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[ "letters of recommendation(I am doubtful that they will) ? Bipolar disorder was a", "was just too withdrawn to study, I was almost suicidal. Either way, I", "these psychiatrists even diagnosed me with adult ADD :| Its because of these", "GPA of my undergrad courses is 3.216 and the simple average of my", "3...
[ "with a publishable results about it. I talked to some people and they", "they find a problem, they spend endless hours trying to come up with", "develop in time. Can you give me some practical strategies that help towards", "a publishable results about it. I talked to some people and they said,", "get to l...
[ "dictionary was easy for referencing the book itself. These days, words and meanings", "paper in which we need to reference the meaning of english words as", "dictionary there are three results <http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/> <http://www.oed.com/> <http://oaadonline.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/> Merriam...
[ "a thesis/scientific paper with a sectioning depth of three [chapter, section, subsection]. I", "wondered: **Is it okay to have text outside of the lowest level, i.", "instance giving the introduction to / overview of a chapter is that done", "e. subsections?** For instance giving the introduction to / overvi...
[ "I was looking for something related to internet security (Botnet Detection); luckily, my", "a research plan exactly about what I wanted to do. However, a month", "the story to the general adviser for master's students? Should I change the", "and avoiding problems). Now, after I started my writing I found mys...
[ "case, when I do not have funding for conference travel, is it normal", "to fund conference travel only for postdocs presenting research done by with him,", "would be expected to use his/her own funding. However, in my case, when", "PhD. I am now a postdoc at another university, but my current adviser's", "...
[ "someone who has only taken some courses in linear algebra, real analysis, etc.", "I would like to ask the following questions: 1. What does \"undergraduate research\"", "typically involve 2 years of taught courses and a qualifying exam prior to", "his or her Master's thesis. On the other hand the level of ma...
[ "\"Obamacare\" reform affect it anyhow? I would appreciate any information. Thanks in advance.", "information about how *PhD international students* can be covered by health insurance in", "the US? : Is it often granted by the University? How much does", "(for the student and possibly spouse/children) and wha...
[ "difference, I am particularly thinking of becoming professor of applied math with an", "my great interest, I haven't been able to (or prohibited from doing) work", "have applied the existing theoretical results. Developing optimization algorithms with provable convergence guarantees,", "difficult is it to ge...
[ "attend conferences/workshops/etc. Is it feasible for me to obtain a postdoc position? Or", "travel outside of my city and so I am unable to attend conferences/workshops/etc.", "so I am unable to attend conferences/workshops/etc. Is it feasible for me to", "not viable for me to travel outside of my city and s...
[ "(e.g. how many of postdocs became a PI)? I'm a grad student in", "and grad students so that not many of them have successful career. Productivity", "of alumni's getting job in academia, since I want to be a PI", "US who will finish PhD next spring, and I've just started to find", "I've just started to find...
[ "established academic discipline and you can do degrees at all levels in it.", "history is an established academic discipline and you can do degrees at all", "to stand separately as its own subject. Why don't you get a BA", "is this the case? Why isn't it considered a sub-discipline of history? It", "and yo...
[ "to be said about the scientific articles that I used while writing the", "were presented nor their publication date. Is there a website in which one", "the end of my internship report, I needed to cite all the information", "of information about any scientific aticle? BTW, I am talking about the field", "I...
[ "vitae. But, because I have publications in three fields *x, y, z* of", "are not, I am looking for how to best display them so that", "display them so that it can be emphasized that I have works in", "z* of study such that *x* is my major and *y, z* are", "*x* is my major and *y, z* are not, I am looking fo...
[ "since we can just copy the questions on a bond paper and bring", "consultation, conferences, etc. Thus, I am aware that it is no easy task", "two others to find out the exam questions should be reason enough for", "in our grad syllabuses which makes no mention of such) more difficult. If", "difficult. If t...
[ "to discuss the S101 exam after e takes the S101 exam and before", "previous exams from the previous semester of 2014, exams from 2013, 2012, etc.", "discuss the S101 exam after e takes the S101 exam and before I", "about previous exams known to change?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/46665/when...
[ "research group is extremely relevant for my research interests. I have received funding", "to accept me as a student, because the work he is doing in", "again and request to accept me as a student, because the work he", "relevant PhD supervisor who refused to supervise my PhD project by saying that", "a st...
[ "it 'a must' to state min/max values in addition to mean(+-std) when writing", "'a must' to state min/max values in addition to mean(+-std) when writing a", "Is it 'a must' to state min/max values in addition to mean(+-std) when", "must' to state min/max values in addition to mean(+-std) when writing a public...
[ "in a popular science magazine or online in a science blog or personal", "a popular science magazine or online in a science blog or personal webpage", "an article (that could be found written in a popular science magazine or", "science magazine or online in a science blog or personal webpage say) for", "be ...
[ "The difficulty thus lies in: How to convince the reader of my vita", "verifiable way, since the conferences' websites and programs are not in English. For", "application to PhD programs I have the following question: I have presented papers", "helpful. The difficulty thus lies in: How to convince the reader ...
[ "thesis), should a conference paper which is published as \"proceedings\" in a peer-reviewed", "for a PhD thesis), should a conference paper which is published as \"proceedings\"", "paper which is published as \"proceedings\" in a peer-reviewed journal be categorized as", "publications\" (e.g. for a PhD thesi...
[ "really not sure what they are looking for or how to express this.", "articles. > > **Research publications** > > > Include articles published or accepted", "multi-authored publications, plus the standing of the journal or conference. > > >", "to express this. Is it the impact factor of the journal? And what"...
[ "from the `gtools` package to determine whether an integer is odd or even.", "or analyze data). However, I have also some packages, of which I used", "function is only a single line long, and I could have written it", "used only a single, little function. For example, I used the `odd` function", "is already...
[ "theoretical physics on the importance of acquiring skills suitable for non-academic careers to", "have more highly educated people in the society rather than fewer. Are advisers", "across a few years earlier. The two physicist panelists blatantly dodged my question.", "earlier. The two physicist panelists bl...
[ "got it accepted in a journal. Can I then give a talk on", "Let's say I wrote a paper and got it accepted in a journal.", "wrote a paper and got it accepted in a journal. Can I then", "a talk on that paper at a conference? What are the relevant factors", "then give a talk on that paper at a conference? What...
[ "'six'. Recently though, I've been thinking this strategy adds unnecessary complications. Is there", "than 10 in words. For example, if I need to write the number", "I write 'six'. Recently though, I've been thinking this strategy adds unnecessary complications.", "I need to write the number 6, I write 'six'....
[ "per week on regular basis and near deadlines even they should cut off", "been accepted by the department, not a specific faculty member. Also my funding", "have a life and just work? And finally do all advisors keep threatening", "a specific faculty member. Also my funding is coming from TAship not his", "...
[ "it in my own words would only obscure the meaning. Putting a long", "am writing a paper, in which I must include a definition of a", "include it verbatim, as opposed to citing it. Rewriting it in my own", "mathematical definition (perhaps half a page) in quotes looks bizarre and messes up", "a paper, in wh...
[ "a set of equations that are explained in any undergrad numerical analysis book.", "do that for you in a paper. He told me he would have", "page of equations can do that for you in a paper. He told", "the moment told me it was just better to comply and get the", "you in a paper. He told me he would have fou...
[ "By \"reprint\", I mean the PDF of a paper, requested from the author", "the PDF of a paper, requested from the author by someone who doesn't", "several papers, and doesn't want to give a reprint to anyone unless he", "doesn't want to give a reprint to anyone unless he knows and approves", "why they want it...
[ "2. I don't feel confident about the programming task that has to be", "end of the month 2. I don't feel confident about the programming task", "best on me? I'm afraid I am causing too much communication overhead unnecessarily", "Jaaqon not to go: They may require me to sign the official thesis", "I shut up...
[ "sake of argument we can assume I'd be equally happy moving to any", "over the next few months to begin applying for a postdoctoral fellowship. Several", "do have a wife and children and (insert salary here: $45,000 for example)", "(insert salary here: $45,000 for example) allows a much different standard of ...
[ "affiliation as my University because that is where I did my work as", "a student. So, for registering in the conference, do I have to pay", "conference, do I have to pay the full registration fee (because I am", "some work as part of my final year undergraduate project and wrote a", "which has now been acc...
[ "in *partnership* with a company, at some universities, an agreement is signed between", "a PhD Thesis. Basically, are all results presented in a thesis supposed to", "*most* of the results. The line drawn between what its supposed to be", "to draw and often depends on the company as well as the topic.", "b...
[ "law\" was a way to bypass law school and still enter the law", "and such a university in England. But I thought \"reading law\" was a", "saw a reference to someone \"reading law\" at such and such a university", "what do they call it? In the US, do persons who read law", "only in the United States? Any oth...
[ "of his published paper by rephrasing the published paper, then to what extent", "to what extent can *s* use the contents of *p*? Or, the person", "*s* use the contents of *p*? Or, the person *s* has no right", "up a piece explaining the contents of *p*, then to what extent can", "then to what extent can *s...
[ "current state of affairs in my Alma Mater. So I just read an", "(LLS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign met on Wednesday, September 3,", "case at the University of Illinois. I happen to be a UIUC alumnus,", "major news out of the University of Illinois is that two more departments", "the we...
[ "students to bring them. The problem is, the students are walking out the", "must go out and buy everything again. Most items individually are cheap (~$1", "items. Some items are infrequently used or kept ready on standby when time", "up over time. I am surprised to find such behavior among college freshmen."...
[ "years, or should I separate the different amounts (tuition/stipend). Isn't this a fellowship/scholarship/grant", "rarely do master students get this kind of RAship? edit: while RA's are", "RA's are common in the US and the fact that they pay stipend/tuition", "should I separate the different amounts (tuition...
[ "I should get a Master degree (I'm from Europe). As you might know,", "about, and I think I have quite a wide mathematical education. I can", "I'm studying for exams and such, but nothing more than that. I have", "thinking about) whether I should pursue a PhD or go work in the", "PhD or go work in the indus...
[ "I used the following sentence: > > \"There seems to be a misunderstanding", "reviewer's misunderstanding made the editor suggest a major revision of the paper. In", "seems to be a misunderstanding about the methodology, which we > hope to", "Contrary to what the reviewer states, ...\" > > > Hope this update"...
[ "another company for another photo). Write it on the image or write \"courtesy", "seeking permission, but they did not reply after a week and I cannot", "Write it on the image or write \"courtesy of ...\" (I have seen", "criticize anything and did not admire it either (but it could be a", "to use the permis...
[ "situation remains the (in my opinion, disgraceful) exception rather than the rule. EDIT:", "and this period of estivation is needed to avoid burnout. But is this", "1. It's nothing like nine months, especially when you factor in exam marking", "preparation for the following year etc. 2. Did I forget to menti...
[ "to deans and not to faculty members, a statement that members of the", "transform it from a \"professorship\" into the law school's very first endowed \"chair.\"", "to increase his salary but to augment his administrative line of funds for", "chairs to be used more often for administrative support of the dea...
[ "their journal for consideration. What do I win if I don’t keep this", "is not worthy of publication. * If I get accepted by one of", "publication from one of them. In any case how can submitting to two", "journals negatively impact my reputation more than the gain by being actually accepted?", "worthy of p...
[ "to submit it in arxiv and it seems to me that the acceptance", "the future. When submitting papers, we see an option to submit it in", "Currently, I am a PhD student from material science and I wish to", "science and I wish to become a TT professor in the future. When", "see an option to submit it in arxiv...
[ "I refer to my philosophy degree at all in my personal statement? Does", "degree was in philosophy put me at a disadvantage in terms of applying", "Does the fact that my very first degree was in philosophy put me", "interests changed and I did a BSc in mathematics. I am currently finishing", "terms of apply...
[ "no funding/internal funding distinction important for a potential post doc supervisor to know?", "my lab, I am interested in if the applicant is going to be", "your PhD studies on your CV, is not well liked. When evaluating potential", "studies on your CV, is not well liked. When evaluating potential post do...
[ "a very arrogant thing to say. However, for a very long time I", "likely, that no one would support a rebellion (i.e. switching a supervisor), because", "this situation makes me very unhappy. I can't see any way out, but", "to choose someone from the start of my PhD and the time is", "to say. However, for a...
[ "in dollars of external funding rather than by some other, more idealistic measure.", "measure. That means that pure mathematics, for instance, seems to be much less", "they were 20 years ago with regard to the importance of obtaining funding", "other, more idealistic measure. That means that pure mathematics...
[ "thought is that if they learn the process for solving problems, then they", "I get it - learning how to think is harder than memorizing facts.", "ideas that are important, but it's the learning and thinking processes that are", "how to think is harder than memorizing facts. How do I effectively communicate",...
[ "reflective teaching to analyze their teaching, in the hope that they can improve", "make the lessons more interesting. Assume that students only earn an A by", "hope that they can improve their course for subsequent terms. If a teacher", "is an A, and students not made aware of this goal, would such", "to ...
[ "of a colleague graduated from a US university. There was no score for", "effect on the cumulative GPA. Is it common? How the dissetation quality controls", "the cumulative GPA. Is it common? How the dissetation quality controls the final", "`Pass` with no effect on the cumulative GPA. Is it common? How the",...
[ "CPU-years and ran a number of simulations to see how they went. When", "`X` do almost exactly as well as the control 2. Variations of the", "tests, I will only tell the rest of the world **about 5% of", "others, not spend time trying them. I have read that it is a", "prevent others, not spend time trying t...
[ "a masters degree and the others unknown. One of the PhD (call him", "their overall knowledge level. Do you also feel that people with higher degrees", "government company (in the utilities) in the US. I accidentally found a file", "PhD, 1 with a masters degree and the others unknown. One of the", "followed...
[ "provided me funding from her own grant money in the past in order", "PhD, in addition to other things that require such letters (Teach for America,", "that require such letters (Teach for America, Summer School, etc.). All of these", "to ask her for letters of recommendation on her maternity leave, and if", ...
[ "say to him ? NOTE: my reason for asking him is this: I", "am afraid in implementing any idea which do not lead to good result", "NOTE: my reason for asking him is this: I am sure he knows", "also working on the some aspects of his codes (the implementation of his", "implementation of his paper). Now it is ...
[ "would quite like to buy a \"thank you\" gift for my supervisor (although,", "embarrassed to receive one). I'm just wondering whether a gift is the done", "receive one). I'm just wondering whether a gift is the done thing? And", "a gift is the done thing? And if so, what sort of gift", "the socially awkward...
[ "take a look rather than reading the review. However, I could imagine the", "make academics write book reviews? If it does add to their prestige, how", "any, make academics write book reviews? If it does add to their prestige,", "how much? Is it, very roughly, possible to say that one research article", "se...
[ "B. I guess one can generalize to papers {A,B,C,...} and find all papers", "guess one can generalize to papers {A,B,C,...} and find all papers that cite", "one can generalize to papers {A,B,C,...} and find all papers that cite all", "generalize to papers {A,B,C,...} and find all papers that cite all of them."...
[ "was wondering whether, after submitting my thesis, there are any issues (legal or", "if I publish parts of my thesis as a paper in a journal.", "and I was wondering whether, after submitting my thesis, there are any issues", "recently graduated and I was wondering whether, after submitting my thesis, there a...
[ "of the major ones ever solicit such things. I'm not aware of any", "aware of any examples of \"publishing\" slides either, so I'd be curious what", "web page, what more can I do to get use out of them?", "it would be nice to see if there's a MOOC that would be", "to get use out of them? For example, it wou...
[ "paid by his home university. Then, he is not a regular employee of", "leave, his salary is partially paid by his home university. Then, he is", "the ID card issued? My question is: *When the HR is creating a", "HR or similar central unit issues the ID card, not individual departments. Shouldn't", "the univ...
[ "them was about email domain. I was wondering if it is a good", "about email domain. I was wondering if it is a good idea to", "when you are sending mailing your professor. One of them was about email", "is a good idea to use personal website domain? (eg. email@sadafnoor.com) (Does the", "sending mailing yo...
[ "can visit him and what sort of information should I provide? * When", "the visit, or would it just be that me and professor X would", "the time of my visit? Would I have any academic requirements (e.g. to", "usually? I mean, would professor X become a sort of supervisor for the", "and what sort of informat...
[ "submit is a list of my publications as indexed in WoS. This is", "of quality and contribution to the field) as any of my journal publications;", "well in that, if I query my name and field, it returns all", "an application to a tenure-track job, and one of the things I have", "field, it returns all of my j...
[ "to all of them so that's not an issue but I'd like to", "standard way. I don't know which edition to cite. The actual copy I've", "the standard way. I don't know which edition to cite. The actual copy", "of them so that's not an issue but I'd like to be able", "actual copy I've been using is a hardback 197...
[ "will admit students with \"low end\" but not \"off the charts low\" grades", "end\" but not \"off the charts low\" grades if the respective sports teams", "or allowance for the athlete. Suppose a certified athlete tried to get into", "GPA which is the cut-off for certain graduate school programs. What consti...
[ "responses. After a certain amount of back and forth, my institution has adopted", "All other course material, including but not limited to slides developed by the", "**Publishing or redistributing this material in a way that might give others an", "is available on the public web and I return assignments with...
[ "doing a Master's degree in computer science and i was thinking about doing", "I'm currently doing a Master's degree in computer science and i was thinking", "graduation- I nearly don't do mathematics anymore, currently all what I am doing", "transition feasible? how can I make this leap of faith? Kindly note...
[ "outside of the US (Africa or Southeast Asia), where I do hope to", "degree programs in various cities in the US, so I'm applying for jobs", "to staying with them for a certain amount of time? I would love", "in the same cities. When she finishes her program, we plan to move", "professor positions. Should I...
[ "I'm not so concerned when talking to my friends, but in an academic", "one instructing the class, I am just *helping* instruct the class, but I'd", "professor) is it appropriate for me to say \"my students\" when referring to", "another professor) is it appropriate for me to say \"my students\" when referrin...
[ "any **general** (not field-specific) *researcher digital identification* services or directories, *similar* to *ORCID*", "there any **general** (not field-specific) *researcher digital identification* services or directories, *similar* to", "Are there any **general** (not field-specific) *researcher digital id...
[ "a hypothetical question so no hard facts about conferences etc. Say for example", "standing and there is no disadvantage to attend the other one such as", "present a paper at but you also get accepted at another university's conference", "on a CV or would there be a view that the presentation at", "that th...
[ "which would be preferable and which should be avoided. Avoiding the whole problem", "options, which would be preferable and which should be avoided. Avoiding the whole", "the source of text samples used to illustrate some concept or analysis result", "example. Copyright fair use policies allow to use such li...
[ "it. I should have choose something that matched my abilities and preferences, for", "the time that I wrote this post it seemed utterly impossible to achieve", "at some point my advisor started to complain about my lack of results.", "is, and what I must do to advance the state of art with", "choose somethi...
[ "for submitting the application and I do not believe I would have enough", "transcribe what the ad specifically says: > > 1. You must do your", "article putting my ideas about one research interest of them? The problem here", "I would not have the enough time to go through a lot of", "the > application proc...
[ "Michigan) find funding for math research during the summer. In the past I", "past I have seen some get funding from the NSF REU program. The", "least at my school). Are there any other research grants that are given", "research grants that are given to undergrads that could last the entire summer?", "Unive...
[ "If the feedback is not positive, then (and only then) move on to", "the applicant could contact the research group that looks the most relevant or", "normal. However, in some other places it is possible that if the applicant", "What is the usual or best way for applying in various countries? I", "applying ...
[ "seeking by giving such talks? Also, who can give such talks (a researcher,", "I don't know what's the role of colloquiums in academia and what the", "which about his/her own research interests. These talks are a little different from", "about his/her own research interests. These talks are a little different...
[ "They have far more resources to investigate plagiarism. Furthermore, in contrast to editors,", "investigate plagiarism. Furthermore, in contrast to editors, referees do not get paid and", "journal. The main idea introduced in the paper was nice and the experimental", "of reviewing, I had checked all the refe...
[ "state that the reason is not the insufficient quality of the paper, but", "experience particularly for first-time authors very prolonged. The argument is, that I would", "many months, perhaps even more than a year in the back and forward", "Transactions class). However, my advisor and another professor, who ...
[ "myself? If so, what would be a good email? This university is very", "email saying \"I am happy to support you\". I immediately prepared a research", "her as a reminder of myself? If so, what would be a good", "so, what would be a good email? This university is very important to", "proposal and sent it to ...
[ "day. My professor has decided that he should have the students stay an", "have the students stay an extra 30-45 minutes after class on the day", "minutes 3 times a week, then the pace would have to be much", "doing this. It has to do with the pacing of the course--if we", "makes me uncomfortable, because I...
[ "to me that this talk is something akin to a dissertation defense, only", "initial 6 year evaluatory period, I imagine their publication/teaching/grant record should pretty much", "all the research I've done over the initial 6 year period. But my", "weight in the tenure committee's final evaluation to keep me...
[ "Is this normal or is this a sign that the advisor doesn't care", "am a 2nd year graduate student in physics, at one of the top", "a sign that the advisor doesn't care at all? Should I try and", "disappears. I am really worried. Is this normal or is this a sign", "the semester -10 days ago- but I didn't get...
[ "when I'm really not doing much (essentially just checking every 1-2 minutes to", "of my day doing 5, 10, 20 and 30 minute experiments (both biological", "latter project and end up making mistakes in it or b) I'm procrastinate", "small, awkward period of times (< 30 minutes) - is there something which", "me...
[ "to some other university. Shall I write him again and if yes how", "be moving to some other university. Shall I write him again and if", "that he is interested but he said we should do a skype interview", "said we should do a skype interview first. He also stated that he", "some other university. Shall I w...
[ "one replies to every \"thank you\"? I realized sometimes misunderstanding may unnecessarily arise", "I want to know, since I am not a native English speaker, whether", "thank-you email from a professor? For example, if every time you get an", "professor saying \"Thanks,\" you reply \"no problem\" or \"you ar...
[ "had enormous overlap with one of my papers, which they cited, and they", "work. I do this pretty rarely, because I think it's often abused by", "mistake that didn't change any significant conclusions. Subsequently they built a minor industry", "imagine any interpersonal conflict that's behind the omission. A...
[ "PhD, my supervisor has advised me to stay consistent with the name for", "already have some publications under my current name, `FirstName1 LastName`, which I do", "working towards my PhD degree. In the very near future, I will have", "publication stats tools, such as Google Scholar, include my publications ...
[ "3 months, and for the past month have hired directly for a research", "is, I do not need advice on legal matters in terms of workplace", "the past month have hired directly for a research project full time (they", "can just fire the student, in fact, they were a bit too keen", "this is, I do not need advic...
[ "it should be already in two-column format. Also it says figures should go", "Wiley. In the guidelines for authors it is only mentioned it should be", "is part of Wiley. In the guidelines for authors it is only mentioned", "should be already in two-column format. Also it says figures should go at", "the end...
[ "I not even apply? **Edit:** My initial question had 2 parts so I", "second part of my question - would it be unethical? I also know", "me?\"), is posted on Workplace.SE. It is a different question and I expect", "scholarship sponsored by employer affect my employer's perception of me?\"), is posted on", "o...
[ "your undergrad school and a few much-lower ranked grad schools, what would be", "idea to go to the same school as your undergrad to get your", "graduate education. However, in the situation that you get into only your undergrad", "as your undergrad to get your graduate education. However, in the situation th...
[ "increase for tenure and promotion from assistant to associate professor in the US?", "salary increase for tenure and promotion from assistant to associate professor in the", "What is a reasonable percentage salary increase for tenure and promotion from assistant", "a reasonable percentage salary increase for...
[ "now. I am now interested in applying to graduate school again but this", "ask this question? **Further Considerations** If the answer to the above question is", "then for at least two of the professors, I can suggest showing them", "paint me in as positive of a light as they would have if", "their class. T...
[ "area of interest. There is a big disconnect between the solutions practitioners need", "paper (e.g. “Proposed Solution for X” or “(new) Model for Y”) well before", "have many ideas which I believe can solve some small problems in my", "in my area of interest. There is a big disconnect between the solutions",...
[ "do one good. What makes me want to ask here is a case", "my concern is: Is this phenomenon general enough to suggest one should avoid", "out that those documents using big, learned words instead got somewhat lower rating", "does not use the erudite words in an affected way? If you are", "simple, direct wor...
[ "from that I'd say I'm a fairly decent student, I got an upper", "this failure as it would reflect poorly on my transcript if I were", "Master's programme. Will my failing grade affect my chances of getting into a", "course last semester because I was not able to hand in a home", "in a home work assignment ...