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2012/02/14 | 423 | 1,473 | <issue_start>username_0: I've just finished my Erasmus period in the Netherlands. I'm still waiting for one result from my guest academy, then the Transcript of Record will reach my home university and, somehow, the results will be translated from Netherlands marks to Italian marks.
Is there an Erasmus standard on how... |
2012/02/14 | 570 | 2,184 | <issue_start>username_0: In the European Union we have a ["Common European Framework of Reference for Languages"](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages). In practice all language certification programmes have one of those levels associated to them (ranging from A1, the most b... |
2012/02/14 | 1,838 | 7,144 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a graduate student in the Earth Sciences. The breadth of my departments runs the gamut from geobiology to geophysics and everything in between. As a result, a large number of the department seminars that get hosted are on topics that I have little or no background in and do not relate to my... |
2012/02/14 | 923 | 3,523 | <issue_start>username_0: I am aware of [h-index](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/5/what-is-the-h-index-exactly-and-how-does-it-work). I was wondering what other types of scores are both widely and rarely used to measure the impact of a scientist?<issue_comment>username_1: Beyond the h-index, I don't think ... |
2012/02/14 | 948 | 3,546 | <issue_start>username_0: I am considering joining the recent boycott of Elsevier, however I work with biologists on theoretical/mathematical biology (in particular, evolutionary game theory and population biology). However, It seems like [Journal of Theoretical Biology](http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-theor... |
2012/02/14 | 3,108 | 13,475 | <issue_start>username_0: Ever since starting graduate school I've tried to make scientific reading a part of my daily ritual; I track pages read using [Beeminder](https://www.beeminder.com/), and the graph doesn't lie. It keeps me honest.
I aim to closely read and summarize 5 pages per day and skim a few other abstrac... |
2012/02/15 | 1,260 | 5,468 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm aware that it's a violation of terms for most publishers to submit the same article to more than one journal, but I frequently see authors whose papers seem very similar, particularly papers released in a single year. In my field, neuroscience, this is particularly true about conference pap... |
2012/02/15 | 1,045 | 3,983 | <issue_start>username_0: I am curious to know the kinds of obstacles a US citizen would come across when trying to find work in academia outside the US and/or those that a non-US-citizen faces when trying to get an academic job inside the US.
It would seem that, logistically, it would be easier on the department to h... |
2012/02/15 | 1,394 | 5,827 | <issue_start>username_0: I've received conflicting advice as to whether I should choose my coursework based on my research topic or not. The main pro usually is that I'll quickly be able to get up to speed on my research. The con is usually that there are so many other courses that I could take, in which I could learn ... |
2012/02/15 | 797 | 3,275 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm working as a TA now, and I've found that I'm spending an inordinate amount of time on my TA-ship. Is this normal? Furthermore, is this expected? I'm worried that my research career will suffer because of my lack of research productivity.<issue_comment>username_1: I suppose it depends on the... |
2012/02/15 | 549 | 2,349 | <issue_start>username_0: All graduate programs have committees such as the "social committee" and "speaker series committees", as well as Graduate Student Organizations and other organizations to work on behalf of these programs. Is there any concrete career benefit to being an officer on one of these committees/organi... |
2012/02/15 | 493 | 2,154 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm considering going back to graduate school, but I've heard from a number of friends that graduate students are all required to teach. Is that the case? I have no teaching experience at all. Will that negatively affect my chances of getting in?<issue_comment>username_1: In general, no, it won... |
2012/02/15 | 2,135 | 8,831 | <issue_start>username_0: As a PhD student I generate a lot of pages with calculations, ideas and lecture notes.
Most of them are useful only for a short amount of time, but some may be important for much longer (when writing a paper, or when having new ideas to continue a once abandoned project). Typically I work on a... |
2012/02/15 | 2,575 | 9,745 | <issue_start>username_0: While [arXiv](http://arxiv.org/) is great, it covers only topics in physics, mathematics and computer science.
Are there any good preprint storage places for other scientific disciplines?<issue_comment>username_1: **It seems that neither option presented below are taking new submissions. I kee... |
2012/02/15 | 1,871 | 7,860 | <issue_start>username_0: What I'm trying to understand is, to what degree does the status/rank of the University (where one completes his/her Ph.D) matter while shaping his/her career after graduation? I would like to know the weight given to one's school in both the following cases:
* While applying for post-docs/fac... |
2012/02/15 | 1,040 | 4,070 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm curious to know what kind of choices does someone with a recent Ph.D in theoretical CS have, in the industrial research labs, and how to find out about existing opportunities. In particular, I'm looking for:
* Links to sites where such opportunities are listed, if something like that exist... |
2012/02/15 | 4,261 | 17,152 | <issue_start>username_0: A colleague and I recently submitted a paper to a journal with an impressive-sounding name, the "International Journal of Artificial Intelligence and Computational Research". According to their website,
>
> IJAICR is a referred [sic] journal in the field of computer science, artificial intell... |
2012/02/15 | 855 | 3,653 | <issue_start>username_0: I have some experience with hosting reading groups/journals clubs in an off-line setting. Usually we meet every week in a room and discuss the paper for that week. However, recently some colleagues and I (~7 people) are trying to catch up on a specific topic quickly, and we want to hold a short... |
2012/02/15 | 2,799 | 10,923 | <issue_start>username_0: I'd be interested in tools helping to organize thoughts and ideas, especially in a non-linear way (i.e. not as most existing note taking tools, working with lists and bullets, but rather as a post-it application). Ideally, something like the tool they use in Minority Reports would be cool (with... |
2012/02/15 | 1,263 | 5,476 | <issue_start>username_0: In many countries an application for a PhD position includes a written research proposal, so my questions is **what are some advises/strategies to come up with a good topic/idea for a PhD research proposal and how can one assess the quality/fruitfulness of an idea**? As an undergraduate student... |
2012/02/15 | 1,396 | 6,048 | <issue_start>username_0: What impact does prior industry experience (2+ years in a non-trivial functional role in any established organization) lend to the profile of someone who is entering grad school for a Ph.D.? In my case, it's Computer Science, but I expect the question to be applicable to other areas as well.
*... |
2012/02/15 | 1,171 | 4,802 | <issue_start>username_0: Assuming that an applicant does his research and applies to a bunch of schools for a PhD. He gets accepted by a few of them with full aid.
Assuming that the research and faculty at all places is more or less of the same quality, what factors come into play when deciding where to go?
(Also assu... |
2012/02/15 | 977 | 4,057 | <issue_start>username_0: As a postdoc, I'm considering to apply to research-only positions (for instance in a research institute, and not a university), and I know that one of the responsibilities of being a researcher is to recruit PhD students.
I personally only know people (including me) who have been "recruited" ... |
2012/02/16 | 1,084 | 4,652 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a first-year graduate student, and I just joined a computational chemistry laboratory. I have three tasks now: pass all my courses, fulfill my TA duties, and start research. I'm finding that I'm spending all my time doing the first two, and very little doing actual research. I'm worried tha... |
2012/02/16 | 741 | 2,985 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been looking into PhD programs in the Engineering field, and I have found different types of programs, such as some with coursework, and others without any coursework.
What is the practical difference between them? (Besides the obvious coursework) What kind of student is expected for ea... |
2012/02/16 | 607 | 2,654 | <issue_start>username_0: On the Internet, I have found that some people have graduated with a PhD by means of a “sandwich thesis”. Could anyone explain what it is?<issue_comment>username_1: I believe that a sandwich thesis (sometimes called an integrated thesis / stapler thesis) consists of a collection of published or... |
2012/02/16 | 1,479 | 6,457 | <issue_start>username_0: While accepting an offer to grad school, one is basically entering into a lasting relationship with one's adviser - most likely, someone whom the applicant has never met before, and the only exposure has been through the potential adviser's website/publications. It is in the interest of both pa... |
2012/02/16 | 983 | 3,974 | <issue_start>username_0: Following on from [What is a "Sandwich thesis"?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/149/96) , is there an easy way to find out which departments at which universities will allow a sandwich thesis (aka a *stapler thesis*, *portfolio thesis*, *three-paper thesis*, *thesis by portfolio of public... |
2012/02/16 | 446 | 1,825 | <issue_start>username_0: I finished my undergrad last year and have since been working in the private sector. I'm about to submit a paper with my senior thesis results. Two questions about corresponding author information:
1. I'm listing my current affiliation in the private sector for various reasons. We are moving o... |
2012/02/16 | 1,213 | 4,634 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the distinction between the following scientific events:
* conference,
* congress,
* symposium,
* meeting?
While I have some idea about differences (e.g. congress - large and serious, meeting - by a certain organization, ...) I have an impression that sometimes the terms are used inte... |
2012/02/16 | 2,678 | 10,545 | <issue_start>username_0: Speaking to the faculty in my program, I've noticed that they seem to evaluate themselves and others using two criterion: (1) publication quality and quantity, and (2) ability to obtain grant money. No one discusses grades or performance in graduate school classes. Even when potential faculty c... |
2012/02/16 | 581 | 2,338 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm having the problem that my advisor isn't providing me with any real guidance. To avoid making this a rant post, I'll just state the facts: my advisor is an MD/PhD, working almost full-time as an MD. He comes to the lab once a week for lab meetings, and often doesn't have time to meet. He se... |
2012/02/16 | 1,345 | 5,955 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a student currently pursuing my masters in computer science.
My present area of research is computational algrebraic geometry (theory of grobner bases and tropical geometry).
Afterwards, I'm interested in pursuing my PhD in pure mathematics.
I would like know if I'll be elligible for app... |
2012/02/16 | 2,019 | 8,709 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been told that there is a correlation between being a good teacher and being a good researcher (like [this](http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~harchol/gradschooltalk.pdf) paper, in page 15, point 3.6), but i have not found any references or studies about it.
Does any know if there is really such co... |
2012/02/16 | 1,954 | 7,117 | <issue_start>username_0: Coming from France, where any official academic position (i.e. associate professor or full professor, or equivalent positions at public research institutes) is a civil-servant one, and therefore automatically for life, I've been always intrigued by the "tenure" system in the US.
While reading... |
2012/02/16 | 650 | 2,798 | <issue_start>username_0: Generally speaking, are there good "milestones" to suggest that a graduate student should initiate their job search? Roughly a year from completion? More? Less? Is there a particular time of year a job search should be kicked off?
Basically: The job search, how do I time it?<issue_comment>user... |
2012/02/16 | 1,100 | 4,000 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm looking for an online resources that lists all summer schools of the actual year in a specific domain. Are there any sites? I just found one: [Summer Schools in Europe](http://www.summerschoolsineurope.eu/), but this site seems to be a little bit outdated and doesn't have a lot of summer sc... |
2012/02/17 | 1,922 | 7,795 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a Canadian undergraduate student intending to get a master's degree, but not intending to get a Ph.D.
A Canadian graduate student told me that master's degree in the US are really only designed for people desiring to get a Ph.D.
Is there any truth to this statement? Do masters degrees in... |
2012/02/17 | 1,555 | 6,423 | <issue_start>username_0: *Note: I'm primarily interested in answers relevant to Computer Science (Theory), but answers in different areas in CS / totally other disciplines are equally welcome.*
In most (if not all) PhD programs, incoming grad students are supposed to take relevant courses and fulfill their TA-ship dut... |
2012/02/17 | 1,297 | 5,368 | <issue_start>username_0: I have heard that it would be a bad idea to take up a post-doctoral position, if your ultimate goal is to work in industry. The basis of this maybe that it is harder to be hired for an opening at a company, maybe because you would seem unsure of your direction, or would be over qualified for a ... |
2012/02/17 | 2,265 | 9,656 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently attended a very large conference in my field ([SfN](http://www.sfn.org/am2011/), ~30,000 attendees), and after I got back I was thinking about what I had gained from the trip, and I realized not that much. I listened to a few different talks, and I saw a whole bunch of relevant poste... |
2012/02/17 | 1,525 | 6,557 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been told by numerous people that (1) my undergraduate university will be disinclined to bring me on as a graduate student, and that (2) it's a bad idea to attend grad school where you completed your undergraduate degree, anyway. Is that true? If so, why?<issue_comment>username_1: I will a... |
2012/02/17 | 694 | 2,975 | <issue_start>username_0: What is exactly the difference between a reference letter and a recommendation letter in Academia? According to [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recommendation_letter):
>
> Letters of recommendation are very specific in nature and normally requested/required and are always addressed ... |
2012/02/18 | 472 | 2,111 | <issue_start>username_0: As examples, the lab executive assistant at <http://www.klab.caltech.edu/people.shtml> or the lab administrative assistant over at <http://www.gps.caltech.edu/~tapio/people.html#admins><issue_comment>username_1: Funding for non-research positions comes from either direct or indirect sources.
... |
2012/02/19 | 2,126 | 8,853 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying for graduate school (PhD in computer science), and I'm considering writing to faculty whose research areas match with what I intend to pursue, to understand:
1. Whether they'd be looking for new students at all in the coming year?
2. If they did, would they be potentially interest... |
2012/02/19 | 1,439 | 6,103 | <issue_start>username_0: I mean, I really *should* be glad when they ask me this question. But inevitably, different people will ask me the same question many different times (over many different interviews), understandably so, and response fatigue does start to set in. I just wonder how other people can manage to be s... |
2012/02/19 | 816 | 3,491 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a rather difficult quandary. I'm a first-year student, and I joined my lab group to work on a clinical psychiatry/neuroscience grant. I've been making slow progress towards familiarizing myself with the grant. However, my advisor (actually, one of my two-advisors... they both run the lab... |
2012/02/19 | 725 | 3,116 | <issue_start>username_0: I just finished an undergraduate degree in psychology, with a focus in biological sciences and pre-medicine courses. In looking at my options for graduate school, I've taken an interest in biomedical engineering; tissue engineering, medical devices, medical imaging, etc. My biology is pretty so... |
2012/02/19 | 1,167 | 4,927 | <issue_start>username_0: Will people look down on me if I say that I plan on doing research that I end up not doing due to various reasons, especially if I'm a PhD student?
I guess it's somewhat expected, and that experienced professors don't always believe that I'll end up doing what I say (because unexpected bugs an... |
2012/02/19 | 572 | 2,299 | <issue_start>username_0: An incoming graduate student is typically required to help out as a TA, take courses both related to their research and required by the program, as well as to start reading up on the research topics in his field. Unless he has worked in the same research area prior to joining grad school, it is... |
2012/02/19 | 1,057 | 4,701 | <issue_start>username_0: Quite often, at conferences or while attending seminars, I will start an interesting discussion with the speaker, first on-site, then later by email, and even though at some point there seems to be some mutual interest, it almost never gives an actual collaboration (i.e. working on an actual pa... |
2012/02/20 | 933 | 4,083 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been attending my lab's journal club for a while, and I'm wondering whether there are better ways out there of conducting a journal club. To make the question more generic, our club seems to have two purposes:
1. Ensure that the students in the lab are reading papers in the field
2. Discu... |
2012/02/20 | 1,195 | 5,018 | <issue_start>username_0: There is a divide between the scientific community about involvement in popular science. I would define it as involvement in NatGeo/Discovery type documentaries, writing columns for newspapers/magazines, blogging about articles of popular nature (Like End of the World, Tsunami or whatever).
D... |
2012/02/20 | 1,154 | 4,843 | <issue_start>username_0: I use the online tool [citeulike](http://www.citeulike.org/user/apwheele) to manage my bibliography. The main tool to organize the library is tags (functionally equivalent to tags here on this site). One problem I seem to be having is I do a very poor job of initially choosing tags, so I need t... |
2012/02/20 | 595 | 2,569 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been recently introduced to the idea of teaching portfolios, that is a collection of teaching experiences and references made by peer educators. Their supposed purpose is to go along a researcher CV when applying for a position in academia, i.e. assistant/associate professor.
Any first ... |
2012/02/21 | 1,332 | 5,507 | <issue_start>username_0: Graduate school has a reputation for being a tremendous time-sink. I'm currently married with kids, and I have a fairly busy extracurricular schedule. Is it common for married people - or anyone, actually, with significant external time constraints - to not finish their graduate work, specifica... |
2012/02/21 | 2,096 | 7,919 | <issue_start>username_0: For many years, I've used Latex to create my presentations, because I need to include mathematical formulae and symbols. However, it's sometimes quite cumbersome to use, and it's much harder to do "visual" effects (I'm not talking about animations, but for instance about arrows emphasizing a pa... |
2012/02/21 | 1,749 | 7,564 | <issue_start>username_0: I graduated with a Masters of Engineering, concentrating in digital signal processing, in particular medical and audio, almost two years ago. I've always been interested in research, but due to personal circumstances I could never commit a lot of time to working on a research project with a pro... |
2012/02/21 | 678 | 2,922 | <issue_start>username_0: I keep hearing different things from different people and it seems there is no clear policy laid out at my institution regarding the definition of graduate student vacation days; I'm curious how PIs and students handle this issue at other places.
**At your institution, do University-wide holi... |
2012/02/22 | 4,327 | 16,896 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a master's degree in International Studies, and a double major with Computer Science from undergrad. My transcripts suck. There's no other way to dress it up. I have pretty good teaching experience, and my GRE scores are awesome, and I suspect my recommendations are as bland as everyone ... |
2012/02/22 | 978 | 4,413 | <issue_start>username_0: My graduate training is in an interdisciplinary field (bioinformatics). I am affiliated both with a genetics department and an interdepartmental program that encompasses everything from genetics to computer science to evolution to statistics to engineering. The life-science-oriented fields seem... |
2012/02/22 | 1,285 | 5,199 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm in the U.S. and have always written in American English. I will be submitting a paper to a U.K. journal for the first time. To conform to British spelling, I've changed the Microsoft Word dictionary to U.K. English, which has caught most of the obvious differences . Even so, I'm worried tha... |
2012/02/22 | 834 | 2,935 | <issue_start>username_0: For the record, I'd like something to replace notebooks. I'm accumulating more and more notebooks, and they're a pain to tug around everywhere. Plus, notebooks are easy to get lost (I've lost notebooks by accidentally leaving them in restrooms), not easily-backup-able, and non-searchable.
So I... |
2012/02/22 | 647 | 2,644 | <issue_start>username_0: For the record, I'm visiting the University of Chicago as an accepted PhD student (in the geophysical sciences) next week.
In particular, I'd especially appreciate creative questions that few other visiting students ask.<issue_comment>username_1: * Talk to current graduate students in your lab... |
2012/02/22 | 988 | 4,166 | <issue_start>username_0: In many cases, they (understandably) don't reply (or they are uncomfortable with sharing them, as they often contain unpublished material). Also, I do this often, and don't want to be known as "the person who asks people for their powerpoint slides".
At the same time though, it's simply far e... |
2012/02/22 | 1,154 | 4,843 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a background in Psychology and Fine Arts. My passion lies with doing scientific research and making art. So ideally I would be able to do both, or use one to support the other. However, I've found that finding a job in the social sciences is pretty difficult, if not impossible without wo... |
2012/02/22 | 1,444 | 5,815 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the advantages of Mendeley over Bibsonomy?
Is it easy to migrate from Bibsonomy to Mendeley?
Does Mendeley offer equally powerful bibliography exportation?
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In detail, the following disadvantages of Bibsonomy are crucial for me:
* you can not modify all your bibliographies at ... |
2012/02/22 | 1,011 | 3,945 | <issue_start>username_0: E.g. as shown in the example [here](http://www.princeton.edu/aos/people/graduate_students/persad/G_PersadCV2011.pdf).
>
> * 2011—Centennial Fellowship, Princeton University Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (accepted)
> * 2011—Top Student Award, University of Washington (declined... |
2012/02/22 | 843 | 3,538 | <issue_start>username_0: As part of my MSc I have to produce a Thesis/Dissertation which forms an integral part of the program and classification (roughly 1/4 - I imagine the subject can make a difference, so I should say that my MSc is in Mathematics in the UK).
I am wondering to what extend I should expect to be com... |
2012/02/23 | 1,923 | 8,659 | <issue_start>username_0: Assuming that there are no ethical or legal concerns involved, in general, how would academic journals handle research submitted from the general public (e.g., if a carpenter were to perform a study on memory)? Would it be published if it held to the same standard as other research, or is it re... |
2012/02/23 | 824 | 3,641 | <issue_start>username_0: I believe in Mathematics and Computer Science journals usually accept LaTeX documents. In fact, the AMS has a number of packages and document classes for just this purpose.
What about other disciplines? I'm not particularly familiar with the humanities. Would a Microsoft Word document be unacc... |
2012/02/23 | 1,556 | 6,891 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm coming from a biomedical engineering background, and I'm noticing that almost all job postings ask for either an MS or a PhD, and from speaking with my friends with masters it seems that masters are often favored, because they demand less pay. In fact, the only positions that specifically s... |
2012/02/23 | 1,072 | 4,401 | <issue_start>username_0: As a converse to [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/353/what-are-some-good-questions-to-ask-current-graduate-students-when-visiting-scho), as a professor, I find it difficult to conduct a useful interview. **What types of questions should I ask which would give me a go... |
2012/02/23 | 575 | 2,231 | <issue_start>username_0: The purpose of this question is to attempt to generate a concise but comprehensive answer to the question, **what happens to the researcher after fraud is discovered?** I'm familiar with some consequences:
* Listing on the [NIH Office of Research Integrity](http://www.ori.dhhs.gov/case_summary... |
2012/02/23 | 551 | 2,120 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it feasible for an engineering student from Germany to get into a Ph.D. program in the UK/Ireland? Specifically, what should one keep in mind/try to accomplish in the last two years before finishing the "Diplom"? How would one apply?
Maybe this question can be extended to other combinations... |
2012/02/23 | 939 | 3,797 | <issue_start>username_0: I am looking for a good source to get my hands on some pre PhD level maths papers/dissertations, because I want to get a better feeling what is expected. (i.e. BSc and MSc Dissertations)
My department is unfortunately not at liberty to make MSc Dissertations available for copyright reasons, so... |
2012/02/23 | 936 | 4,120 | <issue_start>username_0: A couple of years back I did some research at a company in a field (Computational chemistry) that I am no longer interested in pursuing (To be blunt: I discovered that I dislike computational chemistry, and lack a certain numerical intuition needed to interpret the results). As I have this and ... |
2012/02/24 | 1,370 | 5,511 | <issue_start>username_0: The question is hypothetical, but it came up in a conversation and I'd like to see if we can come up with a logical analysis and conclusion. For various reasons, *graduate students* might not be inclined to apply for funding.
By *funding* I mean grants or scholarships intended to support grad... |
2012/02/24 | 1,411 | 5,934 | <issue_start>username_0: More than once, I have had (graduate school admissions) orientation sessions where the faculty of the institute introduce their fields, their research and what they expect from potential students (Among other things).
At places I am interested in, this is a useful exercise. However, there are... |
2012/02/24 | 1,134 | 4,314 | <issue_start>username_0: Looking at the [list of academic ranks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_academic_ranks) on Wikipedia shows that the same academic rank/title can mean quite different things in different countries. For instant, a "research assistant" in the US can stand for an undergrad student doing an int... |
2012/02/25 | 1,614 | 6,719 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been using git for a while and now [GitHub](https://github.com/). I'm starting to write a master's thesis. Would it be a good idea to upload all the files to online public repositories? Does anyone have any experience with this?
EDIT: Thanks for all the answers. I consulted with my advise... |
2012/02/25 | 713 | 2,956 | <issue_start>username_0: I was planning to use mdpi.com to submit a paper to "Entropy" journal. The journal perfectly matches the area that my paper covers. However, they require a cover letter to five reviewers selected by myself:
<http://www.mdpi.com/journal/entropy/instructions>
>
> Coverletter: Check in your cov... |
2012/02/26 | 2,277 | 8,817 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the best way to go about to find a certain research group that do work in a specific field (e.g research groups doing empirical brain investigations but working from a dualistic perspective, or research groups doing eyetracker work on infants)?<issue_comment>username_1: Frequently forma... |
2012/02/27 | 352 | 1,302 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there any publicly accessible information regarding the success rate of grant/project applications for science/technology and other research grant programs (e.g. NSF grants) and its variation over time?
I'm not interested in an exhaustive list but some illustrative examples would be much ap... |
2012/02/28 | 1,153 | 4,614 | <issue_start>username_0: I often fantasize that when I will get my work to successful end, then I will have new possibilities open – and that maybe I will even receive scientific job offers. The work is obtaining new important results in computational sciences.
But then I get to the ground, think that giving someone j... |
2012/02/28 | 3,191 | 13,367 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been considering applying to graduate school of some form or another in Mathematics. During my undergraduate years, I did decently on my undergraduate coursework (mostly A-s, some As, a B) but not stellar, and it wasn't until I started taking graduate courses as a senior that I started buc... |
2012/02/28 | 513 | 2,296 | <issue_start>username_0: My department is looking for a CRM tool to manage its relationship with graduated students (either on BSc, MSc or PhD level). What we want to achieve:
* Show our candidates that you can get a well paid work after graduating Physics in Poland (they don't believe such positions exist)
* Allow o... |
2012/02/29 | 579 | 2,349 | <issue_start>username_0: Here are the details for one of my schools so far:
At UChicago, my prospective adviser said that I should expect to have around a month off per year (probably 2 weeks in winter and 2 weeks in summer).
It's probably fairly reasonabl, though it came as a bit of a shock at first but that was bec... |
2012/02/29 | 1,597 | 6,696 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a bachelor's degree in computer science. I am looking for an appropriate master program. I am interested in algorithms.
My question is not about where I should continue my education. My question is about how exactly should I search for the place to study for my master's degree. I simpl... |
2012/02/29 | 689 | 2,947 | <issue_start>username_0: The thing with PhDs is that it often takes someone who knows the politics and people of the field in order to really understand (or help) a PhD student's troubles (if any arise). At the same time, there are many similarities.
If they don't, who are the other best people to talk to in case issu... |
2012/02/29 | 688 | 2,723 | <issue_start>username_0: There are many disciplines where collaborative learning is the norm; group projects in engineering, working in pairs in bio & chem laboratories, writing papers in a variety of fields, and Team-Based Learning in medical schools (among other areas). **Are there any software tools available that a... |
2012/03/01 | 1,324 | 5,221 | <issue_start>username_0: Tonight I was scrolling through my RSS aggregator (which includes subscriptions for several journals I follow) and the abstract for [All Your Base: a fast and accurate probabilistic approach to base calling](https://genomebiology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/gb-2012-13-2-r13) caught my at... |
2012/03/01 | 4,342 | 18,308 | <issue_start>username_0: As a young scholar I frequently struggle with knowing the extent to which I should be critical of particular components of papers I am reviewing. I can formulate a rough hierarchy between major concerns (things that need to be changed or this shouldn't be published) and relatively minor concern... |
2012/03/01 | 1,390 | 6,124 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a first year PhD student. I'm just reading background papers trying to find a topic for my thesis: my subject is turning around tree different elements (XML (as a tool), complex data, and the cloud computing (as an environment)). So I find that is a large subject with many materials that tr... |
2012/03/02 | 1,425 | 5,710 | <issue_start>username_0: If a person studies and/or does experiments at his/her own home or laboratory because of some reasons, is he/she still allowed to compete with others to get a prize like Nobel Prize, Field Medal, etc?
More precisely, from the beginning he/she never gets educations from formal institutions (sch... |
2012/03/02 | 2,291 | 9,976 | <issue_start>username_0: For a similar thing, [see this thread](http://www.quora.com/Is-Jay-Wackers-real-first-name-Jacob-or-Jay), where <NAME> managed to get people to call him by the name Jay even though he didn't need to get a legal name change. I'm not sure how to go about this though.
The main problem with me is ... |
2012/03/02 | 1,361 | 5,929 | <issue_start>username_0: With Asperger's, the trick is always when to explain it (in a non-awkward situation). I'd like to avoid mentioning it if possible, but it has gotten to the point that I only mention it after committing a major social faux pas, in which case it might be seen as an excuse.
With ADD, this is an i... |
2012/03/02 | 666 | 2,824 | <issue_start>username_0: What's the best way to make corrections to a published paper? Should I amend the original paper and mention in a footnote (or similar) what was changed and why or prepare a completely separate document and put that on my website/append it to the original paper?
I'm not so much worried about ho... |
2012/03/03 | 1,057 | 4,589 | <issue_start>username_0: Most of the questions about teaching assistantship portray TA'ing as a waste of time that only damages research. Although I am not TA'ing this year I consider applying for a TA position next year, because I feel I kind of missing it and it actually helps me to focus on my research.
Are there a... |
2012/03/03 | 2,812 | 11,816 | <issue_start>username_0: I love learning and solving problems (I'm in math/ computer science) and I'm also very motivated. However, I don't have fantastic grades and so I don't expect to get into any top graduate program. This may seem like a discrepancy, but I think it is partly a personal issue (which I'm working on)... |