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[ "the students. I see students who meet every 2-3 days or every week.", "may be once in a month and they complaint of not having enough", "progress. I have seen systems where the prof meets almost every few hours", "weekdays and the prof is basically continuously working with the students. I see", "meet may ...
[ "have become obligatory in many universities/departments in Germany. I've also heard that sometimes", "giving an \"easy\" course where everyone is able to score good grades but", "where everyone is able to score good grades but does not learn very", "is not a good idea, but my questions goes in a different di...
[ "requests to referee papers, largely because of a review paper I published as", "and I get regular requests to referee papers, largely because of a review", "turn down a review request--It is rewarding, an opportunity to immerse oneself in", "down a review request--It is rewarding, an opportunity to immerse o...
[ "Discuss the situation with the group, to maintain morale? * Handle the \"transition\"", "have completed the requirements. However, what is not clear to me is how", "Unfortunately, there are circumstances when not everything goes right in a student's PhD", "apply elsewhere? * Discuss the situation with the gr...
[ "Malaysia etc that can not work in the university they study. In fact", "start PhD in USA. My question is, is it a policy of most", "My question is, is it a policy of most universities in the world", "a policy of most universities in the world that post graduate students can", "Turkey and planning to start ...
[ "a number of math articles, and published some of them in refereed journals.", "some of the papers I haven't yet published, and which I wrote previously,", "published papers. 2. Asked me to make him coauthor of some of the", "that even when they will be ready, nobody will accept them with my", "in the publi...
[ "I quite often see answers containing this *\"Publish or perish\"* sentence. What does", "U.S.) or it is the general case all over the world? Lastly, is", "*\"Publish or perish\"* sentence. What does it really mean? Is it limited to", "What does it really mean? Is it limited to a particular academic system", ...
[ "(in a Elsevier journal with impact factor of about 2). I personally think", "that one of these works can be published (in a Elsevier journal with", "publishing and related stuff.) Can a weak research article published in a journal", "included in my resume. (I don't have any prior experience in publishing and...
[ "US, where I pay my own tuition. I am not happy with the", "is over, not in the middle. Will the transcript contain some negative marker", "that after this quarter is complete, that I want to officially withdraw from", "not happy with the quality of education I am getting at this university.", "for future a...
[ "a personal decision for the couple based on their commitment and readiness, what", "be overcome if the partner finds a job. While eventually it is a", "an intimate companion in a long and bleak journey. The pay hurdle could", "commitment and readiness, what are the points to remember when one thinks of", "...
[ "the least distracting way to remove a comma that I could come up", "others] can address affective needs. > > > Of course silently dropping the", "can address affective needs. > > > What is your opinion on this?", "and – worst of all – it might not be clear that it", "misquoting but the least distracting wa...
[ "publish papers and the like, I really like my job, could not think", "I have the problem that I can not stop thinking on research, it", "feel so relaxed during the weekend that new ideas come to my mind", "When the weekend comes, or just free time I have the problem that", "I can not stop thinking on resea...
[ "the failure. **What is/are the right pedagogical technique(s) to handle such a situation?**", "turned out to be a big blow to the student's ego and even", "technique(s) to handle such a situation?** * clearly, the student has a high", "self-esteem and opinion about him/herself * probably did not face a situa...
[ "they're only a small part. So, how much effort does it take to", "They are very helpful, but compared to the majority of MIT curriculum they're", "MIT curriculum they're only a small part. So, how much effort does it", "small part. So, how much effort does it take to record video courses?", "the majority o...
[ "course, where we (the students) were supposed to use a specific style, when", "By `style` I mean the size/color of legends, thickness of datapoints, layout of", "of legends, thickness of datapoints, layout of the figure, etc.... Does similar guidelines", "a course, where we (the students) were supposed to us...
[ "he turned his attention toward mathematics and physics and received a degree in", "toward mathematics and physics and received a degree in physics > > >", "had intended a career in humanities, and received his first degree in history.", "George McGovern's presidential campaign. McGovern lost the 1972 electio...
[ "PhD in computer science or informatics, are there good reasons **not** to choose", "good reasons **not** to choose an area of research in which very few", "which very few (3 or 4) known (small- to middle-sized) research groups work", "research in which very few (3 or 4) known (small- to middle-sized) researc...
[ "Scholar to ignore other types of articles? I am aware of SCOPUS and", "of Knowledge, but unfortunately I do not have access to these services. **Edit:**", "ignore other types of articles? I am aware of SCOPUS and Web of", "talked to my librarian and we found a service called [EThOS](http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.d...
[ "could really benefit from extensions of my research\". I would chalk out a", "Now, I am nearing the end of my coursework phase and I am", "would chalk out a few ideas and read up a few papers, find", "would think \"Wow, this field could really benefit from extensions of my research\".", "years. I work in a...
[ "names of the diplomas are: 1. Diplomurkunde, and 2. Diplom (Diplomlehrer) (1) translates", "used to as a graduate teacher is something you are (or something you", "might be off-topic but I thought I would try here since I know", "and a diploma as something else (which requires more studying). (2) translates ...
[ "are the pros and cons of students compete in the class for higher", "know if there is an experienced and useful method to do that. So", "Due to my doubts and my lack of experience, I haven't used competitions", "teacher can use various competitions in class or after class. But on the", "among students and ...
[ "is translated, there are some inconsistencies with transliteration, i.e. the author's last name", "library (or any catalog I searched), but just a handed-down copy of unknown", "quite obscure, it's not even listed on [the author's website](http://www2.isye.gatech.edu/~nemirovs/). It's not in", "Tekhnicheskay...
[ "in computer science, and I have also looked at Penn State and Drexel.", "Is it worth it to work towards a Master's Degree right after undergraduate?", "University and have found out that my employer may possibly pay for me", "me to work towards a Master's degree. I don't know all the specifics", "and I hav...
[ "are much rarer. Many departments don't even offer summer courses. In that case,", "rarer. Many departments don't even offer summer courses. In that case, are graduate", "by RAships? And does an adviser *have* to have funding in order to", "adviser *have* to have funding in order to support these students (in...
[ "I wonder if it varies from field to field? Does it also vary", "due to a limited number of positions, students can only expect to be", "Does this also depend from department to department? I'm in a geoscience department,", "to department? I'm in a geoscience department, and I was recently advised that", "a...
[ "way to find the number of publications by each author? The big problem", "find the number of publications by each author? The big problem here is", "which they have sat, which has some useful key terms (e.g., arthritis). Ideally,", "best way to find the number of publications by each author? The big", "hav...
[ "I've used them productively. Should I list the dollar amounts of these on", "was impressive, whereas mine are not. I have been awarded several intra-University small", "amounts are not enormous either, and there are all the usual disadvantages of", "honorary amounts. On the other, the amounts are not enormou...
[ "as A is for excellent? I'm more interested in a response on the", "scale came to be. (Edit: prompted from the comments below, I am asking", "meaningful for failing as A is for excellent? I'm more interested in a", "am asking about this situation within the context of the American grading system.)", "do we ...
[ "would be published anywhere, I want to make sure my name will be", "situation if such things can be published at all? **Little Edit:** The error", "my name will be seen in that article. (It would be awesome) What", "is highly controversial but my point of view should be true. It is", "published anywhere, I...
[ "seem to get frustrated with little tougher questions. While tackling them is important", "is important to learn the subject. How to motivate the students to attempt", "to learn the subject. How to motivate the students to attempt tougher questions", "with little tougher questions. While tackling them is impo...
[ "short news focus and research highlights that discuss other peer-reviewed research articles in", "discuss other peer-reviewed research articles in a broader perspective. Are those peer-reviewed? Due", "articles? For example, journal Nature has various short news focus and research highlights", "those peer-re...
[ "so that I can make a good decision and not get a degree", "but I'm having trouble deciding. What are some things I can consider during", "about whether the IT industry is where I'd like to stay. I'm going", "process so that I can make a good decision and not get a", "IT industry is where I'd like to stay. ...
[ "two parts. **Q1.** What is the difference between abstract and summary/conclusion? **Q2.** What", "**Q1.** What is the difference between abstract and summary/conclusion? **Q2.** What is the", "into two parts. **Q1.** What is the difference between abstract and summary/conclusion? **Q2.**", "would like to br...
[ "prospects for future positions. I'm also keeping in mind that I could also", "only have the chance to go to a school which has a strong", "the chance to go to a school which has a strong professor in", "strong professor in a certain area, but the school itself is not highly", "waste my time, and get starte...
[ "am wondering what are the merits of putting your dissertation on Facebook. I", "best ways in which to disseminate information/knowledge/findings from doctoral research is to put", "create a link on Facebook that goes to the university's website. The above", "information/knowledge/findings from doctoral resea...
[ "own research to do. I have a weekly 45 min meeting with him,", "not immediately know the answer to. Naturally, I come to Stack Exchange and", "about research questions here or about giving updates about the progress of my", ":) But on some occasions, the question is rather specific so I email", "to talk ab...
[ "quit after becoming a part of the alumni association. The contacts are by", "a student by an alma mater? Usually students quit after becoming a part", "part of the alumni association. The contacts are by and large severed a", "of a student by an alma mater? Usually students quit after becoming a", "Usually...
[ "papers \"archival\", I couldn't find a clear statement about papers that appear in", "proceedings. Does it matter in which for the proceedings are published, e.g. only", "couldn't find a clear statement about papers that appear in conference proceedings. Does", "\"archival\", I couldn't find a clear statemen...
[ "I am at the the last four months of my MSc program and", "three years as a pay back for the scholarship they gave me. Despite", "sponsored by the company I used to work. I am still their employee", "at the program. The only reason I didn't quit is because the scholarship", "thesis yet. The reason was compl...
[ "[TED](http://www.ted.com/talks/patricia_ryan_ideas_in_all_languages_not_just_english.html) trying to explain why being good in english is not required (Im", "dates for my exams are getting closer. Please Help. **Update:** I saw this", "am not very passionate about learning them also. I also feel that they", ...
[ "transcripts for all of them in English. The question is what is is", "have with promise to give exemption from studying theses courses if there are", "the domestic university, as result I have transcripts for all of them in", "get credit on courses and mostly investing my time in research. I checked", "in ...
[ "my pleasure to write you a letter...\" or \"I'd be extremely happy to...\"", "happy to...\" this is good. If he only responds neutrally, e.g., \"Sure, I", "would be a good strategy to use in this situation? More broadly, what", "mind: A. Mention to Prof. X that I'm going on the job market", "for asking peo...
[ "me to write them myself. Long ago when I asked for a position", "I am having difficulty in getting recommendation letters since I graduated long time", "a position they did so and sure they will do the same now.", "the same now. So I got stuck in an handicapped position for my", "go for a one term non-degr...
[ "only a few of them. How does a nominator suggest awarding to an", "and many famous scholars. Usually there were no previous relationship between the awarding", "scholars (e.g. Nobel laureates) regularly receive honorary doctorate from different universities. I know", "from 30 universities. He/she could have ...
[ "conference and I'm trying to determine how reputable it is. Is there a", "determine how reputable it is. Is there a good way to go about", "trying to determine how reputable it is. Is there a good way to", "I'm trying to determine how reputable it is. Is there a good way", "I recently received an invitatio...
[ "for a talk at a conference? Or is it necessary to paraphrase my", "I copied a few sentences from a paper that is already published. Sometimes", "would be considered a self-plagiarism if I copied a few sentences from a", "a few sentences from a paper that is already published. Sometimes those abstracts", "i...
[ "their faculty to write textbooks?** If you need context, I am talking about", "**why do universities support/allow their faculty to write textbooks?** If you need context,", "a lot of time and effort to write, so why would a university", "work on the textbook? It seems as if they are working to fill", "res...
[ "frustrating to wait for peer review long times, and after acceptance publisher asks", "colleagues told me authors after acceptance can negotiate about the intellectual property (IP)", "times, and after acceptance publisher asks you to agree with his copyright without", "negotiate my IP rights?** Can I write ...
[ "any help at all for the area she is interested in. Do universities", "of courses one can take? Also, does this differ from university to university?", "in computer-science, but on a neuroscience related topic, she might need to take", "but on a neuroscience related topic, she might need to take some neurosci...
[ "as myself, who works in a different field (physics vs computer science), but", "there a danger that publications are associated wrongly, with negative consequences for either", "the authors? Will this cause confusion in databases like arXiv? What would you", "a researcher with the same first and last name as...
[ "you are someone who is entering a PhD with very broad interests and", "are someone who is entering a PhD with very broad interests and little", "who is entering a PhD with very broad interests and little depth of", "entering a PhD with very broad interests and little depth of knowledge in", "someone who is...
[ "to rely on their first year of coursework to come up to speed", "someone has bad grades and limited programming experience, can they afford to rely", "the field? Or is it a better idea to take some time off", "on their first year of coursework to come up to speed with the", "it a better idea to take some t...
[ "idea. My question is: **why did his supervisor suggest him not to submit", "illustrious [Italian Institute of Technology (IIT)](http://www.iit.it) working on humanoid robotics. He was quite", "day of the deadline, his supervisor asked him not to submit the paper.", "notes**. Instead, with his supervisor init...
[ "balanced and there are no 'strong' or 'weak' groups. I believe I can", "will be done in teams, individual members are assessed individually - social loafing", "as a group. **Edit: The class size is 70 and the group size", "groups being formed by teachers as opposed to being formed by students themselves", ...
[ "wife in the crowd at Glastonbury (a music festival). What is the best", "woman. Your wife > will reappear almost immediately.” > > > While I", "problems, the author mentions the following anecdote in passing. > > In 2007", "best strategy for finding her?” A reader replied, “Start talking to an attractive", ...
[ "researching and attempting to publish at least a few articles - perhaps some", "In the meantime, I plan on researching and attempting to publish at least", "law. Given the less rigorous nature of law review, how would an admission", "how would an admission committee view these? Also, does the prestige of the...
[ "factors explain how an institution such as Howard University didn't get more ethnically/racially", "the photos there are black! Since I assume it does not reflect the", "black! Since I assume it does not reflect the ethnicity of the local", "local environment (Washington DC), I went to search for an explanat...
[ "I'm pursuing a Bachelor's degree in English. Is there a way I can", "guess what I'm really asking is this: **Is it possible to get into", "Bachelor's degree in English. Is there a way I can get a Phd", "in English. Is there a way I can get a Phd via an", "can get a Phd via an MSc? I guess what I'm really a...
[ "finding Postdoc positions for me, and probably thinks I'm quite qualified for staying", "tries already finding Postdoc positions for me, and probably thinks I'm quite qualified", "stay in academia after finishing my PhD. My current research field is not", "prestigeous company, helping improving future techno...
[ "blog)? Note that the target authors often have a preprint of the target", "that publish a single target article per issue, followed by 20 to 30", "Can you share the article privately as much as you want? I.e. can", "logins is also distributed, but this link is on the 'dark net' --", "but this link is on th...
[ "Society) do something weird when they copy-edit my submitted papers. For all references", "I have noticed that the copy editors of at least two publishers (the", "copy editors of at least two publishers (the American Institute for Physics and", "> > J. W. Doe, Nature (London) **197**, 412 (1974) > > >", ">...
[ "mixed opinions. So my question is, when writing a computer science Ph.D. thesis,", "was shown that...\" * \"In the previous Section, a method was presented to...\"", "googled about a bit and I see mixed opinions. So my question is,", "has flagged my use of capitalisation in \"Section\" and \"Chapter\" as pos...
[ "investment for the university to give me funding, so it would be a", "the end of my first or second year as a graduate student, how", "it would be a jerk move to transfer simply for the increase in", "hopefully top 10. And since I am sure this matters, the discipline is", "graduate programs. For various re...
[ "employee. I am a graduate research assistant with a yearly stipend. No other", "stipend. No other employment is allowed. 20 hours a week of research is", "full-time employee. I am a graduate research assistant with a yearly stipend. No", "a graduate research assistant with a yearly stipend. No other employme...
[ "gets accepted? Is appropriate to add details (the acknowledgments section, for instance) which", "and when the paper gets accepted? Is appropriate to add details (the acknowledgments", "and the conference I am targeting requires anonymized submissions for the peer review.", "review? I could think of this as ...
[ "records but without significant non-academic extra curricular activities to try for the USA", "be \"all rounded\". I think the situation is different in the USA. I", "non-academic achievements. But is my general understanding of non-academic activities for USA PhD", "basket ball team can get picked for a mat...
[ "consider it a replacement of the book (obviously?). What can I do with", "I am aware that laws may play into this. The book has been", "30 pages. Formulations are close to the original text with some variation on", "of the book (obviously?). What can I do with this summary? Is it", "I even publish it onlin...
[ "were able to offset your education costs with the job you eventually found?", "a Masters degree a good reason to consider a PhD instead or do", "degrees, would you do it again or go for a PhD? From what", "site many people say PhDs are more academically focused while Masters degree holders", "loans unless ...
[ "exams can be long, boring, and un-engaging. It is important one remain focused", "are some methods one can employ to maintain focus and not zone-out while", "important one remain focused though to ensure that the evaluation is fair to", "that the evaluation is fair to each student. What are some methods one"...
[ "Are there institutions that can fund my going there (even just the flight)?", "I do have good academic records as well as papers published. I have", "have good academic records as well as papers published. I have searched on", "papers published. I have searched on the internet and have found one from", "sc...
[ "years or so on something very similar to Masters' program (lots of coursework,", "in the US that grant PhDs? (For example, something like German Max Planck", "degree and research experience and would like to start working on my thesis", "are there any non-university research institutions in the US that grant...
[ "you must do. However, you are not required to become an editor of", "are not required to become an editor of a journal. It seems to", "to understand what people gain from it and whether it is worth the", "but it is something that as a scientist in academia you must do.", "peer-reviewing research papers is ...
[ "the polar opposite criteria of collaboration and breadth have been suggested. Defining the", "post doc positions), or take on another topic in the field, or to", "in the super field * Superfield - Broad area of research encompassing theoretical,", "When establishing yourself as a researcher, the importance o...
[ "program, 2. delay payment of the tuition, 3. and consider offering me a", "was very expensive. Since I was a top ranked student, my dean said", "year of the MSc. By doing research for 6 more months, the MSc", "to everything but those 6 months, yet the tuition for that was very", "will not hand it to me unl...
[ "about the same idea. There is also some copy-pasted parts in both papers.", "conference paper is not yet published - not even the camera ready is", "are about the same idea. There is also some copy-pasted parts in both", "I decided to submit a short-version conference paper, while the long version is", "pa...
[ "the conferences are dated to early 60's. Back then there was no email", "other PC members/reviewers? or maybe the entire committee would get copies of all", "enough?). I have plenty of questions about how the process worked back then:", "travel quite a lot to be on a committee. * Proceedings were sent", "c...
[ "to an AMS journal is the decision process for which one really as", "short, medium, and long articles respectively. Are there further differentiations between these journals?", "the decision process for which one really as simple as \"If my paper", "that JAMS is for \"research articles of the highest quality...
[ "second revision of a paper and am getting tired of this incredibly slow", "tired of this incredibly slow process of me pointing something out that requires", "is about: a bunch of people interested in similar scientific topics talking to", "requires clarification just to hear back from those authors two or t...
[ "Example: \"He read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford\" Why when discussing study", "the word \"read\" is used instead of study. Example: \"He read Philosophy, Politics", "Politics and Economics at Oxford\" Why when discussing study at Oxford (and maybe", "Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxfo...
[ "How does one call postgraduate studies in countries where the appropriate degree is", "Can I use \"postgraduate studentship\" in this sense in official papers? Maybe \"postgraduate", "where the appropriate degree is not PHD? It can't be PHD scholarship. Can", "does one call postgraduate studies in countries ...
[ "anything else to make sure I am prepared to deal with the technical", "smoothly? Two things I can think of: * Presentation remote * Equipment to", "be reliable. Connecting my computer to the projector is not trivial since a", "up to a conference with (in general) to ensure that my presentation will", "a lo...
[ "common decency. Instead, I never hear back, as if my email has been", "other places). Is this acceptable? I'd be content with a simple response with", "be content with a simple response with one line along the lines of", "first year student in my field, I'm not really in a position to", "I never hear back,...
[ "statement, and teaching statement. While each statement is personalized for the specific job,", "the specific job, I tend to do a lot of cutting and pasting", "do people manage the different versions of the cover letter, research statement, and", "have a whole collection of past statements). This seems like ...
[ "views in the name of academic freedom? For example, how might a professor's", "[academic freedom](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_freedom). However, there may be some practical limitations on academic freedom. What", "be impacted by publicly expressing views that support dictatorships (and other type of"...
[ "I have hit the send button. There are also those who send mails", "that was send shortly after midnight on a Sunday night about stuff that", "mail that was send shortly after midnight on a Sunday night about stuff", "There are also those who send mails on weekends, in the middle of", "used. I should add th...
[ "or living expenses, especially in the UK where tuition fees are different for", "UK where tuition fees are different for UK/EU and international students while most", "the first one, i.e. international students have to pay the difference. My question", "for PhD funding to be updated/upgraded (to cover more e...
[ "the people whose result I was citing in my paper and to people", "my paper and to people who were working on related problems. I such", "problems. I such a practice ok, or do people consider emails like this", "case I was even asked about possibility of collaboration on some problems. So", "past, some of t...
[ "one fewer semester, so that I can graduate at the beginning of July", "advice or experience? > > Would I be substantially more competitive for a", "am particularly concerned because in Australia the last year of an undergraduate maths", "a promise of an honours thesis? Or, would it be a minor issue", "the ...
[ "head of a research group, 38 years old, engaged in a lot of", "38 years old, engaged in a lot of things and working on average", "lot of things and working on average 12 hours per day on research", "to cope with my workload and scientific output after my paternity leave (in", "average 12 hours per day on r...
[ "comparisons in them**, as the words ‘fewer’, ‘different’ and ‘less’ in the examples", "the authors describe the general philosophical concept of *research* 'in all disciplines'. I", "> > Should all real research questions really contain *comparison* (explicitly or implicitly)?", "description and requires ana...
[ "projects a hierarchical tag structure would come in handy where subtags can be", "using Zotero to organize my paper collection and for my current work I'm", "to organize my paper collection and for my current work I'm very happy", "where subtags can be assigned to lead-tags (or something similar). Is there a...
[ "**after that peer-review failure was exposed, what should have happened to the paper?**", "was invented in 1994”](http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2011/11/10/apparently-calculus-was-invented-in-1994/). I think it truly is a bit sad that", "colleagues and friends, a Yale professor of electrical engineering...
[ "[Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_India) doesn't know what CGPA is, except in Nepal (and the student in", "background: I'm European, don't know much about undergrad educational systems, and especially grading,", "with background: I'm European, don't know much about undergrad educatio...
[ "program and am very close to getting a grant for my research. But", "way of applying for research funding as an independent researcher? I am currently", "grant for my research. But I would like to continue work as a", "the most popular way of receiving research grants is from the government. There", "apply...
[ "serves the same purpose: it's a specific page and it's only available online)", "(a mocking framework for MATLAB). As such, I often need to reference software", "there's a suggested way of doing it and I'm just missing it. The", "* **How should I mention the version?** Urldate helps in general, but if", "d...
[ "of solving a problem and the paper could be completed in a week.", "told me that I could get a publication for this idea but he", "comparison between two different techniques of solving a problem and the paper could", "amount of time. I was starting out and I felt it would get", "get me at ease with resear...
[ "showing how all the components would fit together. So is it a good", "were targeting a single problem and they proposed a single solution. Now, what", "good idea to have as many research papers out of the project as", "system, I made my own algorithm.I also created some other things for that", "be the syst...
[ "the fact that **very few of the citations in the manuscript actually referred", "Back then, this looked very weird to me. To some extent, **it could", "occurred to me since. Is it common practice? When does it become ethically", "was a peculiar comment. The reviewers all found that the work was good,", "ma...
[ "graphics. mostly interactive graphics, lighting models and all that. These are topics i", "1. Choice A: PhD advisor in the field of computer vision and machine", "prudence point towards? Along with research interests and all that, things to factor", "Choice A: PhD advisor in the field of computer vision and ...
[ "be made by the public in relation to my papers. Ideally I would", "and so would like to add the ability for comments or reviews to", "would be the best way of allowing open comments/reviews on my work? What", "would rather not use blogging software. What would be the best way of", "but also maintain mediat...