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[ "in the university library, if you can't really afford the books (maybe you", "the book costs $250+), if there isn't anything else you can use (published", "anything else you can use (published articles, reports, etc)... it's one more citation", "best to find other articles that I might be able to use in", ...
[ "my mathematical education and keep my skills sharp. What I don't know is", "solid resume in my field, but my academic credentials are poor. A 2.8", "I've spent the last five years as a systems engineer with a focus", "have a very solid job in a field that I hate and want", "to school to work towards high...
[ "am not a mathematician, and if I have an Erdős number at all,", "probably quite large. But the concept of collaboration distance is, of course, not", "the collaboration distance between two arbitrary scientists, whether in mathematics or not? In", "to know if I have an Erdős number, or what my distance (and"...
[ "for journals) as allowing citations on my paper, proving authorship, etc. I'm not", "I'd like to make clear that I'm not asking for this specific fish", "question is about how to find these places. For this I provide the", "clear that I'm not asking for this specific fish for me, but for", "journal, not a ...
[ "a paper for peer review, I consistently find that I spend way more", "review, I consistently find that I spend way more time on a paper", "reviewing a paper for peer review, I consistently find that I spend way", "reading it for understanding. How can one increase the speed at which they", "at ...
[ "Got both of those figured out, but my advisor was told my project", "a PhD is no longer required as my career goals have also shifted.", "difference.) As with most, my path through grad school has not been straightforward", "out, but my advisor was told my project would not help her tenure", "case and had ...
[ "research lab, which I did with a professor at another institution: Unseen University.", "professor at another institution: Unseen University. I loved it, extending my stay there", "don't know what affiliation(s)** to put. The specifics are: * I am not", "did with a professor at another institution: Unseen Un...
[ "to think back and forth about the material. While there are other students", "think back and forth about the material. While there are other students who", "and despise reading it through books. Few of the former even have this", "devoted to discussion on a particular topic and the lecturer tries best to", ...
[ "does not offend our American fellows. I've read in news that the US", "this temporary government shutdown has any negative effects on academic life in US?", "hope this question does not offend our American fellows. I've read in news", "I've read in news that the US government is partially closed and many", ...
[ "publications submitted but rejected in top conferences. Is it advisable to mention and", "mention and list them in my CV/resume to show that the work was", "but rejected in top conferences. Is it advisable to mention and list them", "Is it advisable to mention and list them in my CV/resume to show", "in to...
[ "and while doing that I end up with too many \"I\" and most", "with \"I\". This makes my letter quite boring. I would appreciate if you", "while writing a cover letter. Since cover letter is the first thing that", "I end up with too many \"I\" and most of the sentences in", "letter quite boring. I would app...
[ "by the various publishers: in press, ASAP, just accepted, ahead of print, etc.", "various publishers: in press, ASAP, just accepted, ahead of print, etc. The final", "press, ASAP, just accepted, ahead of print, etc. The final printed paper will", "or would it be printed nonetheless, then retracted later? And...
[ "for two years as an RA during my masters and I am currently", "RA during my masters and I am currently in my first year of", "as an RA.I worked with him for two years as an RA during", "my advisor's priorities. I know that any program I apply to would want", "not important or the least of my advisor's prio...
[ "only the grad students get seminars. I have 2 TAs that assist with", "this year I have been given a tiered lecture hall that seats 25", "miracle of central time tabling this year I have been given a tiered", "the miracle of central time tabling this year I have been given a", "seats 25 people for the semin...
[ "from a researcher who publishes lots of papers (5 1st-author articles in 2", "reference letters\". Does the adjective \"academic\" strictly mean they must be from people", "a letter from a researcher who publishes lots of papers (5 1st-author articles", "employed at such an agency. Would a letter from a rese...
[ "begin my hunt for post-doc positions. As such, I will be discussing my", "work in some detail with potential post-doc advisers. I am currently in the", "conference; however most relevant conferences are not until next summer, and submissions are", "published. I am somewhat worried because, as a requirement f...
[ "that have probed the link between personality/character and success in academic life (and", "a researcher”. But I wonder: are there any studies that have probed the", "things like “he's not cut out to be a researcher”*. But I wonder:", "the distribution against that of the general public… But I could not...
[ "junior, majoring at Mathematical Economics and Mathematical Finance. My goal is to apply", "also want to know that among GPA, GRE, TOEFL, competitions, publishing papers(if possible),", "also make sense? To win a competition? To publishing papers? Or abundant internship", "application? How can I leave a good...
[ "universe. Whether I did industry or not wouldn't matter, since I love academia.", "the real world, how they need to step down from their ivory towers,", "industry or not wouldn't matter, since I love academia. **How can I help", "from their ivory towers, etc. Why is all that bad? It doesn't make", "wouldn'...
[ "courses related to theoretical physics (heavily loaded with mathematics) are also very important", "theoretical physics (heavily loaded with mathematics) are also very important besides the regular", "to do my PhD from a top math school. Until now, I haven't", "PhD from a top math school. Until now, I haven'...
[ "**Does anyone know if there will still be NSF postdocs offered (the current", "that the NSF website is currently down due to the government shutdown in", "they could mirror a copy on a website, and post the link here?", "has the PDFs that could previously be found at <http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?...
[ "anyone know of a resource or study that compiles statistics about paper acceptance", "more interested in biomedical journals, but this would be a good place to", "in biomedical journals, but this would be a good place to list such", "this would be a good place to list such resources in any scientific", "va...
[ "this December, so it probably won't matter anyway, but is this ethical? Can", "PhD candidate; both of us have been funded by departmental funds until now.", "is getting double my stipend. I am still getting funded by the department,", "funding from the department which helps them pay for their first students...
[ "purchase some equipment or fund their PhD students, although does not the department", "need to purchase some equipment or fund their PhD students, although does not", "many researchers spend a lot of their time (maybe even a half) writing", "a pencil and paper, a personal computer. Do these apply for grants...
[ "instructions include the following paragraph for the biographical sketch: > > A list", "My question is what exactly does \"unpublished\" mean? Is a paper uploaded to", "whether or not related to the proposed project. Acceptable products must be citable", "postdoctoral fellowship for mathematics, the instruct...
[ "confounding my categorization efforts. For a coupled digital-physical organization system I'm considering the", "whether or not I've printed in the file * Physical documents stored in", "organization logic for paper documents that allows rapid access and prevents redundant printing", "documents and reference...
[ "changed from the time when a letter writer knew the student. For instance,", "handling a student whose name has changed from the time when a letter", "> > Pat Smith (né(e) Jones) > > > or is this unnecessary?", "but I would imagine it would also be helpful to make sure that", "time when a letter writer k...
[ "thesis (my advisor is unwilling to offer suggestions on the matter). I intend", "to find them. Also I would like to know about modern research trends", "Also I would like to know about modern research trends in that field.", "am finding it difficult to select a topic for my masters thesis (my", "to do thes...
[ "my university for financial aids and I'm thinking of getting involved. I'm not", "of concepts small debugger. I never done such thing before and have a", "done such thing before and have a few ideas about writing researches from", "I'm not a fan of theoretical stuff or things can't be applied, instead,", "...
[ "that affects everyone else. That brings me to my question; what measures exist", "the single-blind peer review process overwhelmingly used in biomedical research publication. Now it", "in store for us. Some of you might remember [another recent question of", "[call me a pessimist if you will] thus I don't ...
[ "written in the rules of the Nobel foundation? Has there ever been an", "the Higgs boson. I was wondering why the CERN, as an institution, or", "The 2013 Physics Nobel prize went to François Englebert and Peter Higgs, for", "awarded the Nobel prize. Is it a tradition, or something written in the", "as an in...
[ "apply in the US, where many very good groups in the field I'm", "advanced courses, research and teaching experience, potentially very good recommendation letters from well-know", "be writing my MSc thesis at a well-known university on the East Coast.", "that the applications without the GRE and Subject GRE w...
[ "to a President-elect, who isn't called the President until they are sworn in.", "what title does a doctoral candidate take after they've defended but before they", "who isn't called the President until they are sworn in. So, what title", "in. So, what title does a doctoral candidate take after they've defend...
[ "> > or what else? In case we don't know who the chair", "> > Dear Professor A, Chair of the Search Committee Members, > >", "what else? In case we don't know who the chair of the Search", "of an application to an academic job, should we write > > Dear", "In case we don't know who the chair of the Search Co...
[ "available in industry. My original plan was to finish my PhD and get", "decided to do a PhD to gain more knowledge/training in this very specialized", "satisfy my coursework requirements (and then I could move as a visiting student", "This is not what this question is about. I have not been doing", "1. How...
[ "I'm currently thinking about PhDs and where to apply. One thing that I've", "my supervisor, my strongest potential references would come from areas that everyone seems", "with the (tentative) intention for the research component to actually be \"applied\" (combinatorics)?", "probabilistic combinatorics. In A...
[ "experimenting with different subjects such as natural language processing, multimedia, visual info processing,", "in average with few distinctions and credits). When I did my Masters, rather", "web developer. My Masters' grades weren't very good (pass in average with few", "sure how to go into research now a...
[ "Naturally I would say \"of course\", but my current situation makes me doubt.", "it's acceptable to reference said papers without having actually read them. Is it", "them, but I have not (nor have the time to) read the full", "actually referencing. The reason for this is that they contain lengthy specificati...
[ "him that would be nice, I asked him how should I cite the", "has made some nice slides that I could reuse (similar topics). He sent", "he said \"Just add my surname in some place where it's not very", "cite the slides but he said that whatever suits better to me he", "could cite him that would be nice, I a...
[ "had several problems. Despite getting results we had to look for another method", "but the first one had several problems. Despite getting results we had to", "have tried two alternative methods. Both methods are used for the same purpose,", "I mention the rejected method along with the accepted method in a ...
[ "to submit a paper about it to an ACM conference later this year.", "other data structures? The structure has some rather interesting properties, and I can", "analysis. But beyond that, as far as I can tell, it's just a", "ACM conference later this year. However, in writing the paper, I realize there", "thi...
[ "ans skills in Java technologies, software design, web development, and basic knowledge in", "It's a \"research master\", which means that we're trained more to do research", "do research and work? * Is it a good idea to work for", "graduation, some of my professors always say that it's very difficult, even i...
[ "graphical framework and perhaps display relevant information of the vertices of the tree", "some depth. On the other hand, we could also look at the citing", "it is not what I'm looking for. Edit: Something like [this](http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/ase/#video) would be", "the journal's webpage as well as in oth...
[ "between good and satisfactory. Does the average play a pivotal rule ? Is", "in Physics after a few days and I am thinking of applying for", "like to ask about the possibility of getting a paid PhD position in", "getting a paid PhD position in Germany. I am going to defend my", "in nano-science and surface ...
[ "my questions are: 1. Should I try to do a project in that", "to me, but in a different area. I would like to do research", "paper(s) that I read or it will be better to do a project", "though, I read a paper and I was very interested and excited about", "questions, because none of my professor is doing...
[ "a Git page where the program can be downloaded. <http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Andrew-Stantons-WSU-Masters-Thesis-6518497?home=&gid=6518497&trk=groups_guest_most_popular-h-logo> <https://github.com/acstanton515/ThesisLiveExperiment> I don't", "page where the program can be downloaded. <http://www.linkedin.com/g...
[ "that they will offer me the PhD. However, before replying yes/no, I would", "have had two PhD interviews. One of the position (position A) I like", "to know what the response is from position A. Will it be good", "two PhD interviews. One of the position (position A) I like more than", "be good practice to ...
[ "my work was very formal. My questions are: 1. Would graduate schools/ master", "2. Of course I am not planning to do MS in physics. How", "with a PhD? (I expect to pay my own tuition for that MS", "programs? MBA programs? I am still evaluating my options for what career path", "writing MS programs? MBA pro...
[ "to know how much I could focus on my research and how much", "the funded projects, etc. I heard in an informal talk that this can", "on my research and how much distraction grants cause. My research interest lie", "useful to other readers too. Specifically, how many hours of your working day", "and how muc...
[ "wisdom so that an eager reader would contemplate over your advice and would", "right, please share your findings and wisdom so that an eager reader would", "learnt as an undergraduate which I wish somebody had told me much earlier.", "findings and wisdom so that an eager reader would contemplate over your ad...
[ "persistence instead. And probably that's the right compromise and what you actually should", "talk about persistence instead. And probably that's the right compromise and what you", "bleak until then. Does some degree of stubbornness help being a researcher (I", "this rant](http://blog.devicerandom.org/2011/...
[ "do exercises. I don't need someone to paraphrase a book for me and", "are conducted. Everyday, I attend lectures where the teacher simply writes definitions and", "they are simply regurgitating and not really even attentive to what they are", "cover some predetermined amount of material, I would prefer they ...
[ "to me, but in a different area. I would like to do research", "is one of three correlated questions: [Can I get enough help? (first part)](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/13342/is-it-a-good-practice-to-choose-my-undergraduate-research-topic-on-my-own-can-i),", "though, I read a paper and I was...
[ "the experimental part of the research paper and also to gather and put", "suggested that I should try to approach and discuss this problem in private", "software that some other person developed and not mention this person as a", "successful and the paper was accepted. My fellow student appeared in the list"...
[ "myself studying all the time with no time for anything else (except activities", "I am a U.S. citizen and obviously did not have to venture outside", "I find myself studying all the time with no time for anything else", "school to home. I am a U.S. citizen and obviously did not have", "graduate school supp...
[ "teacher for college students. I am extremely nervous about it, although it's a", "really difficult to hold a room. **How do I keep the attention and", "as a paid student teacher for college students. I am extremely nervous about", "I'll be teaching what I learned only three years previous. I'm far from", "...
[ "available? My hypothesis is that these theses are derived from some sort of", "chapter that describes the state of the art in the domain.\" My subject", "sequence of ideas is often the same (this makes sense, so why not?)", "be included in my thesis, something like \"the chapter that describes the state", ...
[ "that the results in differential geometry we eventually obtained are excellent (together with", "program in Computer Science to universities in the USA. But I have a", "will answer my question. Maybe, one can give me a link to a", "state and prove theorems like in math)! Why a PHD? Because I absolutely", "...
[ "Is it normal during the PhD that the problem that you expected to", "I did an exhaustive literature survey, and found that there have been heavy", "journals and conferences. Now, he feels that the work remaining in the area", "am working towards a PhD. My supervisor and I decided upon a topic", "in the pas...
[ "works on the research project I used to work on. It used to", "on it by myself. My question is that since I am not in", "by myself while I was in school (a little help from professors), meaning", "work on the research project by myself while I was in school (a", "I need to concern the license issue as comm...
[ "me to work in a new project(a new field, field C). This field", "of course, director of the lab is a powerful figure in field B.", "new project(a new field, field C). This field C, again completely different from", "is a substantial amount and my supervisor (even though he is sort of", "my friends and my f...
[ "stress. The person in question was/is close to disputation but due to the", "tripping my colleague off, in the sense that the subject often raises old", "very discrete. I also suspect that specially avoiding small-talk with my office mate", "pretty major crisis over the past year and had to take an extended"...
[ "I do believe that a little practice and effort can go a long", "got me wondering about what I can to to overcome this \"accent barrier\".", "conferences (or other big events) I usually try and decide from the slides", "reformulate the question, and then if I still don't understand try talking about", "...
[ "a single instructor that does research in the field I want. It is", "didn't need a research experience, yet while I was thinking that, I see", "interests. I shouldn't take the whole responsiblity of non existent opportunities that other", "my interests. I shouldn't take the whole responsiblity of non existen...
[ "to teach full-time, which is required to graduate (as is an exam that's", "in classrooms, written papers and portfolios, and have put two years into this", "a full courseload and work. I've always chosen school and realized too late", "or really thinking about whether I could teach childhood as a job, I", ...
[ "I wonder whether I should use the @book or the @phdthesis entry type.", "What information is important to provide when citing from a PhD thesis that", "appeared as book? * The publisher (even if it is a 'dubious' one", "it is a 'dubious' one that might vanish in the near future) *", "a phd thesis. As for b...
[ "to your program...\"* My concern is: though doing so may indicate that I", "if Dr.[A-C] are not able to accept more people to their labs? Will", "Dr. A's, Dr. B’s, Dr. C’s groups at XXX University, I would like", "Dr.[A-C] are not able to accept more people to their labs? Will the", "(which is a plus I sup...
[ "of me). Erring on the side of formality, I write to him *“Dear", "by my first name (which I prefer, but I don't want to force", "my emails (there's a formal signature block below, with full name and contact", "Will people take the hint? Or should I just start using first names", "prefer, but I don't want t...
[ "an article on a rarely researched topic in my field - 4-5 articles", "researched one. Would it be a bad practice to include my own published", "articles exist, as far as I know. I recently published a related article,", "far as I know. I recently published a related article, still making this", "a bad prac...
[ "think it is against the academic code of conduct to present a paper", "against the academic code of conduct to present a paper at a conference", "a conference or a departmental seminar that has already been submitted to a", "is against the academic code of conduct to present a paper at a", "to present a pa...
[ "out it was published in a different journal](http://retractionwatch.wordpress.com/2013/10/16/ask-retraction-watch-whats-a-reviewer-to-do/). The reason for rejection was", "rejection was that the author(s) failed to mention previous work using the same", "later finding out it was published in a different journa...
[ "am not making enough to provide for my family, and we are starting", "something low-risk that I can do from home and on my own schedule,", "we are starting to feel it. I'm looking for something low-risk that I", "all-around R programming? I'm not trying to be the next James Goodnight, just", "pursue my own...
[ "sentences were exactly copied from my article. Besides, all the copied sentences in", "been copied from my article without citing my article. Some of the copied", "emails. However they again didn't do anything about it, nor they did respond", "my article without citing my article. Some of the copied sentence...
[ "specific to business schools, like ACBSP, AACSB, CHEA, , etc. For European universities,", "certain accreditations specific to business schools, like ACBSP, AACSB, CHEA, , etc. For", "we look for Equis, AMBA, etc. What about British universities? (For pursuing a", "What about British universities? (For pursu...
[ "is creating a survey in [SurveyMonkey](https://www.surveymonkey.com/) to evaluate nurses' attitudes toward their work).", "my students develop survey questions that will return meaningful, non-biases responses. Note: this", "questions that will return meaningful, non-biases responses. Note: this is in the ...
[ "and besides the scientific contributions, I would wonder what other soft things I", "developed a tool for one of the main models in the field. I", "do for the field? So far I have developed a tool for one", "the field. I am documenting it to make it public. I thought about", "have developed a tool for on...
[ "me (I am also a PhD student). Not the same research group, but", "same research group, but closely related topics anyway. We're both happy with it,", "possible negative consequences on the job. So, what rules (written and unwritten) should", "student). Not the same research group, but closely related topics ...
[ "published in Feb. 2010, hence the 2009 date would be lost. I also", "on Txxx Txxx Xxxxxxxx, 2009, (TTX 2009) IEEEE Conference on Gold. 2009 (Chicago)", "e.g. a coference might be held in Dec. 2009 and the papers are", "2009 date would be lost. I also like the abbreviation as it helps", "in an aweful state....
[ "information and use it directly. AFAIK, most of them are in the full", "and use it directly. AFAIK, most of them are in the full version,", "long!). Also given the fact that some conferences do have a page limit*", "are in the full version, meaning that all the author names are spelled", "versi...
[ "went ahead to get a Masters, would I have to choose one of", "continue with both? And similarly for a Doctoral, if I get that far,", "a University, aiming to get a BA Honours in English and German. If", "is too early to ask this, but I will go ahead anyway, to", "BA Honours in English and German. If I went...
[ "economics, which traditionally goes alphabetically, I believe. Should I email all the authors", "so I'm not sure if there is any meaning to the ordering. The", "sure if there is any meaning to the ordering. The paper is in", "alphabetical order so I'm not sure if there is any meaning to the", "I'm not sure...
[ "this line about the article: ``` BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2007, 6:16 doi:10.1186/1475-925X-6-16 ```", "I have this line about the article: ``` BioMedical Engineering OnLine 2007, 6:16", "OnLine 2007, 6:16 doi:10.1186/1475-925X-6-16 ``` I think the volume is 6. Then what", "the volume is 6. Then ...
[ "does academia use this push process of fixed course program and control for", "much in general, so students have to disperse their efforts. Why does academia", "their efforts. Why does academia use this push process of fixed course program", "A student takes such courses to learn things she will apply later ...
[ "has passed by, and I haven’t received any response from them. Does that", "have the code or dataset available? (The papers were published in 2004.) 3.", "from them. Does that mean that, 1. My method of asking was not", "(The papers were published in 2004.) 3. They are not interested? Would it", "my impleme...
[ "a job at University Y. Should I write my cover letter on University", "write my cover letter on University X's letterhead, or use a blank page?", "X and am applying for a job at University Y. Should I write", "at University Y. Should I write my cover letter on University X's letterhead,", "and am applying ...
[ "offset the bad test scores? I know every situation is different, but in", "math programs and my subject test score was abysmal, but I'm very confident", "will have excellent letters of recommendation from my professors. Will these LOR offset", "recommendation from my professors. Will these LOR offset the bad...
[ "to be a class topper, if that helps) * My GRE was also", "I am not willing to hide it either) 2. If no.1 is \"yes\",", "stellar (3.4+), from a mediocre school. But I have a strong will to", "a strong will to do a PhD (I enjoy doing research). My supervisor", "school. But I have a strong will to do a PhD (I...
[ "around 30). This is a regular paper, not a survey one, and although", "of that author (the submission is anonymous). Should I mention this in my", "used to inflate the number of citations of that author (the submission is", "compared to the average number for that particular venue (more than 60 versus", "m...
[ "motivation letter to be used in applying for masters from German or Finnish", "letter? What other points could be included to make it better at explaining", "other points could be included to make it better at explaining myself? And", "to pursue Masters * Why I chose their University What could be the", "l...
[ "mutual relationship between work and PhD program in which research feeds work and", "people. Do you think or know whether this is possible? If so, do", "you know any examples of such programs or people who work in this", "full-time and pursuing PhD simultaneously. However, this question considers working in ...
[ "should the last section of a scientific paper be called? Conclusion or conclusions?", "or conclusions? I always felt like conclusions were things to take away from", "Conclusion or conclusions? I always felt like conclusions were things to take away", "section of a scientific paper be called? Conclusion or c...
[ "posting them online. We have also, in the past few years, noticed a", "online. We have also, in the past few years, noticed a considerable drop", "Astronomy department (even in courses that are not recorded). I expect that the", "tutorial classes as well as lectures, it wasn't uncommon for attendance in the"...
[ "could have answered earlier. Unfortunately, now my work is still not published and", "journal in September 2011. While I was waiting for it, I inquired about", "reject your paper > > > I think they could have answered earlier.", "thus waiting. But after more than two years (about 26 months), the journal", ...
[ "need to research a subject for any of the usual reasons like developing", "practices for conducting a literature search? I feel like this is a big", "really satisfactory solutions. (I have searched around on this site, but none of", "first-year PhD student working mostly in evolution, phylogenomics, and cons...
[ "considered okay to ask for the opinions of admission staff or committee, about", "admission staff or committee, about their thoughts on the person's application package (gpa,", "person's application package (gpa, experience, personal statement, recommendation letters), for better adjusting his", "a graduate ...
[ "existing modeling code (available for free or commercial), you do not need to", "reviewer, how much information do you think is reasonable to request from the", "for free or commercial), you do not need to include your full/raw input", "this — I'll explain fully below.* Like many people, I would like to", ...
[ "scientific work, I look all of it up online. Are there good reasons", "people distinguish between data (and I’m taking a data visualization class that has", "I imagine most people are keeping their plots black and white because of", "of it up online. Are there good reasons for me to stick with", "noticed f...
[ "professor? Should I ask the professor if he/she would mind me using a", "Should I ask the professor if he/she would mind me using a laptop?", "that I don't annoy or distract either my fellow students or the professor?", "still take notes with a pen and paper. What is some good etiquette", "my fellow studen...
[ "of some articles so that s/he can use what is most relevant to", "language--cleaning up the language for clarity and grammar, etc. The student has asked", "use what is most relevant to her research. Is this commonly against school", "a dissertation proposal for a student for whom English a fourth language--c...
[ "do M.S course in USA? I heard BS degree in USA is of", "an Indian student with M.Sc degree to do M.S course in USA? I", "BS degree in USA is of 4 years, but in India MSc is", "to do M.S course in USA? I heard BS degree in USA is", "heard BS degree in USA is of 4 years, but in India MSc", "in USA? I heard...