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[ "poor service. Among other things that upset me, they prohibit students from browsing", "retrieve it for you. I prefer to mass e-mail my students in advance", "that upset me, they prohibit students from browsing the stacks of textbooks --", "students from browsing the stacks of textbooks -- instead you are su...
[ "receive the latest arXiv abstracts via email, with subject lines such as `physics", "week's abstracts if I haven't kept myself up to date. What do `a4`,", "abstracts via email, with subject lines such as `physics daily Subj-class mailing a4", "email. Is there some hidden way to either include the date in the...
[ "I spend will approximate to the master degree duration (I hope so). Another", "researching. Since I have studied physics, mathematics isn't a problem, therefore I can", "approximate to the master degree duration (I hope so). Another point is I", "I have finish my BSc in physics. I want to work in a", "my B...
[ "more interested in the total number of citations that is considered normal for", "per sentence. However, I am more interested in the total number of citations", "which in my case will be around 60 pages of content.) I heard", "paper (to be more specific, a Master Thesis, which in my case will", "a similar ...
[ "used. At least the way it feels to me, the administration (the ones", "how weighted these evals are but even so, does anyone know if anyone", "ever matter? At least in the U.S most universities I know of have", "each term. I do know that things like tenure, if they do research,", "I do know some teachers w...
[ "in each section. Near the end of the last term, one student asked", "not sure how to accommodate them. What are some typical things a teacher", "his advisor (or perhaps some other school administrators) said he couldn't leave. I", "Increasingly, my school has been recruiting students from Central Asia, so I ...
[ "that I've seen various posters on this site claiming that what's taught in", "in programming via data analysis in R and various utility tools in Python,", "should I those classes? If not, what's the best way to learn programming", "since I'm in social science where programming skill is nothing but a tool", ...
[ "fact that you wanted to be known for your research as opposed to", "at a research intensive university. I have heard this in the past, but", "teacher. The way the comments are used in that question it sounds like", "opposed to your teaching. In other words that you want to be known", "as a \"bad teacher\"....
[ "submissions, and also showed students some of the steps I took to catch", "rules in the instructions for larger projects. * I issued spoken warnings in", "The most common cases were students copying and pasting paragraphs verbatim from various", "common cases were students copying and pasting paragraphs verb...
[ "to search for conferences all over world? I need to participate in one", "all over world? I need to participate in one in the near future.", "for conferences all over world? I need to participate in one in the", "What is the best way to search for conferences all over world? I", "the best way to search for...
[ "couldn't be glad and work well without enough money. I am going to", "the industry. I worked for free for a professor for one month last", "she has no money. On one side, I was always excited about to", "was an international student and graduated 3 years ago. Now I want to", "a good experience and we had a...
[ "useful for my research: he works on database management systems while I do", "that class? I haven't done any research project with him though, but we", "machine learning, so there are some very interesting connections such as large-scale machine", "20, if you want some ranking). His area of research is a bit...
[ "used to hear, rather very often, that working in finance is the most", "to be precise), it appears that employers in finance expect qualifications that practically", "career option for newly-minted PhDs in theoretical physics. But, now that I am", "PhD degree, I used to hear, rather very often, that working ...
[ "his PhD, suspending him from the university. The dean kept my friend's adviser", "the dean is preventing him from completing his PhD, suspending him from the", "harassment/stalking by the dean, yet law enforcement has not contacted my friend, and", "has not been given a trial, yet the dean is preventing him ...
[ "institute for loans and publishing, as well as to outside organizations. * I'm", "the code, but what about the dissertation? Note: * we are required to", "a rumor. But, I don't want this to happen (with me or anyone", "dissertation I submit and the code I develop? I've already thought of private", "and may...
[ "at the host university has asked me if I would like for him", "spending 2 weeks in China later this year, to visit a university and", "will be spending 2 weeks in China later this year, to visit a", "university has asked me if I would like for him to make hotel", "to ask to see the hotel first, before he m...
[ "answer all > queries. Return corrected proofs and any related material by uploading", "reasons for making this so short? Do they want the authors to not", "Please ensure you check the entire article carefully, and answer all > queries.", "all > queries. Return corrected proofs and any related material by upl...
[ "below: > > ... *and I currently work under supervision of professor >", "for a PhD program. One dilemma that I have is whether I should", "a PhD program. One dilemma that I have is whether I should add", "an application email to a professor for a PhD program. One dilemma that", "> > ... *and I currently wo...
[ "to prepare a 2-page research proposal for a postgraduate research program in computer", "science. I am searching for a systematic and step by step technique to", "down a research topic from an ocean of topics that pops in one's", "an opportunity to prepare a 2-page research proposal for a postgraduate resear...
[ "field is computational science, I've seen talks from national laboratory scientists in other", "pictures in a single slide). I presume this is universally true, regardless of", "oversaturated with information. If this were an isolated event, I wouldn't have given", "in other fields and their presentations al...
[ "transcript and/or diploma? Does my Associate and other college credit infer that I", "other college credit infer that I have already successfully completed high school? As", "citizen. I have completed a 2 year Associate's degree program at a trade", "this means diploma. Do I need an official copy of my high ...
[ "the problem. * Constantly tests old, insufficient methods. * Overlooks significant details, so", "with some clever new ideas to approach the problem. These people had a", "I need to give credit to lots of anonymous people who posted their", "ideas need testing and considerable refinement. They are far from p...
[ "paper and the amount of work that was put into releasing the evidence,", "popularity of a given field? For example, I've seen papers in computer science", "being cited thousand of times while other papers relating astronomy only a couple-hundred", "that I would if I had chosen a more popular field. Are stand...
[ "updating my resume. My GPA is a 3.46. Is it acceptable/ethical to put", "GPA is a 3.46. Is it acceptable/ethical to put on my resume that", "it acceptable/ethical to put on my resume that my GPA is a 3.5?", "I'm currently a college senior and I'm working on updating my resume. My", "I'm working on updating...
[ "seen this style used in books and some editorials but it is not", "at the full bibliography. I have seen this style used in books and", "to look at the full bibliography. I have seen this style used in", "year of publication (e.g. [Smith09] for J. Rmath, 2009)?** I find the abbreviated", "for J. Rmath, 200...
[ "instructors use that can encourage more groups to operate successfully while they are", "groups do not do so well: * Some groups evenly divide the work,", "strategies or tools instructors use that can encourage more groups to operate successfully", "do not do so well: * Some groups evenly divide the work, bu...
[ "peer reviewed publication? Is there a difference in citation both in format of", "both in format of a citation and if it is common to cite", "of a citation and if it is common to cite a manuscript published", "<http://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/contribinfo/prep/gen_info.xhtml> Under commentary, there is...
[ "research is mine. The PI did not contribute whatsoever to it. I feel", "because I spent some time working on this idea in his group and", "repeated this several times, on different occasions. He said my idea was too", "was on a postdoc. During the postdoc, I was paid from a grant", "will be your child\"). ...
[ "table over a plot and vice versa? I'm referring to tables and plots", "over a plot and vice versa? I'm referring to tables and plots in", "presenting numeric information. Does anyone have any advice or even rules about when", "or a plot will do an equally good job of presenting numeric information.", "case...
[ "presentation slides to make the logos meet the template standards and fit the", "recolor/scale the logos when importing them to presentation slides to make the logos", "to recolor/scale the logos when importing them to presentation slides to make the", "ethical/lawful to recolor/scale the logos when importin...
[ "the possibility of contributing to the field. I would like to be a", "believe that I want to be a professional programmer and someday a software", "field as a whole and the possibility of contributing to the field. I", "I am working full time currently as a programmer in a summer internship.", "I want to b...
[ "I am worried about this (Smith 2001; David 2006; Magnus 2007) > >", "this (Smith 2001; David 2006; Magnus 2007) > > > and this is", "this will cause a problem to my paper or even plagiarism/retraction. I am", "this: > > I am worried about this (Smith 2001; David 2006; Magnus", "> I am worried about this (S...
[ "been several racism-related crimes against Black and Hispanic (etc) people, and all-in-all it's", "difficult to get a job while (or even after) studying, since you are", "incomes are LOW * there have been several racism-related crimes against Black and", "big amount of money, so I'd love to get things in ret...
[ "groups I am interested in and they say, they do not have funding", "I may get a salary but may not to. How many postdocs do", "I right?), I may get a salary but may not to. How many", "a PhD student. My reasoning: As a PhD student: I have to pay", "PhD student: I have to pay academic fees, I do not get fun...
[ "is right now is that we need to come down firmly in writing,", "an instructor where children are present, I find it necessary now to have", "come down firmly in writing, then adjust with leniency as people show they", "of scope, I teach at a conservative Christian university. Many of the students", "find i...
[ "country. I have tried to contact many professors via mail but have nothing", "but have nothing by way of a good response. I have a good", "European country. I have tried to contact many professors via mail but have", "and score. Can anyone please help me out how to best proceed or", "me out how to best pro...
[ "most importantly he is ignorant: he never knew what I must do as", "have had a bad experience with the supervisor of this internship, who has", "reporting on my internship to an academic jury. Given this bad experience, how", "acknowledgement to my field supervisor in my report: is this a bad thing", "angr...
[ "I noticed the DOI database only pulls the issue number for an article,", "over the meanings of \"issue\" and \"volume\". So I have found [this article](http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12541-010-0035-y)", "I have stumbled once again over the meanings of \"issue\" and \"volume\". So", "because there ...
[ "entirely -- you \"lost\" 4. You totally ignore it -- it's not \"official\"", "me to tell because their notation and terminology varies considerably from ours, but", "had a chance to glance at it yesterday, and was alarmed because several", "first to be published outside of arXiv 2. Your paper is declined, an...
[ "the first and the older paper is annoucing the second along the lines", "A₁, …, such that A₁ cites A₂, which cites A₃, which cites …,", "to the new paper in the old paper after the aforementioned sentence. This", "your papers, it would be possible to include a citation to the new", "I find it conceivable t...
[ "would like to know what are the benefits of pursuing a PhD after", "practice. I know there are post-doc positions available which accept post-MD candidates. Still", "know there are post-doc positions available which accept post-MD candidates. Still I am", "have completed my MD. I am more interested in resear...
[ "to cinema with my friends in the weekend or upgrading my laptop. I", "How can I balance my studies with the part-time work I must do", "my university study, but I do not have money to spend on entertainment", "my laptop. I have applied for a job at McDonald's. My shift is", "7 hours per day. I am scared th...
[ "2012; accepted March 16, 2014. > > > Does this implies that the", "see statements like > > Manuscript received October 29, 2012; accepted March 16,", "I see statements like > > Manuscript received October 29, 2012; accepted March", "March 16, 2014. > > > Does this implies that the paper is", "statements li...
[ "haven't mentioned even the name of the software, though it generated the image),", "I just came across a paper published in a journal (IF < 2),", "published in a journal (IF < 2), which has used a couple of", "say some parameter have a cutoff at 0.5% and they are getting 10.3%.", "a couple of images withou...
[ "leave for getting a PhD? Or would you better decline the offer and", "good for graduate school). My plan is going back to industry after a", "PhD, so considering my reputation in the field or possible research jobs lateron", "I know whether I got accepted for graduate school or not? I am", "I start working...
[ "(an industrial R&D lab) says that the conference fees are way too high", "would consider approval of funds only if we get a rebate for publication.", "would it be considered professional? (The conference already has a discounted price for", "conference already has a discounted price for the second paper sinc...
[ "is usual because I am his student and whatever I've learned came from", "and whatever I've learned came from him. But when the other team's supervisor", "prepared the paper. In the authorship, I added my supervisor's name. I think", "is not involved in the project, but also because of some political issues."...
[ "CV is some section called \"dissemination of research results\" or something like that.", "them at the end of my CV is some section called \"dissemination of", "my CV is some section called \"dissemination of research results\" or something like", "it might be \"cited\" in a scientific CV. I was thinking abo...
[ "repository, I've found badges at the top of my `README.md` to be useful.", "or [`Coveralls`](https://coveralls.io/) for code coverage. Is the an equivalent badge or icon I", "use to visually indicate that the work has been published on the [`arXiv`](http://arxiv.org/)?", "[![DOI](https://zenodo.org/badge/doi...
[ "use as a reference. I can see several advantages and disadvantages associated with", "the material is already present), so more material can be covered; Disadvantages: *", "several advantages and disadvantages associated with providing the students with the notes for", "will mitigate to a certain extent the ...
[ "I recently signed a graduate student contract. I had outside funding for some", "RAs \"shall not work on duties unrelated to research for more than 20", "first 2-3 years of a Ph.D., since class loads typically require enough effort", "contract a few years ago. I am a US citizen at a US", "US university. In...
[ "cheaper being described in any background/introduction section in any journal articles I've read.)", "of science, method A or equipment B are the standard. Now I have", "much less than A or B. What are the necessary conditions, if any,", "cost much less than A or B. What are the necessary conditions, if", ...
[ "an outsider's perspective, this might actually be difficult to understand. So I am", "and I genuinely quote - \"**it only takes time and effort**\". My first", "being raised to fund [ALS](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis) research (that's the \"ice bucket challenge\", love it", "cha...
[ "Editor and Reviewers > > > or > > Dear Reviewers > >", "Dear Editor and Reviewers > > > or > > Dear Reviewers >", "letter is starting with > > Dear Editor and Reviewers > > >", "asking whether the rebuttal letter is starting with > > Dear Editor and", "simple, I am asking whether the rebuttal letter is sta...
[ "in the analysis, but at this stage they have the real results, graphs,", "and the Introduction. Is that right or is it better to write it", "first \"block\" of my writing. After that, I discuss it with co-authors (they", "co-authors (they are of course involved in the analysis, but at this stage", "I discu...
[ "proceedings) it is not such a good idea. The question that I have", "they could be compared agains journals like Scimago does. I say this because", "conferences also made their proceedings books, but I was dubious if they could", "I was dubious if they could be compared agains journals like Scimago does.", ...
[ "here), most courses have both lectures (professor presenting the topic to a large", "the same way here), most courses have both lectures (professor presenting the topic", "and \"seminars\" (TA giving exercises and homework to a smaller class). I believe", "to a large class) and \"seminars\" (TA giving exerci...
[ "Czech Republic), in the mathematics/theoretical computer science classes, usually you have a 90", "feel it won't help me as much with recitations, especially since (I believe)", "faring and offer personal advice: when I was a student, I preferred this", "allow groupwork so that groups don't delegate the work...
[ "the TA for a class, what should I do if a student asks", "a student asks me a question which I can't answer? While \"tell the", "student asks me a question which I can't answer? While \"tell the truth", "While \"tell the truth and say you don't know\" is one approach, are", "I am the TA for a class, what s...
[ "if he can have a pdf of my dissertation. This is in the", "the context of a job application, whilst he decides whether or not to", "invite me for an interview. I have already sent them the other standard", "sent them the other standard documentation that was requested in the advert. Is", "my dissertation. ...
[ "I know that academics usually try to write only positive letters, and decline", "they won't be shown to the candidate, and sometimes this is backed by", "fills corporate counsel with horror, yet we do it every day. No academic", "nothing good to say, but that's evidently not enough in the corporate world.", ...
[ "I submit my paper to a more specialized journal. Journal (A) is already", "first part can complain about the lack of enough motivations and justifications for", "the second paper. But I am not the person who makes the final", "who have expertise in both subjects and are willing to read and review", "incomp...
[ "analyses. It has more options than its existing competitor. Should I just try", "plots on that basis along with many other analyses. It has more options", "I have built a software that handles protein clustering data in specific format.", "have built a software that handles protein clustering data in specifi...
[ "Mathematics and I think that I have discovered something significant in Mathematics. My", "my ideas also confirmed its significance. They suggested me to write a paper", "to some experts in the field. But unfortunately I don't know anyone such", "to send my works to some experts in the field. But unfortunate...
[ "peoples' perception as to the risks. It would be interesting to see if", "Personally, I'm rather at the other end of the spectrum, and I don't", "field dependent? *(By academic theft, I am* not *talking about plagiarism, but rather", "people having experienced (or committed!) such theft according to an appro...
[ "very well in their class, won an award, ...) but with whom they", "from faculty with whom you have worked closely on a research problem. But", "final undergraduate year typically cannot be taken into account for applications in fall.", "they have not worked much personally? I understand it would be ideal to"...
[ "asked, the question was something like \"Which Aztec god is the god of", "something like \"Which Aztec god is the god of war and is associated", "book was misleading, but said that I should've come to the lecture. Hence", "being a beneficial god, which seemed totally opposite to war. When I sent", "stuck i...
[ "6 months internship that is supposed to be about mathematical finance is actually", "but at the same time I don't feel like it is worth the", "absolutely no work fitting the requirements. What I've actually been tasked to do", "that it is taking so long because we are slacking off. This is", "finance. Our ...
[ "take care of getting funding, prepare classes, advise students, fulfill administrative tasks and", "tasks)? I am especially interested in the field of computer science > machine", "much time do professors have to carry out research on their own (i.e.", "> machine learning, in the US, in an averaged-size univ...
[ "me to study those things on the Internet where I can concentrate on", "learn the best knows methods of that subject and then move to the", "Okay, that course wasn't really advanced. But if you have to decide whether", "of that subject and then move to the next. Okay, that course wasn't", "that books often ...
[ "setup was determined when the PhD students mostly taught undergraduate courses. I have", "science field, and am on a teaching assistantship. My contract stipulates that TAs", "just being a wimp? I definitely want to teach, and I want to", "in a social science field, and am on a teaching assistantship. My con...
[ "incentives to increase PhD completion rate.** Neither am I asking for suggestions as", "just 50% of PhD students complete their degree. Not surprisingly, the completion rate,", "Not surprisingly, the completion rate, at least at my department, is closer to", "complete their PhDs than I do by having fewer str...
[ "at the end of class and he looked like he was in a", "He told me that his mother has cancer. I told him be strong", "me that his mother has cancer. I told him be strong and try", "How can I try to get him to not think too much of", "left the classroom I called him over. He told me that his mother", "one ...
[ "he wasn't really involved in modelling, analysis and writing, and has limited understanding", "so far refused to let him be the corresponding author, but he is", "modelling and engineering field. One of my authors is from China, and contributed", "way to secure future funding for the study in China/from Chin...
[ "is funded with public money, I am very uncomfortable with the idea of", "will defend my PhD thesis soon and I currently have a bunch of", "process. How can I do this? (And why do so few researchers seem", "in the public domain (CC0?) but I want them to go through a", "of papers in a finalization phase. As ...
[ "a mutually beneficial way. So in a way my question is two-fold. 1.", "bit of a delay in some of our emails. Without knowing exactly what", "has not overly effected our relationship other than a bit of a delay", "my supervisor about their health issue? 2. Should I ask them how they", "who has previously had...
[ "want to read an article or book and retain as much information possible.", "For example, I want to read an article or book and retain as", "there any advice or a good method for that? For example, I want", "skills. Is there any advice or a good method for that? For example,", "and lose focus, or when I rea...
[ "Any computer, CS, programming classes will teach things in two folds: practical and", "language? These courses will always produce several students who go on doing interesting", "will achieve higher grade across the board, are more motivated, ask extremely technical", "material as the course progresses. The ...
[ "I am not quite sure if these steps are OK. Sometimes I get", "to be learned before the final results are delivered. I separate the things", "clustering algorithms used are not typical. **The essential question** How do I tackle", "and maybe parallelize something there with step `5`. Any suggestions would be ...
[ "overall about one month (literature review, securing collaborators, writing itself, etc). This was", "was very competitive and only one in every 100 applicants got funded -", "writing a high quality proposal in which I had spent a lot of", "did not get funding, although I made it to the interviews, which I",...
[ "important than having a PhD in the many work environments? * What skills", "you're competing against people who are younger than you (i.e. recently graduated non-phd", "they cannot compete, including research and teaching position. Those are the minority, though...", "positions in which they cannot compete, ...
[ "code . So he did. But the problem is, there was no documentation", "knows anything about this codebase. As a result, I totally depend on him.", "saw minor progress to my work. But after yesterday's mail and his guidance,", "help again. Before my last night's email and after spending one month working", "he...
[ "really a trend? 2) Is it still a good idea if we are", "is so and so:** Let us consider ... **Properties of so and so:**", "Is this style of writing really a trend? 2) Is it still a", "**What is so and so:** Let us consider ... **Properties of so and", "books or long articles tend to make a short summary b...
[ "is it okay to mention brand names of phones and their specific products", "a survey of big phone screen users, and I was going to mention", "want to provide some solution to the big screen phones or how logically", "okay to mention brand names of phones and their specific products with images?", "screen ph...
[ "* Is it ok to display the proprietary software (through TeamViewer) from my", "going to conduct a workshop on my research work and for that I", "is done on the software. I want to know, * Is it ok", "software. I want to know, * Is it ok to display the proprietary", "I am going to conduct a workshop on my r...
[ "I'm asking because people are suggesting that \"you have to be really passionate", "thoughts have really made me somewhat confused over my decision of going for", "confused over my decision of going for a PhD. It's been a few", "student right for you or not? I'm asking because people are suggesting that", ...
[ "send the call for papers, to receive the papers, to check them, to", "and dinners, etc etc. **All these tasks are very time-consuming**, and stressful, and", "decide to organize conferences? **What are the main benefits and advantages of running", "the right venue, to spread the word, to advertise it, to sen...
[ "topic](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/10259/4249) if white papers, but it looks to me like all of those", "(upon which the EiC would either discourage or encourage the submission of a", "for survey articles, submitting a 2-5 page *white paper* to the Editor-in-Chief, in", "example taken from: <http://w...
[ "initially proposed and solved hundreds of years ago by mathematicians (such as Euler", "life, I discovered Haskell, a functional programming language. It is extremely close to", "language. It is extremely close to mathematics: Everything is a function. Ideas are", "It is extremely close to mathematics: Every...
[ "than the paper itself. Such a process, albeit time consuming, has significantly improved", "I usually spent an incredible amount of time answering the questions raised by", "is often longer than the paper itself. Such a process, albeit time consuming,", "consuming, has significantly improved the quality of t...
[ "field and asked me to select an algorithm) using a language that I", "not able to understand it so take an existing software which implemented the", "a good idea to continue new trials now as I may not be", "have to confess that I regret that I selected this dissertation as it", "research paper to read and...
[ "am currently a B.Tech. student in India, and am applying for Master's courses", "exam a week ago. Does having graduated from high school in the U.S.,", "U.S., where English is the native language, count as certification that my English", "U.S. I took the GRE exam a week ago. Does having graduated from", "c...
[ "post and possesses 20 years of experience. Although he can write a good", "work. He does not hold a PhD. He is not involved with research", "process of choosing people for recommendation letters. Being someone in the final year", "choosing people for recommendation letters. Being someone in the final year of...
[ "= 30 CP * Master Thesis = 30 CP Do universities from these", "researcher in my home country (Pakistan) and look for PhD fundings/admissions from there.", "heard this is the case for German technical universities. This [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/23774/are-masters-degrees-from-german...
[ "a problem in academia, and it happens when Universities continue to hire new", "and highly qualified people at higher and higher salaries, but they don't increase", "I want to ask - why is this actually a problem? Shouldn't salary", "a problem? Shouldn't salary be based on merit and qualifications, not how l...
[ "but during meetings where other students are present, it would be jarring to", "her other graduate students, seems to call her by her first name. She", "I am being awkward. I don't mind calling her \"Dr. Swoth\", but during", "other students use her first name in the same conversation. So far, I", "are pre...
[ "probably won't make (it is now late August and the review process would", "is now late August and the review process would apparently take several months).", "am puzzled by the lack of information about timetables and deadlines on the", "infer something from previous publication dates -- a biannual which was...
[ "progress publicly accountable. For example, my jogging times improve and I lose more", "lose more weight when I enter myself onto a public rankings list. I", "also improve if I make my progress publicly visible. I'm wondering what online", "I make my progress publicly accountable. For example, my jogging tim...
[ "am asked to review the paper again. I received a long cover letter", "received a long cover letter where my comments and the comments of two", "addressed, or 3. Just check if **my** comments have been addressed? I am", "if **all** comments have been addressed, or 3. Just check if **my** comments", "work. S...
[ "level) program at top schools, planning to abandon his current program if he", "started a program likely to hurt the applicant's chances? (Do the answers to", "institution with better professors, equipment, and learning environment. He decides to apply for", "this unusual or frowned upon? Is the fact that th...