texts: How do I get published in Nature or Science?

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I'm a fairly new chemical engineering graduate student.  I've been doing research for one semester so far (in molecular dynamics) and in the process have learned about journals and "impact factor" (a concept I didn't even know existed in my undergrad).

My advisor has told me that getting in Nature or Science is very difficult to do.  I don't think anyone in the department has a paper in that journal.  In fact, looking at the professors' research in my undergrad school (a top 5 engineering school), I don't see Nature papers either.

So after reading the journals themselves, I have to say that I'm kind of confused on what makes the articles published in them different than those published in something like JACS or ACS Nano.  They seem more general in scope, and maybe some of them are "groundbreaking" in a sense, but the other articles, I just can't really tell...

What kind of research would I need to do in order to successfully submit a paper to one of these journals?  I've got 4 years left and have some sway in what I would like to research, so I think this would be a good goal for grad school (even if I don't reach it).


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I am currently working on a paper where we use one image from another paper. How and where should I denote that?

Currently, we have the image source only in the caption like this:

\caption{Comparison of a \gls{CNN} for classification (top)
         and a \gls{FCN} which creates a heat map (bottom).
         \cite{long2014fully}}


texts: Citing the same idea in different studies

texts: Say like you have an idea that says: 'X is a cheap alternative to Y' (Smith 2010, p. 2). Now you write a paper about ABC and paraphrase Smith's idea. Next week, you write another paper which happens to have an idea similar to ABC and you had to use Smith's idea again to solidify your choice or analysis. The same thing happens for a third time, etc... Can you use it again over and over? Albeit I will admit that I try to differently paraphrase the idea each time I use it.


texts: How to cite a specific organization in APA?

texts: I'm citing a quote from an attorney who works for Trial Lawyers for Public Justice in Texas. In APA format, do I italicize, use quotations, or leave it as normal text? Thank you!


texts: Where is it acceptable to mention an abnormally high stipend?

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Student X's GRA stipend is more than double that of their peers in the same major. They wonder if this is appropriate to mention this as a negotiating tool in certian scenarios. One reason for this is their past merit and performance. Another major reason is that they are in an interdisciplinary field, and their expertise leans towards the more higher paying portion of that interdisciplinary field.
I will start with the scenarios where I think it is likely most appropriate – and go from there.
Salary Negotiation:
Should they mention that their stipend was higher than peers in the same field, thus they should have a higher staring salary than their peers? Would this matter more or less for a fellowship?
Interviews:
Should this be mentioned during an interview before salary negotiations to attest to ones merit and domain expertise?
PhD Applications:
Probability would sound bad to mention here. How would you feel if an applicant mentioned that they were awarded a stipend at double the rate of their peers?
Resume:
Similar to reasoning stated in 'PhD Applications'.
Grants & Scholarships:
I think this could be a negative to mention here. Obvious reasons. That is why I put it last.

One might say, "Why not focus on the reasons why their stipend is
higher in terms of merit and domain expertise for all of the above?"
The reason one may want to use explicitly state that they were awarded
more is as a proof of merit and domain expertise.


texts: A couple questions regarding graduate studies

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I am currently a first year physics undergraduate in a obscure university in a obscure country. My goal is to continue on to obtain a PhD in physics from the best university I possibly can in order to put myself in the best possible network of researchers and academics so I could maximize the quality of my own research. However there are a couple of questions I have.

a) Considering the fact that I've failed my first year at the university and am retaking failed subjects, how is that fact going to affect my prospects of continuing my education (Masters and/or PhD) ?

b) Since it impossible to get research experience as an undergraduate in my country, what can I do to make up for that as an undergraduate?

c) How actually is important undergrad GPA for graduate studies? How are GPA scores interpreted in admissions, meaning what admission officers use them for?

d) Considering that my interests are in theoretical physics, is it really important to be in a high ranking institution, and if so why?


texts: Editor of manuscript assigned after reviews were completed

texts: Recently, I submitted a paper to a journal. The paper was reviewed and the reviewers asked for some changes. I revised the paper and sent it again. The paper was reviewed again and after a few months the status was shown as "reviews completed". But the status was again changed to "editor assigned". Could you please explain to me what does this imply?


texts: When should one opt for a one-year master's program in the US?

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Some US universities offer a master's program that lasts for just a year. At times the cost of such programs are higher than the regular 2-year MS programs.

When should students opt for a one-year master's? What are the merits involved in such an option? The demerits seem to be many: lack of time for courses or internship opportunities or learning in general, less useful for a research career, etc.


texts: What is recommendation/reference draft copy?

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I am applying for a PhD program and reached out for a recommendation to a professor under who I had done my master’s thesis. He told me to:

  send a draft copy as per the requirement

What does that mean? Am I to write my own recommendation and how?


texts: Co-authors on a study have cut communication, what can be done?

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During my first post-doc one of the primary researchers just dropped all communications. The upshot is that I have 3 years worth of research that I can't publish without his consent. He was initially keen to publish but when pressed to do his side of the papers he kept pushing the deadline & eventually ceased communicating altogether.

OK, so that happened & I moved on, I had no choice.

Unfortunately I find myself in a similar situations yet again. This time though the lack of communication is with a professor who, after coming up to a year, has not responded to my emails or phone calls. This again after an initial work division & publication plan had been worked out & agreed upon.

This time I do know that the prof is still working at the same place & is still collaborating with the same people but just not responding to me.

What are my options here? What would you do in this situation? I am considering Union representation but is that just going to be toothless?

I have been a post doc now for 5 years & I have nothing published in 4.5 years due to this kind of behaviour.


texts: Is it okay to email the authors of a paper questions not directly for research?

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I read this paper:  http://citpsite.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com/oldsite-htdocs/pub/coldboot.pdf

I have a very quick question about recreating the experiment, and this isn't for academic reasons, it's purely for personal reasons. This is a Princeton paper from 2008. Basically, the paper states that the experiment was performed after a computer component was made wet to reduce temperature. I want to ask if it's hazardous to the computer in any way to boot it while this component is still wet. Is it inappropriate to mail the paper's authors about this question?


texts: How does sending manuscript to new reviewers close the review loop?

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I had sent a manuscript of mine to one of the IEEE Transactions journals a while ago. After the first round of revision, I received some comments of two reviewers (let's call them A and B). But after the second round of review, the new comments I received obviously indicated that the two new reviewers (say, C and D) were not A and B (both C and D had explicitly noted that in their comment letters). The comments of C and D were mostly contradictory to those of A's and B's. The weird thing was that both C and D complained about some changes which I had applied to the manuscript according to what A and B had requested. Yet, the most perplexing thing, about the most-recent comments I received after the next round of revision, that is, the editor apparently sent the new revision yet to a new pair of reviewers (here, E and F)! Again, their comments are no where close to something harmonious with what the former pairs had asked before.
Now, I am confused to understand the strategy of the editor. To me, a review process has to be closed just like a loop, in that those who comment on a manuscript should assess the resulting revision. Otherwise, anyone else would pose new sets of comments and ideas which may simply contradict the former ones.
Can one explain how this way of review moderation yields convergence to a decisive result?


texts: How do I deal with my mentor giving first authorship of my project to a graduate student?

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I’m a senior undergraduate student who has been working in the same lab for over three years now.  Approximately two years ago, my mentor sat me down in his office and described a project to me.  He asked if I would want to put forth the work to be first author on the project.  I said yes and adopted the project as my primary focus for the next one year and more.

This was never solely my project; there were a few graduate students who would provide guidance and some help with assays.  However, I unequivocally did the most work on the project.  I played a major role in the writing process and created six of the seven figures. I also presented a poster of this work (on which I was listed as first author) at an international conference.

Now, as we are getting close to submitting, I have found out that my mentor plans to put one of the graduate students on the project in the first author position.  He is unaware that I know this.  I feel that I can say rather objectively that this student by no means deserves first authorship.  In fact, he is well known for his laziness and probably doesn’t even deserve second authorship.  The reason this is happening is because he and my mentor are very good friends outside of the lab.  The student is frequently granted benefits and immunities because of this.

Please, I would appreciate any advice. I want to confront my boss but I feel this will only injure our relationship which I need intact.  My mentor is by far my strongest letter of recommendation for graduate school and I need his compliance to graduate with honors from my university.


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Can I use paragraphs from an already published article in a new article?
I want to repeat some ideas as an introduction and there is no point in re-writing them when I already reached my desired precise expression. I have the copyright of the original article (but I guess the journal that published it has rights on its distribution).


texts: Does the journal editor have authority not to publish my article after clear acceptance?

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It is to ask that I sent my original article in some journal, reviewers asked me to make some amendments which I did on time. The editor then sent me an email with their decision of acceptance.
Now they have published their journal new edition, but my article is not published. Is it legal or ethical to do this?


texts: Is all research connected via citations?

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When looking at the paper-is-cited-by-paper binary relation in an undirected manner: Is all research connected to each other or will there be many connected components?

In other words: Is there a way from a, say, computer science paper to a chemistry paper by walking along the citation graph?
Let's say we are only looking at publications in established, well-known conferences conferences/journals.


texts: When writing about something done in another paper, should I write referring to the study itself or to the author?

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Should I write:

Click et al. (2018) through a linear regression analysis for the period 2000 - 3000 , carried out an analysis of the relationship between x and y. In the presence of structural breaks, They also included regressions for three regimes.

Or shoul I write:

Click et al. (2018) through a linear regression analysis for the period 2000 - 3000 , carried out an analysis of the relationship between x and y. In the presence of structural breaks, it also included regressions for three regimes.


texts: What are the common signs that a graduate interview has been a success or a flop

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I am not familiar with the graduate interview process. Are there signs during and after the interview that student will be able to tell whether he or she will be accepted or rejected in into the research group?

More importantly, how would an applicant know if the graduate interview was a flop. For example, if the professor doesn't follow up with a letter after the interview, is that a sign that the student will probably not considered to be a part of the group?


texts: What should PhD students do if they submit a paper to two journals and a reviewer notices concurrent submission?

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I am in a desperate situation. I made a mistake and committed academic misconduct.

I have submitted my article to two journals in parallel, let's say in j1 and j2. Once I received acceptance from journal j1 I wrote a withdraw email to j2.

However, after the article came online it was found by the reviewer of j2 that the withdrawal article was actually a parallel submission.

I am 3rd year PhD student and my professor was unaware of this act. How can I handle this situation?

Should I write an apology email to j2? If j2 accept the apology, will j1 keep the article or still it will be retracted?

What is the best way to come out of the situation?

*I am reviewer of both journals as well.


texts: How to conduct academic research across different fields as a undergrad?

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I'm a freshman computer engineering major doing a summer research internship at a large public metropolitan university . My internship is a bit unusual. My internship is based in a Latino Studies Research Institute, and my research for the summer concerns using machine learning methods to statistically  analyze possible correlations between race and socioeconomic status in certain Latino groups. This is my first time conducting research, and I'm a bit lost.

For example, my research advisor told me I'm looking into a new area of  (which surprised me heavily) since nobody has ever approached that area in the way that I'm before. Basically, my research won't be heavily conclusive (I'm working with only a few hundred data-points, a threadbare amount). I intend for my paper to at least get some interest in using machine learning for social science/ethnic studies.

Also, I'm unsupervised. I basically come in everyday and look for machine learning algorithms to better fit my data, along with more information for the qualitative aspects of my soon to be report. And for the most part, besides a research associate who is a statistician, I'm left to do the grunt work of looking up all the programming and statistical techniques for my project. Also, the professor that I was recommended to talk to isn't in the same field as me ( he's in Environmental Engineering ), so I don't know what to do from there.

So, I would like to know -

As a undergrad researcher whos conducting research in a field that is not my major, what is expected of me? I'm a Computer Engineering major in a Sociological/Ethnic Studies Research Institute.

How can I bring up issues to my adviser? Sometimes it feels like I'm being left out to do my own research. Every other intern seems to have somebody who our research adviser brought in to help them out specifically - e.g a intern doing Latin music has a musicology grad student to advise them , a intern doing migration patterns in Latin America has a sociology research associate to advise them, etc.

What should I do to stay with the institute? I really like what they are doing, and they seem to like the research that I'm doing, and do tend to hire people that are beneficial to them after they graduate college. SO how can I make sure to not only keep that up, but to possibly be employed by them post-grad?

Also, what should I be doing in my research in order to complete it successfully?


texts: How many weeks of break (per year) should a graduate student reasonably expect to have?

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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 because I was used to being an undergrad where I had at least 2 months off EVEN if I included courses during summer quarter.

I'm on a fellowship for my first two years, but I'll still be pushed to produce results (I'm basically being trusted to do a highly ambitious project).


texts: In my field, good journals often seem to take around 12-20 weeks to review papers. As was suggested in a previous post, "How is it in my best interest not to submit a paper to two journals simultaneously?," one should not submit same paper to two journals. But none is omniscient to do multiple papers on various topics. Can any one kindly suggest how to speed up the publication process? Can journals reduce time? Or is this suggestion acceptable only after acceptance?


texts: Is it possible to do a Masters dissertation at a different university?

texts: I am currently enrolled in a masters program and am struggling to complete my dissertation as I have no real interest in what I am doing and have lost my motivation. I have completed all my coursework to allow me to gain a PGDip and would like to know if it is possible to transfer and my complete my dissertation at another university in the United kingdom?


texts: Humanities - taking a year off between PhD completion and academic job

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I am a PhD candidate in literature, finishing my degree in August. Due to a combination of factors, I did not line anything (academic) up for the coming academic year. However, I will be spending that year on the job market. I had planned to simply teach a couple of courses if possible, and to work on getting some publications out, and attending conferences where possible. This would make me a bit of a drifter for one academic year, and I am wondering how that would reflect upon my qualifications while applying and (hopefully) interviewing for academic jobs. Essentially, I want to stay active in my research, but I won't have the banner of a university name under my own...

The reason I'm crowdsourcing this is because I'm getting conflicting information. One of my committee members tells me that it's better to have the PhD in hand while applying, so I should finish up ASAP. He also assures me that a PhD still looks "fresh" up to two years after completion, so I shouldn't have a problem. Another member, however (who is perhaps more familiar with the current job market climate) has informed me that a gap year will ruin all chances of employment, and that any period of wandering institutionless - no post-doc, no fellowship, no teaching - would be fatal. He suggests that I hold off graduation, so that I have no in-between time.

Do any of you out there have any thoughts? Or similar experiences?

Thanks for any responses you have.


texts: Referencing others' ideas in introductions and conclusions?

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Should citations be used in introductions and conclusions if they just introduce and summarize the body of the essay where all others' ideas are referenced in details?

Ideas that are not discussed in the body of the essay but belongs to others are excluded from this question.


texts: Project design and scope: "interesting" vs "incremental" science

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I very recently came across a blog entry which was about a PhD candidate quitting a few weeks/months shy of completing the degree due to frustration with the way academia works in general.

Now you may agree or disagree with the notions put forth, but both the anonymous letter and the long row of comments it has attracted certainly provides an interesting and lively discussion, relevant to many academics if not all.

One particular subject it got me thinking about is the choice of projects, safe-and-uninteresting vs daring-and-interesting. For those who do not feel like reading the discussion in the blog, essentially it's about how many researchers go for projects that have little to no impact practically, in fields where a lot of the "interesting" work is put forth. Such projects are essentially after small incremental additions to the literature, more often than not special case scenarios, or replication of previously demonstrated results with other methods than previously reported.

I am currently at a large conference, and I started reflecting on this subject. I noticed how the "better" speakers claim of excellence, or ground-breaking research, the-whole-picture type projects (e.g. "mapping out the entire human kinome", or "developing antibodies for each and every human protein"). Currently I am sitting with my iPad observing people passing by my poster from some distance. Just like I suspected most people just pass by and barely even stop to read more than a sentence. That's how poster-sessions work you might say, but I am confident that a major contributor to this is the fact that the project I am presenting is inherently not that interesting; it's about a rare disease, effecting mostly elder patients, and does not involve the newest and hottest instrument or technique. I can only imagine that editors and reviewers will be equally unimpressed with the manuscript when we submit this study.

That being the case I got into thinking whether or not it's actually worth getting into such a study. I feel like I have put a lot of time and energy into something that's not really my field of study and not liekly to have a rich "return-of-investment". Before I go to my supervisor and have a serious chat about this I would like to get some feedback on whether or not this is a common phenomennon, within the biomedical sciences/academia in general. As scientists-to-be is our primary responsibility to ourselves, to our bosses/departments, or to science itself?


texts: What is the difference between hypothesis, thesis statement and research goal?

texts: Can someone explain the difference between hypothesis, thesis statement and research goal based on an example?


texts: Wikipedia paragraph in the Introduction section?

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The Introduction section of a paper is supposed to broadly introduce the topic.
What better beginning of a broad chapter than a part of the Wikipedia summary paragraph on the topic? Because it is free to edit worldwide, statistically everything is said better than some guy can say it.

I see the following options:

copy and reword
copy and cite
copy and reword badly i.e. explain in my own terms
study the topic for years, live healthy, then copy and reword into better form
something else

Which one is recommended?


texts: How can one obtain translations of foreign research papers?

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Recently, I've found a Danish scholarly article on industrial foundations. As far as I know, the article is only available in Danish. Unfortunately, I'm not able to speak or read this language.
Question: is there any way I can obtain a proper English translation of this article? Are there perhaps any academic translation services, or translation collectives that might translate it pro bono?


texts: What can I do if I am constantly invited as a reviewer, but don't have the time?

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I've recently started as a PhD student, but had previous publications in forms of conference papers and various talks, so I consider myself very experienced with my particular field of research. One of my supervisors had once assigned me for a review task for a journal because she did not have time to complete it. This was fine with the editor of the journal, too.

Starting from that date, I began receiving invitations to review manuscripts every few months. Of course, I took that opportunity and completed the reviews – which naturally takes a lot of time.

Now, I cannot really invest the time anymore. I've previously rejected two review invitations with "I do not have the time to complete this review" (or similar), but I keep receiving invitations.

What could I do to politely ask the editor not to consider me for review?

Is there anything I'm about to do that could be considered inappropriate? I understand that reviewing activities are positive contributions to my academic career, but I don't think I can take it now.


texts: Cost efficient methods to lower language barrier for researchers without enough funding for publishing in peer-reviewed English journals?

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Situation: we had many subjectively understandable articles in English. But they will never be published for the world in any peer-reviewed scientific journals. Why?

Some reviewers seem very sensitive about English quality. This all isn't about the fields where it is a must, of course. Sometimes, to the extent where it seems that they are reacting to foreign names (Chinese, for example), not to a relative language quality. In a particular case, I saw an "awful English " rejection for papers proofread by licensed native translators and editors. Don't read the latest as a point, proof or blame. It's a subjective experience, not with one of our articles, about some U.S. journals, taken as an illustration.

In academia - institutes are willing to pay to editors and translators for well-known reasons. What is outside? Most peoples outside academia prefer not to pay that much (Elsevier's 2K Euro for average 9K words) for publishing their own work. It can be too much even for organizations (low budgeted theoretical math, etc.) not saying about small groups aren't making this for profit or "3rd world".

Is there an inexpensive way for those whose English isn't ideal?


texts: Why is the admission process centralized, when the professor who is actually funding may not be in the committee?

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This question is based on some observations which could be wrong (in that case, let me know).

I am applying to PhD program in various universities in US in theoretical computer science (TCS). Some of the things that I heard is that getting admission in TCS in top 15 theory universities is tough. The toughness is obviously due to the large volumes of applications that these universities receive (I don't know how much?). However one of the big factors is limited funding available with professors.

So who funds the students? Professors or universities? In some cases I heard, that it is the professor who funds the student. Then in that case, why is the admission process centralized (the professor who is actually funding may not be in the committee)?


texts: Can I submit published articles to arXiv as well?

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I have several math research articles on my site.

Some of my articles are published in open access journals.

Some of my articles are currently available only from my site.

I may probably publish something in a closed access journal.

The question: Should I put these kinds of articles at arXiv (and possibly replace articles on my site with redirect to arXiv)? I think yes, because it would increase visibility of my articles, as many people search on arXiv and/or receive arXiv mailing lists.

Is it ethical to put an already published article also at arXiv?


texts: I need help with my potential PhD Supervisor who showed interest

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So I went to a University in Canada to speak with Graduate studies coordinator to learn more about the program. While visiting, I bumped into the Chair of the department who is one of the Supervisors that I would love to work with. When he realized I was there for a visit, he invited me to his office to discuss this further. I told him about my future plans and about me wanting to go into academia, and he suggested I skip Masters and roll into PhD instead (because I had 4 years of wet lab experience). He also mentioned that he is recruiting students for fall, and that he isnt guaranteeing anything now but does think I would be an excellent candidate. He asked about my GPA and when I told him he said it sounds good. Bottom line, he asked me to send him my CV and Transcript so he can check if I can fast track into PHD and insisted he would get back to me soon to advice me further. I emailed him on Thursday, (he checked my linkedin profile two hours after I emailed him). Today is Tuesday and he hasn't responded.

I know they can be very busy and I completely understand, but how should I follow up without sounding too annoying|? Should I do it through phone or email? And does him offering such on our initial non planned meeting sound promising? Would love to hear your feedbacks!


texts: (Canada) How likely/unlikely is it to get accepted to a direct entry PhD program?

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I am now torn apart between leaving Canada to do a masters program in a foreign country, which will put a huge financial burden on me, I don't even know if I can afford it, and I would also become isolated from my family and would likely have to break up with my GF.

I also could spend the next year doing research with a professor at a local university while also working, but I am sick of working, all I want is to do research, all I want is to learn math.

If I can get accepted into a direct entry PhD program, delaying entrance is worth it, because I can start the program a year earlier. But if it's very unlikely, then I would have ruined my chance to get back on track into the only thing that really matters to me for trying to optimize for some less important (but still valuable) variables.

So in short, is it likely to get accepted into a direct entry PhD? I understand each institution, program and professor is different, and that it depends on the candidate, I just want a general idea.

Edit:
I am considering it, but if I am going to do a masters anyway, from a purely academic perspective, there would be no reason to delay my studies and simply go to the foreign university. It would be much easier to justify and additional "GAP year" as a way to invest my time into improving my profile to be accepted into a PhD program directly and skip the masters alltogether, mostly because I know for a fact I want a PhD, I know for a fact I want to do research.

Direct entry simply means bachelors to PhD, i.e skipping the masters, currently the plan is next September (2020 not 2019).

I had a 3.67 GPA, however if we take away 4 japanese courses (that I tok out of interest) it's 3.72, 3.8 in CS courses, 3.98 in math courses (I have a pure math minor).

I did honours but did not publish the research (some non negligible additional work was needed to get it published and I graduated right then, then moved to a different city).

I am in a rush to start because that's all I wanted to do for the longest time, I let my family convince me to work for a while to see what the "real world is like", and after working and doing undergrad research, I understand with full clarity that I'd rather do research for 20k a year than work for 100k a year. I want to learn more math.


texts: Would a paper on neuroscience make an impact for the Computer Science PhD application?

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I'm pursuing a master's degree in Computer Science, and have no background in computational biology and bioinformatics. Although the paper I'm talking about does not propose any original, interesting computational model/method, it successfully combines two proposed approach -in a very trivial way-. I will be the co-first author of that paper, which is very likely to get published in a very impactful journal (IF>5k), since I dealt with all analytical and computational donkey work all by myself.
This paper is quite biology-oriented. I'm wondering about the impact of this paper if I apply for computational biology and bioinformatics PhD programs in US. It is obvious that my coursework does not focus on computational biology and/or bioinformatics.


texts: Incorrect reasons for rejection, what next?

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Recently I received a rejection to my submission of an article to a journal. Despite three positive reviews, an additional reviewer wrote a short response with an example to claim that a proof in my paper was wrong. The editor claimed to "carefully" check the example and for this reason rejected my paper (no resubmission).

Now, this example is not a counterexample, which I can show with a single sentence (it doesn't satisfy the property I assumed in my theorem). So what should I do?


texts: Confused about potential supervisor response

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I asked my professor to supervise me. I took several courses with him. He replied to me that he is confused about whether he will have enough time to supervise me. He is extremely busy though! I wanted to ensure that I will take minimum time.  Is it okay to reply in the following way?
"My previous collaborative research experiences will help me to work independently. I believe that I will require minimum time from you"


texts: Does one have to list all publications on a CV?

texts: Some years ago, I published some papers that I'm not particularly proud of. They aren't in prestigious or widely known venues in my field, and I'm sure that few if any people in my field have seen these papers. When I apply for a job, am I permitted to omit these publications from my CV? Or am I, for some reason, obligated to list all prior publications?


texts: Should I mention the number of followers of my blog in my SOP for grad school?

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I maintain a technical blog (posts are in direct correspondence with my interested field of study) which has around 150000 followers. I have two questions:

(a) Do I mention the number of followers in my SOP/CV?

(b) Would mentioning the fact that I maintain this technical blog have any impact in admissions? (or do I even mention the blog in my CV/SOP?)

Thanks !


texts: No response from summer school. Should I email?

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I have applied to a summer school program in math for undergraduates. On the application website it says that notifications of acceptance or rejection will be sent out in March.
As March is nearly ending and email is the only means for them to contact me I'm wondering whether maybe I should cautiously ask, if my application has already been reviewed ? This is because I'm considering the possibility that maybe something went wrong with the email (yes, I checked my spam folder) and I definitely don't want to miss the summer school just because I didn't respond in time to an email that never made it to me.

(It may be helpful for the answerer to know that on the summer schools website it says that we can send them email in case we have other deadlines so that they can try to decide sooner upon the mailers application.)


texts: Can outside observers discern graduate student agency from a CV or papers?

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Sort of a gripe post but here it goes....
Not all PhD experiences are the same. I am not advocating that they should, but I feel your perceived competence and capability is highly dependent of the nature of the project you worked on during your time as a graduate student. My issue is that some individuals get a project handed off to them as oppose to really drive a work efforts from nothing. Joining a lab where the PI says you will work on X, where much of the systems and tools are in place, will take less effort to get published and hit higher impact journals. Contrast this with a scenario where the student generates the project.
In subsequent interviews both individuals will claim the work as their own but clearly one did more than the other. Do subsequent evaluators ( interviewing for post-doc or industry ) care about this can they discern the amount of autonomy of different degree experiences.
How can one present themselves to showcase their agency and creativity to highlight how they originated a line of inquiry as oppose to advance the ball?


texts: How important is a rebuttal for a top conference (CS)?

texts: After the first review process, could the rebuttal totally change the reviewers' minds, i.e. from accept to reject or the other way around?


texts: Research faculty I would like to work with not in my department

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I'm currently in the process of applying to graduate schools for admission into a graduate program in Computer Science. However, in a particular university that I would like to apply to, labs dealing with the specialization that I would like to work with belong to another department in the university and do not seem to involve faculty in the Computer Science department.

Now, when I write my Statement of Purpose for an admission into the Computer Science department, would it be considerate for me to mention my interest in working with these faculty outside the Computer Science department or must I restrict myself to those faculty and research labs under the purview of the Computer Science department in that university?

Is it possible even for me to be denied an admission if these faculty I'd like to work with and mention about in my statement do not belong to the Computer Science department?


texts: How do I understand the main concepts in a paper by just skimming through it?

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What's the best method to understand the real concept that a paper is trying to explain?

Should one go through the paper as it is presented, from first page to last page? Is there a specific walk-through to understand it faster, such as first reading the result section, followed by the concept section, and then discussion/conclusion section? Is there a best practice to be followed?


texts: I have submitted a paper to a very reputed publication of electrical engineering via ScholarOne.The status of my paper changed from "Awaiting AE assignment" to "Under Review" directly. Does it mean that is under the review of editorial office? Could it change from Awaiting AE assignment to Under Review directly without AE being assigned ?


texts: Chances of entering a graduate program in Germany at the age of fifty

texts: I’m considering applying for a master’s program in Germany, but I’m wondering how the feel about older students?  I am nearly fifty and I know some grad programs in the US aren’t interested in students that won’t have a longer career ahead of them after grad school.


texts: advisor slow to submit my research article

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For about 2 months now I have been sitting on a draft of what I think is a very nice research article, the first that I wish to publish.  My advisor and some other professors have seen my arguments and agree that everything looks okay.

My advisor believes that we should submit it... at ... some... point... but I am very anxious to submit the paper to a journal already. For one thing I would like to have it published by the time I graduate to help me find a job.

Question 1. Is my advisor employing some strategy by delaying me, hoping that I will revise the article or something?  I am still doing a lot of editing, but I'm not sure the paper is improving significantly. This editing may just be a biproduct of my anxiety and compulsiveness. I could probably do it forever, but the article must be sent off eventually!

Question 2. How can I 'light the fire' under my advisor? I'd hate to go around him, so maybe there is some tool I can use to prod him a bit. If his delaying were to cause my ideas to get scooped, I think I would absolutely lose my mind!!!


texts: Approximate time frames for US postdoctoral application decision making and starting

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Performing an academic job search for the first time (unlike the industry ones), the more I dive in, the more I see how such search for a junior faculty position is very dependent on timing, time frames, natural seasons and academic calendar (and I totally understand the reasons for that). However, that creates significant challenges in my particular situation, to a degree that I almost decided to abandon my junior faculty position search and focus exclusively on postdoctoral positions along with some IT research-related and general research-focused industrial ones.

In addition to timing issues, there is also a reason that many, if not most, junior faculty positions require or prefer a candidate to have a portfolio of peer-reviewed publications (or, at least, working papers) as well as teaching experience and, often, teaching evaluations. Unfortunately, at the present time I cannot offer any of these (beyond my dissertation and citable research software).

Having said all that, for my job search planning and plan adjustment purposes, I am curious about time frames for decision making and hiring for postdoctoral positions. I realize that this aspect might significantly vary, between geographical locations and, even, institutions. However, if there are some average numbers for US universities, I would appreciate you sharing them (my discipline is information systems, if it matters). So, my question is as follows:

For US postdoctoral positions, what are approximate time frames between applying and making hiring decisions as well as between communicating such decisions and desired actual start dates?


texts: Citing terse works, or wordy comprehensible works?

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I am in a position where I am writing both more professional articles, and
supplementary articles to undergraduates. The supplementary works is meant to prepare the students for the graduate courses. This is in mathematics, and analysis in particular. I want the notes to be self contained, and therefore I cite, or refer to proofs and further discussions on the lemmas and corollaries that are used. This should also be used for further references, "if you want to know more about metric spaces, please look at Kreyszig [4]".

I have a wide variety of books I can cite, I can pick any of the big books used in Calculus. Calculus by Adams etc Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart. On the other hand I could refer to the more classical works by Apostol or Rudin (Principles of mathematical analysis)

Choosing the more classical works is good for preping the stundents, but for a first touch these can be a bit terse. Also the proofs in for an example Rudin are a bit on the short side, whilst Adams is very wordy
Would citing both, for every lemma and theorem, make the citations too daunting?

Long story short:

When should one cite the terse material, and when to choose the lengthier comprehensible works. How does one choose the appropriate level to cite from when writing an article, paper or notes ?


texts: I've been working on an interesting sorting algorithm that is efficient for an array of problems. I wrote up a paper on my findings and it has turned into about 5 pages.  I've researched pretty thoroughly and there aren't any papers that use the method I have found or solve the problem I was working on as efficiently.  I'm curious if there is an easy place to publish work.  I got my undergrad in statistics and never did research so I don't really know how the process works.  Just checking to see if y'all have any recommendations.


texts: How very high reading/listening but low speaking/writing TOEFL scores are usually judged on graduate admission?

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Can you please let me know how following TOEFL scores are usually judged on graduate (mainly master) admission if a) minimum requirement is 100 and b) minimum total requirement is 80 and minimum speaking requirement is 24?

Reading & Listening: 29
Speaking & Writing: 20

Probably I would not have the chance to provide this explanation to admission board however it may be worth mentioning here that I communicate very well in my native language and I can speak better in English without exam pressure. I have learned English on my own and I have not been able to practice speaking/writing enough.


texts: What to do when your advisor says your research is at a dead end?

texts: I have been working on my dissertation proposal for 2 of the last 4 years of my PhD program. I have been publishing at conferences, collecting data, and building out my thesis. About a year and a half ago, I thought I was ready to propose but my advisor wanted one more publication. Then it was one more app designed. Then it was one more protocol designed. I got it in writing what he wanted me to do in order to propose but each time he would say I needed to do more. I am now at my deadline (I have to propose or I lose funding) and my advisor and a committee member have told me that they think my research is a dead end and I shouldn't have been looking into it in the first place. I am not really sure where to go from here. Has anyone else experienced this? The two options I have considered are: leaving with a masters and trying to get into a different program or starting over from scratch with my research at my current university but I have no guarantee of funding. Any additional ideas?


texts: What are good reasons for a budget extension?

texts: What are some reasons that could justify a no-cost budget extension for grant received from a funding agency and possibly reasons that don't?


texts: Who owns intellectual property from research funded by an external company at a university?

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If a company or any external organization collaborates with a University to fund research - perhaps even open a lab - who owns the intellectual property (IP) of anything that results from that research? Is it the company, the university, or both?

Do cases like these affect IP ownership:

the university buys equipment/pays its professors and student researchers with money granted by the company
the company uses equipment and funds available at the university to conduct research?


texts: How to prepare for an online interview for a professorship position?

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Some time ago, I applied for a tenure track professorship in Germany, and was invited to an interview. Due to the current circumstances, the interview will now take place online (via Zoom).
Having participated in a few "offline" interviews, what I have been told about the structure and contents of the interview (30 min scientific talk + discussion, followed by a 60 min discussion with the selection committee) seems to be relatively standard. The interview will take place on a technical platform (Zoom) that I am reasonably familiar with due to my online teaching activities.
I am wondering what to expect from, and how to best prepare for an online interview, in particular compared to standard "offline" interviews.

Are there any pitfalls specific to the nature of virtual meetings?
How should I best prepare for potential technical issues? I plan on having two laptops ready, but for example WiFi issues are very rare, but not impossible.


texts: Conference presentation as an advertisement for a paper

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I have read in a few places, for example here, that a 20-minute presentation (or indeed, any presentation at a conference) is an advertisement for the paper or research program in question. I had never thought of it this way and have tended to worry that I have not been technical enough. I now see that this is probably a mistake.

I want to incorporate this advice, but I'm still faced the problem of determining the best way to translate a full-length paper into a 20 minute presentation. That is to say, I want to get some idea of the process by which a paper is "converted" into an "advertisement" for presentation. I am wondering about which of the following, for example, is advisable:

Presenting all of the arguments and objections in the paper, but in a more surface way.
Limiting the paper to a few key points.
Leaving certain questions open by spending more time motivating the question and then suggesting or gesturing at the answer that the paper gives (this fits with the idea of an advertisement).

I realise that answers will likely take be "all of the above" or "it depends", so really what I'm interested in are additional suggestions, some idea of priorities, and some way of figuring out given the situation how to make the decision.

P.S. My discipline is philosophy.


texts: Co-author does not want biography+photo in paper submission

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Some journals such as the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (randomly picked) require a biography and sometimes also a photo of the paper authors.

Currently I have the case that a co-author working in the industry does not want this. He says (and I can totally understand this) that he does not want that possible future companies will find a photo of him when using a search engine. He also does not like the biography part but would accept this, if there is no other solution.

Question: Is it uncommon to ask the Editor-in-chief whether the biography and/or photos may be omitted? The journal would be a perfect match so that I do not want to pick another one just because of this.


texts: What are the consequences of withdrawing an abstract from a conference?

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I have submitted an abstract for a conference using some preliminary results. I read all the advice about how to write an abstract with no results and I didn't lie in my abstract—I just presented the results I had in hand and discussed the value of the data that I would acquire in the future without making any specific claims about the conclusions I would draw. The abstract deadline was about 6 months before the paper deadline, so I had anticipated acquiring more data that I could write about in the paper and make it a strong contribution. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances (lab caught on fire, experiment exploded, computer with all my data was wiped by an EMP and velociraptors ate my backups, or some other more mundane reason) the data that I anticipated having is not available and I won't be able to write the full paper.

Many conferences have a "No paper, no podium" and "No podium, no paper" policy, so in those cases one of the consequences of not submitting the paper is that it will not be published in the conference's proceedings and I won't get to present it at the conference. For other conferences, this may vary.

But what are the other consequences (to my career, to future publication of the paper) of withdrawing the paper at this stage, either by not submitting anything or by contacting the program chair and withdrawing?


texts: How should an academic negotiate his/her salary?

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This is a follow-up question to this question of mine, where I wanted to know if academic salaries can be negotiated.

How does an academic negotiate a pay package that has been offered? What special points in one's profile must be emphasised in order to get a favourable bargain? Are there any standard cards (tricks) that must be played?

PS: The negotiator is assumed to be fresh out of his doctorate.


texts: Can I add a baby as a co-author of a scientific paper, to protest against co-authors who haven't made any contribution?

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Can I put the name of my baby as one of the co-authors of a scientific paper?

I know it sounds disturbing, but it's a way of mine to protest against co-authors that haven't made any contribution (they haven't even read it or are part of the research area) to a paper, but they are part of the research group.

What are the legal / ethic concerns?

So technically I was writing the paper with my baby in my hand and the baby was talking with me in its own language. The baby even wrote a few characters in the paper when it managed to get near the keyboard while I was holding it.


texts: In teaching, what are the advantages of using slides over doing board work?

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At my university, most lecturers and professors use slides in teaching. This is true for most engineering, mathematics and science courses. I am more comfortable with doing the board work and then sharing my hand-written lecture notes with the students. From my personal experience, I feel that the latter is a better way of teaching.

So, what are the advantages of using slides? Why do you use slides?

Secondly, does the answer to the above question change if you were teaching graduate students?


texts: Is a postdoc successful only when completed?

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Situation: one leaves a postdoc in the middle of the contract to move to another position (postdoc or tenure) at another university. There have been some questions here on SE Academia about leaving a postdoc, but my question is different: may that person still write in her CV that she completed a postdoc? I ask for two reasons:

To me a postdoc is like any other job, but I have heard a postdoc being referred to as 'postdoctoral studies'. In that context, leaving a postdoc before the project finishes might be considered 'dropping out'.
Long time ago in an office of a professor, next to his PhD degree framed on the wall I have seen a "postdoc certificate", which looks like a diploma.

Hence my questions: is a postdoc successful only when completed (like a graduate program)? Is there a diploma or certificate that postdocs receive upon completion?


texts: Does the managerial title of a LoR writter matter?

texts: In the past I have seen students eager to get a recommendation from a proffesor from the upper management like the dean of the faculty. Especially for academic endevours such as grad. school applications. Or similarly a letter from the superindendant of the highschool for undergraduate applications. Would it be relevant that the LoR writer is in the upper management of the university or would the writer be recognized by their academic standing and nothing else. Please note that I am asking this question for student level research oriented applications.


texts: Can late recommendation letters have a negative impact on grad school application?

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I am currently applying to some graduate programs. The schools I am applying to have all required recommendation letters from 3 people, and for many of the schools, the application deadline was today. Two of my professors have submitted their recommendation letters on time, but the last one - not being the epitome of a very organized person, sadly - has failed to meet the deadline. (Changing this recommender does not come into question, because she is my advisor, and she happens to be more familiar with me and my work than any other professor. Also, I cannot really ask anyone else to write a recommendation letter for me within such a narrow timeframe.)

This raises two questions for me: First, is the electronic system for submitting recommendation letters kept open beyond the deadline so that late recommendation letters can be received? (I understand that different schools may have different policies, but it would be relieving for me to know that my professor still has a chance to submit her recommendation. So I'd appreciate it if someone could inform me what the norm is in such cases. Before you ask, yes, I will e-mail the graduate admissions offices of the schools in question, too. But I do not think I can get a quick reply, as they are usually inundated with e-mails during the application season.)

Secondly, and more importantly, would the lateness of this recommendation leave a bad impression on the admissions committee?


texts: Is it ok to call myself stupid in an email to a professor explaining why I have not completed my project yet?

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Thing is, dude was happy with my work in a research course with him over the summer. I had a small portion left to complete the project which I offered to volunteer to do. He immediately ordered the supplies I needed to conduct this last portion of research, and that was 2 months ago :(. I sort of never considered until now that I should have finished it in 1.5 months maximum regardless of the fact that I was volunteering on my own time. In my defence he's been on pat leave (although he attended informal weekly departmental meetings on campus).

How do I explain this to him in a way that shows I acknowledge my mistake and that I am still interested? Do I stand a chance of mending the relationship? I intend to finish the work over the next 2 weeks.


texts: How should I react to seeing another student cheat on an exam?

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Today I took my midterm exam for one of my classes.  I saw that a student next to me was using her phone, and as I turned my head she hid it. At the end of the exam I wrote a note to my professor, I didn't mention the person's name, but I said that such type of behavior is not acceptable and that he should notice it next time.

I am kind of nervous that I will get in trouble for it, Did I do the right thing? What if the professor penalizes me?  I studied really hard for this exam and I figured that it wasn't fair for my classmates and I to see a cheater get a good grade, and us a lower grade.


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I'm currently 15 and I still have around 2 more years here at my school in India. I took admission in a reputed coaching centre here for my career oriented studies last year. I want to be a student at the Indian Institute of Technology (which is the best in India in terms of engineering and technology, and whose exam - the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) I am bound to give in 2019) and my coaching centre prepares me for the same, and shall continue to do so for the next couple of years. The quality and level of teaching at my centre is, without doubt, great.

However, I have friends at my school who, without going to any such coaching centre, can match or perhaps outsmart me in several fields of study, by simply just studying and researching at their homes through the internet, books and other sources. This fact leaves me in a state of dilemma regarding my decision of joining the coaching centre. I don't regret my decision, but I'm just starting to feel a little sceptical about it, because when I started to self study like some of my friends, I felt that I could do perhaps as much the same level of study, or even better (than my coaching centre), by just studying on my own.

The biggest advantage of such methodology is, in my opinion, that you can study at your own pace, unlike at a coaching centre where study is time bound. Those guys can delve deeper into any topic of their choice, without any sort of pressure.

From the past couple of months, I am studying differential calculus on my own, which shall be taught to me at my institute after a month or so. I think I'm doing pretty well and am going good at it, without any guidance or assistance. I have been able to solve many of the questions that my institute has to offer regarding the topic. So the thing which is troubling me is that can't I do this for other subjects and topics as well? And in this way, I won't be requiring any formal help and support for my studies. This is what some of my pals have resorted to.

But one advantage which I feel students like me have over such students as my friends, is that we get an exposure to the exam pattern and are quite accustomed to the time bound type of exams. Furthermore, we can get to know our ranks at various levels and thus improve accordingly. For example, at my coaching centre, I give several periodic tests which give me an insight into my performance, and where I need to improve. I also get to know my rank at the national level, which is quite a boost for me.

I won't be leaving my coaching centre for the next 2 years to study at my own, but I just want to know if students like my friends, who do not go (and do not wish to go) to any such coaching centre, do they have any significant advantages over students like me, who go to an institute for academic assistance?


texts: Copyright and Plagairism Policy for Reviewers of a Rejected Paper

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I've read today a paper about my research field that seems similar to my submission (rejected) to a conference. It includes ideas, some scientific elements, and concepts but is not exactly a word-to-word copy of my work. I'm not sure this is plagiarism.

Could you guide me how to investigate this issue? Is there any way to find who had access to my submission in a double blind review?


texts: Role of the Report section in Neuron (journal)?

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The journal Neuron has a section called Report.

I am having hard time finding the answer to the following question:

What is the intended role of this section?
Are this papers written by submission or by invitation?


texts: If asked to provide separate list of publications in addition to CV, should CV still include list of publications?

texts: I am applying for an assisstant professor position, and asked to provide a CV, as well as a separate list of publications. Should I still keep a "publications" section in the CV, or refer to the separate list by writing something like "see enclosed list of publications"?


texts: Some of the major corrections are already in the thesis

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I've passed my viva with major corrections at a UK university.

Upon receiving the corrections, I found some of them were already emphasised and discussed in several places in the thesis.

My supervisor said I should just accept these corrections and work on them.

What should I do? Should I just expand with few sentences/paragraphs? Is it too bad to respond that they are already there?


texts: Did not get into the desired grad school, what should I do?

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So I'm about to graduate from a university in the U.K., and my grad school application did not go perfectly. I got an offer from a top 10 (globally and in the U.S. domestically) math program, however, I don't really like the city the university is in, and in fact the uni itself. I have visited the school when I was doing undergrad applications, and I just didn't like it from the beginning. Thus I am frustrated about what I should do:

option 1 is I go there and apply for another Ph.D. program after two years. This Uni definitely has some reputations in the field, and I think it will be helpful for my application in the future. However, I have also heard some negative comments regarding students attending the school (not on the department specifically, but on the school as a whole).

option 2 is I can do master at my current school, which is G5 in the U.K. and also ranked around 10-ish globally in math, and apply for a Ph.D. program later.

The problem with option 2 is that I want to eventually go back to the U.S. for Ph.D. if possible, and this year's failure makes me question how admission officers in the U.S.value U.K. certificates. I have a quite solid 1-st class score(or 3.9+/4.0 GPA), GRE math 90%, GRE 324, 3 research experiences (two of them were required for all students, but U.K. undergrad has only two summers...), and have given talks on the non-required summer project. Recommendation letters writers also have had experiences working as professors in schools like Harvard. I realize that my resume is nowhere near strong, but among almost 20 schools I applied to, only one school give me a master's offer (I applied to all Ph.D. programs since most schools don't separate the master program). Thus I am not sure how a one-year master can change the result for my Ph.D. application later. I can probably increase my standardized test scores by a bit, but I don't think that's the main reason I failed this year.

Also there's option 3, which is to transfer after the first year of my master's program, but I heard it's very difficult and not encouraged.

I would really appreciate some advice and insights regarding my situation right now, and some info about how U.S. admission officers value U.K. schools are very helpful as well. Thanks in advance!


texts: If I define acronyms in the abstract, should I define them again in the rest of the paper?

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I've noticed in some papers (CS) that even if the authors define acronyms in the abstract, they restate them once again in the rest of the paper. It is like "what happens in the abstract stays in the abstract"!

So, I was wondering if there is a rule regarding the above?


texts: What is appropriate length of supporting information?

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Due to pages ( characters ) constraints of a journal, I am forced to 70% of results and deeper description of methods, quality assurance and characterisation techniques submit as the additional information paper to the original. It will not be printed, but it is accessible for free on the website.
My advisor is telling me not to put so many, it is bad and I am risking to be denied by editors. Why?
Also I asked on some other forums, other people also tell me that if you refer a lot to SI your paper will likely be denied. Is this right?
Advice that I got is to wait until editors or reviewers demand to see them additionally after submission.


texts: Is there a definitive list of style guides?

texts: Almost every publication, journal or conference series seems to have its own style guide. Is anyone keeping track of these ? IE, is there a website which keeps a list of style guides - specifically citation styles - for various publications ? The most definitive (ie all-encompassing) list would be what I'm after.


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Is it ethical to use WolframAlpha on a take-home exam for a math class? A couple qualifiers: this is a make-up exam where the original exam allowed for a scientific calculator but not a graphing/symbol-solving calculator.

The professor has made no other stipulations about the exam yet (no word on if it's the same rules as for regular exams or otherwise). He has simply just announced one will be given out.


texts: Late graduation and prospects of getting into a good Master's degree

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everyone, I hope all is good and you're safe during this difficult time.

A little background about me; I'm studying in Europe and I'm graduating this semester (economics) , however this is my 6th year of studies. I have a quite good GPA around 8.3 (out of 10).

University took a lot of time  for me to finish due to a variety of reasons such as chronic health issues (physical and mental), playing a competitive sport, volunteering, working etc. In my 2nd year I attempted suicide due to the stress of being unable to even attend classes. Basically, I started going to classes and passing exams during Y3. This has left me feeling terrified, since during my secondary education I've always been a perfect grade student. It's an unprecedented and uncharted situation for me, which has crashed my confidence and belief in my abilities.

I really want to get into a good or top Master's program for economics in Europe (Or potentially China/Singapore since I'm fluent in Mandarin) and then continue towards getting a PhD since I want to get into academia.

However I feel I've missed my chance, that I've been left behind and that I'll never get into a good program and teach in a university since I'm graduating so late.

Not to mention I don't have the financial ability to pay for a  degree without any kind of scholarship.

So, my question is; is it possible to be accepted into a good postgraduate program even if I have finished my undergraduate late. Is it also possible to get a scholarship? Or is it too late for me?


texts: IEEE full article with small images or more than 8 pages

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I'm writing a full article (6-8 pages) using IEEE guidelines.

Currently got two versions: one where images are more readable, and another where 4 images to be read need a lot of zoom.

In the first case, the article has 10 pages in total (3 columns are references). In the second case, 8 pages in total (3 columns are references).

I know from fact that

  References most definitely count (for the page total). IEEE page limits are inclusive of
  any front and/or back matter. And it is a HARD limit—not even a single
  word should spill over onto an additional page.

I don't want to have the images like that where the reader needs to put on extra zoom but i also want to respect the total page limit.

Is there a way the images can be placed after references (or anywhere in a specific section) that makes them not count for the total page count?

If not, considering the images are very relevant and both the content and references were reduced as much as i could, what can I do in this situation?


texts: Should academic papers necessarily carry a sober tone?

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I was reading this paper titled "Optimal Symmetric Rendezvous Search on Three Locations." While talking about the history of search problems, the author mentions the following anecdote in passing.

  In 2007 a letter writer to the Guardian newspaper queried, “I lost my wife in the crowd at Glastonbury (a music festival). What is the best strategy for finding her?” A reader replied, “Start talking to an attractive woman. Your wife
  will reappear almost immediately.”

While I found it quite amusing to read this, I do not often come across papers with such witticisms. Is there an unwritten rule about the tone of sobriety that is considered appropriate in academic papers? Are jokes or anecdotes fine as long as they do not appear forced?


texts: Length of Ph. D. Application CV for Mid-Career Professionals

texts: I am applying for a Ph. D. program after a 10 year career of secondary classroom teaching - I have held several positions in that time should I cut some of these teaching experiences out to make my CV fit one page (the teaching experiences are not at the college level, and not necessarily directly in the program I am applying for).


texts: How did modern western post-secondary education become tied up with research and publications?

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Teaching, research and (academic) publishing are three different pursuits. Our society and its institutions, particularly most universities, enforce links between these in various ways.

People who have great teaching skills can not get teaching positions (at universities) because they aren't good in doing research, and some potentially great researchers experience setbacks in their academic career because they are horrible at teaching, and both can be penalized by failing to or poorly publishing their results.

How did this happen? Who does is benefit? How does intertwining these three requirements benefit the general knowledge and the academic community?


texts: Not invited for on-site interview after phone session

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I had the chance to talk to two professors last week regarding admission to the PhD program. After I was done, I was told that I would be invited for an on-site interview, if admitted.

After not receiving any feedback from the school, I emailed them and found out that I was not invited to the interviews on the campus. Now they're just telling me to wait and I may be invited for another visit in the future.

This is a problem for me as I need to start looking for funds in another programs that I have been already admitted to (The one I am waiting on is my first choice).

What would be the best approach to handle this kind of situation?

Thanks.


texts: Is it ethical to present the same paper in two different conferences?

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I want to know if it is ethical to present the same paper in two different conferences, where the conference that is to be held earlier does not publish in it any journal/conference proceedings, while other conference will publish it in a conference proceedings.

The field is mathematics.


texts: How should a series of articles be represented on my CV?

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I authored a series of three articles that were published in the same source over the course of a month or so. Each article has the same title with a different subtitle. Due to the identical titles, I find that the publications look somewhat awkward when listed separately on my CV:

  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet: Quot tota id pri. Research Institute Magazine, Nov. 30, 2017.

  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet: Ne vim delenit laoreet dissentias. Research Institute Magazine, Nov. 16, 2017.

  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet: Id cum fugit voluptua voluptatum. Research Institute Magazine, Nov. 1, 2017.

Is there an elegant way to group them? To my surprise, I have not found this issue addressed elsewhere.


texts: Impact of Master's Degree on Physics PhD Admission in the United States: will I be held to a higher standard?

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I am an American undergraduate studying Engineering Physics. I am planning to stay at my current school for a sequential Master's program (in Electrical and Computer Engineering). I wonder if Physics PhD Admission boards would hold me to a higher standard or would hold me to the same standard as other undergraduate applications?
More specific to me, I have excessive amount of Transfer Credit (from classes taken during HS) so that my undergraduate degree only last 2 years, but I don't really want to stay another year or two as an undergraduate. Additionally, I am quite interested in Quantum Computing so I want to get some EE experience.
I am specifically asking about Physics PhD admission in the United States.


texts: Are Governement Open File Reports "published" online later published as journal articles considered a duplicate publication?

texts: If a large agency technical report is published online, would a condensed journal article be considered a duplicate publication? Or would this be similar to publishing a chapter from a thesis as a journal article.


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I'm interested in stem cell, regenerative medicine, developmental biology, and genetics for reverse aging. Since these topics are dealt with in one or both of medical school and school of science, I'm confused about my grad school prep.

A PhD program of stem cell & regenerative medicine offered by Stanford's School of Medicine accepts both MCAT and GRE (as stated in the following webpage.) http://stemcellphd.stanford.edu/faqs.html
Also, the PhD program of my interest offered by Harvard belongs to both Harvard Medical School and School of Arts and Sciences. Thus, the boundary of PhD programs between medical school and school of science doesn't seem to exist. So, I'm thinking if I can prepare for PhD programs of med school in the same way as I do for programs of school of science.

Would you tell me the difference of PhD programs between med school and school of science in terms of the following factors?

standardized test (GRE & MCAT)
admission standard (focus on research experience or focus on GPA & standardized test)
competitiveness
undergrad classes required/recommended to take


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Belgium recently passed a law allowing researchers to make any of their article open access if the majority of the research funding  came from Belgium public funding

Here is the law:

  Art. 29. Dans l’article XI.196 du même Code, inséré par la loi du
  19 avril 2014, il est inséré un paragraphe 2/1 rédigé comme suit:

  “§ 2/1. L’auteur d’un article scientifique issu d’une recherche
  financée pour au moins la moitié par des fonds publics conserve, même
  si, conformément à l’article XI.167, il a cédé ses droits à un éditeur d’un
  périodique ou les a placés sous une licence simple ou exclusive, le droit
  de mettre le manuscrit gratuitement à la disposition du public en libre
  accès après un délai de douze mois pour les sciences humaines et
  sociales et six mois pour les autres sciences, après la première
  publication, dans un périodique, moyennant mention de la source de la
  première publication.

  Le contrat d’édition peut prévoir un délai plus court que celui fixé à
  l’alinéa 1er.

  Le Roi peut prolonger le délai fixé à l’alinéa 1er.

  Il ne peut être renoncé au droit prévu à l’alinéa 1er. Ce droit est
  impératif et est d’application nonobstant le droit choisi par les parties
  dès lors qu’un point de rattachement est localisé en Belgique. Il
  s’applique également aux œuvres créées avant l’entrée en vigueur de ce
  paragraphe et non tombées dans le domaine public à ce moment.”.

Google translate:

  "§ 2/1. The author of a scientific article from a research
  financed for at least half by public funds, even
  if, in accordance with Article XI.167, he has assigned his rights to a publisher of a
  periodical or has placed them under a single or exclusive license, the right
  to make the manuscript freely available to the public for free
  access after twelve months for the humanities and social sciences
  and six months for other sciences, after the first
  publication in a periodical, subject to mentioning the source of the
  first publication.

  The publishing contract may provide for a shorter period than that set
  paragraph 1.

  The King may extend the period laid down in paragraph 1.

  The right provided for in paragraph 1 can not be waived. This right is
  imperative and applies notwithstanding the law chosen by the parties
  since a point of attachment is located in Belgium. he
  also applies to works created before the entry into force of this
  paragraph and not fallen into the public domain at that time. "

What's the point in waiting 6 or 12 months before allowing researchers to make their Belgium-funded article open access?


texts: Useful strategies for answering "dumb" questions in a talk?

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It has often been said that there is no such thing as a dumb question. And yet - perhaps due only to inattention, lack of sleep, or hunger - otherwise brilliant people sometimes manage to ask some pretty inane questions during talks. ("Yes, but how does the rover manage to drive around on the moon in the first place - shouldn't it just fall back down to Earth?") Or worse: make false or bizarre assertions. ("I don't see how your thrusters can possibly provide enough lift, given that the moon is made out of cheese!")

Question: How do you answer these kinds of questions in a way that makes everyone feel good about the interaction?

There are sort of three parties to consider here: yourself, the person asking the question, and the rest of the audience. You could, for instance, amuse and satiate the rest of the audience by poking fun at the person ("True, but why would you want to leave a paradise made of cheese?"). Humor might win over the audience, but the person who asked the question will spend the rest of the time ignoring the talk and thinking about how little he likes you. In contrast, you don't want to pander ("Ah, interesting point - I didn't realize the moon was made of cheese. Is it Gruyère or some kind of Stilton?") because, although the person asking the question now feels respected, the rest of the audience thinks you're a schmuck.

Perhaps the question could be re-phrased as:

Question: how do you convince someone they're mistaken without making them feel stupid? (And what if they're stubborn?)

This situation is especially delicate if the question-asker is an established and respected member of your field (since their questions and opinions will automatically carry some weight and authority) - or worse, a person interviewing you for a job! I'm interested in both external tactics (i.e. what do you say?) as well as internal strategies (i.e. how do you put yourself in a mindset where you're unlikely to react with rude or snarky answers in the first place)?


texts: What factors affect how long it would take to get a phd, either going via, or without, a masters?

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My speciality is statistics. I'm contemplating a PhD.

If I do a Masters first, that might take a different amount of time to reach the completion of my PhD from now, than if I just got a bachelors and then progress to the doctorate.

What factors would affect that?


texts: One week to go in the final PhD submission and I have lost the will to work on it. Help!

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I have less than a week left in my PhD submission - it's due by 9th of December. This is almost the end of my fourth year and I have been able to edit it several times since I completed the first draft.

So I planned out my week to read each chapter a day and finalise everything. But, I am tired sitting in my room watching TV instead of following my plan. It's been two days I haven't looked at it. I have completely lost the will to work on it and have no motivation to work on it whatsoever. In fact I am rather planning what I need to do after submission rather really working through it now till the submission date. My neck is in pain and I just feel drained out.

I can't believe what happened to me suddenly. I worked on it well in the past almost four years.

Has it happened to anyone else here? How I can bounce back to get advantage from this last few days that I have left in my submission? How I can motivate myself again to work on it?


texts: How to sort all the papers referenced by a given paper by citation count?

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Here is what I want to do:

Given a paper, find the set of all papers referenced by it
Sort this set of papers by some "importance metric,"  for example, the citation count.

I find some ad-hoc tools (for example, research gate) to do #1 and there are a few databases (Web of Science, Scopus) to do #2, but the two steps are disconnected and there seems no easy way to bridge them automatically. I have been doing this manually, but it is very tedious.
Are there any efficient ways to do this?
Thanks


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I'm currently writing my second paper.
Although the focus is completely different of my first paper, some aspects of the context are similar.
I am perfectly aware that self-plagiarism needs to be carefully avoided but what is the limit?
Indeed, a couple of sentences of my abstract or introduction are very hard to reformulate without making the sentence significantly harder to understand or really longer.
In this context, is it tolerable to reuse a single sentence in the abstract and/or in the introduction?
Edit: I forgot to mention that the submission is anonymous. This is why I'm so picky about self-plagiarism.


texts: How can I make sure I (a white male teaching math) am sensitive to "underprivileged" students in my class?

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I teach math classes and I was speaking with the assistant chair of my department about a student who claimed that I was rude and put my students down when lecturing. (I'm a Ph.D. student.) This particular student was seeking a letter recommending tuition for my class be refunded (she dropped out) but I told the assistant chair that I do sometimes get comments like these in my evaluations. I know that I never intend to put anyone down when students ask questions in class, and I also know there are also students who feel that I'm a good instructor and like dealing with me. I get both of these types of comments in my evaluations (I'd say my evals on the whole are fine to good).

I don't want anyone to feel like I talk down to them or put them down and I mentioned this to the assistant chair. (She has only seen me lecture once and said I did a good job that one time.) She asked me to think about the gender/ethnicity of the students that say I'm "rude" or "put them down", and whether there is a pattern where female/minority students who are considered "underprivileged" in mathematics may respond differently to my style of instruction than white male or Asian-heritage students. (There is research to back this up.)

I don't have any hard data to check this for me personally but this hypothesis seems plausible. With most students I say that I'm generally direct; I try not to put the student down but I will tell them that they are incorrect and explain why. How should I adapt to make sure that "underprivileged" students don't feel put down or belittled in my class?


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I'm looking to know how to get notifications when there is a recent publication (in IEEE Transaction Journal and MDPI Energies). Moreover, If there are any special issues (Smart grid or something related to it) I want to be aware of these. Can someone guide how to get notified with these two journals?

P.s: (Although I have accounts in these)

Thank you in advance.


texts: How contribution in "data analysis" and "data interpretation" are different, for a scientific paper?

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When submitting a paper to a highly profiled publication, like Nature or Science, author contributions must be clarified. This may include study design; data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation; draft preparation and/or critical editing and review of the manuscript.
Among these aspects, I was wondering how data analysis and data interpretation are different? Consider the boundaries may not be quit clear, because more often it is difficult to analyze data to find true patterns without being able to interpret those patterns.


texts: Is it possible to resubmit a manuscript to the same journal by a different author?

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I received a response from the editor in chief saying that he cannot recommend my manuscript for publication. But he encourages me to address all the 4  reviewers' comments and resubmit a substantial revision.
The manuscript was submitted the first time by the "second" author who used to be my PHD supervisor 2 years ago. Actually, i am the first author of this manuscript and would like to resubmit it by myself to the same journal. Is it possible to do that ?
I will keep the same authors and the same order as the previous version.
PS : I finished my PHD 2 years ago.
Why do i want to be the corresponding author ?
I have done all the job regarding this manuscript : writing, idea, simulations and corrections. During my PHD, I had too much troubles with my PHD supervisor. He even told me one time that if he modifies my manuscript he could put himself as the first author.
When I finished writing my manuscript, he offered his help to submit it to the journal in order to save time (because I had a full time job in a company). I accepted but told him to send me every update regarding the publication process. He didn't do that and didn't answer my emails. He waited 4 months to submit it without any modification or correction. Actually, he tried to delay the submission as much as possible so I give up asking about my manuscript.
Now, he is asking me to send him the corrections but this time I want to take in charge the resubmission to the journal.


texts: What are possible legal ways to obtain a textbook for free?

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I'm not sure whether this is such a great question, and I'm not looking at illegal ways, but is there any way to obtain textbooks for free (legally)?

Answers very much appreciated.


texts: I have two PhD offers. Can I accept one while waiting for the grades for my preferred option without the latter finding out?

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Basically I was offered a PhD after my bachelor's degree based only on my performance in the BSc but I enrolled on an MSc and kept this offer as backup.  I have been offered another PhD but it is based on the MSc results rather than the BSc results.  The second offer are asking if I could accept the offer sooner rather than later, but obviously I don't want to refuse the first offer just yet as I know that it is guaranteed.  If I email the second offer and say that I want to accept, would the supervisor who made me the first offer somehow know that I had accepted the other offer and withdraw his offer?  I do not want to turn down the first one if I have not received my MSc grades.  I assume that different universities would not correspond over this type of thing, but I don't know for sure, and I did tell the people who gave me the second offer that I had already received an offer elsewhere and which university made that offer: is this all confidential or could they inform the people who made the first offer?

Obviously, if I don't meet the conditions for the second offer, I could then fall back on the first offer whose criteria I have already met.


texts: What is wrong with continuing to publish with my PhD adviser?

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I have heard that it is 'bad' to continue to publish with your adviser after you get your PhD. Or is this something that is debated in the academic community?

In my situation, after my PhD, I can get a job in industry, but I am allowed time (half a day a week) to continue my research at my local university. This allows me to continue researching something that I am interested in, rather than researching something that someone else is interested in.

I can understand that every publication should not be between myself and my adviser. And I can understand that I should show that I am an independent researcher. But does that mean I should stop publishing with my (ex-)adviser?


texts: I am able to self-fund a PhD, how can I use this when applying?

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Some candidates have the personal or family resources to self-fund their graduate studies, or already know that they are willing to take on debt for them (disregard whether this is a good idea, which has been addressed before). They still, however, need to actually be admitted to a graduate school, and having funding doesn't guarantee admission.

The ability to self-fund obviously makes it possible to take unfunded offers, but are there any other ways to actively leverage this funding situation during the application process? Should the applicant inform schools that they would take an unfunded offer, and, if so, when should they (e.g. when applying, after being put on a waitlist)? Are there specific strategies that a candidate might be able to use when choosing schools to apply to?

I suspect that answers to this question might be field-specific, so I won't necessarily specify a field. Answers discussing the differences between fields might also be interesting.

Note that I am not in this situation, so I won't really be able to answer those kinds of clarifying questions. I just thought it was an interesting question that was inspired by but not directly addressed in this question.


texts: For faculty positions that require three years of research experience excluding PhD, how is that time calculated?

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Usually an applicant for a faculty position in different Indian academic institutes requires to have at least three years of research experience excluding his/her PhD. The time span may differ depending on the institutes and/or particular country. I was wondering how does one calculate the time span of research experience?

More particularly, does that 'experience' start with just joining a postdoc position or defending  one's thesis or only after obtaining the formal degree?


texts: Are theses done in industry (French CIFRE) a disadvantage in academia?

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France has a mechanism, named CIFRE, by which a PhD student can be employed by a private company while working on their thesis. This is done in relation with a university or institute, which awards the degree. This is interesting for the student, as they are paid as a junior engineer and have an almost guaranteed industry position at the end.

I may have such an opportunity in the next year or two, in the field of machine learning/computer vision. I work well with my potential advisor and current team, and it's even more interesting in my case, as my past grades and school would not look very good on a PhD application.

If I choose to stay in that company at the end, I'm sure there won't be a problem. But I am not sure of what I will want a few years from now. I would like to keep the door to an academic career open, in case the thesis goes well, and I definitely want to keep good career options in the rest of Europe as well.

Problem

I have sometimes read that this kind of theses is only a good option if one wants to get better career prospects in the same company, and that CIFRE PhD students don't publish enough to be competitive in academia. I have also read that this could be compensated later by doing a good post-doc. These are just random opinions from forum posts, so I don't know what to make of them.

Part of the problem is that the company is small (though successful), the R&D team is very small (though they do interesting research), and I don't know if I would spend most of my time at the company or how many opportunities I would have of collaborating with people at the institute (a quite good one in France, known abroad).

Note that I might be able to get good recommendations, both from researchers who advised a small research project of mine, and from another in my current company. My grades also improved quite a lot near in my last semester, and I have a good justifications for the older ones. I could thus try to apply to "regular" PhD programs abroad, though I'm not sure how much these recommendations can compensate for old bad results.

Question

How should I decide if an industry thesis is the right fit for me? If someone knows about this specific kind of industry theses and their career prospects, I would like to hear about it too.


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I am an undergraduate student in Canada doing a double degree concurrently, a B.Sc (Bachelors of Science) and a B.Eng (Bacehlors of Engineering) over 5 years. (8 years down to three at the price of my sanity? Sure haha!).

My Major in Science is Physics, and my Discipline in Engineering is Electrical/Computer.

When it comes to picking my masters, I have three options:

M.Sc (Science, thesis based)
M.A.Sc (Applied Science, thesis based)*
M.Eng ( Engineering, project based)

From knowing nearly nothing about these, I think the M.A.Sc sounds right for me, sort of a "middle ground".

I want to go on study quantum computers, specifically to apply the principles of quantum field theory to microprocessors and develop quantum computing hardware and software.
(I work as a computer programmer alongside my studies, and I've been a professional polyglot programmer since I was 16, and a hobbyist since I was 11)

My question is, which masters would help me more on a path to a Ph.D, and eventually to a job in academia?

A fellow undergrad suggested I do a double-masters to compliment the double-degree, is this possible? Would it be useful to me at all?


texts: What does "Remuneration: Expenses" mean in an internship description?

texts: While reading an internship description it mentions Remuneration:Expenses with 3 months duration. What is the interpretation of this? Does it mean if I get accepted I won't get paid? In general, is it worth applying for?


texts: How many professors should I mail in a single university?

texts: This is a funny dilemma that's been bugging me for quite sometime now. I plan to pursue a PhD in Synthetic Biology and when I visit the faculty directory in a university, I see many profs working on it. Now my question is how many profs should I apply to for a position. They all seem equally good. However, I fear that if I apply to all of them, they might meet over a coffee and come to know that I have been mailing to a lot of them and that would put a bad impression on me (Is it not?). I would want my chances of getting into a program to be maximized. I know there are rotation systems in labs and the program would send my application to potential supervisors(I don't know which ones), that's why I am planning to ping every lab possible which are of my interest. Kindly enlighten me on this.Thanks.


texts: How does one go about finding an obscure journal and paper?

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I was reading a review paper which cited another paper, however for the life of me I cannot seem to find any hits on the cited paper. The author, title and journal return nothing on the usual sources (Google mainly). What is the best course of action to go about finding such a paper?
The citation is "R. Badulescu et al.,in
Proc. Innov. Sustainability Conf., vol. 40, 2017,
pp. 1–4."


texts: Papers differing primarily by examined dataset, not analysis technique

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I am considering a specific topic in research paper within data mining field. I just found that my idea is being implemented and published in arXiv in the last month. So far, the published paper matches the flow that I was planning to follow but the author has considered the study with Twitter data. My question is: If I want to do the same experiments but with a different data set like facebook data set will it be considered a new contribution in that field ?

Ps: Row data crawled from Twitter API is way different from row data crawled from Facebook API, and the also different in structure and body.


texts: Is there a normalizer for undergrad grades in institutions across the world?

texts: I could swear I once saw somewhere in under duke.edu a pdf that lists undergrad institutions across the world with a way to interpret their grades qualitatively. I can't find it anymore. Is there any other document that tells for various institutions how to interpret their grades?


texts: Do I need to define all forms of cheating in the syllabus?

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Every year, students seem to find new ways to "cheat" on the work. Every year, my course policies section grows longer and longer (a full page now) to match the newfound methods. I list all forms of plagiarism and exam rules and penalties. I additionally post similar rules on assignment instructions, particularly defining areas where I found students "cut corners" while still literally following the instructions. I teach many freshmen and foreign students who are not familiar with college expectations.

Do I need to define all forms of cheating on the syllabus? Is there some way to apply and enforce a blanket, "no other cheating permitted"?

Some examples include:

Copying and pasting text from Web sites.
Submitting classmate's returned assignment as late assignment with own name.
Foreign students using machine translation exclusively to write essays for writing courses.
Using TTS for speeches.
Peering at other papers during exams.
Copying from phone during exams.
Submitting work they made in other courses.
Adding names of extra non-contributors to group work.
Doing work for a classmate.
Pretending to be another student during an exam.
Attending different sections during exams to preview the exam or try different versions.


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I'm considering moving back in with my parents over the summer to save money on rent. I would still be able to commute to campus at least once a week (4 hours each way, but I can nap on the ferry ride) to meet with my advisor. I'm working on my masters in math and I don't have any obligations in the summer that would require me to be on campus physically.

I asked my advisor and he said he is fine with this, but I am hesitant. On one hand, I would be able to save a good amount of money; on the other hand, I am unsure if this is a wise idea.

I'm curious to know your insights are on this. Thank you for any input!

Edit: I hadn't thought about some of the things you guys brought up and I really appreciate all the input! I have made up my mind and decided to move for the summer.