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2013/04/25 | 962 | 4,136 | <issue_start>username_0: I asked a potential advisor for possible research projects but I haven't received a reply.
What is the appropriate thing to do?
* Reply with my previous mail quoted, and say something like I having heard from you... and try to arrange a personal meeting to discuss the topic.
* Or simply forwa... |
2013/04/25 | 1,251 | 5,316 | <issue_start>username_0: *As a follow-up to "[Whether to publish one big paper or many smaller papers for a given research project?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/q/9624/285)":*
Suppose one wants to generate a number of publications from a single research idea or project, because other things being equal, more pu... |
2013/04/25 | 764 | 2,853 | <issue_start>username_0: How does the scientific output of PhD’s who work in industry compare to that of PhD’s who stayed in academia (professors, mainly). I mean, in terms of number of publications, conferences, etc.<issue_comment>username_1: *Disclaimer: this answer applies to computer science. I suspect things are d... |
2013/04/25 | 2,384 | 10,216 | <issue_start>username_0: I have recently been told by the professor of a particular course of mine, that our final grades will be withheld (given as an "Incomplete" which is later replaced by the final grade) until we individually submit our semester papers in the course to a conference.
This has a few issues to go wi... |
2013/04/25 | 907 | 3,668 | <issue_start>username_0: I do a lot of qualitative coding and assessment as part of my research activities. Usually my colleagues and I simply use generic tools for this process like text editors and spreadsheets, but I know that there's a lot of software out there (NVivo, Atlas.ti, etc.) that is designed for making qu... |
2013/04/25 | 1,336 | 5,507 | <issue_start>username_0: **Here is the story:**
After working on a project for a couple of months, I put the results in a scientific paper format in case I would submit it to a conference or yet this is a good practice for my writing. The paper is about a specific software engineering topic for which you could not fin... |
2013/04/26 | 1,563 | 6,848 | <issue_start>username_0: I am working on a research project that all total will probably end up lasting about two years. As the research progresses, I am writing articles about each new discovery/study, with each article becoming more relevant to current interesting trends (for lack of a better description).
What I me... |
2013/04/26 | 604 | 2,291 | <issue_start>username_0: For my project I rely on several sources of information including such that is not peer reviewed (conference proceedings, industry reports, master thesis, interviews). I wonder if I should mark them as being not peer reviewed in the bibliography, for example adding the nature of the publication... |
2013/04/26 | 610 | 2,921 | <issue_start>username_0: Suppose I write a paper and submit it to a conference. The paper gets some weak rejects and weak accepts and lots of criticism, but the conference is not that prestigious, so they accept it anyway.
Obviously, if I agree with the reviews, I will want to change the paper (which is in part what t... |
2013/04/26 | 519 | 1,962 | <issue_start>username_0: Academic scholars have written many books guiding managers at different business/industry positions. I wondered that I was unable to find any noticeable book describing the roles of a department head, dean, vice presidents, etc.
Academic scholars always guide managers in different sectors to u... |
2013/04/26 | 2,354 | 10,409 | <issue_start>username_0: Imagine that you want to conduct your undergraduate classroom in a more creative way and introduce practical projects as a part of the final grade. However, students are lazy to embrace extra activities, and all of them decide not to deliver any report.
The department does not like the trouble... |
2013/04/28 | 748 | 2,532 | <issue_start>username_0: In my bibliography, I want to link the ISBN number to an actual website. My question is: which website is recommended to be used? Is there some 'neutral' source that I can expect to be still functioning in 5 years and that will return reliable results?
IBSN numbers are apparently provided by ... |
2013/04/28 | 1,692 | 6,948 | <issue_start>username_0: I have published some papers in some conferences, but the problem is that the people in charge put them in bibliographic repositories, such as DBLP, and they take too much time to do that.
I would like to know how I can allow more people access to my publications, so they would be able to revi... |
2013/04/29 | 2,760 | 12,661 | <issue_start>username_0: This [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9706/journalscomputer-science-that-are-suitable-for-low-impact-publications) and this [question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/9651/professor-withholding-course-grade-until-submission-of-conference-paper) suggest that i... |
2013/04/29 | 1,006 | 4,132 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a Final Year Mechanical Engineering student.
I want to do my Masters in the **Design Engineering** field.
Currently I can see 2 options:
1. **Master of Science** - offered in many Universities ex: **GeorgiaTech**.
It deals more with research. It requires a research thesis most of the time... |
2013/04/29 | 4,400 | 18,494 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a bachelor degree in Computer Engineering. I worked as a Research Engineer in a Research Center. It was a fully paid Engineering position funded by European projects.
However, my contract ended, and because there are not any more projects available at the moment, I can't be re-contracte... |
2013/04/29 | 433 | 1,969 | <issue_start>username_0: We had prepared the paper and applied for National Conference. After some days came to know about the International Conference and improved the paper and applied for it. After a month we got an accept mail from Springer Conference(Not expected as we are beginners). Today we presented our paper ... |
2013/04/29 | 948 | 3,791 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergraduate student doing independent research. My research work is selected for presentation at a very reputed conference in the US. I am from India. **I cannot afford to attend the conference at all. How should I fund my trip?** The travel grant for students available from the confe... |
2013/04/30 | 1,003 | 4,088 | <issue_start>username_0: On [arXiv](http://arxiv.org/) one can license a preprint on one of the following (see also [a note on arXiv on licenses](http://arxiv.org/help/license)):
* [arXiv.org perpetual, non-exclusive license to distribute this article](http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/license.html) (... |
2013/05/01 | 1,180 | 5,044 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been thinking about how to improve attendance in my classes as well as how to get my students do the expected work outside of class. I've tried a lot of sticks but the weak students care very little and I end up failing what seems like too many of them.
Lately, my mind has turned to [gami... |
2013/05/01 | 2,712 | 10,851 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently a first-year graduate student, now in the process of figuring out who I'd like to have as my thesis advisor. Of course, compatibility of research interests is quite important, but personality and work style are too.
The issue I'm currently facing (though it sounds odd to cast it... |
2013/05/01 | 1,796 | 7,839 | <issue_start>username_0: When applying for post-doctoral and faculty positions you are typically asked for three (sometimes more) reference letters to support your application.
Given that it is competitive out there, it also makes sense to apply for all positions that are good matches to your qualifications and caree... |
2013/05/01 | 1,930 | 7,904 | <issue_start>username_0: What's the expected level of paper to be submitted to top level conferences in theoretical computer science (FOCS/SODA/STOC)?
I think there should be four main concern:
1. Is it a novel results?
2. How hard is the paper?
3. Generality and extension of the results.
4. Is it an interesting topi... |
2013/05/02 | 5,586 | 22,561 | <issue_start>username_0: The essential gist of my question relates to what the real, unvarnished realities are of graduate, post-graduate, research, fellowship, and professorship attainment - *when you aren't a single person with no pressing demands other than feeding yourself*.
[**EDIT**: *I am humbled by the incred... |
2013/05/02 | 1,704 | 7,094 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm a PhD student in physics, and I sometimes tutor undergrads in introductory physics classes on the side. Now, there's widespread agreement among people who teach or tutor physics that the only way to effectively learn the material is to *use* it, generally by working through practice problem... |
2013/05/02 | 2,099 | 8,971 | <issue_start>username_0: I am in my 4th year of PhD. Few months ago I presented my thesis proposal which already included some of the results (that are actually published). I proposed to add another chapter (call it Chapter x).
One of the committee members told me that the results presented are sufficient for a thesi... |
2013/05/02 | 1,107 | 4,406 | <issue_start>username_0: Other than the possibility of waiving registration fees, What is the objective of graduate students volunteering at conferences?
For instance, I am considering volunteering at [IJCAI](http://ijcai13.org/students_mentoring/volunteers) these days and wish to do it at least once (never done it ... |
2013/05/03 | 1,269 | 4,877 | <issue_start>username_0: Teachers in primary and secondary school usually are called as Mr.[surname] or Miss/Mrs.[surname]. However, cases in universities are more complex. It seems we need to call a teacher who is a professor professor or prof.[surname], and a teacher who is not a professor but a doctor Dr.[surname]. ... |
2013/05/03 | 537 | 1,791 | <issue_start>username_0: The problem is I completed a work earlier and did another work which extends this work. However, I haven't got the earlier work published. I plan to send these two papers to a conference but I do not know how to cite the work of first paper in second paper.<issue_comment>username_1: I don't kno... |
2013/05/04 | 877 | 3,805 | <issue_start>username_0: We are a research group from some private university and we offer research contract services. The problem is that when we get customers, the contract is signed by the highest authority of the university, and we appear on the contract as second players. Also they get 20% on the budget, and all i... |
2013/05/04 | 628 | 2,622 | <issue_start>username_0: I have always wondered why a person is given the title of Dr after completing a PhD in a non-medical field. This is especially because of the confusion over the medical title of Dr. Why hasn't a better distinction been formulated by now?<issue_comment>username_1: It seems that the real question... |
2013/05/05 | 7,426 | 30,474 | <issue_start>username_0: **TL;DR**: Young graduate student in his first year of a PhD program who has lost a passion for the academic world. Seriously considering quitting but don't know what to do. Science background.
**My background**
I'm 21-25, with a Science background, B.Sc in Physics. Took a year off between ... |
2013/05/05 | 959 | 3,945 | <issue_start>username_0: I am an undergraduate student of electronics and telecommunication engineering in a govt. college in India. But I am extremely interested in physics and mathematics. I want to pursue a research career in physics and mathematics. I generally receive suggestions like taking the GRE test. But I ha... |
2013/05/06 | 1,164 | 4,997 | <issue_start>username_0: I have been discussing with friends and colleagues about the strategy to use to decide, in a research group, who has to go to a conference and with who.
The issue is: if someone in the research group submitted a scientific paper to a conference, and it was accepted, should he/she go all alone ... |
2013/05/06 | 1,741 | 7,462 | <issue_start>username_0: I completed my PhD research as an industry based researcher. My employer was fully aware of my research. There was no support given by the employer other than encouragement. However, I used the company information which I had access to as part of my role. My employer had no objection and I was ... |
2013/05/07 | 1,523 | 6,080 | <issue_start>username_0: Is there a correct or preferred format for indicating 'Dr' or 'PhD' (or both) on a professional business card.
Background: I am employed in the industry and I have just earned my PhD (in social science). My company wants to update my business card.
The following are two options:
* Dr Name, ... |
2013/05/07 | 953 | 3,974 | <issue_start>username_0: I am wondering what are the advantages/drawbacks of sharing a dissertation on a specialised website (for example [Social Capital Gateway](http://www.socialcapitalgateway.org/resources/phd-theses)). There are a number of repositories available and they seem to be more widely known. Are these sit... |
2013/05/07 | 404 | 1,615 | <issue_start>username_0: I am writing a technical paper for my college project. This is my first time so I don't have much experience in this arena.
I am writing about a philosophy used by Mechanical Engineers while designing a product. Now there is a situation where I have to mention a product and the company whose pr... |
2013/05/07 | 941 | 4,007 | <issue_start>username_0: A friend of mine applied to a PhD program and luckily they called her for a presentation. They said that the presentation should be a maximum of 10 minutes long and should consist of three slides. These slides should include past experience and research interests, they say.
We are trying to pr... |
2013/05/08 | 2,381 | 9,647 | <issue_start>username_0: I applied in Master's programmes in Europe / Asia (mostly Germany) this year and most of them were rejected or are still pending. My GPA in the Bachelor's is 7.19 / 10 while my TOELF iBT score is 100 / 120. Most of the Universities stated on their websites that the GRE (General or Subject) is o... |
2013/05/08 | 722 | 3,049 | <issue_start>username_0: It is quite common (in some areas) to see the reference to the paper, which is cited as "to appear" or "in prepapation" but never actually appeared. Such citations are treated in the same way as references to unpublished results, conference talks, etc.
However, this approach doesn`t really wor... |
2013/05/09 | 578 | 2,372 | <issue_start>username_0: I have contacted a professor (in Europe) informally and asked for a PhD position. She answered in positive manner and asked for a CV.
What should I include?
Do people in academia care about the usual 2-page restriction?<issue_comment>username_1: Generally I would say No, people do not put rest... |
2013/05/09 | 1,476 | 6,565 | <issue_start>username_0: If someone is a reviewer and recommends major revisions to a medical journal paper, the review can be quite lengthy. (e.g., list of 10-15 points to work on)
On the other hand, how detailed should be the rejection review. Are you expected to provide more than 2 paragraphs justification for the ... |
2013/05/09 | 1,207 | 4,663 | <issue_start>username_0: I am currently working on a paper that challenges some long-standing practices within my field, but am questioning how to title the paper. Basically, the old view in the research field is "we do Y instead of better method X, because X takes too long." We show that X is usually just as fast as Y... |
2013/05/10 | 1,470 | 6,308 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a student doing my Masters (in Computer Science). I am much interested in Ph.D and I know to do Ph.D I really need to read and understand a lot of papers. (I also know that its not all about reading papers, but doing something new and useful) but I find difficult to understand papers, espe... |
2013/05/10 | 927 | 3,916 | <issue_start>username_0: I want to submit a paper for an ACM conference and I see that there are two dates like this:
Full Papers
Abstracts due: May 10, 2013
Papers due: May 17, 2013
The issue is that I am still working in tabulating the results from my experiments and I do not think that I will reach the deadline o... |
2013/05/10 | 1,527 | 5,902 | <issue_start>username_0: ### The question
When a journal (such as one of the Nature family) asks for information about authors' contributions, what is the most effective way to answer this, to ensure that the co-authorship is assigned as intended, and to ensure that reality is represented: that **the work is a product... |
2013/05/10 | 1,177 | 4,919 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a 2nd year undergraduate student in Aerospace Engineering, in India. I am really willing to go into Academia as a researcher. I am specifically interested in Aerospace Controls. Some points to consider :
1) I love the fast internet access in university, so that I can research and learn al... |
2013/05/10 | 477 | 2,056 | <issue_start>username_0: As for reference letters, I have come across distinct policies.
Some recommend to only give a reference letter for a particular application - it might be tailored to the particular position which the applicant soughts for.
Other do not seem to have a problem with providing generic reference l... |
2013/05/10 | 2,435 | 10,159 | <issue_start>username_0: Scenario:
* Lecturer tells students six sections of material to study for the exam, but the exam only covers two of those sections.
* Practice exams are completely different to actual exam.
* Answers to the exam are in the lecture notes, but not the notes pointed to by the lecturer.
Questions... |
2013/05/11 | 930 | 3,827 | <issue_start>username_0: I was reading through a journal article by an author. Let's call him `Author X`. The author while referring to some of his own journal articles cite them as `Author X et al.`, even though `Author X` is not the first author in the cited article. Is this allowed or should it be treated as academi... |
2013/05/11 | 1,325 | 5,388 | <issue_start>username_0: I just passed my dissertation defense. This means there is nothing left but paperwork to get my doctorate. Among the various congratulations I've received a couple have termed me: Dr. My assumption was that I'm not really a doctor until I go through the graduation ceremony, but now I'm wonderin... |
2013/05/11 | 1,687 | 7,368 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm thinking of hiring a contact/freelance editor to help me improve my paper, before I submit it. I'm looking for someone to perform proofreading and copy editing as well as broader, substantive editing services, to save me some time.
How should I find and select a suitable editor? Should I l... |
2013/05/12 | 1,358 | 5,622 | <issue_start>username_0: In trying to plan for the future and decide on preferred programs and career paths, I'm trying to figure out the seemingly Byzantine nature of how academic funding sources interact. I am particularly confused about how departmental/institutional funding effect fellowships or grant money.
To gi... |
2013/05/13 | 793 | 3,439 | <issue_start>username_0: I've been asked by a peer-reviewed journal whether I'd be willing to act as an associate editor for them. The question [How to act as an editor?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/935/how-to-act-as-an-editor) has some useful hints as to the tasks associated with that. But I am still ... |
2013/05/13 | 2,298 | 10,409 | <issue_start>username_0: Lots of professors provide their full papers published by scholarly journals on their personal website (in the university official domain). PDF files of their final papers published by different publishers are available online. However, this is against the copyright transfer agreement, and the ... |
2013/05/13 | 1,488 | 6,338 | <issue_start>username_0: When writting an article with outputs (by outputs I mean a big dataset created), how do you share them?
Do you ask the readers to contact the main author? Should I pput them in a university website?<issue_comment>username_1: Take a look at <http://thedata.org/>, which provides free, permanent... |
2013/05/14 | 790 | 3,524 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm used to a system in which all important exams or pieces of coursework are marked anonymously. (That is, papers are identified by candidate number, not by name, and the examiner does not know which number corresponds to which student, at least until the marks have been submitted.) This has o... |
2013/05/14 | 728 | 2,967 | <issue_start>username_0: I have submitted a research article and later realized that it has a slight error. The paper is now under review. I have proposed a few theorems; one theorem contains a slight error that can easily be removed. The methodology is correct. Would this cause the rejection of my paper?<issue_comment... |
2013/05/14 | 763 | 3,130 | <issue_start>username_0: I have an offer from one university and still awaiting results from others.
How to approach other universities and ask them about my application status so that I receive my selection / rejection before the deadline of accepting the offer? Is it rude to inform the universities that I have an of... |
2013/05/15 | 474 | 1,943 | <issue_start>username_0: I was wondering, in the field of Computer Science, if there is a convention for acknowledging that author ordering for an academic paper is by alphabetical order, not contribution.
I know that in CS, alphabetical ordering, isn't all that common, however due to a lack of internal consensus, alp... |
2013/05/15 | 1,650 | 6,894 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently a post doc (in theoretical computer science) and the only teaching experience I had so far was to teach some tutorial classes for undergraduate courses and giving some "guest lectures" in some graduate classes. It seems that most positions for assistant professor require you to sh... |
2013/05/15 | 707 | 2,836 | <issue_start>username_0: I have to write a research proposal for some (post doctoral) fellowship (for Mathematics/Mathematical Physics). The authority wants me to submit a short research proposal (preferably in two pages which includes bibliography). Can someone suggest what one should consider while writing such a pro... |
2013/05/15 | 734 | 2,906 | <issue_start>username_0: I have the following situation.
I have published a paper and in order to get and analyse the results for my research I created some software. I want to make my software open-source, so that anyone can do research with it and change/improve it for their purposes.
But I would like people to cit... |
2013/05/15 | 692 | 3,035 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a manuscript that is under review in a major journal which is a main result out of a few recent years of my research. When applying for faculty positions, I would like to send the draft as a part of my writing sample. But since the material is not yet published, I am not sure if it is a ... |
2013/05/15 | 1,754 | 6,146 | <issue_start>username_0: Right now I'm using Web of Knowledge, ScienceDirect, etc. to find papers to read and get some metadata. My university has a subscription, so this is nice. As far as I know these databases simply have a selection of journals, download all of the articles from those journals, and display them for... |
2013/05/16 | 783 | 2,696 | <issue_start>username_0: [Mathematics Genealogy project](http://www.genealogy.ams.org/) has existed for many years. It currently has 170,235 records as of 15 May, 2013. I understand there are many computer scientists in that database since computer science is generally considered a branch of mathematics.
I have found ... |
2013/05/16 | 862 | 3,705 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm currently writing my master thesis and would like an opinion on whether or not to use a cover illustration on the thesis.
I've noticed many students around me do not take the time to make the cover page attractive (e.g. a simple title is all).
What is the "standard" convention regarding ... |
2013/05/16 | 1,098 | 4,717 | <issue_start>username_0: I'll be starting my PhD in the next fall. I already looked over the internet for advice for a beginner, even read two books on the subjects. Still, there is one point I haven't seen discussed as I wanted, it's the time and the way the student should be investing in catching up on his field and ... |
2013/05/17 | 684 | 2,765 | <issue_start>username_0: What options are there, and how do they compare against each other, for digitally publishing (for example, a series of short stories)?
In addition to the issue of format management (producing whatever electronic file formats are appropriate) any information about distribution would also be wel... |
2013/05/18 | 882 | 3,863 | <issue_start>username_0: When writing a paper, I usually face the problem of deciding whether a sentence is cite-able or not. Let's say I am writing about optimization of an algorithm. And I used Java to implement it. So, in the introduction, I would say something like "Java is a class based object oriented language...... |
2013/05/18 | 1,978 | 8,582 | <issue_start>username_0: An Editor in Chief of a journal ought to be proud of their journal and consider it a good place to publish their own work, so not publishing in the journal that they edit suggests a lack of confidence in the journal. On the other hand, is publishing regularly in your own journal ethical? Can we... |
2013/05/18 | 1,564 | 7,022 | <issue_start>username_0: I made a little statistics about my review decisions. I found out that I reject way more papers than I accept. I honestly try to accept the reviewed papers, I read them carefully and my review are always long. But most papers I review are low quality (in my opinion). Some colleagues told me tha... |
2013/05/18 | 1,990 | 8,747 | <issue_start>username_0: I was on an internship with professor A at University B in China. We were working on a computer science project. During the internship I implemented professor A's idea and got some results. Three weeks ago I finished a paper draft and left University B for a new internship. Me and professor A w... |
2013/05/18 | 1,328 | 5,909 | <issue_start>username_0: After reading the question [Mentor trying to be first author?](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10059/mentor-trying-to-be-first-author), I got the impression that (at least in the writers' field) the "corresponding author" flag could carry an implied meaning, such as "did more work ... |
2013/05/20 | 979 | 4,068 | <issue_start>username_0: I'm an undergraduate working on a small project with an esteemed scientist, whom I met through a connection. I'm communicating via email due to distance. The problem is that I'm having a lot of troubles with this project, and the last time I asked him a question he just told me to re-read the i... |
2013/05/20 | 1,569 | 6,604 | <issue_start>username_0: I've heard that the trendiness of your area of work is one of the important factor that has am impact your chances of getting job in academia. How far is this true?
Also, how do I decide what areas are trendy and what areas are not in the field I'm interested that is mathematics?<issue_comment... |
2013/05/20 | 517 | 2,075 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a second-year undergraduate majoring in mathematics. In my first year of studies, I didn't do really well on my exams and therefore my results were not good, with a GPA at around 2. I didn't really put time into it, but when I started learning advanced probability, I found that I am intere... |
2013/05/20 | 719 | 2,937 | <issue_start>username_0: I sometimes read student assignments where the grammar and writing style is poor. Paragraphs don't really flow. Sentences go on for ever. The ordering of words is awkward. Instead of concisely introducing the subject of the sentence, it goes on forever.
I'd like to be able to recommend resour... |
2013/05/20 | 1,400 | 6,356 | <issue_start>username_0: One subject I teach is also taught by another teacher at my university. Usually we do not both teach this subject during the same semester but sometimes we do. Students do not get to choose their teacher, the are assigned into one class or the other.
This has introduced a strange dynamic in th... |
2013/05/20 | 998 | 4,512 | <issue_start>username_0: Lately, I've been getting the impression that before I can conduct cutting edge research, I have to first master state of the art methods/techniques. Often, this requires spending (i.e. wasting) lots of time trying to replicate the results that others have already established (i.e. make sure th... |
2013/05/20 | 757 | 3,438 | <issue_start>username_0: When writing a paper which, as an aside, talks about the design of a user interface on a particular piece of software, can one insert a (correctly labeled and referenced) screenshot of the software to help readers understand - or does that cause copyright issues?
For example, I wouldn't use a... |
2013/05/20 | 2,073 | 8,555 | <issue_start>username_0: I just finished my masters and am currently working as a research assistant before starting a PhD in applied mathematics. I was doing some preliminary work for a possible project and derived some minor results which I find interesting, but in the end, we decided not to go ahead with the project... |
2013/05/20 | 2,197 | 9,833 | <issue_start>username_0: I am a computer science doctoral student working on machine learning (ML) research. Meanwhile, a startup approached me to consult/advise them in areas related to algorithms in ML. Needless to say a lot of work that I do as part of my research encompasses ML deeply. They want me to sign a mutual... |
2013/05/20 | 614 | 2,650 | <issue_start>username_0: I don't know if here is the best place to ask that but I'm finishing my master degree in pure mathematics and I would like to travel and know another countries before enter into a doctorate school. In my country with a master degree you can teach in a private university or even in a public univ... |
2013/05/21 | 772 | 3,119 | <issue_start>username_0: Based on [this other question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10117/is-it-possible-to-get-admitted-to-a-m-sc-degree-in-the-u-s-if-you-already-hold) where the OP asks whether or not a second Masters degree is possible, I realized that I am not sure what the difference is between *M... |
2013/05/21 | 835 | 3,552 | <issue_start>username_0: I am entering my senior year of undergraduate study in Computer Science at a small, primarily undergraduate institution. I plan to attend graduate school and pursue a PhD in Computer Science and Mathematics, my main goal to teach. The school I attend is quite small, and is all but unknown outsi... |
2013/05/22 | 738 | 3,124 | <issue_start>username_0: In my field (biology), the end of the introduction in a research article generally ends with a list of hypotheses that the researchers tested. A common structure of this part of a research paper is:
```
'We tested (1) hypothesis X (2) hypothesis Y and (3) hypothesis Z'.
```
The research pa... |
2013/05/22 | 5,108 | 22,552 | <issue_start>username_0: When evaluating and grading students' work in technical fields (like computer science or mathematics), I often face ones that are really messy, sometimes even unreadable (I mean structure, not - handwriting). It's not clear at all what part belongs to what or what is the final result. Instead o... |
2013/05/22 | 737 | 2,887 | <issue_start>username_0: I understand **honour societies** have been around for years and it is a tradition more prevalent in the western world to recognise outstanding academic talent.
The largest honour society is perhaps the [Golden Key](http://www.goldenkey.org/) which operates worldwide and has over 2 million me... |
2013/05/23 | 2,263 | 9,391 | <issue_start>username_0: I was asked to compose a recommendation/reference letter for a Computer Engineer that works as a Researcher in the Research Center I am supervisor. I don't know if Academia is the right site to post , but since the nature of the job is Research and people involved "Research Engineers", I believ... |
2013/05/24 | 830 | 3,748 | <issue_start>username_0: I have started publishing papers this year - 3 so far, of which 2 are in an international journal, the 3rd in a local journal.
My question is, is there any particular disadvantage with publishing the majority of papers in one or a very limited array of journals? Or is it a case that it makes n... |
2013/05/24 | 1,292 | 5,096 | <issue_start>username_0: What are the benefits for the universities and particular professors in recording online courses (MOOC)? Do they get paid by Coursera and similar sites? Do they pursue publicity?
I know that they are providing a useful service by spreading education to everybody in the world, but what do they ... |
2013/05/24 | 319 | 1,192 | <issue_start>username_0: I need to attend a competition\seminar with my teenage son. He needs to create a project for this competition on a 36"\*48" trifold poster board. Now the dimensions of this trifold poster board do not make it eligible for taking it as a carry on luggage and its not safe to send it in Checked in... |
2013/05/24 | 447 | 1,709 | <issue_start>username_0: A postdoc, postdoctoral research assistant in a university on a contract has a supervisor or a boss. They may not be the PI on the grant which pays the salary as it may contain other universities as well.
In conversation and in email, what is the best term to use for your postdoc boss? Someth... |
2013/05/24 | 311 | 1,159 | <issue_start>username_0: Many journals now are open access only and every article published (authors) must pay a fee.
Sometimes, this info can be hard to find. The journals does not put it visibly on the front page (next to impact factor).
If I want to compare 80 journals in the medical field and their charges - it i... |
2013/05/24 | 484 | 2,130 | <issue_start>username_0: **Background:**
I'm just wondering - I'm writing my bachelor's "thesis" in information-systems management, which should in theory be a paper about a hypothesis I make, an experiment and an evaluation.
I have an "experiment" which is comparing reality of information-systems management to variou... |
2013/05/24 | 1,003 | 3,957 | <issue_start>username_0: While reading [this question](https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/10202/what-are-the-benefits-for-universities-professors-to-record-online-courses), and specifically [<NAME>'s answer](https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/10204/15723), I started to think about recording my lectures in o... |
2013/05/25 | 371 | 1,622 | <issue_start>username_0: I have a list of references in my CV. One of them happens to be the Dean of the graduate school and the other a Vice Chancellor. Both of these roles are administrative and their primary position is that of a Professor. Would listing these referees as
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Professor and Dean of the Gradua... |
2013/05/25 | 1,153 | 5,004 | <issue_start>username_0: It seems like most PhD applications require at least two reference letter. One of my Master's thesis supervisors (a PhD) has written me a reference letter. Can I ask my other supervisor (a PhD student) to write me the second one, or would that be redundant?
The other alternative letter writers... |