texts: What is the difference between graphical abstract and graphical table of contents?

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I was curious about Wiley's manuscript submission process. It says to upload an image and graphical abstract for the graphical table of contents. In the drop-down menu of file uploads, there are three options- image, graphical abstract, and graphical table of contents.

Can anyone clarify what exactly are these three things that need to be uploaded? I quote the instructions from the publishers themselves:

  you must upload a graphic to be included in the online table of
  contents and a statement outlining the paper’s novelty with the
  original manuscript. The graphic should be .tiff or .eps format and be
  uploaded to the Graphical Table of Content. The novelty statement should include the paper title, the authors’ names (with the corresponding author indicated by an asterisk), and no more than 80 words or 3 sentences of text summarizing the paper’s novelty.


texts: What kind of citation is needed for a whole paragraph?

texts: I'm writing a paper on The Beatles and in this paragraph I'm talking about the formation of the group. I got the info from their biographical book. So it's just a summarized version of a chapter. I have no idea how to state that this info is from a book?


texts: PhD advisor does not correct my writing: how can I get feedback?

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My PhD advisor did not provide any kind of feedback or correction on my writing for the manuscript we recently submitted.
My writing is good for a PhD student but for sure far from perfect.
Yet the only input he gave me was to suppress the exaggeration of our results, he implicitly called me a narcissist, and we finally agreed that I will not suppress the promotion of the accuracy of our results everywhere, but we will let our 3rd collaborator (another professor) decide whether we overstate the results or not.
The 3rd author didn't think that our results were exaggerated so we kept my version.
Still I didn't get any kind of feedback/update on the text I wrote as I expected!
Since the article was quite lengthy my advisor also wrote some parts of the 1st draft, which at the end I found myself "correcting" because the thoughts seemed to be scattered and not ordered in a logical order.
Since I am currently writing another 2 papers with him and eventually my thesis, I don't know where I can find feedback on the writing if he doesn't provide any (either because he can't or because he doesn't want). Yet I don't want my papers to be badly written because I didn't have anyone to advice me on that part...


texts: Is it possible for someone to get into a PhD without a thesis in Masters-level?

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Is it possible for someone to get into a Ph.D. without a thesis at Masters-level?

If someone doesn't have a thesis at his Masters-level, what other criteria can he fill in order to approach a potential supervisor?


texts: Is there any information about the trend of journals preferences regarding Word over LaTeX?

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Is there any information about the trend of journals' preferences regarding LaTeX and MS Word?

My main concern is computer engineering and linguistics fields of study.


texts: Percentage of total scholarly literature available in open access repositories by year of publication broken down by discipline

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I am looking for the percentage of total scholarly literature available in open access repositories by year of publication broken down by discipline.

I am aware of the following figure, however it is old. Are there any more recent statistics?

Swan, Alma. Policy guidelines for the development and promotion of open access. UNESCO, 2012.


texts: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Application Criteria - Functional Responsibility?

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I'm applying for a position as a postdoctoral research fellow (in mathematics if it matters) and encountered this under the key selection criteria:

"Ability to solve problems by using innovation and the exercise of high level diagnostic skills within areas of functional responsibility or professional expertise"

Googling "functional responsibility" didn't help me understand what is meant by this in an academic context. Does anyone have any ideas as to what is being asked for here?


texts: I was asked to referee a paper. The topic is within my field but not in my exact area of research. The paper seems all good and fine, but I struggle to judge the originality or whether they miss relevant work. I have a friend/colleague in my department who works in the same area. Would there be any problem with asking for their input on refereeing the paper?


texts: If reviewers get requests for reviewing grant applications from people they know personally, what should they do if they don't know how to comment, as the proposals are good, but don't want to quit either?


texts: Is conducting research in the field of evolutionary computing/genetic algorithms considered inferior within the CS community?

texts: I read somewhere online, how one shouldn't show their interest in genetic algorithms to a potential grad school, as its not the 'in' thing in todays CS community, compared to Machine Learning algorithms. I am interested in genetic algorithms and reading such a notion left me a little bothered, honestly.


texts: Should I cite my own research demonstration paper?

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I am a researcher in the computer science / interactions field. One year ago, I published a demonstration paper at a conference presenting and using quite briefly an algorithm A.

This year, I'm submitting a journal paper to the same conference and my work uses this algorithm. I wonder whether the demo is considered as a real publication and if I should just cite this demo paper or should I re-explain in detail the algorithm (I would then go more into details).

Research demonstrations at a conference is something very specific to my field I guess.


texts: When applying to grad school, how can I address having failed a core course before retaking it?

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I failed a crucial course for my major that serves as the foundation for many other core courses.

I retook the course and got an A, and have kept straight A's in my upper-level courses since then.

Question: What can I do to mitigate the fallout from this?

According to graduate admission committees that I've spoken to in the University of California system, this is a potential deal-breaker, which is why I'm a bit worried.


texts: Supervisor continues to boss me around long after I left the university

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I have submitted the PhD thesis for examination more than 2 months ago. I am currently working with full time job as a researcher in industry. While I am still subject to my supervisor as I have yet to undergo viva voce, I am tired with how my supervisor is treating me now. She likes to boss me around with work at university.

She asked me to provide training to new PhD students in the lab. While I don't really mind do it during my free time (i.e., weekend), she forced me to do it as soon as possible so that she can get the results and publish them in short time. This has led me to ask for leave from company just so I could demonstrate lab techniques to her new students.

Furthermore, she nonchalantly gave my phone number to new grad students to contact me should any problems arise in the lab without my permission. To make things worse, I was the one held responsible to troubleshoot the problems if the experiment was not successful. Also, she just e-mailed me any papers or manuscripts for me to analyze/check the statistics without me being involved in the project. Then I found out that she didn't even acknowledge me when the paper was published (as co-author/ acknowledgement section).

I am tired of the way she's been treating me. I know I am still bound to her as I have yet to undergo viva. I am scared to tell her that she needs to back off as this will definitely affect my viva voce. What should I do?


texts: Putting Semiformal "Nonpublications" on your website

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Is there any good reason not for me to put semiformal publications on my website?
I have all my published works under publications (well actually just in a list on my front page, but it should be apparent that they are publications.
It also has my PhD project proposal, because that is a formal document.
Contrasting this, sometime I find myself producing less formal documents.
For example, after I was given access to some expensive software under a free license, on of the parties involved in negotiating, requested that I do a "short case study, once I have preliminary results."
So I have this, a document that took me a few hours to write up, and which I think is quiet nice. Its not a formal document and is more approachable to people outside my field, than any paper I would write.
I also sometimes find myself writing some very detailed notes, perhaps a mathematical, or a metaphorical description of something i need to explain to my supervisors.
It seems a bit of a waste to let these just collect dust after just a few people have seen them. But they are not generally worthy of publication. I feel like they might be interesting to others.
I thought perhaps I could make part of my website labeled "Non-publications", and put the pdfs there.
What would the cons/risks be?
So far my main concern that I have thought is that it might make me look bad by making available, less than perfect work. Some of these may lack suitable referencing for example.
I expect the pitfalls would in someway be similar to academic blogging. But perhaps different, as a blog post is a very well-known format, and are written for the audience that reads them. Where as I'm talking about documents that are presented without context. Google will still find them. Google scholar will (based on past experience) find them and attempt to affiliate them to me.


texts: Accessing a "forgotten" Google scholar account

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I have a Google scholar account A which is linked to my Google account and it all works well. But there is also another copy of me, a Google scholar account B, which says that it has a "verified email" (which is my university email). Apparently, I must have confirmed it some time in the past.

How do I access account B? I cannot access it through my Google account, which just takes me to account A. Is there some way to make it send an email to my university address that will let me access it?


texts: How to negotiate with referees of your paper

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I have submitted a paper several years ago and its referee process took about three years and I had to revise the paper six times to get the final approval. The paper had two helpful and knowledgable referees and I appreciate their comments and suggestions, but I have also had the following problems with their suggestions:

sometimes their comments contradicted each other. For example, one of them wanted me to add a discussion and when I added that part he wanted me to remove it in the next revision.
they often wanted to expand the scope of the paper, but due to some technicalities I had to consider some restrictions to get the expected result.
they gave me new comments and proposed new modifications after every single revision, while they could suggest all their comments in their first report and this made the referee process this long.
one of the referees wanted me to address some related works in other papers in my paper, which was actually unnecessary.

I pretty much obeyed all their suggestions and comments and finally the paper was accepted and now it has been published. Although I learned a lot during the referee process, I wished I could negotiate with referees and do not have to obey them in every little detail. Besides I had this feeling that I have somehow lost my freedom as the author of the paper during this process and I have no control on my paper any more. I had to do whatever they asked me even if I was not completely convinced it is a right thing to do. I have also had some of the abovementioned problems with the referees of my other papers. You perhaps know that journals often have this policy that you either should implement all the changes suggested by referees or withdraw the paper. This policy leaves little room for negotiation. So my questions are:

An author, in order to discuss his/her points with referees and do not obey some of their suggestions and comments  or ask them to not delay the referee process further, what is the best strategy to negotiate with referees? Is there any diplomatic way for this negotiation or we have to obey referees all the time? Have you ever had similar problems with referees of your papers? How did you overcome these problems?


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I am trying to write a paper. We have done certain experiments and results from it are good. So, I feel that if our idea can be implemented in other sites, it can benefit those sites. Now my question is simple, how can I write in scientific context that the results of my study is useful to others?
For example,

We believe that the analysis results from our study can benefit bla
bla....

Is it appropriate to write as below

We feel/think/suppose that the analysis results from our study can
benefit bla bla...

Any scientific word equivalent for "believe"?


texts: What designation should be assigned to a teacher's trainer who is also teaching in the same school?

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I  joined as a teacher's trainer in school for a short cntractual period. But gradually I started getting involved in the following:

1- Helping teachers in developing lesson plans

2- Providing feedback to teachers ( I sit in the classroom when they teach)

3- Motivating teachers ( and principal)  and students

4- Assist in developing teaching aids

5- Teaching science  ( class 6 and 7 students)

6- Guiding students on Science, Robotics, and AI projects, helping them innovate and think creatively. ( I am an engineer by qualification and a teacher by passion)

7- Assist in Curriculum and syllabus development along with textbooks selection

8- Help in the Assessment of kids.

9- Advice the higher management including the chairman regarding the development and improvement of the school.

10- Career counseling

11- I am trying to improve teaching and learning experience and taking many creative and innovative steps in the school. Fortunately, I have the authority to introduce new methods and processes.

My contract has been revised and it seems I will stay here for another 2-3 years.

I report only to the director and chairman. We have to define a designation for this job. What could be the most appropriate designation title for someone who is working on the above 11 fronts?

I am basically responsible for overall school development as per the vision of the school including academic improvement (especially better levels in Science and maths).


texts: Advisor's wife is having a baby, should we be getting him something?

texts: My advisor's wife is having her first baby and he told us about it at our last lab meeting.  We understand that this will mean he might need extra time/patience as the big day approaches, but are we supposed to be doing anything else?  What is the etiquette for this as one of his students?  Should we be buying him some kind of baby gift?


texts: Translated letter of recommendation from employer

texts: I live and work full time in the United States. I will be applying to graduate school in France through CampusFrance. All documents, apparently including letters of recommendation, are to be translated into French (by a certified translator). This seems to preclude the possibility of my not having seen the letter of recommendation before it is sent, which I understand to be important for the documents. One possibility would be to send the documents to a translator without opening them, and blindly sending the translated version along to the institution, which seems risky. What is the best course of action in this case?


texts: Do graduate schools care more about my grades in math courses or my general GPA?

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I'm currently a junior in mathematics at UIUC. I have been doing pretty well in my math courses (mostly A and A+). I will be completing a graduate course in topology, a second course in abstract algebra, and a complex analysis course before I graduate.  I feel that I can work hard to maintain good grades in my math courses, but my non-math courses are not that good (some B and C's).

Do graduate schools care more about my math courses grades more or my general GPA more?
Will poorer marks in non-math courses hurt my chances of getting into good grad schools?


texts: I feel I've done enough for a PhD but my supervisor disagrees

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I have been working on a PhD for over 6 years, and in that time have published 5 (conference) papers, each of which I intend to convert to journal articles after my PhD. My supervisor has been insisting that I do some experiments which have turned out to be considerably more challenging than either of us expected. Our funding has run out, so I recently asked my supervisor if it would be okay to scrap the experiments and defend what I have done so far at the end of the year. Based on the volume and quality of my work, I think any objective person would feel that I have done more than enough for a PhD. (Indeed, I've had a professor who clearly has read my work ask me out of the blue at a conference why I haven't graduated yet, as he thinks I've done way more than is typical for a PhD.)
My supervisor's reaction was particularly bad: He accused me of reneging on a promise, suggested that I've been conning him for years, etc. I agree completely with him that the experiments would be nice to have, but I disagree that they are essential, and I particularly disagree that they are worth going into debt over. I think we could get a good paper detailing what we've done so far and what the challenges have been. Unfortunately that option was unacceptable to him too.
Question: Any attempt to discuss this further with my supervisor goes nowhere. What are my options at this point? I told him that in the absence of funding I will be dropping out at the end of the semester. He said that is a waste, which I agree with, but ultimately I don't want to continue what I'm now viewing as abuse.

Update, one month later. Taking the advice I received here and elsewhere, I decided to complete one additional set of experiments and then speak with my supervisor again. These experiments' results did not solve all our problems, though they did clarify some things. We then had a discussion about what he expects me to do to graduate, and again, he made clear that he doesn't care about what I did previously and only wants the new experiments and some computer simulations of the experiments. I tried to justify what I did previously as necessary to do the new experiments correctly, but he wasn't convinced.
Some suggested that my situation would be different if I had journal publications. So, I asked if submitting my previous work to journals soon would make a difference. Surprisingly, he said yes, it would. So, we agreed that I would submit my previous work to journals before the end of the semester, and write up a chapter in my dissertation on the completed experiments. I will switch to a part-time position at the end of the year, move to a cheaper location, get a job, and return late in the spring semester to defend. In that time I should have reviews for some of the journal articles, which is sufficient for my supervisor.
Update, 6 months later. After a delay due to COVID, I successfully defended this summer, and am working a full-time (non-research) job.
I submitted two papers to a journal late last year, both of which were accepted well in advance of my defense. My supervisor seemed skeptical of the papers' acceptance before they appeared online. I suspect that they believed both would be soundly rejected, but the reviews were fine. The most substantial points were fixed by rewriting parts of the papers to improve clarity. My dissertation was quickly finished. As it turned out, we agreed to reduce the chapter on the experiments to an appendix.
My defense was fine overall. At this point, I believe the problems with my supervisor stem mostly from differences in research philosophy. I added a brief description of my philosophy to my dissertation; I think this helped my supervisor understand my choices better.


texts: Is it a good idea to escalate if my masters advisor is incompetent?

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I would like to know whether to escalate the issue when my masters thesis advisor is very careless, disorganized and does not provide anything useful to me.

I have started with him around 9 months ago. Following some disappointment over his choice of research topic, I have worked very hard, and now, after 9 months of my research, I am almost done.

However, my advisor is very unresponsive to me:

I have sent him tons of emails with no responses.
I have requested to meet him more than 15 times and I was only able to see him 3 times. However, he has confirmed most of these appointments and I ended by wasting my time waiting him in front of his office for 30 -60 minutes before I got the same exact answer every time (I have emergency case sorry)
Last week I was able to meet with him, and he did not remember the topic or when I have to defend my thesis. (I have sent him more than 10 drafts of my work during the last 9 months.)
Now, he promised to review my work and give me his feedback by end of Saturday. today is Sunday and I still did not hear from him.

Is it better to escalate the case? Or live with it for the time being and wait for my thesis result?

If I try to escalate later, will they ask me, why you did not speak before, it is too late now?


texts: Do reviewers become biased about research papers written by authors of a previous low quality paper?

texts: In single blind paper submissions, reviewers can see the author names and affiliations. Suppose two papers are submitted in a conference, one of them is fairly well written and the other one is a low quality paper. Also, one or two authors are common in both the papers. If both the papers go to same reviewers for review and reviewers review the low quality paper first, do they become biased while reviewing the fairly well written paper? Do the chances of selection of the good paper become less?


texts: Getting recommendations letters after the referee has left the institution?

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I am applying for admissions into Master's programs in Germany. Many programs here prefer printed/scanned letters on institutional letter-headed paper.

One of the professors with whom I was well acquainted with during my undergraduate studies joined another university. Moreover, a very senior manager at my workplace, with whom I have worked on a lot of stuff and also have a good rapport, is to retire soon.

Please give advice as to how effective recommendation letters can be obtained from referees whose association with the institution/organization that linked them to the recommended applicant has ended.


texts: Should I add Guest Lecturer experience in my CV?

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As a PhD student I have been invited to give a guest lecture in an MSc in my university in another department.

Should I add this to my CV if I intend to apply for academic jobs? If so, what should this look like in my CV? In which section would it go?


texts: When to label paper as "accepted" on your publication list?

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The title basically says it all. At which point in the refereeing process does it become acceptable to mention on my list of publications (e.g. the one on my website) that a paper has been accepted for publication at Journal X? Specifically:

is it OK when I receive word from the editor that the journal is "ready to publish my paper after a revision"?
is it OK when I confirm the final version of paper?
... or must I wait until the paper is actually published?


texts: How important is the Statement of Contributions to Diversity in applications for faculty positions?

texts: I have(am) applied(ying) for a junior faculty position (i.e. tenure track assistant professor level) at research-intensive US universities from this fall. One of the opening announcements I recently came across is asking to submit "Statement of Contributions to Diversity - Statement addressing past and/or potential contributions to diversity through research, teaching, and/or service. (Optional)" in addition to standard documents. Does anyone have any experiences with this document? Since it is optional, I am not sure how important this document is to be submitted. If I submit it, will it strengthen my application?


texts: Move from my current university or stay with a longer term proposal?

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I'm currently in a disjunctive regarding my professional life, and I would like a bit of an advice.

I'm finishing my PhD next March (is Japan, so is 99.9999% sure that I will finish), and I have 2 proposals.

One is to move away to US, with a very demanding professor in an experimental environment (I do mostly simulations), he seems well connected there with people in good Universities (MIT, Stanford, UPenn, etc). Yet, he himself is not very well known in my particular field, he is in his own application field though. The University is in California with what I guess is a standard PostDoc salary for a one year Post Doc program.

The other is to stay in my current University, with my professor in a more stable and long term proposal (4 years). The problem, is that my professor was never very engaged in my project, and I got mostly marginal help from him. He was always really helpful, and had good resources (conferences, equipment, etc).

I would like to know the opinion of more experienced people. I would really like a future in academia, so I'm open to any suggestion.


texts: How much assumption relaxation : journal review

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Suppose a theorem in applied probability is true under the assumptions (A1), (A2) and (A3). Suppose,   (A1) is relaxed to (A1)' at the cost of strengthening (A2) and (A3) to (A2)' and (A3)' respectively. I got a review from a prestigious journal that "how much (amount)" is the relaxation from (A1) to (A1)' ? What is meant by that ? Is the reviewer saying that if the relaxation is huge amount compared to the strengthening of (A2) and (A3) then only your result useful.
Any help/suggestion will be useful.


texts: Finding an advisor without enrolling into a university

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I want to break into academia by becoming a PhD student of computer science. However, I need publications and letters of recommendation in order to strengthen my application. The ordinary way of doing this, as I understand it, is to become a masters student and publish in the course of earning that degree.
That seems wasteful to me. I've taken graduate level courses. I can write a proof. I know my way around the pumping lemmas. I have read higher level papers and texts on my own.
Having an advisor or mentor would help, though. I don't know what's a reasonable problem to study, and publication has some arcane processes that an advisor might help me to understand.
How do I go about contacting a potential advisor? Is this even a reasonable course of action?


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Is it ethical to withdraw a conference long version paper after being accepted as a short paper?

Just recently we got an accepted short paper at a decent Computer Science conference. However, we submitted as a long paper and there is not a single instruction cautioning us that the PC could demote the paper.


texts: Thesis adviser is demanding i hand over all my work

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My Masters adviser (computer science) is demanding I hand over all my work including data sets, code and configurations. I do not want to be overly specific just in case. This seems fishy... or am I paranoid.

Notes:

He demanded that "we" publish an additional paper in addition to the thesis. I told him that I did not have time for anything beyond the department requirement of a thesis. He got mad and now its been one thing after another each week. Now, he wants the entire project handed over. The entire experience since my decline of additional paper has been hostile.


texts: Should a reviewer trust promises made in the rebuttal?

texts: Many Computer Science conferences offer a rebuttal phase, and it often does not require the authors to upload an updated version. Instead, the authors clarify things and many also make promises. What are reviewers supposed to do with these promises? Should the reviewer trust it or ignore it? The promises may not be fulfilled at all eventually.


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I am preparing a paper for publication and the journal requests that it is in the following style for references:

https://tandf.co.uk//journals/authors/style/reference/ref_ujrs.pdf

Is this a known style guide? It does not seem to match Chicago or APA.


texts: What to do when meeting your expected professor even before the interview?

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I am a postdoc and I have applied to a researcher position in another institute in another country. The story is that I once asked about the position and the professor there replied very positively and asked me to submit my application since my CV meets most of the requirements.

After I submitted my application, I sent a follow-up email informing her that my application has already been submitted. She thanked me and we share a couple of emails around different topics.

Yesterday she asked me if I will be at a conference in my current country and I answered with yes. So, she proposed that she will have a brief chat with me. I believe she will test the water of my skills.

The questions:

How good are these meets even before interviews?
what is a good approach to show here that I am a good fit? any recommendations?
what sort of general questions I might receive?

Thank you!


texts: I took the GRE two times, and unfortunately, I could not improve my score on the second attempt. I considered applying with my current GRE score which is 160Q and 140V.(Ps. English is my second language and the verbal part if helpless for me. I do not think that I can improve my verbal score; however, I can make the Quant better.)I am so confused about retaking the GRE a third time. Any suggestions for me?


texts: Easy proof of a big conjecture based on possibly faulty paper – what to do?

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I’m a mathematician.

I noted that, by combining some results from the literature (all published) and some little effort, one obtains a proof of a big conjecture (at least in the field; it even has a Wikipedia entry). No mistake was found in my arguments yet, after asking some experts in the field.

In my opinion, it is likely that there is a mistake or at least missing details in (exactly) one of the papers I’m using. This paper seems highly complicated, leaving several details to the reader. So what is the best thing to do? Should I make it public (on Arxiv) or even submit to a journal in the hope that a referee takes care of it?

I don’t really care for having a publication from this or something else, but I’m interested where the mistake is or if it might really be a proof (of course it is not unlikely that I made a mistake somewhere).
Another motivation would be to simply make aware that one gets a proof of the conjecture by combining results from the literature and make people want to check those results from the literature again.


texts: Is it important to do a PhD at a different institution than undergrad?

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I'm currently studying at a good school and I was admitted to do a PhD here. I got into some other good schools for my PhD, but for various reasons (e.g. less of a good research fit, weather, etc.) I feel that my current school would remain the best fit for me for grad school. I feel very, very happy here every day and I am very interested in the research taking place here.

My advisor is pushing me to go somewhere else as he says it will allow me to grow and do better research. Other professors have more of an indifferent view of my choice and said that I can't go wrong when choosing among the schools.

Do you think staying here would be a mistake? Would staying at the same school be viewed as a negative when applying for research positions?


texts: What's the shortest "acceptable" postdoc length?

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So, the postdoc is going ok and there might be one or two publications after a few months. However, I've realized that I'd like to move forward and start applying to industry jobs.

Now, my concern is whether having a few-month postdoc in the resume/CV might hurt, and I wonder what would be the minimal "ok" length for a postdoc. I have the feeling that an ultra-short postdoc might seem suspicious to a recruiter (it may look like I was ultra-bad and was kicked out, which is not the case).

While some people would claim "leave the postdoc ASAP, especially if you want to go to industry", I was wondering whether something around 6-8 months is fine..., or maybe I should wait >= 1 year.


texts: Email alert for Google Scholar's recommended articles

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I really like Google Scholar's list of "recommended articles". I usually find  useful references there related to my work that I did not know about.

But I rarely log into Google Scholar to check them out and I would like a more convenient way of being informed about new items in that list (i.e., one that would flow more easily in my daily routine).

I do check my emails every day, so an email alert would be best.

Is there any way to receive an email alert about new items in my "recommended articles" list?
If not, does Google Scholar has a process for "feature requests" where I could ask about implementing this?


texts: Official reference doesn't include author

texts:
I want to cite an IEEE norm in a document. They provide several way to cite it on their website and in particular bibTeX. This is perfect because I use LaTeX.

However, the citation does not contain any author field. This raise a warning.

Should I keep this warning or modify the entry to avoid it? And in this case, what should I enter as author?

Link to the norm page. In abstract, go to download citation.

For example bibTeX citation only:

 @ARTICLE{4610935,
journal={IEEE Std 754-2008},
title={IEEE Standard for Floating-Point Arithmetic},
year={2008},
pages={1-70},
keywords={IEEE standards;floating point arithmetic;programming;IEEE standard;arithmetic formats;computer programming;decimal floating-point arithmetic;754-2008;NaN;arithmetic;binary;computer;decimal;exponent;floating-point;format;interchange;number;rounding;significand;subnormal},
doi={10.1109/IEEESTD.2008.4610935},
month={Aug},}


texts: Company wants copy of unpublished work. Should I give it?

texts: A prospective employer requested a copy of my PhD thesis and some unpublished papers (still working on them). Is it wise to hand these to them?


texts: How do tuition and credit accounting work in an independent study course?

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I've been talking to one of my professors at a Master's program about enrolling in an independent study course under his supervision.

(An independent study course is a course in which a student engages in guided study on some topic under the direction of a faculty member. Students formally enroll in such a course as part of a degree program, just as they would for a traditional course, and it appears in the students' transcripts, academic records, etc.)

However, it's not clear to me whether independent study courses work the same way as regular courses with respect to tuition and credit accounting:

Tuition: Am I expected to still pay tuition for independent studies?

Credits: With traditional courses, there's typically some quantitative relationship between the number of credits a course is "worth" and the contact hours it involves. For example, a 4-credit course involves a certain amount of class time.

With independent study courses, where there are no fixed contact hours, is it common for institutions to have some expectation of how much time a student is supposed to spend on the course, per credit hour? For instance, that a 1-credit course expects about N hours a week from the student.


texts: How can I get a reference letter if I was never "close" to any professors?

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I am currently thinking about getting a masters degree and many of the schools I look for require 3 reference letters from professors that has taught me.

Unfortunately, I've never really invested in building personal relationships with my professors and though I am quite confident with my ability, my abilities weren't "amazing" to the point where the professor would notice me personally.

Furthermore, I've already graduated and worked for more than a year, hence I don't believe any of my previous professors retain much memory of me.

In such a situation, how would I go about getting 1 (let alone multiple) reference letters from previous professors?

Related: here, here, here


texts: Is it possible to get a Masters degree in Software Developement field with a Bachelor in Languages?

texts: I have a Bachelor in Languages and Business Communication and Management, however after finishing it I taught myself Web Development and now I work as a Front-End Web Developer. I would like to have a study in the field, can enroll in a Master's this way? Do you know any good universities for such case?


texts: How long does it takes to receive a master graduation document (degree)

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Can any body tell me how long after the Master's thesis defense do it take the student to receive their Master graduation document (degree) in Spain, France, UK or USA?

I'm asking specifically about the degree in paper, the one stamped with signatures, etc (which you can hang in the wall :) ).

For example if the student were to defend their thesis let's say today. How long after that does it take to receive a piece of paper saying something like "University of SUCH Master Degree in favor of SUCH"?

I know Spain, France, UK, USA are very different countries and all systems must have differences. Any country of the previous ones mentioned is good for me. It is a simple curiosity of mine.


texts: Research on relationship between how an instructor is addressed and students' evaluations of that instructor?

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We've had several questions on this site along the lines of "What should students call me" or "What should I call my professor" (e.g How to sign your email to students, so to avoid their immature behavior? and several others). It's not only here; for example, I recently read a comment on another website which asserts

  at least in the sciences, it’s probably important that women use the “Prof” title, since there is a tendency for students to view their female professors as people who are “more approachable” and “more friendly” than the male professors– which can cause trouble when evaluation time comes, as students are less forgiving of the “mom figure” than the white male imposing arrogant professor figure. (I was surprised to find out about this effect when told about it several years ago by a couple of female professors, but I’ve heard about it enough now that my impression is that it’s a pretty general effect.)

I've heard this kind of thing in comments on other sites, too (e.g. here). I know many people have opinions, educated guesses, or relevant personal experiences, but I'm specifically asking for research on this subject. (I looked, but couldn't find anything relevant.)

Has there been any formal study on whether there is a relationship (causal or not) between how an instructor prefers to be addressed, and students' evaluations of that instructor?

I'm looking for a research study that answers questions like:

Do instructors that use a formal title like "Professor" or "Doctor" receive measurably different reviews than instructors that use their first name?
What effect (if any) does gender, race, age, academic discipline, or department culture, have on the above relationship?
Is there any evidence of a causal relationship here? Possible intermediate factors?
Does using a formal title have any mitigating effect with respect to the negative effect on student evaluations of being an instructor that is young, gender minority, racial minority, etc.?


texts: What to do when you are invited to another university?

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I am currently a Ph.D. student. I was invited for a week by a professor from another university in a second country. He told that he likes me to meet his research team, and to show me what they are working on. This collaboration is intended to be a preparation for a postdoc position in his department.

At the current situation, I do not know what exactly should I show him. I thought of preparing a presentation about my Ph.D. work. Besides, discuss several things.

Also, Is this something that can be written in my CV?


texts: PhD funding source for international student in the UK

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I will start my PhD in computer science at a UK university soon. Even though the university has given me a partial funding, I still need to cover part of my tuition fee and living expenses. My university offers teaching assistant position but its payment is very limited.

I've been looking and seen that most, if not all, of funding sources are only available for UK and EU students. So, I want to ask if there are any sources for international to apply.


texts: Can we submit comment paper to some other journal other than the paper's journal on which we are commenting?

texts: Can we submit comment paper to some other journal other than the paper's journal on which we are commenting ?


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I wanted to ask what is the path of academic person that finished his Ph.D. in math or in Computer science what is the academic path that he can take?

Not everyone can continue with Academia or be part of the universities faculty, so does this mean the end of an academic career or can he continue learning post Ph.D. degrees?
What is the usual path of post Ph.D. in these fields?


texts: How can I support myself by doing research?

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I am one year into my MS degree and I'm currently balancing my time between work and my studies. However, I can feel that I'm lagging behind in my studies and is thinking of quitting my job to focus on getting my degree.

I had already an appointed research topic by my adviser and since my job is eating most of my time, I barely made a scratch on it.

Can I get some advice on how to proceed? I really want to have my Masters degree and pursue my research but I'm afraid that I may not be able to support my studies. What options could I have?


texts: Could somebody tell me what's this degree in maths called in EU or USA?

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In my country, Argentina, the standard Mathematics course is about 6 years long,  and it gives you a degree with title called "Licenciado en Ciencias Matematicas". Could someone tell me how's this degree called in EU and USA?

You can see here the required subjects you need to pass to get the degree (a thesis is also required).

I'm mostly interested in the universities of Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, and the MIT.

Thank you.


texts: Is it a good idea to apply for PhD during my second Master degree?

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I graduated from M.sc in Applied Social psychology in 2017 (with thesis). And after a year of a research program in Poland, I decided to get an M.Sc in Clinical psychology (2-year program with thesis, I will graduate in 2021). I have been thinking whether it is possible to apply for Ph.D this year without delaying for another year until I complete my current program.

Could you please advise whether it can be done and whether it will look appropriate in my CV if I do so.


texts: Is it ethical/acceptable to give a lighter penalty to students who admit to cheating?

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I am at the moment dealing with an academic dishonesty incident in a class I'm teaching (a few groups of students submitting identical code, when the class policy forbids getting help from another person on a graded assignment).

When I noticed indications of plagiarism, I emailed each affected student something along the lines of:

  The code you submitted is nearly identical to another student's work. Can you comment on this?

Their reactions mainly fall into three categories:

"I made a mistake and I take full responsibility for it, I hope you will let me make it up but I understand if you can't."
"I talked about the assignment with another student, but I didn't copy anyone's code." But then when I inform them they're getting a zero grade for the assignment, they don't argue.
"I didn't do it! You can't give me a zero grade for the assignment when I didn't cheat, I refuse to accept a zero grade."

Assuming I have evidence that all of these students cheated, is there a good reason to adjust the penalty based on whether students own up to their misconduct, or continue to lie about it?

On the one hand, I appreciate honesty, and doubling down on a lie seems like something that should be punished. On the other hand, I've never heard of anyone adjusting penalties like this, so I'm wondering if there's some reason I shouldn't.

It's also not clear to me what the relative difference in penalties should be, if there is one. I thought about it and it's hard for me to come up with one penalty that's appropriate for Group 1, another penalty that's appropriate for Group 2, and a third penalty that's appropriate for Group 3.

I would very much appreciate answers based on research and/or experience with policies like this, rather than just opinion.

(My school has no official policy on the matter.)


texts: Assistant professor vs Associate professor

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What's the difference between an associate professor and an assistant professor?

What can one of them do that the other can't? and which is a higher level? can any of them supervise a PhD student?


texts: What is a magazine paper and how it is different from a journal paper

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I have seen many long papers published in magazines, such as IEEE signal processing magazine, and usually they are about a detailed overview of many papers combined together of the same author.
So I am wondering if a magazine paper is as I have described or it has to satisfy other criteria such as a novelty is required compared to the previous work.

I am also wondering, can a PhD student be a first author in a manuscript submitted to a magazine or the first author has to be famous in the field in order to be trusted by the reviewers.

Last question is if a PhD student graduates with one magazine paper will that help to get a faculty position or it is counted as a journal paper.


texts: What should I do if I discover a paper I rejected because of methodological flaws has been published in another journal?

texts: I recently discovered that a paper I reviewed a while back and rejected as a result of major methodological flaws had been resubmitted to another journal and published without addressing any of the significant errors that required the paper to be rejected in the first place. Is there anything I can do that doesn't violate the confidentiality of the peer review process to address the problem?


texts: Term to describe paradox where those with less subject matter expertise can sometimes make better teachers?

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A teacher of teachers in a field I'm involved in frequently says:

the best teachers are often those who only recently learned the material themselves

The rationale for the statement is that someone who has recently learned the material is more intimately aware of the stumbling blocks someone goes through when learning it, and can therefore be cognisant of those when teaching it to other beginners, thus making them a better teacher.
By contrast, someone who has known the subject matter for many decades may have completely forgotten what it was like when first learning the material, and could be therefore prone to impatience, or underestimating complexity or learning time.
Question
Does this concept have a name? Or is there any study that backs up the idea that more experienced instructors can sometimes be blind to the most basic concepts in their discipline (since they take them for granted), and therefore (paradoxically) make worse teachers than those with less subject matter expertise?


texts: In STEM fields, are ten-year, funded PhDs an exceptional case or more common than we think?

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All of the below information is regarding U.S. universities.

From what I know, it seems that the standard length of time to be funded for a PhD in a STEM field is about 5 or 6 years.  (I've personally seen plenty of students get funded for a 6th and final year, for applied math topics.)

So I recently learned of a 10-year funded PhD (one student I know of and have spoken to, but not sure whether it was a program consisting of multiple students).  This would be at a Top 5 school in the STEM field.

FWIW, it was an electrical engineering topic.

Is this an exceptional case?  Perhaps the project was exceptionally important and the student was funded for 10 years without any issues?  Or, is it actually more common than we would think?

(Note that I am not talking about TA'ing for ten years.)

I don't have any data for lower-tier programs, but I'd like to ask the question, just in case there are some interesting / surprising answers.

I am assuming that the research ended up taking longer than anticipated instead of the possibility that the program was known to take ten years to complete.  After all, I have never heard of a PhD program that lasts longer than six years.


texts: My manuscript Biology/Ecology) was accepted in a journal with minor revisions to do. The reviewers have no comment and suggestion to the title, but would it be ok if I change it?


texts: How to download a database of bibliographic information for all published scientific papers?

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I would like to download a database containing all scientific papers published. This is obviously too broad and ambitious. To be realistic, say I want all the papers searchable on google scholar (although other databases are fine, say SemanticScholar, etc.), or an approximation of that. What databases out there allow you to download this data?

I don't want to download the papers themselves (that wouldn't fit on my storage), just a record containing title, authors, journal (if it is not a book), year, and perhaps abstract.

Is this possible? How can I download a database like this, that I can browse and search offline?


texts: License issue: publishing an image of famous person in the scientific paper

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A scientific paper to be published contains an image of someone famous. An image is just picked from the Internet.

My questions:

Is it a violation to publish such image without permission?
From whom a researcher needs to seek the right to this image: the famous individual or photographer?
Suppose the image is eventually published in the paper without permission while the journal did not ask for permissions.  When the paper is published the author grants the journal rights to publish this work. To best of my understanding, legally the author is not the owner of his paper anymore.  The paper is published under Creative Commons license. In such a case, who is legally responsible for the violation: the author or the journal? Who can be potentially sued?

Thanks!

Two follow-ups:

1) How can I know which image I can use without a permission? For example, an image in Wikipedia can be used? I know that  I can buy from stock images, but there is only limited number of images there.

2) For obtaining the permission, how I can know from whom to ask? For example, an image appear in some news article. But they could also obtain a permission to it.


texts: presenting evidence of research to grad school committees

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I am filling in a form for a Masters application. At the top is a question asking to describe research experience (if any) and interests. It's in an engineering field, if that matters.

I have worked on a research project where something somewhat novel was designed, but unfortunately, did not publish a paper. However, I would still like to mention this and talk about it. Since committees are usually looking for strong evidence of research potential for grad programs, what is the best way to express this outside of a 1-2 paragraph description in the form? Would a simple website suffice? Would people in the committee click a link to an external page?


texts: Can I publish a paper with new proof but the same result?

texts: I found a better proof for a theorem than a proof from a published paper. Is it possible for me to publish my proof with the same theorem citing that paper?


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I am looking for proper journals to publish my paper. I took a look at journals of references I used in my paper. Since the scope of my paper is the same as those references, I thought I should also send my paper to those journals.

I tried Elsevier journal finder. However, when I sorted according to match relevance, none of the journals that reference papers published in showed up in search results. In fact, my search results and that for references are the same.

Its normal that even though a journal is very related to scope of author's paper, the author could still prefer to publish in different lower impact factor journal to save review time and get acceptance quickly. But one of the references I am talking about published in high impact factor journal although that journal does not show up in search results when I input title and abstract.

Does this show that journal finder is not on point yet or that some authors somehow can break scope of journals?


texts: Keeping academic credit on work with human rights impacts but fearing repressive regime retaliations

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I am from a country controlled by a repressive regime. I was able to leave the country and continue my academic activity in a top US university. Most of my work is focused on equality, human rights and distribution of resources. Until now, I couldn't publish using my name. Always ends up collaborating on different projects but without being an author (this is my request and other co-authors are just respecting my wish).

Not all my works are in those themes but this is the field of research where I think I could contribute the most, and feel like I am achieving something.

I was arrested by my government (kidnapped and tortured for 5 months) before leaving the country. Arrested for humanitarian activities, ended up tried by court-martial and then terrorism court, while I am a civilian. This was the one reason for me to focus on those issues. I fear that if I go public this regime may arrest my family members and/or confiscate my properties.

Is there a way for academics to publish (in peer reviewed journals) and do research while earning credit for their work without using their real names? Or at least a way to prevent their identity from going public ?

I think that in academia there are so many ways depending on personal identity to thrive. I have this negative feeling that there is no way to advance professionally without using my personal identity. I do not know how to do it, but it is still early to make final judgments.


texts: Do schools/universities in EU prefer to appoint PhD graduates as teachers from their own student pools?

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As far as I understand, EU schools have high regards for PhDs from anglosphere, especially from USA and UK.

But, what about schools in EU itself?

Suppose,  an International student,

(1) has a bachelor, Masters, and PhD from a same school "X" in an EU country "A".
 (2) has a bachelor, Masters, and PhD from various schools "X", "Y", and "Z" in different EU countries: "A", "B", "C".

Does (2) make any difference if he has an intention of doing job in a school "X" as a teacher?

Do schools/universities in EU prefer to appoint PhD graduates from their own student pools?


texts: Is some foreign experience necessary to attain a professorship in India?

texts: I wish to know even the unwritten rules in this regard. Should one have at least a postdoc from abroad if one has done a PhD in India? I wish to include within the ambit of this question also those who have done either their graduation or post graduation from abroad.


texts: Is my plan for sticking with my incompetent advisor reasonable?

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There have been previous questions related to mine; for instance, this one:

Losing faith in my PhD advisor?

I believe this new question is worth asking because of my specific proposal for action.

I am a PhD student in mathematics in the US in my final year. My advisor is not a competent mathematician, and does not really understand even the basics of the field he is supposedly working in. Please understand that I have come to this conclusion slowly and reluctantly; I am well aware that, for instance, people can say "dumb" things in the moment.

Anyway, I've been on my own as far as learning this field and producing some research. I feel like I've just gotten to the point where I know what I need to understand to work in this field, and if I had another year to actually learn it, I could start really doing research. Essentially, I feel like this is where I should have been a few months after working under my advisor, but it's been 2.5 years.

Unfortunately, I feel like it is probably too late to switch advisors or schools. Staying an extra year with this advisor may be an option, but would be difficult financially.

I think I will be able to produce a dissertation and graduate this year. My dissertation will not be a work I am proud of. My idea is that I could get a postdoc and make up for lost time there, really learning my field and establishing a decent research track record.

While this plan is very distasteful to me (of course I am not happy about producing work that embarrasses me), I want to ask about the practical aspects. What are the chances I could actually get a postdoc? My advisor seems to think this is very possible; but other people lead me to believe that as someone with no significant research results and no one with prestige to recommend me, it is unlikely. (I no longer trust my advisor's advice on anything.) Assuming I obtain a postdoc, is it likely I could establish a decent track record of research, given that I will be in some sense two years behind schedule as far as learning this field and establishing myself?


texts: Effective ways of organising one's time during a sabbatical

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I am about to take a sabbatical period of 6 months. I have planned it with a series of short visits to oversea colleagues (my department does not provide a lot of financial support), but most of my time will be spent in my home country.

The plan is:

to work/submit 4 major journal publications, and
to write a proposal for a local funding agency

This means that I will be mostly on my own, tinkering and pondering and less of a morning routine to go to work.

That scares me: having built a routine throughout all these years in academia, then suddenly spending a lot of time at home, or at the library, risk to become monotonous and ineffective.

What are effective ways of organising one's time during a sabbatical?


texts: What is the exact meaning of an "Abstract Submission Deadline"?

texts: I don't know exactly the meaning of "Abstract Submission Deadline". Is this time only for an abstract, or must I send my whole paper at that time?


texts: Is the quality of work done in PhD a measure of my abilities to pursue academia?

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As a fifth year PhD student in chemical engineering (in North America) who's about to submit his thesis in 4 months, I have a serious doubt about my capabilities.

My PhD thesis was in an area not exactly in my PhD supervisors forte and I did not think that to be an issue when I accepted the PhD offer. Though, he was always available to offer ideas when I was stuck or guide me with a problem, I did not get much help on the technicalities of my works. Infact, he learned more about the future scope of my modeling technique, my research area as I continued to work on it.

However, since my PhD work is (in a way) entirely my own idea, it also meant that I was limited by my technical skills. I have tried my best to make my work as much rigorous as possible. But I think I did not do a good job.

My supervisor on the other hand seems very pleased by my work. He never complained about my productivity and rigorour of the work. The experimental collaborators also seemed satisfied by my work.

However, I think I have wasted my PhD time, which has resulted in a weak work. My manuscripts are about to be submitted, so I don't know if the work I have done is upto the mark in academic community or not.

I have been to many conferences, but I have neither got any praise for my work, nor any critique on them. So, I am not at all confident about my contribution to academia.

I am losing my passion for academia, and I don't think I have the necessary skills to survive in industry.

If I look at the quality of my PhD work, I think I am not the correct person to pursue further in academia. Can my PhD thesis be an indication of my suitability for a future academic career?


texts: Travel grant for undergraduate researcher for attending conference

texts: I am an undergraduate student doing independent research. My research work is selected for presentation at a very reputed conference in the US. I am from India. I cannot afford to attend the conference at all. How should I fund my trip? The travel grant for students available from the conference is very low. It can hardly buy me a one way ticket. What are my options?


texts: GRE Math Subject test for admission to statistics grad programs?

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I am an international student from an unknown school with a sub 3.0 gpa. I am a CS major but I certainly have a deep interest for statistics grad programs. In the future I want to work on algoritmic trading and want to involve with topics such as time series, machine learning and other statistical techniques used in finance.

Some people I have talked with about this issue recommended me to get a PhD from a top 20 statistics program. But I don't have much math classes on my transcript, actually numerical analysis and ODE's are the most advanced math classes which I had. Also I had a traditional probability and statistics for engineers class.

Currently I am self studying through Walters Rudin's principles of mathematical analysis book and plan to involve further with math. I plan to self study undergrad level topology from munkres, abstract algebra from artin, and some advanced linear algebra and functional analysis may be some measure theory based probability etc. I can attend a university for these classes but it would be extremely difficult for me to manage it just because money constraints which I have. I have to admit that I learn better when I self study and I usually try to attempt  most of the exercises in the books.

The problem is that I can't prove that I studied these topics except a good score in math subject gre test. But this test is not a good indicator of abstract math knowledge and most of the test is about calculus.

Does a good score from Math GRE carry a value in MS level admissions to a decent thesis based statistics program with some funding which will help me to get a PhD from a top 20 school later. I don't have any intention of applying to CS grad school because I do not want to get any systems related course as a requirement and majority of the classes I am interested in are mostly offered by math or statistics departments except some machine learning classes offered by CS departments.

So what is your point of view for GRE Math subject test results ? What score you love ? May be I can pay to a college some money for attending to one or two advanced courses such as differential geometry and a grad level real analysis course. If I do well on these courses in what level will they help for admission with some aid ?


texts: Regarding asking for writing about some courses in my CV in which I got bad grades due to my non interest in those courses

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I am a masters student in an Asian country and I am looking for applying for PHD Position in Europe in pure mathematics.

During my masters in my Institute I had a lot of applied maths courses and in some ( almost half) of applied maths courses I got 6 or 7 grade ( out of 10) despite the fact that I tried to study. But In pure mathematics courses I have very good grades and also the branch I wanted to do phd is not offered in my university. I studied it myself and did one internship and I am confident in that particular branch and I am really interested in it. ( so, studying a different topic also took considerable time from applied courses. )

My question is -- how to write this effectively in Cv and Whether it's right to right as I am not trying to give an excuse so that my chances of admission are not hampered.
Please guide .


texts: How much knowledge is expected of a PhD applicant as compared to a postdoc or a research assistant?

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My understanding is that postdocs, research assistants (which I understand are master's level analogues of postdocs) and PhD students are all paid positions except for self-funded PhD which I hear is rare, but regardless, PhD students like postdocs and research assistants are expected to assist with the specific research that the professor is doing.

But, considering that a PhD studentship is the pursuit of a degree rather than the application of acquired knowledge from a degree, how much is expected of background knowledge for a PhD applicant?

There was this quora post that I can't find anymore that asked why professors took on PhD students to assist with research instead of hiring a research team or something. I was supposed to link it as an introduction.

Update: I found the question! Why would a professor want a Ph.D student instead of a research staff? What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Anyway, my question is different from the following because I'm asking specifically for PhD students relative to postdocs or research assistants.

How much is expected to know before starting a PhD
What kind of knowledge is required to do a PhD?
How can an undergraduate student conducting mathematical research with a professor expect to contribute?

I'm going to use math for examples.

If I know elementary topics of complex analysis, abstract algebra, algebraic topology, algebraic geometry and differential geometry, can I apply as a PhD student of a professor who specializes in complex analysis? Complex geometry? Functional analysis? Differential geometry?
For location: I don't mind if people post an answer for US or Europe, but in case I really need to say: I live in Country A, which is somewhere in the middle.


texts: How to prove that papers were presented when conference programs are not in English?

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In preparing my application to PhD programs I have the following question:

I have presented papers in two distinct large-scale local conferences. However, I am not sure how to list these on my CV in a verifiable way, since the conferences' websites and programs are not in English.

For journal papers I can simply provide the corresponding links, while for conference papers I have not come up with something helpful.

The difficulty thus lies in: How to convince the reader of my vita that these papers are conference papers?


texts: Is it possibly considered weakness in my statement of purpose if I mention that I would like specific people to advise my PhD programme?

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I'm writing a statement of purpose for my PhD applications and in some cases I'd be very happy if any person from a certain group (say the Algebra Group) would take me as his/her student. Could this be considered a weakness in my application? How should I handle this?

I've been researching people and groups for over 4 months and I know (as much as I can right now) what I want to do and who does it. It's just that some universities and programs have some amazing faculty.


texts: What should I prepare for a postdoc interview?

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I am preparing for a postdoc interview. In the invitation e-mail, they send me a paper to read beforehand. My question is that:

What do they expect from me in the interview related to the paper?


texts: Sharing content from thesis online, before submitting thesis

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I wrote some piece of code early on in my PhD. It is not genuine research as such but just implementation of already published paper (no public domain code for that paper exist). Because I spent considerable amount of time on it, my guide wants to include it in my thesis as an appendix.

I want to put it on github as well for which my guide has given his blessings! However I am confused about its documentation. I wrote complete introduction and implementation of the problem and code etc which will go in the appendix. Now i want to put that documentation on github as well. But I havent submitted my thesis yet.

Our departmental policy is that thesis go for plagiarism check before submission. I am afraid during that check my own github repo will show up matching word to word. Is this acceptable? Or shall I wait till I submit?

TLDR: Can portions of thesis be put up online before submission? will it count as plagiarism during plagiarism check?


texts: How does copyright work on screen captures?

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I am writing an article comparing three pieces of software. I have taken screen shots of all of them and would like to use them in a non-open access article. Given the intended journal, there is a reasonable chance of the images being on the cover. What are the copyright issues associated with screen shots?

Specifically, one of the pieces of software is free and open source (GPL v2), and two are free as in beer, but closed source with unknown licenses and no EULAs. To further complicate matters one of the closed sourced pieces of software looks and functions very much like a proprietary piece of hardware produced by a massive company. Three years ago I contacted the developer of the software and asked about using a screen shot and he said it was fine. The software is still widely available, but the direct download from the developers site now has text indicating that the massive company has "requested" that it be taken down. I own the physical hardware and am not aware of any crazy licensing restrictions. I could use a photo of the physical hardware if that is better.


texts: Do computer science lab sections still have value for flipped courses?

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Many computer science courses consist of conventional lecture sections and lab sections. Typically, the lectures are "passive learning" experiences, and lab sections are where students actively solve problems.

Consider a flipped model, where, put simply, students experience lectures outside of class and solve problems during the "normal" lecture meetings. If students are actively solving problems during these sessions, what is the point of maintaining the typical lab section?


texts: Is there a tool for showing trend in a technical research field?

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Does anyone know if there exists a tool to generate the trend of interest in a particular research field over time?

I am particularly interested in wearable computing. I know this field has been hot for the last few years, I would like a measure of this “hotness” using academic publications relating to this area. i.e. the number of publications related to the keyword Wearable Computing.

Is there a tool that shows the trend of publications in an particular topic similar to how Google keeps track of keywords that people searches for?

Note: I am specifically interested in technical research field, such that papers that would get published in IEEE or some computer science journals.


texts: Quitting current PhD programme and impact on future PhD applications.

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I am currently enrolled in a PhD programme in a north American university and I am considering quitting my current PhD and applying for a PhD in another institution.

The reasons for me doing this are:

My advisor (Who is excellent in his research area) has very little knowledge in my research topic and avoids technical discussions with me in the group meeting because of this.
Assigned me multiple time-consuming projects. One of the projects is just performing measurements for a company from which he is getting funding. The measurements are time-consuming and the results are not publishable and will not be part of my thesis. Our group is heavily understaffed.
When I mentioned that this project is not a research project and is more of a job and does not interest me, my advisor used my stipend as a leverage to make me continue working on it and that the project brings funds to the group. This was not in my "Research" PhD admission offer. This makes me feel like a cheap labour rather than a researcher which I do not accept.
Asked me to write journal and conference papers with a very little contribution. For my advisor, quantity matters more than quality.
My advisor is not open minded to any ideas I come up with. Forces me to work in a direction that I think will lead to project failure. It takes me months to convince him that the ideas are not valid and do not achieve what is required, and when I make my point clear eventually he still wants me to work on that because he promised funding agencies to pursue that direction. This resulted in more than one heated discussion with my advisor. I also found that some claims in the previous publications of the group related to my research are not correct.
I mentioned that I am interested in working on a certain topic and he used me interest as a leverage, that I need to "make him happy" in order to allow me to work on that topic and that I have to finish other projects.
Poses unrealistic deadlines for which I worked extremely hard to achieve very little and with little return. He thinks by doing this he is making me work harder, however, this led to lower work quality which annoys me.

My question: Are these reasons reasonable for quitting the PhD and starting somewhere else? Will the fact that I left a PhD programme and applied somewhere else in a better alignment with my interest negatively impact my appication? I am motivated and I want do good research and a PhD.

Note: Changing advisor is not really an option. I am not able to think of an advisor with whom my interests align.


texts: What are the uses of an iPad for an academic staff?

texts: As a new academic staff, I received an iPad from my department. I have never owned nor used an iPad before, so it is still in the box for the past week or so. I am a bit reluctant to open it, as I am not sure if it would be useful, and I have actually been thinking of returning it to the department. But to be sure I won't regret it, is there anything particularly good about an iPad that it would be nice for an academic staff to have it?


texts: Double-blind review with four references in a row?

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I've read a lot of answers here about double-blind reviews and thesis or single articles.

My problem comes from having four self-references in my article. I feel that if I include them all, could be very easy to infer that this is the fifth one (It's a 4-year granted project and I have been collaborating in a number of software components inside a bigger architecture, now it's the time to use them all to interact with other applications) . But if I ommit some of them, I could end being accused of self-plagiarism. The other articles have been published in the proceedings of conferences that didn't require double-blind reviews, this is the first submission I make to a conference that asks for it (Maybe because of being CORE A) Also not worthless to mention that I'm going to send it as a short paper, so actually it'd be very helpful to cite rather than to repeat past texts.

What should I do?


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When should I call a professor in my SOP as Prof. X, or just leaving their name as X? All I want is not to be disrespectful, but also not to make unnecessary repetition.

I think the natural way to call them is based on the context: when I mention them as an author of a paper, then X is fine, but when mentioning them as my future advisor, then I should call them Prof. X. However, I'm worried that will make inconsistent in calling their name. Also, can I only mention their title at the first time and just writing the name for the rest?

Moreover, in my situation, X has retired and recommend Y who is from outside the school I apply. Y agrees to co-advise me with Z who is an official faculty* of the school. I want to mention this in my SOP, but wonder if I should write their titles in. They are all professors, however Y doesn't mention the titles in the emails, so I don't think there is a need to mention them.

*Btw, what is the good name for this term?


texts: What can be inferred and how common is that a potential PhD supervisor talks directly to my recommender?

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I would like to ask about a reasonable interpretation that can be made in the case that an aerospace engineering faculty member of a high-level US university, like Caltech or MIT, directly talks to my current university professor about my backgrounds and preparations before my formal submission of application.

Actually, I have been in contact with a faculty member since two years ago and I provided him periodically with updates regarding my work, master's dissertation and publications etc. The professor constantly expressed his interest in my background and even wrote in his last email that "I very much look forward to read your PhD application". A few weeks after this last email, there was a conference that my thesis advisors, one of whom is prominent in my field, were attending and the faculty member talked to them in person, said that he will certainly read my paper, which was published in that same conference, and that he is indeed interested in supervising my PhD.

Of course, I applied to the program and I am now waiting to hear back from the admissions committee and I read in some other questions that in top-rank institutions, the decisions are typically made by a group of faculty members, not necessarily the potential supervisor alone.

As such, I thought to ask this question so that it would be possible to find out how common this kind of situation is and what can be reasonably understood out of it.


texts: Is it appropriate for a PhD candidate to publish a book?

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I have had an idea for a year or two to write a book relating to the research I do. My specific field (in the mathematical sciences) is somewhat niche and no book currently exists that aggregates the big results into one place. Currently, all of the research is spread across multiple papers, journals and conferences.

I want to write a book about this topic so that future researchers can access basic definitions and results without having to hunt down individual papers. I don't want to write the book for fame/fortune since I recognize it would never be popular with more general audiences. I want to write it to improve my knowledge of the topic, to create a useful resource for others and (getting personal) to fulfill my dream of writing a book.

I have some original research on the topic and most of my current work revolves around the topic as well. But I've heard many people say that PhD candidates should focus on research instead of other pursuits like book-writing. Should I pursue this, or should I focus on research and leave the book for the future?


texts: What are the key features of a short (15 min) conference presentation?

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I am preparing to give a conference presentation from scratch.

What is an effective ratio of introduction / methods / results / conclusion slides?

How can I balance the details of research without loosing the audience on key points?

In my experience, 90% of conference talks are dull and there may be one or two at any given conference that are really inspiring. What makes a "great" talk?


texts: Can I pursue a master's degree and research career after taking 16 years to finish undergraduate?

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I've just finished my bachelor degree in Psychology as a second under-graduate degree. My first degree was in mathematics.

I am 37 years old and I would like to know if it's possible to pursue a master's degree program in Psychology. My under-graduate degree in psychology was unique for the following reasons:

I started it in 2003 and since then I did it very slowly (sometimes stopping for a few years) because I was doing my under-graduate degree and then a masters degree as well as working as a TA in another area (pure mathematics) for several years. Another reason for the extended time is because even if I hadn't stopped this undergraduate degree in Psychology several times and had done it full-time, it would have taken 6 years to finish (very long under-graduate degree).
My course was more focus oriented in humanities/arts.
Despite studying psychology as a second degree, I've always taken it seriously. My average grade for the entire course was 9 (10 is the maximum) and I always had a higher performance than the other students, maybe because of my mathematics background. I'm used to studying a lot with a high level of concentration.

So my question is: do you think it's possible for me to be accepted into a master's degree program in psychology? I'm afraid I wouldn't be considered a good student because of taking such a long time to finish the undergraduate course (maybe they would even laugh at me).

An additional problem is that I want to study in a more science-focused research in psychology. What are my options?


texts: Unintentionally disrespectful in the Statement of Purpose/Academic essay

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I am applying to Master's program in Computer Science. In my Statement of Purpose, I mentioned the names of a few Professors with whom I would like to work. However, accidently, I failed to address those Professors with a respectful title (I mentioned A and B, instead of Profs A and B). Now that I submitted my application to that graduate school, I am unable to change the uploaded SOP document. I realized this mistake within a few minutes after submission of my application.

Therefore, how can I rectify this blunder? Is it advisable to send an email those Professors regarding my mistake? Or is it wise to email my concern with a modified SOP to the graduate department?
Finally, will this error can hurt my graduate school application?


texts: Merge tables from different sources (APA citation)

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What I want to do is copy a table found in paper 1 and expand upon it using information from different sources. I'm doing a literature review and the table I found gives a nice summary of  the literature, however I need to expand it since it is missing a few notable contributions. I want to maintain the format of the original table and merely add a few rows to it.

Making the table is not the problem, I'm just completely oblivious as to how I should properly attribute the original author of it in APA style + attributing the additions.


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I have heard if you send papers to a journal/conferences there are some conditions that might be dangerous for you academic progress! I researched about it but I wasn't able to find a good definition to be aware. My main question is how they add an author to black list and how is the procedure? moreover, what is the reaction to original researches which might be weak or bad written? I know they will reject but is this the end or they will mention your prior effort in future?

My research field: Computer Science

Thanks in advance.


texts: Do I use a title in the mention "joint with [...]" when mentioning my advisor or a coworker?

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I'm making presentation slides, which will be on the work of my Ph.D. advisor (Dr. X, full professor), a postdoc. (Dr. Y, the job title is visiting assistant professor) and myself. I'm trying to find a way to most accurately/politely address them.
Should I address them using the same generic title, such as

"Joint work with Professors X and Y"
"Joint work with Dr. X and Dr. Y"

or should I use different titles?
Thanks


texts: What should one do with his/her manuscript after some sort of academic misconduct

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This happened in my group. One of the master students in our group had a manuscript derived from her thesis, and the manuscript was planned to publish with she and her advisor (who is the PI of our group) to be the authors. However, she put the manuscript on the internet some time ago without the advisor's consent (I learned that she put it on research-gate publicly). The PI got furious about this and said that what the student did was disrespectful to him as a co-author, and he would no longer co-author this work (this happened in our group meeting from which I heard of the event).
Here are some facts about this event that comments request me to tell to make things clear.

The manuscript is almost finished but still under some revision by the time she put it on the internet.
The student exposed the PI as the co-author in the unfinished the manuscript on the internet, and she did it without the PI's consent.
Consensus on co-authorship was reached before this event happened, so I assume the PI deserves the authorship.
The PI said to the student that he would from then on have no relation with the work, but he hoped she could revise the work as best as she can.
The paper fortunately was read by no one on research-gate.

Although I know making a manuscript accessible to the public without consent from all co-authors is illegal , but the action my PI choose to deal with it, i.e., no longer co-author the work is still surprising to me. What's his point of doing so? Is this so serious an issue that he has to do so? Why he don't even give the student a chance to right her wrongs? I newly learned that the paper was withdrawn, but attitude of the PI remains unchanged. Is the student still unforgivable even after she withdrew the manuscript?
I also have further questions:
What should the student do with the almost finished work? Simply bury it in history or try to publish herself? At least in my point of view, neither is a good solution. Since our PI was soooo angry, I don't even dare ask the PI why he took such an extreme action. So I am asking here.


texts: How to address reviewer's suggestion for new experiments, the results of which have been communicated elsewhere?

texts: I received review comments on a manuscript submitted about 6 months back. One of the reviewers suggested performing a few new experiments. But the same experiments were performed recently and the results have already been communicated elsewhere for possible consideration. How should I address the comment?


texts: Where to submit an article of applied maths for physics

texts: Working in physics, I recently discovered a mathematical identity useful to solve a partial differential equation. I have generalized the idea and found several other identities but I do not know yet whether they apply or not to other PDEs. These identities have, though, a physical interpretation and feature interesting symmetries. As it is not my research topic, I did not spend too much time on this work but still think it deserves to be published. I have tried to submit it (to J. Phys. A and J. Math. Phys.) and it was rejected by the editors without review. I have no more idea where it could be submitted and I would appreciate any suggestion. A previous version of the paper is accessible at http://arxiv.org/abs/1311.3140.


texts: How do I minimize the number of "unknown unknowns"?

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There's a famous quote from a former US government official regarding the things we know, the things we know we don't know, and things we don't know we don't know. Likewise, there are many colorful versions of this too (my personal favorite - careful, some cursing involved).

As a soon-to-be second-year graduate student, I'm rapidly discovering just how much damage that last category - the "unknown unknowns" - can be. To wit: I was given a project to work on by my advisor that seemed straightforward enough, and I was confident I could successfully complete it within a few weeks. I even tried to pad the time required by asking for a month.

Fast-forward a month, and the project was "working" in only the broadest sense of the term. I ran up against a number of problems - ranging from being bottlenecked by other lab members who were struggling with their own projects that fed directly into mine, to taking a wrong turn and attempting to use a software package that didn't work correctly, to discovering numerous times that what I had coded was extremely clunky to move forward and needed to be refactored.

In each case, I learned something new (usually several things) that made the next iteration of my work more successful - and yet after 3 iterations over the course of a month, the project itself is still barely working, I'm rather sleep deprived, and at this rate I'm likely to miss an important deadline to gather results for a paper (it won't torpedo the paper, but it will likely weaken it).

What I'd like to know is this: are there any strategies I can follow to try and minimize the number of obstacles before I start a research project? I spent nearly a week prior to starting this - and several days over the last month - reading nearly a dozen related papers, sketching out ideas, but I only just realized that I was researching the wrong topic (specifically: "how are multiprocessor scheduling policies designed" while I should have been researching "how are multiprocessor schedulers designed" - a subtle difference I think). To be honest, I'm not certain I can sustain this level of stress for the duration of my degree program.


texts: How to approach negotiating the start date of a tenure-track position?

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A few days ago I got an offer (yay!) from a US school. I have about another week before they want a decision. Over the last few days I have been tallying up costs for start up.  When should I start negotiating?

And here's the bigger question: my wife and I are expecting our first child basically soon as the fall semester starts - how do I broach the topic of a single semester deferral? I hate to do this but we have a lot of worry about transitioning during such a sensitive time (and their health insurance policy does not allay our concerns plus we have zero connections there and I worry about my wife's isolation as I start a new position). This would be the number one thing for me to take the job.

So how would I go about the negotiation? Would I say A is number one thing I need, then B, then C etc? I should I start ASAP? Should I e-mail where I can cleanly layout reasons for each desire?

In regards to the deferral request, how do you envision the school to respond? It is a small department so not sure how they could absorb the workload. I was planning on going into detail how I would use my deferred time to accomplish tasks that would benefit the school (e.g.  grant applications, work on outreach program, prep for spring classes, be willing to take heavier load in spring, get research ready for students etc). I doubt the school will completely dismiss my caution but also worried that deferral will be too much for them to bear.


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I'm writing a math paper using TexShop that is almost entirely original but I got help with a trig proof; I found a formula in a book that I improved upon, and then got help finding a number series that completed my improvement. I would like to cite the help I got and at least one book but I don't know the proper place to put citations, inline or at the end of the paper. Do I do

1) statement....

citation

more statements

or

2)Topic

statements....statements

topic

statements

last statement of paper

all citations


texts: Can I include a copyright notice in my paper?

texts:
Alright, so I'm kind of curious if it breaks any sort of standard style to put in a copyright notice somewhere at the start or end of my paper. The specific context I inquire for is coursework, not general release. Yes, I get that it would be pretentious, but this question is more just a curiosity than genuine applied inquiry.

So, for example, let's say I write a paper about the role of computer science in military tactics as my final paper for some class. I put on the title page "copyright 2016 <my name here>." Would this be in direct violation of MLA, APA, or Chicago style?

Then, extending the example, let's say I feel so proud of the paper that I'm contemplating giving it a general release on my blog. In that case would I still include the copyright notice on the copy I turn in?


texts: How do people manage recommendation letters?

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A good academic job normally needs excellent recommendation. Due to the rapid growth of higher education, there are too many vacancies (in new or expanding universities) and too many applicants (growing number of graduates). As a result, each vacancy receives many applications, and each applicant need to apply for many positions.

This is how the matchmaking system works: keeps submitting applications.

Although, online systems are replacing hardcopy applications, still many universities prefer application by mail, and more often, they ask for recommendation letters to be submitted by mail. I have seen this very common in Europe.

Thus, each job-seeking scholar must ask his/her colleagues, professors, etc to submit tens of recommendation letters by mail. Owing to the fact that every famous scholar has/had many students/colleagues. Therefore, a part of this schedule must be devoted to writing recommendation letters for others.

Considering that people need recommendation for other purposes such as grant proposal, admission application, fellowship, etc; this matter must be more serious.

Even in online systems, a busy scholar may receive emails for completing recommendations on a regular basis.

My questions are:

From the applicant part: isn't it bad/rude/harsh to ask a colleague/professor to write tens of recommendations for you to find an academic position. And keep asking for recommendations for prospective proposals?
From the reference part: isn't it annoying to deal with repeatedly recommendation requests? Ignoring a recommendation request may have bad consequences for the applicant, but it is not easy to see recommendation request every day checking the emails, as an old student/colleague is strongly seeking a new position.


texts: Is it hard to get an article published in a journal as an undergraduate?

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I'm an undergrad and I would like to publish in a research journal, specifically, ones about chemical pedagogy.

Is it hard to get an article published in a journal?

Are there any other venues which may be easier - i.e. do you know of any say magazines on chemical pedagogy or aimed toward chemistry educators? I'd imagine that the standards for publication in a magazine are lower than in a scientific journal.

Any advice for a beginner at writing and publishing?


texts: Citation of Reports from Environmental Agency

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I need to cite a report from different Agencies. I have never cited a report before, and on the Internet, I only found how to cite papers, books, or theses. Can anyone give me a good example or help me with my one? This is the way I cited them:

(1) USEPA. Guidance for Assessing Pesticide Risks to BeesU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Health Canada Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) and California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Off. Pestic. Programs USEPA, Heal. Canada PMRA, CDPR 2014
(2) European Food Safety Authority. Evaluation of the Data on Clothianidin, Imidacloprid and Thiamethoxam for the Updated Risk Assessment to Bees for Seed Treatments and Granules in the EU; 2018; Vol. 15.

But for me, it looks a little bit strange. I know there are a lot of ways to cite. This is the normal way I cite my papers:

(3) Zhao, J.; Long, L.; Weng, G.; Li, J.; Zhu, J.; Zhao, J. W. Multi-Branch Au/Ag Bimetallic Core-Shell-Satellite Nanoparticles as a Versatile SERS Substrate: The Effect of Au Branches in a Mesoporous Silica Interlayer. J. Mater. Chem. C 2017, 5 (48), 12678–12687


texts: Looking for conferences / journals with non blind peer review in computer science

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I was wondering if there are any computer science related conferences or journals that review their submissions publicly. So everyone can see what the authors submitted and what the reviewers responded with.
I was told that this will create bias between academics but I don't think that will be the case because if someone give a biased review then the community will see that and he will probably hurt his image.

Edit:I have a stack exchange concept on my mind.


texts: How to cost a researcher for a funding application?

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When you apply for academic/research funding, how exactly do you cost someone?

For instance, you want to have a research assistant working 1 day a week. Do you just divide annual salary of standard RA by five? Do you do the same for any other type of collaborator, like a post-doc, or an assistant professor? Such is the method suggested in this site. Or is there a more elaborated mechanism to decide that?

Anyone with experience on this? It's my first time applying for funding.


texts: How to justify motivations for a second master?

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I have already graduate from a master degree in Europe (Software Engineering) , and applied for another master degree (Informatic) in Germany (TUM).

I have applied with my BSc. degree diploma and transcripts to the German university. My scores in bachelor is quit good, and convincing. The issue is they have invited me to an interview. I guess they want to know why i am still motivated for another master, while i have one?

Here are my motivations:

The focus of my first master was Software engineering, meanwhile now i am interested to learn about distributed systems, networks.
I am looking for a careers which needs both the  programming and network, and i think this master programme would help me. I am already good as a developer but i need to improve my skills in network.
I have some raw idea over the Bitcoin, Blockchain , and Internet of Things, and i need to be in touch with some experienced teachers who have deep knowledge in this fields.
Germany is an awesome country. I love the language and culture, and i think there are lot's of job opportunities for IT people.I have some basic command in German, and i am going to advance them during the programe.

Do you think these motivations make sense for them?