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[ "med school? Are med schools looking for anything in particular for admissions? An", "should be taking to increase the likelihood of my acceptance into med school?", "for anything in particular for admissions? An all-encompassing, comprehensive answer would be appreciated,", "there any other special precautio...
[ "pure lecture format, I am not sure that discussion would work well, since", "am not sure that discussion would work well, since some of the papers", "work well, since some of the papers (such as \"Reflections on Trusting Trust\")", "they've already read and likely understood. In the case of a highly technica...
[ "by the supervisor, who shows the students how to use the equipment and", "data analysis/summaries. The students then collect the data and report them in a", "in a written, submitted thesis. Later, the academic supervisor analyses the data (from", "for publication. My question is: should the undergraduates wh...
[ "thousand are [boycotting it](http://thecostofknowledge.com), but actual solutions seem hard to find for certain", "are [boycotting it](http://thecostofknowledge.com), but actual solutions seem hard to find for certain fields-", "less objectionable, more open publisher? I'll post a partial possible answer mysel...
[ "Longer half-lives means under-estimation of impact relative to journals with shorter half-lives. The", "[Impact factor](http://thomsonreuters.com/products_services/science/academic/impact_factor/) is calculated by dividing the number of current year citations to", "factor](http://thomsonreuters.com/products_se...
[ "experience/knowledge/intuition in the field, is unable to help much. What is the etiquette", "the student (during his PhD) is faced with a problem which he and", "and his advisor are both completely new to. The advisor is trying to", "* How should one introduce the subject of external help when the advis...
[ "undermined the powers of faculty regarding university governance. What current powers does a", "university governance. What current powers does a faculty senate typically have, or is", "that universities nominally are governed somewhat by their faculty, it is frequently stated", "powers of faculty regarding ...
[ "to be well-prepared for the next year? I am fully sponsored student by", "year? I am fully sponsored student by my government, how will this affect", ", or at least a well-known school, in US. I am planning to", "(since deadlines already passed). I have done some research and got some papers", "conferences...
[ "such letters are intended to introduce the applicant, not the writer. * Is", "graduate school admission in London and the student insisted that I include a", "little out of place. First, my degree is in progress, so I do", "common practice to include a biography of the writer in letters of recommendation?", ...
[ "the research type - he has one of those Ed.D. degrees and is", "is a politician - former mayor of a small city - so much", "years now. When I was hired, he was on medical leave, so he", "teaching ratings I get and pencils in bad teaching ratings but I have", "sitting down with him definitely never helped. ...
[ "post doc vacancy is advertised as follows: * Must have completed PhD with", "manuscript. Has x and z skills and has had exposure to a and", "but not c but some other skills that might be useful? So would", "1 journal article and is working on a 2nd manuscript. Has x and", "and is working on a 2nd manuscrip...
[ "universities having real-world MSc related courses. My focus is to understand cloud technologies", "understand cloud technologies and services(especially if it is Amazon). Preferably in UK, but", "My focus is to understand cloud technologies and services(especially if it is Amazon).", "in UK, but can be actu...
[ "a masters program in computer science. If you want to apply to a", "you do bad in undergraduate school in say computer science. But you do", "program in computer science. If you want to apply to a PhD program", "in computer science, will the masters degree grades offset the undergraduate degree grades?", "...
[ "of finding an open position. Are there good job directories for academic work", "looking for a PhD position and have started to realize that a lot", "finding an open position. Are there good job directories for academic work that", "of my time goes into sporadeously surfing the web in hope of finding", "Ph...
[ "one maximizes the odds of being offered to be an invited speaker at", "so I'd like to know how one maximizes the odds of being offered", "PhDs neighboring the really big shots. So, are there any non-obvious strategies to", "the list of invited speakers some fresh PhDs neighboring the really big shots.", ...
[ "employer in the affiliation, and the name of my new employer in the", "interest in my old field of research, and probably will not support it", "I hope they can cover my expenses related to the publication. On the", "the publication. On the other hand, I do not work for them anymore,", "them. My concern is...
[ "if anyone has any experience with these type of certificates? I know that", "and I currently have a job working on a educational grant project at", "I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with these type of certificates? I", "computer interfaces. I also have a fleeting passion for gaming and music produc...
[ "am keeping a blog. What is a good, free electronic notebook tool for", "a notebook where I attach a plot, write stuff around it, attach another", "urls 4. being able to transfer data 5. dating and version control 6.", "I should at least be able to write text and attach images like", "need a notebook where ...
[ "weird click procedures. I would love to know about better alternatives. Not talking", "love to know about better alternatives. Not talking about graphs here, just block", "only on Linux and is at times, clunky when it comes to text.", "objects. Besides it is tough to learn and master, with all its weird", ...
[ "may be situations that demand some extra income, for example, family situations or", "extra income, for example, family situations or some medical emergency. In such cases,", "is a large one like London or NY). The desiderata are minimal time", "be situations that demand some extra income, for example, famil...
[ "did not find out my intentions! So, I have a bachelors and a", "taken courses with. * I am a CRLA level 3 certified math tutor.", "3 certified math tutor. I used to be one when in undergrad. *", "intentions! So, I have a bachelors and a masters degree in computer engineering", "with various LINPACK benchma...
[ "professor (or someone within the academia) give to that? I also have other", "a grant or for a PhD position). I am just curious to know", "doesn't count as a publication for me, as I am not one of", "and therefore I am acknowledged for that in the \"Acknowledgments\" section of the", "for a grant or for a ...
[ "practices for dealing with diverse interests? Update (2018): The good news is that", "me to different things at different times. Do you think I'm likely to", "in his / her field. This is true. I am interested in each", "of study - even for a month - that feeling is lost, and", "each of thes...
[ "good practices to manage multiple distinct academic > activities effectively ? > >", "I've had many students ask me how to multitask effectively, and I'm curious", "effectively ? > > > To make this more focused and relevant, I'll", "wisdom of this forum would be. > > what are good practices to", "collectiv...
[ "Waldman, [Hacking science: the intersection of web geeks and science geeks](http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/08/29/hacking-science-the-intersection-of-web-geeks-and-science-geeks/), [Scientific American](http://www.scientificamerican.com/)", "science? If not, what can be done or why it cannot ...
[ "in academia if you ever find yourself more interested in a topic that", "math/statistics department if allowed. So I am curious about what happens in academia", "allowed. So I am curious about what happens in academia if you ever", "in a topic that you don't have a degree on. If you can", "I ever get into ...
[ "any advisor (who can verify my results and then write recommendation letter for", "make any research (better related to my field of interests) without being undergrad", "problem (e.g. my undegrad problem), work hard to solve it and then refer", "I was working on my research (hadn't finished it - had solved j...
[ "on twitter by @emilyandthelime, I have my own, partial answer that I'll post)", "available for standard interviews, should phone/Skype interviews be approached any differently? (This was", "approached any differently? (This was asked on twitter by @emilyandthelime, I have my", "for standard interviews, shoul...
[ "be considered the senior ie. the corresponding author. As an aside, for CV", "author or the last author? Does it matter if one is an academic", "purposes, would it be more beneficial to be the first author or the", "post-doc to be considered the senior ie. the corresponding author. As an aside,", "author. ...
[ "recommendation letters? Does the university readily show them when asked? * How ethical", "for the applicant to see his/her recommendation letters? Does the university readily show", "it for the student to ask for the same, especially, for example, after", "letters? Does the university readily show them when...
[ "trying to keep my CV up to date as I go. Should I", "in the process of interviewing for faculty positions and trying to keep my", "I go. Should I include research (or teaching) presentations given during on-campus interviews", "date as I go. Should I include research (or teaching) presentations given during"...
[ "usually ask their students to perform a systematic literature review (SLR) as a", "accepted in a highly-ranked publication (e.g., a qualified journal or conf). My feeling", "in touch usually ask their students to perform a systematic literature review (SLR)", "as a research kickoff, rather than performing an...
[ "faster-than-usual graduation for students accompanying new professors? Can papers published in the older", "enjoyed with the professor thus far? Or the progress of the work? ", "with the professor thus far? Or the progress of the work? Do", "Or the relationship enjoyed with the professor thus far? Or the ...
[ "mean ones like: INTEL GLOBAL CHALLENGE (VC), ACM ICPC, IMAGINE CUP (examples from", "a Ph.D. application/admission... By competition I mean ones like: INTEL GLOBAL CHALLENGE (VC),", "hand, take part into a training class for competitions (that requires dedication, as", "into a training class for competitions...
[ "one can get to know rankings based on various criteria like published research,", "of what exactly he wants to know. Apparently rankings which compare all departments", "like published research, number of graduates, time taken for graduation, etc? 2. Are", "rank B-schools in terms of research too, but clumps...
[ "he works in collaboration with another university. They divided the work up between", "I asked my professor their contact details, so that I could ask them", "talking to them. He told me I would give bad reputation to him", "that works on that exact topic that I'd like to do. But he", "closer to my persona...
[ "horrendously difficult to move to an other country for post doc opportunities and", "him to retain me on a pro-bono thingy as I genuinely like the", "direction my research has taken since I signed up with him 3 years", "after I graduate in Dec 2012 with my PhD in Mechanical Engineering. 1.", "legally allow...
[ "and I like most of it so far. I am wondering, though, about", "are starting to use [Basecamp](http://basecamp.com/) for my project, and I like most of", "for my project, and I like most of it so far. I am", "like most of it so far. I am wondering, though, about the arguments", "starting to use [Basecamp](h...
[ "topics are on the student's prelims exams. However, sound advice on this process", "part of a PhD student's academic development. Committee members can have considerable influence", "when selecting members of one's PhD committee?* (This should be a generalized question", "process can be hard to find. *What a...
[ "grateful that such a great theory was created many years ago, and now", "ago, and now is capable to push exact sciences step forward. I named", "such a great theory was created many years ago, and now is capable", "theory. Do you think that it is OK to do this? Maybe I", "is, however, in the field of therm...
[ "to establish a ranking of publications, especially because the ones in charge of", "some well-accepted (at least locally) ranking, that consider all fields under research, e.g.", "baseline for some class A conferences in Computer Science (my research field), in", "Impact Factor values, but for conferences it...
[ "academic webpage, and for different reasons, I don't want to use the website", "publish my personal list of publications [Tool to manage and/or make available a", "be to rent a server somewhere, and to manage it myself, but I", "like to avoid moving my webpage). A possible solution I'm considering would be",...
[ "a ball park estimate of these things. My own initial guess, based on", "and sources of information justify this estimate? * Is there any established literature", "is between 50 and 1000 times the citation count for the article. Linking", "people read journal articles](http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/06/23...
[ "recently applied to two PhD programs (in Europe) under professors working in the", "have recently applied to two PhD programs (in Europe) under professors working in", "Would they simply reject him saying \"Sorry, but we don't do research in", "which is known to hire many PhDs. Would they be interested in so...
[ "way for schools to draw attention to themselves, so why is the percentage", "to me that OpenCourseWare is a great way for schools to draw attention", "of the world, the offerings are quite small. It seems to me that", "the world, the offerings are quite small. It seems to me that OpenCourseWare", "over the...
[ "a year due to unforeseen circumstances. I was informed the school does not", "If I was accepted to the university this academic year, should I be", "was informed the school does not allow deferment, and my adviser told me", "the university this academic year, should I be able to get accepted next", "will b...
[ "dedicate much time to build friendly relationships with colleagues. Unfortunately, this happens both", "to create friendly relationships with colleagues is organizing extra-work activities, such as dinners,", "relationships with colleagues is organizing extra-work activities, such as dinners, soccer ma...
[ "OS X. However, I cannot find a program that would allow me to", "I got a Mac notebook and I would like to use my PP", "presentations both under Windows as well as under Mac OS X. However, I", "a few years to include matematical formulas in PP presentations. Recently, I got", "PP presentations both under Wi...
[ "or collaborate with researchers from another place. Some sub-questions: 1) how well does", "of time to acquire those recommendations? 5) is there a way to avoid", "at when applying for purely teaching job? 3) how non-research recommendations are looked", "do if we have only worked with our advisor and we hav...
[ "is the application of a systematic, disciplined, > quantifiable approach to the development,", "in SE. Maybe research could also benefit from Research engineering. The questions are:", "> Software engineering (SE) is the application of a systematic, disciplined, > quantifiable", "students \"researching o...
[ "listed under Other. Is this appropriated and/or reasonable, or should I remove them?", "to pad my CV. Currently I have my publication list broken up by", "Members. Should these publications be on my CV? I contributed to the project", "have the Team Member publications listed under Other. Is this appropriated...
[ "do I manage my presentation in such a scenario? EDIT : I do", "have shattered everything. How do I manage my presentation in such a scenario?", "I have successfully got my papers accepted in different journals. However, due to", "in different journals. However, due to some money issues, I couldn't get th...
[ "never get replies. * Any other repository site (ArXiv?) might cause the paper", "help the candidate improve his work. * Stackexchange/Quora/Reddit etc. are great for small", "as active in research) for help. Where should such students/learners try to get", "in an obscure town who has a few ideas which he con...
[ "(B.Tech in CS) or get some work experience and then go on with", "pursue my MBA in a premier business school. Is it better to go", "go straight from my graduation (B.Tech in CS) or get some work experience", "school. Is it better to go straight from my graduation (B.Tech in CS)", "graduation (B.Tech in CS)...
[ "is the traditional write out edits on word and email the document with", "all of the changes. Then there is google docs. Finally, there is the", "LaTeX and subsequently using subversion to merge all of the changes. Then there", "authors who aren't physically close to each other. I was curious about the", "...
[ "the same field and department. Now to my questions: * How important is", "about probabilistic modelling? * When there are two modes of research in a", "people argue there is no divide between theory and practice, at least to", "are theory-based (like the algo or complexity groups), ones that lean towards sys...
[ "my mainstay as a personal-information-manager, organiser and text editor. But being built on", "personal-information-manager, organiser and text editor. But being built on [emacs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs), I find it", "on Linux, but also at times required to work on Windows systems at", "of produc...
[ "published in journals or conference proceedings, but as technical reports. In my experience,", "some paper search in my scientific field, sometimes I find articles that are", "a journal? PS: It seems to me that writing technical reports is more", "When do you suggest to write one instead of addressing it...
[ "progression. A related question: [Do presentations given during interviews count as invited talks?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/1157/66)", "infrequent updates) list of presentations on my website; this is mostly so I", "space more. **When should I start omitting or shortening the talks on my", "my a...
[ "time in the humanities). In what circumstances should conferences precirculate papers? Is it", "can use that face-to-face time to discuss work instead of just listening to", "everyone submits their papers in advance and the assumption is that conference goers", "papers? Is it something that is best for small...
[ "to submit a full academic book manuscript? In my case, this would be", "can be involved in shaping the project, or is it better to submit", "for a first academic book. If this is something that is dependent on", "so that the editor can be involved in shaping the project, or is", "the writing process so tha...
[ "How to write a cover letter to journal when submitting a manuscript? 1.", "the only reason to write a cover letter? 2. Will the cover letter", "cover letter? 2. Will the cover letter be sent to the referees or", "only reason to write a cover letter? 2. Will the cover letter be", "letter, it is expected tha...
[ "affiliation with a former employer?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/1078/546) except that I am a retiree. I intend", "with a former employer?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/1078/546) except that I am a retiree. I intend to", "I am a retiree. I intend to submit a paper to a journal", "affiliation...
[ "know that I am interested in such candidates, even though I don't have", "to do this—most of the time, such emails sound very trite, and that's", "no interest—it's just a \"form letter\"-type application. However, once in a while, I", "to—if I actually had an open position. What I want to do is", "Most o...
[ "would be worth emailing departments that I haven't applied to this year, asking", "be worth emailing departments that I haven't applied to this year, asking if", "my application material. Any advice, or should I just wait till next year?", "because I couldn't afford all the application fees. I'm saving up no...
[ "been well ingrained into me. However, it's not clear to me if this", "working in the humanities and other fields—such as literature, economics, or philosophy—what is", "working equivalent of the laboratory notebook? If not, what is the preferred method", "the laboratory notebook? If not, what is the preferre...
[ "see a lot of angry online discussion of this issue. Nobody seems to", "to like the common \"if you don't hear back, you're not hired\" approach,", "approach, but it's easy to go wrong in other ways (too short, too", "job applicants that you won't be hiring them? I see a lot of", "the hiring season so it se...
[ "Take research group X at university Y. Which factors you consider to decide", "to apply for a postdoc position. *Which factors do you consider as more", "Other elements? Please tell which of these (and other) elements you consider the", "its international ranking? Distance from your hometown? Proximity to...
[ "both ways. Is one spelling more common or formal than the other ?", "think I have seen it spelled both ways. Is one spelling more common", "ways. Is one spelling more common or formal than the other ? (e.g.", "Is one spelling more common or formal than the other ? (e.g. in", "one spelling more common or fo...
[ "> Can all the professors in a department see a particular student's grades?", "> > > Can the chair of a department see a student's grades?", "in a department see a particular student's grades? > > > Can the", "> > Can all the professors in a department see a particular student's", "question. > > Can all th...
[ "is then: > > Isn't it too soon to have a personal web", "it too soon to have a personal web page at this stage of", "page at this stage of my career (I am still a PhD student)", "(I am still a PhD student) to present my work or is the", "start searching for a post-doc position and I was wondering which web...
[ "coursera, and MITx are provided online. I attended most of them; also I", "some credits for whatever I have learnt so far, so that I can", "Could anyone suggest some place where I will get accredited for the courses", "of courses like udacity, coursera, and MITx are provided online. I attended most", "I ha...
[ "lots of money to publish in third-party journals? The question especially applies to", "very high, so wouldn't publishing in such journals affect the paper's citation count", "research papers? Wouldn't an online version suffice, as most people use only local", "to journals that operate with a rigorous profit...
[ "at their first use per section or per paper? This is an IEEE", "per section or per paper? This is an IEEE publication, but I haven't", "Do I expand abbreviations at their first use per section or per paper?", "use per section or per paper? This is an IEEE publication, but I", "per paper**? ...
[ "studied using game theory? What game-theoretic models of the educational grading process exist", "tendency of academic grades for work of comparable quality to increase over time.", "for the phenomenon and lists some potential causes. Has this issue been studied", "some potential causes. Has this issue been ...
[ "positions at a couple of U.S. research universities. What sort of things do", "have offers for tenure-track computational biology positions at a couple of U.S. research", "I have offers for tenure-track computational biology positions at a couple of U.S.", "couple of U.S. research universities. What sort of ...
[ "theory, or read a paper, how can I tell what 'the scientific world'", "Gene' by Richard Dawkins. He takes every chance to provide evidence that the", "evolution. More recently, I have read 'The Selfish Gene' by Richard Dawkins. He", "claims which I did not fully understand (irrelevant here) on Biology.SE and...
[ "& 3rd names? I'm currently facing problems in submitting to arxiv.org which asks", "problems in submitting to arxiv.org which asks for only first and last names.", "as for Rudimman. So when submiting to journals, should I stick to the", "Rudimman. So when submiting to journals, should I stick to the 2nd &", ...
[ "a high-school first(as I have no university-level teaching experience) help me? I currently", "in Arabic from UCLA, also an MS in Educ. Bachelors in Arabic also.", "6th graders, and am considering quitting after 4 years there. I have an", "and am considering quitting after 4 years there. I have an MS in", ...
[ "an extended abstract. What are the differences among \"abstracts,\" \"extended abstracts,\" and \"full", "extended abstract. What are the differences among \"abstracts,\" \"extended abstracts,\" and \"full papers?\"", "ask for an extended abstract. What are the differences among \"abstracts,\" \"extended abstr...
[ "a digital institutional repository, but it doesn't look like I can put copies", "in it. When I finish my dissertation, a copy of that would go", "the IR. It seems strange that the institution doesn't seem to have practices", "the institution doesn't seem to have practices in place to take in other", "it do...
[ "I was curious about what are effective ways to create an effective wiki.", "effective strategies in curating lab knowledge. I was curious about what are effective", "create an effective wiki. Factors include: * Ease of use and low learning", "Factors include: * Ease of use and low learning curve * Speed of",...
[ "Or is this not ethical? Can someone who is psychopathic be barred from", "quiet person? Or is this not ethical? Can someone who is psychopathic be", "extroverted person, for example, be more favored than a very quiet person? Or", "very extroverted person, for example, be more favored than a very quiet person...
[ "academia was like just another field for women but now that I think", "asked about the position of women in academia. I answered that stating that", "resources applicable to female students: 1. Engineering in North America but maybe even", "answered that stating that academia was like just another field for ...
[ "in the abortion/crime paper the conclusion is reversed), and likely suffers from far", "discovered. What solutions have other fields used to ameliorate this problem, and how", "economics has suffered from a few well-publicized coding errors (most notably the Foote", "a few well-publicized coding errors (most...
[ "are: * Ph.D University of New South Wales, Philosophy * Masters of Science,", "work out how to do the full series of abbreviations after my name.", "* Bachelors of Science, RIT, Information Technology + RIT Scholar (University Medal) +", "and I'm trying to work out how to do the full series of", "RIT S...
[ "school with one top researcher and no one else in the subfield. The", "wary of attending schools with only one professor in their subfield. If you", "represented that well in the vast majority of departments? Almost all schools I'm", "every school I will apply to will have top researchers in this subfield.",...
[ "if your hobbies are nothing like your work\"? > > Carroll, Sean. [\"How", "nothing like your work\"? > > Carroll, Sean. [\"How To Get Tenure at", "> > > This question applies for both cases of tenure and cases", "> > This question applies for both cases of tenure and cases of", "Get Tenure at a Major Resea...
[ "One of the major issues in universities with respect to PhD is the", "in the end, the students quit without making any meaningful contribution. What steps", "Demotivated students cause a big loss to the university - a lot is", "contribution. What steps do/should universities and faculty members take to reduc...
[ "(or lack thereof), is the total price for one year of undergraduate education", "After factoring in government subsidies (or lack thereof), is the total price for", "thereof), is the total price for one year of undergraduate education in Europe", "in government subsidies (or lack thereof), is the...
[ "In my specific case, I'm studying [this work: Stecklov et al. (2005)](https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2005.0037), published", "specific case, I'm studying [this work: Stecklov et al. (2005)](https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2005.0037), published in Demography,", "and the regressions come out a bit different. Probably...
[ "crux of my question is: how should an adult freshmen prepare before applying", "Do I have a shot at competitive university even though my academic history", "relevant almost a decade after the fact? Do universities consider professional experience in", "competitive university even though my academic history ...
[ "by the lab after graduation. If you don't want to enter academia and", "disadvantages of doing your PhD research (in science, math, or engineering) at a", "non-academic lab (like a government or industrial lab) vs. the traditional academic setting?", "is one option better than the other if you have the choic...
[ "for a piece of paper and nothing more. I'm given a guide as", "I just invest the time pursuing the free courses and hope that It", "With the exception to access to a wide-range of journals and digital libraries,", "a particular focus on the direction I want to take (computer science). With", "is on the pap...
[ "acceptable practice to cite only the URL of referenced research papers where they", "> Data mining is the process of analyzing large data sets in order", "large data sets in order to discover hidden patterns within these data sets.[1]", "sets in order to discover hidden patterns within these data sets.[1] St...
[ "The reason I'm asking is that I think it's a lot easier to", "service such as bit.ly? The reason I'm asking is that I think it's", "Is it OK to present a URL using a link shortening service such", "shortening service such as bit.ly? The reason I'm asking is that I think", "I think it's a lot easier to ente...
[ "Computers and Information Technology, Cairo University in 2007. I want to know if", "is possible, I want to know the steps for that. Advise and tell", "if there is any program in USA for a Ph.D. holder to improve", "Advise and tell me if there is any program in USA for a", "if it is possible to compensate ...
[ "notify those who are writing my letters? 3. Does activity on sites like", "like Quora, Stack Exchange, and Reddit's AskScience (as well as a personal webpage/blog", "Stack Exchange, and Reddit's AskScience (as well as a personal webpage/blog of one's", "and Reddit's AskScience (as well as a personal webpage/...
[ "adviser). But then as they move on through the assistant professor stage, they", "they discover new research interests through what can earn them funding (through the", "they do what they're most interested in, or that they do what they", "new research interests through what can earn them funding (through th...
[ "awkward: in a bio, \"I did my bachelor's in XYZ University\" is fine,", "would visit a website and click each of the sublinks? Looks more implausible", "what is the guarantee she would visit a website and click each of", "are others who advise applicants to provide a brief bio instead of a", "this. Some pe...