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"My paper is accepted for a presentation in a conference; but I can not attend. Now what?",
"I can not attend the conference and present my work. Besides they (organizers) have asked us to declare them \"right away\" in the case we can not attend for any reasons. Now I have two questions:\n\n1- Will my paper lose the chance to be published in the selected papers of the conference (which is almost 20 among 100 presented ones)? Or it still has the chance even without my presentation (e.g., for sake of its content)\n\n2- They have announced to publish the conference details (including lecturers' names and papers) on their website in a week. Now, should I wait to see my name on their page (in order to reference specific people; e.g. an admission committee of somewhere) and then tell them I can not attend the conference? Or is it immoral and/or just telling the story (and not referring to a webpage) would suffice?\n\nThanks"
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"How do I clear my name when wrongfully accused of cheating?",
"I'm pursing an online engineering degree at ASU. In a introduction circuit class, I have a flimsy idea of what I'm doing and little time (each class is only 7 weeks long) to try to figure it out, so for some assignments I take my best guess and my mentality is if I miss some points, so be it, as long as I understand the gist that's being asked.\n\nThis class had a relatively huge project where we submitted photos and the program files for 2 related circuit designs and it was broken down into 3 parts, 1 part for all of the lab information, 1 part for the first program file for the first design and 1 part for the second program file. When it came to the lab part, I had a good idea of what was asked and by the end I thought I knew what I was doing.\n\nFor the 2 program files of the circuit designs I tried making similar circuits to those that were in examples in lecture videos for my class, but they didn't work correctly. So instead, I researched using a YouTube video by the TA in my class, a tutorial about the type of circuits being made and a powerpoint from a different university. I did NOT copy a single design presented in the video, tutorial or powerpoint. I re-checked and I can guarantee that my design does not look exactly like any of the ones viewed in the learning materials I used. Instead, I took components from each of the designs until I had something that produced the logic I theoretically proved it could be in the lab report.\n\nI received an email from the TA asking why I submitted an entirely different project than what was being asked, and my only simple answer is that I had no idea what I was doing. Obviously, that isn't a good enough answer when someone is implying you cheated. So in a long response email I explained that I didn't feel confident in what I was doing and I tried to make something that worked and I explained how I did each part of the project and linked him the learning materials I used. \n\nHe hasn't responded, but I would like to know if anyone knows, is there anything I can in a situation like this where it's implied that I cheated and even though I most definitely have not, I can't prove that I didn't given the learning environment? What can I do?"
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"Continuing with a postdoc with my PhD advisor, but have not got any official offer letter. Should I be worried?",
"I am an international student who's currently in a bureaucratic mess regarding my work permit application. I will get my permit possibly in February end. I completed my PhD thesis submission in December. Now, my PhD supervisor offered me a postdoc position soon after my defense, but I cannot officially sign a contract till I get my work permit. So, I don't have any official offer letter with me at the moment.\n\nShould I be worried that I currently have no letter indicating the appointment and how can I handle the situation better?"
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"Why do some research centres and university department publish a multi-year future strategic plan?",
"I noticed that a few research centres and university departments provide a multi-year strategic plan document on their websites.\nFor example, IIT (Italian Institute of Technology) and Stanford Computer Science Department.\n\nThe plan usually describes the main goals and purpose of the institution, both in science and in research management.\n\nWhy do they actually do it?\n\nIs it just a way professors and researchers try to predict their future?\nOr is it a solid way to show their future scientific directions to the world?\n\nWhat happens if the strategic plan is not respected by scientists and events during the following years?\n\nAnd why so many institutes actually don't do it?"
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"Journals for tutorials",
"I've written a paper that describes a system (for encryption), showing step by step how the system was formed. It's not a system I invented. I analyze that system and compare it with similar systems. Novel aspects include new understandings of those systems and how they relate to one-another. Can I publish this paper in a journal?"
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"Citing multiple Github repositories with a single citation",
"I have reached the maximum paper length and already shortened everything as possible. I use 4 different github repositories, which I mention in my paper. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no room left to add a citation for each repository.\n\nWhat options are there to solve this problem?\n\nWould it be a good idea to create a new own repository that references the 4 different repositories and only cite my own repository?"
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"Uploading of projects and theses",
"I’m an undergraduate currently working on a project with my supervisor. As far as I know, my supervisor is generally reluctant to publish (that includes the university database). I suspect this will also be the case for the project I’m working on. Is it legal if I upload the final version on say ResearchGate? I want to communicate with others about what I have done and since it is likely that my Bachelor’s thesis will be done under said supervisor, I would like to know what options I have. I can only think of describing the project/thesis in detail as an alternative if I want to list said project/thesis."
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"Do conference attendees care about conference bags?",
"Is there any research/study/survey that looked at whether conference attendees care about conference bags? I.e., would they be ok not receiving anything aside from their badges when they check in?"
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"How much does one have to contribute to be considered a co-author (and therefore listed as such)?",
"I am currently doing undergraduate computer science (machine learning) research, and I'm wondering how much one has to contribute to be considered a co-author (and therefore listed as such)? I've found that, during my research, questions often arise – questions for which I don't know where to look, or what I'm even looking at, but suspect that specific professors would (such as mathematics professors). If I occasionally email various professors and ask them questions (for instance, if what I've come across looks like it might be an optimization problem, then I'll email a professor who is doing research on optimization), then would this be considered sufficient contribution to be listed as a co-author?"
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"How can a graduate school applicant improve his application for next year's season?",
"It seems I'm about to have a bad application season, as all schools I'm waiting to hear from have given out offers of admissions to other applicants. I'm trying to come up with a viable plan to turn my application into a successful one for next year's season.\n\nHere are some important things to note:\n\n\nI come from an unknown school, but my reference writers earned their Ph.Ds from well-known schools in the U.S. (top 25 via NRC ranking). They all encouraged me to apply to top 30 programs in the US.\nI am an international applicant.\nI am interested in pure mathematics.\n\n\nSome fall-back plans I have is to actually get involved in research during the summer and fall, and I'm hoping I can get a serious publication out of doing this. \n\nSo for the people who have served on admissions committees in the past, what else can I do? Should I not bother to apply to the same programs I applied to this year?"
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"What to do with teachers who think their subject is \"extra special\" and gives students too heavy a load?",
"I've had my fair share of teachers who give so much more load than the previous teachers of the same subject. A whole extra project, much more papers, or exercises, etc.\n\nThe bigger problem is that there comes a time where in a single semester, several of the teachers think this way, and MOST of them give an extra project/exercise EACH, on top of the current curriculum projects.\n\nThis strains the students too much.\n\nHow should a student approach these types of situations?"
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"Why there is no enforcing body in validating contributions?",
"In undergraduate or graduate courses, marks and remaining measures are awarded or attributed solely based on the work done by a student.\nEven in team works, marks can be varied by checking the contribution of individual students.\nBut, coming to research, there are no rules or an enforcing body, which checks the individual contributions of all the authors mentioned in the paper. Why is it coming under ethics, but not enforcing?\nIs it because of the reason that it is difficult to implement or infeasible to implement?"
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"Can I use a figure under CC BY-SA 3.0 in an academic paper",
"CC BY-SA requires that you distribute anything derivative of the work with the same license. \n\nI found a very nice but complex diagram (let's say a CAD model) under this license and I would like to modify it to add the relevant information on top of it for an introduction to a paper. Can I use this image on a scientific paper in any case, or I must make sure that the paper itself is under CC BY-SA?"
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"Problem with my Professor",
"Unfortunately, I am in a very difficult situation with one of my Professors. In the previous semester, I argued for the grade he gave me in my assignment. I tried to explain him that the way that he had marked me was unfair. He told me that there was no possibility to remark my assignment without giving me more feedback. I felt disappointed and I decided to address the problem to my programme leader. The programme leader told me that an external examiner will be involved. 4 months have passed and I am still waiting. I feel that they tried to cover up this issue. Apart from that, in this semester, the same professor failed me. I feel terrible. I want to drop the programme. Could you, plesase, advise me?"
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"After an unsuccessful application for a permanent academic position in the UK, should I call and ask details about the selection procedure?",
"I applied for an permanent lecturer position in the UK and received an answer of the type \"we regret to inform you...\". My question is, should I call the university and ask more details about the selection procedure such as how many candidates were shortlisted, what was my overall ranking among the candidates, etc., or is there a typical number of candidates (e.g. 2-3? 9-10?) that are called for an interview?\n\nI am asking because I guess this would give an idea about my relative qualifications and whether it is worth applying in a \"similar\" opportunity, or to stop applying for this level and aim lower for the time being, at least until I improve my cv."
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"Paper Suggestion/Recommendation Tools",
"To make literature search simpler and more efficient, I'm looking for a good tool that would come up with a list of publications based on a given set of publications/research areas. So far, I've found Mendeley Suggest but it does not seem to work all that well. I was wondering if someone in this community might know about a better tool or an altogether better approach for pursuing efficient literature search."
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"How to submit errata when a coauthor disagrees",
"Some years ago, I was the primary author on a paper in which some of the work was performed by a grad student. At the time I did not notice an error in his work, and so the derivation provided in the paper is incorrect. I contacted my coauthors, included the (former) grad student. The other authors readily agreed to have their names on the errata paper, but the former grad student disagreed and feels that his work was without error. And so he said that he did not want his name on the errata. Contacting the journal that published the original paper, the editor is not willing to publish an errata paper in which the author list does not include the entire list of authors from the original paper.\n\nSo I'm stuck. I'm quite certain about the error, and frustrated with the former student's insistence on being correct. But now there is no way to get the errata into the literature. The journal editor suggested perhaps publishing the changes as a \"comment paper\", but comment papers are only allowed if written by someone other than one of the original authors. So that's no help either. I can publish the errata on ArXiV, but many readers of the original paper will never find it.\n\nDoes anyone have suggestions on how to get this correction into the literature?"
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"Can I contact the author as a reviewer?",
"In my field (chemistry), the authors are known to the peer reviewers. A critical point is vague about a manuscript I am reviewing; it can be rejected or accepted based on this point.\n\nCan I directly contact the authors to ask for clarification or I must conduct all correspondence via the editor? I know that the normal procedure is to contact the editor, but I thought it is faster to directly contact the authors, as it may need multiple communications."
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"Automatically checking retracted papers in bibliography",
"Is there a program or online service to automatically check if there is a retracted paper in the bibliography of a pdf file?"
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"email asking professor for help",
"I have been rejected by a particular university for MS two times now. I really want to get into it to work with a professor. I am thinking of emailing him to ask him what I can do to improve myself to become acceptable. I am trying to improve myself on various fronts that I can think of, so I would like ask him if I am on right path. I am a first generation student and I have no guide to ask, so he is that only one I can think of, to ask these questions. What would be the proper subject line for this? Right now I have \"Help needed to improve myself\" as subject. In the body, I will explain my situation and ask him if he could give me some of his time. What would be the proper way to proceed in asking for his help?"
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"Found one major literature review paper, how to differentiate now?",
"I started to write my own literature review today for my master's thesis and I found a very good paper which sums up/overviews the history and concept of the specific topic I am writing about. Usually I track down each cited source to read the original and paraphrase it in my own words. However and with that paper as a guide, I feel like I am 'copying' it or copying its chronological order. Is this a bad thing? I am also reading other papers and I will also try to address the gaps in such papers."
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"Should I warn my professor about some errors that I've found in his paper?",
"A professor of mine gave me a paper, because he wanted to show me the kind of work that we might do together in future. It is the advance access version of the paper, but I've found some errors, like typos, and wrong references of some figures in the text. Should I warn him about those things? If so, what would be the best way to do that? \n\nUpdate\n\n\nI'm from Italy, but I would love to know about other different cultures as well, especially USA;\nMy professor is very open minded, nice and easy-going;\nLet's put it this way: if I was a computer I wouldn't understood the meaning of the figures because the references in the text don't match with the right plot, but since I'm human being I've understood that he meant the other figures.\n\n\nI believe that pride is less important than the truth, especially when it comes to scientific publications. I mean, everyone can be wrong, there is nothing bad about it in my opinion. But I know that not anyone think the same, so I've asked this question because I wanted to know if it's worth to risk what @littleScala pointed out, to spread higher quality articles around the world and to show meticulousness in reading the paper.\n\nBasically I thought: \n\n\nMaybe a professor could be nicely impressed by such a level of attention;\nWhat if he find its own errors? He might think that I didn't read the paper with caution."
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"How can I best prepare myself to keep the option for academia open, after leaving for industry?",
"I will be finishing my PhD soon, and I have a just managed to a get job lined up in industry. I previously received an offer for a postdoc position but for various reasons had to turn it down.\nLonger term I would love to be able to return to academia, maybe even build a career straddling the two in some way. But I'm concerned that the door will close on academia if I'm out of it for too long.\nWhile I am working in industry in the next few coming years, what can I do to put myself in the best position to make a return to academia? Obviously things like keeping up to speed with my field is a given, but publishing papers is something that would have to happen outside of a full time job, and that could be a struggle.\nThe job I'm taking has some indirect relevance to my field and obviously some transferable skills. There is also a small (10%) research component.\nI'd love to hear from people who have successfully switched between the two"
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"Asking faculty up for tenure about the tenure decision",
"If I know a faculty member is up for tenure this year, is it appropriate to ask them for news about the tenure decision? If yes, are there norms around how to ask?\n\nI'm a grad student and still figuring out professional norms. That being said, I hope this question can be a place to discuss the issue more generally than just grad student-faculty relations."
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"strategies to secure more independence in a postdoctoral position?",
"I am soon to finish a long PhD, and am thinking about postdoctoral applications. \n\nAs a PhD student I did a lot of quality work and have some publications in respected journals/conferences. However, I did not develop my own research ideas or objectives as a PhD student. This was just the state of affairs and there wasn't much I could do about it. Also, while my work so far is primarily applied and methodological, I am interested in theoretical work. I do not want to continue doing the kind of work I have done so far. \n\nI have a couple questions under the theme of the title:\n\n\nDo I need to sell my PhD work as my own idea in a postdoc application, or is it reasonable to be honest? \nWill it arouse suspicion in an application to propose research in an area which is not closely related to my PhD research? \nIf I want to be able to develop my own ideas as a postdoctoral researcher, should I seek to clarify that goal, seek positions which advertise that option explicitly, or conceal that goal and instead simply do so once I have a position?\n\n\nMore general question:\n\n\nFrom my observation and reading, there's an art to developing a research objective/question. Ideally, I would like to have some kind of guidance in doing so. In my experience that is unrealistic. How can I seek meaningful mentorship, but somehow frame it in a manner that allows me to move forward and to maintain financial and intellectual freedom from the mentor? \n\n\nIn my experience for students from mathematics and physics the answer to (2) is often \"no\". However, coming from an applied area wishing to do more theoretical work, the standards are unclear to me."
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"How much time does a university typically give a professor to draft a syllabus and how long before they are approved?",
"I was wondering about the process of accepting a syllabus, and if it was different for the Humanities and in the Sciences. Suppose, just so the question is less abstract, there is a new software program that helps research, and a professor wants to add it to a syllabus. Would he/she need to get approval from the department chair? How long do changes/updates to a syllabus usually take in a US University?\n\nLet's take for example an Introduction to Literature class, and typically there are six texts in the course. A professor wants to exchange one of the texts for another one. What would be the process of getting that done? Would there be endless meetings or could the professor simply add the text. Who would need to approve this sort of change in the syllabus? \n\nOr let's take a Science class. There are always advances in science. How long does it take for a syllabus to change to include updated texts?"
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"Can a letter of recommendation be rescinded after submission/acceptance?",
"I have been working in a research position in a DOE lab in the United States for the past year or so, and my mentor wrote me letters of recommendation for my graduate school application. I have been, to put it bluntly, worse at my job recently than I had been when he wrote the letter, and I would quite like to leave soon as:\n\n\nIt has always been a poor fit for my interests, and I am rapidly losing the motivation to continue;\nI have not been challenged/learned anything new for months, and I do not have the discretion to change this;\nI am not vital to any of the ongoing projects in my group;\nI have saved enough to support myself through matriculation. \n\n\nI am very worried that, given my recent job performance, if I leave soon, my mentor might try to contact graduate programs to which I submitted applications 1+ months ago to give an update on his impression of my character/abilities/etc. Is this a real possibility? If so, how would graduate schools react, receiving this so long after submission, or if they've already accepted me?"
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"How to explain a bad grade to a delusional student?",
"I guess this comes up quite often in educational context. There is a student who attended a seminar where they were supposed to study an assigned research paper and deliver a presentation to the class. The presentation delivered by the student was very low quality as was also reflected by the low grade given by a group/committee of seminar tutors (from post-doc to associate professor level). The evaluation turned out to be a big blow to the student's ego and even after several weeks, the person can't digest the failure, despite very careful explanation on the spot, as well as several interactions and (failed) attempts to \"better the grade by performing some extra work\". The student is all the time coming back with requests for additional explanation of particularities of the failure.\n\nWhat is/are the right pedagogical technique(s) to handle such a situation?\n\n\nclearly, the student has a high self-esteem and opinion about him/herself\nprobably did not face a situation of a miserable failure before in the past\nthe student does not seem to see/accept the relative difference in his/her performance and the rest of the peer group\nthe committee of tutors was very careful in assigning the grade and went through a thorough discussion. This is not a question of the grade fairness, but a question of student's self-perceived feeling of receiving an unfair treatment"
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"Citing a result due to a single author that appears in a paper with multiple authors",
"Let's say that Jones and Smith publish a mathematical paper containing a result (Theorem 3.1, say,) which is said in that paper to be due to Smith alone but appears for the first time in her joint paper with Jones. How should I cite this result?\n\nHere are a few examples of ways I might cite the result if Jones were not a co-author of the paper (for definiteness let's say the paper is number 7 in my bibliography):\n\n\n\"By a theorem of Smith [7, Theorem 3.1]...\"\n\"Our argument is based on that of Smith [7, Theorem 3.1]...\"\n\"...implies the hypothesis of Smith's theorem [7, Theorem 3.1]...\"\n\n\nHow might I adapt these phrasings to the situation described above?"
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"What would be the best way to find foreign professors for a PhD defense panel?",
"I need some researchers to review my PhD thesis. I am from India and my university is also in India; the research data was collected in India. My university rules say my thesis should be reviewed by experts from the same field and another country before submitting it.\n\nQuestion: What would be the best way to find specialists in a specific field to participate in a PhD evaluation panel or as reviewers? Should I just leave it to my supervisor?"
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"Is Ohio State University considered a good pure mathematics school for undergrad?",
"Just like the title states. I am also considering graduate school so does it have a good reputation for pushing kids to good graduate schools?"
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"Tips for making online presentation over Skype",
"I am about to complete my PhD. My area is functional analytic/ operator theoretic aspects of quantum information. I am applying for post-doctoral positions in various places. Recently, one group called me for presentation/ interview over Skype. It should consist of a presentation (20 minutes) and 20 minutes interview. My questions are the following: \n\n\nWhat are the common things one should focus while presenting online, and what I should avoid (say, in my slide, or oral comments etc).\nThe people who called me for interview are physicists (my work is connected to quantum information). As a mathematics student, what is the best way to make myself presentable in these cases. \n\n\nSome background: I have two publications, some old preprints (arxiv, on discrete mathematics, but not published and not connected with my present research) and a few in draft form (not submitted in arxiv yet). Published papers are not mathematically very exiting, but came up in some reasonably good and well reputed physics journals. Also what I am afraid is, they are not reviewed in math review (many papers from the same journal are frequently reviewed though). \n\nI am a bit afraid, as this is my first time of appearing in such interview (and the reasons mentioned above). Advanced thanks for your helps and suggestions."
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"What are the benefits of being a convener/chair of a session in a conference?",
"I wish to submit a proposal to a conference to chair a session. To do this, I will have to spend a lot of time to think about many things such as the objectives & scopes of my session. But I am wondering about the benefits/ achievements after all these.\n\nWhat could be the benefits/ achievements useful for a researcher involving in such activities?"
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"How should I interpret a book editor not responding to me after accepting my chapter proposal?",
"I had a detailed chapter proposal accepted about five weeks ago for a collection of critical essays in my field, edited by a retired professor who has been prolific in publishing while retired. In the acceptance email, the editor stated that "in the coming days," we'd all receive further information about our specific chapters. I replied to the acceptance email shortly thereafter, saying I appreciated it and was looking forward to receiving the information.\nAbout ten days ago, having heard nothing, I sent a polite, concise follow-up email in which I requested clarification on the timeline/details of the chapter and reaffirmed my interest. No response.\nA few days ago, I left him a polite, brief message on his office phone, identifying myself and providing a number of ways to reach me--hoping one might be easier than email. No response to that so far.\nSo all I have in hand is this initial chapter acceptance. I'm confused, a bit frustrated, and a bit worried. The CFP stated that initial chapter drafts were due in August.\nMy questions:\n\nWhat should I do at this point? I need to plan my workload for the summer, and if I'm still a part of this project, I'd need to set aside significant time to complete it. I really want to complete it; I'm passionate about the proposal, and the book looks like it's going to be great.\nIs it reasonable for me to assume that I've been booted from the project? Does it ever happen this way, where, after an initial acceptance, someone changes their mind and simply stops returning all communications?\nI realize there's a possibility the editor is in fact slow, suffering a health/personal setback, or facing some other obstacle. But in this case, given my previous attempts to contact them, how should I proceed?\n\nSome pertinent points:\n\nThe editor of the volume and the press are both well-known and (as far as I know) well-regarded, or at least ubiquitous in the field. They're not cranks or unknowns.\nThe acceptance email was a mass email, and me and the other accepted authors were all BCCed, so I can't contact one of them to ask if they've heard from the editor.\nIf I don't hear from the editor within some timeframe over the coming months, would it be reasonable to contact the volume's publisher or the editor's colleagues, asking if they know (a) whether this person is OK (not injured or worse) or (b) a way to get in touch with them?\n\nThanks for providing advice to a junior scholar here."
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"Letter of Recommendation: Reputation vs personal relation",
"I want to apply for a graduate program in Computer Science and need a Letter of Recommendation to complete my application. \n\nWhile thinking about who I could ask to write the letter I came up with two people: One is a full professor and has a lot of reputation but knows me only from some oral exams (where we had some good talks even beside the exam topics) and crowded lectures where he couldn't really take notice of me.\n\nThe other one holds a Ph.D. in CS but is no longer involved in research. However, he holds advanced lectures in the field I'm interested (and am applying for). Usually we are about ten persons in his lectures and he knows me very well from asking questions during the lecture and so on. When he's asking a question to the audience and I raise my hand, he usually says that he knows I know it and wants others to answer it. \n\nI'm unsure if I should aks the full professor with a lot of reputation or the lecturer who knows me much better but has much less reputation, to write a letter for me."
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"What is the equivalent degree of a Diploma in Information Technology from India?",
"After my 10th grade I joined a polytechnic college for a specialization in Infomation Technology (Diploma in Information Technology). Now, I am in my final year of under-graduate studies (Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology), and I want to pursue my graduate studies from the United States of America.\n\nOne of the universities that I am applying to did not offer the option of “Diploma in Information Technology” in their online application form. After doing some research I found out that:\n\n\n In India, a diploma is a specific academic award usually earned in professional/vocational courses, e.g., Engineering, Pharmacy, Design, etc. In such cases, a diploma is specific in rank than a Bachelor's degree of that discipline but equivalent to general degree in that discipline, e.g., Diploma in Engineering of Electronics Engineering is rated differently than Bachelor of Technology in Electronics Engineering but is equivalent to Bachelor of Science in Electronics.\n\n\nIf so, then what is the equivalent degree of a Diploma in Information Technology in India? Is it Bachelor of Science in Information Technology?"
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"How do you deal with the ridiculous catch 22 to get into grad school",
"I have applied for a second round of 100% rejections and needless to say I am not feeling great about it. What I am especially angry/frustrated about is that neat little sentence every rejection letter has:\n\n\n We recommend getting more research experience and trying again next year\n\n\nHOW?! \n\nI have applied for R&D jobs in my field for a year and a half while working. I can't get an interview, when I contact the companies the reply is \"you don't have a masters\". Well that's convenient isn't it? Universities won't accredit me because of lack of experience and I can't get the experience because I don't have the credentials.\n\nI'd abandon the goal all together but I am too stupid and stuborn to accept giving up an unreachable dream."
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"Slides for a brief presentation at a PhD Interview",
"I am soon attending a PhD Interview (Condensed matter Theory). The interview is divided in two steps: a first interview with a selection comitee, where I have to prepeare a presentation 6 minutes long, and a second, 1.30 hours long interview with possible PIs. \n\nThe short (6' - 5 slides) presentation is supposed to deal with:\n\n\nAcademic Background\nPrevious Research Experience\nPresentation of Master Project/Thesis\nMotivations for this application\nCareer goals in your future\n\n\nSlides are explicitly required. \n\nMy questions are:\n\n\nI do not feel confident prepearing a slide on \"Motivations for pursuing a PhD\" or even future goals. I have very strong reasons, but writing those down seem... childish/stupid to me. Should I just not make slides about those things, but nevertheless talk about them? (The field use a very flexible framework that can be applied to many other problems. This means that even if I focus on one problem I can always talk about much more... I was a RA for the last 6 months and lived with other PhD students, so I know a bit already what it is like...)\nI want to do 1 slide on my B.Sc. Thesis and one on my M.Sc. thesis. Of course I will be briefly presenting the kind of work I did, and tools I used, but what should I put along a short list in the slide? The fancy graphic from my thesis that I'll have no time to explain? The hamiltonian that I was studying? Or a nice drawing giving a divulgative, simplistic picture of the process I was studying? Or make them smaller and all of those 3? (they would fit)\n\n\nAbout 2.: Since I will have almost no time to explain much about the details of my previous work, intuition tells me I would be better dropping drawings/graphs out. Yet, since I am trying to \"sell myself\" to the comitee, those things might be fancy and nice to add. \n\nAny suggestion would be very welcome."
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"Should I acept my second choice?",
"I applied to a PhD program, and after all the interviews I got a firm offer for a fellowship let's call it PhD A, that I have to give an answer to before a deadline (next week), since they have\nNow the lab in which I did my master's thesis, and in which I have been working since 6 months applied for a grant to finance a PhD student (me) but won't have an answer before a May. Let's call this PhD B. \n\nNow my problem is that I would prefer staying in the lab I am at for PhD B, but, even though it might be small, there is always a chance that it wont get the grant, so if I say no to PhD A I would be left with nothing.\nAnd on the other hand, if I accept the fellowship offer for PhD A and my lab gets the grant, I would prefer doing PhD B.\n\nThe real problem is this deadline, because the PhD A wouldn't start before October, and so if I also get an offer for PhD B after having accepted offer A, I would prefer not to burn any bridges by just leaving after having accepted. \n\nSo my question is what do you think can be done in a situation like this?"
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"Out of school for ten years and letters of recommendation for PhD programs",
"I graduated with a BS in physics in 2009, so it's coming up on ten years since I've been in academia. I have a great relationship with one professor, with whom I'm still in contact, and my old advisor would most likely also help me.\n\nThe problem is that most places I see want three letters, and I don't know of any other professors that'd likely remember me. I do, however, have about half a dozen former class mates. I have a friend doing a postdoc at Yale and another at Lawrence Livermore. I also have another friend who just finished her dissertation at Berkley.\n\nI have a wide range of research experience, am published (I helped an experimentalist and got tacked on to the groups paper in phys rev), and have fair grades from a very challenging curriculum (e.g. general relativity, qft of a scalar field, theoretical techniques, intro to string theory), and am not worried about the subject GRE hell (I've done it before and scored in the 80%s once and 90%s the second time).\n\nMy problem is that usually one needs 3 letters. I currently work in tech, and could get a great letter from my department's boss, but the only time I do math there is when I make corrections to complex integrals an EE's whiteboard. Or when I'm bored and start calculating connecction coefficients for a metric or dervice generators for SU(n) n>2.\n\nAny advice would be most appreciated!"
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"Fellow student seems to be chasing rainbows. Should I step in?",
"I am currently writing my bachelor's thesis, and share advisors with a fellow student, who is also working in the same office as I am. We exchange daily about our progress.\n\nI am under the impression that his work is going nowhere. He is working on a topic that has no previous work available, and according to him, direct verification on whether his research is useful is not possible. An indirect approach using yet another students' algorithm showed worse results in combination with the work of the student in question. To acquire this information, both students spent a large amount of time that could have been spent towards writing their theses.\n\nHe is somewhat backed up by his (our) supervisor, but I feel this is largely because the supervisor wants this research to end up in a peer-reviewed publication, even though there are no results that suggest the research is valid or useful in any way yet.\n\nI have the impression that continuing this path will worsen the thesis outcome for my fellow student, as he is facing a deadline to turn in his thesis, but spends a lot of time trying things out and interpreting essentially bad results to show something positive.\n\nSince I sympathize with him, I would like to intervene and talk bluntly about the issues written out above. I do understand, however, that it is not my place to correct him, as we are at the same stage of our careers, and I am about as inexperienced as he is. In addition, since our supervisor has a different opinion and more experience, it could very well be that I'll be wrong in the end.\n\nWhat interaction, if any, is ethical and reasonable for me to engage in?\n\nI imagine this sort of thing happens more often, even with more experienced academics, as confirmation bias seems to be a somewhat common issue.\n\nHow are similar problems usually handled in academia? Are people like my fellow student in question left alone to their own judgment, or do co-academics talk them out of seemingly bad ideas? Do people criticize each others' research a lot?"
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"Research dependent on future discovery?",
"I work in a field of data-driven modeling of physical systems (think simulating weather patterns, particle interations, solid structures, etc.). As the name implies, producing a good model depends on access to high-quality, or \"high-fidelity\" data that it taken to be the truth, or a fairly accurate representation of nature or an experiment. However, the system I am trying to model is one which nobody can consistently produce simulations that exactly match experiments. This is not a huge problem for me, as I simply use the best simulations that reproduce experiments in a general, qualitative sense. I am working to develop good data-driven models which can be generalized to any variety of physical systems, not just my particularly difficult system. Hopefully there will be a point in the future where I have access to good data, but that time is not now.\n\nHowever, many researchers who have been attempting to create better high-fidelity models look down on this, claiming that there is no point trying to simulate a system if the inputs don't match nature exactly. \"Garbage in, garbage out\" is the standard derogatory epithet. This strikes me as odd, since they are the ones tasked with producing the accurate high-fidelity models, and they cannot do it. It also strikes me as anti-intellectual, spurning an avenue of research which will have measurable benefit once they make their models better.\n\nAm I wrong in this sentiment? Is it stupid to pursue an area of research that is essentially dependent on future discoveries and improvements in modern methods? Are there any examples out there of research that was performed under the assumption that future methods would make it useful?"
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"What happens if you don't enjoy your research partially through your degree?",
"I'm a sophomore at a Canadian university studying mathematics. Since near the end of first year, I've thought about attending graduate school for some mathematics field (this could also be because I don't know what else I can do with my degree/knowledge). \n\nI'm thinking about it now, however, and I've noticed (through painstakingly unfortunate experiences and unnecessary, overly-ambitious classes this year) that perhaps mathematics may not be my life (although I do enjoy reading on it, studying/looking into different aspects of the field, and even if I don't do well on an assignment, test, or class altogether, I'm not typically turned off of that subject if it is maths-related). \n\nThus, I'm thinking about this as someone who could potentially be doing this in grad school. Right now, I have the freedom to take other, non-maths courses (I'm minoring in film, for example). Will this freedom continue in grad school? As well, I'm fortunate enough to be in an undergrad program that encourages cross-faculty research. Thus, if I wanted to look at mathematics from a film point of view (or vice versa) for a research project or thesis, it would be encouraged. However, from what I'm seeing from my grad school research, you are typically in grad school for one specific field and do research in that topic for your entire degree (which, I understand is usually less than the 3/4 years of undergrad study). \n\nSo I guess my question is, what do you do if you're in grad school but grow weary of your research? I'm sure you can't just up and leave, but what if you want to research something that isn't offered by a grad institution, or want to merge two topics together? How does the process work then? Or what if I wanted to do research with the philosophy department on a mathematical topic (e.g. something like logic)? How would that work? \n\nDo grad institutions give a degree of freedom to their students, or is it all about the adviser and what they want? And if the latter is the case, what do you do if you don't want that? Do you have to just suck it up and do it anyway?"
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"What should I do with a master student's online report that made my work look like his?",
"I have a published a conference paper (in 2014) that has been used recently by a master student (whom I do not know) to write a paper for a master's class discussing a paper. In his work he cites my work and the title he put on researchgate.net is: Analysis Report on [my work]. \n\nIssues:\n\n\nIn the work itself the title does not contain Analysis report on.\nHe copied images of my work without referring to the original source.\nThe report is written (although it might not be on purpose) as if he did the work.\n\n\nSince this work is for a master project I do not mind these issues that much, however it is published on ResearchGate and not clear that it is a report explaining a conference paper.\n\nShould I ignore it our should I contact the student asking to remove the work?"
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"How do people changing fields after PhD overcome competition with \"locals\"?",
"There are a number of questions here about changing-fields. Those are mostly about how common it is, how it affects future career, or whether a move from X to Y is feasible (example 1, 2, 3). At any rate, it does happen — I have come across people with background in particle physics, astrophysics, or space science, who were all in postdocs in atmospheric science. A frequent motivation may be to resolve the two body problem. And some fields have a higher ratio of jobs to PhD graduates than others.\n\nBut if someone with a PhD in particle physics, astrophysics, or space science, applies for a post-doc in atmospheric science, how do they overcome the competition with candidates who do have PhDs specialising in (the right subfield of) atmospheric science? Wouldn't a potential host quickly dismiss candidates who show neither experience nor interest in the relevant field, even if they have spoken the person, when other applicants are pre-trained \"locals\"?"
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"How to choose between multiple math postdocs offers?",
"I am trying to decide between some math postdoc offers, and I can't decide what is important for a postdoc position. I have talked to several senior mathematicians including my advisor, but they all seem to have different opinions. I just want to hear some more opinions on the following:\n\n\nHow important is prestige? Suppose that I have an offer from school X, which is fairly prestigious (something like top 10, which isn't a well-defined notion). Also suppose that I have an offer from school Y, which is not as prestigious but a better match research-wise. Suppose that the ranking of school Y is approximately n (again, not a well-defined notion). For which values of n should I choose school X over school Y? My goal is to become a tenure-track professor in a PhD-granting institution.\nWhat makes a good postdoc supervisor? I can think of the following criteria: compatible research interests, being well-known in one's field, compatible personalities, generous with time, etc. Am I missing anything else?"
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"How to take notes during lecture properly?",
"I am struggling with note taking during lectures for a long time. I find that if I only listen to the lecture I am able to understand the concepts properly. But the downside is that I often forget some important details. On the other hand, when I concentrate on taking notes, often I just end up writing a lot of things without paying much attention to the concepts. I have been trying to improve my note taking skills by watching video lectures from OCW or YouTube. My lecture notes look more like lecture transcripts. I pause and rewind the video and end up writing a lot. I can't figure out how to improve. I would really appreciate if anyone could have any suggestion.\nPS. I take notes with pen and paper and I haven't tried note taking on a computer."
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"Letters in high-end interdisciplinary journals – how much do they weigh in a CV? Are they only for experts?",
"Some journals, especially some prestigious ones like Science and Nature, have these types of articles called letters which are usually an opinion/argument on a certain topic, e.g., to point out something that has not been discussed or some new research direction to take in a particular field.\n\nHow much do these publications matter in a young scientist’s CV? Because they are not really based on a specific study. Or are these mainly for researchers who are considered an expert in their discipline?\n\nAlso, I am wondering if PhD students or postdocs are taken into consideration if they submit such letter to a prestigious journal, or if a senior scientist needs to be among the authors.\n\nExample: Bushmeat Hunting As Climate Threat\n\nJedediah F. Brodie and Holly K. Gibbs \n\n\nScience 16 October 2009: 364-365. [DOI:10.1126/science.326_364b]"
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"How to go about \"record of teaching excellence\" as part of an application for an academic position when you don't have teaching experience?",
"I am currently a post-doc and I would like to apply for a tenure-track position in a health-related discipline. As part of the application, the search committee requests a record of teaching excellence. My experience with teaching so far has been as a TA but never had a chance to teach a course or even part of a course. Just wondering what should I include in this section of the application? Do I submit a teaching philosophy with a brief summary of my TA experience? (they did not request a teaching philosophy)\nI am looking forward to hearing from present and former research committees members (and for sure from anyone else would like to participate)."
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"Do I need to sit for TOEFL or SAT?",
"I'm actually an United States citizen who has been living and being educated in Malaysia. So currently my family decided to send me back to the States to continue my future studies. Some people told me that I need TOEFL/SAT results to prove my English but some of them said that I don't need it because I'm a citizen. I'm kinda lost now...\nWhat should I do to prepare myself before going there?"
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"Can I write a paper out of a simple idea?",
"Sometimes I have simple ideas that can be useful. They could be obvious or not, or it is possible that no one ever considered them the way I did.\n\nFor example:\n\nTo gather information about the statistics of the unemployed in a city or state, I suggest to build a website in which unemployed people register and enter their information. This information is very useful for decisionmakers on unemployment. But, after a while these statistics are not valid. On the other hand, unemployed people are very reluctant to update their employment status via the Internet or they don't have access to it. To solve this problem, we can send an SMS to them and they answer with 1 (as employed) and 0 (as still unemployed), then we integrate these answers to the central database. This way, we have up-to-date information in periods.\n\nThe idea was that simple, however maybe no one in our country implemented it. Could it be a paper? If yes, what can it include? Because it is as short as the above. Should I, for example, explain how we integrate the SMSs to the database (however, it may be simple too or the subject of other tools or papers). If I implement the system, should I provide the statistics of unemployment in a city or the percentage who contribute the plan? Totally, I don't know what else such a paper should cover.\n\nFor another example, suppose that I am the first one who invented the sliced bread. How long could my paper be and on what would I probably argue?\n\n\n\nHowever it was just an example and after some research I may realize it is not workable, but I should say I actually built the website for an organization in my city one year ago (However not the SMS and updating part), then I was thinking if I can make a paper out of it. Maybe I could use some parts of the real data I gained in such paper, for example the people who registered (which was more than 80% of all the unemployed ranging from 20 to 40 years old) and those who had a cell phone (which was more than 98% of them), this topic shed some lights on my way."
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"Referring a paper which is still under publication",
"My domain is Image Processing and Computer Vision.\n\nI've written a follow-up paper for my previous paper which is still not available in IEEE Xplore. I am submitting the new paper in a conference. I want to ask what is the best approach for making the previous paper available to reviewers?\n\n\nUpload the previous paper in arXiv\nSubmit the previous paper as a supplementary material \n\n\nPlease guide me."
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"What's the point of a MSc if I can just enroll in a PhD program?",
"I am thinking about doing a PhD as I am quite interested in research, I really enjoy trying to figure problems out myself and having to find and understand the necessary information I need for my next report or project myself. This is great.\n\nI am currently enrolled on BSc Computer Science and I am in my last year. Its going nicely so far. So long as I do well (at least a 2.1) then I will consider perusing a PhD.\n\nThe problem I have is that I don't know whether or not I should go for a MSc first before getting a PhD. I mean whats the point if I can just enroll on a PhD immediately?\n\nI have talked to some other students who have done MSc/PhDs in their respective degrees and a lot of them tell me that I shouldn't waste a year of my life on an MSc, they say if your going to do a PhD, then an MSc is pretty pointless.\n\nIs there truth to this?"
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"What is the difference between \"Green\" and \"Gold\" Open Access?",
"What is the difference between Green Open Access and Gold Open Access? Are there other \"flavors\" of Open Access?"
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"Is there (or should there be) a website to record errors in papers",
"There are several questions on this site about errors in papers and even the errors-erratum tag. I'm specifically thinking of mathematical errors, where there is an unambiguous mistake, like a wrong sign or wrong physical constant. I have come across ~5 of these in the past month.\n\nIs contacting the publisher really the best way to correct these? Sometimes papers are old and it seems unlikely that a new PDF will be generated. Would the academic research community find it useful to have one canonical site that made it very easy to submit errors and corrections. Then, when reading a paper, one could check the site with the DOI or title and see if that paper has an entry. I am considering making such a site, but wanted to check with other academics if it seems like a worthy endeavor, if a site like this already exists, or if there is a reason it does not exist.\n\nI realize this is an opinion question. I know these types of questions get closed, but this is still the best site I can think of to ask the question, so hopefully I get some good replies before this gets downvoted."
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"How to say good-bye to an unhelpful and undisciplined professor?",
"DISCLAIMER: the following story does not necessarily correspond to the facts in reality. In particular, it does not necessarily correspond to the author of this post and his/her supervisor.\n\nI joined my advisor's lab as a PhD student. I developed my own new direction for my lab, which is recognized by the community. We have presented papers at the top conference in my area. My advisor had never presented their before.\n\nProfessor: little scientific contribution\n\nIn the publications we have written together, I have been the first author and can claim 98% of the scientific contributions. The other 2% is for my advisor's very minor suggestions. Most of the time, after the paper is accepted, the finalization process is 100% on me.\n\nWhen we have other co-authors, my advisor tries to appear to input more and implies that I have been told to do something (for example, \"as we discussed earlier\"). My advisor often implies to me that the others are unhelpful to my work, and seems to prefer working in isolation with me.\n\nMy advisor has recognized my contribution, saying \"your work\" as in \"sorry for talking about your work\" in internal meetings. However, my advisor also seemed to insinuate that I am the one being overly protective about my originality, saying on several occasions in a jocular tone \"No problem. I can be the first author.\"\n\nProfessor: little scientific discipline\n\nMy advisor asked me once to add someone who did not contribute at all as a coauthor. On several occasions, he/she suggested me to submit the same paper to multiple conferences, and to spam low-quality conferences with my publications. Now that he has seen the benefits of my way of quality-thresholding, he started to educate me to have a high standard.\n\nProfessor: the good side\n\nMy advisor has a pleasant personality, enjoys a good reputation among certain communities in our university, and has encouraged me when I fail. Our working relationship is a really, really patient one, and my advisor can leave me alone for several months without pushing. This is not sarcasm but the biggest help that I was given. I have been able to take a larger-than-usual number of vacation days, and have found that my advisor never crosses the line in communication.\n\nStudent: helpless\n\nI have been very exhausted writing papers and am suffering mental problems from having to fight on the frontiers of science with little help. I am just always stressed. I find it difficult to smile or even to concentrate, and have nightmares every few days.\n\nAt the graduation stage, my advisor continues to talking about the \"next paper\", and talks about doing post-docs, without agreeing on my graduation date. He/she intentionally delayed some of these administrative procedures. Frankly I feel too disgusted to continue this \"co-authorship\".\n\nI feel less confident about complaining to the university, because (1) I do not speak the local language; (2) I find it difficult to be sociable because of my health issues; (3) I am from a third-world country, which could bias people's judgement; (4) I rely on him/her to organizing the defense; and (5) what should I complain about?\n\nQuestions\n\nGenerally, how does a Ph.D. student. who has progressed well, safely and permanently leave an unhelpful and undisciplined professor, to avoid being intentionally delayed in the graduation process, and to roll on with the rest of his/her life?\n\nWhat are the general limits of a student's rights in the process of getting his/her Ph.D.? Can he/she submit the thesis and demand to defend, without respecting his/her advisor's suggestions to stay longer as a Ph.D. student or a post-doc?"
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"Messed up my PhD. Hope for academia lost. Not attractive for industry. Hoping for some advice",
"My civil engineering PhD got extended to 5 years due to my lack of commitment during the early years and lack of interest in my research area on part of my advisor. \n\nI feel that I made a mistake by joining under the advisor in spite of having good profile in masters degree. Though I was initially interested in the research topic, I lost interest in it as it became a solo journey right from the start. My advisor's interest area do not align with my PhD thesis. I believe he had to work in the field because he was part of a grant. My lab colleagues work in different research area in alignment with my advisor's expertise.\n\nNow, I am stuck with a PhD degree that couldn't get any rigorous due to personal limitation. I obviously can't conceive, execute complex research ideas absolutely independently. Also, my advisor did not push all my manuscripts for publication till date. I have only published 2 papers in the 5 years of PhD.\n\nNow I am applying for postdoc positions, and I am receiving no suggestions from my advisor. He has no contact on my research area. I am getting no response from my applications. My defense is due in December. And I am panicking about not having anywhere to go from here.\n\nI am overqualified for most of the industrial positions and those positions where they need a PhD, my research appears underwhelming.\n\nI really messed up, I don't know what should I do. Academia seems closed. Industry a far fetched dream. I am in the US and I am an international student. Sorry for the rant. I really can use an advise. Is it possible to come back from such a disastrous profile?"
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"Should I give authorship to a senior person whose main role was to connect me to other people?",
"My former postdoc mentor wants to be an author on a paper I wrote with some other people. Her role was to connect me with the other people (she knew them, and they had access to a specific patient population I needed). Also, my mentor and I talked about some related ideas years back, but never the specific experiment that the paper is about. She thinks the experiment was her idea, but she is mistaken about this: when I first told her about it, it was already completely designed, she gave no input.\n\nAgree to the request?\n\nPros:\n\n\nShe will support my career more (promote me to other colleagues) if I do what she wants.\nIf I leave her off the paper, she will probably go around telling people it was her idea and that I'm some kind of jerk. And they might believe her... she is senior and well respected in the field.\n\n\nCons:\n\n\nIt detracts from my record in the sense of making the paper look less independent than it actually is (a fairly minor concern as my tenure application is already under review).\nIt detracts from the contributions of the other authors who actually worked on the study (also a minor concern because it only detracts slightly for there to be 6 authors instead of 5).\nShe did not make a scientific contribution to the study, so it is unfair (this is maybe the real sticking point)."
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"I am trying to submit a manuscript to a journal that uses editorialmanager system. I wish to know how to insert subscripts in the abstract window . When I go to insert special characters link \n\nI only find subscripts for the numbers from 0 to 9. How to write subscripts of letters like\n\n\n\nThanks."
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"MBA recommendation letter from the board member of another business school?",
"I know someone very well who is a board member of a business school at one of the world’s top ranked university. This university has a great business school for undergraduates but the MBA program is not at all held in high regard. \n\nI have my eyes on a highly ranked MBA program at another university.\n\nMy question: \n\n\n Will a recommendation from a board member of a\n business school improve my application or harm it when applying for an MBA program\n at another university?\n\n\nI can see it harming my application because if I am such a good applicant for an MBA then why would the board member endorse my application for another university? Why wouldn’t he try and make me attend the MBA at his business school?\n\nOn the other hand I can see it improving my application. For someone in his position to endorse my application to attend another business school shows I must be a very good fit for where I want to go. \n\n\n Do I ask this board member for a recommendation letter or find someone\n else? What are some of the pros and cons of asking this board member?"
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"I'm a repeat Teaching Assistant in a fairly large (100-200 students/semester) core, required CS course at a large, private US research university. I'm very interested in researching what factors influence success in the course, possibly with an eye toward SIGCSE.\n\nI'm concerned about how to ethically conduct research on students.\n\nYes, I know a little about IRB, and I assume at some point I'd need to get IRB approval. However I'm so unsure about this, I'm not even sure what to ask the IRB yet. I'm hoping y'all can provide me some guidance and advice as I begin to plan for next year.\n\nI assume I have to ask for explicit, opt-in consent? Obviously, participation or non-participation couldn't affect their grade. However, if only a very biased subset bother to opt in, the research might not be worth conducting. Can I compel students to choose to opt in, or opt out?\n\nAdditionally, the course is very similar year to year, so the extent that it would be very useful to be able to include previous semesters. I imagine this is even trickier.\n\nI have the full encouragement and cooperation of the faculty member, but working with human subjects, much less students, if totally outside their expertise.\n\nThis is similar to this question, but slightly different and, I think, more difficult."
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"How to cite in two languages combined with acronym at the same time in Harvard style",
"Let's say one is writing an academic paper, and one has to deal with two languages and possibly acronyms. How would be appropiate to formate the citations in the text using Harvard style?\n\nIf one is writing if for example German, and one wants to mention a company/institution that is located in the UK.\n\nSo I would format it like this:\ncompany name in English (acronym in English)\n\nBut in the case one has a German translated version of the company name I would format it as follows:\n\n\n German translated name of company (English name of company [English acronym of company])\n\n\nAlternatively:\n\n\n German translated name of company (English name of company; English acronym of company)\n\n\nAlternatively:\n\n\n German translated name of company (English: English name of company [English acronym of company])\n\n\nBut does this last example seem like overdoing it? Sometimes though the German translation is not widely known, or the English name is more common. Also some companies are commonly referred to with acronyms.\nLet's say that the readers of you paper don't know/understand English, then the German translation would tell them what type of company it is, for example: The Electrical National Company of England in German.\n\nWhen it comes to certain physical processes or geographical locations the same applies, would one use the same rules as above (replace company by process)? For example certain languages don't have direct translations of the English words, because English might have a wider vocabulary. In these cases one can experience that even lecturers and professors use the English terms (in lectures in the local language), because the English terms are more commonly used/known and maybe due to lazyness. But what if there actually is an appropiate equivalent term in the language you are writing, then it would make sense to include both versions right? Even the English acronym if there is one.\n\nWhat do people normally do when encountered with this challenge?"
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"Contacting POI regarding status of my application",
"I applied for admission for a PhD at a university in the US well before the deadline. A potential advisor contacted me saying that he is recommending my application to the department. I thanked him for it. However, it has been almost one month, and I still have not received the official letter from the department. Should I send an email to the professor enquiring when I can expect the official letter?"
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"Career Advice (Math Major): Industry or Academia",
"I have one year left until I graduate with a bachelors in pure math, and as registration rolls around for next fall I need some advice on deciding which path I should go down. Ultimately it comes down to the decision to eventually go into industry or stay on the path of pure math with hopes of attending a good graduate program.\n\nEver since I started university I have wanted to get a PhD in math. I think I would truly enjoy being a professor, and I find the idea of studying math for a living very attractive, but as of late I have been considering other options for a couple of reasons.\n\n1) Financial Reasons:\n\nIndustry jobs usually pay much higher than jobs in academia, and although money has never been my number one priority I still have to be realistic in planning my future.\n\n2) I'm not Competitive:\n\nSo far the upper division math classes I have taken are 2 courses in Real Analysis, 2 courses in Abstract Algebra, 2 courses in Number Theory, 1 Probability course, and 1 course in Complex Analysis from a top 40 school. I have done decent in these courses (3.4), but not as competitive as I know one might need to pursue a PhD at a good school. Originally I thought I could be one of the \"top\" students in math and eventually go on to make real contributions to math, but it seems that I might not be cut out for it. I definitely don't want to fool myself to continue in a field that I will never be successful in.\n\n3) Mental Stability:\n\nI don't know if I am as motivated as I need to be in order to pursue a PhD. I enjoy math and the mental challenge, but I find that consistently struggling with math problems every day can be overwhelming for me, and I'm not always as dedicated as my peers seem to be. I also suffer from anxiety and find myself very overwhelmed in regards to tests.\n\n4) I might be romanticizing academic life:\n\nI think I was originally drawn to the idea of becoming a professor because I didn't want to end up working for some corporation monotonously running through the same set of tasks daily. I also have always liked the idea of teaching students and helping them discover their interests and harnessing their potential. That being said I think I might be overgeneralizing and overlooking the good qualities of jobs in industry.\n\nWith this in mind I have to make my decision for next years classes. I have two options; I can enroll in graduate level classes for analysis and algebra to boost my application for graduate programs, or I can take classes focusing on applied math, like financial mathematics, or some computer science classes.\n\nSorry that this was so long, but thank you for reading and any advice would be great! Specifically if you have experience in math academia, or if you have experience with industry careers like actuarial work or programming I would love to get your opinions."
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"Studies over how noisy is it to accept/reject submissions",
"This year, the NIPS 2014 conference did an interesting experiment: conference chairs duplicated 10% of the submissions (170 papers) and sent them to two different groups of reviewers. The result: 25.9% of disagreement.\n\nThis indicates that for almost every one out of four papers, the paper is accepted by one group of experts while rejected by the other group. This just shows how noisy the reviewing process is. I was wondering if there were other similar experiments for other fields and what the disagreement percentage was in each (regardless of the venue: journal or conference)."
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"Must I share my transcripts with my supervisor?",
"I am in the data analysis phase of my Phd Dissertation. My supervisor has demanded that I share my transcripts with them so they can \"help me\" analyze my data. I do not want their help analyzing my data. Must I take this help, and must I share the transcripts with them? I fear they are going to try to use the data in their own research, which is not unheard of for them."
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"What should a student do when they are the victim of a FERPA violation?",
"A student was subject to a clear Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) violation by a professor. \nDoes student have any rights against the professor? \nHow should they proceed when they are the victim of a FERPA violation?"
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"Disclosing peer review results",
"My paper was recently published and I submitted a report to my institution for a promotion. However, the research administrator asked me to provide a copy of peer review of my paper, which was reviewed in double-blind. The purpose was for the "validity" of my paper. This is strange and new to me because I never encountered this before. Is it ethical to disclose peer review from a double blind review outside between the author and the editor?"
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"How are interdisciplinary degrees viewed by disciplinary (AACSB) faculty hiring committees?",
"Perhaps someone with direct experience can help with some clarification. \n\nMy research interests involve human resources in the truest sense. But the phd program in which I have an interest is listed as an \"interdisciplinary\" degree. I have a masters degree from an AACSB school in accountancy (24 hours in graduate accounting). Of course, the phd would NOT be AACSB because it isn't even a business degree. \n\nMy real goal is to conduct research related to business decisions made based upon labor availability and the implications of technology, etc.\n\nSo my question (even after reading the AACSB definition) is if I pursue such a degree (where my passion lies), would I be considered AQ for a college/school of business as per AACSB standards? My intuition tells me no, but I just want to get some feedback.\n\nI should clarify that I'm not only interested in the AACSB official position, but also in how a faculty in business schools might view such a situation. That's why I included the \"direct experience\" part. Any faculty members at AACSB schools with an opinion?\n\nI've reviewed 13 \"similar\" questions on this site and am still lost as to the answer as the other questions differ significantly in the details.\n\nThank you"
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"What are the steps to establish an academic journal?",
"We want to establish a journal. Also I want to add the journal to various indexes. What are the main steps /guide to building an academic journal? What should be done to enter the SCI/SCIe/SSCI index. What is the difference between ISBN, ISSN, DOI numbers. I'm not interesting basic steps like deciding topic, name ,reviewers and editors of journal. It would be nice if you mentioned about the application/reference prices.\n\nNote:This question might be broad so I can narrow this topic in the direction of your suggestions/comments"
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"What is the difference between Project's background and Project Significance?",
"I need to write my project's significance.\nI googled to find examples on project's significance, but I found article referring to project's background and significance as the same thing.\nhttps://orsp.umich.edu/research-proposals-background-or-significance\nDo I need to write a background about my project in the when asked to provide project's significance?"
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"I used available data from my PhD study database in a new independent post doc study. \nIn this study, except for the raw data available, every other aspects are new (study design, hypotheses, analyses, and discussion). In sum, the source of data (sample and instruments) for this study was the same database I created during my PhD. The two studies are different, but because I used data from the PhD database, should I give authorship of this new study to my former thesis supervisor? Would this be a ghost/gift authorship, or a necessary action?"
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"Why do some journals want figures at the end?",
"This is one question that probably has an archaic answer. I recently reviewed a paper for a journal that stuck all the figures at the end (with placeholders in-text). Where I publish, we typically provide camera-ready manuscripts or at least give reviewers a version with the figures embedded so that they can see what the heck is going on. Occasionally, you embed the figures plus they are attached separately at the end (due to how the system generates the PDF). However, I recognize that dumping the figures at the end of a journal submission for review is quite common in some fields.\n\nMy simple question: Why?\n\nI assume that at some point, there was a purpose to putting figures at the end rather than where they belong. I am also aware that it is quite common for journals to shuffle around your figure positions. But why would journals possibly want their copy to have all the figures dumped at the end? Obviously it is not for the reviewers' benefit, as it makes certain papers nigh-unreadable (\"As you can see in Figure 1\" - opens up second copy of the PDF so I can see Fig 1 at the same time as the text). Anyone know the reasoning behind this?"
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"I have slightly over 3 weeks left before my master's thesis submission and I have done nothing. What can I do now?",
"I am in a very sticky situation here. I was forced into a field I had very little interest in (for lack of other options) and I have been slacking off a lot. Whatever little enthusiasm I had for getting things done got waned because the professor assigned me to one of his senior research scholars whom I did not get along with. To top that, I have a major supervisor phobia. I didn't read papers I was assigned, to learn the techniques I needed for my thesis. And I never reported to my supervisor. I rushed into choosing a topic for my thesis which on surface appeared manageable, and my supervisor believed I had my things sorted. However, that is far from the case. I didn't set a limit to how deep I should delve into it, and I wasted a lot of time learning things that haven't gotten me anywhere. Now I'm left with a hazy problem definition, I do not understand the necessary techniques well, I have barely started writing my thesis, and I have no results. What are my options now? I am too afraid to talk it out with my supervisor because the result of that wouldn't be good and would further contribute to worsening my grade.\n\nMoreover, I am beginning to question if I am really cut out for research at all. I do want to pursue a PhD but in a field I have a penchant for, and not what I'm stuck with right now. I am also worried that if things go further downhill, my supervisor wouldn't be writing out recommendation letters for me, thus making it impossible for me to get into any labs. Will I have to repeat the masters course because of this?"
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"I submitted a paper to a journal just before Christmas time last year. The journal didn't send any note whether they have received the paper or not. Mid of January this year, I sent again an email asking whether they have received my submission or not, but still, didn't receive any reply.\nJust last week, I sent an email to the main publisher regarding the matter, and they told me they just emailed the main editor, who will contact me soon. But until now, I have yet to receive any reply from the editor.\n\nI am thinking of emailing to let the editor know that I will wait for another week before I will retract my submission to be sent to other journal. I understand editors are busy people, but I think they should notify the author that they have received their submission. What do you think?\n\nAlso, from SJR Scimago, this journal is from the UK. Nothing against people from UK, just want to ask whether it is vacation season now for the academics, which in that case I should wait a little longer?\n\nThanks!"
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"Publishing a paper in an academic conference being someone who works in the industry",
"I have been working in the industry of software engineering for 5 years so far. Lately, I am planning to take a PHD, I am interested in software architecture and quality, something that started fascinating me after experiencing failing/successful projects because of bad/good architecture mainly.\nAfter doing some search about the matter, I see that most of PHD positions demand some publications so my plan B is to get something published to have the courage to email some possible advisors, especially that my master thesis was done in artificial intelligence, something that would be funny to tell a software-architecture-advisor about.\nMy question is, would an academic conference accept a paper written by me, alone, no advisor and no university to belong to?\nThank you all."
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"Translate academic titles (lecturer, assistant and associate professor, tenure track, instructor) in French",
"I am puzzled how can one translate the following in French?\n\n\n Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Tenure Track, Instructors\n\n\nDoes Maître de Conférences translate the first three altogether? So, how can we distinguish between the various ranks? Maîtresse de Conférences for a woman is considered a \"barbarisme\" or not?\n\nCan we use Conférencier(ère), professeur(e) assistant(e), professeur(e) associé(e) for the first three, respectively? If not, why?\n\nGoogle Translate gives Professeur agrégé for associate professor but this is partly faulty, for\n\nhttps://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professeur_agr%C3%A9g%C3%A9\n\n\n En France: Professeur agrégé de l'enseignement du second degré Titulaire d'une agrégation de l'enseignement supérieur : agrégation de droit, de science politique, d'économie, de médecine, de pharmacie.\n\n\nNevertheless,\n\n\n Au Canada: Titre universitaire atteint généralement après avoir été professeur adjoint, avant de devenir professeur titulaire\n\n\nFurther, can we use professeur(e) adjoint(e) for assistant professor?\n\nIbid. for the couple Instructor and instructeur/instructrice.\n\nLastly, can we use Tenure Track in French?\n\nFor example professeur(e) assistant(e) «tenure track» is comprehensible in general?\n\nShould we use instead something like professeur(e) assistant(e) avec titularisation conditionnelle?"
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"Isn't English the common academic language?",
"In a question about university ranking, many people mentioned that language is a privilege for better ranking of English speaking countries.\n\nIsn't a decent fluency in English the requirement for senior academic positions (regardless of native languages)?\n\nMost ranking factors are about research activities. If a professor in non-English speaking country is not fluent in English, how does he supervise graduate students? For supervising/conducting cutting-edge research, someone should be able to read technical literature. Research papers are published in English (and there is no translation normally).\n\nMost non-English speaking countries with excellent higher education (such as Scandinavia, Netherlands, Switzerland) offer the graduate programs in English.\n\nI understand it is easier for native English speakers to read and write in scientific literature, but we don't speak their language, we speak an international language, which is their native language too.\n\nI understand that this requirement is neglected in many countries, but is it reasonable and justifiable to give a senior academic position to someone who cannot read 99% of recent research findings in his field?\n\nIs it acceptable for a professor or even a PhD student to have no understanding of English language? To avoid confusion, consider STEM fields."
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"Conference organizer pushes to Journal instead of Conference Proceedings",
"Recently a paper was submitted to ICIMP 2018(will be held at Imperial College London - South Kensington Campus, London, UK during Jan. 12-14, 2018 .).\nOrganizer told that the paper is accepted for publication in JOIG and ' Welcome to participate in ICIMP2018'.\n\n\nBut it is written on the webpage of ICIMP 2018 that-\n\n\n All the accepted papers of ICIMP 2018 will be included into Conference\n Proceedings which will be published by IEEE. And they will be archived\n into IEEE Xplore and be indexed by EI Compendex and Scopus.\n\n\nIf the paper is accepted for the conference then why it will not be published in\nConference Proceedings which will be published by IEEE? Why do they push it to a journal ? Is there a convention like what I stated above? Is it ok/legal to switch like that? \n\nPS: The incident didn't happen to me, I was informed the incident by a forum member, I suspected/suspect, the paper author is lying about the acceptance, it is highly unlikely that such thing can happen."
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"Is it acceptable to propose the same PhD research plan to two universities?",
"Well I have proposed a research(starting next year) and accepted by supervisor and university (formally applied and accepted by university). I have a conditional offer letter. But I need funding for it so I have applied for an external scholarship(good chances but not 100% sure) but the decision of scholarship will be made only after 3-4 months. If I don’t get scholarship or funding, I think, I won’t be able to pursue the research or study.\n\nAnd, there is another university (but 2nd preference) with some very good internal scholarship options and I have very good chances looking at their criteria. I also have a supervisor, whom I know academically, who is ready to supervise the research from that university. But off course he cannot make decision on scholarships. I am thinking of applying to that university as a backup so that I don’t lose one year waiting next year’s scholarship round if I don’t get the first scholarship. And also, after 3 months there won't be any scholarships deadline left for this year.\n\nSo, is it good thing to apply for same research project in two different universities? (Off course, ideally, it is not but in my case what should I do?).\n\nAnd are we allowed to do so? Is it normal? (Off course, finally I will have to select one between two).\n\nI am afraid that after all the hassle and correspondence with both the future supervisors, how I may be able to deny one, if I am selected for the both.\n\nAnd also if I say to second university’s supervisor that I have already applied in another university as well and only applying as backup, firstly it may be rude (who knows, may have ego problems later) , secondly, that may even diminish my chances in 2nd university as well(admission and scholarship).\n\nSo, I am in dilemma what I should do? Please suggest."
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"Advice needed for completing my PhD thesis. Which timeline should I follow?",
"First of all, I apologize for the nature of this post. I am freaking out inside and I am branching out to seek as much advice as possible.\n\nI am a 4th year PhD student, and I am looking forward to defend my thesis this year. However, I am confused of the timeline I should follow. There are two initial submission deadlines in our university. First in April for defending before August and other in August for defending before December.\n\nWhat should I do?"
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"What should I say to my project advisor who thinks I may not get a Ph.D position?",
"I am an undergraduate student who is looking forward to work in Theoretical Physics in the future and therefore, I chose a project advisor who is a string theorist. But since, my grades are average and I failed his QFT course (which I am going to repeat anyway), he believes that I may not get a Ph.D position if I continue to do my undergraduate project with him. And he is trying to push me into fields in which I have no interest whatsoever. And he may be right.\n\nI took his QFT course and I worked hard, despite that I failed, not because I am stupid, it is because I am a bit slow and he went with the course at blazing speeds (but I do not blame him, it is not his fault), but since, I took his course, I got motivated and deeply interested to continue with Theoretical Physics. In short, I am in this too deep to discontinue. And he keeps asking me this question,\"What will I do if I do not get a Ph.D position in Theoretical Physics ?\". And he wants an answer before he continues.\n\nWhat should I answer him ?"
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"No response to after PhD interview, Germany",
"I had a face-to-face interview in a research institute for a PhD in BW, Germany (Don't want to mention city and institute for confidentiality) on the 16th of September 2019. The interview itself went quiet well, but I told them I could start from December onwards. I wrote to the Professor in November that I am available and the Prof. just responded \"thanks for your patience\". I wrote them (the Prof. and their secretariat) again a couple of weeks ago for an update on the application status and whether if I am still a candidate for the position (P.S. In very smart and polite way). I haven't received any response yet. Should I consider this a rejection? It has been almost 3 months since the interview and almost one year since my MSc graduation."
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"Does using GPL material in a paper make it impossible to transfer copyright to the publisher?",
"I am writing a paper, and would like to use some GPL-licensed material I found on the internet; for instance, an image. The GPL requires any work using GPL content to be GPL licensed itself. To my understanding, using GPL content would make it impossible to transfer the copyright to the publisher, and therefore unacceptable for most research papers. It is correct?"
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"Does an updated chapter in a book count as a new publication?",
"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 title, abstract and content, unfortunately I do not have access to one of the full texts) is counted as two publications. As far as I can tell, most of the content between the two books is the same. \n\nIs this common practice generally or to certain fields? Is it ethical? How are these cases generally treated?"
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"I have written a research paper in image processing that I will be submitting to an IEEE conference. I have proposed a new method to detect 'X' in images. However, due to hardware failure I could acquire only 4 sets of images. Thus, I have applied my method only on 4 images and I have also compared the results of previous two methods in literature by applying them to the same 4 images. The results obtained by my method are much better.\n\nMy question is, is it OK if I submit the paper showing results only on 4 images? The previous two papers have demonstrated their method on around 10 images or less. Also, is it OK to quantitatively compare the results (accuracy in percent) with just four images?"
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"Is it appropriate to apply for the same job twice if it's re-advertised?",
"Last month, I saw a job offer and applied for it. I did not hear back from them, but it is not uncommon to wait for 1-2 months before hearing back (especially with the COVID-19 situation). The deadline for applications closed on 17 Sept (offer was only open 1 week). Today, I just saw the exact same job (same reference number, job description, location, etc.) advertised again.\nI assume that they did not consider any of the initial applicants suitable. My question is, should I apply again? I have read advice elsewhere (e.g. here) to apply again, maybe after modifying your CV and cover letter.\nPlease note that I am well qualified for the position (qualifications and academia experience) and did not receive any rejection letter from the first offer (otherwise I wouldn't bother re-applying). The fact they are re-advertising suggests they are (more) desperate to find someone to fulfil that role, and might be more receptive.\nNote there are some similar questions on this site (e.g. here) but not quite the same situation. This question is specifically about seeing a job offer that has closed, and the same job being re-advertised."
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"Is it okay to directly address your reader when writing a scientific paper?",
"I'm currently writing a paper that has some kind of tutorial parts in it. I have written sentences similar to:\n\n«... depending on your operating system, the procedure is different»\n\nIs addressing the reader directly like that in a scientific paper ok? Or should I try to rewrite these sentences?"
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"Please inform details and feasibility of pursuing a second bachelor’s degree in mathematics/applied mathematics/statistics/related discipline?",
"I am in my late 20s from India. After my high school, I completed my bachelor degree in engineering, specifically in textile engineering and later, my masters degree in statistics-cum-operations research.\n\nBoth the above-mentioned degrees are from Indian institutes.\n\nBut I want to pursue at least one degree from abroad universities. Also, I would like to acquire a solid foundation in pure mathematics. Although I have studied Linear algebra, Multi-variable calculus, Differential equations, Integral equations, Numerical methods, higher order integration, Infinite series, Complex Analysis (analytic functions and contour integral, etc), Vector algebra and calculus, probability and statistics, etc. I don’t have sufficient knowledge in abstract algebra (like in group theory, ring theory), topology, measure theory, functional analysis, etc.\n\nTo pursue a master’s degree in maths-oriented discipline, universities typically ask for a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. That’s why I am keen on pursuing a bachelor degree in mathematics through regular full-time mode.\n\nI am ruling out the possibility of doing in India through regular full-time mode because there are many age-related restrictions in Indian universities. The only possibility is through correspondence courses (distance-learning) which i am not very keen on.\n\nBy abroad, I mean universities in USA, Canada, Australia, New-Zealand, UK and in Europe (Like Germany, Czech Republic, etc.).\n\nPlease inform what are the chances of universities admitting international mature candidates for a bachelor degree in mathematics and that also, taking into account the high school scores, and other previously studied degree scores. Also please inform, which such universities are present that admits such candidates."
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"Who decides authorship order?",
"I completed my Ph.D. a few months ago, but it was 4 years of a living hell. My PI was super abusive, I had severe depression and when I said I wanted to defend (6 months earlier than the deadline) because I couldn't bear it any longer she said: \"you will only defend if I want you to\". \nAnyway, I spent a year abroad, funded by an agency, and when I came back with the data she said it as bad work and unpublishable. I still wrote a manuscript (after the Ph.D. ended and I no longer had funding) draft without any participation from her and any result coming primarily from her lab. I recently shared it with the authors and she is taking it as if it was her work, sharing with random people and claiming she is senior author, which I don't agree since she didn't contribute at all (not even with experiments planning).\nMy question is: do I have a saying on the authorship order? I feel like it's my work and I should be able to decide that, especially after everything she put me through."
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"Grad schools emailing to request that I apply?",
"I'm an undergraduate major in International Studies applying for grad school programs in Development, Securities, and Global Governance. I have international experience working in West Africa for World Bank and USAID sponsored NGO research initiatives.\n\nI've recently submitted all of my intended applications for graduate school programs and fellowships. In the last week, I've received three emails requesting that I apply to graduate school programs which I had not intended to apply for - Cornell, Denver, and Penn.\n\nDoes this mean that the programs are particularly interested in me or is this a normal spam-type email to people that have applied to other programs with similar major focus?"
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"Is there a shortage of accounting professors?",
"I spoke with an economics professor recently (before he passed away) and he made a claim to me that I thought was interesting: that there is a shortage of accounting professors, and so a PhD in Accounting would be valuable for both academia and industry.\n\nIs there any data available that backs up this claim?"
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"Describing figures vs letting figures speak for themselves",
"I'm writing a journal article that involves many comparisons within and across groups. Visually, these comparisons are quite easily understood. However, describing them in text requires the use of long sentences with several acronyms and numerous references back to sub-parts of the figures. \n\nIn general is it acceptable in academic writing to simply say a couple of high-level sentences (and maybe point out some nuance that a reader might miss) about a complex figure and allow the reader to absorb the bulk of the information by viewing the figure?"
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"advisor seems to have taken my work",
"I'm a PhD student, and my advisor published what appears to be the theoretical frame I came up with for my dissertation as a standalone paper with some other people (not me). It seems (to me, though who knows) like I was going to make a reasonably important contribution to my subfield, so I'm even more cut up than maybe I would have been. And now I have to finish my dissertation as other people are now using this theoretical frame on data similar to mine. There is also, of course, a small chance that my advisor came up with the same idea as me, but it smells wrong, since we don't work in quite the same area. (My feeling that something is wrong is bolstered by knowing that he very definitely screwed me over in another incident.) How do I handle this? Do I have to cite his paper? I cannot switch advisors --my department is small, so there isn't someone else who can advise me in it. I'm also too close to done. I have no desire to fight; I only want to survive, preferably with some of my dignity intact (i.e., some way not to cite my advisor's paper). I'd be grateful for comments from folks who are well along in their careers in academia, since I think part of my problem here is really not understanding academic culture. \n\nContext: I did a masters in another subfield before starting my phd; my idea is basically drawing a common set of ideas from the master's subfield into the new subfield (where they are almost never used); I cited all of these things in my dissertation proposal, which I turned in before my advisor's paper came out, and which my committee read. The tricky thing is that I could still see my advisor saying the idea came from him - which is false and unlikely, since again, they don't know my other subfield. But still, I am terrified as well as angry."
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"publications",
"advisor",
"plagiarism"
] |
[
"Can principal investigators use leftover grant money to take a vacation with their families?",
"Can one use leftover grant funding to take a vacation?\n\nOr does leftover funding get returned to the funding agency? \n\nFor reference, I am asking about research labs in American universities."
] | [
"funding",
"professors",
"work-life-balance",
"travel"
] |
[
"What is the h-index exactly and how does it work?",
"What is the h-index, and how does it work ?"
] | [
"bibliometrics",
"methodology",
"ranking"
] |
[
"Research \"employment\" options for students graduating midyear?",
"Some students, particularly in the US, face the dilemma of graduating at the end of a fall semester or quarter, but then have the prospect of not having a PhD position start until the following fall. For students for whom working would be an important means of trying to support themselves, what options are available? Companies are typically reluctant to hire someone for a few months (not enough return on investment in such a short period of time), and there aren't a lot of academic programs available. What's a prospective PhD candidate to do in such a case—particularly with reference to students entering science and engineering fields?"
] | [
"job"
] |
[
"Choosing research ideas to include in a statement of purpose",
"The internet is littered with information on what makes a good SOP, but I would like to ask a specific question regarding mentioning one's research interests in SOP.\n\nWhat points should a student keep in mind while writing her statement of purpose? If there is exactly one specific professor the student is targeting, it makes sense to talk of one of his recent papers and ideas for extending its results in the SOP. \n\n\nIf 1) there are a couple of preferred professors or more, 2) each of them has multiple research interests and 3) the student is unable to zero in on a field or topic, how should the student tailor her SOP to make it appealing to more than one professor?\nShould the student worry about the feasibility of her ideas in the SOP? Is an extensive literature survey in the relevant field necessary before putting anything in the SOP?"
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"graduate-admissions",
"application",
"statement-of-purpose"
] |
[
"Can I write my affiliation from a current university though I did my work in my previous university?",
"Can I write my affiliation from as current university though I did my work in my previous university?\nI want to publish a paper from my previous work, my current university has the access to the journal. I do not want to put any professor as coauthor in my paper. So can I use current university as affiliation?"
] | [
"affiliation"
] |
[
"What is the correct APA citation style with two places and two publishers",
"Is this the correct APA form of citation with two publishers in different locations?\n\nCazes, S., & Verick, S. (2013). The labour markets of emerging economies: Has growth translated into more and better jobs? Geneva. UK: ILO-Palgrave Macmillan."
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"citation-style"
] |
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