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2015/03/05 | 1,579 | 6,387 | <issue_start>username_0: This may be off-topic here; if so, I'd appreciate suggestions for where else to post it.
I recently got into a disagreement with someone regarding <NAME>, the neurosurgeon who has recently become a prominent figure in American politics, and is said to be considering a run for the Presidency. T... |
2015/03/05 | 619 | 2,410 | <issue_start>username_0: If a PhD student kills himself, how does that affect the advisor? Does it count against him for tenure purposes?<issue_comment>username_1: *To get the elephant out of the room first:*
If you are contemplating suicide and wondering whether you will hurt the tenure case of your advisor by this, ... |
2015/03/05 | 3,077 | 12,752 | <issue_start>username_0: **Tl;dr:** Having taken lots of math classes, I've managed to forget a lot of information. Also, since I'm at a small university, most of my peers are not interested in pure mathematics graduate school, so I am not sure whether I am truly prepared for graduate school. I also feel that my GPA in... |
2015/03/05 | 1,286 | 5,475 | <issue_start>username_0: [It has been asked before](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/21742/7734) if it is ethical to withdraw from one journal, from which a paper has been accepted, and resubmit to another better journal. I believe that the situation here is a little bit different.
I submitted an article to a Comp... |
2015/03/05 | 1,694 | 7,709 | <issue_start>username_0: I just had an abstract accepted by a UK conference and will be submitting the final paper in a few months. We were notified by email of the acceptance and directed to register for the conference. The information we were sent currently does not mention a presentation and the schedule is not yet ... |
2015/03/05 | 5,541 | 23,126 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working on my undergraduate research project in an [HPCC](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HPCC). Whoever does programming knows this is a "teach-yourself" skill. Everytime a problem arises, you search the wealth of tutorials and guides on the Internet, you ask in an specialized forum and the ... |
2015/03/05 | 1,202 | 5,335 | <issue_start>username_0: With almost every question from people having dealing with predatory publishers, the question comes up whether they have already signed a copyright agreement. This always makes me ask myself this question:
**When it comes to that point, how could a publisher actually prove, that you “signed” a... |
2015/03/05 | 2,067 | 8,803 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently in a financial accounting class with a professor that has used offensive (in my opinion) commentary in her lectures since my first exposure.
Examples of comments she makes:
* Financial accounting is a class everyone *should* take, because it's actually useful, not like forced ... |
2015/03/05 | 1,295 | 5,473 | <issue_start>username_0: I have accepted a PhD offer from a very good university to do a project very close to my interests. I have told the project supervisor I accept it. In the meanwhile I have managed to secure a PhD offer from another 2 universities much better in world rankings and with better research groups and... |
2015/03/05 | 1,547 | 7,018 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm starting a unit (undergraduate class) at my university which deals very much with topics researched by my grandfather - He has written a number of books and papers on the issue.
I don't yet know if I'll need to cite them but I thought it would be wise to ask now, rather than with a looming... |
2015/03/06 | 868 | 3,775 | <issue_start>username_0: Can someone provide advise as to what a student should do immediately after being accepted into a graduate program and has identified with a professor?
Usually students are accepted in the middle of their final year of undergrad. A window of time opens between now and when the first semester b... |
2015/03/06 | 1,526 | 5,773 | <issue_start>username_0: **Summary (TL;DR):** The following's biased; so are there any counterarguments? Please beware that this question concerns only authors who are professors and who also write textbooks.
Are authors truly helping students as much as possible? For example, are textbooks edited and revised every tw... |
2015/03/06 | 3,215 | 13,900 | <issue_start>username_0: One of the most common replies I have gotten as a student in engineering is the phrase "what you are asking is beyond the scope of this course". But I always found it a bit funny coming from the prof since he or she most reasonable have a thing or two to say about the subject. Furthermore, whet... |
2015/03/06 | 6,208 | 26,066 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a graduate student in math in my final year, and for several years have been teaching at my department as a lecturer. This semester, in the same lecture hall there is another lecture that starts 20 minutes after my class ends. It's taught by another instructor from my department. I usually... |
2015/03/06 | 1,019 | 4,731 | <issue_start>username_0: When it comes to the evaluation of a methodology (or an algorithm (CS)) we usually see how well the methodology actually is by comparing it with other similar methods that achieve the same thing.
However, in my case, the method we are proposing is unique and novel and, to best of my knowledge,... |
2015/03/06 | 1,107 | 4,814 | <issue_start>username_0: Scenario: A researcher, who is also a member of the political party A, investigated the impact (e.g. on public health) of specific actions or policies (e.g. strikes or health expenditure cuts) belonging to the rival party B.
Assuming that the research motivation is scientifically justified, th... |
2015/03/06 | 1,520 | 6,433 | <issue_start>username_0: Once upon a time in a lecture I attended, the lecturer had clearly not fully understood the material and was struggling to explain it. I was a student, but very knowledgeable about the topic, and had taught it many times in informal settings, so I felt silly just listening.
In the interest of ... |
2015/03/06 | 990 | 4,272 | <issue_start>username_0: Before I begin, feel I should make it clear that I have no doubt that undertaking a PhD. anywhere, let alone at Harvard, will be a difficult and strenuous task!
To briefly explain, I have graduated with a good Bachelors of Arts from the UK, and am set to do my Research Masters in Holland. Howe... |
2015/03/06 | 933 | 3,183 | <issue_start>username_0: In science and engineering classes involving a "practical" lab, students are often required to write some kind of "lab report," typically describing the procedure and results of the lab experiment.
Is there any research on the pedagogical benefit of having students at the graduate level write ... |
2015/03/06 | 1,477 | 6,352 | <issue_start>username_0: Whenever I've been in the audience of a faculty interview presentation, I left impressed but demoralised. It appears the bar of making it as far as the interview is very high indeed, and I don't know if I'll ever be able to reach a similar level. On the other hand, I know quite some people empl... |
2015/03/07 | 593 | 2,497 | <issue_start>username_0: I actually wrote two papers on my work, and I want to publish both in same conference. I have now submitted first paper and it is yet to be selected and my second paper is extension of my first paper. I want to publish the second one also. So can anyone please tell me how to cite my first paper... |
2015/03/07 | 929 | 3,973 | <issue_start>username_0: In my country where I come from, online or part-time or even more, part-time online degrees are not comparable with on-campus full-time degrees. The difference in the value of the degree/diploma is huge, in the depth and breadth of the studied material and recognition from prospective employers... |
2015/03/07 | 676 | 2,807 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm writing my bachelor's thesis with OpenOffice Writer. Most of my sources are websites, and the author or publication year is often absent.
With Writer's bibliography system, you can specify whether to display author, publication year etc. for a certain type of entry, eg. WWW document, but t... |
2015/03/07 | 1,801 | 7,831 | <issue_start>username_0: I am reviewing a conference paper that violates the maximum number of pages by more than 10%. I believe that this is enough reason to outright reject the paper.
However, maybe the authors would welcome reviewer comments anyway. But I do not want to waste a day's work, in case nobody cares abou... |
2015/03/07 | 981 | 4,025 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a question about "post-academia" personal websites. The question is open-ended and fuzzy because I am not 100% certain with what I would like to do, so I am also looking for suggestions.
Some background first.
I will soon finish my PhD and I will probably leave academia permanently for ... |
2015/03/07 | 2,633 | 10,754 | <issue_start>username_0: It's not that I cannot hold my attention - I find it a lot easier to put in sustained effort during research - literature surveys, practising derivations, and coding. I also find myself actively engaging in 1-1 (or smaller groups) discussions over long periods of time.
During lectures and semi... |
2015/03/07 | 2,520 | 10,310 | <issue_start>username_0: I realize there are different forms that a qualifying exam can take in CS / ECE PhD programs.
*In departments where this does not take the form of a comprehensive written exam*:
* What is the role that the qualifying exam fulfills in the PhD program in your department?
* What is the approach... |
2015/03/07 | 2,658 | 9,047 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been involved in a number of large-ish research consortia usually with 10 or more groups, with each group containing 2 or more individuals. Some have originated from computer science, others engineering, and even the social sciences. In general all have contained partners from a variety ... |
2015/03/08 | 738 | 2,753 | <issue_start>username_0: I spent a bit of time in France and in the USA. I observed that there are many more awards given to students and academics in the US than there are in France. Is that observation correct, and if so what accounts for it?
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Examples:
Grade awards in the US:
* University of Chicago Student M... |
2015/03/08 | 1,856 | 7,279 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is motivated by the movie [Whiplash](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582802/) which justifies the abusive behavior of a teacher by the future success of the student. The idea is that if a student fails to become fanatically driven to the degree that (s)he ignores/survives/enjoys teac... |
2015/03/08 | 666 | 2,694 | <issue_start>username_0: I'll be applying to graduate schools in the fall but so far don't have any real clue what area I want to focus on. As such, I hope to attend a very large math graduate program with a lot of varied research going on so that there are many avenues I can explore. I also worry that if I attend a sm... |
2015/03/08 | 2,400 | 9,988 | <issue_start>username_0: When I had just started my PhD in Computer Science in Korea, a Physics PhD student in the EU proposed a collaboration. He and I wrote one paper for a conference. I learned last week that the paper was accepted. He is first author. I am second author.
I did not tell my professor about this pro... |
2015/03/08 | 432 | 1,881 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing an undergraduate dissertation and I have found some very good information from lecture handouts from other universities.
Will using these lecture notes compared to official publications or other dissertations reflect my dissertation in a bad light?
Of course I will source everyth... |
2015/03/09 | 1,174 | 5,264 | <issue_start>username_0: In my department, PhD admissions and funding are two separate processes, which means many PhD students are admitted even if there is no funding for them. To be admitted, an applicant typically needs to impress a faculty member enough to want them to take the applicant on as a student (which mea... |
2015/03/09 | 1,240 | 4,970 | <issue_start>username_0: I often find myself lecturing for 7 hours in one day. This question is not about how to reduce my hours, it is about making healthy choices with my existing constraints.
I am lecturing to different classes during the day (it is not a single group of students for all 7 hours), in case that make... |
2015/03/09 | 1,445 | 5,953 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently an MSc student, and I really enjoy teaching. As an anecdote, when I was younger (like 7) I had a school for all my toys and did homework (with errors!) for them all.
Anyway, I have good reviews from my current students (I'm a lab instructor this semester), and a TA award from la... |
2015/03/09 | 1,173 | 4,900 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is triggered by the recent allegations about <NAME> failing to declare conflicts of interest in his papers on climate change. It got me wondering about situations where an obvious conflict of interest existed in the past, but doesn't exists anymore at the time where a paper is pub... |
2015/03/09 | 2,856 | 11,769 | <issue_start>username_0: Why does there **seem** to be a lack of oversight when it comes to how professors interact with students?
For example, consider the following questions:
1. [How to deal with an advisor who wants a "friendlier" relationship with me than I do?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2863... |
2015/03/09 | 776 | 3,132 | <issue_start>username_0: I, along with two fellow doctoral students, am about to publish a paper supervised by our professor. Our professor is listed as the last author, which of course is fair as he supervised the project.
One of us, student A, is listed as the first author, which there is not disagreement on. Studen... |
2015/03/09 | 523 | 2,241 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted a paper ten day ago, respecting the dead line. Precisely, I submitted the paper two days before the dead line indicated by the Journal on its web site. The Journal had different editions during the years, such as the spring, summer and winter one. The deadline is important only to s... |
2015/03/09 | 1,558 | 6,765 | <issue_start>username_0: As a preface, [this is a related question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/30473/should-i-cancel-alter-office-hours-for-committee-meetings) but it is from a different perspective.
I am an undergraduate student in physics and have a professor that routinely ignores his own office ... |
2015/03/10 | 631 | 2,863 | <issue_start>username_0: The question is inspired by this [image](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DhnmY.jpg) posted on reddit. Would this be considered a constructive step towards improving the interaction with students and the teaching in general? To clarify, I am talking about the reviews that the department or college sol... |
2015/03/10 | 861 | 3,497 | <issue_start>username_0: I am from a developing country and finished my BA in February 2011. I was a very good student and my university is one of the best in my country (It is in TimesHE top 200 global list so its prestige is somewhat acknowledged)
Last year I decided to go back to school after 4 years of fulltime emp... |
2015/03/10 | 616 | 2,504 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted a paper to a journal and one of the referees suggested to slightly change the title of the paper. The paper was already posted on arxiv. I have updated the paper on arxiv after the revision, but this update is not recognised by Google Scholar. The main problem with this is that Goog... |
2015/03/10 | 1,069 | 4,641 | <issue_start>username_0: After much research at many universities, I have found a supervisor whose research perfectly matches my research interests. I believe that I have truly found a good match...and believe that I would also be a great addition to the research team given my background and goals etc.
I have not hea... |
2015/03/10 | 975 | 4,324 | <issue_start>username_0: This is my first semester being a [TA](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching_assistant) for this course. However, the professor has changed since I took the course. The content seems to have grown in difficulty since I originally took the course, and I feel that the professor has been giving in... |
2015/03/10 | 886 | 3,810 | <issue_start>username_0: In order to help in future salary negociation, I wanted to know whether it is condiered normal in North America to be quoted a gross salary that does not take into account employer contributions to things such as a a mandatory pension plan.
**Specific example situation**
This question is base... |
2015/03/10 | 888 | 3,709 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm planning to start my master thesis soon. It will be an external thesis in a company.
As this kind of thesis is not very common in German universities, I need to find a professor to supervise me during the whole semester.
Luckily, a professor agreed to supervise me and advised me to mee... |
2015/03/10 | 1,749 | 6,353 | <issue_start>username_0: My friend studies at a very prominent university and has invited me to visit her. Coming across the university shop, I was considering buying one of the t-shirts with the university logo.
I am possibly over-thinking this, but the following scenario popped up in my head: What if, while wearing... |
2015/03/10 | 906 | 3,953 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been teaching math at HS level for some years, for this Fall I am applying for instructor job at local community colleges. Because of my background, I anticipate that the interviewer will ask me the difference between secondary and post-secondary math teaching.
1. In a non-interview se... |
2015/03/10 | 3,690 | 15,175 | <issue_start>username_0: I've recently started a PhD. I'm having trouble getting high impact authors to agree to write papers with me. Is there any ethical issue which prevents me from paying high impact authors monetary compensation, to agree to write papers with me? I of course will obey any and all paper writing req... |
2015/03/11 | 1,194 | 5,318 | <issue_start>username_0: So, awhile back I wrote [this answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/31774/11353) suggesting that the student council would be ideal to handle the issue, but got told that student councils have no influence/role in such matters. In general I am used to the idea that a student council and ... |
2015/03/11 | 777 | 3,117 | <issue_start>username_0: I am affiliated to an institute and they provide each student an opportunity to make their own homepage, which they can put up as `www.[institute-webpage]/[username]`. Now, this webpage is not reviewed by the institute. I made my homepage recently and I am wondering if it is ethical to put ads ... |
2015/03/11 | 554 | 2,505 | <issue_start>username_0: I have some papers which describe some computer algorithms.
My algorithms have some input, output, static (global) variables, comments ...
something like the following algorithm, however I borrowed it from a book about artificial intelligence and I am not sure that is the style for a paper
```... |
2015/03/11 | 489 | 2,131 | <issue_start>username_0: My application has been put on the wait list at my top choice institution (unfunded masters, about 10% acceptance rate). The Department said they may not be able to let me know the final decision until after April 15 (which I understand). However, I need to know the decision before April 15 to ... |
2015/03/11 | 949 | 4,014 | <issue_start>username_0: In Biology, I was told, you will almost not be able to find a professor that does not have a Macbook. And as soon as they have enough money, students and scientific staff will follow.
But also in my own field, mathematics, I have seen lots of highly respected professors with Macbooks.
Now, I... |
2015/03/11 | 551 | 2,454 | <issue_start>username_0: Most science research is published in subject-specific journals, of which there are many. However, there are a relatively small number of interdisciplinary journals, some of which are the most highly cited of all journals (Nature, Science); others have impact factors comparable to subject-speci... |
2015/03/11 | 1,199 | 4,933 | <issue_start>username_0: I have had to read so many papers, and papers on writing papers, that I noticed how engaging and more pleasant to read a publication is when the author inserts the occasional funny remark.
I'm also writing so many project papers lately (mathematics bachelor) that I am actually developing an en... |
2015/03/11 | 995 | 4,464 | <issue_start>username_0: For a paper I am currently writing, I am doing an extensive literature review on a subject which is much more vast than I had anticipated. Are there any specific tricks and tips for organizing ones reading when the body of literature is so large? I tend to get carried away with interesting refe... |
2015/03/11 | 1,001 | 4,301 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm wondering how to reference a book The Jepson Manual, 2nd Edition shown below.
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> <NAME>. et al. (ed.). 2012. The Jepson Manual, Vascular Plants of
> California, **Rev. 2, 2nd ed**. University of California Press.
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>
>
I wondering about citing the revisions which are available on-li... |
2015/03/11 | 592 | 2,612 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to know whether my PhD thesis supervisor (with whom I have co-authored many papers) is allowed to be a reviewer for one of my journal submissions?<issue_comment>username_1: In many cases this would be inappropriate. PhD advisors are considered to have a permanent conflict-of-interest whe... |
2015/03/11 | 319 | 1,156 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a Masters student and graduating in two weeks. I need to admit that I procrastinated A LOT while working on my thesis. If I do my Ph.D. I expect myself to procrastinate a lot there too. However, I'm wondering if this habit vanishes as the individual gets more senior in academia. So maybe as... |
2015/03/12 | 843 | 3,765 | <issue_start>username_0: Here is the situation; I made an article that got published in a Computer Science conference; the final decision was that it was considered a borderline paper. After a while I got an email from the organizers of that conference, letting the authors know that there would be the chance to resubmi... |
2015/03/12 | 780 | 3,311 | <issue_start>username_0: I am approaching the end of the tunnel and starting to look for my options beyond the PhD. The few contacts I have initiated have been positive so far and I will be visiting some labs in the coming months.
I am wondering which questions would be good ask during these visits. What insights woul... |
2015/03/12 | 504 | 1,987 | <issue_start>username_0: I coauthored a paper with my former advisor and he sent it to an expert for review before submitting it to a journal. A couple of weeks have passed by 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:
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> Are ... |
2015/03/12 | 762 | 2,988 | <issue_start>username_0: I wrote a Master's thesis a couple of years ago (which is available to view from my University's online service; so it's out there) and am now doing a PhD. Some passages from my Master's thesis is relevant to my PhD and could be used in my PhD literature review. If it matters, the masters thesi... |
2015/03/12 | 389 | 1,652 | <issue_start>username_0: I have two PhD offers:
Team a) I like the people but the research topics rather just ok.
Team b) I like the research topics but the people are a bit strange and not as well qualified.
Can someone, maybe out of experience, say which is more important to choose?<issue_comment>username_1: It is... |
2015/03/12 | 513 | 2,179 | <issue_start>username_0: In the acknowledge of a thesis, we thank all the people who helped our research. E.g.
"First of all I thank xxx, for xxx throughout my Ph.D. period."
For my master thesis's acknowledge, I tried very hard to rephrase the sentences to avoid repeating others' similar ones.
This time, I need to ... |
2015/03/12 | 955 | 3,968 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been out of undergrad for some time now but was interested in publishing a few things I have been working on. Are there any good "beginner" journals where someone without a mathematics PhD might have a chance at publishing something?
It might be important to note that most of the mater... |
2015/03/12 | 460 | 1,792 | <issue_start>username_0: I've recently watched *The Theory of Everything* and it got me thinking. How does a researcher with a serious physical impediment, such as <NAME>, conduct his research?
Academic life usually involves studying, staying up to date with current literature, attending or giving conferences, teachin... |
2015/03/12 | 897 | 3,645 | <issue_start>username_0: Perhaps, this is a meta-level question. Most review papers narrate the story of the field/problem or summarize a large but focused body of literature. The authors are usually senior level faculties with years of experience in the field. How these papers are being reviewed and what is the formal... |
2015/03/13 | 448 | 1,895 | <issue_start>username_0: I tried searching for a similar question but most I read dealt with published papers and not a **PhD**, so apologies if this is a duplicate. I will remove this question if it is.
I've read a number of PhD dissertations and I haven't come across one which cites a conference paper, only journals... |
2015/03/13 | 445 | 1,912 | <issue_start>username_0: Just out of curiosity, I will like to know if there is any difference (if any) in academic environment, between Ph.D issued by most Universities and D.Tech issued by University of Technology.<issue_comment>username_1: [According to Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Technology), ... |
2015/03/13 | 810 | 3,646 | <issue_start>username_0: At the end of writing up our manuscript, we discover that there has been another earlier study in a very different context (but using a physical model very similar to ours) that claims a similar result.
We were not inspired by this earlier work and we could not have found it until we had our ... |
2015/03/13 | 598 | 2,646 | <issue_start>username_0: In the US universities, many positions are endowed by donors. Is it possible/common for individual academics to directly contact possible donors with some plans? If so, how one can find possible donors?
For instance, an academic can propose a plan to university officials for establishing an in... |
2015/03/13 | 441 | 1,878 | <issue_start>username_0: I read that some academics would avoid accepting students (undergraduate or graduate) or other researchers requests on Linkedin. So what are the cases that could be acceptable for academics to add people on Linkedin and avoid any embarrassments?
* After completing their course?
* After working... |
2015/03/13 | 724 | 3,251 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a Computer Science undergraduate doing a research project in Bioinformatics. I know my weaknesses, especially that I am not good at speaking, listening, and interacting with people in all social context. Until now, this wasn't a problem, I hardly paid attention in class, studied by myself ... |
2015/03/13 | 727 | 3,066 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for a tool (web application) similar to Atlassian Confluence but for academic purposes. The main purpose of that is to allow selected teachers and students from different schools collaborate on a project. It should have features like file uploading, to-do lists, calendar, rules assi... |
2015/03/14 | 1,043 | 4,214 | <issue_start>username_0: I had recently taken a class where things are poorly taught and much of the studying was self study. This then turned the course into a function of time and workload, and the resulting midterm mark is normally or bell shape distributed with a center of 50.
Needless to say, people who had less... |
2015/03/14 | 1,582 | 7,104 | <issue_start>username_0: For example, if (hypothetically speaking) I am stuck on proving a theorem, is it okay to ask my academic advisor some help for next step? My approach has been, "this is what I have tried, I am stuck here...can you point out how I can continue". But the amount of time that it takes the professor... |
2015/03/14 | 435 | 1,758 | <issue_start>username_0: I had applied for a PhD to some colleges in the US, and am waiting for admission results. A professor at a college that I am hoping I am accepted at has responded to my queries of "Is my application likely to be accepted, or should I just accept school B's offer?" with the same answer "your app... |
2015/03/14 | 1,263 | 5,272 | <issue_start>username_0: So I have to defend my master thesis in computer science in two weeks. It's in Germany and the thesis is 30 credits. I'm wondering what could make someone fail his defense? In my thesis I mainly compare different approaches and algorithms and did experiments on them to answer some research ques... |
2015/03/14 | 1,198 | 4,917 | <issue_start>username_0: Note: Similar questions exist on ASE but those pertain to funded programs.
I have been admitted to an outstanding MS program and waitlisted for admission to another outstanding MS program. Both are unfunded. The first's response deadline is 04/15, and the second said they may not be able to l... |
2015/03/14 | 621 | 2,438 | <issue_start>username_0: I will shortly be submitting a paper to an IEEE-formatted journal. I am not affiliated with the IEEE, while my co-author is.
Currently, the author line reads like (made-up author names)
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> <NAME>, <NAME>, *Senior Member, IEEE*
>
>
>
One of the reviewers expresses concern that **"it is u... |
2015/03/14 | 1,374 | 5,480 | <issue_start>username_0: I was writing my bachelor's degree and that went quite bad. The reason was that my supervisor was a sophist, in my opinion. For example, when I wrote in my thesis:
>
> "Let n be the cardinality of the set"
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>
>
The professor said the proof was wrong. Then after tens of times of trial and... |
2015/03/14 | 832 | 3,361 | <issue_start>username_0: I finished writing a paper but haven't sorted out the abstract yet. Currently it looks something like this, but I'm not sure if this is OK.
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> Hello, my name is \_\_\_\_\_ and I am currently a \_\_\_\_\_\_ in high school.
> This is my first paper on math.
>
>
> In this paper, we investiga... |
2015/03/14 | 1,520 | 6,336 | <issue_start>username_0: I received my PhD in mathematics about ten years ago. Despite my preference, desire, and attempts, I was not offered any postdoctoral positions. Part of the reason was (I think) that my dissertation topic was outdated, as opposed to being *trendy*. Since then, I have accepted a couple of tenure... |
2015/03/15 | 1,167 | 5,100 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently doing some research on an algorithm that may (or may not) end up being slower than other similar algorithms. The idea behind it seems solid although it will probably not be as fast as other, already known and used solutions. Finishing and testing is of course part of the science,... |
2015/03/15 | 2,472 | 10,306 | <issue_start>username_0: I have applied to multiple graduate schools and have been offered two GTA positions. Both included full tuition waivers and similar work loads.
The primary difference is one is for a MS program and the other is for a Ph.D program. I applied to the Ph.D programs because the school's Master's pr... |
2015/03/15 | 1,094 | 4,830 | <issue_start>username_0: I am nearly at the end of my master thesis and, according to my research, the last part of it deals with something that has not been treated before in any paper/book I have found.
To make things more clear: in my thesis I am applying a method well known in literature, which has been applied m... |
2015/03/15 | 3,133 | 12,585 | <issue_start>username_0: Every now and then I receive an email claiming to be from some undergrad student in Math or Computer Science at an Indian university asking for a summer research experience in "my research group" (there is no such thing).
These emails all have a very formulaic structure. There always is a clai... |
2015/03/15 | 1,542 | 5,210 | <issue_start>username_0: I need to cite some patents for a paper in BibTeX format. *Google Patents* provide me a BibTeX like this one:
```
@misc{spangler1988method,
title={Method and system for measurement of road profile},
author={Spangler, <NAME>.},
url={http://www.google.it/patents/US4741207},
year={1988},
... |
2015/03/15 | 1,203 | 5,208 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in a Ph.D program and feel like I'm trapped inside of a bubble most days. Attending lectures, daily research seminars, meetings, etc is all very interesting to me and I really like what I do. However, all the fancy models, theory, and discussions only pertain to those of us in the position ... |
2015/03/15 | 1,376 | 5,798 | <issue_start>username_0: I know someone who works at a university and is considering taking courses there (which the university allows and subsidizes for its employees). If they take enough courses to make up a masters degree, will they be accredited a masters degree? Will employees, schools, etc. See this as the same ... |
2015/03/16 | 606 | 2,527 | <issue_start>username_0: When applying to a computer science PhD position in US, does it make sense to mention various significant achievements (finishing in top 5% percent) in programming/data-mining contests ([topcoder](http://www.topcoder.com/), [kaggle](http://www.kaggle.com/), [hackerrank](https://www.hackerrank.c... |
2015/03/16 | 763 | 3,356 | <issue_start>username_0: 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 contributing to the projects of other researchers?<issue_comment>username_1: In disciplines\* where the PhD thesis consists of a set of published articles, the PhD usual... |
2015/03/16 | 2,091 | 8,702 | <issue_start>username_0: I am pursuing a PhD in synthetic biology in the EU. I will finish my PhD in approximately 11 months.
I feel my PhD has been mediocre. I should end up with:
1. 3 first name research articles (two on a ≈3 IF journals, one on a ≈9)
2. 1 middle name research article (≈9 IF) and 1 review (≈3 IF)
3... |
2015/03/16 | 1,537 | 6,425 | <issue_start>username_0: It is common language in graduation ceremonies, at least in the United States, to hear a degree conferred with "all the rights and privileges pertaining thereto." How would one discover what the rights and privileges pertaining to a MA or PhD degree actually are?<issue_comment>username_1: The a... |
2015/03/16 | 988 | 3,824 | <issue_start>username_0: I am wondering if there have been any sort of rigorous/meaningful study about how well an h-index measures the scientific productivity of a person. I am wondering how much stock I should put into the h-index, both as a personal measure and a measure of those around me.<issue_comment>username_1:... |
2015/03/16 | 1,104 | 4,400 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a paper with autors A, B, C and D. Their names appear sorted by last name, so the order of the authors does not really say anything about their role in the paper.
When I cite this with the style that I currently use, I obtain “A et al, 2014”. This is logically, but B was the speaker and... |