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[ "thought that label seemed wrong. Without question he is an accomplished neurosurgeon, perhaps", "individual that inspired it. I'm really interested in the more general issue that", "I want this thread to fixate solely on the individual that inspired it.", "that label seemed wrong. Without question he is an a...
[ "PhD student kills himself, how does that affect the advisor? Does it count", "does that affect the advisor? Does it count against him for tenure purposes?", "student kills himself, how does that affect the advisor? Does it count against", "kills himself, how does that affect the advisor? Does it count agains...
[ "partial DEs, and an independent learning study on primality. So far I have", "an A in every course. The problem this is late in the game", "Having taken lots of math classes, I've managed to forget a lot of", "to jog my memory. I also don't believe I have the mind like", "to any real ability. How do I know...
[ "> Personally, I feel like being cheated. I mean, I have spent time", "publisher was on those indexing sites, and it was true; so far so", "A few days after my notification letter, I checked up again at the", "sign any document. On the conference site they have put the following (I", "published in the XXXX ...
[ "of the acceptance and directed to register for the conference. The information we", "register for the conference. The information we were sent currently does not mention", "and the schedule is not yet posted. Does this mean that I will", "abstract accepted by a UK conference and will be submitting the final ...
[ "in the most kindly possible way, now she says we are bullying her!", "program the most I can in my laptop instead of using the HPCC,", "accepted by our supervisor. She is destroying the amicable relations in our lab", "lied to get accepted by our supervisor. She is destroying the amicable relations", "situ...
[ "do this (at least so it seems to me) and I also would", "this question: *When it comes to that point, how could a publisher actually", "in my country, legal disputes on whether the buy* button was actually clicked", "already signed a copyright agreement. This always makes me ask myself this question:", "...
[ "more important than understanding how and why the society around you functions, the", "is a class everyone should take, because it's actually useful, not like forced", "enough to not attend classes more often and find out. I make up", "me at the time.) * Boys are bad at wearing work clothes for", "that h...
[ "postdocs concerned, in the first university there is no chance I ever get", "good luck, especially the supervisor who faught a lot secure me funding. I", "my PhD research. My only commitment to the first university is a mail", "not have any legal commitments since I have not signed anything. The supervisor",...
[ "written a number of books and papers on the issue. I don't yet", "unit (undergraduate class) at my university which deals very much with topics researched", "I thought it would be wise to ask now, rather than with a", "an 'unfair advantage') to clarify anything on the subject matter with him, or", "Additio...
[ "who have went through this process. What can a student do now in", "wonder what should a student optimally do during this time to smoothly transit", "the designated graduate program. Some thoughts: 1. Build up relationships with other graduate", "reading papers on the topic of focus 3. Start preparing course...
[ "edited and revised every two years out of greed? Certain subjects tied to", "for playing your little part in the grand national pastime of burying America’s", "sort of economist. He’s a blatant liar. Why does [his book cost $320](https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/128516587X)?", "outrageously pric...
[ "relates to physics. How should I handle students who are interested but asks", "into the class with years worth of experience in calculus. Sometimes they will", "coming from the prof since he or she most reasonable have a thing", "most reasonable have a thing or two to say about the subject. Furthermore,", ...
[ "questions immediately after lecture. Due to other activities, I cannot have office hours", "to me in front of my students. What would you do in my", "I really don't understand what \"simple\" things she meant and what \"games\" I", "my case? Added later: There are no official rules regarding classroom oc...
[ "against n datasets? How would we perform evaluation for methods that can't be", "knowledge, isn't used anywhere else. Is it valid to evaluate it on its", "else. Is it valid to evaluate it on its own, for example by", "n datasets? How would we perform evaluation for methods that can't be compared", "nov...
[ "investigated the impact (e.g. on public health) of specific actions or policies (e.g.", "Assuming that the research motivation is scientifically justified, the methodology is sound, the", "results are \"unbiased\" and reproducible, and support was only received from an independent", "or health expenditure cu...
[ "on lecture content](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/30728/as-a-student-should-i-offer-alternative-ways-of-understanding-a-point-in-lectur), [handling unintelligible lecturers](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/16858/a-lecturer-is-hard-to-understand-what-to-do) and [handling lecturers who ju...
[ "me: *Our students enter the program, take two or three years of courses,", "strenuous task! To briefly explain, I have graduated with a good Bachelors of", "USA, I'm not sure how leisurely that would be in reality! Should I", "be in reality! Should I assume that Doctoral programs in the USA are", "clear th...
[ "students at the graduate level write lab reports? (I've seen some on K-12", "the lab experiment. Is there any research on the pedagogical benefit of having", "I am especially interested in research that describes how students learn by writing", "just reporting their results? I read [this paper](http://www....
[ "grant writing), I'm not sure why a position at a university would be", "reach a similar level. On the other hand, I know quite some people", "one at a laboratory. Is my impression wrong, or am I missing something?", "national/supernational scientific research laboratories, or at research divisions of operati...
[ "paper is extension of my first paper. I want to publish the second", "on my work, and I want to publish both in same conference. I", "to publish both in same conference. I have now submitted first paper and", "conference. I have now submitted first paper and it is yet to be", "and my second paper is extens...
[ "Is it true for US education? Would a part-time student who earns his/her", "The difference in the value of the degree/diploma is huge, in the depth", "who is studying the same program but full-time and on-campus? Do US employers", "prospective employers. Is it true for US education? Would a part-time student...
[ "I would prefer. Would rather avoid using LaTeX/BibTeX, since they seem like overkill.", "on. I think MS Office Word has a better system, but I've heard", "a certain type of entry, eg. WWW document, but the same settings will", "have the author displayed when and only when applicable). I know there are", "(...
[ "would welcome reviewer comments anyway. But I do not want to waste a", "cares about my comments. What is customary and ethical in such a situation?", "paper that violates the maximum number of pages by more than 10%. I", "welcome reviewer comments anyway. But I do not want to waste a day's", "believe that ...
[ "not be writing papers anymore, and my field is not like architecture where", "academics, I have a personal website with my research interests, projects, publications, and", "of their former departments, but they look quite dead with an obsolete email", "personal website. Edit 2: I'd like to make a website th...
[ "possible reasons for nodding off. In my case, it is most likely a", "All your answers made me go through all the possible reasons for nodding", "periods of time. During lectures and seminars, it is a completely different story.", "hold my attention - I find it a lot easier to put in", "through with long ho...
[ "where this does not take the form of a comprehensive written exam: ", "/ ECE PhD programs. *In departments where this does not take the form", "realize there are different forms that a qualifying exam can take in CS", "What is the role that the qualifying exam fulfills in the PhD program", "What is the a...
[ "subject matter experts involved. Are there any mathematical research associates out there that", "science, others engineering, and even the social sciences. In general all have contained", "large mathematics research projects tend to be? Do they tend to be smaller,", "\"size\" of P I'm interested in is: ``` ...
[ "given to students and academics in the US than there are in France.", "* Charles W. and Jennifer C. Johnson Prize * Jin Au Kong Thesis", "the US: * [MIT Inspirational Teacher Award](http://inspire.mit.edu/) * Everett Moore Baker Memorial Award", "and in the USA. I observed that there are many more awards giv...
[ "Science is, of course, very different from music (which is the subject of", "very talented graduate students, very famous professors, success is measured in Nobel Prizes", "field and Humanity. Science is, of course, very different from music (which is", "high end of the spectrum (i.e., not elementary s...
[ "a larger department. I'm interested in a list of PhD math programs by", "many avenues I can explore. I also worry that if I attend a", "going on so that there are many avenues I can explore. I also", "in a list of PhD math programs by number of students. So I've", "are many avenues I can explore. I also wo...
[ "I mentioned it to my professor recently. He became very angry. He asked", "Physics PhD student in the EU proposed a collaboration. He and I wrote", "project even though he was my supervisor then. I mentioned it to my", "that the paper was accepted. He is first author. I am second author.", "of us can prese...
[ "from other universities. Will using these lecture notes compared to official publications or", "to official publications or other dissertations reflect my dissertation in a bad light?", "from lecture handouts from other universities. Will using these lecture notes compared to", "other universities. Will usin...
[ "department, PhD admissions and funding are two separate processes, which means many PhD", "them secure funding, they are hesitant to make the switch out of a", "other source, at least in the 1st year. As such, it is fairly", "of their grant, these students are not risking their funding by switching (although...
[ "a difference. I realize that during my lectures, I must choose what to", "might be specific to the person but I am hoping to find some", "all 7 hours), in case that makes a difference. I realize that during", "is not about how to reduce my hours, it is about making healthy", "what to do with my body. Shoul...
[ "them all. Anyway, I have good reviews from my current students (I'm a", "concepts, developing lectures/labs, interacting with students. I do not really want to do", "current position? Can I become an instructor without doing a PhD once I", "- explaining concepts, developing lectures/labs, interacting with st...
[ "conflicts of interest, or is this entirely up to each journal? Requiring disclosure", "a bit silly to me, but making them disappear if they just happened", "obvious conflict of interest existed in the past, but doesn't exists anymore at", "This question is triggered by the recent allegations about Willie Soo...
[ "interact with students? For example, consider the following questions: 1. [How to deal", "top school by interviewing well or because their friend heads the department. College", "fraud and theft of one's work tends to be low compared to outside", "as strict and fair at the professor/student level. To give so...
[ "to publish a paper supervised by our professor. Our professor is listed as", "by our professor. Our professor is listed as the last author, which of", "on. Student B is listed afterwards, and I am the third listed author.", "our contribution has been the same. However, it is not listed in the", "the last a...
[ "paper, as required by e/mail. I didn't get even a confirmitation that the", "the years, such as the spring, summer and winter one. The deadline is", "the paper was received. Is this normal? Should I ask about the current", "the editors. I submitted my paper, as required by e/mail. I didn't get", "still hav...
[ "I learn best while working on homework problems and in one-on-one (or small", "own office hours. He has three scheduled office hours/homework help sessions each week", "I feel like I am not learning anywhere near as well as I", "holds office hours he also often comes late but is much more consistent", "hel...
[ "the reviews that the department or college solicits from students towards the end", "clarify, I am talking about the reviews that the department or college solicits", "The question is inspired by this [image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DhnmY.jpg) posted on reddit. Would this be", "posted on reddit. Would this...
[ "students. Her research topic is 100% in line with mine. But this school", "the offer. The school is also located at a nice city to live", "M.S. programs for my research focus, and for both, program directors contacted me", "to live in, and I'd love to live there. The other school, on", "person to congratul...
[ "same paper?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/31800) [Do all versions of an arXiv paper appear in Google Scholar?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/20172)", "cite my manuscript, but not the updated arxiv. Disclaimer. I am aware of", "arxiv version 2 months ago but Google Scholar does not detect it....
[ "with other potential supervisors), do you think it would be OK to try", "I would also be a great addition to the research team given my", "much research at many universities, I have found a supervisor whose research perfectly", "has only been a few days, and I intend to send follow up", "never hear back (b...
[ "see some students are falling behind as a result. Is there an appropriate,", "compared to my previous notes and although the major concepts are the same,", "have grown in difficulty since I originally took the course, and I feel", "the same, the examples used are overly complex, and I can see some", "I am ...
[ "I am getting an adequate salary in the current conditions and that I", "honest mistake or misunderstanding, whether I'm being a diva and my advisor just", "deductions with money from a different grant, and therefore that a new contract", "exactly how to negociate their salary in the future. Disclaimer An...
[ "little issues about my thesis would be resolved. His secretary said, this behaviour", "between them. After talking to my boss, I sent my professor another email", "the little issues about my thesis would be resolved. His secretary said, this", "to supervise me during the whole semester. Luckily, a professor ...
[ "I'd say that I wasn't affiliated with the school, wouldn't it look like", "studies at a very prominent university and has invited me to visit her.", "etc. And when I'd say that I wasn't affiliated with the school, wouldn't", "very prominent university and has invited me to visit her. Coming across the", "I...
[ "setting, I think that this honest answer won't be politically correct. Any suggestion", "even told that community college is just an extension of high school. The", "matured and motivated since college is not free. Are these assessments correct? 2.", "interviewer will ask me the difference between secondary ...
[ "final PhD, etc... I kind of do the same thing with my daughter.", "getting high impact authors to agree to write papers with me. Is there", "monetary payments would be fully disclosed before the transactions, to all relevant parties,", "to help provide her with the required knowledge, but require her to do",...
[ "importantly if a dean for example were to ignore student complains too many", "mean being a part of the rule making process, but also making sure", "of retaliations against him as a student. For me that's exactly the kind", "level (from specific studies, to the faculty level, to the university level, up", ...
[ "an institute and they provide each student an opportunity to make their own", "which they can put up as `www.[institute-webpage]/[username]`. Now, this webpage is not reviewed", "not reviewed by the institute. I made my homepage recently and I am", "and they provide each student an opportunity to make their ...
[ "is the style for a paper ``` function SIMPLE-REFLEX-AGENT(percept) returns an action static:", "have some papers which describe some computer algorithms. My algorithms have some input,", "am not sure that is the style for a paper ``` function SIMPLE-REFLEX-AGENT(percept)", "style for a paper ``` function SIM...
[ "However, I need to know the decision before April 15 to respond to", "that they are my top choice and if accepted I will almost surely", "about 10% acceptance rate). The Department said they may not be able to", "offers. In order to determine my chance, I have the following questions: 1.", "vary depending ...
[ "of highly respected professors with Macbooks. Now, I have never worked with a", "keen on status symbols? Isn't academia the one place where content should count,", "wealth? EDIT: while I agree that this question is prone to flame wars", "have enough money, students and scientific staff will follow. But also ...
[ "to subject-specific journals (e.g., PLOS ONE, J. R. Soc. Interface, etc.). If we", "Interface, etc.). If we discount arguments around open science and similar business model", "all journals (Nature, Science); others have impact factors comparable to subject-specific journals (e.g.,", "R. Soc. Interface, etc....
[ "something I'd like to improve and I'd love to write more in the", "reports? I have stumbled on so many half-assedly written assignments that it makes", "nice writing at all, so I don't have any example to base an", "inserts the occasional funny remark. I'm also writing so many project papers lately", "futu...
[ "any specific tricks and tips for organizing ones reading when the body of", "representative impression of the structure of the literature (that is, different strands of", "tricks and tips for organizing ones reading when the body of literature is", "linearly from A-Z, I would not have the time to finish my r...
[ "> > I wondering about citing the revisions which are available on-line at", "which are available on-line at eflora. There are now two revisions of this", "Manual, Vascular Plants of > California, Rev. 2, 2nd ed. University of California", "in the citation as above or some other way? And should I keep", ...
[ "want to know whether my PhD thesis supervisor (with whom I have co-authored", "whether my PhD thesis supervisor (with whom I have co-authored many papers) is", "supervisor (with whom I have co-authored many papers) is allowed to be a", "many papers) is allowed to be a reviewer for one of my journal", "co-a...
[ "procrastinated A LOT while working on my thesis. If I do my Ph.D.", "they learn to handle this habit better. My questions: 1. Is true that", "this habit vanishes as the individual gets more senior in academia. So maybe", "LOT while working on my thesis. If I do my Ph.D. I expect", "gets more senior in acad...
[ "that. For that reason, I was wondering that in case of a rejection,", "short, I worked through all the reviewers comments and added more information on", "all the article again before submitting it with the new material? or should", "a journal, but that the work should contain at least 30% more contribution"...
[ "competition, i.e. will there be another post-doc working on the same project? Any", "have been positive so far and I will be visiting some labs in", "US now, was to investigate whether or not there is a tradition of", "to investigate whether or not there is a tradition of inter-group competition, i.e.", ...
[ "have not heard anything new from my former advisor about the paper. I", "journal. A couple of weeks have passed by and I would like to", "and I would like to know the status, but I have not heard", "anything new from my former advisor about the paper. I thus am wondering:", "asking my former advisor about ...
[ "a PhD. Some passages from my Master's thesis is relevant to my PhD", "online service; so it's out there) and am now doing a PhD. Some", "doing a PhD. Some passages from my Master's thesis is relevant to my", "ago (which is available to view from my University's online service; so it's", "PhD and could be u...
[ "I like the research topics but the people are a bit strange and", "offers: Team a) I like the people but the research topics rather just", "b) I like the research topics but the people are a bit strange", "rather just ok. Team b) I like the research topics but the people", "but the people are a bit strange...
[ "out a sentence structure that is different from all of them. I mean", "sentences from my and others' acknowledges and just replace the people's names? Is", "xxx throughout my Ph.D. period.\" For my master thesis's acknowledge, I tried very", "I tried very hard to rephrase the sentences to avoid repeating oth...
[ "important to note that most of the material would likely just be more", "without a mathematics PhD might have a chance at publishing something? It might", "material would likely just be more on the recreational side of things. Thanks", "likely just be more on the recreational side of things. Thanks in advanc...
[ "conferences, teaching some classes, etc. Each of those activities presents serious challenges. For", "in his mind or does he scribble some notes on software? Or maybe", "giving conferences, teaching some classes, etc. Each of those activities presents serious challenges.", "up to date with current literature...
[ "these papers are being reviewed and what is the formalism behind accepting or", "rejecting them? Many such papers fail to present a framework/criteria/dimension for the field", "framework/criteria/dimension for the field (maybe due to complexity), but is there any effort", "reviewed and what is the formalism...
[ "if they accept such citations but I was just wondering if this is", "this question if it is. I've read a number of PhD dissertations and", "the university if they accept such citations but I was just wondering if", "haven't come across one which cites a conference paper, only journals (and the", "across on...
[ "in academic environment, between Ph.D issued by most Universities and D.Tech issued by", "will like to know if there is any difference (if any) in academic", "out of curiosity, I will like to know if there is any difference", "between Ph.D issued by most Universities and D.Tech issued by University of Techno...
[ "to ours) that claims a similar result. We were not inspired by this", "were not inspired by this earlier work and we could not have found", "this is not a case of not having done proper literature survey a", "is not a case of not having done proper literature survey a priori.", "work and we could not have ...
[ "one can find possible donors? For instance, an academic can propose a plan", "they can raise fund for the plan or not. In parallel, the person", "to university officials for establishing an innovative research center. University officials check if", "research center. University officials check if they can ra...
[ "some academics would avoid accepting students (undergraduate or graduate) or other researchers requests", "a joint research? * After attending a workshop, seminar, talk? * After meeting", "avoid accepting students (undergraduate or graduate) or other researchers requests on Linkedin. So", "* After working on...
[ "with my advisor and I have to find a solution before everything gets", "have to find a solution before everything gets worst. Note: I take notes.", "the incredible amount of oral information passed to me, even if I have", "Bioinformatics. I know my weaknesses, especially that I am not good at speaking,",...
[ "price-tag. I'm from Europe so if it could be a European tool that", "I'm looking for a tool (web application) similar to Atlassian Confluence but for", "features like file uploading, to-do lists, calendar, rules assigning etc. Also it should", "of that is to allow selected teachers and students from differen...
[ "are poorly taught and much of the studying was self study. This then", "time and workload, and the resulting midterm mark is normally or bell shape", "people who had less workload earned higher scores, people who had more workload", "(because most courses have an average passing around a C or 70 instead", ...
[ "I am worried about looking totally incompetent. Is there some way for me", "So what is considered appropriate to ask your advisor without pushing him to", "fast replier to student emails regarding problems arising in his course. I wonder", "stuck here...can you point out how I can continue\". But the amount ...
[ "I had applied for a PhD to some colleges in the US, and", "cannot make any promises\". I feel that if the professor thought I had", "the US, and am waiting for admission results. A professor at a college", "in his replies. \"I can't make any promises\" seems to be a polite", "my application likely to be ac...
[ "evaluation approach is discovered which makes my results meaningless? Although I discussed my", "thesis defense? Just to calm down a bit and feel safe and secure!", "approach and everything I did with my advisor (postdoc not the prof), yet", "entire thesis useless. Yet of course he didn't lose his PhD degree...
[ "While the first program is outstanding, I find better fit in second program", "the second said they may not be able to let me know the", "is: would it be ethically unsound to accept the first offer prior to", "outstanding MS program and waitlisted for admission to another outstanding MS program. Both", "ra...
[ "my co-author is. Currently, the author line reads like (made-up author names) >", "is. Currently, the author line reads like (made-up author names) > > Fred", "references in standard IEEE template files. Should I sign up for IEEE just", "\"it is unclear if the first author is IEEE-affiliated\" (no, I am ...
[ "be the cardinality of the set\" > > > The professor said the", "said the proof was wrong. Then after tens of times of trial and", "of times such small mistakes like this and in hyphenation of a word", "when I wrote in my thesis: > > \"Let n be the cardinality", "the mistake is. Is my career in mathematics ...
[ "Currently it looks something like this, but I'm not sure if this is", "name is \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ and I am currently a \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_\\_ in high school. >", "not sure if this is OK. > > Hello, my name is \\_\\_\\_\\_\\_", "In this paper, we investigate.... > > > Notice how I changed from", "This is my first ...
[ "As a teenager what intrigued me about mathematics (and still does) was its", "small. So what are my questions? 1. Ideally I would have liked to", "PhD the processes of research and learning have been very slow, despite my", "2. Are there any options for mathematicians who really are not after a", "lack of ...
[ "but none seem to duplicate this exact one. [This question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/36794/have-researchers-any-incentive-to-publish-negative-or-confirmatory-results), for instance, covers", "not want others to have negative opinion about my work. There are many", "(or may not) end up being ...
[ "requirements for a MS and PhD are very similar with the primary difference", "PhD. I don't want to be dishonest but I don't want a career", "included full tuition waivers and similar work loads. The primary difference is one", "was to evaluate my job prospects and the prospects of a PhD around", "I don't w...
[ "have implemented it correctly. Then, in the last part, I apply it on", "been treated before in any paper/book I have found. To make things more", "should underline this fact as a novelty in the method application. According to", "will not be a novelty anymore, so I should not mention it in", "in those 2 la...
[ "India, in the comments Tom Curch mentions having received some from China, too.", "or this is some elaborate scam? If these are from real students, why", "Are these real students or this is some elaborate scam? If these are", "people with a little bit of copy&paste. Attached are real-looking CV's. Are these"...
[ "a BibTeX like this one: ``` @misc{spangler1988method, title={Method and system for measurement of", "4,741,207} } ``` I do want to cite Google as the publisher. Rather", "Patents}, note={US Patent 4,741,207} } ``` I do want to cite Google as", "I do want to cite Google as the publisher. Rather the patent is"...
[ "doubting the importance of academic/non-academic research. During my first year, I felt like", "academic research? Why should research exist when most of the papers will only", "us in the position to be talking about such ideas and can actually", "a very select few will be accepted by the general public. Dis...
[ "regularly? EDIT: In this case, their work isn't directly related to the MS", "works at a university and is considering taking courses there (which the university", "is considering taking courses there (which the university allows and subsidizes for its", "a capacity that isn't related to any particular depar...
[ "position in US, does it make sense to mention various significant achievements (finishing", "it make sense to mention various significant achievements (finishing in top 5% percent)", "does it make sense to mention various significant achievements (finishing in top 5%", "competitions have their weight for tec...
[ "that only papers where you are the first-author will contribute to your dissertation,", "only papers where you are the first-author will contribute to your dissertation, isn't", "Given that only papers where you are the first-author will contribute to your", "dissertation, isn't it a poor use of time to be c...
[ "PhD in approximately 11 months. I feel my PhD has been mediocre. I", "Does anybody know of specific fellowships for such extreme cases? I was looking", "the EU. I will finish my PhD in approximately 11 months. I feel", "finish my PhD in approximately 11 months. I feel my PhD has been", "3. couple of course...
[ "to hear a degree conferred with \"all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto.\"", "discover what the rights and privileges pertaining to a MA or PhD degree", "United States, to hear a degree conferred with \"all the rights and privileges", "thereto.\" How would one discover what the rights and privileg...
[ "a person. I am wondering how much stock I should put into the", "I am wondering how much stock I should put into the h-index, both", "wondering how much stock I should put into the h-index, both as a", "how much stock I should put into the h-index, both as a personal", "am wondering how much stock I should...
[ "and D is the professor of the workgroup. Should I now cite this", "of the authors does not really say anything about their role in the", "a paper with autors A, B, C and D. Their names appear sorted", "authors does not really say anything about their role in the paper. When", "order of the authors does not...