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2012/12/17 | 517 | 2,171 | <issue_start>username_0: >
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> [Under what circumstances can one republish a conference paper/presentation?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/2673/under-what-circumstances-can-one-republish-a-conference-paper-presentation)
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I have recently completed a Masters of Scien... |
2012/12/17 | 665 | 2,870 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student and I am often faced with several ideas to explore. Two criteria often I consider in making a choice between approaches are based on the value proposition/ addition and the uniqueness of the approach. However, in the process of research (which I don't have any idea about and ... |
2012/12/18 | 1,726 | 7,417 | <issue_start>username_0: My adviser asked me to go over some PhD theses over the weekend, and by some he meant three 200~ pages theses.
Is there an effective way to skim through theses that you have figured out, as more experienced academics. I could not go over all of them without taking most of my weekend doing so.<... |
2012/12/18 | 713 | 2,912 | <issue_start>username_0: I was a bit unsure whether this question belonged here, but after finding many questions requesting advice with respect to mathematics studies I decided to go ahead.
Over the last year I have developed a strong interest in mathematics and would like to pursue it at the university level. The lo... |
2012/12/18 | 620 | 2,954 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the general opinion among editors about whether my paper should be submitted to review to academics from the same University/department? Will this ever happen? If it does happen, isn't this bad for the quality of peer review because the reviewer might have a good relationship with the p... |
2012/12/18 | 1,228 | 5,356 | <issue_start>username_0: While reviewing research papers, I often find that the author's English is not very good. Considering that English is not everyone's native language, I understand their difficulties, and I recognize that they struggle (using dictionaries and translators) to get their work published at all.
Tha... |
2012/12/18 | 2,838 | 11,685 | <issue_start>username_0: My supervisor keeps on delaying and postponing my defense date, taking long periods of time between revisions (1 month of "revision" where the document is in his hands). He has done this 2 times already, so I have been sitting here waiting for a total of 2 months now. This last "revision" he se... |
2012/12/18 | 4,056 | 16,334 | <issue_start>username_0: As a very new researcher who is exploring the best way to generate ideas, some guidance on this question would be very helpful. I have found that this is NOT easy. Ideas seem to pop out of my Professor every day and I wonder how he does it. This question is broad;
* How do you tend to come up ... |
2012/12/18 | 1,440 | 5,480 | <issue_start>username_0: The NSF has recently released [a new version of their Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide](http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/pappguide/nsf13001/index.jsp), releasing their previous guides. (See their [Dear Colleague Letter](https://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/merit_review/index.jsp)... |
2012/12/19 | 2,651 | 11,782 | <issue_start>username_0: One of my friends submitted a paper to a reputable communications journal and received some reviews a week back. The paper was rejected, but the review comments were abysmal:
* The language was so bad in one of them that it was difficult to understand what the reviewer was hinting at. Besides,... |
2012/12/19 | 504 | 2,048 | <issue_start>username_0: I have BS in Biotech, an MS in Neuroscience and applying MD-Phd next June. I have always wanted to go into academia and eventually establish my own lab. However, I have been receiving a lot of critical feedback about MD-Phd programs. Suggesting that to be a good Physician, you don't need a PhD,... |
2012/12/19 | 892 | 3,614 | <issue_start>username_0: What is the significance of undergraduate grades (2.6/4.0) after 5 years of work experience. Do they still carry a value? If your job is not research oriented, e.g. for me I am a software developer on various enterprise Java technologies, how should I project myself to admission committees?
Wh... |
2012/12/19 | 949 | 4,002 | <issue_start>username_0: The head of our department is writing a letter of recommendation for me for MD-PhD (MSTP) programs. I have two graduate level classes with him. He is very busy and writes letters regularly for students. I want to make sure that he does not end up using a canned letter.
I will be sending him m... |
2012/12/19 | 1,321 | 5,843 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student at a fairly large university, and I have twice taught a 200 level course for my department. The course is a new course that I developed. All of the lecture and lab content for this course was developed from scratch. As I will be graduating shortly (*fingers crossed*), a facul... |
2012/12/20 | 2,417 | 9,992 | <issue_start>username_0: I am starting my PhD in Computer Science next semester in a relatively small department (around 20 faculty members). I have been to the university a few times and I noted the collaboration among students is minimal. My prospective supervisor, most likely, is willing to help me in any research a... |
2012/12/20 | 1,294 | 4,699 | <issue_start>username_0: I was reading about a “young researcher award” recently being attributed in my field to a colleague who is 40 years old (and has had a permanent research position for 12 years now). It may be viewed as borderline ridiculous, so I must ask: in this context, how young is typically “young”? For th... |
2012/12/21 | 978 | 3,906 | <issue_start>username_0: *Originally I conceived of posting a "Roadmap for researching x" but I assume that would be too localized for this site.*
**Background:** After much dilly-dallying, I have finally zoned in to pursue lifetime in Taoist research. I have studied mathematical philosophy, cultural anthropology, sym... |
2012/12/22 | 361 | 1,501 | <issue_start>username_0: Am I breaking some kind of rule if I'm adding the arxiv link to the bibitem for an article that's published in a journal? I thought obviously not until I noticed that (link to arxiv) and (page number in journal) are quite mutually exclusive.<issue_comment>username_1: Many copy editors will remo... |
2012/12/22 | 932 | 3,480 | <issue_start>username_0: In an academic CV, how much information do you put in the education field for each degree (assume the person is a post-grad/early career)?
### Option 1: Degree, Specialization, Department, University, Year, Advisor, Thesis
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> **Ph. D.** in Foo science (2012)
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> Some Named School of Sci... |
2012/12/23 | 952 | 4,281 | <issue_start>username_0: Would it be ethical for students working on the same team to include in their Ph.D. theses results arising from joint publications, ending up in different dissertations containing almost identical chapters?
Of course, the students should at least mention that the common chapters are excerpted... |
2012/12/24 | 1,716 | 6,850 | <issue_start>username_0: Where can I find a database of impact factors where self-citation has been removed? A journal's self-citations are defined as those citations by that journal's papers towards other papers in the same journal.
The reason I want to know this is to know which journals are engaged in [coercive cit... |
2012/12/24 | 496 | 2,125 | <issue_start>username_0: I know a student in a linguistics master's program (in East Asia). He told me that in his country, most master's programs require students to publish a certain number of papers in academic journals in order to graduate. I want to study a linguistics-related degree in the US. Is such a requireme... |
2012/12/24 | 856 | 2,958 | <issue_start>username_0: I am considering studying a master's degree in England, however, the price system is quite unlike the system in the US, at least in wording, so I am uncertain how to estimate the costs.
The schools I looked at listed the fees in one of two ways:
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> Cost (2013-14)
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2012/12/25 | 482 | 2,029 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it just me or are the published articles a strain on the eyes in general? Has there been(/shouldn't there be) a study on optimal font sizes for reading?<issue_comment>username_1: Journal prescribed fonts haven't really caught up with the digital era. They were optimized for a time of print, ... |
2012/12/25 | 643 | 2,834 | <issue_start>username_0: When I studied my bachelor's degree, my professors often let me write papers in whatever area I wanted, even if it was an area completely outside of their expertise. Within master's programs, is this still the case, or must students generally stay within the specific expertise of their professo... |
2012/12/25 | 1,952 | 8,491 | <issue_start>username_0: I recently received an application for a PhD position from someone who is already working as a postdoctoral associate. The difference in fields is not particularly large—I work in chemical engineering and materials science, while the applicant originally is coming from computational chemistry. ... |
2012/12/26 | 654 | 2,991 | <issue_start>username_0: I completed one term of a master's program before finding it was not what I expected, so I promptly quit. Now, I am sending fall application letters to other master's programs, for which I will be a paying student, but am uncertain how to mention this previous program, or whether that is even n... |
2012/12/27 | 505 | 1,898 | <issue_start>username_0: Can German Hochschule offer a Ph.D.? I know that some of them can't, but does this apply to any hochschule or does it differ from one to another?<issue_comment>username_1: I should warn that I am not an expert on this, but this is how I understand it. Basically, there are different types of "Ho... |
2012/12/27 | 495 | 2,304 | <issue_start>username_0: I took some solitary graduate-level courses as a non-degree student at some US schools and plan to take further modules in England. These courses relate to my other degrees and certificates, but are from more elite institutions and provide more advanced, specialized training not easily found el... |
2012/12/27 | 806 | 3,415 | <issue_start>username_0: I sometimes find an article published in several conferences.
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> If similar material is published in different conference proceedings,
> how do I choose which one to cite?
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2012/12/28 | 1,091 | 4,412 | <issue_start>username_0: A usual flow of a project (in my field) commonly looks like this:
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> having a result -> (1) writing a paper (with all the proofs) -> (2) making a conference version -> (3) uploading a full version to eprint -> (4) journal version
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Usually, (2) is a shorter version of (1); and (3)
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2012/12/31 | 881 | 3,872 | <issue_start>username_0: 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) a... |
2012/12/31 | 637 | 2,777 | <issue_start>username_0: As [suggested](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/5983/4462) by @PiotrMigdal I am putting a separate question regarding the title mentioned above.
I am a Mathematics PhD student doing work in functional analysis / operator theory aspects of quantum information. My basic training (up to mast... |
2012/12/31 | 1,311 | 5,682 | <issue_start>username_0: My PhD advisor wants me to work on two different problems during my PhD. One is the a problem of their suggestion and another is collaborative work with some company. Both the problems are disjoint. I have been given the option, that if I want to work on one problem then it should be the proble... |
2013/01/01 | 1,457 | 6,101 | <issue_start>username_0: I live in a third-world country. Although I have a second-class degree in IT, I work in the general banking section in a private banking organization. This is possible because, in our country, private banks recruit engineering students (among others) as Management Trainees. They are rotated amo... |
2013/01/01 | 2,987 | 12,484 | <issue_start>username_0: While writing the literature review for my doctoral dissertation, I picked up a few recent dissertations on similar topics from the library to get some pointers on references and style. As I was reading some of the articles cited in one of these theses, I discovered that this person had lifted ... |
2013/01/02 | 1,025 | 4,604 | <issue_start>username_0: I have just completed my PhD. Although my examiners did not raise any concerns, I have been grappling with an ethical issue for the entire duration of my candidature.
The issue concerns professional knowledge of the field on which my research is based. This is an issue of concern because I am... |
2013/01/02 | 712 | 3,083 | <issue_start>username_0: How important is it for an undergraduate student majoring in Physics and Mathematics (or any other science) to have experience in research (*e.g.*, have a peer reviewed paper to his name most probably in collaboration with a professor) at the undergraduate level, keeping in mind that he will be... |
2013/01/02 | 760 | 3,154 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm applying to PhD programs and want to ask for a reference letter from my former supervisor, who has since moved to a new university, so that his old work email is not working anymore. I've been asking him through his personal email; however, as he rarely checks it, sometime it takes more tha... |
2013/01/03 | 639 | 2,748 | <issue_start>username_0: After starting the application process this year, I found a [wiki page at UC Davis](http://notable.math.ucdavis.edu/wiki/Mathematics_Jobs_Wiki) that lists people who have supposedly been shortlisted, invited for interviews, or given offers for faculty positions in mathematics. I am listed in co... |
2013/01/04 | 1,301 | 6,092 | <issue_start>username_0: Where and how can an independent researcher search for research problems in a paticular field, assuming that a person doesn't have direct contacts with anyone knowleageable about that field?
And once you get a research problem , how can you get an idea about the approximate time that will be r... |
2013/01/04 | 473 | 1,982 | <issue_start>username_0: Disclaimer: The GRE Program [discontinued the Computer Science Test](https://www.ets.org/gre/subject/faq)
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If I have already passed a GRE Subject Test for Computer Science, do I still need ... |
2013/01/04 | 484 | 2,175 | <issue_start>username_0: Is it possible to switch from one area of graduate study to another in US universities? For example, suppose someone has enrolled in a computer science phd program. Can he switch over to math(or physics) phd program in the same school later?(or say from applied mathematics to pure mathematics?)... |
2013/01/04 | 587 | 2,493 | <issue_start>username_0: Quite often, graduate level research is done by researchers from different institutions, whether different universities or cooperation between a university and a private corporation.
How do the researchers get to know each other? How does the collaboration begin?<issue_comment>username_1: Go ... |
2013/01/04 | 1,180 | 4,855 | <issue_start>username_0: I do understand that citations should be as precise as possible (including e.g. edition of a book or a page number), so that ideally, the reader can find the information exactly as I found it when writing.
I also understand that the problem with citing webpages is that they can change. But how... |
2013/01/04 | 1,929 | 8,542 | <issue_start>username_0: Recently, I was involved in an engineering research project where I significantly extended the *main* functionality of the work. As my other team-mates were not involved in that aspect of the project, I thought I would leave them to do the write-up. I don't want to complicate things but lets ju... |
2013/01/05 | 611 | 2,642 | <issue_start>username_0: My University is currently on break, so I'd be making the appointment by email, and then meeting separately to discuss it.
In the email, is it a good idea to say explicitly that the appointment is regarding letters of recommendation? It seems like it would be, but on the other hand that seems ... |
2013/01/06 | 1,005 | 4,203 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in Computer Science. I read a [survey](http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=4553339&contentType=Conference+Publications&searchField%3DSearch_All%26queryText%3DA+brave+new+world+synchronization+games) today. The author gave such a good result by the end of the arti... |
2013/01/06 | 1,629 | 6,885 | <issue_start>username_0: In recent years, several organizations (publishers, arXiv, universities) started pushing for systems of a reliable author identification, gaining considerable traction with the recent launch of ORCID. This works by assigning IDs to persons. In some cases, the person itself can then connect his/... |
2013/01/06 | 2,419 | 10,181 | <issue_start>username_0: Let's list important factors for evaluation of a job candidate (for research post doc, assistant professor, tenure track, etc):
1. Research experience (research articles, research talks, expository articles, perhaps books).
2. Teaching experience (tutoring, undergraduate courses, graduate cour... |
2013/01/08 | 662 | 2,807 | <issue_start>username_0: I have just completed a PhD by research, which I think has some merits in being available as a book (This is, of course, my personal opinion). The research cuts across several fields (e.g. sociology, public policy).
I am wondering what I need to do to take the next step.
In particular:
1. Ho... |
2013/01/08 | 624 | 2,801 | <issue_start>username_0: In my research, I've found two articles that are completely identical, except the abstract and authors names. They are published on different conferences, with one year between.
What should (must) I do in this case?<issue_comment>username_1: The programme committees for the conferences would b... |
2013/01/09 | 851 | 3,661 | <issue_start>username_0: Currently I am finishing my masters (one year) in economics at a Canadian university and am intending to apply to Canadian universities to do a PhD.
The issue I have is that in the courses I had taken last semester the professors were closed to student contact making it near impossible to bui... |
2013/01/09 | 689 | 3,079 | <issue_start>username_0: Every journal has strict rules about duplicate submissions, and I do not mean publishing the paper in 2 venues.
My approach is mostly from an economics point of view: Given the fact that most reviews take between 2-3 months, plus any number of months for a resubmission, limiting yourself to on... |
2013/01/09 | 454 | 1,942 | <issue_start>username_0: When you accept a tenure-track position in the USA, how long are you expected to stay? Does it look bad if you change jobs a couple times after a few years at each university? Is there an unspoken standard?<issue_comment>username_1: This can be a little tricky. There are two issues: what your o... |
2013/01/10 | 573 | 2,095 | <issue_start>username_0: I understand there are a number of specialised ePrint archives or repositories where scholarly works could be posted for wider dissemination (for example, [arXiv](http://arxiv.org/)).
I am wondering if there is a preferred one for PhD dissertations in the social sciences?<issue_comment>usernam... |
2013/01/10 | 989 | 3,927 | <issue_start>username_0: As an academic in the university, how do you organize your self from the beginning of a semester?
For example:
* How do you take the absent students names?
* How do prepare your materials?
* How do you write a syllabus for students and do you hand them out?
* What computer programs do you us... |
2013/01/10 | 994 | 4,015 | <issue_start>username_0: Sorry if this is off-topic, just close or delete this thread if that is the case.
Is anyone aware of 2-year Masters programs in mathematics that sufficiently prepare a student for a potential PhD, and accepts students who did not do so well (achieve the equivalent of an Australian honours degr... |
2013/01/10 | 311 | 1,283 | <issue_start>username_0: For a grant I am writing, I need to describe how I mined data from social media sites. I collected data from sites such as Twitter using each site's API and a Python wrapper. In writing my methods, I assume that I should mention which APIs I used, or at least that I used an API.
Do I need to ... |
2013/01/10 | 525 | 2,286 | <issue_start>username_0: I am not based in academia so unsure what the protocols (and the underlying and unwritten conventions are) in regard to getting my first paper published in a peer reviewed journal.
The paper will come out of my PhD dissertation.
How do I start the ball rolling?<issue_comment>username_1: The p... |
2013/01/10 | 1,482 | 6,318 | <issue_start>username_0: I have now completed my PhD by research.
I received support from my supervisor in the form of advice on my chapters (for which I am indebted to him; we have a very good working relationship).
The advice mostly related to clarity of arguments. My supervisor was not actively involved in my res... |
2013/01/11 | 809 | 3,531 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been invited to write a book chapter in an edited volume, relating to my field of work. I have a paper ready that I have not published and was planning to submit it soon. So, I am wondering is it worth to use that article for the book chapter, as both are on the same topic, or is it in a... |
2013/01/11 | 1,231 | 5,260 | <issue_start>username_0: My course require students to take 2 mid-term exams and one final exam. What should I do if some students didn't attend the first mid-term exam or the second one. Should I mark them Zero or repeat the exam for them? What is the best strategy in this regard?
**Update:** Although I gave them ins... |
2013/01/11 | 3,108 | 13,005 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a student who failed an exam I gave three months ago and was supposed to show up for a remediation exam this week. The date was announced long in advance, and the student neither showed (all the others did show up) nor warned me. Now, she is asking for a new exam date, saying she was abs... |
2013/01/11 | 1,281 | 5,360 | <issue_start>username_0: Often I've come across rules of thumb about maintaining active publication record. The advice I've most often been given is that one should have at least two papers under review at all times? What's your strategy? I am in the social sciences.<issue_comment>username_1: As many as you possibly ca... |
2013/01/11 | 820 | 3,403 | <issue_start>username_0: The French [*classes prépas*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classe_preparatoire_aux_grandes_ecoles) system includes, during the first two years of undergraduate (post-baccalaureate) education, a series of regular oral exams, known as *colles*. Basically: every week during your first two years, y... |
2013/01/12 | 649 | 2,550 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an MSc degree and I work at university as a lecturer. However, the university has a policy where you should do your PhD within a given time frame. The problem is that I'm not interested in any area yet, nor am I interested in doing the work associated with a PhD.
Should I just go with i... |
2013/01/11 | 2,106 | 8,697 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm not sure where to ask this so I thought I'd ask you here.
I'm in my 3rd year at university doing maths and some of the modules are a bit tricky. I know this and I know the way that I need to work in order to understand the material and pass the exams well. Due to this, I try and spend a lo... |
2013/01/13 | 848 | 3,399 | <issue_start>username_0: As a PhD student in CS I will have advancement to candidacy soon.
I am looking for information which helps me on the advancement exam.
Particularly:
1. What does a committee expecting to hear from me?
2. What should I focus on during me presentation: should I tell them about work I have done o... |
2013/01/13 | 424 | 1,702 | <issue_start>username_0: (This is a junior researcher's question.)
Scientific publications contain a part discussing related work and the context of the paper. However, it is not clear where to put the section discussing related work of a paper.
**Where does the section on related work belong in a scientific publica... |
2013/01/13 | 545 | 2,420 | <issue_start>username_0: There are a few reference citing formats around but I'd like to know what's the relevant information to put in a reference in general. If I want to cite a book, what should go in the reference other than the title which is obvious, same for other media? By formatting I mean content, punctuation... |
2013/01/13 | 262 | 1,094 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a peer review exercise and I am not sure when referring to specific parts of the paper whether it is better to quote or paraphrase them. What is the correct protocol on such this?
The review decides whether the paper gets published in a small magazine, whether that makes any diffe... |
2013/01/13 | 753 | 3,291 | <issue_start>username_0: About a week ago, I went to submit the application for the mathematics PhD program at one of my top choice schools. The form told me I had missed the deadline, which was December 15th. I had January 5th written down on my list of application information, but when I looked it was indeed Dec. 15 ... |
2013/01/14 | 1,827 | 7,334 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a sixth form student, and one day I would like to call myself an academic.
Do you know of any academic journals that are specifically for students, or would accept work from a student? I would be very much interested to hear about an organisation that does this.
Thanks.<issue_comment>user... |
2013/01/14 | 2,179 | 9,688 | <issue_start>username_0: I have received a manuscript to review for a journal. The interesting thing is, I had already reviewed this article (exact same title, abstract and author list, almost exact same content) for *another* journal a few weeks ago where I recommended that it be published, but only after major revisi... |
2013/01/14 | 1,485 | 6,214 | <issue_start>username_0: I completed my Masters' from Penn State University (US) last year in Industrial Engineering and I'm looking to enroll in a PhD. Here's the onion, I do not want to leave my full-time job to enroll in school full-time and complete the coursework requirment (as case with most US university), hence... |
2013/01/14 | 2,105 | 6,985 | <issue_start>username_0: In Medicine, an Impact Factor of a journal is important indicator (IF) of journal quality.
Are there examples of conference proceedings that have a formal IF figure computed?<issue_comment>username_1: Yes, the impact factor being usually the number of citations divided by the number of publica... |
2013/01/14 | 2,683 | 11,408 | <issue_start>username_0: I was always wondering why is the impact factor of mathematical journals "often" lower than the impact factor of journals in other disciplines? I come up with some guesses that I would like to know your opinion about them.
1. Mathematics papers are so hard to read and follow (or so specialized... |
2013/01/03 | 1,336 | 5,635 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently an undergraduate math major in my 3rd year (in America). I have taken lots of pure math courses, and anything I put in my resume tells potential employers I'm probably going to be an academic.
However, I still would like to know from current researchers what is it like to be a ... |
2013/01/15 | 708 | 3,055 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a PhD student in **artificial intelligence** from an European university. This year I am going to finish my PhD program, so I am looking around to search for a **suitable Postdoc position**.
I would like to apply to an important American university, named X.
In my research group here I h... |
2013/01/15 | 695 | 2,299 | <issue_start>username_0: I just received a PhD invitation letter from a German University which mentions that my remuneration will be 2/3 of full TV-L 13 position. I do not know what a TV-L 13 position is (Google is of no help here), and didn't want to be rude, so I am asking here first.
Is this a common position or sp... |
2013/01/15 | 664 | 2,901 | <issue_start>username_0: In submission forms of academic journals, I often see the possibility to give names of desired / non-desired reviewers for the submitted papers. But very rarely I see fields for choosing an editor who handles the submission from the journal's editorial board.
When the submission form does not ... |
2013/01/15 | 415 | 1,773 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm going to have my first presentation in some weeks. Therefore I read some papers and now I'm building the presentation with LaTeX.
In the papers, I found some very useful graphics. But for quality reasons I don't like to take Screenshots of the PDF's. So I rebuild the graphics to have them ... |
2013/01/16 | 1,320 | 5,302 | <issue_start>username_0: I have more than one hundred pages of handwritten notes.
I made these notes while writing different chapters of my PhD dissertation. The notes include summaries of journal articles, my thoughts, suggestions by others and anything that I thought could be potentially useful for my research.
I ... |
2013/01/16 | 1,498 | 6,043 | <issue_start>username_0: First of all, I've already asked my adviser about this, but I just want to see what is the overall idea of the community on this.
In Mexico it is usually required for the student to do this, but that is about the only place I have references of people doing defenses.
I was thinking of bringin... |
2013/01/16 | 578 | 2,570 | <issue_start>username_0: When I did my undergraduate thesis, my adviser was expected big on students expecting them working really hard, so it ended up as a reduced master's thesis (most of the reviewers said that it was an overkill for a B.E).
So because of this, I did my master's thesis pretty much in the same way I... |
2013/01/16 | 568 | 2,363 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working on my MPhys thesis, on a certain dataset. Part of this dataset has been analyzed by my current supervisor during his PhD, with published results. He asked me to expand on that work by completing the analysis on the whole dataset.
When I repeat the analysis on the part he had alrea... |
2013/01/16 | 1,054 | 4,458 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently a postdoc (in computer science) and planning on applying for faculty jobs soon. During my 3 postdoc years I've had a couple of papers with 2 "superstars" in my field, whereas my current boss is somewhat less renowned. Most job ads seem to require 3 referees.
Now my question is, ... |
2013/01/16 | 624 | 2,631 | <issue_start>username_0: If a student acquires a good score in GRE, does it guarantees that he has a good merit to earn a good grade in a taught graduate program?<issue_comment>username_1: **Short answer:** No, not at all.
**Long answer:**
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GRE, just like ... |
2013/01/16 | 521 | 2,482 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted my final year research paper for a national level conference as well as international level IEEE conference. I was notified that my research paper has been accepted for the national level conference before 2 weeks ago. And I submitted camera ready papers, registered and ready to pre... |
2013/01/16 | 954 | 4,099 | <issue_start>username_0: I have no academic (peer-reviewed) publications to my credit but close to 6 years of industry-based experience. I have just completed a PhD in sociology.
Does my work in industry carry any weight in academia?
My work in industry included activities such as developing codes and operational man... |
2013/01/17 | 510 | 2,150 | <issue_start>username_0: This may be a naive question but it would greatly assist me in preparing my first paper for a peer-reviewed journal.
I can identify at least 4 papers that I can extract from my recently completed PhD dissertation in the social sciences.
What do reviewers look for in order to assess that a pap... |
2013/01/17 | 2,825 | 11,566 | <issue_start>username_0: I was talking to a friend of mine, and he just feel in a deep depression due to finishing his PhD.
He will be defending in the coming weeks, and there is a high likelihood he will pass.
In his words, he doesn't really feel he has learned anything PhD worthy, he only has one Journal paper and... |
2013/01/17 | 1,168 | 5,096 | <issue_start>username_0: On one hand, this seems like the obvious thing to do: no one is going to be able to better testify to your teaching ability than a previous student. On the other hand, I've never heard of anybody ever doing this, and for some reason, it seems a bit silly.
So what does the academic community la... |
2013/01/17 | 304 | 1,363 | <issue_start>username_0: My research paper has been accepted for the IEEE ICCSE conference. I am planning to change the title of the research paper before the submission of the camera-ready version. This would be a slight modification which will not affect the context of my research. Would it be possible to do so? Is i... |
2013/01/17 | 1,905 | 8,020 | <issue_start>username_0: From my research internship experiences (my previous University didn't really focus on research much) and what my current advisers told me, a *general flow* of a PhD is like any other long(er)-time project:
* familiarize oneself with state-of-the-art on the subject
* generate your own ideas (b... |
2013/01/18 | 756 | 3,282 | <issue_start>username_0: I submitted an article in a Reputed journal in mathematics. It is in review process. After 4 months, i realized that there are some trivial mistakes... Article is still under review with journal. What should I do?
1. If I have a corrected version, should I send that one?
2. Or should I share t... |
2013/01/18 | 887 | 2,847 | <issue_start>username_0: I finished my (german) Dipl.-Ing. (FH) degree after 4 1/2 years of studying. After that I started to work and studied parallel via a correspondence course. I'll now shortly (hopefully ;-) ) have the additional title of a MSc. That took me 2 1/2 years but only in part time, so the amount of time... |
2013/01/18 | 1,261 | 5,294 | <issue_start>username_0: Nowadays, in almost every scientific field, there are hundreds of conferences. Many call for papers emails fill our mail boxes.
Freedom of choice is great, but, **how to choose to which conference send a paper?**
Should I choose one...
2. based on the **scientific relevance**?
3. based on th... |
2013/01/18 | 535 | 2,140 | <issue_start>username_0: All content under Stack Exchange is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. Does this mean that any academic paper that uses content from Stack Exchange must also be licensed under said Creative Commons?
If not, what is the actual rule on this part?<issue_comment>user... |