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[ "So, this just happened recently - I and my colleagues were cited in", "my colleagues were cited in a scientific, peer reviewed paper (our article was", "I guess the author did not bother to read the complete article and,", "I explain the situation. I'm not happy with this citation, since it (wrongly)", "th...
[ "I understand that postdocs can be too busy to even sleep, but if", "a postdoc (full time appointment) having his/her own business in spare time? If", "would the mentor be annoyed/alerted by this kind of planning? I guess the", "the business is related with research the postdoc is doing, it is probably", "b...
[ "college. Apparently my friend and I had some similarities between questions that suggested", "but I can be sure that I was not cheating from his work.", "to cheat off of someone else?! On top of all that, I took", "cheated from another. The problem is that I have no clue if my", "and a lot of people didn't...
[ "have to write an Extended Essay as part of my IB diploma, and", "2015, *Life Is Strange: Chrysalis*, video game, PlayStation 4, Square Enix. Square Enix", "in-text citation so that a person could differentiate between the two? For example,", "*Life is Strange* as an English EE. One of the issues I've encount...
[ "just wonder how to win (or even just get honorable mention or even", "school. I attended a community college, transfered to Berkeley to study nuclear physics.", "SSGF, Hertz, Soros, Ford, SMART, and NDSEG. I get rejected by Hertz for", "I just wonder how to win (or even just get honorable mention or", "Chi...
[ "from university A. I was then supposed to do a PhD at university", "for me. I have discussed about returning to A but not signed a", "program). Some time later, I took a temporary research assistant position at university", "A and try again after the PhD? The thing is, A is not", "sure how much support I w...
[ "to a paper submitted with a covering letter that amounted to 'here it", "letters for journal submissions, and I believe this is pretty standard in maths.", "of the paper, not by the quality of some other document. We came", "a biology journal react to a paper submitted with a covering letter that", "submis...
[ "with a particular advisor. He is 69 years old now, and I am", "interested in a PhD program and would like to work with a particular", "I am interested in a PhD program and would like to work with", "particular advisor. He is 69 years old now, and I am wondering whether", "ask. What can I expect, generally ...
[ "to do this transition? * What is taken under consideration when one makes", "was the best in class PhD student at a top-200 university in USA,", "PhD student at a top-200 university in USA, but she couldn't find any", "a top-200 university in USA, but she couldn't find any position as assistant", "do this ...
[ "is working on their dissertation/publication project. This student is a Ph.D. candidate (Ph.C.)", "they will have earned their doctorate degree by then, despite having worked under", "this be frowned upon by the admissions committee? \\*This is for Social Sciences", "it is okay to ask them for a recommendati...
[ "the lecturer, a woman, react to this but I am not sure. I", "I saw the lecturer, a woman, react to this but I am not", "and I'd hate for her to think otherwise. How can this be fixed?", "bitch. I have the utmost respect for her and I'd hate for her", "her and I'd hate for her to think otherwise. How can th...
[ "it be? 2. Will it be a Q&A session? In that case, what", "3. How to react if the position is offered directly and the applicant", "a Q&A session? In that case, what type of questions are usually asked?", "case, what type of questions are usually asked? 3. How to react if", "am looking for a generic answer....
[ "was graduated from University X. How would an employer confirm that the applicant", "that the applicant is Jehj Slotj, who also has the degree from University", "University X? Wouldn't it be incredibly common for someone else to have the", "degree from University X? Wouldn't it be incredibly common for someo...
[ "portion of emails that I send to professors abroad to see if they", "I am wondering if it is normal(not rude) in academia to use email", "simply forgot to open my email. In this way, I am wondering if", "receiver opened your email. Actually, It is not very hard for them to", "them to check if the sender ha...
[ "may have different policies, e.g. <http://www.nature.com/news/gates-foundation-research-can-t-be-published-in-top-journals-1.21299>: > > A spokesperson for Nature’s publisher,", "send their paper by email. Is there any research/study/survey that tried to quantify", "editorially independent of the journal Natur...
[ "now), and excellent teaching skills. While I do research in abstract Mathematics, I", "her bearings (yet again!) in the new location? Note that it is important", "do research in abstract Mathematics, I am also reasonably proficient in statistics and", "the capacity of a postdoc, and sometimes in a junior (no...
[ "investigated whether students also liked apples, and to what degree would this be", "to show their numbers when I am making the statistical comparison between my", "Now suppose that I wish to have my own study that investigated whether", "data on professors to be my own, and use the same inventory of", "pe...
[ "had it suggested to me the first line should be underlined, whereas I", "i = 2 *Note: please assume the actual demonstrations are much more complex", "please assume the actual demonstrations are much more complex than this and actually", "is the correct formatting here? I have had it suggested to me the", ...
[ "don't really succeed in becoming a professor/researcher. So I often wonder if it's", "doctorates work for jobs that they could have gotten before going to graduate", "do this? That is, do you tell your weak students with unrealistic goals", "sure that some researchers weren't phenomenal in graduate school bu...
[ "mine. Actually in my CV for graduate applications, I put my industrial internship", "June 2016 and research internship period as May to June 2016. Actually it", "is already repeated but it is a very urgent need of mine. Actually", "and research internship period as May to June 2016. Actually it is may", "p...
[ "platform. I am enthusiastic at Moodle capabilities, and suspect this had a positive", "enthusiastic at Moodle capabilities, and suspect this had a positive effect on my", "it (or disprove it) by looking at all possible ways students interact with", "MongoDB. Anybody knows how to access that database directly...
[ "Is it fair to give zeros to students who missed early assignments because", "needed to be signed manually, or for other unknown reasons. Is it fair", "be present? Were the students not able to predict that they would take", "class?* They were physically able to be present. Some students may not have", "stu...
[ "x FOCS, y STOC and z SODA papers is impressive. However, I have", "I am applying for academic promotion and as part of my case I", "except I don't believe they are particularly low in these conferences due to", "that those on the promotions panel will never have heard of FOCS, STOC", "STOC and SODA and so ...
[ "badly managed my time. This was just when I felt comfortable committing to", "I figured most universities would follow this pattern it would be ok if", "so hard on work and side projects to enjoy the holidays with my", "to attend graduate school starting the semester of Fall 2017. I made this", "had deadli...
[ "of fall 2017 it will be three years). My first recommendation is from", "worked with extensively, and who I published with this year, so it's current.", "of him for schools that required a fourth letter (and he easily agreed),", "research was not in the subfield I'm looking to go into, but it", "in. I don'...
[ "visit? How should we evaluate what we see and hear, and how much", "its culture and its performance. As a panel member, what information should we", "to the public performance metrics, such as publications and funding, the board usually", "academic institutes are routinely evaluated by an advisory board. In ...
[ "let's call him **A**, has a physics teacher, which we will call **B**.", "* Should, as a student of another class, handle the role of a", "and correct his mistakes before the new exam. As it's the finals, tomorrow", "situation? * Could **A** talk to **B** about his feelings? * Should **A**", "call him **A*...
[ "paper at the end of my report. Is there anything else I can", "cite a large paragraph of others' work. This paragraph describes some basic stuff", "a word in that paragraph. I have already cited this paper at the", "in that paragraph. I have already cited this paper at the end of", "to cite a large paragra...
[ "for the applications it's intended for and I simply used that example to", "for a given paper. I'm interested in the general case where reviewers will", "example to illustrate something that is not content but could (and apparently [does](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/82902/10643))", "justified on bot...
[ "Together we are doing research on a project. I am doing 100% of", "odd to reject being a first author =). My next step will be", "have no medical background, the doctor is writing the paper. I am basically", "insist on being co-author only? Who would you suggest should be first author", "the paper. I am ba...
[ "narrow. I also find (PhD in Artificial Intelligence OR Machine Learning) not to", "solutions to be used for solving a particular software engineering problem. I find", "research paves the way for machine-learning based solutions to be used for solving", "However, I can submit a request to change that to what...
[ "know that for non-academic positions if a suitable candidate is found, the position", "or some weeks before give particular advantages? Is it risky to apply close", "before give particular advantages? Is it risky to apply close to the deadline?", "if a suitable candidate is found, the position may be filled ...
[ "but rather a very unlucky setup, do I have any recourse? Is it", "enlightening. I had already sent an email to all concerned professors AND the", "the program in the fewest number of semesters) for my program. I am", "without even a chance to eat dinner. So I have two questions: First,", "one is from 18:30...
[ "have a question and I searched a lot but couldn't find its answer.", "can read the Arabic translation of these books. How can I include them", "the bibliography, according to APA or ASA citation styles? I think I should", "is no English translation of them. I don't know these two languages but", "these boo...
[ "place), and the recipients have still not been issued checks or university account", "announcement was made months ago (October, when the scholarship was supposed to be", "is an implied legal contract by award of scholarship funds or not, but", "of scholarship funds or not, but given that it is coming time t...
[ "made it hard to teach. I was there 2 months and taught 5", "and taught again by the other two (more experienced staff) apart from one", "the 9 months preceding teaching). I did desperately want to go back to", "the circle, but the first two groups it went badly and I learnt", "few thank you emails when I l...
[ "Thanksgiving.) How do other institutions deal with this, and are there any particularly", "around for classes on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, but it's *really* hard to", "that have to get adjusted; for instance, tomorrow is a calendrical Wednesday, but", "always happen on short weeks, compliance is lim...
[ "most tech companies. I am approaching graduation and I am not sure where", "science, and chose to specialize in a research area that was interesting to", "area that was interesting to me personally, but not interesting to most tech", "student in computer science, and chose to specialize in a research area th...
[ "work (essays, reports and dissertations) to be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format.", "can't easily do a word count. Looking at other UK universities, it seems", "study, assignment length is determined by the number of words (not pages, as", "accept PDF submissions either exclusively or in addi...
[ "xyz who works in the area of Image Processing, Computer Vision, Graphics and", "> > I am interested in Image Processing. > > > When I", "> > When I was searching for a supervisor, I met one of", "I found that topic very interesting and saw a huge opportunity to learn", "answer would be the following, > > I...
[ "The reason is simple, the authorities have not paid the bill even for", "access in year 2016. Of course, we can ask friends or authors for", "January 1st this year, access to all scientific databases and publications have been", "publications have been stopped for Slovak universities and Slovak Academy of Sc...
[ "my potential academic supervisor? I have found a professor doing a research in", "Yet I cannot get this background unless I get at least an Ms", "potential academic supervisor? I have found a professor doing a research in field", "on the other - I find the explanation very confusing. After all, the", "an M...
[ "an example avoiding technicalities) that all dogs are cute. But the referee claimed", "is no way to understand the more general statement from my paper, and", "the more general statement from my paper, and my guess is that the", "recommended acceptance, and the editor accepted his recommendation. Should I do...
[ "of proofs will reveal catastrophic mistakes. I rationally realize that this is part", "part of the game and I do my best to take mistakes I", "paralyzed and unable to do things. I am also bothered by the presence", "the same time going to a hidden place in the library helps a", "that. I'd be happy to hear ...
[ "that are related to each other (The second paper depends on the first", "depends on the first one, but it is another study.) I want to", "Is this acceptable? should I notify the editor in the cover letter that", "them simultaneously to the same journal. Is this acceptable? should I notify the", "the first ...
[ "issue regarding a student wearing an offensive shirt, but the answers to that", "part in disrupting, but I'm certain that the student wearing revealing clothes also", "would never expose the student in front of her peers with a sentence", "within their rights not to shower. But if someone stinks so badly tha...
[ "the fact that we should meet more often, I disagree with the statement", "(correct me if I misunderstand his statement). But the opposite is the case.", "While I agree with the fact that we should meet more often, I", "do everything on my own (correct me if I misunderstand his statement). But", "disagree w...
[ "by some, I think he would really like to know that: he is", "prefer them to some of the places for which he has received but", "By the way, I think he is excellent and unusually broadly appealing, and", "sure about 2). Clearly you should cancel all interviews once you've accepted a", "loose interviews from...
[ "have been informed that two of our group members have dropped the course", "two person group and placing us in other groups that have had one", "it. At this stage we are just pushing on ahead but I am", "but I am keeping my emails in case we fail and need to", "be ethical to make some sort of consideration...
[ "and my friend has already asked me a few basic questions on the", "TA. The course started this week (TAs will be finalized soon and start", "well as after I become a TA with regards to him in this", "deny any additional assistance, so as not to give an unfair advantage? If", "soon and start within a few we...
[ "except you have not presented us with any contact information for him (and", "you help me determine whether I am eligible to take the exam in", "to the lecturer and course responsible for a course which I am attending.", "this question would depend on the quality of the work I have submitted,", "contained ...
[ "research field. There is only one such software developed so far, mine is", "result. An extensive, thorough study is takes more than 6 months and neither", "neither I have that much time nor the the knowledge/experience to conduct such", "software developed so far, mine is second. In the thesis, I explain th...
[ "(all with PhDs) get the same (or similar) set of rights? Let us", "in the classroom, etc. Also, do lecturers, adjuncts, and teaching post-docs (all with", "us just assume for the sake of simplicity that we are talking about", "circumstances as I listed above for clinical people. What would be the potential",...
[ "he doesn't seem to catch on when the professors no longer reply to", "addressing it due to his mental condition, or should I bring it up", "in the very back. My classmate replied by stating that he was comfortable,", "by stating that he was comfortable, and then asked a series of questions", "Would such a ...
[ "will probably want to publish in \"their\" journals. * Another option is to", "and only send papers to its journals. But, this means I will have", "out that departments count only the publications published in journals of their own", "and publish twice as many papers. Is this true that an two-disciplinary re...
[ "has now changed to ***Draft Status***. I have never seen something like this", "have never seen something like this in my previous submissions. I would be", "we submitted a paper to a Taylor & Francis journal that uses the", "submitted a paper to a Taylor & Francis journal that uses the ScholarOne", "tell ...
[ "extract from the middle and send it with a cover note? Or should", "from the middle and send it with a cover note? Or should I", "send an extract from my strongest (and rather long) essay, but I'm unsure", "how to go about it. Is it acceptable to take an extract from", "Is it acceptable to take an extract ...
[ "inquiries\" instead of \"these inquiries\". Now, I am worried that I'm not going", "in Earth Science and I realized I wrote \"for these reason\" instead of", "reason\". I also wrote \"this inquiries\" instead of \"these inquiries\". Now, I am", "research experience in my country and the US. Do you think thes...
[ "been trying to find an IEEE publication which cites an arXiv paper. However,", "shy away from citing anything arXiv related. I have been looking around for", "to find an IEEE publication which cites an arXiv paper. However, it seems", "I have been trying to find an IEEE publication which cites an arXiv", "...
[ "if it is a wise move to retake a class (not a core", "stupid A, I will be able to set my GPA to 4.0. But", "it will still be showing the retaken classes. I am an international student", "excuse me if my conviction is terribly wrong.) Also, I aforementioned prestigious and", "knowledge and deepen my compreh...
[ "in front of popular works it is not a conducive environment for study.", "stacked up five deep in front of popular works it is not a", "for study. Are there special visiting hours at major museums for art historians", "been to the Louvre knows what a zoo it is. With creaking floorboards", "special visiting...
[ "that this break which I am about to take will look bad on", "of about 4 (from a fairly reputable school) and I have excellent relationships", "I am not from an English-speaking country, I have a very good TOEFL", "which I am about to take will look bad on my application, especially", "I had excruciating ci...
[ "Here's my case: I started working on a project with a professor in", "from discipline to discipline, even from one area of research to another area", "I think of it, the problem seems like a very natural question to", "working on a project with a professor in the physics department last summer.", "problem ...
[ "initial contact, so I don't know if I should consider this type of", "his colleagues and If I knew his final decision about my application I", "of December when all of my references finally sent their recommendation to the", "I sent an email to a professor in one of the Canadian universities,", "too. The p...
[ "can help. Given that my dissertation is by publication and I've got one", "that my dissertation is by publication and I've got one core field and", "while others outside the department say it can help. Given that my dissertation", "focused while others outside the department say it can help. Given that my", ...
[ "database development at a community college. I want to be a Professor one", "or Business to validate my knowledge. My question is, is this even worth-while?", "in my field or even get a post-graduate certificate in CS or Business", "to have a PhD in my field or do they just need me", "is an MBA and I curre...
[ "applied paper to a conference, and I have a doubt: even if the", "science. I am currently working on an applied paper that is based on", "is based on a certain algorithm, let's call it method A. Method A", "on a certain algorithm, let's call it method A. Method A has been", "has not yet being published on ...
[ "your work email are not personal property, and can be accessed by managers,", "works in an university or research institute, the IT department obviously will have", "it is accepted that all communications through your work email are not personal", "the student works in an university or research institute, th...
[ "some play time with the travel paid by the job. My students, who", "the first day of classes. A student has asked to take a makeup", "I set the date of the first exam about a week before the", "to take a makeup exam at a later date or to take the", "before the withdrawal date. The date was in the syllabus,...
[ "Federation. We don't have a lot of departments of pure mathematics. Most of", "thing\"? The reason is that its degree is not recognized as an official", "degree is not recognized as an official undergraduate degree in Russian Federation. So,", "pure mathematics students is called [Independent University of M...
[ "a must? Please help me it is very much confusing me. Best regards.", "some worries. First, I do not want to take any kind of statistics", "not want to take any kind of statistics course. Second I dont want", "to use the SPSS programme at all in my dissertation. Do you think", "these two a must? Please help...
[ "their factions or to oneself) and tend to keep secrets. There are two", "what are the partial results etc. in fear of being scooped. 2. When", "two types of secret-keeping generally practiced in my field: 1. When working on", "clear explanations and talking to people about my work in progress. But as", "ot...
[ "like \"Activities and Community Service\". I mean I consider being able to sight", "go on a resume under something like \"Activities and Community Service\". I mean", "things should go on a resume under something like \"Activities and Community Service\".", "at my Church as a significant feat (how many peopl...
[ "know why, the second supervisor is not considering me as a PhD student.", "choose. EDIT. I'm following the precious advice below to make a more general", "a good answer cannot be given. So, I'd like to update the question", "professor, well known in his/her field. Unfortunately, differently from other storie...
[ "this scientifically sound and reasonable, given the epidemic of meta-analyses often of suboptimal", "quality is being currently published, and this unfortunate trend does not appear to", "2006](http://www.bmj.com/content/332/7535/202))? *Disclosure: I am the first author of Biondi-Zoccai et al, BMJ 2006,", "...
[ "limit myself? I have heard that some indexing services can truncate overly-long abstracts,", "[do not specify a word limit for the abstract](https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-computational-physics/0021-9991/guide-for-authors#39000), saying only that it", "it should be 'brief'. But should I impose a ...
[ "I give honest feedback in a way that doesn't come across as overly", "a way that doesn't come across as overly negative?** I can suggest alternative,", "the answer \"it's just noise\", I'm pouring cold water over the whole thing.", "member of the team), but I'm reasonably good with statistics (and that's my"...
[ "like some confirmation that this is OK, particularly the last kind. I would", "the end (I sometimes do the same with Corollaries). 3. Ones which have", "waste of space and makes the whole thing look too important. Instead, I", "too simple to be called a Proposition or Lemma, let alone a Theorem.", "and con...
[ "in my area of research. I believe that I should get a stipend", "american university. The practice there is that the university provides the fellowship for", "a PhD at an american university. The practice there is that the university", "used to negotiate this. [Safely negotiate a salary for a PhD offer -", ...
[ "would like to submit a manuscript which has 5 co-authors. But one of", "But one of the co-author is presently not working anywhere. So what could", "not working anywhere. So what could be the affiliation of this author? Is", "So what could be the affiliation of this author? Is it Okay, if", "be the affilia...
[ "checked with the journal I want to publish in, they even allow submitting", "from there. Since nobody at my institute seems to upload their pre-prints, should", "doing so. I checked with the journal I want to publish in, they", "a friend that it is basically a no-brainer and there are virtually no", "your ...
[ "they teach a lot of concepts in maths in a very limited time.", "opencourseware videos on Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence,I realized that the maths they use", ",and hope to continue studies until a PhD. I am from Sri Lanka.I", "they use are Greek to me.I knew I had to do maths if", "intend to go for...
[ "in control theory? * If not, is there a prize similar to the", "Are control theorists (electrical engineering) considered mathematicians? * If so, would they receive", "they make a breakthrough in control theory? * If not, is there a", "not, is there a prize similar to the Field medal for control theorists?"...
[ "it as a quote, I am required to cite it. I have tried", "is other than the sum of the > parts\" is often incorrectly translated[4]", "> independent of the parts. The original famous phrase of Gestalt > psychologist", "unable to find the correct citation for it. According to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.o...
[ "out my lectures in a continuous way: rather than write up a plan", "an appropriate place in the notes. Is that a bad idea? Are there", "and that each smaller topic is unlikely to fit into a single lecture.", "broken into a long string of smaller topics, and that each smaller topic", "continuous way: rather...
[ "and I don't want to miss another year just because I only put", "under review and will get the results at the end of next month.", "school and I don't want to miss another year just because I only", "do students normally get around with requesting the reference letters from their referees", "don't want to ...
[ "I am working on a project for school and would like to know", "am working on a project for school and would like to know if", "on a project for school and would like to know if it would", "and would like to know if it would be in the public domain.", "school and would like to know if it would be in the pub...
[ "an undergraduate course with one lecture and one discussion led by a PhD", "one discussion led by a PhD student. For most of my courses, when", "student. For most of my courses, when I would inquire about grades, I", "course that was required of all first-semester students was my least favorite. It", "in g...
[ "and liked the project ideas we discussed. But a student told me that", "agreed. The thing that stood out from his answer was: \"Yeah. Professors talk", "work often seemed like a rebranding and slight modification of other people's work.", "warned me. I didn't tell them what they each said, but I can", "of ...
[ "I tell students only to use 'scientific literature' then what is it exactly?", "[very recently been discontinued](http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/01/mystery-controversial-list-predatory-publishers-disappears) ([cached copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20170111172306/https://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/), 11 J...
[ "fit more with my experience. Now, I have to apologize to the second", "Recently, I got two offers from professors in different universities and I choose", "got two offers from professors in different universities and I choose one of", "and I choose one of them as his research interests fit more with", "loo...
[ "and many other PhD/Post-doc grants, NIH seems to care a lot about whether", "argue: if you don't know some C++, how can you manage this project", "seems to care a lot about whether or not the applicants have training", "with enough professional knowledge. For the F31 fellowship and many other PhD/Post-doc gr...
[ "however I am slightly worried about negotiating a startup packages. Here's why: 1.", "northern Europe. I think I have an excellent chance, however I am slightly", "in a tenure-track position?! 2. As far as I can tell, no other", "extent, asking for startup funding would make me look ungrateful for the opport...
[ "about student publishing. Is there a list of courses where students are publishing", "are publishing their work instead of just turning them into their TA and", "courses where students are publishing their work instead of just turning them into", "more about student publishing. Is there a list of courses whe...
[ "while quite ok, I expect their references to be a bit flat and", "really want to provide three references for this course. Technically I do have", "which lists \"Two references\" in their required documents. The general university online application", "I've emailed the program people and they've replied that...
[ "demonstration will be in front of a search committee rather than an actual", "start of class. I was wondering if it will be appropriate to print", "academic job interview (in mathematics, if that matters), **should I bring worksheets to", "them at the start of class. I was wondering if it will be", "teachi...
[ "the airport... the wrong airport! I ended up taking another taxi to the", "airport and catching my flight. However, the second taxi ride was around $100.", "to the correct airport and catching my flight. However, the second taxi ride", "to the airport... the wrong airport! I ended up taking another taxi to",...
[ "editor care? These questions are very hard to answer, so good answers might", "such a situation, I would probably share this reason with the reviewers to", "moving to a different institution, leaving academia, or whatever other reasons. If I", "this? Does this happen a lot? How likely is it to influence the"...
[ "three explicit MATH courses which they cover one and two variable calculus, linear", "calculus, linear algebra, complex numbers, statistics (probability, random variables, etc), Fourier series, differential", "and functional analysis and other advanced mathematics simply because those topics are not", "elect...
[ "and the option of having an institutional database of student papers. Student papers", "recently I've been thinking - my university uses Turnitin for plagiarism detection, which", "is already in the Turnitin database as shown in the below excerpt from", "it means that my code is already in the Turnitin datab...