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2013/02/12 | 646 | 2,819 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm just an undergraduate math student, and I need to make a CV for a research application. However, from the CVs that I have already seen I have nowhere near enough to fill probably half of a page. I mean I can really only put my education history which is 3 schools. What else should I put?<is... |
2013/02/13 | 593 | 2,604 | <issue_start>username_0: First, I hope this isn't the wrong place to put a question like this.
I have a very specific graduate school question. I graduated last spring with my BS and intended to go to graduate school. I accepted an offer from (Big State School). However, during the summer before I could go, one of my ... |
2013/02/13 | 1,956 | 8,198 | <issue_start>username_0: This is a usual problem of mine, I have a page limited conference (usually 8) and my paper is 15 pages long, or in a less dramatic case 10.
1. How do you go about taking stuff off the paper. Do you have any rule
of thumb?
2. How do you know what is "irrelevant" enough for you to take it out
of... |
2013/02/13 | 2,016 | 7,911 | <issue_start>username_0: In recent years, there has been a number of quality peer-reviewed open access journals launched. Some of them are what I would call “mega-journals”, such as [PLOS|One](http://www.plosone.org) and the newly-launched [PeerJ](https://peerj.com). However, most of those mega-journals which boast bro... |
2013/02/13 | 1,149 | 4,942 | <issue_start>username_0: I am interested in going back for my masters. While I have been accepted by a masters program (quite a while ago) previously, I am looking at another university and require a fresh set of references. I have lost track of my previous advisors and am unable to get work references.
So I need to p... |
2013/02/14 | 1,651 | 6,724 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in the following situation: In 3 months, I'll finish my PhD in theoretical physics, and I'm certain that I want to pursue an academic career. However, I'm just as certain that my PhD research is a dead end. (My advisor doesn't think so, but I disagree with him.) Thus, I seek to change the d... |
2013/02/14 | 3,847 | 15,905 | <issue_start>username_0: Question:
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***Are there any guidelines, sources, or examples of good practices for maintaining theorist's research notebook?***
Motivation and context:
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Maintaining a [lab notebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lab_notebook) is a much advised (if not a vital)... |
2013/02/15 | 1,635 | 7,032 | <issue_start>username_0: As a **Tenured Full Professor** and given your long experience in Academia, what valuable lessons have you learned over the years that you wish somebody had shared with you earlier when you started as an Assistant Professor? Given these experiences what would you do differently if you had the c... |
2013/02/15 | 1,493 | 6,407 | <issue_start>username_0: I reviewed an article and submitted my review along with a short letter to the editor. As a service the journal permits to see the decision letter and the other review. However, I am also able to see the other reviewers' letter to the editor, which is signed with a name. My own short letter to ... |
2013/02/15 | 713 | 2,934 | <issue_start>username_0: I have lots of research papers, but can I tell which of them are peer-reviewed. Also, on Google Scholar, is there any way of finding only peer-reviewed articles?<issue_comment>username_1: If the journal is listed by [ISI](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Scientific_Information), it ha... |
2013/02/15 | 936 | 4,069 | <issue_start>username_0: I have finished my PhD and am currently a postdoc. Since receiving my PhD, I have not worked with my PhD advisor. I am planning to apply for jobs for after I finish my postdoc — mostly tenured-track positions.
I am considering not asking my PhD advisor for a letter of recommendation. I feel th... |
2013/02/16 | 1,099 | 4,459 | <issue_start>username_0: ### Background
I was ignorant as an undergraduate and didn't focus heavily in any specific area. I finally graduated with a single math/computer science degree that consisted of 5 math classes beyond multivariable calculus and a few relatively basic computer science classes (algorithm analysis... |
2013/02/16 | 329 | 1,415 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been reading papers authored by professor A's PhD students. I have read about a dozen of papers by now, and realized that all of them are **exactly** 10 pages long. These papers were written by different PhD students and they were published in several different venues (very good ones). Is ... |
2013/02/16 | 1,341 | 5,522 | <issue_start>username_0: I am thinking of self funding a PhD in Applied Mathematics at either the University of Oxford or Cambridge. Would employers, both for academic (postdoc etc) and industry (research) jobs think less of a PhD holder if he or she is self funded?
E.g. Would they feel that because I failed to secure... |
2013/02/16 | 2,193 | 9,378 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been hearing different views about my likelihood of getting accepted into a math graduate program.
>
> Which of the following factors contribute most to the acceptance of a **non-math** undergraduate into a math graduate program (please order them)?
>
>
> 1. GPA
> 2. Recommendation l... |
2013/02/17 | 1,043 | 4,500 | <issue_start>username_0: I finished my MS in mathematics 5 years ago. Over these years I have been teaching at a community college (primarily calculus 1,2,3 with analytical geometry and Ordinary Diff. Eqs). When I was in my masters program I was having trouble narrowing my interests and decided to stop at my masters an... |
2013/02/17 | 256 | 1,025 | <issue_start>username_0: I received this comment from a reviewer: *“ It is better to add a nomenclature section with a list of all the used symbols and their meaning as example (DVB-T, DVB-S2, BCH, OSFBC, LDPC...), consequently the paper should be re-arranged eliminating all the definitions given in the sections”*.
**... |
2013/02/17 | 624 | 2,726 | <issue_start>username_0: Do community colleges have good mathematics libraries (with advanced books)? I am sure that it is different from place to place. I am interested to get some feeling of the general situation.<issue_comment>username_1: Of course, as <NAME> says, every institution is different. However, in general... |
2013/02/17 | 772 | 3,305 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in my second year as an Associate Professor (with tenure) at a top research university (listed among top 20 in *US News & World Report* in my field). My publication, teaching, and service records are all very good to excellent. I have also received numerous awards such as Sloan Fellowship ... |
2013/02/17 | 1,282 | 4,772 | <issue_start>username_0: When a US institution that manages grant programs (such as NSF) suddenly sees its funding cut, as will be the case after the US sequester takes effect in March, **how long does it take for that cut to trickle down onto grant programs and grants?**
Namely: **Can grants already started get cut**... |
2013/02/18 | 3,560 | 14,952 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a first year master student currently taking courses on the second semester. For the most part I did pretty good on the first semester except that I got behind in one course which is specially demanding and hard.
Now I'm taking the equivalent amount of work as before plus I'm trying to fi... |
2013/02/18 | 814 | 3,289 | <issue_start>username_0: I will try to describe my situation briefly.
The university I'm currently studying at offers a 4-year Bachelor program in mathematics.
I am currently in my 3rd year and the program for the 4th year consists only of optional courses (which I choose). As I have taken a rather high amount of opti... |
2013/02/19 | 342 | 1,243 | <issue_start>username_0: APA Format: When writing the name of a program I used in a study (MyFriendQuest) do I need to italicise the name or add a trademark sign? I am not sure how to stylise the name of the program or if I even need to.<issue_comment>username_1: I have to cite my online university references in APA, a... |
2013/02/19 | 1,935 | 6,946 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently writing a report and I have been compiling a list of references (from IEEE mostly) and I also have a number of websites.
>
> My question is, what is the best way to note a website URL? Would it be to reference and cite a URL, would it be adding a footnote? An example would be a... |
2013/02/19 | 540 | 2,344 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, some of the reviews I received mentioned their decision at the end of the review (i.e. 'I recommend acceptance of the paper'), while others do not have such statements.
What is the point of adding the decision statement while the overall evaluation (i.e. on EasyChair system) explici... |
2013/02/20 | 1,923 | 7,987 | <issue_start>username_0: I just finished an MBA in the UK. It included a research dissertation (about 18,000 words) and a research methods module and adviser to go with it. However, my adviser made it clear during my research that it was my project and my responsibility and not his. It was clear that he was happy to ma... |
2013/02/20 | 440 | 1,588 | <issue_start>username_0: *Related to [this question](https://mathoverflow.net/questions/122374/where-to-find-nsf-reports-for-mathematical-expository-purpose) on mathoverflow…*
Indeed, I just found out that to see full proposal or later reports. One needs to file a FOIA request, as described [here](http://www.nsf.gov/p... |
2013/02/21 | 453 | 1,775 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently a research assistant in a neuroscience lab at MIT and I'm considering pursuing a PhD in math or theoretical computer science. The RAs in my lab who want to eventually become neuroscientists are in a perfect place - a large, collaborative environment where they get paid to work clo... |
2013/02/21 | 1,627 | 7,115 | <issue_start>username_0: I obtained my PhD about five years ago and immediately took up a postdoctoral position at a national lab in Japan to continue my research in computer engineering.
Over those five years I worked with the person who is now my supervisor, and trusted him in the same way I would trust any ordinary... |
2013/02/21 | 923 | 3,598 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an apprentice employed to do mechanical engineering but my real passion has always been computing.
I recently came up with IMHO a good idea to help mitigate DDoS attacks on web servers. I would like to do a write-up of my idea to help contribute to some personal portfolio perhaps so it wo... |
2013/02/21 | 655 | 2,893 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working on my PhD now for 1.5 years and was recently asked by my supervisor to assist him with a review. The reviewed paper was also written by a non-native speaker.
For my first publication I bought a book on English writing skills for research papers, which was very helpful for me.
Can... |
2013/02/21 | 392 | 1,445 | <issue_start>username_0: I got my PhD one year ago; I am looking for a position (e.g., postdoc).
I am going to a fairly attended conference, and was pondering about how to make audience aware that I am on the market.
* An explicit, dedicated slide (maybe at the end)?
* A verbal statement?
* A caption on my T-shirt? :)... |
2013/02/21 | 536 | 2,264 | <issue_start>username_0: Some jobs ask you to submit 'teaching evaluations'. Assuming the school doesn't have any preference for how I submit the materials, my issue is that I literally have hundreds of teaching evaluations - If I just send them all I know no one is going to look through them all, but if I do any sort ... |
2013/02/22 | 730 | 2,772 | <issue_start>username_0: I need to get citations (with complete info including authors, journal, date) to all my papers. What's the best way (hopefully without too much manual copy & paste) to do this?
What i so far tried:
Google Scholar seem to give more complete list of papers that cite my paper that it includes pa... |
2013/02/22 | 2,006 | 7,994 | <issue_start>username_0: Back when I was in graduate school and as a post-doc, life was fairly blissful. Only one big responsibility: research. Now as a faculty member I find *so* many things to do. Teach, supervise undergrads and grads, publish papers, perform research, participate in service/administrative activities... |
2013/02/22 | 707 | 3,112 | <issue_start>username_0: I just received a paper for review that does not have a single citation (in the text) of its references.
I wonder if this is common in other areas non-CS related.
Since it is a conference, I don't think I should contact the editor, but I do think it should lose many points in its evaluation. ... |
2013/02/22 | 2,748 | 11,569 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the advantage of becoming a full professor if you are already an associate professor with tenure? Why not just stay an associate professor for life? What is the key difference between an associate professor and a full professor?
Why continue to write papers if you already have tenure? ... |
2013/02/24 | 241 | 1,049 | <issue_start>username_0: How related two conferences are if B is sponsored by A? If A is a top conference, does this make B a worth-trusting conference also? For example, SIGCOMM is a top conference in computer networks & communications, and CoNEXT is sponsored by it. Does that automatically make CoNEXT a quality confe... |
2013/02/24 | 940 | 3,947 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it a good thing for an undergraduate student to publish in a low-tier conference as first author? Or should the student avoid such places and only publish in at least reputable places? If it is a good thing, how should the student present his study in the graduate admissions process to admis... |
2013/02/24 | 343 | 1,107 | <issue_start>username_0: I've tried googling around for this but I haven't really understood how the British grading scheme works. I am specifically interested in knowing the following things:
1. What is a 2:1?
2. What is a level A?
3. How can I convert from and to A, B, C grades to numerical grades?<issue_comment>use... |
2013/02/23 | 2,638 | 10,743 | <issue_start>username_0: I applied to a prestigious university in the States for my PhD but was unfortunately rejected. I had a great undergraduate track record... but still didn't quite make it. The faculty I really, *really* want to work with are at this University... I really don't know what to do. I spent the whole... |
2013/02/24 | 1,459 | 5,920 | <issue_start>username_0: Prof. X added me as a coauthor on a paper , although my contribution was minor. I told him so, he insisted and said it was necessary for me (I can't give details). Later my relation with Prof X seriously soured. I asked that he remove my name from the paper: I already have an OK publication rec... |
2013/02/24 | 1,280 | 5,314 | <issue_start>username_0: **What minimal responsibilities can a student expect from their day-to-day supervisor?**
In my institute, we usually have the head of the institute as the formal supervisor, followed by another day-to-day supervisor. In fact, the head of the institute does nothing, and the day-to-day superviso... |
2013/02/25 | 1,178 | 4,586 | <issue_start>username_0: I am very new to this grad school process and currently overwhelmed to the point of tears.
I graduated from <NAME> with a degree in Sociology in 2010. I was also admitted to Alpha Kappa Delta that year. I was a teaching assistant for 2 classes and had a 3.28 gpa overall but a higher gpa in jus... |
2013/02/25 | 1,106 | 4,638 | <issue_start>username_0: One of my students is an escort/stripper and she has offered me (and other faculty in my department) her "services". I am pretty sure my initial reaction of "thanks for letting me know, now can you answer the question about how to calculate the standard deviation", may not have been the best re... |
2013/02/25 | 1,146 | 5,102 | <issue_start>username_0: I've noticed that while there's no alternative to going through the actual paper in detail, it often helps if I've gone through the presentation based on the paper, which the authors had used while publishing their papers. (Mostly because, the few presentations on TCS papers that I've seen have... |
2013/02/26 | 979 | 4,398 | <issue_start>username_0: I don't know how to start, truly, but lately I've been involved with some projects in pure mathematics and I've grown frustrated and disappointed. I don't think that pure mathematics is so inspiring; my intent is to move on to study some applied math but most teachers in my department aren't th... |
2013/02/26 | 1,803 | 7,444 | <issue_start>username_0: I have worked in a few high profile research institutes for my PhD and postdoc, and find myself a little intimidated by the "strong opinions" and arguments that seem to crop up at the principal investigator level. My personality is somewhat more laid back or agreeable, and I find myself wonderi... |
2013/02/26 | 1,768 | 7,370 | <issue_start>username_0: When meeting some scientists in person, I've had good conversations with decisions upon interesting plans for research cooperation and personal visits. But then, subsequent contact by e-mail is difficult, where the other party either doesn't reply at all, or very slowly (several weeks +). Howev... |
2013/02/26 | 965 | 4,197 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose after graduating from a PhD program, you don't do a post-doc. Are the chances of getting a tenure-track position severely reduced? Also is it possible to do a post-doc after a completion of a masters program (probably should be called a "post-masters")?<issue_comment>username_1: What pe... |
2013/02/26 | 810 | 3,433 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm interested in knowing what percentage of math phds actually succeed in landing a tenure track academic job?
Also, does a phd from [AMS Group 1](http://www.ams.org/profession/data/annual-survey/group_i) guarantees you an academic job in top universities? If not what other factors come in to... |
2013/02/26 | 1,263 | 5,705 | <issue_start>username_0: I was recently going through an article (which I was told is fundamental in the area of my new project) published in a respectable medical journal. In short, the paper is about the similarities between a particular sub-type of tumor cells versus a particular type of stem cells in the body, then... |
2013/02/26 | 1,366 | 5,584 | <issue_start>username_0: I notice that some universities have academic positions known as lecturers. Are these positions different from professors? Are transitions from instructors to the professor track relatively easy. This position seems similar to the adjunct professor position.
Note that I am talking about unive... |
2013/02/26 | 477 | 2,139 | <issue_start>username_0: 2 schools I applied to accepted me in early Feb.
The other schools I applied to have yet to respond and their sites say their admission decisions typically occur mid-march.
Is it accepted to contact the departments ahead of time requesting information on your app status given that you don't w... |
2013/02/26 | 1,581 | 6,662 | <issue_start>username_0: I've started a PhD recently and seen a few students from other universities visit our lab for a few days or maybe few weeks. The other university pays all expenses which many times amount to thousands of dollars. Most of the time, the visiting student gets a place, brings her/his own laptop and... |
2013/02/26 | 1,612 | 5,937 | <issue_start>username_0: I am the teaching assistant for a course in economics, and one of my responsibilities is marking examinations.
I had just finished marking the midterm, and the grades were very poor. The details are (approximately):
Mean: 23%
Standard Deviation: 5%
Min: 4%
Max: 68%
Number of Stude... |
2013/02/26 | 650 | 2,851 | <issue_start>username_0: I mean both the salary a department offers to new hires and to already hired faculty members. I would prefer answers specifically about math departments, but I would also be interested in answers about departments in other STEM fields as well as other fields such as the humanities or the social... |
2013/02/27 | 883 | 3,695 | <issue_start>username_0: I heard for the second time today that a discipline is "superfluous". This comment was made by a young assistant professor, who does not do research in this discipline. Just to be fair to the commenter, that was not a serious comment, but just a casual remark.
However, I think deep in his mind... |
2013/02/27 | 647 | 2,826 | <issue_start>username_0: I just graduated with a Ph.D. in Asia. And I'm considering to look for a postdoc position in US in the field of computer science (to be specific, machine learning and computer vision). But I don't want to go for a faculty position (at least I don't want to at this moment) in the future. I'd pre... |
2013/02/27 | 1,918 | 7,940 | <issue_start>username_0: I have gotten an idea in the field of Computer Science that it can result in a research paper. The problem is that I lack the adequate background in one part needed for this research, mostly mathematical stuff. I have contacted one professor in Europe by email, and asked some mild questions abo... |
2013/02/27 | 980 | 4,266 | <issue_start>username_0: I have my paper back from a reviewer. The main point is that a quality of the image is not good enough for the publication. I reproduced this image from another paper (with permission) but the only thing I could do, was a print screen of the original and paste into graphical software. I improve... |
2013/02/27 | 1,134 | 4,510 | <issue_start>username_0: I feel awkward addressing myself as Dr. X or Prof X. I know that this is common practice (e.g. in emails, letters, etc..). In emails, I prefer to just use my initials or first name. Is this a common experience (i.e. not wanting to be addressed as Dr. or Professor)?<issue_comment>username_1: Use... |
2013/02/26 | 692 | 3,094 | <issue_start>username_0: I am asking with respect to decoding a job ad for an assistant professor position at a US University. The ad essentially asks how my talents and goals relate to a 'liberal arts environment'. Previously I associated 'liberal arts' with the major that goes by that name, or thought that it simply ... |
2013/02/27 | 2,686 | 12,314 | <issue_start>username_0: First some background. Two years ago I joined a research group as a research associate. My intention in obtaining that position was to publish with the group and build some academic capital, but in the two years I have been there, I have been steered toward support work and software development... |
2013/02/27 | 898 | 3,974 | <issue_start>username_0: I help with typesetting of one scientific journal: I recieve the articles in the form in which they were finally accepted, and I re-format them etc. to make them ready for publication. Currently, my title in the journal colophon says: "**Graphic Design and Typesetting: <NAME>**".
However, I ge... |
2013/02/28 | 1,517 | 6,780 | <issue_start>username_0: I think the title says it all, but here it goes. I am a final year PhD student in pure mathematics. My PhD has been running smoothly and I will graudate on time next summer.
This year I started applying for postdoctoral/assistant professor positions in Europe and in United States. The reviewi... |
2013/02/28 | 519 | 2,060 | <issue_start>username_0: I currently have a degree as a Master in Computer Sciences, and i was always wondering on how to call myself in a more "short" manner. For example, a PhD might introduce himself as a "Doctor" to other people, but how does a MSc call himself: "Master"? "Mister"? "MSc"?.
Talking to some PhD and... |
2013/03/01 | 1,495 | 5,338 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a Belgian colleague who is **“Prof. Dr. ir.”**. What does it mean?<issue_comment>username_1: In some countries you use all of the titles one holds (e.g. Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium etc.)
In plain English it means someone who holds the profession of engineering (can be ju... |
2013/03/01 | 1,493 | 6,286 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a third year PhD student. I'm not getting much guidance from my adviser. We only meet once a month, and he keeps giving the same general advice. As a consequence of that, we have had to cancel one project since I have no motivation at all for that project.
Now having the new project, thing... |
2013/03/02 | 941 | 3,973 | <issue_start>username_0: This is probably only relevant to the UK, because in the USA, PhD funding usually come from the department/university through fellowships/TA/RA.
I applied for PhD at a UK university and got admission. The university also runs an extremely competitive named scholarship competition (for example,... |
2013/03/03 | 490 | 2,091 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the appropiate position for the 'Acknowledgements' in a paper? Are there policies by (mathematical) journals where to put them?
Furthermore, is it common to make acknowledgements a \paragraph (in Latex), rather than a \subsection or a final \section?<issue_comment>username_1: Acknowled... |
2013/03/03 | 1,434 | 6,433 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an industry based researcher. I research and write policies mostly relating to workplace issues such as codes and manuals. I have just completed my PhD in a related field.
On my CV, I can include about 10 years of industry research (plus my qualification as above). As far as I know, indus... |
2013/03/04 | 3,059 | 13,458 | <issue_start>username_0: Archiving of papers and projects is very important for most of the people, and everyone has a method of it.
I, personally, try to have different folders for different papers. In the folder of each paper, in addition to my manuscript, I keep my simulation files, experimental data, program code... |
2013/03/04 | 1,097 | 4,720 | <issue_start>username_0: If you are invited to give a departmental seminar and the department offers to put you up for up to two nights, how long should your visit be? I find it a little rude when our speakers arrive an hour before and leave an hour after the seminar. Do you have to spend a full day at the host departm... |
2013/03/04 | 980 | 4,622 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a graduate student in mathematics working on functional analysis of quantum information (basically using matrix techniques in some well-known problems). I am presently applying for postdoctoral positions (in both Mathematics and Quantitative Physics departments). However, I am not getting ... |
2013/03/05 | 1,270 | 4,785 | <issue_start>username_0: I was reading the following article by <NAME>. [HOWTO: Get into grad school for science, engineering, math and computer science](http://matt.might.net/articles/how-to-apply-and-get-in-to-graduate-school-in-science-mathematics-engineering-or-computer-science/)
I saw the following the paragraph
... |
2013/03/05 | 686 | 2,633 | <issue_start>username_0: Does your country have any academic degrees after the PhD? If yes, what is it called and how graduating this degree?
Additionally, what is a Post-Doc? Is it a degree or something else? I have seen some people refer to a post-doc in their CV as they would a degree. Is this acceptable?<issue_co... |
2013/03/06 | 627 | 2,818 | <issue_start>username_0: Imagine an education model in which teacher/supervisor/mentor does not teach the syllabus to students. Instead, just pushing them towards key topics, and students must study by themselves. The teacher only control/supervise students to keep studying in right direction, but no professional teach... |
2013/03/06 | 1,191 | 5,020 | <issue_start>username_0: Sometimes, I have been noticing some postdoc open position announcements that, besides the usual prerequisites (PhD, an excellent CV, programming skills, etc.), asked the candidates to have publications in the most important conferences in the field.
[For example](http://mine.kaust.edu.sa/Page... |
2013/03/06 | 3,158 | 13,001 | <issue_start>username_0: First of all let me apologize for the title, as it is perhaps very vague. The issue is as follows; I have stopped printing my articles and instead starting reading them on screen via my library manager software (Papers2).
The problem is that I find it's MUCH harder to focus when I am reading ... |
2013/03/06 | 870 | 3,581 | <issue_start>username_0: How do I formulate research interests in my CV? When talking about my field, I like to include some context, such as:
>
> The climate of planet Earth is a complex system. Detailed observations are needed for improving our understanding of individual components and their interaction. Additiona... |
2013/03/06 | 649 | 2,687 | <issue_start>username_0: Sabbatical leave is very common as it is nice to spend a year as a visiting professor in another university and experience a new environment.
It is very beneficial for the host university to have temporary faculty members free of charge (no salary is normally paid by the host university). **(1... |
2013/03/07 | 2,310 | 8,536 | <issue_start>username_0: In the discussion made in comments to this [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/8330/what-does-prof-dr-ir-mean), it has been stated that in France, it is possible (though improbable) to become a professor without having PhD. It made me curious if there is such possibility in ... |
2013/03/07 | 459 | 1,752 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing my thesis and came across an image on Wikipedia that I would like to use. The licensing on this image is:
>
> I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. This applies worldwide.
> In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so:
> I... |
2013/03/07 | 620 | 2,791 | <issue_start>username_0: A school that I am applying has a list of available topics, along with their descriptions, which I can choose from. I already select one topic which matches my interest and background, I also contact a professor who will supervise on that topic and he encourages me to go for it. However, as the... |
2013/03/07 | 496 | 1,960 | <issue_start>username_0: I had two papers approved for a workshop in a IEEE conference and I'm going to send the camera-ready version soon.
Is it OK to have one paper cite the other? If it's OK, do I have to reference the other paper as "to appear"?<issue_comment>username_1: It is okay for each paper to cite the other... |
2013/03/08 | 1,234 | 5,487 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a professor and researcher in mathematics and my research is kind of on the theoretical side. Online, I discovered a mathematician who had written some papers with ideas similar to mine, and we corresponded and discussed possible collaboration. Then he wrote an entire paper, listing both o... |
2013/03/08 | 1,409 | 5,568 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergraduate research assistant in a biology lab. I was having an informal conversation while working at lab with my professor and a colleague of him. In the middle of our conversation, my professor passed a racially insensitive remark at me (I can reproduce here if someone wants to kn... |
2013/03/08 | 918 | 3,720 | <issue_start>username_0: I teach quite a few 'unprepared' students and I find they struggle with finding source material on which to base their reports. Basically, they need to read a lot and apply theories to different companies.
Where should I draw the line when giving them advice? I certainly do not do any searchin... |
2013/03/08 | 1,297 | 5,435 | <issue_start>username_0: I've had to grade quite a few essay papers in the classes I've taught, and I've suspected some may have plagiarized but I never really pursued check on them because it would be too time consuming to check their sources and pursue any/all possible sources where they may have copied from.
What'... |
2013/03/08 | 626 | 2,616 | <issue_start>username_0: I expect to be graduating with a maths BSc (with an honours year, in Australia) in the not-too-distant future. I’d like to pursue a PhD in pure maths, with the view of becoming a research mathematician. I’ve found it quite difficult to find information on what exactly the application process en... |
2013/03/09 | 1,067 | 4,723 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a thesis for my M.Sc. dissertation, and I am struggling to identify how big the contribution of my paper has to be.
I've heard professors in our campus saying "you don't have to save the world, just add a little bit of something to an already existing work." But that is vague and ... |
2013/03/09 | 683 | 2,912 | <issue_start>username_0: No starting point for scientific collaboration is better than face-to-face conversation. Conferences are good places to meet potential collaborator, but another way is to invite them to visit your institute/group and negotiate for possible collaborations.
However, when inviting a colleague fro... |
2013/03/09 | 1,379 | 5,700 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a graduate student in physics and every other month or so I get an e-mail from someone who wants a grad school or even postdoc position. These e-mails often start out "Dear Professor (*my name*)," (I'm not a professor) and go on to explain that they are a motivated student looking to do a ... |
2013/03/09 | 854 | 3,539 | <issue_start>username_0: I have studied Physics (Diploma) and since 3 years I work as a Software Engineer.
But I am starting to miss the high degree of intellectual challenge. So I am thinking to go back to academia. Unfortunately my Diploma grade was B (German 2), likewise the grade of my in-depth elective Theoretica... |
2013/03/10 | 652 | 2,713 | <issue_start>username_0: I have just learned of the 'PhD by published works' which appears to be a fairly common program for schools in the UK. Is this similar to an honoris causa conferral or is it some separate program?
After reviewing materials on the Oxford Brooks & Warwick sites it appears that the entire progra... |
2013/03/10 | 901 | 3,847 | <issue_start>username_0: Possible benefits: More grant money through other departments
Possible drawbacks: A significant fraction of their research might not be seen as research that benefits the department's standing in the area.
But what about others?<issue_comment>username_1: I don't think either of the points men... |
2013/03/10 | 3,072 | 12,970 | <issue_start>username_0: Before deciding to do one's PhD under a certain professor, what questions should one ask of his/her former and current students?
Many students (including me) are not sure what exactly to ask. May be a community wiki here might be a general source for such students.
**Please recommend *phrasin... |
2013/03/10 | 1,228 | 5,302 | <issue_start>username_0: My paper was rejected from a journal. However, remarks of one of the reviewers were useful, and I incorporated them into the next version of the paper.
Is there a general pattern of acknowledging such contribution (in the Acknowledgement section)?
Or should I leave it, not to advertise inform... |
2013/03/11 | 1,406 | 5,519 | <issue_start>username_0: I had an amazing time at my REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) last summer. I would really love to do another one this year.
Problem is, I am about to graduate, so I will technically not be an undergraduate this summer. I do intend to continue my education in graduate school in the ... |