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[ "literal (and outside context), it might sound more like the eulogy of a", "possible that I went over the top with praise?** Is it even possible,", "tell? I mean, I did not write anything factual wrong, but if read", "can (at least, not to let her down). But… at the same time,", "wish her the best of succes...
[ "be here) It's possible that I don't really have a chance at all", "think that I might be an idiot. * How can I build some", "that I don't really have a chance at all but knowing that would", "I rush and struggle to keep up with the massive rate of new", "The shock of the change is hard to cope with. I'm no...
[ "I avoid duplicates if the same paper also appears in another conference (with", "papers (or \"talks\") that appeared in (peer-reviewed!) conferences that have no proceedings? Should", "appears in another conference (with proceedings)? Should I make it clear that the", "submit a paper, and a committee selects...
[ "publish a finding that was already discovered? What do you when you happen", "researching/publishing a result that has already been discovered. In fields where physical experiments", "replication studies are necessary. But in theoretical/computational research, originality is key and duplication", "that has ...
[ "good practice to include an abbreviation in a title of a research paper.", "include an abbreviation in a title of a research paper. for example :", "it a good practice to include an abbreviation in a title of a", "in a title of a research paper. for example : PC , IDE", "Is it a good practice to include an...
[ "and IEEE Xplore? Or is it guaranteed to be published after the submission", "camera-ready paper? Is there any possibility for my paper not to be published", "have been notified by the IEEE organizing committee that my paper has been", "is AAR. Please see the quotation below. > > [AAR]This paper need thor...
[ "the US, since I'm looking to find a permanent position. What is the", "or do I least have the same chances as middle range Universities? As", "considered the best University in my Country (Mexico)and got a Magna Cum Laude.", "UK Universities like Cambridge and Oxford have no problem (for obvious reasons), bu...
[ "there must be other examples. Are there institutions that cover these “hidden” (or", "in Sweden in December, which means I have to buy myself a new", "pick them up, say). However, I'm sure there must be other examples. Are", "must be other examples. Are there institutions that cover these “hidden” (or indire...
[ "use/interpretation of statistics. Putting my rants aside, I went up and talked to", "told him it's been about a year and a half, he smiled and", "thesis was pretty successful. Now diving deeper and deeper into the field I", "sure what those terms are, read: \"biomedical research\") Coming from a more mathema...
[ "one practice test and didn't get a good Quantitative Score (only 145), although", "145), although I took the test without preparation, without paper (soon after taking", "even though they do not specifically require it? Will it affect my chances?", "the test without preparation, without paper (soon after tak...
[ "is not a field-specific question, I wish hearing whether this exists on other", "as well. Is it common in academia for individuals to find some subfields", "see working on Software Engineering as a waste of time while working on", "a waste of time while working on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is much more", ...
[ "my quiz open for only the 20 minutes or so at the end", "in to one of the several campus computers to take the quiz. However,", "surprise component of it substantially. Is there a way I can do this", "flip through their textbook as I assume they would if it were a", "a lax IT department) I generally ke...
[ "them to keep a record of the references. I have been doing fine", "yes style change and finding duplicates can be good. But is that it?", "decided using endnote today again because i am writing a major review article.", "not be identified correctly (beats me why! clear pdf with OCR) and spending", "efficie...
[ "that your advisor already know your committee members or that you do (e.g.,", "the dissertation process supposed to be a chance for you to win people", "them but you've never met them before vs. you know the member but", "advisor doesn't have a strong or pre-existing relationship with them). * Is it", "if ...
[ "Abstract/Title. It shows all related papers. But now I just want to know", "related with \"Quantum Hall Effects\", and want to have a list of institutions/universities", "this topic, with number of publications during the recent years. Any idea how?", "any website provide such searching service? Google schol...
[ "seminars, where we give the opportunity to talk to PhD students around the", "and present their project). However, attendance is a big problem, and it's the", "while they cannot forbid them to attend, they just discourage them. So, I", "can help: research lab is about 25 permanent staff, and between 2 to", ...
[ "example, University of Maryland, Baltimore County [is said to be](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_Baltimore_County) a research university.", "University of Maryland, Baltimore County [is said to be](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Maryland,_Baltimore_County) a **research unive...
[ "or advance knowledge other than to just confirm the status quo (which I", "positive? Simply writing that nothing new was found does not add or advance", "a given context). In other words, the data analysis either supports or does", "this level of study across all universities. One of my friend's research exp...
[ "your help. Examples are welcome! P.S.: [this is an interesting discussion](http://scientopia.org/blogs/drbecca/2012/05/09/the-art-of-the-ambiguous-conference-poster-abstract/) however didn't", "conference in September by the end of January already. But the problem is", "How to write smooth abstract without rep...
[ "“we study universities implementing policies X and Y, and show that they do", "implementing policies X and Y, and show that they do increase gender diversity", "but in studies of how effective are various possible ways of improving the", "hard sciences (i.e. not gender studies), what book or review could I r...
[ "professors? I think the interaction we had that day was good enough so", "met 4/5 professors and a few phd/post docs students. Should I send a", "4/5 professors and a few phd/post docs students. Should I send a thank", "that day was good enough so I am not sure if an email", "at a US institution. I met 4/5...
[ "I'm sorry if this is a bit subjective, but I really don't know", "seminar (final exam), lecturers will ask a lot about business process and customer", "'seen' and used directly will be rejected and considered useless. As in my", "usually will only approve research in computer science & information system whe...
[ "my supervisor doesn't know it too. I am stuck and I want to", "read other papers by the same team but they don't explain too much", "I ask someone to contact him for me? I would ask my supervisor", "him for me? I would ask my supervisor but I don't want it", "a paper and have questions about the details of...
[ "also have research responsibilities), what is generally the number of hours per week", "prep new modules with quality. Adding to that the responsibility of marking and", "those who also have research responsibilities), what is generally the number of hours", "the load quite heavy giving me little time to...
[ "course work and interactions with various professors. I have started liking a different", "very related to the original. What would be a wise thing to do", "I have started liking a different topic that is not very related to", "started liking a different topic that is not very related to the original.", "t...
[ "brain drain towards the US, i want to find way to quantify this", "I am wondering where I could find global statistics on the flow of", "say that the academic world outside US suffers from brain drain towards the", "\"how many students with US bachelor went to UK for a master\" and", "on the flow of studen...
[ "on capacity. One subject - you have to select one from the first", "2 days a week and/or to select some hours based on capacity. One", "for each subject. The problem is how to coordinate all subjects with student's", "lesson times for each subject. The problem is how to coordinate all subjects", "one from ...
[ "Bachelor degree, or can it also refer to students studying to get a", "degree, er is it used only for people studying for the PhD degree?", "a post-doc → ... Then what do undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate students refer", "undergraduate students exclusively students studying to get a *Bac...
[ "students, and so on. So if you have a big announcement to send", "you send it? I mean, is it better to send it on Wednesday", "many people (eg seminar or conference) does it matter WHEN you send it?", "matter WHEN you send it? I mean, is it better to send it", "send to many people (eg seminar or conference...
[ "masters student to work on that idea and publish a paper. Would I", "the masters student to work on that idea and publish a paper. Would", "master's student is working on a research problem. I am a PhD student.", "on the same problem. Now he wants me and the masters student to", "PhD student. I have an ide...
[ "minute to buy a non-refundable ticket for X. But it may still be", "refuse to do so altogether, in which case I am out-of-pocket. 3. I", "course I should then decline the interview at X, but I would have", "possibility that I might accept another position, they might think I am not", "time of the scheduled...
[ "above?* I am interested in (partial) answers pointing to studies, or sources of", "factors underpinning the observation above?* I am interested in (partial) answers pointing to", "still rising (see also [Wikipedia here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_student#United_States.2C_United_Kingdom_and_Aust...
[ "get in? Do top schools vary from mid-ranked schools when it comes to", "have to interview in order to get in? Do top schools vary from", "to the U.S. (at the correct time and for the correct duration of", "to get in? Do top schools vary from mid-ranked schools when it comes", "U.S. (at the correct time and...
[ "time we had very few meetings I replied: > > \"We have a", "frequently I have meetings with him. And since at that time we had", "few meetings I replied: > > \"We have a very few meetings and", "and the advisor does not allocate time to me.\" > > > The", "it and has started retaliating by reducing those fe...
[ "I decide whom to approach for a recommendation? * How should I go", "are pretty big ~80, and with every professor dealing with 3-4 separate batches", "approach for a recommendation? * How should I go about this to get", "equivalent size, for barely 3-4 months at a time, it has been hard", "been hard to dev...
[ "reading a textbook describing ~35 problem-solving and improvement methods, as part of [this", "title for this question, but I can't immediate think of one - suggestions", "are too many 'facts' to learn, remember and regurgitate. This leads me to", "one - suggestions for amendment welcome. I'd like to clarify...
[ "can't \"travel.\" I would love to do another REU, but I don't think", "so I can't \"travel.\" I would love to do another REU, but I", "one supposed to do the summer between? I don't have any money, so", "will (hopefully) be attending a PhD program somewhere starting in the fall. What", "I don't have any mo...
[ "you do a research presentation, what is usually the focus that you take.", "and I quote: > > Someone should be able to understand your slides", "> > > To me, this approach seems counter intuitive to the principle", "> > To me, this approach seems counter intuitive to the principle of", "the principle of a ...
[ "journals, or are in journal review, is it appropriate to include these on", "or are in journal review, is it appropriate to include these on my", "that are almost submitted to journals, or are in journal review, is it", "to journals, or are in journal review, is it appropriate to include these", "are almos...
[ "I mention my Stack Overflow (and other Stack Exchange sites) reputation in my", "Should I mention my Stack Overflow (and other Stack Exchange sites) reputation in", "mention my Stack Overflow (and other Stack Exchange sites) reputation in my CV", "(and other Stack Exchange sites) reputation in my CV while ap...
[ "I do not understand what good it does them. A professor said it", "it is not paid and not even publicly acknowledged. Why do they do", "it but I do not see what they gain by participating in peer", "read on his own. I am sure there is more to it but", "not read on his own. I am sure there is more to it", ...
[ "CS other then just looking trough university/research groups web sites? Maybe people from", "Are there any ways of getting to know about new PhD positions in", "Job Openings in Systems](http://www.eurosys.org/jobs/#doctoral), * [PhDportal.com](https://www.phdportal.com/) (formerly [www.phdportal.eu](http://www...
[ "another way: what’s in your last-day check list for a thesis? Major modifications", "myself, yet I have 24 hours to make last-minute changes to it. What", "for a thesis? Major modifications to the original question. Thanks to F'x for", "limited amount of time, where should I focus my effort? Or, said anoth...
[ "analysis based on his experiments. Now that my colleague is about to write", "his PhD thesis, in which way can he ethically include the modeling and", "and I did modeling and data analysis based on his experiments. Now that", "He did experimental work, and I did modeling and data analysis based on", "worri...
[ "US school is April 15 but the professor asked me politely to give", "amount of time, also my former supervisor (which has no interest in the", "to wait the last minute because I respect the professor and he might", "receive PhD admission there. I think the deadline to respond to the US", "asked me politely...
[ "and auditing classes). My undergraduate university is not the best, but it's surely", "I could probably find relavant projects in my own country, but I feel", "are relavent to the question: I am not a US resident so I", "I know the fundamental research methods (through reading and auditing classes). My und...
[ "data is (most likely) not fabricated? Suggesting so could come as a great", "scientists that have fabricated their data out of thin air. In some instances", "can a reviewer make at least some sanity test that the data is", "other researchers and some of them have even been praised. Thus, when the", "public...
[ "often end up frustrated over the pace of my work, or rather the", "in individual publications. But even without that subjective comment, it should not be", "or courses taken. Summary: Is there a good way to measure your progress", "feel like I have not progressed as much as I would have liked", "doing ...
[ "work I have at the lab more mails that accumulate in my mailbox.", "following literature is not sustainable in the long run. So I wonder if", "I read for breadth or depth?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/50/am-i-reading-enough-of-the-scientific-literature-should-i-read-for-breadth-or-d) * [How do...
[ "Should I stick to the boring-looking textbook pics to avoid copyright problems, or", "The problem is that I cannot use those pictures from Google sites in", "jail!)? Is there something that says one can use images shown by Google", "sites in my slides because they are copyrighted. What should I do then?", ...
[ "new ones each time we made progress. 4. Should we be adding our", "yet then it might be counterproductive because then we'd have to buy new", "made progress. 4. Should we be adding our research interests directly on the", "student. Some questions that have come up: 1. Should we be trying to", "our research...
[ "and me having a total of Zero) On occasion, he actually reverted my", "but I have this impression he is not very happy about me doing", "me doing it. (Maybe something to do with him having dozens of publications", "reverted my changes to stick with his wrong or inferior-quality expression. How to", "have t...
[ "beta version. So, can this have a negative impact on the acceptance of", "natively by any existing solid tools. So I have two choices: rather I", "version. So, can this have a negative impact on the acceptance of my", "the research community? (I mean when I publish it in a scientific paper)", "choices: rat...
[ "after the course. Now, comes the question: what downsides do you see to", "the same thing otherwise. Finally, I have some hope that a few students", "have some hope that a few students might actually get into it, and", "I detail above, but generic advice/answers for other types of online participation mi...
[ "to be generated. The earliest might be when you go for an interview.", "seems a little late in the game as often contracts, especially in the", "to not reimburse candidates to whom offers are made and subsequently turned down.", "mean to accept a job offer? Or maybe more accurately when have you", "you go ...
[ "some sort of seal of approval to get results out and known quickly?", "approval to get results out and known quickly? (I am specifically wondering in", "article that it has been communicated by \"XYZ\" where XYZ is not the", "has been communicated by \"XYZ\" where XYZ is not the author but some", "What doe...
[ "myself from all site registrations I can remember, such as IEEE and ACM,", "about my former line of research. They are probably worse than spam, because", "get a few emails a week notifying me of new conferences, hotel discounts", "longer in academia. I've been out for more than three years, and I", "offer...
[ "the grant ends. It seems nowadays more and more publishers are requiring fees", "nowadays more and more publishers are requiring fees (submission fees, page charges, and", "more and more publishers are requiring fees (submission fees, page charges, and open", "open access fees). How does one pay for these fe...
[ "our doctoral students to write papers in English. For some, writing isn't a", "writing poorly, so they don't write at all What I'm wondering is if", "my English-language institute is the problem of getting our doctoral students to write", "English-language institute is the problem of getting our doctoral stu...
[ "meetings whenever I requested. This has been going on for about 4 weeks", "already tried: * Playing an instrument I was good at * Just taking", "results looked good, so I started spending long days in the lab, going", "and we had long meetings whenever I requested. This has been going on", "some time off *...
[ "an paper). For example, a scatter plot from which I would like to", "that exists? What other tools can you recommend to work around this issue?", "scatter plots having to click on every single point is tedious. Thus, I", "tools can you recommend to work around this issue? I don't think it'd", "formats ...
[ "author). I don't want to make my identity known to the writers of", "papers in which I am an author (and often as lead author). I", "want to make my identity known to the writers of the papers—but how", "a paper where I find that many of the criticisms I have are", "do I make my points clear without breaki...
[ "too is changing (see e.g. G+ Hangout seminars: [TCS+](https://sites.google.com/site/plustcs/)). However, given the scarcity", "thinking and writing, which can be done in any environment. Are you aware", "physical presence). Also, currently available tools still make e.g. making a web seminar", "than mere pro...
[ "is the admission process centralized (the professor who is actually funding may not", "cases I heard, that it is the professor who funds the student. Then", "know). I am applying to PhD program in various universities in US in", "receive (I don't know how much?). However one of the big factors is", "admiss...
[ "am really bad at improving what I have already written. I have heard", "like to hear what others did to train their rewriting skills. Also, I", "of English but I have seriously written only in English. My field is", "can't even re-read properly. I don't want to re-read the paper carefully and", "just d...
[ "nothing major but there might be some tiny format errors here and there..", "review and I am wondering whether I should do an *in-depth inspection* over", "inspection*** over the whole paper format? I see nothing major but there might", "paper format? I see nothing major but there might be some tiny form...
[ "honor of a distinguished (but still alive) researcher in their field. Articles for", "I somewhat suspect that this might not be entirely true, and that the", "suspect that this might not be entirely true, and that the standards used", "invited to contribute find a permanent resting place for their otherwise ...
[ "contract term (e.g. 3 year contract). Some contracts may be renewed, subject to", "be renewed, subject to additional funding, while others simply end. I am wondering", "while others simply end. I am wondering if there is an academic reason", "on a fixed term basis?** I have noticed that most teaching or ...
[ "on gradcafe I am very likely to be rejected from all the programs", "a master's program. However, unless I can get funding, or transfer credit will", "from all the programs I applied to (I haven't heard anything while others", "acceptances and interview requests from all the schools I have applied to). I", ...
[ "is a \"publishable\" thesis? I have often heard this term thrown about in", "thrown about in conferences and even as advice to new grad. students. From", "rare for a thesis to be published entirely as a book, though one", "thesis? I have often heard this term thrown about in conferences and even", "abo...
[ "in the process of designing a major. However, I am worried that using", "self-designed major can make an application look bad. As it stands, this potential", "am in the process of designing a major. However, I am worried that", "* In general, are self-designed majors unattractive for graduate admissions? * F...
[ "However, I'm loathe to cite Wikipedia because of the perception of it by", "know that citing Wikipedia is 'bad' etc. The emphasis is on how to", "cite something that I have learned from a Wikipedia page. However, I'm loathe", "I should add that I have the details of the source - I", "something that I hav...
[ "in academic career, a scientist can have naive expectations about how things work", "you avoid colleagues who are known to 'tell only the minimum' at congresses", "and share fully your ideas, since twice a year (or so) we all", "(e.g., medicine, biology). Early in academic career, a scientist can have naive ...
[ "lab. The direct supervisor only agrees to being written first or last on", "on a project in which I have a direct supervisor in addition to", "in the first place. Is it possible to write both of them in", "agree to be anywhere but last. He also feels that I deserve to", "of the lab. The direct supervisor o...
[ "and other responsibilities, and , finally, when and how should I start writing", "and , finally, when and how should I start writing my PhD thesis.", "Is there any book written on how to conduct yourself during the course", "for some guidance on what I could expect in the following years, more", "some guid...
[ "committees, acting as head of a student year group, admissions officer - the", "system which was supposed to keep a track of how much extra administrative/organisational/outreach", "task required action, the academics could use their accumulated points to argue why", "teaching or research roles. These extra ...
[ "when they are about research productivity), it is still sometimes fun to indulge", "for small (non-superstar) academic blogs?** I would be especially interested in statistics that", "that I follow). However, getting more mention than my papers is not a", "research productivity), it is still sometimes fun to ...
[ "EDIT: Came across this tool today which is inspired by XKCD (what is", "BOX TO TRY IT OUT: <http://splasho.com/upgoer5/> There should be something on these lines", "lines available to help with simplifying the language for instance (perhaps with 5000", "shorten the project summary, reduce the length of sente...
[ "I am asking this is because I am finishing my master's in engineering", "peer review. The reason I am asking this is because I am finishing", "is because I am finishing my master's in engineering and so far my", "on the vast internet, where one can submit his thesis for a peer", "so far my advisor has not ...
[ "and the other was the associate supervisor. Almost all my contacts were with", "reading that many students have a PhD committee. I assume this is a", "needed. This was a simple one-on-one contact between me and my principal supervisor.", "case, and I think this is quite common, I had two people. One", "I a...
[ "and give them to the students as hand outs? * is it legal", "to scan them and upload them on the course site? * should I", "the course site? * should I email the authors to take their permission", "of copyrights so what should I do then? asking the students to go", "is dead? * in case the above is a violat...
[ "usual \"paper\" submission deadline. For example, on the [International Semantic Web Conference 2013", "need the abstract before the paper? To estimate how many papers they'll get?", "they need the abstract before the paper? To estimate how many papers they'll", "10, 2013 > > > Why do they need the abstract ...
[ "of stumped and don't know what to do. He told me that I", "persuade this person to collaborate with me, or am I banging my head", "that I will steal his work and possibly has to put one more", "code repository, but rather each person does their own thing and in meetings", "project. To my surprise, there is...
[ "and pass over opportunities to research other interesting, but unrelated topics. But can", "wants to participate in lots of student organization activities related to science and", "interesting, but unrelated topics. But can research outside of your particular focus in", "research topics interesting and want...
[ "get selected? Should the recommendation letter be given by a prof working in", "selected? Should the recommendation letter be given by a prof working in the", "or topology. Is it OK, if I apply for a math grad school", "field theory, string theory. However, my interests have changed slightly over the areas,"...
[ "What kind of research would I need to do in order to successfully", "got 4 years left and have some sway in what I would like", "I've been doing research for one semester so far (in molecular dynamics) and", "the other articles, I just can't really tell... What kind of research would", "journals? I've got ...
[ "I'm not sure with whom should I discuss these research papers with, in", "discuss these research papers with, in order to help me understand the papers", "the only student who is currently being advised by my advisor. How should", "who is currently being advised by my advisor. How should I go about", "with...
[ "While this funding is not directly related to the paper, I met my", "to acknowledge this grant. How should I write this? Is partially supported the", "If I write is supported by, I give the impression that I am", "which expired six months ago, and part of it under my new employer.", "should I write thi...
[ "healthy learning environment. Concrete examples include watching a video or playing a game", "during the semester). The solution it seems is to add yet another item", "(not an elite institution), which is relatively modern in terms of supporting mobile", "wasn't going to use it during the exam to cheat, but ...
[ "of having received multiple \"best paper awards\" (in the field of theoretical computer", "when applying for faculty positions after a postdoc? Do the hiring committees watch", "paper awards\" (in the field of theoretical computer science) when applying for faculty", "theoretical computer science) when apply...
[ "“usual” values, everything I could think of). They are forthcoming enough, and reply", "how to proceed. The “ideal case” for unreproducible results is to make a", "however, nice results that I have obtained (extending their work far beyond what", "that the “usual” parameters that were missing from their pape...
[ "there any software or service that can help me automate some of this", "my academic website, send the mails manually and forget about the other fancy", "\"archive\" website with all the abstracts and a calendar of the upcoming seminars,", "course I'd like to send out e-mail notifications (and optionally also...
[ "with his supervisor as second/senior author. These articles are not particularly good and", "Should I simple ignore the place/type of publication and evaluate the work on", "an international student about doing a PhD with me. As an MSc student", "3 articles in pay-to-publish venues, that are known to have li...
[ "two reasons. First, it means I don't have to fly with the poster.", "2, I do not plan on hanging this poster in my lab. I", "early. On point 2, I do not plan on hanging this poster in", "to avoid this. I would like to print my poster at the conference.", "major US city with at least 4 Kinkos (large scale p...
[ "on topics in pure maths such as algebraic geometry/topology and take other physics", "most of your undergraduate research? My research (includes just reading and understanding papers,", "undergraduate research SOLELY on topics in pure maths such as algebraic geometry/topology and", "and gauge theory. Would t...
[ "not perfectly fitting results in a dissertation or a paper. During my PhD", "an accidental discovery, which is what I believe you call serendipity. The finding", "overall topic of my dissertation and certainly interesting, but it interrupts the \"leitmotif\"", "stupid mistakes (aka accidental findings) in ...
[ "go through a peer-review process? If so, how does this happen? If one", "(This just shows I am not in academia!) Do books go through a", "process? If so, how does this happen? If one is approached by a", "how does this happen? If one is approached by a small publisher, does", "does it matter if thi...
[ "prejudged with first impressions such as \"well he put much effort in the", "person but I encourage everyone to consider it in terms of this SE", "into design of academic documents something that can backfire? Will I risk being", "hideous as that](https://www.google.se/search?q=terrible%20powerpoint%20slides...
[ "the department? 3. People that I know from the business world encourage me", "to check in, and even asking if I can come visit the department.", "'you probably aren't going to hear anything from us', which says to me", "anything from us', which says to me - 'don't bother us'. I have", "hundreds of applican...
[ "at the tenure-track level this year and these non-tenured faculty are taking an", "faculty are taking an active role in the search, even voting with the", "in the search, even voting with the tenured and tenure-track faculty on who", "teaching-only positions. My department is also hiring at the tenure-track ...