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[ "general test. As a math major preparing to apply to math PhD programs,", "required a moderate amount of concentration; I finished the verbal portion quickly since", "a matter of being able to read carefully and know fancy words. Should", "able to read carefully and know fancy words. Should I retake the test"...
[ "I ensure that my job is not denied due to non-academic reasons like", "sponsor non-EU candidates like me or is it the responsibility of the PI", "strict visa rules, I am not sure if my application would be shortlisted.", "the PI to make the proper arrangements? How can I ensure that my", "the PI. However, ...
[ "been working on a paper for quite a long time with three other", "shouldn't work and suggesting considering a different direction - the final version of", "finish it on time without realizing we are following a dead-end. So, he", "he deserves being listed as an author if he wishes, but the problem", "compl...
[ "me out? Consider this situation, an author \"x\" of the country \"c\" ,", "\"p\" has received from the country \"c\", is that possible? Is that so,", "that possible? Is that so, three situations can happen. One is that \"only\"", "situation, an author \"x\" of the country \"c\" , publishes a paper \"p\"", ...
[ "am curious about the no-degree (past upper secondary school, i.e. no BSc, MSc,", "academic degrees working as professors or permanent staff members? There are two related", "Master's degree without Bachelor's degree?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/26786/is-it-possible-to-obtain-a-masters-degree-...
[ "files in any special way – if you would need to, submitting from", "But these are exceptional cases: In most situations, you would decide that a", "is ready for submission without any change? Or do you not have to", "to the ArXiv, you would have to wait this time before you can", "ArXiv number for submitti...
[ "in a given publication, is it considered necessary to use the same programming", "want to optimize a technique used in a given publication, is it considered", "technique used in a given publication, is it considered necessary to use the", "a given publication, is it considered necessary to use the same progr...
[ "in it. My goal is not to reach other students, but depending on", "find it when searching for it, and most courses reuse homework questions and", "but ok if it's a general problem? * Does it depend on length?", "and university name, not publish the homework question itself? I'm mainly asking about", "be in...
[ "and areas of study. While currently I'm preparing my research (have an agenda)", "a university level, I'm curious about the following. While I do have pretty", "have pretty decent (some people, even, say, very good [*he is blushing*]) informal", "some advice on relevant *resources*, including MOOCs and books...
[ "am specifically looking to contact people in the humanities, particularly Asian Studies, working", "because degrees from even well known universities in Japan are not considered on", "going for a PhD, but **I am specifically looking to contact people in", "of interest. Also, any permanent or semi-permanent t...
[ "study at schools. I will help the teachers there help them solving homeworks.", "researcher =============== The second one is being a data researcher in a technology", "grad school anyway. * Know what the outside world looks like. I know", "time to search for professors. * I have an idea about running a", ...
[ "(APA). Is it okay to do so? If yes, how should this be", "essay (APA). Is it okay to do so? If yes, how should this", "in an essay (APA). Is it okay to do so? If yes, how", "should this be formatted? Should the quote be in italics followed by an", "Is it okay to do so? If yes, how should this be formatted?...
[ "a \"Cited By\" option, but there is no way to download this list", "a way to get these as a CSV or Excel. Is there any", "Excel) list of references and list of papers which cited the given paper.", "to somehow download an easily manipulated (CSV, Excel) list of references and list", "paper. On Google Schol...
[ "present a **formalism** for something. First, what probably they are going to do?", "what probably they are going to do? (for example in the field of", "I see some papers that aim to present a **formalism** for something. First,", "that aim to present a **formalism** for something. First, what probably they ...
[ "concept and spend more time on the actual findings of my research. How", "do this though? Currently I have a slide with a rather long quote", "with this though, as in my opinion a simplified sentence implies the stuff", "concept, though the focus is how said concept can be used in company", "not entirely h...
[ "to select among members of the editorial board, because I assume they're not", "Who do they want me to select from? --- Yes, I've seen [this", "that I should select from among members of the editorial board, or do", "members of the editorial board, this sounds like a really bad system, which", "in English....
[ "I more or less have an idea of what I need to discuss.", "conference in 2 days, and I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to", "the second author in a paper that recently got published. So I more", "to at most 15 slides but what I'm dreading the most is the", "I'm supposed to be doing, to be blunt. I was t...
[ "of the pre-print. According to him, following are the chief points of difference,", "precisely how much he had been benefited from the paper in the **Acknowledgements**", "very curious position. He has been researching on a number theoretic problem for", "to mention precisely how much he had been benefited f...
[ "may not relevant to this website, but I saw a question of same", "very much for your very informative answers. To be more precise, I would", "by other irrelevant things even with university affairs [university classes will be Mozh,", "**for research**). 2. Even with prestigious universities it involves a lot...
[ "to find a job in some university after being out of academia for", "PhD around age 45, is it possible to find a job in some", "and start a BSc around age 35 and finish my PhD around age", "and finish my PhD around age 45, is it possible to find a", "age 45, is it possible to find a job in some university a...
[ "I'm not continuing here anyway). I don't have an excuse for this, and", "committing academic dishonesty? If I go to College Z this fall, I could", "answers on one homework assignment). The result is a B- in the class", "have an excuse for this, and I don't know why I decided to", "and a one-semester probat...
[ "Both degrees are internationally an MSc (as indicated on my diplomas). I know", "degrees are internationally an MSc (as indicated on my diplomas). I know that", "I can use the following: * drs. ir. Jozw Cie Since the Dutch", "Computer Science which gives me the Dutch title *ir*, and Science Communication whi...
[ "can a student get a academic mentor to help during publications and research.", "How can a student get a academic mentor to help during publications and" ]
[ "it? 4. If I have an original idea to propose a new model,", "papers) 3. If the answer of 1 or 2 is not, how many", "simulation and math. So, my questions: 1. Can I patent my own published", "These proposed models are not usually patented. For example in experimental papers and", "I have a published work th...
[ "his. But this makes the research of his group more focused. So, I", "a supervisor to have more diversitized research group. On the other hand, it", "for those whose research is close to his. But this makes the research", "just enough to comment about the feasibility and novelty of the research and", "of th...
[ "happened during my dissertation and the PhD that I started and dropped out", "accessible by the faculty involved. As a result, they simply think of me", "me to convince myself that I can overcome such obstacles, thus providing personal", "them? Also, how would I mention this to a potential future supervisor ...
[ "there and I want to fix it. I found similar questions ([here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/25804/what-to-do-when-you-discover-a-mistake-in-the-archived-copy-of-your-phd-thesis) and", "separate files for title and body. Now the typos is there and I", "discovered that I made a very silly mistake ...
[ "have them in my real name). If I had the choice, I would", "is {ElenZa} {võn Neumann} {Chúrch}, so {first name} {family name father} and {family", "proper citation would be võn Neumann Chúrch, but võn Neumann would be fine", "but I don't want to be cited as Chúrch or Võn. A proper", "Neumann} {Chúrch}, but...
[ "pursuing an academic job search (in parallel to the industry one), which includes", "(perhaps, geographically- or university-dependent) for essentially the same type of position? **Note:** My", "field is *Information Systems*, a discipline, which can be considered as a sub-domain", "have seen various titles ...
[ "pursuing an academic job search (in parallel to the industry one), which includes", "title reflect the type of freedom (or lack of) of the position? **Note:**", "field is *Information Systems*, a discipline, which can be considered as a sub-domain", "guidance), based on previously negotiated agenda, which fi...
[ "a *social sciences* discipline. **UPDATE (clarification).** This question is not an exact duplicate", "pursuing an academic job search (in parallel to the industry one), which includes", "some institutions/departments (usually, large), I see multiple positions that I think I would", "field is *Information Sy...
[ "in biological sciences and ballistics? Or is it enough that he or she", "lawyer, for example, have a solid background in biological sciences and ballistics? Or", "a solid background in biological sciences and ballistics? Or is it enough that", "and ballistics? Or is it enough that he or she understands crimi...
[ "his given name. But there is typically no confusion anyway, because when East", "often refer to this historical figure, even though this makes as much sense", "the risk of my peers having no idea which paper I am talking", "in 2014, should he be cited as *Ojafa (2014)* or *bin Laden (2014)?*", "names have ...
[ "is 3.6, which is not bad, but it's not great either. I think", "I am not inclined to list my GPA for this 'reaching out CV',", "bad, but it's not great either. I think the rest of my CV/profile", "either. I think the rest of my CV/profile is quite positive, but I", "I apply. So the question is whether I sh...
[ "or delay the review process, while his/her own submission got revised, accepted and", "is apparently aware of my original work, written three years prior to his/her", "will you do then? Suppose I am this famous researcher and I found", "a conference paper, and at the same time pretended that he/she didn't kn...
[ "on a project, which I expect will result in a long paper (60-100+", "have many short papers (say, of less then 10-15 pages)? or having many", "bad on my resume if I will have many short papers (say, of", "this stage of the career is good for me? Should I balance between", "I wonder if it would look bad on ...
[ "I believe that this will most likely come up as a question in", "an interview very shortly. Unfortunately my Masters grades are very bad and I", "likely come up as a question in the interview. I would like to", "will most likely come up as a question in the interview. I would", "Masters graduate in nanotec...
[ "which I need proper computational power. Assuming that my local university can't provide", "Assuming that my local university can't provide a server to run the code,", "I ask this question on Academia Stack Exchange is that most of the", "Stack Exchange is that most of the VPSs you can find on the", "Super...
[ "recommended to reject the paper but my decision was overridden because of two", "for a math journals. I recommended to reject the paper but my decision", "Is it a common practice to ask to see the other reviews ?", "thought of the paper. I am not going to fight about the paper", "practice to ask to see the...
[ "score anyway. What is the appropriate way to inform him about my appreciation", "solutions? (Also what if I don't have the occasion to meet him again?)", "his solutions? (Also what if I don't have the occasion to meet him", "inform him about my appreciation of his solutions? (Also what if I don't", "really...
[ "top graduate schools in physics. In this 4th year, I will take all", "the 4th year to increase my chances at top graduate schools in physics.", "learn them, and also achieving good grades in them would help me demonstrate", "would still like to take them because I am eager to learn them,", "grades in them ...
[ "to submit transcript of grade with the application. Is this true? Does the", "support my 3-5 year of PhD studies. There is no mention of needing", "needing to submit transcript of grade with the application. Is this true? Does", "am applying for an F31 Diversity Grant for Predoctoral studies to support my", ...
[ "with respect to this. Do editors normally go by author's preference or do", "for reviewers for their paper. I was wondering what is the norm like", "have provided preferences for reviewers for their paper. I was wondering what is", "account before considering author preference of reviewers? On one hand this ...
[ "that looked at the extent to which the prospect of a guaranteed-for-life job", "the prospect of a guaranteed-for-life job (tenure) motivate researchers to stay in academia?", "the extent to which the prospect of a guaranteed-for-life job (tenure) motivate researchers", "guaranteed-for-life job (tenure) motiv...
[ "I completed my postgraduate studies in France where, unless I am mistaken, librarians", "or less research/teaching-oriented? I have looked at a few faculty collective agreements, and", "in a public library. When I started to seek information about faculty jobs", "publish research? If so, would that be mostly...
[ "an university to pursue my bachelors degree. I am almost finished with that", "continuing towards a masters degree. A lot of classmates tell me that you", "your received your bachelors from. Is this true? Why? Should you get your", "degree from a different school then the one your received your bachelors fro...
[ "high level math classes tend to have very few examples and mainly definitions,", "told I should not intentionally jot down example problems but understand the core", "example problems related to the topic so you have a more practical understanding", "not intentionally jot down example problems but understand...
[ "Dr. O'Connor but I also refer to my professor as Dr. Are these", "is Dr. O'Connor but I also refer to my professor as Dr. Are", "O'Connor but I also refer to my professor as Dr. Are these the", "and my physician is Dr. O'Connor but I also refer to my professor", "I also refer to my professor as Dr. Are the...
[ "go somewhere else (this was done in a very courteous way and I", "a couple of universities (in the US), and one of these is a", "way and I do not believe I left a bad impression). 1. Do", "think my history with the school could have an adverse effect on my", "program a few years back, an offer which I ende...
[ "and finish the master's, will I then have the full rights of a", "rights of a civil engineer? In Greece, you only receive full rights via", "engineer? In Greece, you only receive full rights via the bachelor's degree and", "thesis (300 ECTS). My goal is to get admitted to a master's degree", "universities ...
[ "I think it will save me time when I actually apply for PhD,", "start my PhD research from now, I have an idea of what my", "getting my masters in November 2015 or May 2016 (An 18 month masters)", "for PhD, but the question is; is the research that ill start now", "but the question is; is the research that ...
[ "tuition, less assistantship opportunities, likely no stipend? Even in Science. Is that right?", "hand, masters degree program would charge big tuition, less assistantship opportunities, likely no", "you to do research, teach, do scut work etc., give stipend, maybe free", "do scut work etc., give stipend, may...
[ "the University of Bonn for my masters in Computer Science. I have planned", "including studentenwerk fees, which the university noted me will be no more than", "cook in the evenings though) or say maybe watch one movie a month", "no more than € 350. Old students say that it averages to €", "a month at a Me...
[ "a university in TX that has no rank published on usnews rankings. Should", "to low/no rank university now or should I try again next year? Secondly,", "unlikely that the university will hold the spot for me for an year", "rank university now or should I try again next year? Secondly, is it", "undergrad in ...
[ "been heard the audience doesn't care about what your name is or what", "a student who has to do public speaking in front of other students", "I am Bob. I study Chemistry and I will talk about squirrels today\"", "way to start the presentation so that my audience doesn't get bored within", "in front of othe...
[ "the next few decades it captures little attention (again Galileo) or due to", "my credibility in some circles. Unfortunately, in some of these cases, when research", "not politically correct). I am reminded of the case of Vorwit and Galileo", "if we were to find that \"gun ownership decrease gun deaths\" or ...
[ "read it again) * ... Please give me some suggestions. I'm an Asian,", "the case the advisor is Italian (but has lived in the UK for", "I found the answers unhelpful, so I would like to ask again, and", "advisor is Italian (but has lived in the UK for 20 years). I", "suggestions. I'm an Asian, and do not kn...
[ "that cannot be moved from a country to another, student advising, teaching duties,...)?", "of questions, and this starts being mentally tiring. How should I manage this?", "from a country to another, student advising, teaching duties,...)? Thank you in advances", "research projects that cannot be moved from ...
[ "no longer an open question. If professors can't decide the period of time", "be finished, how they risk tuition paid by students or scholarships granted? EDIT", "read that \"One difficulty with research problems is that it is hard/impossible to", "as his/her work, and/or how can his/her professor 'predict' i...
[ "enough time or background knowledge in the field to keep working on it", "if this online availability would lend more credence to it being mentioned in", "is. Can it be published as some kind of academic report or something", "as opposed to merely mentioning it and not having any transcript available. PS:", ...
[ "professor to help me to choose a topic, access to non-free-papers, publishing, etc.", "afterwards I don't know how to proceed in research. It would be a", "had a consecutive study plan and I have studied ... [name of books].", "try by emailing, I decided to go to a professor's office in person", "to procee...
[ "In my MSc thesis implementation section, I have used two tools: Matlab and", "section, I have used two tools: Matlab and Python scripting. How should I", "I have used two tools: Matlab and Python scripting. How should I introduce", "scripting. How should I introduce and mention them in my implementation chap...
[ "been invited to submit a book chapter about integrating technology in my region.", "refereed journals, but not sure whether the focus, style of writing and structure", "is educational technology and I have been invited to submit a book chapter", "submit a book chapter about integrating technology in my regio...
[ "is the actual meaning of being a research assistant? I have only heard", "being a research assistant? I have only heard of masters in science and", "What is the actual meaning of being a research assistant? I have only", "actual meaning of being a research assistant? I have only heard of masters", "the act...
[ "not correspond to my experience, nor to the recently published papers, so I", "survey. (My guess is that they take into account papers which are immediately", "the journals advertise (e.g. the Elsevier journal insights) do not correspond to my", "published papers, so I wanted to make my own survey. (My guess...
[ "school compared to a Top-50 school ? I do not really care about", "be at a Top-10 school compared to a Top-50 school ? I do", "? I do not really care about going to a brand name school", "have influence in the field. Personally, I have no issues being at my", "I do not really care about going to a brand na...
[ "papers I found that they didn't contain any ideas that would count as", "any ideas that would count as a genuine research. I guess some of", "might have been in similar situations before. Yes it doesn't matter in the", "a freelance site to implement a previously published paper. The paper doesn't adequately"...
[ "up with for my thesis is somewhat \"non-mainstream\" (that's why I don't really", "I don't really have a thesis adviser and I'm guiding myself through it,", "with for my thesis is somewhat \"non-mainstream\" (that's why I don't really have", "to places like MIT or Stanford or other top universities - but I",...
[ "math and computer science. The reason for those 4 bad grades is that", "subsequent classes (quite an improvement). I plan to apply to a master's for", "because my school keeps ALL grades on transcripts, even if the grades were", "2 bad semesters where I suffered from depression; I didn't drop the classes", ...
[ "When applying for non-research related work in the commercial sector, how should confusion", "for non-research related work in the commercial sector, how should confusion be avoided", "used in a CV? Are human resources staff at companies, and recruiters, at", "non-research related work in the commercial sect...
[ "increasing my academic profile to boot. However, I want to make sure that", "and state-of-the-art. I think this could make for a nice publication, providing readers", "this could make for a nice publication, providing readers in similar fields with", "or the past year, I've become very familiar with a specif...
[ "research can be broadly classified as *computational social sciences*). The situation is that", "is that they have several postdoctoral positions and I feel that I am", "point directly in my cover letter - I hope it will not be", "positions and I feel that I am a pretty good fit for either", "letter for a ...
[ "take up recommended students. Thus most of the openings get filled up before", "who joined the department last semester. He is quite happy with my progress,", "most of the openings get filled up before they make a public announcement.", "with my progress, but can't offer me a PhD as he doesn't have", "unde...
[ "analysis (and actually get some reportable results) or to get cracking on the", "(and actually get some reportable results) or to get cracking on the writing", "its highly exploratory in nature) or should I try to somehow come up", "I don't have too much time to write my dissertation. Will it be", "trying ...
[ "has to choose an accreditation entity which one would be the best for", "universities in the field of Computer Science and related careers, I mean: *", "Computer Science * Information Systems * Software Engineering Their faculties do not really", "faculties do not really put information about if they are acc...
[ "the committee of reviewers for the same conference next year and this will", "next year and this will be a good opportunity for him to know", "first conference is somewhere on the west coast and his co-PI also will", "west coast and his co-PI also will be making that presentation. I feel", "for the same co...
[ "idea. (I have already heard about this kind of unethical attitude in academia", "last month. I modelled my idea and wrote it down. For the moment,", "is a preliminary draft but I think my idea is pretty interesting. I", "I think I could do nothing than accepting the situation. How to deal", "interesting id...
[ "the design of \"Model X\", and how to use the code I've written", "together a documentation package to describe what I've done so far, the design", "I'm putting together a documentation package to describe what I've done so far,", "and might not be close to, being the final model. How should I", "be part o...
[ "their own publication list on their academic web page. This data should go", "them an email every six months and then manually compiling publication lists from", "publication lists from the replies. I am looking into updating the organisation's web", "plugins being used to create the individual personal page...
[ "write me a recommendation letter, I am sure he would write one. But", "and work for him. Well, I have already spent 3 years in my", "end, if I go ahead and ask him to write me a recommendation", "be a PhD student who published quality paper and taking care of things", "me to stay at my current school for m...
[ "have solid scientific understanding, proven by their undergrad coursework. Would graduate programs in", "in as long as they get good GRE score (I think.) Not the", "GRE score (I think.) Not the case for scientific graduate studies, as the", "score (I think.) Not the case for scientific graduate studies, as t...
[ "not much), but to be self-sufficient, my report needs to include some kind", "* Rewrite everything \"my way\" while citing the thesis. Considering it still would", "is that now that I have read this thesis, I seem to not", "don't know how to approach what is basically copying a large amount of", "just clev...
[ "I have not peeped into it, before submitting it for grad school? What", "be sealed in an envelope, giving the impression that I have not peeped", "have heard that an LOR is pretty essential in the process. I have", "writing it? Do I take a printout and do the above? Also is", "an LOR? By that I mean, shoul...
[ "it's outlawed. Even in an academic environment, a professor hiring a postdoc sure", "I don't think it's appropriate for him to criticize my personal life, and", "sabotage, I think he might give negative recommendations. He has told me that", "someone asks him for a letter of recommendation about me that he m...
[ "software and better research. However, my advisor is concerned with the danger of", "rejected in which one major criticism of the reviewer was that it was", "of plagiarism in case the code is released before the respective paper is", "thinks that this is unfair criticism because the conference has not explic...
[ "paper), the person is listed in acknowledgments and not co-author. This seems like", "a CV. In some questions on this SE, it seems significant contributions to", "or if it makes sense to list acknowledgments in published papers on a", "community, such as being a reviewer for a journal. What would you think",...
[ "deferral option was mentioned up front when I was still just an applicant,", "I am truly baffled. Why can't I just do \"what is best for", "proceed from this point? Should I just be frank and ask the counselor", "have been accepted to a fairly competitive online computer science-related [graduate program](ht...
[ "numerous of times). So, is it normal that an erratum contains so much", "week I have to defend it. The problem is that I found some", "thesis or that I didn't check it before I handed it in (I", "erratum on my thesis that handles six different of these mistakes. Is this", "that I found some small mistakes ...
[ "background and can help with creating the program (classes). If I manage to", "The uni has a strong need for better teachers and more adequate students.", "position. The uni has a strong need for better teachers and more adequate", "my opinion**, a viable strategy for quickly increasing the education quality...
[ "the repository should be on my personal account! And since the algorithm is", "the algorithm on [Github](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub). Accordingly, I created a repository on my personal account", "algorithm is also properly represented! * How will transfer of ownership affect my", "forking and transf...
[ "found for my field the academics tend to be on the conservative side", "to increase my academic network, particularly people who know me and my research.", "also realize that there are other ways, such as twitter, blogs, etc., but", "receiving academic spam. There must be simple ways to make introductions th...
[ "in the social sciences (political science) doing research largely based on fieldwork. Accordingly,", "dissertation project has changed quite a bit in the four months since getting", "bit in the four months since getting my prospectus approved and beginning fieldwork.", "actually takes a lot of work. What tec...
[ "can easily reuse/extend complex latex bits you have in your articles. Most publishers", "compile the stuff from the source files on github. Would the source code", "efficient and good. Having the sourcefiles in addition to the compiled preprint available", "about github repos? They don't contain the pdf, but...
[ "Beall's criteria is that a publisher is potentially predatory if it > >", "primer says nothing about what happens if arXiv ceases operations. What is the", "predatory if it > > Has no policies or practices for digital preservation,", "thing I can find about digital preservation on the [arXiv website](http://...
[ "this question to the editor? PS: I would prefer the publication in the", "about two months ago and now the article has been under review for", "best at judging my chances of being accepted. However, I presented the paper", "not accepted I also can't be in the book because they need an", "now the article ha...
[ "have prior coding experience. I'm a traditional \"I want the challenge of figuring", "deadlines, and I'm trying to figure it out. I honestly think there is", "and I'm trying to figure it out. I honestly think there is an", "So far I have been pretty reliable (and that's saying a lot considering", "colleagu...
[ "quality research with them). I would like to know how such an arrangement", "like Stanford, MIT, Princeton, etc.) to get solid recommendations from them along with", "from other institutions in a major way. The context for me here is", "my advisor in whatever I do is very important to me***. I just", "with...
[ "in 2010 and the again in 2014. The two different books have identical", "books have identical (or almost identical) titles but different ISBNs and different DOIs.", "As far as I can tell, most of the content between the two", "I can tell, most of the content between the two books is the", "can tell, most o...
[ "programs in the nation and failed all my classes both semesters. All year", "with PSTD, Separation Anxiety, and Depression brought on by psychological and physical abuse", "this all occurred immediately before the start of classes in September. When the", "all my classes both semesters. All year long I'd bat...
[ "survey papers by **X** and cited others too. I also did certain simulations.", "him down. He didn't reply. Now, it's been six months since the review", "ago. One of the reviewers pointed that the survey section has been almost", "and mostly literature survey so that he could later use it. He also", "clarif...