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2015/06/07 | 433 | 1,592 | <issue_start>username_0: I just took the revised GRE general test. As a math major preparing to apply to math PhD programs, it was kind of surprising to see that my quantitative reasoning score was just 167, whereas my verbal reasoning score was 169. I attribute this to the fact that my anxiety about the exam prevented... |
2015/06/07 | 948 | 3,679 | <issue_start>username_0: I have completed a Ph.D. in India, which is my native country, and am applying for post doc positions in the UK. However, due to strict visa rules, I am not sure if my application would be shortlisted. In these types of situations, my CV and application file have already been approved by the PI... |
2015/06/07 | 1,815 | 8,192 | <issue_start>username_0: In my field (theoretic CS) it is very common to list the authors names alphabetically on papers.
I have been working on a paper for quite a long time with three other researchers, which is almost complete, and in the last week or so we consulted another researcher who made a non-negligible co... |
2015/06/07 | 742 | 2,765 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm new in the use of bibliometrics. I was wondering if you can help me out? Consider this situation, an author "x" of the country "c" , publishes a paper "p" with a(n) international collaborator(s). If I want to know how many citations does the paper "p" has received from the country "c", is t... |
2015/06/07 | 440 | 1,460 | <issue_start>username_0: Are the any famous or well-known (today-living) researchers without academic degrees working as professors or permanent staff members?
There are two related questions:
* [PhD without previous academic degree: truth or myth?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/17841/phd-without-previ... |
2015/06/07 | 1,132 | 5,035 | <issue_start>username_0: Some publishers, such as the APS, allow to submit papers from the ArXiv instead of from your computer. While this seemed somewhat reasonable to me at first glance, I noticed one problem with this that seems to render this feature pointless:
ArXiv submissions as well as replacements take some t... |
2015/06/07 | 668 | 2,885 | <issue_start>username_0: If you want to optimize a technique used in a given publication, is it considered necessary to use the same programming language and data sets?<issue_comment>username_1: You don't need to use the same programming language, but it would be wise to use the same data sets (if available), to check ... |
2015/06/07 | 3,717 | 15,398 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes when doing course work for university, I'd like to write about it on my website, or publish it in its entirety, because I think that other people might be interested in it.
My goal is not to reach other students, but depending on the work, I think it's likely that they would easily f... |
2015/06/07 | 1,159 | 4,603 | <issue_start>username_0: Considering that sooner or later I will, hopefully, be able to teach formally at a university level, I'm curious about the following. While I do have pretty decent (some people, even, say, very good [*he is blushing*]) informal pedagogical skills, especially in terms of explanatory power :-), I... |
2015/06/07 | 1,416 | 5,682 | <issue_start>username_0: tl;dr: **"Are there any professors in Humanities working in North America or Europe who have recieved their PhDs from a University in Asia (Japan in particular)?"** (I'm specifically interested in Asian Studies, but any Humanities would be of interest. Also, any permanent or semi-permanent teac... |
2015/06/08 | 1,001 | 4,021 | <issue_start>username_0: I have about one free year before I go to grad school and I would like to go to work. I live with my family (I'm Asian by the way) and so gaining experience is my priority, not salary. What job will help me maximize the skills that I would need during my grad school? I have two options below, b... |
2015/06/08 | 496 | 1,976 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to include a philosopher's quote 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 English translation in square brackets [ ] ?<issue_comment>username_1: If memory serves, then I have not read a quote yet which was... |
2015/06/08 | 937 | 3,778 | <issue_start>username_0: I have some papers for which I want to somehow download an easily manipulated (CSV, Excel) list of references and list of papers which cited the given paper.
On Google Scholar, one can see a "Cited By" option, but there is no way to download this list in bulk. Also, there is no option to get t... |
2015/06/08 | 911 | 4,010 | <issue_start>username_0: I see some papers that aim to present a **formalism** for something. First, what probably they are going to do? (for example in the field of computer science) Second, what is the methodology and main structure of such papers (which sections do they need)?<issue_comment>username_1: It seems to m... |
2015/06/08 | 591 | 2,630 | <issue_start>username_0: Soon I will give a presentation in college for a few professors. In this presentation I research a somewhat complex concept, though the focus is how said concept can be used in company X.
So I'd rather not spend too much time elaborating on the concept and spend more time on the actual findin... |
2015/06/08 | 659 | 2,762 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm submitting to a journal and they require me to suggest several reviewers. Do they mean that I should select from among members of the editorial board, or do they mean that I should recommend from among all experts in the field? It doesn't say anywhere.
I'm thinking they must mean to select... |
2015/06/09 | 553 | 2,268 | <issue_start>username_0: I'll be presenting at my first conference in 2 days, and I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to be doing, to be blunt. I was the second author in a paper that recently got published. So I more or less have an idea of what I need to discuss. I'm limited to at most 15 slides but what I'm dreadi... |
2015/06/09 | 1,097 | 4,937 | <issue_start>username_0: One of my friends is in a very curious position. He has been researching on a number theoretic problem for months but couldn’t solve it until recently after he has seen a pre-print in arXiv which attempts to prove the problem. But though he has taken ideas from the pre-print, his own article di... |
2015/06/09 | 5,619 | 23,657 | <issue_start>username_0: I hesitated to ask this question since it may not relevant to this website, but I saw a question of same category [here](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/71874/can-i-use-my-powers-for-good) but still couldn't find an answer ...
Since childhood, I've had a sharp enthusiasm for Maths, st... |
2015/06/09 | 768 | 3,210 | <issue_start>username_0: I am 15 now. If I quit high school now and start a BSc around age 35 and finish my PhD around age 45, is it possible to find a job in some university after being out of academia for so long?<issue_comment>username_1: In modern dynamic society it is next to impossible to predict what happens wit... |
2015/06/09 | 1,029 | 4,180 | <issue_start>username_0: I got a B.S. in Math several years ago. I'm applying for CS MS this fall, but I still need some coursework before admission. I spent the past year at College X as a non-degree student. I did well last fall (all As), but was caught cheating on an elective CS class this spring (googled some answe... |
2015/06/09 | 664 | 2,400 | <issue_start>username_0: If someone would have obtained two MSc degrees, how do you put that on a business card?
I myself have two MSc degrees from a Dutch university. The degrees are Computer Science which gives me the Dutch title *ir*, and Science Communication which gives the Dutch title *drs*. Both degrees are int... |
2015/06/09 | 789 | 3,386 | <issue_start>username_0: How can a student get a academic mentor to help during publications and research.<issue_comment>username_1: Two ideas:
* Ask around for a student assistant job that can yield a first glimpse inside the world of research.
* Write your thesis about one of the topics that you alluded to in your q... |
2015/06/09 | 890 | 3,564 | <issue_start>username_0: Academic papers in engineering sometimes propose a new model to tackle prior difficulties. These proposed models are not usually patented. For example in experimental papers and many power electronic papers, the models are fully available.
I have a published work that proposes a new model, b... |
2015/06/09 | 1,047 | 4,701 | <issue_start>username_0: In my department, there are 2 styles for a supervisor to supervise student.
In the first one, a supervisor understands his PhD student's research deep enough to provide technical advices such as which algorithms to try, possible solutions for a problem, or even to be able to read and comment o... |
2015/06/09 | 3,013 | 13,026 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a mathematics graduate who recently dropped out of a PhD for personal reasons. I also have Asperger's Syndrome which I was diagnosed with in 1996. Since dropping out, I have been thinking long and hard about why it did not work out, and something that's just occurred to me is that being on... |
2015/06/10 | 1,359 | 5,650 | <issue_start>username_0: After I submitted my thesis recently, I discovered that I made a very silly mistake in typing the title of my thesis; I missed one letter. Instead of implementation I typed "implemenation". The thesis is now printed and submitted.
I was very cautious but still, this typo slipped my attention, ... |
2015/06/10 | 1,021 | 3,900 | <issue_start>username_0: I am submitting my first paper ever in a couple of months and I was wondering about my family name. The paper is in English and the conference is an international conference.
Assume my name is {Alan} {võ<NAME>ann} {Chúrch}, so {first name} {family name father} and {family name mother} where {*... |
2015/06/10 | 672 | 3,093 | <issue_start>username_0: As I'm currently pursuing an academic job search (in parallel to the industry one), which includes potential postdoctoral positions, I would appreciate some clarifications on the following aspects.
**Positions (terminology).** I have seen various titles for postdoctoral positions, i.e., postdo... |
2015/06/10 | 805 | 3,493 | <issue_start>username_0: As I'm currently pursuing an academic job search (in parallel to the industry one), which includes potential postdoctoral positions, I would appreciate some clarifications on the following aspect.
**Freedom.** I assume that there are two major options for postdoctoral positions in regard to ac... |
2015/06/10 | 1,166 | 5,042 | <issue_start>username_0: As I'm currently pursuing an academic job search (in parallel to the industry one), which includes potential postdoctoral positions, I would appreciate some clarifications on the following aspect.
**Mixed applications.** At some institutions/departments (usually, large), I see multiple positio... |
2015/06/10 | 598 | 2,551 | <issue_start>username_0: Should a criminal lawyer, for example, have a solid background in biological sciences and ballistics? Or is it enough that he or she understands criminal law?<issue_comment>username_1: No one can be an expert in everything. Try and you'll likely end up mediocre at many things.
Like a general p... |
2015/06/10 | 2,194 | 7,920 | <issue_start>username_0: In academia in the US, the dominant name format is [firstName lastName]. And in APA citation format you typically cite by referring to the last name. So e.g. if <NAME> wrote a paper in 2014, you might cite it as *Doe (2014).*
More generally you'd cite by referring to the family name. So e.g. i... |
2015/06/10 | 272 | 1,093 | <issue_start>username_0: I intend to apply to PhD programs in computer science, and I have been advised to reach out to professors I'm interested in working with by sending them my CV. My GPA is 3.6, which is not bad, but it's not great either. I think the rest of my CV/profile is quite positive, but I am not inclined ... |
2015/06/10 | 1,097 | 4,715 | <issue_start>username_0: I am now drafting a complaint letter to the editor-in-chief of a technical journal, against an act of plagiarism committed by a famous researcher in my field. This researcher is apparently aware of my original work, written three years prior to his/her work. I've been having trouble with two of... |
2015/06/11 | 1,153 | 5,080 | <issue_start>username_0: As the title says, I am a math postdoc. I am working on a project, which I expect will result in a long paper (60-100+ pages, I am not really sure yet). As I work along the way, I am getting results, which are probably interesting on their own.
I wonder if it would look bad on my resume if I w... |
2015/06/11 | 739 | 2,995 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a recent Masters graduate in nanotechnology and I have applied for a reputed phd position. I will have an interview very shortly. Unfortunately my Masters grades are very bad and I believe that this will most likely come up as a question in the interview. I would like to know how I can exp... |
2015/06/11 | 1,128 | 4,752 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working on a machine learning project for which I need proper computational power. Assuming that my local university can't provide a server to run the code, I am looking for an online website which sells virtual servers for limited time — as in a month or less.
I heard that some companies... |
2015/06/11 | 461 | 1,950 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently reviewed a paper for a math journals. I recommended to reject the paper but my decision was overridden because of two other positive reviews. Is it a common practice to ask to see the other reviews ?
I am curious about what the other reviewers thought of the paper. I am not going to... |
2015/06/11 | 773 | 3,075 | <issue_start>username_0: In the final exam of a course, a student has solved some problems in a really ingenious way.
He gets perfect score anyway.
What is the appropriate way to inform him about my appreciation of his solutions?
(Also what if I don't have the occasion to meet him again?)<issue_comment>username_1: Just... |
2015/06/11 | 2,055 | 9,230 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a year ahead of my physics curriculum, but I plan to stay as an undergrad for the 4th year to increase my chances at top graduate schools in physics. In this 4th year, I will take all the graduate courses in physics a typical 1st/2nd year PhD student would take: two semesters of quantum me... |
2015/06/11 | 715 | 2,597 | <issue_start>username_0: I am applying for an F31 Diversity Grant for Predoctoral studies to support my 3-5 year of PhD studies. There is no mention of needing to submit transcript of grade with the application. Is this true? Does the NIH not require transcripts for F31 applications? Are applications solely graded on t... |
2015/06/11 | 733 | 3,491 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a newly appointed editor to a top journal. I have received my first manuscript assignment. I see in the journal system that the authors have provided preferences for reviewers for their paper.
I was wondering what is the norm like with respect to this. Do editors normally go by author's p... |
2015/06/11 | 1,312 | 5,305 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any research/study that looked at the extent to which the prospect of a guaranteed-for-life job (tenure) motivate researchers to stay in academia?
I am most interested in the United States and the field of computer science.<issue_comment>username_1: I'll respond based on anecdotal evi... |
2015/06/11 | 762 | 3,226 | <issue_start>username_0: I completed my postgraduate studies in France where, unless I am mistaken, librarians that work in an academic library do more or less the same work as, say, librarians that work in a public library.
When I started to seek information about faculty jobs in Canada, I was struck by the fact that... |
2015/06/11 | 895 | 3,955 | <issue_start>username_0: I received an associates degree in computer science from a junior college and then transfered to an university to pursue my bachelors degree. I am almost finished with that and I plan on continuing towards a masters degree. A lot of classmates tell me that you should get your masters degree fro... |
2015/06/12 | 1,001 | 4,450 | <issue_start>username_0: I find myself constantly being told I should not intentionally jot down example problems but understand the core logic of a topic. But some of my high level math classes tend to have very few examples and mainly definitions, i.e. words. Is it sound to keep a notebook of example problems related... |
2015/06/12 | 610 | 2,281 | <issue_start>username_0: My dentist is Dr. Wang and my physician is Dr. O'Connor but I also refer to my professor as Dr.
Are these the same titles? Did they all achieve what it took to get a Dr. title?<issue_comment>username_1: These "doctors" typically all took at least eight years of college work (four undergraduat... |
2015/06/12 | 687 | 2,799 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently applying for lecturing jobs at a couple of universities (in the US), and one of these is a place that had accepted me in its Ph.D. program a few years back, an offer which I ended up turning down to go somewhere else (this was done in a very courteous way and I do not believe I le... |
2015/06/12 | 733 | 2,915 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a student from Greece, studying Rural and Surveying Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) which is a 5-year minimum diploma involving 61 courses and a thesis (300 ECTS).
My goal is to get admitted to a master's degree program on Civil Eng and I am looking at th... |
2015/06/12 | 808 | 3,402 | <issue_start>username_0: I was thinking about getting my masters in November 2015 or May 2016 (An 18 month masters) but I was wondering if its possible to start my PhD research from now, I have an idea of what my research would be and I think it will save me time when I actually apply for PhD, I understand that a lot o... |
2015/06/12 | 577 | 2,317 | <issue_start>username_0: I had the impression that in general, PhD programs are the only really "free" ones in higher education in those typically high cost English-speaking countries that they charge no tuition, pay you to do research, teach, do scut work etc., give stipend, maybe free housing. On the other hand, mast... |
2015/06/12 | 1,135 | 4,372 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an open-minded Indian student and I will be going to Germany to join the University of Bonn for my masters in Computer Science. I have planned **a monthly budget of € 830** including studentenwerk fees, which the university noted me will be no more than € 350. Old students say that it aver... |
2015/06/12 | 1,115 | 4,492 | <issue_start>username_0: I have done my undergrad in electronics from India and want to do a masters in computer science. My initial goal was to do it from a good university but I got rejected from all the ones that I applied to, even though I have very good GRE scores but an average GPA (68% approx = 3.1) with no indu... |
2015/06/12 | 1,035 | 4,463 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a student who has to do public speaking in front of other students at my university.
What would be the most effective way to start the presentation so that my audience doesn't get bored within the first few seconds?
Starting with "Hi, I am Bob. I study Chemistry and I will talk about sq... |
2015/06/12 | 1,383 | 5,694 | <issue_start>username_0: There are often theories published by scientists in both the hard sciences and social sciences based on new understanding of fundamental science and better data collecting mechanisms that runs in opposite to the prevailing theories of the day (or it is not politically correct).
I am reminded ... |
2015/06/13 | 937 | 3,442 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is already asked [here](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/41897/what-type-of-gift-could-i-give-to-my-phd-advisor). But I found the answers unhelpful, so I would like to ask again, and narrow to the case the advisor is Italian (but has lived in the UK for 20 years).
I w... |
2015/06/13 | 1,023 | 4,293 | <issue_start>username_0: This question is strongly linked to a previous question of mine:
[Tenured position to be started very soon…what to do with the old affiliation](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/45674/tenured-position-to-be-started-very-soon-what-to-do-with-the-old-affiliation)
Roughly speaking, my... |
2015/06/13 | 1,189 | 5,140 | <issue_start>username_0: I read that "One difficulty with research problems is that it is hard/impossible to know if the problem is easy or not" or when it can be solved. So how a graduate-research student (i.e., PhD or MRe) knows what to pick as his/her work, and/or how can his/her professor 'predict' it? Because if o... |
2015/06/13 | 1,076 | 4,363 | <issue_start>username_0: During the course of my post-graduation, a friend and I worked on a personal project in pattern recognition. I honestly am not hesitant to admit that although the technique has a decent result on a publicly available dataset, it is not publication worthy in any journal or conference of note (or... |
2015/06/13 | 2,886 | 12,114 | <issue_start>username_0: I am trying to find a professor to do my first research under his/her supervision. I am a high school student. However I have already self-studied all the BSc and MSc (Pure Mathematics) books [based on Melbourne Uni]. But I haven't done any research and I need to have some professor to help me ... |
2015/06/14 | 1,061 | 4,525 | <issue_start>username_0: In my MSc thesis implementation section, I have used two tools: Matlab and Python scripting. How should I introduce and mention them in my implementation chapter?
Thank you,<issue_comment>username_1: It somewhat depends of the publication style that you use for your thesis. For example, *APA (... |
2015/06/14 | 306 | 1,439 | <issue_start>username_0: My discipline is educational technology and I have been invited to submit a book chapter about integrating technology in my region. I published many articles in top refereed journals, but not sure whether the focus, style of writing and structure of articles are appropriate for book chapters. ... |
2015/06/14 | 346 | 1,472 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the actual meaning of being a research assistant? I have only heard of masters in science and PhD.<issue_comment>username_1: A graduate research assistant—regardless of field–is someone who is carrying out research, normally as part of studies that will ultimately lead to either a maste... |
2015/06/14 | 1,517 | 5,590 | <issue_start>username_0: I am doing a research of the processing times of papers published in journals in my field. I have noticed that the metrics that the journals advertise (e.g. the Elsevier journal insights) do not correspond to my experience, nor to the recently published papers, so I wanted to make my own survey... |
2015/06/14 | 2,752 | 11,122 | <issue_start>username_0: I will be soon joining a Top-50 school for a PhD in High Energy Theory. They have some very good professors who have published top quality journal articles in their area of expertise (even with some Nobel Laureates as co-authors). They are not as famous as <NAME>, <NAME>, etc. though. I would l... |
2015/06/14 | 3,024 | 12,991 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently came across several papers in the area of Information Extraction and Data Mining which seem to have passed the review process even if they (1) use some new terminology without describing it, (2) replicate some old and popular technique and just describe it in a new way, (3) use new d... |
2015/06/15 | 662 | 2,784 | <issue_start>username_0: What do you think about an idea of getting a PhD in an "better then average institution" to get tons of experience to get a second PhD (in the same field) from top institution?
I'm now getting a MSc degree in applied math from one of the top Russia institutions, but I still feel like I don't h... |
2015/06/15 | 1,209 | 4,934 | <issue_start>username_0: So here's a funny thing: I have 3 Fs and 1 D on my transcript, but my GPA is ~3.8, which is "high" because I double majored in math and computer science. The reason for those 4 bad grades is that I had 2 bad semesters where I suffered from depression; I didn't drop the classes before the deadli... |
2015/06/15 | 1,237 | 3,496 | <issue_start>username_0: When applying for non-research related work in the commercial sector, how should confusion be avoided over the term "Research Assistant" being used in a CV?
Are human resources staff at companies, and recruiters, at risk of assuming "research" means market research, as opposed to scientific re... |
2015/06/15 | 486 | 2,077 | <issue_start>username_0: Over the course or the past year, I've become very familiar with a specific topic through a careful and systematic review of the background and state-of-the-art.
I think this could make for a nice publication, providing readers in similar fields with a handy resource and increasing my academi... |
2015/06/15 | 739 | 3,236 | <issue_start>username_0: I just finished crafting an application's cover letter for a particular lab (if it matters, area of research can be broadly classified as *computational social sciences*). The situation is that they have several postdoctoral positions and I feel that I am a pretty good fit for either one of the... |
2015/06/15 | 704 | 2,976 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a masters student at a top-rated US university in electrical engineering. I have been working under a professor who joined the department last semester. He is quite happy with my progress, but can't offer me a PhD as he doesn't have enough money. He has agreed, though, to help me get a PhD... |
2015/06/15 | 1,360 | 5,966 | <issue_start>username_0: I currently have two months before I have to submit my master's thesis (its a one-year program in the UK) and just finished data collection. Analysing the data is a time consuming process and I'm starting to worry that I don't have too much time to write my dissertation. Will it be better to pr... |
2015/06/15 | 638 | 2,669 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering why some good European universities in the field of Computer Science and related careers, I mean:
* Computer Science
* Information Systems
* Software Engineering
Their faculties do not really put information about if they are accredited by some entity like ABET for example. I ... |
2015/06/15 | 1,231 | 5,209 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a first-year PhD student and I have two accepted publications as a first author since the start of my program.
The thing is I thought I would be the one to travel to the conferences and present my work but my advisor is making the presentation, as he made me aware of it today. The conferen... |
2015/06/15 | 649 | 2,911 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student in mathematical economics and had an interesting idea last month. I modelled my idea and wrote it down. For the moment, it is a preliminary draft but I think my idea is pretty interesting.
I would like to discuss my idea with some people in the field (researchers, professor... |
2015/06/16 | 585 | 2,225 | <issue_start>username_0: I thought about posting this in English.SE, but since it occurs in a university setting, I decided to post here - hopefully it's on-topic.
I have been working on a project that is being transitioned to another group member so she could take over the project. The project involves the design, d... |
2015/06/16 | 992 | 4,001 | <issue_start>username_0: My institution currently tracks its members' publications by sending them an email every six months and then manually compiling publication lists from the replies. I am looking into updating the organisation's web site, and I would like to implement a system where users can maintain their own p... |
2015/06/16 | 2,662 | 11,084 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a undergrad student, and I am currently conducting summer research under a professor.
During our last meeting, I have revealed that I wish to go to school A for my graduate study. But my prof rather wanted me to stay at my current school for master/phd; i.e., stay and work for him.
Well,... |
2015/06/16 | 1,222 | 5,251 | <issue_start>username_0: If you are going for a humanities grad degree, either scientific or humanities undergrad could get in as long as they get good GRE score (I think.)
Not the case for scientific graduate studies, as the applicant would most likely need to be experienced in lab work and have solid scientific und... |
2015/06/16 | 1,081 | 4,593 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a report for my master's research. One entire section of my report has been expertly written in someone else's PhD thesis, which happens to mostly take the form of a monograph on the subject.
I am not writing a research article, and they don't expect original research from me (or ... |
2015/06/16 | 543 | 2,422 | <issue_start>username_0: I am going to apply for grad school starting this December. I have heard that an LOR is pretty essential in the process. I have a few professors I can approach. But my question is: how do you present an LOR? By that I mean, should it be sealed in an envelope, giving the impression that I have n... |
2015/06/16 | 2,631 | 11,345 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently looking for postdoctoral positions, and am considering applying overseas (in US right now). My advisor has expressed his opinion that I can not be successful in an overseas position because my wife won't want to move there and will cause trouble. She doesn't like to move, but has... |
2015/06/16 | 1,279 | 5,823 | <issue_start>username_0: As a PhD researcher in computer science, my scientific results often take the form of algorithms, which in turn come with implementations. I am convinced that releasing these implementations under an open-source model has various benefits especially for scientific codes, one of which is reprodu... |
2015/06/17 | 784 | 3,490 | <issue_start>username_0: I have yet to see this, but was wondering if others have or if it makes sense to list acknowledgments in published papers on a CV.
In some questions on this SE, it seems significant contributions to a paper can occur, yet for some reason (maybe not contributing to writing of the paper), the pe... |
2015/06/17 | 3,321 | 14,156 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been accepted to a fairly competitive online computer science-related [graduate program](http://datascience.berkeley.edu/) (in the US). It is a part-time program geared toward working professionals. During the application process, I was assigned an admissions counselor that worked with m... |
2015/06/17 | 888 | 3,733 | <issue_start>username_0: I have written a thesis for my bachelor degree and next week I have to defend it. The problem is that I found some small mistakes (not spelling mistakes, but small mistakes in equations, a wrong number in the abstract and so on) and one or two more significant problems.
Now I want to write an ... |
2015/06/17 | 1,505 | 6,271 | <issue_start>username_0: I won't go into much detail, but I work at a young private university at a non-managerial position.
The uni has a strong need for better teachers and more adequate students. **In my opinion**, a viable strategy for quickly increasing the education quality level would be to focus on only 1 facu... |
2015/06/17 | 2,230 | 9,828 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a senior postdoc and have recently published a bioinformatics algorithm in an academic journal. For that publication, I was listed as the first author of the manuscript, and my principal investigator (PI)/supervisor as the senior author. Both of us were listed as corresponding authors.
As... |
2015/06/17 | 889 | 3,822 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm wanting to increase my academic network, particularly people who know me and my research. This is probably the goal of all researchers. Specifically I'm looking for ideas to do so through email.
I realize that face-to-face interactions are probably the best way to meet and network with ot... |
2015/06/18 | 1,524 | 6,463 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in the social sciences (political science) doing research largely based on fieldwork. Accordingly, my dissertation project has changed quite a bit in the four months since getting my prospectus approved and beginning fieldwork. My department is fairly open, with helpful faculty, and I want... |
2015/06/18 | 1,188 | 5,364 | <issue_start>username_0: *Question:* where can I find (legal/pragmatic) information about having latex source files for scientific articles publicly available on github?
Or, how would you deal with it?
*Problem description:*
I like using git for collaborative tex'ing. So why not use it for scientific articles as well... |
2015/06/18 | 977 | 3,913 | <issue_start>username_0: In this [answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/47414/929) it is suggested that arXiv, as its name would suggest, is archival. One of Beall's criteria is that a publisher is potentially predatory if it
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2015/06/18 | 709 | 3,173 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted a paper to a journal about two months ago and now the article has been under review for a month. It is my first article out for publication ever, so I am not the best at judging my chances of being accepted. However, I presented the paper on a conference and they offer the chance of... |
2015/06/18 | 1,010 | 4,146 | <issue_start>username_0: For some background: I'm very new to graduate school, in fact I just started unofficially doing research a few months ago, my official PhD program starts in the Fall (I moved out there early). Currently, I'm at a big R01 institution, coming from a pretty low ranking obscure undergraduate school... |
2015/06/18 | 1,948 | 8,575 | <issue_start>username_0: I would like to know if PhD advisors allow students to collaborate with professors from other institutions in a major way. The context for me here is that I will be joining a Top-50 institution for a PhD in Physics. Considering the job prospects in academia, I think it would be worth collaborat... |
2015/06/18 | 553 | 2,437 | <issue_start>username_0: I came across one of the edited books where authors contribute chapters that was published once in 2010 and the again in 2014. The two different books have identical (or almost identical) titles but different ISBNs and different DOIs. This means that a chapter that was included in both (same ti... |
2015/06/18 | 1,094 | 4,832 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the benefits and harm of taking a leave of absence after the first year of PhD?
......My situation is as follows.... I just completed the first year of PhD in Epidemiology at one of the top 5 programs in the nation and failed all my classes both semesters. All year long I'd battled w... |
2015/06/19 | 2,053 | 8,284 | <issue_start>username_0: The question is not about plagiarism, it is about its aftermath. I am presenting the whole situstion.
Three years back, in my undergraduate years (summer after sophomore, to be precise), I did my first major project with a professor in India. The project came out well and we had two publicatio... |