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[ "have a muslim sounding name. But I was born to a christian family", "an atheist. I have been trying to get fellowship in Canada. Will mentioning", "family and I consider myself an atheist. I have been trying to get", "sounding name. But I was born to a christian family and I consider", "to get fellowship i...
[ "a research focus in subfields *Y* and *Z*. I conjecture that the best", "university's *X* department do much research in either *Y* or *Z*, and they", "*X* department do much research in either *Y* or *Z*, and they seem", "my PhD applications to universities that are known for one or both of", "out which u...
[ "defer the admission (if he gets from the second university) from the Top", "received another suggestion from academia. He suggested to defer the admission (if he", "from the top ranked school? I want to know the consequences of this", "I-20 to get the visa.The admit was fully funded. He accepted the offer", ...
[ "on one of their major projects, which is an application of their research.", "typical for someone in my position to be included as a co-author on", "me to be included on the paper, how should I go about bringing", "of the research they performed. Assuming it's reasonable for me to be included", "in getting...
[ "questions by the questioners. By that I mean some folks in the class", "from folks esp. when teacher has left for a while and there is", "am a fashion designer student. I have given numerous presentations but one thing", "student. I have given numerous presentations but one thing always bothers me: the", "...
[ "involves a programming project we want to improve. In the back of my", "other demands, such as my job. So I worry a little about the", "hoping we can write a journal article. Part of me, though, wonders about", "discuss my progress). Also, in case you're wondering, I'm not currently interested in", "a situ...
[ "that from which department I should pursue PhD and what is the difference", "many departments. So I am bit confused that from which department I should", "to do PhD in machine learning. But machine learning is a multi-disciplinary field", "am bit confused that from which department I should pursue PhD and wh...
[ "with this advantage in this stage of my career. * **Place to publish**:", "say. I think the knowledge has a better potential to help me go", "to understand what the field is so that I can write a good", "I guess that I will have to write it by myself. Although I", "my career. * **Place to publish**: Where ...
[ "for graduate work in the UK seems much different than it is in", "than it is in the US. In particular, in the UK, funding decisions", "by which a good, accepted graduate application at, say, Oxford, is given funding?", "decisions often come after offers of admission. What is the process by which", "in the ...
[ "know that he has not assigned someone who knows the subject to review", "Or should we at least let the editor know that he has not", "paper? Or do you go as far as asking the editor to assign", "assign another review just to be sure that everything is done responsibly? If", "who knows the subject to review...
[ "> > > or simply the highest one: > > Sosi, MSc >", "name in my CV, should I use: > > Sosi, MSc, BSc >", "in my CV, should I use: > > Sosi, MSc, BSc > >", "my CV, should I use: > > Sosi, MSc, BSc > > >", "my name in my CV, should I use: > > Sosi, MSc, BSc", "should I use: > > Sosi, MSc, BSc > > > or simpl...
[ "to a well reputed institute for masters and PHD in maths, given that", "I do after BS Maths before applying to a well reputed institute for", "applying to a well reputed institute for masters and PHD in maths, given", "for masters and PHD in maths, given that my BS was done from", "BS Maths before applying...
[ "need to cite these logos I use if they do not have protection", "that you have immediate permission to use a logo that doesn't belong to", "So my question is: Do I need to cite these logos I use", "And also do assume I would follow correct guidelines and include a standard", "question is: Do I need to cite...
[ "positions might involve bioengineering. And of these 5 positions, 4 might already be", "might have openings for 2,000 PhD students in all disciplines. 1,000 of these", "openings for 2,000 PhD students in all disciplines. 1,000 of these positions might", "how many funded PhD openings there are at a particular...
[ "mention my future position, if for no other reason so that people I", "a term for a future appointment like \"President-elect\" or \"Chairperson-elect\" that can be", "that can be used? \"Assistant professor-elect\" seems strange and \"Assistant professor (effective August)\"", "know where to find me in the ...
[ "being terminated from the PhD program. What exactly does termination mean, and what", "on the completion of my PhD on the side (while not being enrolled", "university all this while). I received a notice recently from the department asking", "side (while not being enrolled in the university all this while). ...
[ "Please help. Any suggestions will be helpful. I would be happy to give", "him or should I look for some alternatives. Does getting a PhD depend", "Any suggestions will be helpful. I would be happy to give more inputs", "has said that the topic is new to him also. I have found", "I am getting stuck on many ...
[ "a long-distance relationship, so a extra week together does make a difference. The", "I am wondering how best to make the arrangements, so as to maximize", "without saying that the purpose of the visit is purely scientific, and any", "to streach the visit for an extra weekend after the research is done", "...
[ "available as a pdf in the course's page in a learning management system?", "undergraduate courses I teach, I also prepare lecture notes and students usually buy", "the students will buy a printed copy and the price will go up", "university. Sometimes I think it might be beneficial for the lecture notes if", ...
[ "research)? If the book were published with a major publisher such as [O'Reilly", "topic. Though this book does not contain any original research ideas, it is", "treatise on a technical topic that is relevant in both academia and industry.", "book help with PhD admissions, or do admissions committees generall...
[ "software development degrees? I see companies advertise jobs that say they want a", "computer science or computer engineering degree. I've never seen one company say that", "as good for software development jobs as the software development degrees? I see", "development degrees? I see companies advertise jobs...
[ "think I already have enough work for my PhD (in Mucken. Engineering). I", "to review my thesis. How can I know if my thesis has enough", "am thinking of dropping out and doing this due to the fact that", "and results quantity? Any tips on how to evaluate that? I would like", "2 conference papers published....
[ "prominent universities. I have been running into trouble when trying to figure out", "be a good idea to just plainly say: \"I see you research 'area", "running into trouble when trying to figure out what their research is from", "and jargon-filled, or so general I can't find anything good to ask them.)", "...
[ "for a lecturer position at computer science. At the end of my interview,", "I interviewed yesterday for a lecturer position at computer science. At the end", "is possible to have any future collaborations?'' I did see his research project", "me if I have any questions to ask them. This is my first", "quest...
[ "is ethically wrong but I feel miserable about my decision and want to", "only accepted their offer through an email and haven't formally been given the", "I made my decision on the 15th of April and it's past deadline", "offer from an American university and I'm terribly regretting it now. I made", "other ...
[ "to scientists (see [Laowai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laowai)). Some questions have been already discussed here: * [What", "the average postdoctoral salary in China?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/43260) * [Is it possible to study in", "Postdocs in Science: A Comparison between China and the United ...
[ "Thus, I want to politely answer that query with proper reasons. However, I", "are workable. I can address them while revising the manuscript. However, one reviewer", "say that, we totally agree with the reviewer's concern. However, this study which", "three reviewers comments. Most of them are workable. I ca...
[ "difference between hours carried and hours earned on a college degree audit. For", "earn ``` Can anyone explain to me how to interpret these 4 pieces", "the difference between hours carried and hours earned on a college degree audit.", "college degree audit. For example, I have this: ``` LSU Totals: 68 carr,...
[ "summer: 1- Small startup company, started in Jan, 3 other people, environmental engineering", "engineering master's student (in US) and I have been professionally doing research during", "get some professional opinions here. I'm an environmental engineering master's student (in US)", "to learn design and leg...
[ "he'll be doing is interdisciplinary (Physics and CS) so he'll have some interaction", "I am applying to grad schools. However, I'm a CS major, so I'd", "and CS) so he'll have some interaction with CS. As a first-year grad", "CS) so he'll have some interaction with CS. As a first-year grad student,", "inter...
[ "finished college degree in physics and a full degree in geology? Does a", "the bad luck of not having been able to succeed in first college", "be admitted to a Master's and/or PhD program at a specific R1 level", "R1 level university, how would it be seen if having a thorough vocational", "along early path...
[ "weekly assignments worth 10% each, the best 5 of 8 will be counted.", "50% Mid-term exam 20% Final exam 30% ``` Is there a word or", "Final exam 30% ``` Is there a word or phrase for a grading", "Assessment Weight ============================ ====== Assignments (best 5 of 8) 50% Mid-term exam 20%", "Is the...
[ "use of a term or typographics is not allowed. This makes sense to", "or are there institutes somewhere where no chances at all are allowed? Of", "in case one wants to show it to potential employers where some mistake", "or typographics is not allowed. This makes sense to me. Is this a", "obvious wrong use ...
[ "My colleagues recommended that I do whatever he asks because he can easily", "do not want to be unethical .... Any idea? Just and update :", "my scholarship, not my collaborator's university. I am confused and worried. I do", "collaborator from another university who has contributed significantly to my work....
[ "posts about current academic research be considered a form of participation within academia", "(as an adjunct), but ultimately left academia due to low pay. I have", "also be helping promote academic literature while also providing critical commentary on it.", "would also be helping promote academic literatu...
[ "but at the same time, I am just giving my view on the", "talking about branding and the question is about the power of the brand", "should I 'cite' it? For example, if we are talking about branding and", "answering its questions, if I am just giving my opinion or a solution,", "in an industry, I think that...
[ "of finding a job in tertiary education after completing a PhD. However, there", "of the struggle of finding a job in tertiary education after completing a", "the struggle of finding a job in tertiary education after completing a PhD.", "into the States/Europe after spending a few years teaching and writing i...
[ "I protest? If they are my words, my name should be on the", "Do I gain any benefit if it is me who submits the review", "review a research paper that is in my avenue of research. The review", "submit the review himself, just asking me to write it for him. Should", "name should be on the review. But I don't...
[ "should I award to which part? The students can choose between either using", "there (general) guidelines for creating an exam? I am a TA, and one", "am not sure how much points I should give to a specific formula.", "and one of my tasks is it to design a written exam for", "or nothing. In the first case th...
[ "the future. The mentioned questions are about (anonymous) peer-reviewers who are not working", "you intend to collaborate again in the future. The mentioned questions are about", "the collaborators who made the comments, ...) * How to professionally address comments/suggestions", "did not implemented comment...
[ "I'm totally fascinated on the project B. I wish if all of what", "week days. Apart from the study in the project A, there is another", "enough record to get tenure position (but tenure track might be OK). I", "assigned me to another project (project C). The project C is totally out", "topic which is really...
[ "first as it provided more information about the citations than the author names.", "somewhat of a distraction from the actual content of the citations. Particularly in", "and to provide avenues for further research by readers, would it not make", "in the case of collaborative efforts, where a work may have b...
[ "My students are 4 to 5 years younger than me. The problem is", "So what changes can I make? While teaching how should I give justice", "opposite gender attraction or due to female students asking more doubts than male", "due to opposite gender attraction or due to female students asking more doubts", "me. ...
[ "with encourages CS students to sign up for a student Github account and", "with project partners; is free; is private; will remain private over time, without", "for inadvertently-public solutions from past semesters. I've seen [How to deal with student", "version control repository) for software development....
[ "his age, how should I best plan for this scenario? What will happen", "He is also far more likely to retire than a young supervisor –", "potential PhD supervisor's age into account, when planning to follow PhD with habilitation?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/24439)", "What will happen to me if it hap...
[ "but it is my future plan. Is it really good to use other", "same university for post doc. Now I got to know that they are", "that they are conducting the same research I had proposed. How to deal", "university. But I did not join the same university for post doc. Now", "had proposed. How to deal with this?...
[ "of event; on the other hand I'm afraid of appearing over-proud of a", "on my CV? On the one hand, it shows that some recognized people", "invite me to this type of event; on the other hand I'm afraid", "to invite me to this type of event; on the other hand I'm", "wondering if there's a point in including t...
[ "seems to have little interest in CS or the CS community. I am", "come to the conferences with me. My advisor has published in computer science", "community. I am worried that I will not be able to have a", "publish lots of rubbish papers instead of a few good ones. My advisor", "am worried that I will not ...
[ "expertise are XYZ. I have published n articles in this field and have", "peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted to your esteemed journal, XXX. My areas of", "have reviewed manuscripts pertaining to these subjects before. My CV is enclosed for", "journal to serve as a reviewer. Here's what I have.. I would l...
[ "the job market has gotten much tougher over the years. Is it true", "tougher over the years. Is it true that it is harder now than", "harder now than it used to be to find a good position? If", "talk about job prospects in academia, they indicate that the job market has", "market has gotten much tougher ov...
[ "in conferences, not journals.) Unfortunately, I don't think his paper has a chance", "dismissive of prior work, which may offend the authors of that prior work", "paper. However, it is not really my responsibility (or place) to do this.", "my field. (I'm in computer science, so we publish in conferences, not...
[ "our own paper. We also tried pulling down our paper from the Arxiv", "interested in sending it to a conference. While testing our paper for plagiarism", "Does that mean our paper will get rejected by all conferences? What should", "increase the quality of our paper. Till now we have not submitted this", "h...
[ "essay but accidentally emailed the wrong copy to the Teachers Assistant and handed", "and I don't want it on my record or get kicked out but", "accidentally emailed the wrong copy to the Teachers Assistant and handed in the", "first offence and I don't want it on my record or get kicked", "the essay but ac...
[ "accuracy, compromising in this case performances. When an author proposes a new algorithm", "an author proposes a new algorithm he should present empirical results about performances", "is common to produce papers that present algorithms that estimate something with a", "with the algorithm tuned to be fast (...
[ "my proposal is accepted, I will be chairing both sessions but will obviously", "a different continent but is in the same discipline (A & H). If", "the same discipline (A & H). If my proposal is accepted, I will", "due to a fear of redundancy. Is this an academic faux-pas? An 'emerging", "chairing both sess...
[ "ten years, several monographs have been published (by different authors) which cover (virtually)", "the reader to the additional references therein); in my department, there are researchers", "to the original papers. *To clarify my position:* for the sake of \"culture\",", "cite only the most recent (and mos...
[ "the opportunity, I would also suggest that you physically visit us at XXXX", "He replied the next morning simply asking me to send my undergraduate transcript.", "applying to see whether we have what you are hoping for. > >", "if he had the time. He replied the next morning simply asking me", "advisors at ...
[ "about teaching others, but I doubt that you may learn much after three", "their costs and their tuition. Sure, you may learn a bit about teaching", "out of TAing. The job just covers some of their costs and their", "to a professor. I'm a first year undergraduate who took courses heavily TA-reliant", "(oh t...
[ "authors, so list of references and ideas was helpful. Again, this wasn't an", "own outlines and wrote our own papers. I know ignorance is no excuse,", "go. I'm just trying to get some feedback as to what I should", "broken this rule last semester on a paper in one of my classes.", "own papers. I know ignor...
[ "there are too few submissions, so they request for more) These conferences are", "year), and am publishing at computer science and hardware conferences. My department receives", "publications. Can this later hurt my reputation, if I publish extensively on these", "confernces with high probability of acceptan...
[ "wondering about whether it might hurt to use the \"no derivatives\" clause when", "the arXiv proposes both CC BY and CC BY-SA. What is the difference?", "question is the usefulness of the \"share alike\" clause. Note for instance that", "both CC BY and CC BY-SA. What is the difference? Are there any", "to ...
[ "The head of the math department and a professor I've had for over", "my undergraduate professors. The head of the math department and a professor I've", "my letters will be from my undergraduate professors. The head of the math", "decade. How much value is given by the admission program to a letter", "much...
[ "the review process, it shows \"under review\". This time, once upon submission the", "once upon submission the status turned \"in review\". I wonder why it turned", "I wonder why it turned like this right away and anyone has any", "I recently submitted a paper to a Management journal, usually if the manuscri...
[ "want an open access journal, and think that my field needs an own", "I'm an academic and would like to start a scholarly journal. My reasons", "journal. My reasons are manyfold: primarily I want an open access journal, and", "would like to start a scholarly journal. My reasons are manyfold: primarily I", "...
[ "German universities also have nothing called \"honor code\" or an \"ethics policy\" (which", "I see mentioned on this site, too) that could be used as an", "to contact one's university's \"ethics board\" (or \"ethics committee\" or similar) to decide", "or failing that, to the university's ethics board.\"](h...
[ "either change the situation at the university (it's quite ambitious but someone has", "are * poor teaching quality that manifests itself as insufficient instruction. An example", "homework assignments in most courses. On average, according to my own observations, a", "is very poor and the syllabus in any giv...
[ "meetings over Skype. A student I am currently working with has informed me", "used a shared wiki for this kind of collaboration. The students take informal", "take informal but very detailed notes on the wiki as they work. I", "and comment on the wiki directly if I have something to add. This", "with gradu...
[ "the information\". Example: \"My name is X and today I will be talking", "serve as an introduction or an overview about what will be addressed during", "about [insert more verbose version of the title]. I work in University U", "there be an overview slide for this instead?) So, how important is the", "in t...
[ "site*. The reason I don't say these remarks by myself, is that the", "self-reliance. **Edit** This situation also makes them ask if they can do the", "second part contains homework, on which they can practice self-reliance. **Edit** This situation", "included, like *as you just saw, it's a good idea to inclu...
[ "algorithms which have Julia code, should I be expecting backlash from reviewers? Should", "reviewers tend to find it as a little extra novelty. The field is", "to whether other's past experience with using new tools was a headache, or", "if I am to be publishing algorithms which have Julia code, should I", ...
[ "again? Maybe I'm just not good enough. Should I just look for a", "that was the main weakness of my application. I figured I should have", "good enough. Should I just look for a job instead and ditch my", "3.95 GPA, had taken around 15 graduate-level courses as an undergrad (5 in", "by the university I did...
[ "an appendix section elaborating the derivations? a little more to ask : is", "used results from derivations of a theoretical physics paper in my paper. Is", "paper XX' or should I just cite the final result of their derivations,", "derivations of a theoretical physics paper in my paper. Is is appropriate for...
[ "I do? This is my only project with my advisor and I think", "involved with the project than I am. What should I do? This is", "that was going kind of slowly. Now he has hired two masters students", "They are better at coding than me and seem a lot more interested", "What should I do? This is my only projec...
[ "data interpretation are different? Consider the boundaries may not be quit clear, because", "contributions must be clarified. This may include study design; data acquisition, analysis, and", "profiled publication, like Nature or Science, author contributions must be clarified. This may", "publication, like N...
[ "intention that some people have, when asking for their thesis to be written.", "decide on this situation: when someone calls me and asks for work-for-hire for", "back prepared manuscript is the intention that some people have, when asking for", "earn money but I think this way of earning money is unethical. ...
[ "Prof. My question is: What else do these adjunct professors do to make", "will make 3x more money in his first year of work than a", "City standards. An undergraduate business school student that graduates from a decent program", "in his first year of work than a Math Phd Adjunct Prof. My", "Adjunct Prof. ...
[ "in that school, they don't revise their history books/ modules regularly. In fact,", "typos and outdated information. Should I make a fuss about this, or should", "errors myself? By the way, in general, the old references are still informative", "they don't revise their history books/ modules regularly. In f...
[ "and specialized. Often, it's hard for me to understand what's going on there.", "two problems that I've come up against: 1. The topics I've studied as", "is this: **Is there any method to effectively 'explore' research topics without having", "a specific topic. For example, I enjoyed my electromagnetism clas...
[ "for several months and the end is still nowhere in sight. Due to", "original (as in, invented by me) machine learning algorithm, which I believe (and", "thesis, and not even having a working implementation of it. I'd really appreciate", "of thesis, and not even having a working implementation of it. I'd real...
[ "to sign up to talk to a stranger. I guess they could collaborate", "that my advisor tells me to do things and then tells me not", "want to sign up to talk to a stranger. I guess they could", "the way I should think and feel about things. Not just my technical", "weird to finagle my own collaborations becau...
[ "a method that is in some way an alternative to their method? Or", "art methods. I would like to contact the authors of these methods and", "and ask if they can send me the code for their methods. What", "them? Should I say that I am developing a method that is in", "with various existing state-of-the art m...
[ "to use this opportunity to go abroad to an important institution; my idea", "this something that happens? Should I really do more research before contacting a", "wouldn't be able to specify a particular topic right now (I will do", "do more research before contacting a professor? How can such an interaction ...
[ "madness to switch to part-time mode and pursue both? One is funded by", "the other one, by AHRC; there are parallels in the subject matter but", "completely different, so there is no way I could unite the two (although", "ESRC and the other one, by AHRC; there are parallels in the subject", "other. My ques...
[ "since I have never seen it done before. Is it okay for me", "but, I'm not sure if professors can do this since I have never", "than half the class had the solutions to the exam since everyone was", "feel like I put in so much effort studying for nothing. I was", "I feel. I know my university has an honor c...
[ "40 research trials I have worked on and it seems immodest and overdone.", "just the most significant ones? I have like 40 research trials I have", "if I should put all the trials that I have worked on with", "ones? I have like 40 research trials I have worked on and it", "all the trials that I have worked ...
[ "If so, what does the research say is the best form of learning/teaching?", "multiple styles of learning does not hold up. If so, what does the", "claiming the idea of multiple styles of learning does not hold up. If", "I have read research claiming the idea of multiple styles of learning does", "of learnin...
[ "Bourne. It gives me the general idea of how to prepare a poster.", "C. Erren and Philip E. Bourne. It gives me the general idea of", "the \"[Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation](http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030102)\" article by Thomas C.", "prepare a post...
[ "came once or twice to other workshops we suggested, with the only one", "with the only one person remaining in the team besides me; so two", "responsibility to figure out who did what by asking the right questions in", "the term the lecturer pretty much randomly creates groups of 5 people (who", "pretty mu...
[ "best source to understand what that package does, but copy/pasting about 12 lines", "properly cited though, nothing is being hidden. I understand that the description of", "where not a single comma was changed. There are no quotations, nothing to", "the best source to understand what that package does, but c...
[ "institution in a neighboring European Country. I have therefore been invited to go", "all travel/hotel expenses. Since I have never visited that city, and the interviews", "is paying for all travel/hotel expenses. Since I have never visited that city,", "sunday. In the forms they provided they write explicit...
[ "starting a 1.5 - 2 year master's program in mathematics this coming Fall", "of this program within a year. However, my main goal is to gain", "less tuition fees (if any). However, this all would be moot if such", "in order to give me time and flexibility to do research with the", "than classes, any other t...
[ "programs, the results.. Is there online service where I can publish the data", "the programs, the results.. Is there online service where I can publish the", "produce so much data usually). I plan to submit the paper to journal", "medical research but I work on transportation systems which is rather differen...
[ "Doing my own project is difficult as the project involves some knowledge that", "am happy to work on those projects as my side projects, but I", "I started to work on my own project, as I really want to", "to the point that I just want to get them over with. When", "that he expects me to treat those assign...
[ "I'm reading contains religious undertones in favor of Christianity. In one chapter, for", "verse in support of her claim that the 21st century is the \"Asian", "contains religious undertones in favor of Christianity. In one chapter, for example, the", "One reference book I'm reading contains religious undert...
[ "You send them an email after the exam, but hear nothing back for", "a substantial portion of the grade; a student who misses it has little", "a student who misses it has little chance of passing the class. (I", "nothing back for a few days. After those few days, you grade the", "it has little chance of pas...
[ "for my scientific community and also for the authorities for decision making about", "between conference papers and journal papers. Has anybody been in a similar situation", "the results had to be changed and also two or three sentences within", "some mistakes, especially in the parts which I fixed lately af...
[ "and decide whether to grant me a PhD. **Assuming my dissertation committee serves", "I choose my committee?** In particular, is my committee still important after I", "committee as I will be graduating soon. (I already have a postdoc lined", "important after I graduate? The reason I'm asking is because I don...
[ "common practise for the exam to contain a couple of the exact same", "the exact same questions which are in the previous past exams? Is it", "previous past exams? Is it common for the exam to contain questions which", "Is it common for the exam to contain questions which the lecturer has", "lecturer has pu...
[ "already done that subject, but still following the degree) Please let me know.", "have done few semesters ago. I want to know whether it's ok to", "the future. (I have already done that subject, but still following the degree)", "know whether it's ok to give the assignment to him and whether it's", "(I hav...
[ "the conference website. We can try to cite it as somebody else' work.", "we violate the double-blind review policy? How should we proceed? We desperately want", "work that has just been **accepted 2 weeks ago**. The first paper was", "that this is the work of the same group. In this case, do", "same group....