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[ "not want to come across as ungrateful for his work with me, but", "to a [previous question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/19803/ms-in-pure-maths-to-phd-in-statistics), what is advice you would give for telling my", "of my current research with him has come to bore me. How do", "I am closing in...
[ "title should I greet assistant and associate professors in emails and letters? I", "I greet assistant and associate professors in emails and letters? I study in", "post-doctorands up to senior lectures one uses \"Dear Dr. X\", but for professors", "and letters? I study in the UK and for post-doctorands up to...
[ "on it remotely. I haven't mentioned yet to my advisor that I am", "a research level. How do I approach my advisor saying that I would", "a top US institution but my SO,family,friends are somewhere else. I am considering", "that I am home sick as we don't really connect on a personal", "at a top tier US ins...
[ "has been done? 3. If yes to 1 & 2; can an international", "yes to 1 & 2; can an international person apply, and upon success", "the grants.gov I found that individuals can directly apply for available grants. Since", "I found that individuals can directly apply for available grants. Since it was", "apply, ...
[ "the tutoring to hone my skills over the years. Understanding exactly where students", "Google search), colleges and universities might not want to hire me?** Interested only", "certain everyone perceives it this way. I very much appreciate anyone who indicate", "Recently I spent one (1) year teaching at a to...
[ "the passing percentage of the course? (By the passing percentage I mean the", "student will receive an F) How should the threshold below which students get", "How should the threshold below which students get a failing grade depend qualitatively", "threshold below which students get a failing grade depend qu...
[ "job seekers to upload their CVs. Is it common that a department head", "encourage job seekers to upload their CVs. Is it common that a department", "faculty possible to a job seeker? Is there any success story? Does this", "in Europe and North America is always based on applications. Is it common", "academ...
[ "in the European sense, where they have kind of minimal requirements (language cert,", "Has any college in the US managed to unite being prestigious and being", "or grad level. I mean open enrolment in the European sense, where they", "level. I mean open enrolment in the European sense, where they have kind",...
[ "the cited source is not otherwise used anywhere in the paper. I suppose", "provide it as an example of something else? For instance, we have lines", "or just be left out. In any case, it seems they should not", "to me that invoking the \"weighty\" power of citation simply to say \"yes,", "as references to ...
[ "PhDs ([Do any schools offer teaching or research assistantships via distance education?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/21473/do-any-schools-offer-teaching-or-research-assistantships-via-distance-education)), I", "are of inferior quality to on-campus PhDs. If what is seen of PhD", "[PHD Comics](h...
[ "to know if one can use graphics generated by Mathematica (for example, plots)", "This is just a simple question. I would like to know if one", "example, plots) in one's paper and then upload that paper anywhere on the", "plots) in one's paper and then upload that paper anywhere on the internet.", "simple q...
[ "R for longitudinal analysis of networks. I was wondering whether it can be", "for longitudinal analysis of networks. I was wondering whether it can be published", "routine in R for longitudinal analysis of networks. I was wondering whether it", "have developed a routine in R for longitudinal analysis of netw...
[ "Process Models}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Business Process", "my bibtex file. Is this a valid practice or should the page number", "PDF because I don't have access to the proceedings book as cited in", "papers that are available als single PDFs [like this one](http://...
[ "would have to volunteer and possibly spend half of each day with tasks", "adviser is willing to fully fund the trip. However, I am also eligible", "before, what would you advise? UPDATE: I learned that the grant covers almost", "I am also eligible to apply for a \"Student Travel Grant\" (being a", "a stude...
[ "hard to find open questions in my very specific research area. Which approach", "thesis, I find it hard to find open questions in my very specific", "in my very specific research area. Which approach do you take to find", "very specific research area. Which approach do you take to find new and", "it hard t...
[ "applied only to Oxford for a PhD, gaining acceptance without funding. I received", "could I do to make my application stand out to funding committees? I", "funding committees? I should add that this is my second attempt - I", "Oxford, with an overall grade of 67 and a distinction in my thesis.", "this is m...
[ "that the division I am in had never funded an Academic PhD project", "doctoral experience; I am afraid that the fact of having already obtained funding", "peculiar and difficult doctoral experience; I am afraid that the fact of having", "has the professional doctorate). My second supervisor does have a PhD, ...
[ "haven't even seen the new paper nor haven't analysed or interpreted the new", "either coPI. Dr. X refused to provide a copy of the manuscript. The", "topic] to the journal Y. Theory and simulations of [some topic] are part", "with following allegation: > > \"Dr.X submitted a manuscript on [some topic] to", ...
[ "are for flow and not for content (e.g. \"sentence rephrased for clarity\")? As", "of submitting a manuscript to a journal. During this process my manuscript has", "process of submitting a manuscript to a journal. During this process my manuscript", "an example (in my perceived order of required-ness): * Addi...
[ "am currently in high school in the USA, and it is relatively common", "in the medical field, and a large research faculty, that the practice of", "around here. For example, as an Engineering hub, you might expect that it", "engineers, but this is *much* less common than high school research in academia.", ...
[ "defended in my university and many of them seemed to be a little", "through BA level papers defended in my university and many of them seemed", "thing is that other day I browsed through BA level papers defended in", "day I browsed through BA level papers defended in my university and many", "I'd like to s...
[ "retain the for me important points, but omit the details. To the question", "the question in the title, I would like to add: If it is,", "better to include some explanation, like \"From [5] it is clear that ...\"?", "in the title, I would like to add: If it is, how would", "the for me important points, but...
[ "are some of the key aspects I should focus on? I understand that", "a single paragraph but I also do not want to write too little.", "I understand that it cannot be a too detailed description, as my supervisor", "in which I introduce the problem that will be addressed by this chapter", "detailed descriptio...
[ "science for my undergraduate course after attending a computer science course which I", "say it clearly and justify my choice? I ask this because I see", "which high school I attended. But is this a negative thing to write", "for a computer science graduate program. In high school I was in a", "it clearly ...
[ "them later on. Let me just say (i) this is a hypothetical question,", "by the journal. By this I mean that the journal tells you that", "practice. I also think I will get better answers if I do not", "this I mean that the journal tells you that they have decided to", "on. Let me just say (i) this is a hypo...
[ "to overall GPA among the class of 30 students was 2. The class", "among the class of 30 students was 2. The class and the students", "our BSc degree education and graduated after 8 or 9 semesters. I want", "a question about how to write my ranking in a class in my", "the students in which we started our BS...
[ "(especially in my country). An extra question would be: Regardless of the quality", "extraordinary (especially in my country). An extra question would be: Regardless of the", "[KTH](http://www.kth.se/en), [KU](http://www.ku.dk/english)). So, answers from the professors/students of those universities will be hi...
[ "what is the best action to do cause I need to publish it", "read it, what is the best action to do cause I need to", "while ago but he doesn't read it, what is the best action to", "but he doesn't read it, what is the best action to do cause", "he doesn't read it, what is the best action to do cause I", ...
[ "Boston University, hosted [here](http://capricorn.bc.edu/bi204/?page_id=13)). What is the best way to cite it, to", "was posted under, I can deduce a fair bit regarding exactly what course", "In my research notes, I try to cite relevant material in a format", "a particular basic lab technique, I found the la...
[ "I would like to put them online as a way of contributing back", "an Masters and as assignments are completed and results have come back, I", "of contributing back to the community. However generally I do not see people", "as assignments are completed and results have come back, I would like to", "like to p...
[ "“she sees a talented young scientist and wants to snatch him up before", "There are several US departments where I originally planned to apply. They have", "her part. As a friend of mine put it, “she sees a talented", "adviser. I have until this summer to decide, which means I can either", "is the right on...
[ "(3) shows . . . > > > Is this method—capital letter for", "or > > Inspection of Figure (3) shows . . . > >", "> > or > > Inspection of Figure (3) shows . . .", "I would currently say something like: > > It can be seen from", "(11) that . . . > > > or > > Inspection of", "of Figure (3) shows . . . > > > I...
[ "one star student who is already VERY good at web development. He overhauled", "capability, and he is also very driven enough to create sites for our", "I want to give him my time to support this instead of simple", "and he really does think that developing real sites is fun. So would", "development. He ove...
[ "research university within the next 3-5 years. One day, you are offered a", "for the foreseeable future. You realistically hope to get a faculty position in", "you've already had an association with? * a postdoc position at a first-tier", "there other relevant considerations? Assume that you cannot expect to...
[ "[This kind of practice is evidently frowned upon by the academic community](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/3643/will-self-citation-be-viewed-as-self-promotion-in-academia). In", "did afterwards to some extent. The manuscript eventually got published, after two rounds", "many of their own publishe...
[ "is\", can you prevent them? Clearly if they want you to make changes", "your submitted manuscript \"as is\", can you prevent them? Clearly if they want", "ethical to withdraw a paper after acceptance in order to resubmit to a", "is accepted can you really withdraw it against the publisher's wish? Further, wh...
[ "this way the editor at B can contact the editor at journal A", "than A, and possibly get offended (and biased against publication). 2. If the", "so we are sending the exact same manuscript at you with minor modifications\".", "A. The paper is rejected, either with a short dismissal (\"not good enough", "wi...
[ "it day by day and don't know where will I land up at", "my supervisor, who also has no idea about the topic, despite being the", "work on the topic. Now I need to start with my coursework and", "do not know from where to start, exactly what to start and how", "me by my supervisor and was *not* my choice. T...
[ "master's degree, I had good research ideas and I wanted to publish them", "did myself in my educational life). My thesis advisor is a perfectionist. His", "is the worst thing I did myself in my educational life). My thesis", "[Beall's List](http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/). Now, me and my advisor are writ...
[ "asking to review a short proof (that I've written in latex, so it", "email to my professor, kindly asking to review a short proof (that I've", "Italy. I'm currently taking a course on probability theory, but the way is", "of the most difficult part are skipped. As such, I'm studying those part", "employed ...
[ "round call for \"late breaking\" posters. I will hear back supposedly by the", "one presenting the poster if it gets accepted. She read over the abstract", "The abstract is definitely on-topic for the conference (it's a very large, general", "whether the abstract has been accepted or rejected. The abstract i...
[ "believe that services like Google Scholar are like arXiv, in the way that", "the papers are indexed in well known sites or a new faculty should", "these cases, to try that the papers are indexed in well known sites", "was wondering what it really matters for a university to climb in the", "are like arXiv, ...
[ "against the typographic style suggested. The author of [The Elements of Typographic Style](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0881791326)", "cap abbreviations and old style numerals not used in technical writing when they", "disturb the flow of passage. For me, I have never seen any publications", "de...
[ "publisher is on [Beall’s List](http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/). Hence, I wonder if citing the paper will", "paper’s publisher is on [Beall’s List](http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/). Hence, I wonder if citing the paper", "is on [Beall’s List](http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/). Hence, I wonder if citing ...
[ "course and they want to know what tools I used for a similar", "and they want to know what tools I used for a similar real-world", "should not, as this is not my teaching area. * If I turn", "turn away the students, perhaps the department or (students themselves) will feel I", "questions related to their f...
[ "yet been able to narrow down the choice to a specific one. For", "how to start research. I'm interested in many subjects but I have not", "the choice to a specific one. For someone like me who just began", "good CS department. However until now, I have no publications and really have", "department. However...
[ "(I don't remember seeing anyone doing this)? **Is there anything one can, or", "contents is in a way still evolving? Would a \"comment\" paper uploaded to", "off (\"thanks for your interest\" without addressing any of the technical concerns)? Were", "seeing anyone doing this)? **Is there anything one can, or...
[ "you launch your career. Is it bad to look like a 'jack-of-all-trades' person?", "any connection to the next outside of the fact that computational chemistry was", "it bad to look like a 'jack-of-all-trades' person? There must be a better", "2 months), my research has covered a wide range of topics rather tha...
[ "have to implement or develop the testing tools myself, which means that I", "work to do compared to my friend's workload. Could that be why step", "the name of this research method? In case I ask in wrong place", "the users don't like from the present system interface, which part should be", "according to ...
[ "and it was rejected on the 3rd of June. The general tone of", "clarifications, then I will just end up making my best guess as to", "being too shy in such matters. If you want information, ask for it.", "methodology and implementation > > > Now, some points in these reviews are", "previous occasions I have...
[ "that everyone clearly understands but he's very confused. Inversely, I've also seen other", "interpret it incorrectly, I often get chastised because from his point of view,", "ask for clarification, I often get chastised because he sees nothing wrong with", "what their advisor tells them to do and never end ...
[ "reviewer. However, I have decided to proceed as normal anyway. I have already", "anyway. I have already invested the time to get reviews and I need", "papers (mostly in higher impact journals than this one) and this reviewing editor", "I will play the journal-review roulette even though I think it will be", ...
[ "of scientific communication and the possible loss of accompanying reputation for the publication.", "(e.g., Scholarpedia). I would like to know if there is any advantage for", "know if there is any advantage for a PhD student to publish in", "but I am interested in the community's opinion on peer-reviewed wi...
[ "value, even though it doesn't provide original results? At the very least, it", "hold some kind of value, even though it doesn't provide original results? At", "but rather synopsize and provide a desired perspective on a modern topic that", "At the very least, it introduces a new, and very interesting topic ...
[ "Erasmus student (not sure if I qualify being non-EU citizen) * Go by", "offered transfer destinations, so it's not really an option) * Something else? UPD:", "in a European university. I would like to take 2-3 courses that my", "university and the university I wish to go are \"partner universities\", i.e. th...
[ "due submission for second revision at a BMC journal. The communicating author, as", "total 6 authors while submitting the second revision. How should we deal with", "paper was due submission for second revision at a BMC journal. The communicating", "we deal with this? isn't it a academic fraud by the communi...
[ "too, although I don't think it mattered. The following year I reapplied with", "said he was pretty impressed that my course grade was 95% or something,", "PhD application this year, and need to decide between the 2 following professors:", "use both because I have 2 other letters already, and many grad school...
[ "the bibliography that it is a Kindle version? Or is there another way?", "page numbering to its citation. However, different to the print version, which I", "citation. However, different to the print version, which I do not have, this", "but rather \"positions\". Do I just pretend it's a page numbering and n...
[ "I am starting my postdoc in September. I am currently just working on", "I have a few questions about these statements: * What are some concrete", "collaborators. I hear a lot about the difficulty and stress in transitioning from", "to postdoc and how the \"clock starts.\" I have a few questions about", "A...
[ "diploma (Is Bachelor enough?) in order to be able to refresh the brain", "mathematics wants also to do research and programming in IT (specifically in XML),", "doing research in a different (unrelated) field than the person's diploma? For example,", "Bachelor enough?) in order to be able to refresh the brain...
[ "the two papers are similar in content and on par in terms of", "should not be any preference with regards to citing either of the two", "and/or affiliations? Do we not tend to infer the quality of a paper", "is long and difficult to pronounce, and perhaps also comes from a relatively", "two papers should b...
[ "data entry, translations, proofreading, photo tagging, etc. * None of these tasks is", "is work I am assigned or paid to do. * All of the", "assigned or paid to do. * All of the tasks relate to my", "to do. * All of the tasks relate to my courses in some", "My school has no official \"dead week\", but natu...
[ "his name, that I am not allowed to write my masters dissertation with", "allowed to write my masters dissertation with TeX/LaTeX, as many journals do not", "lot** of publications behind his name, that I am not allowed to write", "head of department, a veteran academic with **a lot** of publications behind hi...
[ "short time (perhaps one year fix and improve the work), and whether there", "and whether there are real examples of people who did this. I not", "program, apply for a defense panel within the first semester, and quickly finish", "research independently, then enroll in a PhD program, apply for a defense panel...
[ "by external reviewers and considering there may be past papers in which I", "benchmark, tell nobody, write everything and publish alone. 2. I program everything, do", "anything may be perceived in a suspicious way, specially by external reviewers and", "about how to proceed. PD: I am a postdoc now but I am",...
[ "on a sofa eating KFC and donuts all day for 5 years.. completely", "me that I do things right this time around, so my main questions", "right this time around, so my main questions are: * Will the total", "works. e.g. Do I start by making friends with some professors? Should I", "it was too late as my grad...
[ "type of office. In any case, is it appropriate to ask my supervisor", "PhDs and postdocs share an open-plan office. I find it difficult to concentrate", "a postdoc now, about 50 PhDs and postdocs share an open-plan office. I", "find it difficult to concentrate in the latter kind of arrangement because of", ...
[ "who has done biology research their whole career and is now learning and", "to enter those fields (e.g. be a CS person who enters from the", "my interests: cognitive science, computational models of narratives/belief/reasoning, agent-based modeling, complex systems, social", "the former, for the reasons I ha...
[ "I don't want to lose one year waiting to start my PhD but", "for the master's). I'm thinking about applying for robotics PhD programs at different", "have any publications in any international journals because in Germany this is mostly", "programs starting 9 months later. I don't have any publications in any...
[ "exactly this technology is, how it works, what it can do etc. I", "server-side JavaScript) in my thesis. The description is about what exactly this technology", "pretty much the same things and these things are just observations, not scientific", "etc. I want to use Node.js Wikipedia page, a blog page, one o...
[ "make extra cash during the summer which is great.... except that they have", "brings more funds (in course work and its associated tuition) than any other", "cash.... but I crunched the numbers and it looks like I'll net about", "\"get money back\" by forcing us to enroll in classes. So my question", "the ...
[ "sort of relevant industry? I graduated back in 1998 with B.Eng. in computer", "and decided to go back to school this fall (2014). Is it hard", "related jobs, and decided to go back to school this fall (2014). Is", "adapt to post-graduate studies after an academic pause of 16 years working in", "this fall (...
[ "in one or two months. Now am wondering should I start applying for", "writing my thesis ( just yesterday:) ). My advisor asked me to submit", "I start applying for jobs at this time period. I plan to talk", "submit it in one or two months. Now am wondering should I start", "plan to talk about this with my ...
[ "will undermine anything but, that aside, is his reasoning for not publishing results", "have significant results (primarily for methodological reasons I believe). I suggested to the", "the measures didn't turn out to have significant results (primarily for methodological reasons", "turn out to have significa...
[ "for me somewhere, but I don't know how to go about finding it.", "of what I'm learning in the program does not have direct, real-world applications,", "real-world applications, and I'd like to remedy this problem by getting some work", "decided I want to go into industry after I'm finished. I feel like", "...
[ "was adequately prepared to take on the Economics degree, though. (Not enough math", "took the requisite math courses (Calculus I, II, and potentially III,), as well", "to be more interesting and more valuable in the job market than law.", "seems to be more interesting and more valuable in the job market than...
[ "of subsequent semesters. Though we don't use the same questions between semesters, they", "institution where exam papers are considered protected. Leaking the exam question sheet and", "educational institution where exam papers are considered protected. Leaking the exam question sheet", "don't use the same q...
[ "This is largely because of that you can cheat through a MOOC. So", "opinion seems to be that doing a MOOC is equivalent of reading a", "read through the forum and the opinion seems to be that doing a", "you have genuinely gone through the work or not. [Even american council of", "I read through the forum a...
[ "websites? I have emailed a few professors lately, asking about points in papers", "they wrote, and none of the emeritus have responded. I am assuming that", "check their emails often, if at all - in this case, would it", "the university, requesting contact information for the professor? Or should I leave the...
[ "with some new stuff added, while the paper I am reviewing is something", "reviewing a conference paper, which I found is just extended version of a", "conference paper. I have heard that a journal paper can be a new", "just extended version of a previous conference paper. I have heard that a", "some new st...
[ "Science, but related to another topic such as Green Computing. How I can", "student in his group? One friend told me that one important thing is", "for example in Computer Graphics. Now I would like to study PhD in", "of the research group that I can be a good student in his", "research proposal only when ...
[ "huge number of undergraduate students, a university can save money on campus expenses,", "is not a common scheme? Why research universities are not interested in this", "States (or Europe) fully committed to graduate programs (master and PhD)? Why this", "in the United States (or Europe) fully committed to g...
[ "think I'm missing some important stuff. My real question is: **What should I", "some important stuff. My real question is: **What should I ask my potential", "[What questions should one ask to the former/current students of a professor before", "question is: **What should I ask my potential Ph.D advisor in a...
[ "of 7,622 gha. Environmental footprinting rests on a tonne of assumptions and is", "- more like 2 at most. So I would like to publish that", "have seen on significant figures, is that it doesn't discuss rounding off digits", "scientific notation or estimates of error - they will make it harder to", "As we a...
[ "paid. 1. Is it theoretically illegal to travel without Business Visa for such", "host university, or when visiting for a join project in which he is", "trip?). Anyway, academic visits, in which the guest is paid, is definitely a", "paid, is definitely a business trip. For example, when an academic organize a...
[ "was good at tests and exams. My BSc. GPA was 2.84/4.00 but finished", "PhD or should I leave academia and go for an industrial career?\" My", "years. It is the one of two most-challenging milestones in academic career (the", "usually is 5-6 years. It is the one of two most-challenging milestones in", "my e...
[ "prize, the name of an institute, an honorific title, is it important to", "Jr., Distinguished Professor of > Dispute Resolution and Organizations; Director of the Dispute", "[title](http://emba.ust.hk/academics/faculty-lecturers/) is > > Jeanne Brett, DeWitt W. Buchanan, Jr., Distinguished Professor of", "ab...
[ "unsure. Addendum: I would like to add, while thinking about this problem, I", "evaluation of effectiveness. Some time later, I came across a novel method to", "of Disease study. The PI of these studies are not automatically authors on", "PI's agreement, I decide to try and publish it. My question is this:", ...
[ "field. It will not be easy to do that and I will have", "department I have in mind that belongs to another branch of that same", "I chose a department within a reputable research center to do my PhD", "do proper evaluations in our field, I thought that's how I learn it,", "to work in the industry (factorie...
[ "already published at a *workshop* (in the proceedings, this is not a journal", "a footnote in the PDF version of the paper. So how would I", "website. My first idea is to publish a text file next to the", "a mistake I did in the already published workshop paper. A value that", "My second idea is to change ...
[ "be very similar. Other option would be to decide for one of the", "interesting results with their modeling technique, and regretting the previous lack of contact.", "very busy and had no time. I understood they were not interested anymore,", "other, but that would not be ethical. Perhaps a last option would ...
[ "I feel that it is a rather short period of time in which", "be applying for tenure-track jobs one year later, and I am also hopeful", "a possibility of extension to two and sometimes three years. If I am", "and I am also hopeful that at that point, I would have done", "in which to start and finish a resear...
[ "finished a PhD in mathematics and am about to start a postdoc in", "focused jobs, etc. --- Some possibly related questions: [What is expected of a", "have a successful mathematics postdoc (apart from perhaps doing as much math as", "etc. --- Some possibly related questions: [What is expected of a postdoc?](h...
[ "for 6-9 months per year, which would earn one enough to spend the", "on The Workplace SE](https://workplace.stackexchange.com/q/27097/1898) raises the situation where someone *has too much money", "job), *or* a fixed job that contains less than 12 months per year", "or freelancer.*. That may work in the soft...
[ "to severe personal problems (deaths/illness in the family, war-torn homeland, divorce, financial issues,", "when I go back home to finish it and send it for publication.", "send it for publication. This was a year and a half ago. I", "I need her reference if and when I decide to apply for a", "career to ha...
[ "by a friend and former colleague. Is it my responsibility to inform the", "authored by a friend and former colleague. Is it my responsibility to inform", "friend and former colleague. Is it my responsibility to inform the editor and", "have been asked to review a paper that I know to have been", "I know to...
[ "class, who snitched a game from the internet and are going to hand", "class, we have project groups of 4 or 5 students. This period has", "\"their\" game, and a fellow student found almost the exact same game on", "and are going to hand that in. I saw a Facebook post from", "right way of handling this -in ...
[ "fora but most of the time I was just looking for information in", "Overflow and TeX) came into my mind. I asked some questions in these", "into my mind. I asked some questions in these fora but most of", "am really grateful for some of the quick and professional answers I got", "my master's thesis. When th...
[ "of recommendation, because he doesn't want me to leave on postdoc? None of", "if my PhD advisor doesn't want to give me a letter of recommendation,", "advisor doesn't want to give me a letter of recommendation, because he doesn't", "recommendation, because he doesn't want me to leave on postdoc? None of his"...
[ "if possible. Do most journals / conferences just \"trust\" that people who submit", "and thought \"now let's look at the source code\" and was quite astonished", "at, while claiming some performance or being better than other papers. How do", "paper really implemented the theory and got those exact results? ...