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[ "work in convex optimization and its applications. I don't have an advisor yet,", "doesn't let you explore on your own. This is a totally new perspective", "don't want to be left behind and have regrets after two years at", "mathematics for the first couple of years while working on small class projects", "...
[ "new reviewers. Under an ignore, it must time out. I realize that it", "realize that it is possible that all 5 ignores were *passive* ignores, where", "they were ignored such that 3 weeks passed and the requests finally timed", "*today* to the same journal and it were put on the same editor's", "same editor...
[ "want to insult anyone concerned. I just wondered: before you enroll for any", "the college's officials say with reality? Like, looking on the internet to find", "because I wouldn't want to insult anyone concerned. I just wondered: before you", "from that school, etc. How is it this article says the students ...
[ "do duly comply. **Anticipated consequence** If the current pace of requests continues, I", "a graduate student in a quant/informatics group (size = 2 people: my advisor", "research. I have my own project independent of those in the larger bench", "If the current pace of requests continues, I think that my Ph...
[ "inform you any time there is an article related to \"neural networks\". However,", "is an article related to \"neural networks\". However, suppose I am interested in", "suppose I am interested in neural networks applied to robot navigation. Is there", "related to \"neural networks\". However, suppose I am in...
[ "very robust \"backup\" strategy for scientific literature. Printed documents (and other forms of", "places on the planet is a very robust \"backup\" strategy for scientific literature.", "or fragments of them, are known to last for millennia and with a", "many geographic locations), the chances of being able...
[ "your help! I know I sounds like a naïve student with all these", "I feel that I won't ever be ready for that and I would", "I would prefer not becoming a lab leader although it seems like the", "relevant about further studies and Post Doc is still such a grey area", "but I'm curious about it because I have...
[ "course. Should I retake it next year if I know I can get", "a core class and I can technically get an A- but thats with", "with a B+ as the highest possible grade for the course. Should I", "in the class? Also: it is a core class and I can technically", "I was overloading courses and fell behind one course...
[ "in them and it makes me go, \"Hmmm...\" It seems that the students", "myself learned mostly self-taught about 30-35 years ago (pre-internet). I learned mostly by", "The assignments at this point are simple decisions and loops, nothing that requires", "alternate solutions. It never occurred to me that student...
[ "in his new department produce would be considered at the level of a", "publishing anything (which is *not* usual in our field). The theses that students", "be lower than what he was used to in his PhD department. Some", "time than what he is used to. I suspect this is a common", "friend who is in his first...
[ "I would like to point out I have no knowledge on the how", "my question is did I somehow hurt my chances of getting into those", "and this may very well be a stupid question. I'm getting my Bachelor's", "question is did I somehow hurt my chances of getting into those schools", "somehow hurt my chances of g...
[ "I am wondering whether it would be academically unethical of me to link", "whether it could get me into trouble academically to do so. Any insights", "PhD student. I occasionally participate in answering academic questions a Q & A", "find any substantial criticism of it. I am wondering whether it would be", ...
[ "study. I have already asked the authors for permission to use their scales.", "received a reply from an author about using his scale. I wonder if", "permission to use their scales. However, I have not received a reply from", "use a public scale when no confirmation is received from the author who", "the qu...
[ "when I apply for visa to attend conferences due to the two different", "and not keep my maiden name. But I have two publications already. What", "my PhD and am about to get married. I plan to take on", "my maiden name. But I have two publications already. What can I do", "keep on publishing with my maiden ...
[ "the UK, but am worried now that I will have to pay international", "considering applying to the UK, but am worried now that I will have", "years and was considering applying to the UK, but am worried now that", "any proposals on this yet? I am finishing my BA in two years", "finishing my BA in two years an...
[ "to another program. I am particularly interested in machine learning, and relevant researches.", "a long time I wanted to learn computer science, especially machine learning, and", "or transfer to another program. I am particularly interested in machine learning, and", "student at a university in Canada. My ...
[ "am wondering whether it looks odd if a speaker reads notes during a", "such presentations? How will it be if the speaker speaks by themself, but", "will it look? Will audiences accept or criticize such presentations? How will it", "a speaker reads notes during a presentation? I am asking this because, I", ...
[ "several spelling and grammatical errors. Should I tell him about this or just", "module on history that contains several spelling and grammatical errors. Should I tell", "spelling and grammatical errors. Should I tell him about this or just ignore", "a module on history that contains several spelling and gra...
[ "that tried to quantify to what extent visit weekends impact graduate school applicant's", "visit weekends impact graduate school applicant's final decisions? (final decision = which school", "which school to attend) I mostly interested in the computer science field in", "to quantify to what extent visit week...
[ "that range from 200 USD to 600 USD, they are indexed in Scimago", "publish a co-join work that we have done in a CS journal. For", "mean according to some PhD students that I have talked, they told me", "open access so that everybody could read or access a research work *", "usually publish my research wor...
[ "first two years of undergrad but then switched to computer science. I took", "classes senior year. Fall semester of senior year I plan on doing an", "doing an undergraduate thesis class and take two grad classes, along with another", "if I only have my junior year and first semester of senior year", "grade...
[ "questions or want to talk about a particular subject. I would like to", "frequently helps PhD students in his area when they have questions or want", "words, can I go to a postdoc looking to talk and ask questions", "postdoc from another group in my department that frequently helps PhD students in", "about...
[ "me. I'm asking because I'm not sure whether to apply for the second", "apply for the second link or for the first one and the second", "degrees at the University of Virginia. I was wondering what was the difference", "engineering](http://web.sys.virginia.edu/graduate.html) Reading the handbooks, I understood...
[ "by the PhD students if I can help them do the programming in", "is impossible to do in Excel, but they never used any other language", "provide the source code with the result. While the master students are not", "I am able to teach them how to achieve the programming goal, but", "I am currently a teaching...
[ "to come up with something new. Can someone please give me some tips", "this how it's done? I feel so lost right now. When I try", "intend to do my PhD in. So as of now, for my thesis,", "in. So as of now, for my thesis, I have this vague idea", "anything new. Even the existing proofs that I get are so comp...
[ "like to help out my professor and get some 'research experience', and I", "and get some 'research experience', and I asked her the other day, but", "asked her the other day, but she said that me writing my thesis", "she said that me writing my thesis would already be 'research experience'. Does", "be 'rese...
[ "my current area. I am not too far in my studies, so it's", "that it will be a disadvantage, because I might be competing with people", "and am now worried that it will be a disadvantage, because I might", "like to focus on a different area within my field. That being said,", "in my studies, so it's not lik...
[ "equation is an obvious and not especially interesting > generalization of similar equations", "the other one is negative. In particular, there is a very \"negative\" comment", "literature. > > > How can I give an appropriate reply to this", "a paper: two are positive, but the other one is negative. In partic...
[ "that support either the pro or con I listed above. Same goes for", "to consider in the latter case. Pro: Pursuing a PhD can be a", "a companion, like a dog, for example, often help students' productivity when they", "posted -- but that I've seen come up with some frequency (at least", "and dogs), but I'm s...
[ "to type anything to fill the entry fields in the `.bib` file. There's", "reference items in the BibTeX file and citation keys in the manuscript (using", "complicated by the following considerations: 1. Training him on the use of BibTeX", "arbitrarily, so that much the cross-referencing no longer makes sense....
[ "easier for them to see the other persons comments. Kind of like a", "review by several supervisors, who will comment and request changes. It's written in", "but maybe there is a tool that allows everyone to see everybody's comments?", "use / do you use for the review process? I know they can", "but somethi...
[ "greatly resented the addition of Bethe to the authorship list. However, I do", "the first author can suffer if other authors are added to the paper?", "that you were helped by another person means that they should be co-authors", "of the fields mentioned in [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/...
[ "I had while drafting my letter. Is it appropriate to find some sort", "to use letterhead? Or should use of the letterhead be reserved solely for", "a lot of my maturity (which was sorely needed in junior high...). The", "have a lot of respect for it. This is just a thought I", "majority of my success in co...
[ "most important, is that publication of scientific results is peer-reviewed. I want to", "that publication of scientific results is peer-reviewed. I want to understand why peer", "to groom their own ego. Based on this, I expect most reviews to", "is peer-reviewed. I want to understand why peer review is effec...
[ "it their role to read all this fields? Are these field kept just", "benefit for you or for your host supervisor, what will you learn, what", "of your project will get only your research proposal, or is it their", "scientific abstract, lay abstract or questions like [what will be the impact of", "you learne...
[ "samples from a location to study the microbes. The study is basically divided", "I write 2 papers considering these two matters, can I use the same", "groups. If I write 2 papers considering these two matters, can I use", "into 2; one is considering the total community and another one is specific", "and an...
[ "correct. But I am feeling very depressed for failing my expectations. I have", "next week. I think I will mess up in other papers too. I", "extremely lengthly and I made a silly mistake in a question of 4", "silly mistake in a question of 4 marks although I knew the answer", "Paper in the next week. I thin...
[ "and ISBN, Mendeley automatically adds some missing attributes. One of those attributes is", "to appear. Sadly, I can't uncheck URL in the document type `Book`. So", "the bibliography. In Mendeley, when I click on `Tools->Options->Document Details`, I can specify", "I add a book and specify some attributes, l...
[ "such email is to show that I'm ambitious(?) and serious and didn't applied", "curious and impatient about knowing the answers to \"am I accepted or not?\",", "I'm very curious and impatient about knowing the answers to \"am I accepted", "email is to show that I'm ambitious(?) and serious and didn't applied j...
[ "for a Phd position advertised by the university. Should I address my letter", "am applying for a Phd position advertised by the university. Should I address", "position advertised by the university. Should I address my letter of motivation to", "a Phd position advertised by the university. Should I address m...
[ "been admitted so far. Earlier, I would have loved to go here without", "Earlier, I would have loved to go here without question but am not", "stated \"before making a decision I would like to visit the campus see", "3 in its program for the last decade). Since this school was out", "sure I get to talk to s...
[ "best to research this site for simliar questions, but I've come up with", "even if it does come (very?) close. Knowing this I've been wondering whether", "time understanding some concepts not explicitly taught in a course I took recently,", "the professor who taught this course and ask them for advice regard...
[ "of them were in US/Canada and I don't have any official experience working", "I don't have any official experience working in neither... My real question is:", "season. For some of them, I received an e-mail letting me know that", "similar, always followed by a \", but\". Are they being polite saying that?",...
[ "out?\" Murmurs rippled through the class. It wasn't just him trying to engage", "my grade is not why i'm complaining. Its what I have explained prior", "this working, maybe you guys could help me out?\" Murmurs rippled through the", "(a javascript framework). I included this framework (which was not included...
[ "a paper under review, and continues on subsequent works based on the paper", "has a paper under review, and continues on subsequent works based on the", "paper under review, and continues on subsequent works based on the paper under", "on subsequent works based on the paper under review. When the author puts...
[ "I emailed them again about the scanned copy and no response though it", "again about the scanned copy and no response though it has only been", "rather not give too many details). I replied to say I'm accepting the", "I say to the other place if I am still unsure about the", "Also, what should I say to the...
[ "of research idea via this? (Leakage in the sense that I do a", "poster/talk of your unpublished work? Is there any risk of leakage of research", "yet published any paper. Keeping my background in mind do answer my question", "questions regarding talks and poster presentations. I am in my second year of", "...
[ "is there any best practice, if academic degrees should be used in the", "there any best practice, if academic degrees should be used in the acknowledgements?", "but is there any best practice, if academic degrees should be used in", "co-supervisor, other advisors, etc. Maybe everyone can just do it at will, ...
[ "I'm used to in European or international meetings (including international meetings at the", "presentations. In particular, many young women (and some young men) seemed to be", "and was surprised by the way people were dressed for the poster presentations.", "play here, and do some of these young female rese...
[ "from a small country when there is only one laboratory in your field", "Then you probably have these options: * stay there and get published with", "there and get published with your supervisor; * move to another country for", "and get published with your supervisor; * move to another country for some", "i...
[ "local outputs, we could > equally well […] > > > Now, instead", "> The wording \"function that maps local neighborhoods to local outputs\" is a", "not only the conveyed ideas and concepts, but also the wording, is not", "to explain. Is it acceptable to use this wording with a citation and", "local outputs\...
[ "I'm afraid that my prof or his research lab can publish/include my work", "research lab can publish/include my work in some their future papers without my", "I'm starting my bachelor's degree thesis and i will do some research work.", "be published? If so , who should get the credits? I'm afraid that", "st...
[ "an exemple in which the result doesn't work. One of the reviewers said", "paper to a journal for publication and we received the reports of the", "reviewers pointed out a flaw in one of our proofs. Unfortunately, we cannot", "find an exemple in which the result doesn't work. One of the reviewers", "reports...
[ "a college with a decent-to-low reputation. Most of the professors here aren't PhDs.", "person and I am good at self studying. Should I try to create", "data structure books, I've become very interested in certain theoretical computer science topics.", "to create interesting projects? work on open-source? wor...
[ "whether there is something like an \"unwritten rule\" for how long after getting", "*\"secret statistic\"* related to the ratio of your own papers vs. your papers", "there some sort of, let's say *\"secret statistic\"* related to the ratio of", "the ratio of your own papers vs. your papers with your supervis...
[ "positive and negative effects for a host country and for a home country", "would like to understand positive and negative effects for a host country and", "and negative effects for a host country and for a home country of", "understand positive and negative effects for a host country and for a home", "I wo...
[ "that they're pretty much perfect– but I haven't submitted any actual essays. However,", "one I've taken that is directly relevant to the language program I'm applying", "of, I don't know, pity for my situation) to give me a recommendation", "length about my family emergency/mental health issues, and we've gr...
[ "i would like to do research in a lab with plants in regards", "of) but since I got a B.A and not a B.S I am", "of random science prerequisites at a community college and then transfer them to", "I got a B.A and not a B.S I am lacking in a", "new career field and need to go back to school I think I", "Do ...
[ "academic luminaries who succeeded in a subject that they (secretely or not) despise?", "despise? For example, has any Nobel Laureate or [Rolf Schock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Schock_Prizes#Laureates_in_Logic_and_Philosophy) winner despised the", "has any Nobel Laureate or [Rolf Schock](https://en.wik...
[ "Ivy League Schools, lets say (for grad school that is), because I am", "school. Oxford seems to have much higher acceptance rates than, say, Princeton or", "Oxbridge is easier than Top US unis? [PrincetonAdmissions Data](https://gradschool.princeton.edu/about/quick-statistics) (about 11% acceptance rate)", "...
[ "a better chance of acceptance and scholarship for my future PhD program abroad?", "my CV that I am a reviewer of that journal, when I am", "journal of my field. I had a paper there and somewhere else almost", "of acceptance and scholarship for my future PhD program abroad? Basically, should I", "abroad? Ba...
[ "if the paper was withdrawn for containing errors. I don't quite feel comfortable", "an error. I can't really use \"Please send me a version of your", "version of your paper\" as an excuse, because the paper is published on", "this paper electronically?\" The article itself is posted on arxiv and is listed", ...
[ "there and rapid pace at which new material becomes available. I have been", "move from a reading focus to a doing focus eventually. My concern is", "as I embark on this transformational journey. One concern that I have is", "and it sounds like literature review is only one phase as a graduate", "concern is...
[ "back on the market. Also industry may have deeper pockets than NIH for", "I were to land one with funding dollars attached? I figured it would", "solid approach would be align myself with current problems and try and partner", "when I am back on the market. Also industry may have deeper pockets", "dollars ...
[ "which climate variable they correlated with which demographic variable etc.). So for this", "with which demographic variable etc.). So for this purpose **I need to add", "a useful way, I need to manage a table, one row for each", "to sort and filter using these fields. Is there any reference manager that", ...
[ "I use: > > Thesis topic: *Flexoelectricity in Nematic Liquid Crystals* > >", "could I use: > > Thesis topic: *Flexoelectricity in Nematic Liquid Crystals* >", "of my academic career? For example could I use: > > Thesis topic:", "for the rest of my academic career? For example could I use: >", "feedback for...
[ "Masters thesis. Can I use a quote to begin each chapter of my", "doing a Masters thesis. Can I use a quote to begin each chapter", "I am doing a Masters thesis. Can I use a quote to begin", "a Masters thesis. Can I use a quote to begin each chapter of", "thesis. Can I use a quote to begin each chapter of m...
[ "was the editor's request. In addition, there were some ethical issues with the", "because of a similar manuscript submitted by another group to the same journal.", "Per the request of the editor, two groups combined the manuscripts. Now the", "reasons. I re-read the other group's manuscript and found a numbe...
[ "to do one or the other and apply to other schools next semester.", "plan is to do one or the other and apply to other schools", "the deadline to apply to most graduate schools. Fortunately, I was accepted to", "My goal is to do theory in my graduate level course work. The", "it won't say \"physics\" on my ...
[ "at my university? **Some personal background to this:** I was asking my lecturer", "to pay him for his service, and I was ready to do that.", "university? **Some personal background to this:** I was asking my lecturer once if", "to hand in at my university. Am I allowed to ask a grad", "for his service, an...
[ "cite scientific literature. It is because I don't know why I should cite", "for ideas that are in its literature review, and that are totally not", "classic ones? etc. * *When to cite?* If I am writing an assertion", "I cite every paper related to one field? Can I cite only not-that-much-cited", "in its li...
[ "to answer a specific question in the exam, is that plagiarism? (e.g. lack", "course book, and as a result of answering the exam question, I almost", "from the book we learned... 2. Other times, I get some ideas from", "exams and as of late, I started to informally cite scholars sometimes and", "exam, is th...
[ "near the conventional methods. I justify using it because it's outperforming in imagery", "around a sub-topic Y. Most of these algorithms have performance of 80-95% accuracy", "problem to solve or use a tool and see how it solves a", "to be solved. Most people in research use several approaches around a sub-...
[ "but before the final version is due (because of authorship disputes). What other", "a CS conference paper after being accepted, but before the final version is", "(because of authorship disputes). What other consequences would there be (like re-submitting to", "Is it ethical to withdraw a CS conference paper...
[ "a Bachelor's enough?) It's a young field, so I'm having trouble finding this", "for a Master's or a PhD (or is a Bachelor's enough?) It's a", "route should/needs to be taken. I don't want to do technician work--I want", "PhD (or is a Bachelor's enough?) It's a young field, so I'm having", "am not sure what...
[ "emailed a professor for a summer internship opportunity. He had accepted me and", "me write a proposal for applying through a fellowship. I replied back putting", "for not applying for the fellowship. How do I convince him that this", "to no email response and stopped mailing. But now, after the deadline is"...
[ "I did list \"all universities\" by mentioning at least one of those degrees.", "degree as well. Apparently, concealing this degree didn't give me any benefits during", "far as all my degrees were from one single university I though that", "I enroll and then they disclose this fact what they most likely will"...
[ "an important question but currently there is few (or little?) literature available\". Which", "introduction section, which says \"this is an important question but currently there is", "is an important question but currently there is few (or little?) literature available\".", "little?) literature available\"...
[ "packet together. We had the same answers since we worked on it as", "same answers since we worked on it as a group. However, two of", "50/50 and the other had a 30/50. When we asked the teacher why", "I and three other students worked on an 18 page packet together. We", "am currently in an anatomy class an...
[ "across the question \"[Attitudes towards self-plagiarism](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2893/attitudes-towards-self-plagiarism)\" on this site, which asks whether it", "In particular, many paragraphs in the introduction, related work, and background sections are", "sentences are copied and which...
[ "concepts. Since we do plan to sell it after completion, we are worried", "to sell it after completion, we are worried about potential legal obligations of", "a sophomore student building some software with friends that are heavily based on", "of and I have nothing to fear. --- Summary ------- *Does citing sc...
[ "but most of the times he just doesn’t help me. And the main", "memory and an uncanny ability to find references, which is what my impostor’s", "just go on and it just doesn’t feel like anything will come out", "at the same time, they look so daunting! I always skip the hardest", "And the main problem is, I...
[ "other software, modifying the file so that it prints in pure black? 3.", "also have benefits: I'd be convinced that Elsevier is a great publishing company,", "if this is actually possible. *Note.* I have not tried to investigate this", "blurry text](https://i.stack.imgur.com/5CJVI.png)](https://i.stack.imgur...
[ "manuscript. The field is psychology. There is one issue that I was not", "as a reviewer in a peer-review process. I remarked some issues and suggested", "hypotheses because then, the authors expected some differential results from the two instruments.", "similar instruments) and were analysed separately. Hyp...
[ "in order to participate in it. Other aspects include: * I have to", "not show up at (this can become incredibly infuriating after a while). When", "nevertheless. * Very, very high unresponsiveness to e-mail messages (I always keep them", "work. Both have been incredibly unprofessional; because of the first, ...
[ "is the second paper identified as a follow up of the original. Also,", "new paper will contain experimental and modelling results of non-pure versions of the", "in a journal and would like to submit a continuation of research paper", "wondering how is the second paper identified as a follow up of the", "I ...
[ "made by a patent at the point of filing it, like a publication", "patent is definitely a weaker source, especially if it is not something someone", "water, fusion-powered space craft etc.etc, ie. things that do not work. So as", "etc.etc, ie. things that do not work. So as a reference a patent", "reviewed....
[ "those two Lists at the front of the thesis. However, I have never", "Do they still work, or are they simply an artifact of pre-pdf days?", "seen previously). What use cases are lists of figures or tables meant to", "flip through the pages, since graphics tend to stick out, and more so", "to the meat of the...
[ "doing a masters in math before applying to economics phd would be worthwhile?", "wondering if doing a masters in math before applying to economics phd would", "school. By the time I finish undergrad (in U.S.), I will have taken", "hoping to eventually work in academic research on economic theory, social choi...
[ "first post on the Academia SE so apologies if there are some conventions", "that have anything to do with number theory. I am in this position", "and applied mathematics than it does in pure mathematics, there being only 2", "fund an 8 week research project, be it expository or otherwise, in the", "an 8 we...
[ "is commonly known that using LaTeX is the best option for formatting a", "option for formatting a scientific paper (including references). I know. But recent versions", "references). I know. But recent versions of Microsoft Word use a quite interesting", "of Microsoft Word use a quite interesting reference m...
[ "(what I called a job offer) says up to 3 pages. My friend", "for this position like any regular jobs actually. I feel I'm right but", "electro-engineering. Usually, the postdoc offer (what I called a job offer) says up", "feel I'm right but as I do not have much experiences applying to", "number of pages n...
[ "since he is the head of the research group that I intend to", "in October 2015. I was not informed about the result since then. Is", "applying) to ask about the process? Or should I wait for them to", "the result since then. Is it appropriate to send a mail to a", "about the result since then. Is it approp...
[ "html/xml format) cannot be used for this purpose. > > Acknowledgment needs to", "servers and/or can be updated with Author’s accepted version. > > The final", "to imply the final version is the one with the DOI, but I'm", "> > The final published version (in pdf or html/xml format) cannot be", "be used for...
[ "my BA? What are the possible pros and cons? The original university has", "university than the one where I obtained my BA? What are the possible", "tenured teaching position, is it more desirable to get a PhD from a", "are the possible pros and cons? The original university has a large philosophy", "obtain...
[ "one of their papers for extra points. As I was grading, I realized", "I realized that two papers were almost identical. They had a similar structure,", "They had a similar structure, organization, and presented ideas in a similar manner.", "plagiarism but they denied it. Since it was a rewrite, I told them",...
[ "visa (e.g. J1) once I find a post-doc position. I understand that not", "disadvantages of holding a green card instead of a student visa, both prior", "and disadvantages of holding a green card instead of a student visa, both", "find a post-doc position. I understand that not being a 'US person' somewhat", ...
[ "BBAs projects were built on academic dishonesty (even if unintentional)? I am so", "they are horrible when it comes to referencing! To make a long story", "year which made me go back and look at my BBAs graduation projects", "I am so glad that I learned how to properly cite this year", "produce a well-writ...
[ "process it was rejected. I received a report from an anonymous expert. Could", "I sent an article to Annals of Mathematics and after 4 months of", "Annals of Mathematics and after 4 months of review process it was rejected.", "rejected. I received a report from an anonymous expert. Could I send this", "of ...
[ "One of them has a massively famous professor (over 50k citations, 'Reuters Highly", "Could anyone share some potential differences in my experiences if I work with", "professor (over 50k citations, 'Reuters Highly Cited Researcher'). Other potential supervisors at other", "still quite famous (~15k citations)...