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[ "be applying to graduate school next year in Statistics or Biostatistics and due", "the minimum. I am hesitant to commit to a 5 year PhD program", "program as a cash cow and thus are usually not funded. I was", "may run into some financial issues a few years in and may not", "Masters program as a cash cow a...
[ "the proper way to address a person who is an office in the", "has a Ph.D.? Would it be Dr. General Jozw Cie or General Dr.", "military (USA) who at the same time has a Ph.D.? Would it be", "same time has a Ph.D.? Would it be Dr. General Jozw Cie or", "an office in the military (USA) who at the same time ha...
[ "How and why did these top journals become top journals? Why are they", "and Science have impressive impact factors. How and why did these top journals", "why did these top journals become top journals? Why are they able to", "these top journals become top journals? Why are they able to sustain their", "i...
[ "[discussion on this infogram](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/17431/1033) made me wonder about the number of PhD students", "PhD students that a full research professor successfully graduates in their entire career.", "The [discussion on this infogram](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/17431/1033) made...
[ "mathematics (and other sciences) there are thousands of concepts, theorems, lemmas, etc which", "may have several origins in different fields and due to several individuals. 2.", "ago, and then it has evolved to something very modern and somehow different.", "would like to ask another related question: Can w...
[ "working with Professor A? Should Professor B ask how Professor A feels about", "type of student (PhD, MS, undergrad, high school student doing summer research) make", "Afterwards, the student told me that he spoke to Professor B at the", "talk about his ongoing research with Professor A. Professor B chats wi...
[ "particular organizer I corresponded with is a big name in the field and", "abstract accepted to one of the top conferences in my field, but I'm", "I still should add the conference to my CV, with an indication that", "an insanely difficult problem\". Conference Everybody Wants To Attend XXIV, May 2014, Prest...
[ "math operations. * Filter and sort by given parameters (show/export data from samples", "and list containing temperature, humidity...). * Vector graphics output and/or output suitable for", "output suitable for MATLAB (graph of thickness as function of time). * Automated", "* Automated (or easy-to-create) La...
[ "addressed. What should I do in this case? Should I write to the", "What should I do in this case? Should I write to the journal", "and the journal has come back to me asking me to review the", "I see that the main problem with the paper is still not addressed.", "recommend rejection for the second time? Si...
[ "increase the use of preprints in publishing biological research. This has generated a", "been a movement to increase the use of preprints in publishing biological research.", "to increase the use of preprints in publishing biological research. This has generated", "I am a biologist and very recently there ha...
[ "[lab notebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_notebook), which in my case takes the form of a very very", "article for submission to a journal. Question: What is an efficient process which", "to write the journal article? Related links: * The [Mumford method](https://sites.google.com/site/stephendmu...
[ "neat looking off-prints but it seems that the winds have changed and journals", "Can I pressure the journal into sending me off-prints free of charge (e.g", "etc.) but on top of that journals are expensive and do not even", "to receive those one has to pay. On the other hand all the", "this year. I have 5 ...
[ "need reimbursement. How can I contribute to improving this situation? I suspect the", "and reprogram it to settle down or go away. My expertise is in", "I contribute on a volunteer basis to cancer research? Update: I plan to", "the \"personalized medicine\" processes? It seems like there should be a way to",...
[ "grounds for rejecting a paper and came across the following statement: > >", "two major revisions are not allowed.](http://www.cs.gmu.edu/~offutt/classes/phd/Hints-Review.html) > > > Does it mean that", "reasonable grounds for rejecting a paper and came across the following statement: >", "[... two major rev...
[ "should I give for granted that he knows of it (thus not linking", "shown that reaction Y can cause a dangerous consequence Z. I'd like to", "I link the Wikipedia article to the Doctor? * Or should I link", "go deeper in the understanding of details which are not covered by books.", "cause a dangerous conse...
[ "what my eventual goal is, but I'm at such a basic level that", "pretty clear that that's going to require going back to school. Since this", "like to do something mathy. And it seems pretty clear that that's going", "If I get some online bachelors degree (EDIT: or a post-bac), are any", "ridiculous one, re...
[ "findings of a scientific paper (unpublished) and having a disagreement with the author", "much more open, I take my visual data cues mostly from Edward Tufte's", "books. I'm being told that displaying horizontal grid lines implies a greater accuracy", "conventions in scientific papers around graphs. I'm publ...
[ "data. Do you think that is good or bad, trustful or not, to", "elements. They do not cite the data. Do you think that is good", "mining sector. I had access to one of their presentations where they have", "production and end use of some chemical elements. They do not cite the", "that is good or bad, trustf...
[ "done a short summer research internship at a department of a famous University", "I mean, it has been half a year now and apparently there is", "I reminded my professor several times now to give me some sort of", "a year now and apparently there is not much to do about it", "him that I would need this for ...
[ "any potential future employer the level of competence you have in different fields.", "mine put it, a role-playing game character sheet. Is it common to have", "good idea to indicate how much I feel I know in respective fields/languages.", "a good idea to indicate how much I feel I know in respective", ...
[ "I presume meant their own and not some oversight body. Even when I", "not for delays beyond my control by school personnel, I would have had", "time to complete the graduation paperwork and finish my degree a full year", "issues escalated to the dean of the college, and he agreed that the", "my college was...
[ "bad for you as a {woman, early career researcher, researcher in a particular", "toxic, or particularly bad for you as a {woman, early career researcher, researcher", "to detect a toxic environment, besides for asking people who know to be", "besides for asking people who know to be on their best behavior for...
[ "my legends (and/or annotations). To me, this seems clearer. Does anyone have a", "am creating figures for publication, I often wonder if I should be using", "exactly in my legends (and/or annotations). To me, this seems clearer. Does anyone", "match the typography of the body text; however, I have read that ...
[ "might be my only chance for a PhD and I am not sure", "nationally top ranked university I mentioned. Professors at my undergraduate school have no", "institution I was offered to pursue a PhD is nationally reputed and having", "pursue a PhD is nationally reputed and having a PhD degree from there", "to pur...
[ "my enthusiasm may start weakening after a few months into it, no longer", "on planning and goal-setting mostly focus on reaching financial goals. I have not", "financial goals. I have not managed to find any books befitting my situation.", "Despite that, I'm aiming at becoming #1 in the exam, and that's why"...
[ "problem, but recall the comment, so wonder if there might be some issue", "* homework instructions I cannot think of any reason why this would be", "recall an instructor saying, \"I need to warn (other instructor's name)...their course syllabus", "post my course details to a regular Web hosting service. On t...
[ "alternatively, key events like promotion, student recruiting, etc.? Obviously the question depends a", "a public vs. private university? I.e., how does it affect your day-to-day life,", "does it affect your day-to-day life, or alternatively, key events like promotion, student", "am interested mostly in depar...
[ "races have different IQ. After publication, the paper gets the attention of mass", "vaccines and autism, why different races have different IQ. After publication, the paper", "warming denial, the link between vaccines and autism, why different races have different", "paper gets the attention of mass media, a...
[ "experimentation, simulation, writing, or even submission was done. This is very time consuming", "consuming and stressful. I realize that this question is very general and field-dependent.", "out a very similar paper was already published after the experimentation, simulation, writing,", "we find or update t...
[ "not published online on any official channel. The project and the thesis was", "the thesis was made by me and one other student with the constant", "(September 2012) by my supervisor with all the results of my thesis, including", "translated 140 italian page in 5-6 english page) but why not me? In", "perso...
[ "else can you do in the meantime to counteract the negative effects of", "postgraduate research. You are now beginning your academic job search. How would the", "undergraduate CGPA is quite low, but you were somehow accepted into a respected", "Your undergraduate major was the same general field as your postg...
[ "biology). What measurable criteria should we use to predict their academic success and", "we use to predict their academic success and award them research fellowships? I", "success and award them research fellowships? I realize that part of the question", "ill-defined because it is not clear how to define “s...
[ "articles on my site. Some of my articles are published in open access", "my articles are published in open access journals. Some of my articles are", "my site with redirect to arXiv)? I think yes, because it would increase", "available only from my site. I may probably publish something in a closed", "arti...
[ "concept one, that is \"quotation one\", > and concept two, that is \"quotation", "reader will be able to understand which work (and from which page) the", "of concept one, that is \"quotation one\", > and concept two, that is", "making sure: The reader will be able to attribute each co...
[ "will complicate things and the worst case is that none of them will", "offered me one also. The second one did it while the first professor", "communication with the second one. Both of them know each other very well", "also. The second one did it while the first professor was in the", "professor was in th...
[ "that the grading system is more consistent in X so undergrad GPA is", "so the GRE becomes virtually meaningless as a measure of knowledge. I could", "the only factor that determines whether a given effect is significant. We found", "who doubt the results of the study:** * When I say the study", "their like...
[ "contains several thousand carefully filed emails (academic collaborations and correspondence, supervision and PhD", "to be a problem quite specific to the academic context of managing long-term", "address for work correspondence, so this doesn’t appear to be an option, unless", "anything. To complicate thing...
[ "of complex variables, frequency domain analysis. 2. I'd also like to take courses", "Ph.D in Statistical Learning or related area in 5-6 years. 2. I took", "reserved for math majors like proofs, analysis, group theory, algebra, etc. **I think", "a MS Degree in Mathematics. Background: 1. I'm interested in ge...
[ "The only exception is when I am trying to find appropriate classification and", "I have had two experiences contradicting this hypothesis. In the first one, I", "requested to point myself to appropriate editors and referees. In my experience, I", "do not look at those numbers, and that is true for other coll...
[ "I am currently located in central Europe. When I was hunting for an", "be a waste of time, as \"US universities do not hire people from", "an assistant professor position some months ago, I was also planning to apply", "before was almost always an US institution). **In your experience, is this sentiment", ...
[ "India Countries of Interest for University Applications: US, UK, Australia and EU. I", "to complete those courses at the College before starting graduate school coursework. I", "but nothing else. In some other Universities, I can get admitted to MS", "college. 3) Do some online Computer Science courses on ed...
[ "college accreditation agencies forbid teachers with only a bachelor's degree to be on", "with only a bachelor's degree to be on the faculty of an accredited", "forbid teachers with only a bachelor's degree to be on the faculty of", "only a bachelor's degree to be on the faculty of an accredited U.S.", "a b...
[ "graduate studies in the USA. Are international students like me eligible to apply", "USA. Are international students like me eligible to apply for Federal aid (FAFSA)?", "studies in the USA. Are international students like me eligible to apply for", "in the USA. Are international students like me eligible to...
[ "I have no experience with academic interviews (the position I secured was through", "I should add that I have no experience with academic interviews (the position", "I've been invited for an interview for one of the other positions. Is", "been invited for an interview for one of the other positions. Is there...
[ "there a free, authoritative, trustworthy online database where one can look-up the accreditation", "online database where one can look-up the accreditation of any college or university", "database where one can look-up the accreditation of any college or university in", "Is there a free, authoritative, trust...
[ "to keep a non-hostile environment in my classroom. Discriminatory harassment is forbidden by", "And finally, * If I come across this scenario as a TA, in", "student or group of students? And finally, * If I come across this", "other students? If so, how? * If yes: are there any scenarios in", "a woman ...
[ "take courses I enjoy more (and have greater aptitude for) while informally studying", "a ton, but not negligible either. There's also a lot of math in", "course with an applied focus, a couple mathematical modeling courses, basic number theory,", "Or will I have ample time for that in graduate school and sho...
[ "is, I don't know how to write this in a clear, honest and", "don't want to be that generic applicant! Also I want it to be", "mostly in mathematics, [astro]physics and science in general. The problem is, I don't", "a hard time to fill the personal interests. I initially was going to", "problem is, I don't ...
[ "department, I have let students take their texts for consultation during their written", "few semesters, I have begun questioning the validity of such an approach. I", "although the subject dealt with in the first part of the course is", "texts to answer the questions. A complicating factor is that most stud...
[ "my school. I fulfill all the requirements (certain courses, GPA, etc) and now", "school is a two-part process: 1. First there is a Directed Study where", "(usually two semesters). I have read the backgrounds on all the professors in", "(based on their research interests), which I was going to email to my", ...
[ "had an irrelevant sociology major and graduated with a 2.9 GPA mainly because", "a crappy office job for 2 years and took some random IT graduate", "medium sized state university with a concentration in Modeling and Sim. I plan", "I've already begun contacting professors about research opportunities. My GRE ...
[ "crashing on corner cases, * had ugly GUIs, * and the code -", "could be probably biased by my own experience, I have inspected some open", "doing their research - and eventually obtain remarkable results - it seems they", "biased by my own experience, I have inspected some open source projects run", "the p...
[ "yet until I finish some prerequisites I lacked from my undergrad. But I", "to my emails, how long should I wait to follow up with them", "applicants when the time comes. My question is: If they don't respond to", "wait until classes start and go talk to them then? I'll be taking", "finish some prerequi...
[ "candidate's \"faculty interview presentation\"? Wouldn't there be bias established in that manner for", "or against both candidates since one candidate would receive \"pointers\" (in)advertently? Would it", "These are candidates who have received their masters degree and/or a PhD at", "one candidate would re...
[ "another journal (a [fake](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/17379/what-are-fake-shady-and-or-predatory-journals) one). I wrote the following review: \"*This is a", "letter thanks the author for submitting the piece for consideration and wishes them", "the piece changed from the associate editor who ...
[ "[1] to [produce images of non-plant living creatures (including humans)](http://islamqa.info/en/39806), this is called", "(Disclamer: I am not an adherent to, or scholar of, Islam; please forgive", "this post might contain): Within Islam it is considered [haram](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haram) (forbidd...
[ "dark trousers and black windbreaker jacket.\" > > > Is it professional to", "to define terms for a clear understanding. The goal at least is to", "jacket.\" > > > Is it professional to call a world-famous robotics researcher", "in the spring of 2009 as a body double of and for (or", "There is no supporting...
[ "kindle for research purposes. At the moment I use the loc (location) reference", "a section title or a chapter or other number. > > > I", "to the proper citation method as my supervisor queried if this was the", "was the standard way of citing a kindle. I have a copy of", "have a copy of my history departm...
[ "yet another struggle. I am concerned because I really feel he could be", "stuff faster than the others. In tutorials, he would ask a lot of", "\"great!\" and move on. But quite often there would be flaws in his", "and proof by example (you'd think after the tenth time I pointed out", "he suggested was co...
[ "it possible at all to do a PhD without a Master or a", "someone who knows someone who was able to do a PhD without previous", "do a PhD without a Master or a Bachelor's degree? Every now and", "a PhD without previous degrees (maybe only with high-school). Is that true, was", "knows someone who knows someon...
[ "that I must work on my current project. Here's what I see my", "with a masters in electrical engineering. I wanted to do research that incorporates", "school and get a job Eventually I would like to work in industry", "research group with a masters in electrical engineering. I wanted to do research", "I en...
[ "I could import the .bib file and the collection of PDFs and somehow", "file and the collection of PDFs and somehow the entries in the .bib", "the entries in the .bib file could be magically linked to the corresponding", "for mendeley long back <http://feedback.mendeley.com/forums/4941-general/suggestions/809...
[ "learn something new, not to respect and elongate my comfort zone). So, it", "distracting them to think that the project is hard(which it ultimately can be).**", "clash, when my classmate wants an easy way out, while I want to", "can I motivate my project partners to do something interesting and challenging, ...
[ "cache). Is there a way to meet the following requirements? 1. Near immediate", "of PDFs. There are those that I'm accessing for the first time, and", "has a subscription to most journal articles. Thus, most of the time I", "tedious: That said, I find it tedious to have to manage my own", "(or ideal...
[ "much rejection is a normal part of the publication process. * **Does anyone", "2,3,4 or more times before they found a home. As an early career", "many in top-tier journals. A large number of the publications were rejected 2,3,4", "A large number of the publications were rejected 2,3,4 or more times before",...
[ "college I was able to become research associate at a well known research", "low ranked college I was able to become research associate at a well", "well known research institution. My work there provided me with three research papers.", "ranked college I was able to become research associate at a well known"...
[ "as soon as I face any rudeness, animosity, or harshness, be it from", "One of my cousins in France has complained that he can never get", "he can never get any attention from his instructors because of his ethnicity.", "be it from the adviser or the environment. A relative of mine in", "return without comp...
[ "basically dropping any collaboration. How does one do so politely? My specific situation:", "switching project teams for graduate course work, switching research labs, or basically dropping", "my friend 2 months ago that I will join his team. How can", "How can I join the better team without jeopardizing my ...
[ "decisions are already coming out - because of taking graduate classes earlier on", "within the field of computational science. However, I also know that graduate classes", "earlier question I've asked, but not the same. I intend on applying to", "and prerequisite issues, I would otherwise not take any gradua...
[ "it on a Monday. I've taken the following steps in an attempt to", "I build multiple tests, e.g. \"A\", \"B\", \"C\", etc., which are of similar", "have the same types of problems, but different subjects. \"A\" is given to", "they did not register for, so I will not easily recognize who belongs", "Recently,...
[ "to consider: The Part III program is intended as preparation for a PhD", "I will continue work with my undergraduate supervisor, which should improve my main", "subsequent application? > > > Some things to consider: The Part III program", "my application either. However in the time between now and October I ...
[ "sector\" since my late teens. I've gathered good web-development experience to be able", "passion, however recently I've been thinking about the actual work that I've been", "are doing things they actually love and study those subjects deeply with passion", "in my situation that wants to get a glimpse of the...
[ "These are all small questions but I think they add up to something", "I feel that I have a good intuitive sense of how to structure", "numbered, but is it better to give the total number of slides on", "as: * Should bullets generally be introduced one-by-one using animations or should the", "(e.g., `4`)? T...
[ "believe that the work presented in the second paper was \"incremental\" in nature.", "making substantial improvements at solving a much more difficult problem. Based on the", "journal, and the paper was accepted for publication. I recently submitted a new", "by this journal, but the second paper focused on t...
[ "academic jobs in a top-tiered American university. How might they go about achieving", "close friends who are ambitious and young junior lecturers at universities in Thailand,", "their chances, compared to academicians who are already based in the US? Neither", "UK. They all work in the humanities and social...
[ "up my masters Thesis. I get the feeling that it is best suited", "> shall also need to insert some images (maps and photos) and will", "have read some blogs where this > is compatible with LaTeX so I", "people who have used LaTeX in the Humanities area so as to be", "LaTeX so I think I would continue to us...
[ "quiz question whose answer is a proof. For instance, a question in mathematics,", "a quiz question whose answer is a proof. For instance, a question in", "way would be to have a multiple choice format for the question, where", "quantity $n^3-n$ is even. *How could such a question be implemented in a", "s...
[ "on their topics. Sure, they had the occasional mispronunciations or awkward pauses but", "much was that they could maintain eye contact and could use very interesting", "could not do it without notes, but they were not even looking at", "really awed me was the flawless and natural way in which the speakers",...
[ "in sight - unlike other jobs, there is always more work for you", "research is that the end is never in sight - unlike other jobs,", "(and unfinishable) work in academia?* > > > **I am looking for specific,", "to meet them. On top of my research, I have mentees I should", "research in my free time. I'm j...
[ "my h-index myself avoids any negative connotations among those who object to the", "just omit this altogether for now. My scholar profile is easy to find", "number of citations), and want to emphasize this on my CV. Should I", "I'm finishing my PhD and looking for postdoc jobs. I've published a decent", "h...
[ "engineering in an african university. I intend to apply to grad schools(Ph.D) a", "spent in a local R&D electronics lab/company in which we completed several design", "facing developing societies like ours. Another one was a long internship (~8mths) in", "intend to apply to grad schools(Ph.D) a year after gr...
[ "for review. Please tell me how to develop the same. Is there any", "extended version of an accepted conference paper. This extended version will be submitted", "accepted conference paper. This extended version will be submitted to a journal for", "review. Please tell me how to develop the same. Is there any ...
[ "to a second journal where it got accepted. Later, I got a note", "significant idea does not originate with me. (Referee X only gave me a", "sketch of the idea, there are things that still have to be worked", "the idea, there are things that still have to be worked out. I", "needs to be written, but I feel ...
[ "modern times being used to denote buildings or realty. What are standard organizational", "these different Colleges typically be like departments in the same corporation, or do", "be like departments in the same corporation, or do they have separate Legal", "as to how the terms College and Un...
[ "myself. However, I have done all the implementations of the ideas and plotted", "plotted all the resulting graphs, which, I believe, will be put into the", "acknowledge me in the Acknowledgement paragraph at the end of the paper? If", "I am hesitating whether to mention my desire to be listed as a", "all t...
[ "research under a professor at my college and I volunteered for a state", "for the Mayo Clinic's SURF Program this year. My PI's lab focus is", "grad student or post-doc, but what can I do as an undergrad to", "student or post-doc, but what can I do as an undergrad to not", "a skilled and efficient research...
[ "for graduate school. Are there any risks to me submitting a letter, as", "academic familiarity with the student? I have already advised her to check with", "projects. One student has asked me if I can write her a letter", "her to check with the programs she is applying to in case they", "me if I can write ...
[ "and Prof B is not .and Prof A was against co advising from", "in the same department with Prof A. Would there be any potential adverse", "to change his advisor to Prof B, who works in the same department", "the student has strong previous connections with Prof B? Can Prof A advise", "and wants to change hi...
[ "of them being hired. Depending on the answer to this question, I would", "and would they fire you? How does a department react when a recent", "frequently (let's say, across North America) assistant professors who don't have tenure yet", "candidate and wants to retain them. If an assistant professor goes to ...
[ "thirst for knowledge and so on, but I see that communication is an", "morning at work, but I managed to hide in the bathroom in time).", "it in 60% of the time it took me. After a short experience", "far I am willing to continue with the PhD program, but I am", "paragraph (no kidding). Guess how many paper...
[ "On the strength of that grade I was dismissed from the university. I", "university because of depression. However, at the time, one professor refused to let", "sending transcripts on to a PhD program from my MA. Will the dismissal", "and a stipend from the university I had to leave as a young", "19 year ol...
[ "project, I am supposed to help the lab with programming their machines. However,", "the US. I have convinced a professor at a top US school to", "at a top US school to let me join his lab to work", "night jobs while working there (I have work permit). Is this common in", "on a project that he will propose ...
[ "page references to some of her stats since I couldn't read the whole", "her to indicate the actual pages in the citations if so, 2) How", "to verify her correctness in interpreting them. This document is hundreds of pages", "sections in the article. 1) Is it necessary for her to indicate the", "hundreds of...
[ "Caltech but any well-respected school with connections to the aerospace industry would be", "to pursue a PhD in the Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering with strong leanings", "with connections to the aerospace industry would be stellar (couldn't resist the pun,", "strong leanings tow...
[ "where I want to go to graduate school for statistics. **Should I try", "academic activity such as research or my other classes because I already make", "grades then it will raise my GPA in my undergrad institution, as well", "classes because I already make all As, but it might slightly affect sleep", "make...
[ "they suggest that > > It's perfectly reasonable to ask for anything >", "reasonably ask for? Possibly, the candidate in the story came from a research", "what I can reasonably ask for? Possibly, the candidate in the story came", "advice from her advisor there on negotiation, and never realized that her r...
[ "tests) laced with bugs, and I kept \"fixing\" things until my results \"made", "bugs? As far as I understand nobody ever sees my code, it could", "and I kept \"fixing\" things until my results \"made sense\", and then happily", "happily reported them. How could a journal tell that my results are trash?", "...
[ "realize that such a simple question had a minor twist No, it's not", "it's not an 100, it's a 98 because of calling bromine a gas", "I'm sick of making careless errors that can truly mean the difference between", "graded life). No, it's not an 100, it's a 98 because of calling", "because you had all the ri...
[ "require an outline of the planned dissertation at the application stage. I think", "universities in Europe require an outline of the planned dissertation at the application", "needs a lot of dialogue between the student and his supervisor. It also", "most universities in Europe require an outline of the plan...
[ "(2003). > > > Features.... * numeric numbering in []s * First, L.L.", "required to follow, unfortunately unnamed: > > [1] Last, G.L., Loo, B.F., Mooo,", "article title in quotes * year in braces at the end The closest", "wonderful title” Int. J. > Heat Mass Transf., 32(19-21), pp. 234-245, (2001). >", "y...