is due I strive to make it clear where ideas of others, which I use/refer to in my papers/work, are from. For this I cite and quote and this question is about the correct form to do so. Unfortunately I lack the words to describe the problem and like to give two examp... |
2015/01/11 | 858 | 3,975 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently an undergraduate thinking about doing a Bachelor's thesis (and publish one or two papers if at all possible). I have found an advisor in computer science (artificial intelligence). I have begun to review literature suggested by my advisor. Most of the times I can understand the g... |
2015/01/11 | 1,146 | 4,951 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to write an introduction for a scientific paper. I am not sure, when I am announcing my subject, should I write that this is the subject, or just mention it without announcing it outright?
This is very confusing so here's an example.
a. *Man was always interested by aliens. This p... |
2015/01/12 | 398 | 1,724 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently enrolled in a distance masters's course in my country as a backup. I will be only applying to some really very competitive schools. If I don't make it through those schools I will apply next year or year after that and continue to do so till I make it in. I am very very passionat... |
2015/01/12 | 1,953 | 7,604 | <issue_start>username_0: How should I fill this information if I have more than one given name and more than one last name?
For example, if my name is <NAME>. I have 2 given names: "Juan" and "Eduardo", and I have 2 last names (The first one of my father and the second one of my mother because that how it is done in M... |
2015/01/12 | 896 | 3,955 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in the process of conducting a systematic literature review and an integral part of this is the definition of inclusion and exclusion criteria for filtering the search-result-publications.
A common criteria for these reviews is that the publication is an academic publication or otherwise a... |
2015/01/12 | 278 | 1,090 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the intention of the question ?
<issue_comment>username_1: US state universities frequently charge lower tuition to in-state residents. The form st... |
2015/01/12 | 2,187 | 9,455 | <issue_start>username_0: In my past experiences, I have almost never typeset my manuscripts according to the formats required by the journals to which I would like to submit. I leave my manuscripts as produced by the LaTeX article documentclass.
Recently I am wondering: Would such a behavior generally give handling ed... |
2015/01/12 | 1,149 | 4,805 | <issue_start>username_0: In our research institute, advisors give phd students a lot of freedom and sometimes are not so much involved in the research. This was also the case for my latest research project. I gave him some demos every now and then to show my progress and another phd student helped me out a bit with mak... |
2015/01/13 | 1,302 | 5,057 | <issue_start>username_0: I am preparing to give a presentation after few days. Some papers are authored by two people and some are by three. While referring their work during presentation what should I write for two authors.
Suppose there are two authors only - X and Y. Shall I write ***X et al. proved that*** ......... |
2015/01/13 | 468 | 2,117 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to know if it is an unwritten rule to include the names of the departments of the authors' of a journal submission?<issue_comment>username_1: Strictly speaking, it is usually a written rule, as journals have written rules governing what they expect from submitting authors, and this... |
2015/01/13 | 474 | 2,060 | <issue_start>username_0: Theoretical computer science conferences usually have a review period of about two months. Programming committee members have potentially dozens of papers to review, alongside their regular day jobs. How thoroughly are papers usually reviewed? What kind of heuristics are often employed to revie... |
2015/01/13 | 532 | 2,448 | <issue_start>username_0: I have tried to submit some of my papers on unrelated topics to a journal and gotten rejected, either desk rejection or rejection after peer review, by the journal. Recently I worked out a new paper and would like to submit it to this journal again.
The reasons for rejections have never been e... |
2015/01/13 | 4,101 | 16,972 | <issue_start>username_0: Today some of my friends were discussing a motivation letter. One friend's application was rejected. One reason his friends find out is that the letter of motivation is very emotional. So I was thinking: is there no place of emotion in academia? People used to study a lot as a strong feeling wo... |
2015/01/13 | 1,529 | 6,472 | <issue_start>username_0: A professor of mine, who's native language is German and who is teaching a class in English in a German speaking country, suddenly answered an e-mail which I wrote in German (I'm a native German speaker too), in English. I'm wondering why he does that? What the proper way for me to react is, i.... |
2015/01/13 | 828 | 3,315 | <issue_start>username_0: While offering an answer to another question on this site ([this one](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/36531/what-challenges-to-expect-for-admission-to-masters-phd-in-computer-science-and-e/36699#36699) if you're interested), I was reminded of a particularly challenging experience t... |
2015/01/14 | 622 | 2,766 | <issue_start>username_0: Currently, I am in second semester of Master's program in Computer Science and Engineering. Even though I am yet undecided, I lean a little bit more towards pursuing PhD program rather than getting into industry.
Many people tell me that research experience is the only factor in getting accept... |
2015/01/14 | 2,045 | 8,489 | <issue_start>username_0: If a prospective student contacts a professor about his/her work or group and the professor engages (asking for more info, acknowledging the student's existence ;-), etc), is it common for the replies to just stop? I would think courtesy at least calls for the standard easy let down, e.g "Perha... |
2015/01/14 | 1,025 | 4,401 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently a M.Sc. student and I was planning to apply for PhD programs. I asked my adviser to write me a letter of recommendation two months ago, and he agreed to do that. However, now that the deadlines are approaching (in 2 days) he has refused to write a letter, and basically he says th... |
2015/01/14 | 3,148 | 12,412 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a math TA and I find that my most consistent comment for improvement involved my board handwriting. Anybody have some tips or techniques I can use to make things a little neater on the board?
There are, of course, time constraints with teaching any course, so I don't want to simply write m... |
2015/01/14 | 1,556 | 6,671 | <issue_start>username_0: A year ago, I finished my Master's degree and ended 6 months of working for an incredibly manipulative and demanding supervisor. We started working on a publication of my Master's results, which is awaiting final approval (post-corrections) at the journal we submitted to.
Last week, I read a p... |
2015/01/14 | 517 | 2,320 | <issue_start>username_0: Some co-authors and I are currently writing a position paper that aims to introduce Community A to a set of problems in Community B, in which collaboration between Communities A and B is likely to be helpful. This paper is intended for submission to a peer-reviewed special issue that has invite... |
2015/01/14 | 578 | 2,550 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted a paper to a decent mathematical journal more than six months ago. Later, after communicating with several people, I have come to find the notation that I used in the paper very confusing, and thus fear that people may have serious difficulty in understanding my work.
I have since... |
2015/01/14 | 1,035 | 4,425 | <issue_start>username_0: Might it be odd for a student to love and have excellent academic performance in all subjects—I am that student. I am really confused what to study in the university. My grades are similar (high) in all subjects, and I prefer both scientific and non-scientific subjects. It's like I want to get ... |
2015/01/14 | 453 | 1,799 | <issue_start>username_0: I have received an email from a journal in the field of engineering saying that they found an article of mine and want to feature it in their own publications for a fee. I cannot tell if this is something legit or something they send to everyone they can find. I have Googled, but there is not m... |
2015/01/14 | 603 | 2,487 | <issue_start>username_0: Negative results are sometimes seen as failures, and confirmatory results as lack of creativity, even though both kinds can be useful. Have researchers any incentive to publish negative or confirmatory results (put aside the cases when they are forced to, e.g. certain registered clinical trials... |
2015/01/14 | 825 | 3,288 | <issue_start>username_0: I am limited to a set number of pages for a research paper I am writing. One trick that I thought of was to find large 'review' papers that talk about a lot of things.
For instance:
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Bubble sort [1] is a great tool for sorting.
So is merge sort [1] and also quick sort [1].
Make sure to un... |
2015/01/15 | 1,916 | 7,825 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for a fellowship so that I can pursue a PhD in the US. The selection process includes an interview for shortlisted candidates.
I like to save the best for the last in order to surprise the audience. I think surprise, wherever it is used, has a good effect. I have a poster based o... |
2015/01/15 | 477 | 2,100 | <issue_start>username_0: I had a colleague who asked a professor to write a letter of recommendation on his behalf. The professor agreed and wrote 3 letters for this colleague. The colleague had an interview with one of the colleges he applied to and he came to know that the professor wrote that he doesn't know him ver... |
2015/01/15 | 637 | 2,760 | <issue_start>username_0: I had a meeting with my former teacher in my former school.
While we were enjoying our tea and pan cake, I saw <NAME>, and we invited him to join us. An hour later, after the tea, Prof. Nickname left first and was walking back to his office. I ran after him and asked if he had time to write a r... |
2015/01/15 | 383 | 1,787 | <issue_start>username_0: I just wanted to know your opinion about an issue. I have contacted the supervisor of a research project for doctoral student position and I was encouraged to apply. By the way my experience really fits the position.
I applied through the online application platform and after that I didn't rec... |
2015/01/15 | 1,471 | 6,347 | <issue_start>username_0: I am re-doing a module that I have failed, My first assignment have some questions that are identical to the ones I answered last year, would I be violating any laws or academic practices by copying my own answers from last year and re-use them?<issue_comment>username_1: This is a grey area and... |
2015/01/15 | 554 | 2,431 | <issue_start>username_0: A question purely out of interest (and a bit of importance, since I'm enrolling in a research master program next month):
I wondered whether it is always necessary to include a research question in the introduction of a paper. For example, an introduction can also contain a description relate... |
2015/01/15 | 603 | 2,697 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying to a course in Quantitative Finance in a prestigious university in Europe.
I am wondering if it may be the case to block my facebook account; I don't want the commission to look at my profile or to gather information on me that I am not willing to give them directly.
I know that... |
2015/01/15 | 3,666 | 15,693 | <issue_start>username_0: **TL;DR**: How hard would it be to finish out a Ph.D. and have an effective early career (as a pure mathematician) after my adviser has unexpectedly passed away? My department does not have any tenure-track faculty able to take on students in my field at the time, but two postdocs in my field h... |
2015/01/15 | 1,637 | 6,943 | <issue_start>username_0: Prof. Z has taught thousands of students in my former school since 2010. In the Biology course that he taught, there were two students (A and B) with similar full names and nicknames, but their academic results were totally different.
Prof. Z liked student A but hated student B because student... |
2015/01/15 | 888 | 3,596 | <issue_start>username_0: **Disclaimer:** This question is probably on the brink of off-topicness; maybe, it is also opinion-based and I don't exclude it is way too broad. Nonetheless, I'm asking this out of curiosity: so, if you close this question, I won't complain; but if you answer, I'll appreciate.
To try to stay... |
2015/01/16 | 732 | 3,034 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the recommended way to reply to an academic interview invitation? And would there be a difference in response if the invitation was sent by a faculty or a staff? Should it be very short or should the applicant express his interest again in the position, maybe provide more details of his... |
2015/01/16 | 1,067 | 4,422 | <issue_start>username_0: Let's say you are passionate, I mean really passionate, about your field.
However, whenever you try to share the pleasure induced by your findings or further understanding or even acknowledged works with those you love and who love you, could be your family members or lover or spouse, you alway... |
2015/01/16 | 293 | 1,338 | <issue_start>username_0: I saw that some friends know who are the search committee members before their interviews. So would it be fine to ask the department who are they? And if it was fine, why the department didn't mention their names since the beginning? Could asking about their names be taken as negative thing?! A... |
2015/01/16 | 1,093 | 5,098 | <issue_start>username_0: Our School Research Ethics Committee requires when designing an online survey that each question is optional for the participants. These rules were devised before the era of crowdsourcing when researchers had to rely on the goodwill of others to gather the necessary responses.
However as I am ... |
2015/01/16 | 1,048 | 4,866 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a dissertation for my PhD in Romance Languages. I focus on Spanish literature and use primary sources all in Spanish and secondary sources in Spanish and English, but I am writing in English. Do I need to translate the Spanish quotes I use from my primary and secondary sources into... |
2015/01/16 | 714 | 3,086 | <issue_start>username_0: Ten days ago I contacted a professor who conducts research in a field I am deeply interested in, to ask about PhD positions. He replied very politely that he had no funding available to hire a new person in his research group.
Today, the university announced that there is funding available for... |
2015/01/16 | 639 | 2,494 | <issue_start>username_0: Psychology at universities in Germany is either in the natural sciences or in philosophy, depending on the university. This affects the kind of academic title you get. People doing their doctoral thesis either get the doctor in natural sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) or the doctor in philosophy (Dr. p... |
2015/01/16 | 3,569 | 15,412 | <issue_start>username_0: *I apologize in advance if this question is too broad, or too subjective - I couldn't think of a better place to ask it.*
**Summary**: does mathematical aptitude impose an upper boundary on how well one can do in research areas where life sciences intersect with engineering and computer scienc... |
2015/01/17 | 1,406 | 6,026 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently made some changes to a piece of (proprietary) code that my group uses which has made it two orders of magnitude faster. The code I updated wasn't mine and the original algorithm IP was published a few decades ago so I can't claim I did anything other than some clever refactoring/para... |
2015/01/17 | 395 | 1,728 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose that an undergraduate student is preparing for interviews for Ph.D. positions in natural sciences. Is it common/acceptable to ask a professor with relevant expertise and familiarity with the student's educational background and research ability to conduct a mock interview with the stude... |
2015/01/17 | 542 | 2,123 | <issue_start>username_0: Mostly for fun, I've been working on an exposition about some ideas in my area of math (algebraic geometry). As far as I know there isn't any elementary introduction to this particular topic already out there. It's at an early undergrad level. I'd like to make it available, but I'm just not sur... |
2015/01/17 | 817 | 3,556 | <issue_start>username_0: Question that is really bothering me is what are the important factors for admission to top five engineering graduate school? I searched in different forums and saw people got accepted to PhD program at prestigious school with GPA 3.40 GRE Quantitative of 165 and no publication. However I also ... |
2015/01/17 | 1,062 | 4,265 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it or is it not good practice to make an author the subject of sentences in a paper? When should their name be central, discreet, or absent in the sentence? Here are five variations showing different approaches, four of which include the author’s name. Are there particular identifiable use c... |
2015/01/17 | 2,346 | 9,868 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a PhD student in pure maths at a university in Europe. For reasons that I won't go into, my research interests do not coincide with my supervisor's ones. This means that, although she gives me good general advice, she can't give me more "technical" feedback on my work. I've now written a co... |
2015/01/17 | 2,076 | 8,838 | <issue_start>username_0: As background, many of my students fall into the "un-prepared" for university category. This has introduced many challenges. Some challenges are easily handled when a student is sincerely interested in learning (they want to know what to read and I guide them appropriately).
More challenging i... |
2015/01/17 | 609 | 2,249 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose <NAME> wrote a paper in 2014. When I cite this paper, should it be
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> Jackson and Kim (2014) show that ...
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or
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> Jackson and Kim (2014) shows that ...
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><issue_comment>username_1: This is a special case of a more general problem about 'plural' names for specific org... |
2015/01/17 | 704 | 2,862 | <issue_start>username_0: One of my slides of my presentation at a technical conference includes a timing diagram. I have to explain the functionality of the read/write operation with the help of this figure. I have maximized the diagram and am planning to explain each signal assertion.
This slide is one of the many sl... |
2015/01/17 | 630 | 2,831 | <issue_start>username_0: In the old days, software was shipped, then used, and eventually replaced or uninstalled. Academic publications are roughly the same: they get published, read and cited, and (for the most part) eventually replaced by newer results. However, while the way we create software has changed to where ... |
2015/01/17 | 1,486 | 5,751 | <issue_start>username_0: [This question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/21979/can-students-finish-much-of-their-phd-thesis-before-applying-to-a-phd-program) addresses why it's a bad idea to try to do a lot of independent work before PhD in the hope of finishing PhD quickly.
Nevertheless, are there famous... |
2015/01/18 | 1,354 | 5,699 | <issue_start>username_0: I am having trouble keeping organized the files for the computational component of my research project. In brief, I have written computer code which I use to run computational experiments. For each experiment, I get a set of output files, from which I generate output such as plots and tables.
... |
2015/01/18 | 374 | 1,640 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an undergraduate computer science major with a specialization in networks and communication looking at a masters in molecular genetics. In addition to a GRE biochemistry and molecular biology subject test score, I'm interested in MOOCs to enhance my resume.<issue_comment>username_1: No, bec... |
2015/01/18 | 1,121 | 4,733 | <issue_start>username_0: I am going do do my thesis defense next week.
I am not nervous.
On the contrary, I am so over-relaxed that my instincts tell me this will cause a problem during my defense.
I am not sure when to take questions, though:
1. Should I accept the questions during the presentation or should I say t... |
2015/01/18 | 6,476 | 26,487 | <issue_start>username_0: I hear a lot from the experts that citation count is a bad idea as a measure of judging a paper. This seems simply counter-intuitive to me. I would like to know if any study has been done in this direction?<issue_comment>username_1: First off, don't trust generalizations too much. The number of... |
2015/01/18 | 876 | 3,330 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose that paper A has a lemma called Lemma A, along with its proof.
I want to use this lemma in another paper B. However, in the scope of my paper, I have to change it slightly, but without losing the general idea.
For instance, the original lemma might read as follows:
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> Lemma A: The ... |
2015/01/18 | 2,112 | 8,393 | <issue_start>username_0: My former teacher, who had done her PhD in a top-10 university in the UK in 2009, is an assistant professor in my former school.
On the day when I visited my former school, I saw her at the school canteen unexpectedly. I smiled and nodded to her before I said "Good afternoon, <NAME>." We were t... |
2015/01/18 | 518 | 2,215 | <issue_start>username_0: Courses taken and GPA can matter quite significantly for undergraduates, both for applying to graduate school and applying for jobs. What about courses taken and GPA during PhD? Do they matter at all for postdoc/professorship application? **Do postdoc/professorship application usually ask for a... |
2015/01/19 | 6,550 | 27,360 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a recently hired assistant professor at a small teaching
university. The department head has been successful in dramatically
increasing student enrollment, such that our department is viewed
almost as keeping the faculty and university afloat (and the
department head is VERY highly regarded... |
2015/01/19 | 1,402 | 5,872 | <issue_start>username_0: Now, I understand that European PhDs are far from monolithic in format, and that most quals in my field (physics) can fall into two general formats, as far as North American PhD programs are concerned:
1. A set of tests covering the fundamental areas of undergraduate-level education in your di... |
2015/01/19 | 472 | 1,748 | <issue_start>username_0: Could any one recommend some comprehensive guide (online version preferred) for writing a Ph.D. thesis in Mathematics?
I did some google search but there are too many results and it is difficult to decide which one to read. Here I am not asking anyone to write such a guide for me (otherwise th... |
2015/01/19 | 684 | 2,948 | <issue_start>username_0: According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citation#Styles), the most pertinent styles are Chicago and APSA, which is a variant of Chicago. But I could not find stronger references about this.
EDIT. The purpose of my question is the following. I am trying to build a quick help-shee... |
2015/01/19 | 2,135 | 9,155 | <issue_start>username_0: This has been puzzling me for a long time, I have seen professors and other academic people hang up their research papers on their doors. What is the purpose of this?
My first guess was they were announcing some important papers related to a class they are lecturing, so students can look at th... |
2015/01/19 | 847 | 3,727 | <issue_start>username_0: When browsing their web sites, I noticed that apart from those listed academic requirements by different universities, they all require at least two reference letters from applicants, but they did not officially state that who should write those recommendation letters.
Although I have collect... |
2015/01/19 | 784 | 3,343 | <issue_start>username_0: Many conferences offer some form of financial assistance, covering travel, registration, accommodation, or combinations thereof.
My university will only pay for one conference travel expenses over the course of my PhD.
While I live in a first-world country, I am not financially well-off. I ca... |
2015/01/19 | 450 | 1,729 | <issue_start>username_0: When writing an abstract for a talk on a topic that I have collaborated on with others, should I be using the plural form, such as
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> "**We** have shown this and that ..."
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or is it better to write it as:
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> "I will discuss this and that ..."
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2015/01/18 | 609 | 2,532 | <issue_start>username_0: I've always loved maths but for numerous reasons I bounced along in general/non-profit admin/management. After maternity leave I have found myself at the bottom again and seriously thinking how can I get back on track. I'm 37 and I graduated in 2000 with a UK BSc in Math 2:1. Anyone I chat to (... |
2015/01/19 | 678 | 2,965 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a paper submitted to the Arxiv 4 years ago (with another co-author). At that time, the only reason that we put the article online was that someone asked us to do that in order to cite it.
Since then it has been cited some times, including authors that claim that have found (independentl... |
2015/01/19 | 1,213 | 3,920 | <issue_start>username_0: Have there been famous/documented cases where people die from working too hard in the lab, similar to [this](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/man-24-dies-heart-attack-overwork-article-1.1345919) and [this](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10255199/Bank-intern... |
2015/01/20 | 2,043 | 8,929 | <issue_start>username_0: I shall note up front, I am myself a student looking for insight from any lecturers or professors who have had a class with this situation and what I might expect in my case.
I am on a "Computer Engineering" integrated masters degree for which much of the assessment is done via assessed projec... |
2015/01/20 | 1,697 | 7,124 | <issue_start>username_0: Are there universities that cater specifically to shy or reserved people? It seems like many universities have the usual social hierarchy set up of 'popular' student , 'overachievers' , 'sports-inclined' , 'outcasts' or 'rebels' and the very reserved who might also fit into 'outcasts'. Unfortun... |
2015/01/20 | 1,582 | 6,596 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted my application with a supervisor's name fora UK university last week. I plan to apply for a scbolarship after getting an offer. The scholarship application deadline is in March. I would like to know how long it takes to get an application result in a UK uni?<issue_comment>username_1... |
2015/01/20 | 1,447 | 5,826 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a math PhD student considering changing universities.
I have suspicions that my supervisor has not been very honest with me
since I told him that I considered changing universities (and therefore
supervisors) because of shift in interests. He got angry with me, told me that it would bring
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2015/01/20 | 417 | 1,661 | <issue_start>username_0: So the question is simple: What is the common way of saying something in parentheses in a journal paper like engineering or mathematics.
Assume you are talking about a mathematical approach, but in the middle you want to point out to something else, or mention an special case. I give an exampl... |
2015/01/20 | 1,293 | 5,267 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently an undergraduate student in Turkey. I will graduate from genetics department and I would like to do a PhD without MSc in abroad. However my GPA sucks ( probably it will be 2.5 or 2.6 out of 4 ).
I have done my summer internships in Germany and America. I am very good in laborato... |
2015/01/20 | 582 | 2,568 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the difference between a research paper and a scientific paper? Does the research paper also mean a term paper at the end of your Masters?
I need to present a research paper. So does it mean I need to present a solution to an existing problem or does it mean a summary of various soluti... |
2015/01/20 | 528 | 2,195 | <issue_start>username_0: After the first review process, could the rebuttal totally change the reviewers' minds, i.e. from accept to reject or the other way around?<issue_comment>username_1: First, it's worth noting that very few computer science conferences actually allow a rebuttal: mostly, the decision you get is th... |
2015/01/20 | 871 | 3,237 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently applying to an MSc programme at Imperial College London but at the bottom of the page for each of the programmes I am considering, it states the following:
"A Postgraduate Certificate and Postgraduate Diploma are not available on this programme."
Is this usual for MSc programmes... |
2015/01/20 | 1,727 | 7,136 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a standard practice in academic writing regarding the use of accented letters when the underlying language is English? I'm specifically thinking of the word *naive,* which often has a dieresis above the *i,* but I suppose this is applicable to other words.
I would prefer to not use th... |
2015/01/21 | 568 | 2,390 | <issue_start>username_0: I took the TOEFL test more than three months ago (outside US). Well before my deadlines. But I haven't received the paper scores yet and I shall mail them to the admission committees as an obligatory in my application package. Now, I'm running against the clock. Although I contacted customer su... |
2015/01/21 | 1,965 | 8,336 | <issue_start>username_0: **Is it appropriate for a student to attend a class s/he is not registered for?**
I am a CS student and I am almost done with my degree, but there are some very interesting electives that I will not get to take and I would love to simply attend those courses any way.
Is this inappropriate t... |
2015/01/21 | 2,181 | 9,203 | <issue_start>username_0: I found some relevant advice on the first day of teaching online (e.g. [here](http://teachingcenter.wustl.edu/strategies/Pages/teaching-first-day.aspx#.VL9C13Mo7qA), [here](http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/teach/firstday.html), [here](http://teaching.berkeley.edu/what-do-first-day-class)... |
2015/01/21 | 539 | 2,331 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in a large class where lectures are recorded and posted online. The lectures are difficult enough that I benefit a lot from being able to pause the videos and stare at the slides for a few seconds, or even rewind the video if I realize I missed something from an earlier part of the lecture.... |
2015/01/21 | 473 | 1,983 | <issue_start>username_0: For example, if he spends 20 hours a week on his advisor's project, and 20 hours a week on a project with another professor (that the advisor is not involved in). Do most advisors find this acceptable, or do they see this as taking up work time that belongs to them?
And what if those 20 hours ... |