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[ "own, what are the points I need to bear in mind?\" I have", "a fact that most recommendation letters for MS degrees in US and Europe", "the following points: * Ensuring similarity of language among all letters from a", "the time to write recommendations for all applying students. Moreover a 4-year engineerin...
[ "a cite in a research paper where the author cited my work as", "in a research paper where the author cited my work as [first name]", "the author cited my work as [first name] et al, where it should", "as [first name] et al, where it should have been [last name] et", "et al, where it should have been [last ...
[ "the laziness/sloppiness? (If drafts were >1-spaced, one need to change only one option.)", "or double-spaced lines, making it less pleasant to read and more wasteful to", "1.5- or double-spaced lines, making it less pleasant to read and more wasteful", "double-spaced lines, making it less pleasant to read an...
[ "student applicant? And does the faculty member go through multiple interviews with individual", "member's visit usually take, especially compared with the visit of a prospective PhD", "individual members of the department? I know that the process varies from department", "member and for the department as a w...
[ "it's hard to think of a topic that they would prefer talking about,", "about something else.. After all, does the professor usually benefit when they talk", "liberty to be self-centered and to talk about yourself? But maybe professors would", "standard social advice in academia... (after all, people love to ...
[ "the necessary numbers, and staples the pages together with a cheap construction paper", "the school administrators always simply takes the teachers' course books to the school's", "provide the lowest costs available, and perhaps to keep things simple, the school", "in the necessary numbers, and staples the p...
[ "into the functioning of universities that helps them minimise productivity loss post tenure?", "in research after obtaining a tenure (due to health, family or whatever), what", "of universities that helps them minimise productivity loss post tenure? * Are there", "helps them minimise productivity loss post t...
[ "on the paper, but requiring some effort). For a non anonymous submission, I", "them in the appendix, explaining that they were only intended for the reviewing", "meaning that the name of the authors should not be included, and no", "the submission, such as some proofs and some code working on an example,", ...
[ "to plagiarism detection wikis like [VroniPlag](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VroniPlag_Wiki) and GuttenPlag, where ordinary people compared these", "all these people, the plagiarism was detected only due to plagiarism detection wikis", "people, the plagiarism was detected only due to plagiarism detection wikis ...
[ "distinguish potential same names of different publishers, and 2. to help book-seekers find", "and 2. to help book-seekers find the publisher and the book by actually", "contacting libraries in the city. I want to know better stories about the", "actually visiting the city or contacting libraries in the city....
[ "asked to review papers. In addition, some may think that PhD students are", "a scientific paper is right, it's useful to learn how to evaluate the", "a powerful way to gain experience at critical reading of papers. Writing reviews", "a PhD student get opportunities to practice reviewing papers? What would yo...
[ "the [submission guidelines](http://arxiv.org/help/submit#responsibility) say an institutional affiliation is required for submission. I've graduated", "What do you suggest that I do? Is there a way to submit", "career. My current employer doesn't relate to physics. What do you suggest that", "to arXiv.org. H...
[ "visibility. But would it be a bad practice? Would it be unethical? Scientific", "me? Is there any copyright issues, or other notes that I should know?", "a paper more visibility. But would it be a bad practice? Would it", "more visibility. But would it be a bad practice? Would it be unethical?", "to severa...
[ "one course the other). What are the standard teaching loads in other fields", "in math the standard teaching load is 2-1 (two courses one semester, one", "courses one semester, one course the other). What are the standard teaching loads", "semester, one course the other). What are the standard teaching loads...
[ "or just extremely badly written). Ii that case it is better to: ", "that you are just mentioning it, not using their results, or cite", "that case it is better to: * simply drop it, * cite but", "I was not using other's results directly, I wanted to cite a few", "there a good practice of citing (or not)...
[ "question over whether I would be suited for a PhD, but you could", "so-so references, given a good work history and supportive references from earlier supervisors?", "cohort had an exceptionally high failure rate, but on the other I didn't", "one hand, my cohort had an exceptionally high failure rate, but on...
[ "close cooperation between students and faculty. However, how does one prevent close working", "cooperation between students and faculty. However, how does one prevent close working or", "uniformly? Is there a method of avoiding \"playing favorites\" with students a faculty", "and faculty. However, how does o...
[ "generally, consider an international student who wants to apply for graduate programs of", "all the programs in US made their decisions already, and this is true", "guess all the programs in US made their decisions already, and this is", "others to benefit. I am graduating in a month and getting my bachelor"...
[ "student currently, is it okay if he/she friends the student on social media", "professor is teaching a student currently, is it okay if he/she friends the", "is it okay if he/she friends the student on social media sites such", "he/she friends the student on social media sites such as Facebook or Google", ...
[ "meet journal standards\"? This is what happened to me particularly. Papers were rejected", "that they had found any error or that anything was wrong or inconclusive.", "or that anything was wrong or inconclusive. When a paper is rejected, do", "\"does not meet journal standards\"? This is what happened to me...
[ "have been told by friends that the University holds the right to my", "friends that the University holds the right to my final year project. Is", "Computing and I'm about to start my final year. I have been told", "year. I have been told by friends that the University holds the right", "to my final year pr...
[ "be justifiable for them to take a several-month long sabbatical in the middle", "graduate students shouldn't expect to have the same thing, could it maybe be", "to have the same thing, could it maybe be justifiable for them to", "it maybe be justifiable for them to take a several-month long sabbatical in", ...
[ "to some conflict with his advisers, though he was later able to transfer", "an example - what if there was an irreconcilable difference between the student", "his advisers, though he was later able to transfer to Caltech. As an", "example - what if there was an irreconcilable difference between the student a...
[ "example, academia.edu lets one upload their papers but other people must have account", "no options for depositing engineering related pre-print papers in any online repositories. Is", "papers** in any online repositories. Is there any easy solution to this? For", "can download anonymously and also with ...
[ "into people writing blogs and posting in forums and databases. But for now,", "published in an academic journal. If this occurs, how should credit be given", "all be included as authors? Should a link to the forum be included", "in an academic journal. If this occurs, how should credit be given to", "a sta...
[ "or telecommunication courses and ignore or dislike the ones on EM. Similarly there", "less) to rate highly those courses that create a value for them at", "find the same kind of enthusiasm for say, an optimisation course. Another example", "example from ECE will be courses pertaining to electromagnetism. Stu...
[ "practices\".) (At a deeper level, I am curious why so many people seem", "[agencies](http://publicaccess.nih.gov/), [citation cartels](http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/04/10/emergence-of-a-citation-cartel/), or [post-publication review](http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2012/04/19/post-publication-peer-r...
[ "keep in mind when they are conversing with a fellow researcher whom they", "Mind*, where Nusb (Crowe) says [the following](http://movie.subtitlr.com/subtitle/show/247553): > > I imagine you're getting", "am supremely confident that there is not a single seminal or innovative idea", "fellow researcher whom th...
[ "program or PhD program, it's advisable for a good student to get used", "well those related to his research field. Task #1: prepare all the admission", "what else? What would you suggest to anyone to prepare himself to an", "groups he want to join, after graduation. So, if the student decides somehow", "> ...
[ "information on your own, and not via the journal or editor, assuming a", "and not via the journal or editor, assuming a blind process). Can you", "the same journal paper you are reviewing (i.e., finding out this information on", "on your own, and not via the journal or editor, assuming a blind", "assuming ...
[ "been read, colleagues have been consulted and top-of-the-head alternatives considered but the problem", "ahead. No theory, computation or intuition helps. The only possibility left is to", "other problems\"? How do you choose what to work on next (should you", "At what point should you \"start searching for ...
[ "there any other metrics that are considered as important as (or more important", "metric I see most on the internet and on journals' home pages is", "The metric I see most on the internet and on journals' home pages", "most on the internet and on journals' home pages is the 'Impact Factor'.", "on the inter...
[ "publications in restricted access publication platforms? What if one has majority of his", "platforms? What if one has majority of his publications in open access journals?", "rule for researchers to have publications in restricted access publication platforms? What if", "have publications in restricted acce...
[ "in analysis.) So, here is my question: Does one need a very specific", "to do. However, I don't know whether it will be disadvantage that one", "intends to do. However, I don't know whether it will be disadvantage that", "how can he/she talk to a professor about his/her application? (Even if the", ...
[ "production, etc. * However, access to a PDF of the book is free", "promotion, editorial assistance, production, etc. * However, access to a PDF of the", "assistance, production, etc. * However, access to a PDF of the book is", "to fund promotion, editorial assistance, production, etc. * However, access to a ...
[ "will be geared in a way that it's \"interesting\" to more people, and", "each other more through the student? (this was actually the case in my", "expressed the desire to interact with each other more through the student? (this", "case where they explicitly expressed the desire to interact with each other mo...
[ "rule of thumb for the following. What percentage of students that are accepted", "if there is a rule of thumb for the following. What percentage of", "a rule of thumb for the following. What percentage of students that are", "students that are accepted for a PhD position were initially put on a", "that are...
[ "need to focus on an area which is relatively unexplored by prior research?", "needs to select a thesis topic, but their advisor is unwilling to offer", "thesis? * How might one select an area to study? * How can", "go about selecting a thesis? * How might one select an area to", "how should one go about se...
[ "to me that these older projects should have wrapped up already and there", "older projects should have wrapped up already and there are probably minimal risk", "funding agencies publish the full proposal of the ones that were accepted, say", "proposal of the ones that were accepted, say 5, 10 years after the...
[ "can an academic blogger do to ensure that their blog content remains archived", "blogs and websites are emerging as an important component of academic discourse. However,", "content (e.g., domain names lapsing; site hosting fees ending) * Internet services that", "20, 50, 100 years). An important function of...
[ "should you share your achievements on the StackExchange network in contexts where how", "to StackExchange constitute a valuable thing for an academic to do. In many", "They often won't have heard about the reputation system. They may not be", "is evaluated has material consequences?** (e.g., a CV, job interv...
[ "result, I need to have headphones in class to block all sound. Should", "in class to block all sound. Should I just tell the professor this?", "seeing (not seeing and hearing). As a result, I need to have headphones", "a learning disability where I can only learn through seeing (not seeing and", "to have h...
[ "recently talked to a PhD student though, and he advised me that I", "the time. What are some guidelines when an adviser wants you to chase", "to an adviser, to recognize that sometimes those suggestions can lead to \"wild", "What are some guidelines when an adviser wants you to chase a problem", "I should ...
[ "vein, what is expected when a student visits the campus for an interview?", "discouraged? In the same vein, what is expected when a student visits the", "Will a casual tee-jeans be discouraged? In the same vein, what is expected", "interviews? Will a casual tee-jeans be discouraged? In the same vein, what is...
[ "Report that will be archived and made available online by the university's library.", "distribute, and build upon the work? And point out that they have this", "of the Technical Report the freedom to quote (unlimited length), distribute, and build", "archived and made available online by the university's lib...
[ "should ask for help (from either your adviser, other grad students, or other", "(from either your adviser, other grad students, or other researchers) when you get", "out by yourself. But eventually there's a point where you're unsure how much", "some time to try to figure it out by yourself. But eventually t...
[ "to the further research). On the other, neither I offer \"expertise\" in them", "However, I don't know how to communicate it on my CV or my", "1-2 somehow related papers). So, should the new interests be listed in \"Research", "I have a collection of relevant publications (at best 1-2 somehow related papers)...
[ "else ask at a site such as <http://cs.stackexchange.com>). > > How do people", "that it is difficult to set good exercises/assignments for students, because they often", "find the questions on the web simply by googling (or else ask at", "there is so much material on the web that it is difficult to", "Thes...
[ "if I'm coming from a B.S in math to a PhD program also", "makes sense to give a qualifying exam to check that I had the", "skills. Thus, I'm baffled by the notion of the qualifying / prelim exam.", "one is accepted into a PhD program because he/she has already demonstrated the", "also in math, it doesn't s...
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[ "to invest much more time into this particular paper. My advisor thinks that", "had good preliminary results, but they seemed to indicate that it was lacking", "it, and I think they're probably right, but I really don't have the", "think they're probably right, but I really don't have the time to invest", "...
[ "nothing special, are you more likely to get awarded the PhD at a", "more likely to get awarded the PhD at a 'not very good' university", "awarded the PhD at a 'not very good' university than at a top", "was a mediocre discovery, nothing special, are you more likely to get awarded", "it was a mediocre disco...
[ "he expected, because he has been working very hard, and truly trying to", "he never asks, the grade will stay the same, so he wants to", "at the cost of sacrificing details. But the instructor might think differently, as", "has been working very hard, and truly trying to understand things, but sometimes", ...
[ "while. I wish to pursue PhD from the US. Let us assume I", "& Robotics. I have completed M.Tech (for those who do not know, it", "have a conference paper to my name and I'll take up my GRE", "in Artificial Intelligence & Robotics. I have completed M.Tech (for those who do", "plan. So I thought it wise to s...
[ "to be seen light at the end of the tunnel. I'm very sure", "to help maximize my chances of getting a Tenure-Track Faculty position in the", "that everyone applying for them have those qualifications already. I'm curious if there", "of journal publications. Of course, open faculty positions are extremely comp...
[ "the source of the original problem. Does anyone know of any written document", "in an exam or an assignment, I try my best to indicate (in", "or presents a particularly interesting example, I believe that a teacher who creates", "problem. Does anyone know of any written document indicating whether or not it"...
[ "with the papers being written with members of my group. Some of the", "except suggestions for improvements. On the other hand, some of the more junior", "the papers—by the more senior and experienced members of the group (primarily the", "clear how strong a role I should play. Is it better for me", "believ...
[ "has to have good social skills. So why not have classes that teach", "to do research with a professor, a student has to have good social", "a professor, a student has to have good social skills. So why not", "student has to have good social skills. So why not have classes that", "graduate, what really matt...
[ "the middle of the night the next week > they offer more meaningful", "inform the student that those comments are helpful (rather than pretend that the", "meaningful comments or suggestions regarding my work. They > get extra bonus points", "follow up and inform the student that those comments are helpful (ra...
[ "In other words, why don't these smart professors start a company and sell", "a company and sell it. Yet what I see is that all these", "for me would be to create a company and sell it. Yet what", "money, while they do not get anything. I might be wrong though. I", "would be to create a company and sell it....
[ "their students, at a university would like to start a company to exploit", "company to exploit and commercialize their research. Who owns the copyright/patent of their", "to start a company to exploit and commercialize their research. Who owns the", "their research? Will the university claim ownership of the...
[ "has just landed on my desk for marking. It was a 3 hour", "to provide written feedback. How long should I be spending marking an essay?", "3 essay questions. This is a final year essay so I do not", "a final year essay so I do not have to provide written feedback.", "desk for marking. It was a 3 hour exam ...
[ "format of the journal. What does this mean? I don't know if this", "don't know if this applies to all journals or to most of them.", "class files and instructions and they also advise not to spend time typesetting", "files and instructions and they also advise not to spend time typesetting the", "spend tim...
[ "negotiable, how could applicants gain insights about the statistics of offers or the", "applicants gain insights about the statistics of offers or the extent of safe", "salaries negotiable in general? Wherever they are negotiable, how could applicants gain insights", "they are negotiable, how could applicant...
[ "students who have been friends and co-workers, my close friends, and my family", "about how any errors that remain after getting all that wonderful help and", "supervisor, committee members, other faculty and staff that have played a meaningful role", "writing my dissertation where most of the substantive as...
[ "admission decisions in universities, so I suppose that you'll agree with me if", "universities, so I suppose that you'll agree with me if I said that", "I suppose that you'll agree with me if I said that they are", "in universities, so I suppose that you'll agree with me if I said", "a [previous question](...
[ "to business and industry? How is industry collaboration done? I'm asking this question", "are the ideas presented there applied to business and industry? How is industry", "applied to business and industry? How is industry collaboration done? I'm asking this", "paper? How are the ideas presented there applie...
[ "by starting a company and commercializing their findings? I'm asking this question per", "don't more professors attempt to use the knowledge gained during the course of", "a company and commercializing their findings? I'm asking this question per this [comment](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/1763...
[ "unreasonable to count these as vacation days, except that I could also see", "rather than a university? Does it depend on the country? I am in", "in the U.S. (this is related to the question related to [Do presentations", "practice to count the days spent on interviews as vacation days? It wouldn't", "were...
[ "(junior in the fall) studying Computer Science looking to transfer. I have three", "for Computer Science? To clarify what I'm looking for out of this question,", "to these schools? In the U.S. most schools allow you to transfer into", "year made it impossible to transfer. I don't want to waste my time", "a...
[ "a PhD student and have a D in one of my exams due", "and have a D in one of my exams due to some family", "am a PhD student and have a D in one of my exams", "one. I am worried about my future. will the D have an impact", "I am a PhD student and have a D in one of my", "due to some family issue...
[ "MBA after their doctorates. What are the advantages/downsides of this? Wouldn't the companies", "their doctorates. What are the advantages/downsides of this? Wouldn't the companies recruiting them", "have heard of people who have gone on to pursue an MBA after", "the advantages/downsides of this? Wouldn't th...
[ "occasionally, but how about earning a full degree? I guess this may not", "while being employed? I have seen professors attending classes occasionally, but how about", "for faculty members to enrol themselves for a degree while being employed? I", "professors attending classes occasionally, but how about ear...
[ "which people opt for a second doctorate degree. * Could a professor working", "a second doctorate degree. * Could a professor working in a university write", "his department to earn a second doctorate? * Do only those who want", "to earning 2 PhDs, if you are perhaps assured of a research career", "any gen...
[ "at times, solicit their opinion regarding the admission of a particular student. This", "chat with a few senior PhD students (almost done with their thesis) and", "I was having a chat with a few senior PhD students (almost done", "professors would, at times, solicit their opinion regarding the admission of a...
[ "PhD will be worthy from an average university with poor location. Should I", "west coast in the US. I am a bit worried if a PhD", "worried if a PhD will be worthy from an average university with poor", "US. I am a bit worried if a PhD will be worthy from", "Oklahoma and most companies are in east coast and...
[ "to my reputation or my chances of getting into a good graduate program", "I'm concerned about: 1. The first is related to the subject itself: (a)", "for the kind answers. Almost all of you agree that the second issue", "project tries to solve two different problems. 2. The second issue is that", "but there...
[ "it usually take? I'd like to create a poster without having to put", "take? I'd like to create a poster without having to put too much", "like to create a poster without having to put too much time into", "time does it usually take? I'd like to create a poster without having", "And how much time does it us...
[ "comes. The term \"productivity science\" doesn't seem to be a widely accepted term.", "foolproof set of categories to put each document in. I want to use", "it in Psychology because I have other documents based on Learning, Memory and", "other documents based on Learning, Memory and Performance. The four of ...
[ "comfortable researching at home, is it viewed negatively? At times the time spent", "spent on travel and a crowded lab may disrupt one's flow of thoughts,", "in those cases home provides an edge. Is physical attendance deemed important by", "attendance deemed important by the department as long as they are k...
[ "career (but optionally a career in industry), what should I do do to", "should I do do to get the most of a 10-week internship at", "academic career (but optionally a career in industry), what should I do do", "10-week internship at a research lab? Things I've thought of: talking with people", "(networking...
[ "it in my thesis without many changes? The paper will not be published", "are on the same subject and I am an author on both, is", "(8 pages) to a conference. Since both are on the same subject and", "a paper (8 pages) to a conference. Since both are on the same", "both are on the same subject and I am an a...
[ "group members to supply content. Is it worth creating content specifically for the", "to supply content. Is it worth creating content specifically for the group and", "Given the [importance of web presence](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/616/is-web-presence-important-for-researchers) how does one...
[ "is written in English. Should I: * reference it as is, in the", "I want to cite a Russian text in my own paper which is", "English. Should I: * reference it as is, in the original Cyrillic alphabet,", "* reference it as is, in the original Cyrillic alphabet, although the readers", "names and translate the ...
[ "My first question is, as most good Universities require a GPA of 3", "it hinder my chance for admission into Linguistics? 3. What else can I", "have GPA system for language studies. This percentage is regarded with high value", "in a literature related field, titled, 'Autobiographical element in Gabriel Garc...
[ "rejection (not revise and resubmit) decision from the editor/associate editor of a journal,", "to thank him/her for the time, or just do nothing? I imagine one", "resubmit) decision from the editor/associate editor of a journal, should we write an", "that out of courtesy, but then I don't really have much to...
[ "is when you might be reading a certain paper, and the authors refer", "to another paper. You can't get that other paper as it's unpublished, or", "Thulos and Cullen 2002). > > > And how is it to be", "refer to another paper. You can't get that other paper as it's unpublished,", "language that you can't rea...
[ "an STS student, so bear with me; I'm happy to provide clarification but", "leave the specific application unspecified: What sources would you consult if you were", "all the 'big questions' of any given \"field\". What other sources, whether vague", "huge \"list of all academic topics\"? I'm thinking it w...
[ "together. I'm confused about this and its exact scope. Does this mean a", "would keep many people wondering what kind of doctor grade you have. Maybe", "people wondering what kind of doctor grade you have. Maybe it only means", "in one occasion and then \"Dr.\" in a different one, or do you", "very close t...
[ "is commonly done by a publisher rather than an author? * Is it", "publisher rather than an author? * Is it reasonable to make requests? ", "makes final changes to the image anyway. Presumably, these changes can do it", "I am currently doing to prepare figures for a journal article: move", "such software...
[ "For example, a presentation whose PDF is listed at <http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/exoclimes/2012/pdf/talks/Day02_Ferreira.pdf>? And what if", "presentation whose PDF is listed at <http://www.astro.ex.ac.uk/exoclimes/2012/pdf/talks/Day02_Ferreira.pdf>? And what if the presentation doesn't", "doesn't have a publicly...
[ "suggested to me that it is possible to target an individual in that", "in their lab. I know that this is not a standard approach, and", "institution, and somehow invite yourself to their lab to meet them, potentially giving", "to meet them, potentially giving an unofficial (non-departmental) talk in their la...
[ "often invited to review them. How can I get involved in it while", "to review them. How can I get involved in it while still being", "some more experience with writing grant proposals, and I know that professors are", "to get some more experience with writing grant proposals, and I know that", "with writin...
[ "I feel like I am offending the professors by not taking notes. In", "I am a math student and never take notes in class. I feel", "I am offending the professors by not taking notes. In general, do professors", "taking notes...and then I am afraid that professors may write that I am", "write that I am lazy i...
[ "to conferences to steal ideas? If it does happen, how can I best", "to take an idea into fruition. What should/shouldn't I share about my research", "a chance. I'm probably over-thinking this, and there is little chance of it", "accepted before I go on the conference circuit? Update: My field is computat...
[ "(without fits to specific data) is in a pre-print state then should I", "a pre-print state then should I send a pre-print to the authors I", "1. What is the protocol for contacting by email to ask for authors'", "this particular sub-field publishing a model without showing its usefulness on some experimental...
[ "tips as to how one might prepare for this exam, and materials that", "that one can practice on? > > > Thanks you in advance for", "the US, I speak a number of languages, but I've grown up knowing", "might be handy. For example: > > 1. Did you have to take", "I speak a number of languages, but I've grown up...
[ "hope I can work and study as a part time student to finish", "not. He send me another email ( I post here for information). My", "degree. From last month, my adviser kept asked what's my plan. I told", "month, my adviser kept asked what's my plan. I told him I will", "H1b working visa is approved or not. H...
[ "single discipline such as political science. I am thinking of international business too,", "discipline such as political science. I am thinking of international business too, because", "social sciences field (Global Integration/Global Studies), but I am quite disillusioned with the", "not an option. I am th...
[ "I am wondering what rights I have and what rights my school has", "essentially guiding me and assisting me in my research, does he/she own a", "my thesis is my work and I have the copyright permissions, but I", "I then sell to customers. Would I have all rights for selling this", "my professor is essential...