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[ "distinction but would like to find a research group to work with. I'm", "a PhD (business / intercultural management / something in that general area). My", "build my research experience with the thought of pursuing a PhD (business /", "I want to 'fix' that. Any ideas how someone can find a research", "/ in...
[ "evening when I'm on a productive spur. When an important dead-line is coming", "selection of examples I gave above represent a normal situation in U.S. early-career", "work harder, and there is no overtime paid. I accept that. However, no", "relax while not doing science is important for me. Does the selecti...
[ "the page number in pdf is different than the printed page number. How", "is different than the printed page number. How to make sure the other", "page number. How to make sure the other person doesn't get confused when", "times, the page number in pdf is different than the printed page number.", "the print...
[ "sabbatical. What does it mean to go on academic sabbatical, and does it", "think of an academic sabbatical. What does it mean to go on academic", "definition](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabbatical) of sabbatical doesn't match how I think of an academic sabbatical. What", "of an academic sabbatical. What do...
[ "sending an email to a potential supervisor but I am not sure how", "without talking my university down? How do you suggest I do that? 2.", "I do that? 2. Did anyone had a similar experience or have some", "future as an academic. The only reason I decided to a PhD in", "I am considering sending an email to ...
[ "advertising your code will make your research results more used Are my assumptions", "3. It makes it easier to network and getting in contact with other", "be a good exercise in writing about your topic 2. If you are", "(For CS) Uploading and advertising your code will make your research results more", "3....
[ "negotiation or we have to obey referees all the time? Have you ever", "while they could suggest all their comments in their first report and this", "is a right thing to do. I have also had some of the", "me even if I was not completely convinced it is a right thing", "consider some restrictions to get the ...
[ "teaching assistant. I often find myself flipping, organizing, and searching through stacks of", "sheets of paper, whether I'm grading, reading, or doing research. I seem to", "an issue where my hands get dry quickly, and I find myself licking", "grading, reading, or doing research. I seem to have an issue wh...
[ "should not confuse a conference abstract with an article abstract, with the exact", "writing a conference abstract I realize that I have never really paid much", "I don't really see why it would be \"a whole different story\". Assuming", "really see why it would be \"a whole different story\". Assuming that ...
[ "we use to describe them risks obscuring the reality, and/or misleading the students?", "brim with phrases like the above. It is nearly impossible *not* to misunderstand", "It is nearly impossible *not* to misunderstand something when such loose statements are", "that we can often treat the calculations as if...
[ "his research project couple of months earlier. He and his supervisor submitted a", "to **reduce the manuscript to 4 pages or pay about 500$ for extra", "topic very close to his research project couple of months earlier. He and", "journal for publication. Editor's decision is that the paper should be publishe...
[ "These related questions do not answer my question: * *[What can I do", "matters and is the venue of publication less important? Note that my question", "answer my question: * *[What can I do as a graduate student to", "is it really the content that matters and is the venue of publication", "of publication*...
[ "she seems to be having the same problems with her other students as", "group, but she told me \"she's the one who's admitted me and no", "adviser\". Unfortunately, I'm not the only one in this situation; she seems to", "leave her group, but she told me \"she's the one who's admitted me", "good reason to ch...
[ "possible to have my cake and eat it in the case? EDIT: Sorry", "also like to use the publication to apply to graduate schools next time.", "plume* (pen name, pseudonym)? 2. ... and still take credit for the work?", "but I would also like to use the publication to apply to graduate", "may have a chance to p...
[ "already published in this neighboring field. What should I do? 1. Continue to", "ago, published a lot of papers (including PNAS). Now, he makes me incorporate", "of papers (including PNAS). Now, he makes me incorporate this model into well-established", "will probably laugh) 2. Try to switch the project (alt...
[ "(or little more) salary as/than D? In other words, I feel like I", "irregular backup plan: Say University U in Europe has a postdoc position P", "be somewhat like an advanced Ph.D. student but not expert like a postdoc", "don't get P, I will be happy with almost the same salary y", "to just 1 year? So it w...
[ "graduate programs and have noticed that some departments have a representation of their", "I can see this as a signal of either two things - 1.", "department may not have as much faith in its own graduates as that", "at in a top university in Canada had a faculty completely composed of", "to be seen favour...
[ "this information in the paper comments (including the name of the journal where", "paper was sent)? If the paper is accepted, is it necessary to include", "journal where the paper was sent)? If the paper is accepted, is it", "paper comments (including the name of the journal where the paper was sent)?", "I...
[ "papers/participation, available positions, events, etc, but I find it much harder to know", "also many smaller ones, and I'm pretty sure I'm missing interesting opportunities. So", "the UK, and there are many funding agencies, including of course EPSRC and", "and RSS feeds advertising about calls for papers/...
[ "each of the two, and also inter-linked interests, in general I am very", "physics undergrad, who is also interested in pure mathematics. I am not very", "a co-guide? In particular, I am looking for laws and practices in the", "practically allowed for you to chose a guide from another department different tha...
[ "column format) there are two smaller figures side-by-side and second figure's description comes", "let the figures come after they are described in the text.` What is", "followed? What if (in a single column format) there are two smaller figures", "the correct rule? What's the logic? Is it always followed? W...
[ "same religion, or other people from other religions (or even non-religious people) are", "applicant have the same religion, or other people from other religions (or even", "opening in a Catholic university, see [here](http://www.mathjobs.org/jobs/jobs/4682). I am not christian. So I", "or college affiliated ...
[ "whose work is quite related to some of my early PhD work, that", "paper published in a Journal that proved that method A had good solutions", "should be a reference, if not because it is my paper, but because", "but because by the time I did the survey no one else had", "it a breach of interest to ask the ...
[ "just started teaching three courses at small medical training college: anatomy and physiology,", "college: anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and microbiology. Most of the students have", "the students have a weak background in the sciences, and come from varying", "have a weak background in the sc...
[ "to do it (I don't know how to write a literature review, for", "any type of 'Research'. The problem that I encounter now is that I'm", "it possible to do it or will be very difficult in my case?", "any books that can help in building the foundation for me to be", "help in building the foundation for me to ...
[ "other positions that do not heavily rely on teaching? Does the time of", "heavily rely on teaching? Does the time of year make any difference for", "post-docs or other positions that do not heavily rely on teaching? Does the", "too. What about post-docs or other positions that do not heavily rely on", "do ...
[ "know of many positions in the US (also in Canada?) that is teaching", "the US (also in Canada?) that is teaching position or teaching-oriented position. For", "postdocs'. 3) Positions in liberal arts or community colleges etc. Is there any", "Europe minus UK, say Germany, Austria, Scandinevia etc. is there a...
[ "papers will be *inevitably rejected* just to maintain the acceptance rate? How conference", "acceptance rate? or it is not related at all to the acceptance/rejection process.", "How conference chairs deal with the acceptance rate? or it is not related", "Some conferences do maintain a percentage for the numb...
[ "is good for me in some ways, because one of my better skills", "piece of software (like an original, optimized quantum monte carlo implementation for example)", "rather than a highly-cited journal article. With the specific aim of getting a", "With the specific aim of getting a post-doc at a top-ranked unive...
[ "same university, suggesting that I opt for that program. The difference between the", "I opt for that program. The difference between the two programs is that", "an admit without funding, you will at-least get an admit letter or is", "usual in US colleges? I always thought that if you're going to get", "In...
[ "Do research journals pay us for a research paper? Or can we sell", "Is there a way we can get money for our research paper? Do", "get money for our research paper? Do research journals pay us for a", "there a way we can get money for our research paper? Do research", "journals pay us for a research paper? ...
[ "this and I expect to finish in one year. For the research, I", "them before the lecture, I found they are quite disappointed and want far", "my thesis. * Is it acceptable practice for graduate students to be guarding", "present any problems. I prepared an outline for a 90-minute discussion covering some", ...
[ "that I am an independent researcher. But does that mean I should stop", "should not be between myself and my adviser. And I can understand that", "researching something that someone else is interested in. I can understand that every", "be between myself and my adviser. And I can understand that I should", ...
[ "a new assistant professor in my department. While all faculty members have been", "it (or so I think!) How do academic departments handle this situation of", "so I think!) How do academic departments handle this situation of clash of", "professor in my department. While all faculty members have been welcomin...
[ "now (6 hrs by plane) and the librarian I spoke on the phone", "team is rather large for an academic team, so would it be worthwhile", "are digitized and most are very technical documents with information not seen by", "None of these are digitized and most are very technical documents with information", "sa...
[ "using, low-rate successfuly captchas solved, etc.) In those cases, **is it a valid", "when you implement it, you don't get the expected results (eg. bad text", "have a two solution proposals until this moment, and I've been wondering about", "and then I'll apply this clustering algorithm. Theoretically, it *...
[ "I have not done research in the area of this paper, I find", "the review of a conference paper to me. This is my second peer", "paper is sufficient for reviewing it. Ideally, reviewing would mean *judging* the paper", "like a drastic step with conflict potential. Certainly, there is an incentive to", "an i...
[ "choices when it comes to making a future career? I am a bit", "me to be, it will all go terribly wrong. 2. I could do", "internationally well-known and is also very interested in me succeeding, having helped me", "are not as fascinating (although very fascinating!). I could continue with living my", "futur...
[ "the experiment, is it possible for someone to submit a paper which basically", "says \"Method X was proposed in paper Y and according to them it", "tried it, it didn't work so well (only 2% improvement). Hence we propose", "it didn't work so well (only 2% improvement). Hence we propose its modification", "...
[ "to perform a doctorate while working in a private company (not in college)", "company (not in college) full time (8 hours per day, 5 days per", "achievable to perform a doctorate while working in a private company (not in", "working in a private company (not in college) full time (8 hours per", "a private ...
[ "publish only 8% or so of the 200 papers submitted each week, hence", "hurdle\" in getting a paper published in Nature would be simply getting it", "sent for review. > > > This leads me to the question: >", "rigorous. Many submissions are declined without being sent for review. > > >", "8% or so of the 200 ...
[ "I would like to give them less information, but I also don't want", "have interviewed. Should I tell interviewers where else I've interviewed? Intuitively I would", "me where else I have interviewed. Should I tell interviewers where else I've", "I tell interviewers where else I've interviewed? Intuitively I ...
[ "required to have a background of publishing technical papers for getting admit in", "it is required to have a background of publishing technical papers for getting", "whether is there anything else apart from publishing a paper that constitutes as", "admit in a good University. But I wanted to know whether i...
[ "a lot of expenses have been scaled back or even cut out completely", "to the economic crisis, funds are not overabundant right now, and a lot", "as usual on today's date, the salaries because of liquidity in our bank", "precise the exact date when the issue is resolved we are hoping to", "my options? Is th...
[ "many research interest should be included in a statement of purpose. Is it", "research interest should be included in a statement of purpose. Is it better", "should be included in a statement of purpose. Is it better to include", "of purpose. Is it better to include just one core interest or to", "statemen...
[ "the paragraph to indicate that it is based on this very source: *Lorem", "Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip", "nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat **(source 1)**.*", "quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut al...
[ "suggestions. At that time, I recommended two major changes for the paper and", "suggestion, but it was not. I am wondering what I should do now?", "correct and accurate questions / suggestions. At that time, I recommended two major", "paper to review. Since it was the first one, I took great care", "a coup...
[ "the latter only those that are cited in the paper. Should we maintain", "that are cited in the paper. Should we maintain this technical distinction when", "reference: the former includes all works consulted and the latter only those that", "Does this mean all the references must necessarily be cited in the p...
[ "just had my first paper accepted for publication (hooray!), but I'm wondering how", "publication (hooray!), but I'm wondering how copyright works for the paper. I know", "that I still have rights to distribute earlier versions (e.g., on academia.edu). If", "so, which version? I.e., how different does it have...
[ "is different. I'd be happy to know from experienced advisors in this setting", "setting to know if and how an advisor's role must change in article-based", "submitted (and hopefully published) in several scientific journals (at my university it's 3).", "(as a co-author), since time and energy spent on revisi...
[ "did not ask me to write the code, he asked me to solve", "My question is, can I put the code in the public domain, if", "a programming language. My question is, can I put the code in the", "code for other people in exchange of co-authorship for their papers? Again, my", "advisor sets the problem. I impleme...
[ "bit hard to suss out, but I could stand to look harder). Nevertheless", "example, semi-public lectures on chemistry, theology, art history, virtually anything intellectual, ideally followed", "out and meet other faculty in other areas. My research (in theoretical math)", "look harder). Nevertheless I would b...
[ "the private sector (research/policy analysis). He has been searching for a while and", "been searching for a while and has had little success and is getting", "has been searching for a while and has had little success and is", "your chances, etc)?** Any advice regarding online resources or CV editing service...
[ "Speculative applications, i.e. application without a job announcement being published, are common (well,", "am not sure the situation is the same in academia. Somebody has suggested", "application? Could it make me look bad? Is there any other downside I", "worry about potential downsides. In particular, how...
[ "the class time is wasted. Because of the design of the course, I", "(so far) have used only short cases (just a few pages), they still", "class, there is little to discuss in class. In the end, I feel", "them. I cannot, for example, reduce their grade by 10%. If anyone uses", "uses the case method with und...
[ "'van' element so that the first letter is and would therefore come before", "Beukering, J., be ordered in a bibliography? Do we count the 'van' element", "this depend on whether the author uses the Dutch 'van X' style or", "that the first letter is and would therefore come before Campbell in a", "would nam...
[ "there any negative consequences to using your grant to fund extracurricular research activities?", "limited scope of the goals of the proposal. To my surprise, I have", "as stated in [this post](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2685/acknowledging-funding), but it made me wonder... How can one", "...
[ "The class is heavily applied and has a strong emphasis on team project", "strong emphasis on team project work but there was also a 50% exam", "there was also a 50% exam component. These students were surprised that they", "or poor instruction on my part? Is there something that I can do", "class is heavil...
[ "only at the last-minute check. What else are common bugs that need to", "figures have a description that is up to date with the picture *", "I was unfortunate enough to introduce into a text and found them only", "of unit tests, so I would like to implement a procedure that corrects", "are the figures at t...
[ "that knowing the identity of the authors could influence the review such that", "journal publishing world, and I can't but help wonder why the review process", "the experiment was conducted accurately and ethically, decide if it is a significant", "review such that the quality of the research no longer stand...
[ "association. E.g., a professor in meteorology can be a member of American Association", "that such membership fees are covered by the University (department) or a research", "by the University (department) or a research institute? Are there exceptions? The goal", "institute? Are there exceptions? The goal is...
[ "in the United States state on their website they would like students to", "example). I especially worry about (2) because I have experienced a few awkward", "disability. Lastly, please don't worry about \"softening\" any responses, I'd like responses to", "it was quite uncommon to find a student with a learn...
[ "spam, they know nothing about my research area or they wouldn't be asking", "But am I missing something here? Personally I feel that publishing in these", "know nothing about my research area or they wouldn't be asking me, and", "This morning I received two emails from: 1. Journal of Communication and Comput...
[ "professional society memberships useful? So far, I feel like I have been paying", "way? Are there actual benefits to being a member for societies like these?", "I don't really see a point to being a member. Does anybody else", "that are vaguely aimed towards keeping people up to date with current research,",...
[ "I teach an honors course in an engineering discipline at a small university.", "interview, and they are often hired. The policy of the University in general", "a kind of betrayal; especially since he wouldn't even know why he's not", "because he's pretty good in technical matters. But then I think he might",...
[ "math teacher. I would want to work in research or industry, applying math", "PhD (since I don't think there is much you can do with just", "I chose C.S. because I enjoy programming and because its a solid choice,", "my real passions has always been math and lately I have been thinking", "its a solid choice...
[ "no academic paper published about this work and often there is only a", "Could you please also please also answer if it's OK to include a", "OK to include a lot of citations (around 20) to mention this products", "I cite this \"products\"? I thought about adding the URL just after the", "please also answer...
[ "Insight, but has no author. So far I've been including Balkan Insight where", "is thus: Karlsen, T.-K. (2013) For scouts, the South American youth tournament is", "on 28/03/2013] But how do I reference an article with no obvious author?", "But how do I reference an article with no obvious author? For example...
[ "* Also, if the manuscript did get published in a scientific journal, no", "I have any use for frozen mouse embryos whatsoever.) Some time ago, an", "the article came out, I've been receiving increasing amounts of \"academic e-mail spam\"", "peer review, surely I should encourage them in that? After all, if n...
[ "we call research. I don't think this is necessarily the best way to", "for my purposes. Is there another way I can approach clarifying what constitutes", "have to define the words that I used to define those words, et", "competitors are restricted to graduate students who are engaged in *research* under the"...
[ "will have those issues again. So, are there any standards about private vs", "concerned about how they look in front of others if it's in a", "about how they look in front of others if it's in a private", "helps the student in so many ways. However, in a shared office it", "higher education (any country) o...
[ "that this world is not all out for me. * How can I", "not all out for me. * How can I prepare myself so that", "improve my chance of admission in post graduate level? * Money/GRE/TOEFL/IELTS/Vendor Certification....what should", "my chance of admission in post graduate level? * Money/GRE/TOEFL/IELTS/Vendor C...
[ "is OK really? Would something like I described above be seen as an", "feature an image relating to the work the person has done in the", "etc. Recently a colleague of mine put a painting of herself on the", "done, but rather a painting of her made by someone else. This has", "other institutions but at my u...
[ "three last names. * \"J. Fernández-de-Cossío Díaz\" (with the accents, since that's how", "mother side. I have been suggested various signatures: * \"J. Fernandez-de-Cossio Diaz\", without", "The hyphens supposedly help the search engines to not mistake Fernandez-de-Cossio with two", "* \"J. Fernandez-de-Cos...
[ "Address and Phone ``` I'm especially confused about the \"title\". I'm not sure", "I have is ``` First and Last Name Title Group/Lab Name School Name", "Name School Name Address and Phone ``` I'm especially confused about the \"title\".", "``` First and Last Name Title Group/Lab Name School Name Address and ...
[ "not. I will have about 3 figures and 4 tables when I'm finished.", "Figures* and *List of Tables* Section after my Table of Contents? The university", "separate *List of Figures* and *List of Tables* Section after my Table of", "10,000 words) and am wondering if I should include a separate *List of", "and ...
[ "Now we have two options: 1. publish our current paper on our own,", "first option seems nice. On the other hand, I'm an undergraduate senior (entering", "of the paper and intended to publish with the question still open. Another", "them a co-author. Though our paper is pretty good already, the new work", "...
[ "and her married name. How should she indicate that this is the case", "she indicate that this is the case on her CV, if she wants", "the case on her CV, if she wants to mention publications from both", "this is the case on her CV, if she wants to mention publications", "publications under both her maiden n...
[ "two programs I'm applying to allows (and encourages) students to teach a first-year", "and the other one does not. However, I would be able to teach", "I would be able to teach a college algebra or precalculus course at", "on me as a job applicant if I have no experience teaching calculus?", "master's stud...
[ "the X points they need to get a better grade. It’s exemplified by", "argument that begins “I know it’s wrong but . . . .” I", "is not about legitimate requests to reconsider because of a mistake but instead", "have the power to change the grading structure—that is imposed from higher up.", "would like to a...
[ "working under a professor doing research is that I really can't work in", "I created myself, I'm planning to do research work extensively for the rest", "up a PhD. But, what I've experienced from a last summer's industry internship", "research is that I really can't work in the industry for a longer", "to ...
[ "my classmate are working on. The project report goes to the external examiner", "to give a demo on our project. Me being inclined to designing (web", "me and my classmate are working on. The project report goes to the", "a project report for the project that me and my classmate are working", "external exam...
[ "correspondence, e.g.: \"Cats are vicious\" (Bill Bobson, personal correspondence, March 12, 2012) and", "you're citing a personal correspondence, e.g.: \"Cats are vicious\" (Bill Bobson, personal correspondence,", "to use this personal correspondence with a cat expert, do you refer to", "you continue to use ...
[ "me to mind my own business and not worry about the environment. But", "discuss with faculty, but it would have been nice if there was a", "lack of intellectual atmosphere and very few people to discuss academic stuff in", "Also in general the graduate student atmosphere is very discouraging. What should I", ...
[ "even for two articles in the same journal... Does everyone know what is", "[PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed) and I noticed that, in my field of research (plant science), some", "my field of research (plant science), some articles are referenced and others are", "know what is (are) the condition(s)...
[ "speed up in their consideration affects the chance to get the scholarship. If", "if I am awarded a scholarship, which is currently in consideration. Recently, I", "my question is whether asking the university to speed up in their consideration", "other potential candidates for that position. Although I find ...
[ "the points. I've read that 2:1 is the same as 67%. 3. In", "is earned if you have a 60-69% of the points. I've read that", "UK (job or university) where the prerequisite is to have a minimum grade", "GPA 1.5 GPA 3.2 = GPA 1.5 ``` My question is if someone", "= GPA 1.5 ``` Replacing now... ``` UK 2:1 = GPA ...
[ "hard for me to get access to such a broad section of the", "in a medical journal. This is making it hard for me to get", "literature (I'm not at a university so I keep hitting paywalls). **tl;dr:** Where", "state of the art in [network science](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_science) and which problems...
[ "so much that I don't know how to organize my thoughts; in fact,", "of facts with no exposition seems to be most accepted. But will this", "most accepted. But will this really make my paper stand out? When I", "the undergraduate level). It's not so much that I don't know how to", "style that essentially con...
[ "What effect does a good research paper have on a university's worldwide rankings?" ]
[ "this text into his bibliography. What is the necessary \"bibliographic\" information to include", "information to include in this case, and what would be the recommended way", "funded project to a student as reference material for his Masters thesis. He", "wants to put a reference to this text into his bibli...
[ "Microsoft, Apple, Intel experienced researchers/scientists or just experienced programmers using other people's research?", "for Microsoft, Apple, Intel experienced researchers/scientists or just experienced programmers using other people's", "full time researchers for their research or do they take experience...
[ "at somewhere Dissertation title: something ``` However, I also see some people include", "Master of something, University at somewhere Dissertation title: something ``` However, I also", "somewhere Dissertation title: something ``` However, I also see some people include their", "dissertation in publication ...
[ "often quite sore. Some days, I must lecturer for 6 hours (in past", "I must lecturer for 6 hours (in past semesters, I've had some days", "smoke, and use lozenges from time to time (when I'm in pain). Are", "(when I'm in pain). Are there any other known (scientific or folklore) solutions", "past semesters,...
[ "see no problem in sending him the figures in high resolution. One thing", "researcher in my field has written to ask me high resolution files for", "will definitely do anyway: * Ask him to send me the review once", "anyway: * Ask him to send me the review once it's published. *", "long review, or you may s...
[ "preferences of drinking friends of mine. I confess I'd make a terrible company", "a terrible company at a public house. But I hasten to add that", "belongs to the Western world, where beer culture is common. Unfortunately though, I", "encouraged. Moreover the cream of academia belongs to the Western world, w...
[ "first PhD in Europe. Is it true? My 1st PhD is in Theoretical", "not possible to get a second PhD in Europe if you have obtained", "As I have heard it is not possible to get a second PhD", "you have obtained first PhD in Europe. Is it true? My 1st PhD", "obtained first PhD in Europe. Is it true? My 1st PhD...
[ "She is just a bright student, not a genius, with a bit of", "she has just been admitted to several different universities as a freshman. She", "bit of research experience in cryptography and randomness stuff, and a semifinalist in", "different universities as a freshman. She is just a bright student, not a",...
[ "I feel that having a deep mastery of a specific technology is great,", "spans several domains, but doesn't go into as much detail. Do you find", "domains, but doesn't go into as much detail. Do you find that a", "of very specific, high-level courses (primarily Java programming and development). * Boston Univ...
[ "a comprehensive list of arguments (in both directions) on this matter, if only", "My university (in France) is having a debate about the relevance of taking", "recruited here, or asking them to have some postdoc outside the region before.", "what is called maître de conférence and is a tenured associate prof...