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[ "How to list on cv an article honored as national conference theme?", "Apologies for the unwieldy question title.\nEssentially, a journal article I just published in the flagship journal of the national disciplinary association was very well received by its members. The article's ideas are now being made the organizing themes of the following year's annual conference.\nDoes anyone have any suggestions for how/where I might list this on my CV?\nThanks in advance.\nEdit: Yes, I've gotten confirmation from the organizers that this is the case. I'm also not asking about whether or not to list this, but how the best way to do so might be without incurring confusion. Thanks." ]

[ "cv" ]

[ "I'd like to use a figure from a paper; what's the best way to do this?", "So, I've seen a really nice figure in a paper; what's the best way to 'get a copy'?\n\nWill it be on the publisher's website?\nDo I need to draw my own version?\nEmail the author?\n\nAnd, finally, how does the answer vary for (a) those wishing to republish the figure in their own work, (b) those not wishing to publish the figure e.g. for student coursework." ]

[ "publications", "copyright", "graphics" ]

[ "What exactly would count as copyright infringement in a replication paper?", "I have been following the review process of a replication journal \n\nIn particular, it has an open review which can be seen. \n\nOn a particular submission they are having a debate about whether copying equations and their explanation in a paper counts as copyright infringement.\n\nI would like to ask this question here, since the answer seems non-obvious. \n\nEquations, by themselves, since they are ideas, should be free from copyright infringement. But to have equations, explanations, replica of figures, and discussion, would basically be a copy of the paper, and I imagine that would be copyright infringement. Where exactly can a line be drawn?\n\nNote: There are questions on stack exchange which ask similar questions, but often in context of building up on previous research. Since the point of such a journal is just to replicate, it would seems that the aim is to build a freely available copy of the existing (perhaps paywalled, copyrighted) material, that can be freely accessed, and this is different intent than regular articles.\n\nAlso, answers regarding plagiarism aren't much help in this case as the point is to do \"explicit plagiarism\" with proper attribution.\n\nCrossposted to law.SE" ]

[ "journals", "peer-review", "copyright", "open-science", "reproducible-research" ]

[ "Should the same source be cited repeatedly in a chapter?", "I am currently writing my bachelor thesis on IT-Forensics. One of my first chapters is the explanation of of the basics of IT-Forensics, the procedures and its goals.\n\nTo do that, I am primarily referencing the forensics class I had in the previous semester, as well as a technical report on IT-Forensics from a different university.\n\nShould I cite every claim with the same source repeatedly, or should I cite my sources in the beginning or end of the chapter once?" ]

[ "citations", "thesis", "bachelor" ]

[ "How to ask summer research advisor for publication?", "I'm an undergraduate currently doing summer research with an REU program. I feel that the research we've done this summer is publishable (although what do I know), and I'd like to do that, especially with grad school applications coming up. Is there a polite, yet direct way (or is it uncouth) to ask my advisor if we are going to publish this paper?" ]

[ "publications", "advisor", "research-undergraduate", "publishability" ]

[ "Does writing a book improve your chance for getting scholarship for applying PhD abroad?", "As you know there are many candidates competing for winning the scholarship for their PhD program, specially the ones who are applying abroad. So, having better skills likely spell to overcome the other candidates.\nI have two SCI papers in my field. So I don't have a very bad research background as a graduated student of electrical Engineering for M.SC. degree. But, recently, I've started to write a book in English. The content of book is very general and simple but still can be fitted in my field. The book title is going to be 'Technical use of English language in electrical engineering'. This book is one of the courses of Electrical Engineering for undergraduate program in our countries. \n\nSo, since the books are not usually peer-reviewed, I was wonder to ask: \n\n\nHow much does writing a general and simple book in your field help\nyou to get a good scholarship for PhD program?\nIs the effect of writing a book more than a namely SCI research paper?\nIs the affects of having a book variy in different countries? If\nyes, please tell me about Australia, US and Canada for precise.\nIs it okay if I self-publish the book or I need a good publisher?\ndoes it compensate my bad GPA by any chance?\nfinally, what are the advantages of having a book as a graduated\nmaster student?" ]

[ "phd", "graduate-admissions", "books" ]

[ "How competitive are postdocs in math?", "I applied to a lot of places (about 80) and only got 1 offer. It makes me worried that when it's time to apply for jobs again I won't get any offers. I would like to know if such a circumstance is typical. A postdoc colleague of mine told me, \"At least you have a postdoc.\" We both had a tough time in the current job market." ]

[ "postdocs", "job-search" ]

[ "How to search for graduate schools that have Masters in Complexity Science/Complex Systems?", "I'm an undergrad student who is interested in pursuing a Masters degree in complexity science/complex systems in the U.S. I know some schools put this program under physics, math or computer science departments. \n\nI'd like to know which schools that provide such a program. Unlike physics, maths or cs programs, it is not straight-forward to find out such a list. Any recommendations on how to get a complete list of schools that provide a masters degree in complexity science/complex systems?" ]

[ "graduate-school", "masters" ]

[ "Is it bad to publish a scientific paper with wrong results?", "I was working during the last year on developing an approach that determines human age class (young or old), but after I got exciting results I've discovered that I made a mistake when implementing some lines of code. I think that the mistake is a bit critical because I was comparing my approach and literature's ones. The mistake I made was during the classification task, where the data was entered in the right way but the experience was badly managed.\n\nWhat should I do? Do I have to stay quiet or do I have to fix it? Note that the paper is not yet published nor peer reviewed." ]

[ "publications", "research-process", "ethics", "errors-erratum" ]

[ "Should we do literature search in Incognito mode?", "I found a claim that literature search (in Google Scholar, ScienceDirect, Scopus, Web of Science, etc) should be performed in Incognito/Private Browsing mode. \n\nAccording to the claim, search results may be influenced by browser cookies (presumably those about previous literature searches), and if a user account is used, they may be influenced by the scholar's information (interests, etc.) as recorded by the search engine.\n\nIf that is correct, authors of systematic reviews may need to report how they access literature databases and search engines.\n\nIs there any evidence to support that claim?" ]

[ "google-scholar", "literature-search", "scopus", "web-of-science" ]

[ "Italicize translated text?", "Should the translation of a name or title be italicized? In quotes? Roman type? \n\nSome examples: \n\nWe encoded the list of the National Classification of Occupations (Clasificación Nacional de Ocupaciones, CNO).\n\nThey coordinate with the Comunidades Autonomas.\n\nOne of these events was the Spanish-American War (La Guerra de Cuba)." ]

[ "formatting", "translations" ]

[ "I couldn't negotiate my postdoc salary during HR meeting, should I try days later? (I haven't received the formal offer yet)", "I had a meeting with HR last week. During the meeting, the recruitment officer talked about a lot of things very quickly in the first 5 meetings: "you will receive a formal offer in the next few days, since you don't have much experience you will salary will be 30k (lowest spine point for postdocs in the UK), and for the visa...."\nSo, I just focused about the visa because it was most important to me. Next, I received an email reiterating these points and I just said "I'm excited for the position", I couldn't bring the topic to the PI and I don't even know if I should..\nBut now, days later, I don't know how I feel about the salary. It's my first postdoc after my PhD (computer science), yes I don't have experience in the industry, but I have a lot of experience for a full-time phd student (for my home country) in teaching and supervising students. For my department, I assisted professors in teaching activities in 3 classes/semesters, supersized around 10 students and I was a jury member of many graduation projection presentations. I was even hired as a fixed-term lecturer at a another university for 2 semesters (where I design my course, supervised even more students and everything). I also reviewed papers in conferences and I was a member of the organizing committee of many and many conferences.. On tap of that, noticed that it's below the average salary in Glassdoor (34k)\nI really feel that I deserve more, but I am afraid it's too late and the PI might have a bad impression about me.. Should I bring this up to the HR? if so how can I approach the situation?" ]

[ "postdocs", "job", "united-kingdom", "salary", "negotiation" ]

[ "Attending a conference in a field of interest outside PhD field?", "I really want to attend an international conference which is relevant to the field of research of our group, but more specifically related to projects of other group members than my own project. However, the conference (and projects of other group members) are far more in my areas of interest than my current project. \n\nDo you still think it is appropriate to attend this conference? I don't want to step on the toes of other group members who will want to network with the researchers in their specific field, but I also want to try and transition more into their area of research as it is a new field which was not an option for me to enter when I started my PhD." ]

[ "conference" ]

[ "prospective English doctoral candidate: advice regarding weird relationship with potential advisor", "I recently got my BA in English from a top 10 university and am planning on re-applying to the same school's doctoral program this fall. (For personal reasons, I'm constrained to programs within a certain geographical area, so my application is rather nonnegotiable.) \n\nI didn't do incredibly well during my first two years, and only started taking myself very seriously in the fall of my junior year. In my junior fall, I enrolled in a large lecture that I hardly (if ever) spoke in. I attended office hours only once, and I remember being really socially awkward/naive, but it's hard to judge the validity of my own memory in retrospect. It's likely that the professor doesn't remember the incident. He only graded one of my papers (the others were graded by the TA), which he returned with incredibly enthusiastic comments. I put an unbelievable amount of effort into it (likely significantly more than anyone else in the class), and my work was excellent.\n\nThe issue is this: because I had been a bit of a basket case during my first two years, I didn't really have anyone who could write me a good rec letter. In a horrible lapse of judgment, I emailed this professor that winter break, asking for a last minute rec letter for a summer program I had just found out about. I sounded kind of crazy/manic in the email, which went into unnecessary detail about the reasons why I was entreating this man I barely know to recommend me, and how eager I am to continue to do this work seriously. He sent a quick reply agreeing to write the letter, and I sent a quick \"thank you.\"\n\nAnother mistake: I was so anxious about/humiliated by my behavior that I just...never followed up with him. I didn't send him a more formal thank you. I didn't update him on the status of the program (I didn't get in). I have literally never spoken to him since then.\n\nNow, two years later, it turns out that my research interests have defined themselves such that, if I were to be accepted into this program, he would almost certainly be my advisor. He'll definitely be reading my application. \n\nSo the question is: how much of a problem do you anticipate this being? I truly have no idea. And do you think there's any way to rectify it? I'm an entirely different, more mature, levelheaded, reliable person now, and hopefully my application demonstrates this. But frankly, I was rude, oblivious, and crazy-sounding, and that impression of me is not at all the kind of person a department wants to trust with 5 years of funding. I feel like emailing some sort of short apology would also look crazy, because 1) what if he's forgotten about it? and 2) who thinks about this stuff two years later? On a less speculative level: should I mention him as someone I intend to work with in my letter, or should I avoid doing so? Thoughts of any kind would be much appreciated. It's largely silly and minute, but it's really eating at me and I do have to make some practical decisions about the content of my application.\n\nIf it helps: I believe the rest of my application is competitive for a top program (4.0 last two years, near perfect GRE verbal, rich cv)" ]

[ "graduate-admissions", "advisor", "interpersonal-issues" ]

[ "Does my education before master matter for phD?", "I am intended to apply to phD in USA (math). \n\nThe problem is that I have specialist degree in engineering (it's russian kind of degree) and now I am applying to master program (still in Russia) in mathematics. The question is following: can I apply to phD after my first grade as a master? Does it matter where I had graduated from, before getting master degree? I am a little ashamed of place I studied in and of my assessments there. If it was possible I would prefer applying to phD to not provide any information about my specialist degree and provide information only about the place I am currently studying (courses I've passed in first year, courses I am taking for second year, when I will have got diploma and so on).\n\nI would appreciate any explanation." ]

[ "phd" ]

[ "Will a conference paper submission have greater credibility if a teacher is a co-author?", "My lecturer is encouraging us to submit papers for a famous conference. He wants us to write the paper, show it to our teacher/him, bring it to a publishable condition, mention the teacher/him as the co-author and then submit it. I've seen some of my senior's papers published in journals with the teacher mentioned as the co-author. \n\nI've seen earlier questions about ethics and authorship when mentioning co-authors, but the basic question is whether a paper submitted to a conference would have greater credibility and a greater chance of being accepted, if a teacher or a renowned researcher is mentioned as a co-author? \n\nAssume the student is writing a paper for the first time, but does some diligent searching to figure out best practices for paper publications, prepares good test cases for experiments, and presents some findings very well in the research paper. Will the research be able to stand on its own merit and get accepted even if it is this one novice author? Does it really need an experienced co-author?\n\nps: This document says \"Acting alone is a risky strategy, especially for those just out of graduate school. With seasoned coauthors, the probability of acceptance will likely more than double\"\n\nUPDATE: IEEE is clear on authorship:\nIEEE considers individuals who meet all of the following criteria to be authors:\n1. Made a significant intellectual contribution to the theoretical development, system or experimental design, prototype development, and/or the analysis and interpretation of data associated with the work contained in the article;\n2. Contributed to drafting the article or reviewing and/or revising it for intellectual content;\n3. Approved the final version of the article as accepted for publication, including references. \n\nContributors who do not meet all of the above criteria may be included in the Acknowledgment section of the article. Omitting an author who contributed to your article or including a person who did not fulfill all of the above requirements is considered a breach of publishing ethics." ]

[ "publications", "conference", "paper-submission" ]

[ "How to deal with journal requirements to share data when data comes from industry and industry partner would not permit sharing?", "Many authors, especially in manufacturing, use data from real manufacturing companies (not from a lab experiment) for their research. They are asked to report only the results from their analysis on those datasets in journal papers without publishing the underlying data due to confidentiality agreements with the companies. However, I see that the journals are increasingly asking the authors to deposit the raw data so that the research is reproducible. On the other hand, the companies are not ready to make their internal data go public but they are ok with publishing the summary statistics on the datasets. As a result, authors face difficulty in publishing their research results in journal papers. \n\nAny strategies to handle this situation effectively and convince editors about the non-availability of the datasets to other researchers?" ]

[ "publications", "industry", "data" ]

[ "How should I approach a professor whose class I'm taking for advice regarding a project I'm working on?", "I'm currently working on a machine learning research project. I'm also taking a geometry class in the mathematics department because I believe it would help me out.\n\nThe most interaction I've had with this professor is an email asking him about his textbook, and also seeing each other on the first day of class. Would it be okay to ask him if it's alright to ask for advice regarding the project?\n\nI guess the reason that I'm asking this is because 1) he's not my supervisor and we hardly know each other, 2) I have an impression that the office hours are for issues related to the class that I'm taking.\n\nIf it's alright how should I approach it? Should I leave him an email briefly describing the situation and whether or not he'll be okay with it? Thanks." ]

[ "supervision", "office-hours" ]

[ "Research in \"Research Engineering\"", "from Wikipedia: \n\n\n Software engineering (SE) is the application of a systematic, disciplined,\n quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance\n of software, and the study of these approaches.\n\n\nI was wondering if there is something similar for research, something that we could call Research engineering. I imagine it to be a research field on its own, with students \"researching on how to do research\". I believe software development has benefited a lot from research in SE. Maybe research could also benefit from Research engineering. \n\nThe questions are: \n\n\nis there some institute or some university department in the world where they work on Research Engineering?\nin which faculty you would position such department/institute?\n\n\nEdited: After getting a couple of good answers, I am still not completely satisfied, so I would like to clarify my question. What I am really interested in is indeed a \"software engineering\" approach. I am not interested in philosophical or sociological research. In fact, the question I had originally in mind was whether it's possible or not to apply actual software development methodologies to research. In more concrete terms, I am wondering whether anyone has studied the application in research of models similar to the waterfall, or the spiral model, or things like extreme programming, Scrum, etc... (Note: these are just examples, please don't comment to each of them one by one)." ]

[ "research-process" ]

[ "How to deal with my PhD supervisors rudely critiquing all my draft papers?", "I'm a PhD candidate in biology about three semesters in. I am co-advised by two young married principal investigators (PIs), who are just about to get tenure. Things were going great initially, as I completed a medium-sized project and got publishable data very early on. However, now that it has come to writing papers, I’m finding my PIs to be rude, unpleasant, and excessively hands-on. \n\nFirst of all, almost every time I send something, they respond with something like: \"don't send us manuscripts with errors, next time they'll be sent back to you\", or: \"don't waste people's time with unpolished manuscripts.\" Of course I do check over them obsessively before sending, but I'm only three semesters in so I'm not perfect. They also will give me comments like, \"you didn't explain how you mixed this solution,\" so I will write, \"I mixed the solution by adding XXg of XX to XX.\" Then they have the nerve to tell me, \"you're not doing a good job, you add useless details about adding XXg of XX to XX.\" Really?! They also make jokes about my writing, like \"impossible [to test mice immediately upon birth] unless you're a mouse midwife.\" I know, it's not even clever. There's also random comments like, \"what are you doing here [in reference to a statement]?,\" \"stop doing XX,\" \"don't do that,\" and \"wrong, read it again.\" They also rewrite almost everything I write. None of my writing ever makes it to the final cut.\n\nIf I'm just being a baby, totally feel free to tell me just to suck it up. I'll submit a manuscript, and a certain section gets no comments. Then, I submit the manuscript again and the previously fine section is now crap! Why was it ok before, but now it's not? They're nice to everyone's face, but they have been very rude (i.e., actual severe harassment) to at least one other person over email that I know of. \n\nI'm middle-aged with a spouse and kids – I don't need to take crap from PIs my own age. I've had two-dozen jobs, and I've rarely been treated so rudely. Switching labs is out, because our department is super tiny. I don't want to leave because I don't have much else going for me job-wise. I don't want to confront them, because past experience has taught me that it makes them even more aggressive and rude. \n\nIs this type of behavior normal and acceptable in a lab? Should I just grin and bear it? How do you cope with rude and demeaning PIs?" ]

[ "phd", "advisor", "etiquette", "writing" ]

[ "Responding to papers which reinvent ideas without citing them", "A few months ago a very well-known (and controversial) authority in my field published a theoretical model of a phenomenon that one of my collaborators addressed many years ago. Interestingly, the paper does not reference my collaborator's work at all, even though the authors of this new paper are well aware of it, and have carefully cited \"around\" it.\n\nMy initial response was not to respond, but then I noticed striking similarities between specific paragraphs in the paper and my collaborator's work. The authors reach the same conclusions as my collaborator, but using a model they have developed. Though it doesn't qualify as plagiarism, it annoys me when \"new\" ideas are proposed without crediting those who originally proposed them. Of course this happens all the time, but I have never been in a position to respond.\n\nMy question is how should I respond to this paper, and whether I should respond at all. My collaborator has ceased publishing in this field, and was not interested in responding (but wouldn't mind if I did). Otherwise I have had mixed responses from colleagues, everything from \"it happens all the time\", to suggesting that I write to the authors or the editor of the journal. Another point to consider is that the senior author is on the advisory board of the prestigious journal the paper was published in." ]

[ "ethics", "etiquette", "plagiarism" ]

[ "My online instructor is not teaching, I don't know what to do", "I am currently enrolled at a University, and chose the online courses as my learning medium. I am in the IT program and though that this school would have an interactive enviroment (lectures, videos, tutorials, links), but nothing of the sort exists. My instructor gives assignments that we have to research online willy-nilly, told to read a chapter and do random assignments that are not covered in the textbook, and does not respond to emails or instructor forums for weeks. The entire student body in our class is contacting other students for help because none of us are learning anything and we collectively feel like we are sent on wild goose chases each week. Can anyone advise where I may find Jython tutorials? I am not looking for free cheat codes, but the information on how to succeed in a class where the instructor refuses to teach.\n\nThank you in advance!!" ]

[ "information-technology" ]

[ "U.S. Government Shutdown -- potential effects for the upcoming Spring 2019 semester", "The U.S. government shutdown has continued through three weeks now; what would the effects be for the upcoming Spring 2019 college semester for graduate students who depend on federal student loans to pay their tuition, health insurance and fees, room and board, and costs of living? \n\nWill such students not be in attendance for the semester, if the government shutdown is not resolved?" ]

[ "graduate-school", "funding", "united-states", "students" ]

[ "Patient's consent for photographs", "If a journal requirements for patient's photograph say \"Patient Photographic Authorization and Release form (when appropriate)\", does this mean I must include patient's acceptance for publication of their photograph? If not, what does \"when appropriate\" really mean in their statement?" ]

[ "publications", "ethics" ]

[ "How to address email to a professor who prefers informality?", "How should I address an email to a professor who hates being called \"Professor ___\" or \"Dr. ____?\" He has made it very clear to students that he prefers to be referred to by his first name in person, but I have been told time and time again that one should be more formal when writing emails. Is this always true, or should I simply follow how he prefers to be addressed in person?" ]

[ "etiquette", "email" ]

[ "Citation policies: original papers or recent monographs?", "When referencing previous results, should one cite the original\n paper(s) or a recent comprehensive monograph?\n\n\nSpecifically, in my area of interest (a relatively recent branch of mathematics), in the last ten years, several monographs have been published (by different authors) which cover (virtually) all \"classical\" results and most of contemporary developements organizing them, putting them in their context, and offering extensive references to the original papers. \n\nTo clarify my position: for the sake of \"culture\", I've read a few of the original papers in which the results I use most often appear for the first time; however, for the benefit of the reader, I'd rather cite only the most recent (and most comprehensive) source (and possibly point the reader to the additional references therein); in my department, there are researchers following either policies." ]

[ "citations", "mathematics", "writing", "writing-style", "monograph" ]

[ "Can I put the proofs to my lemmas/theorems/corollaries in my appendix?", "I have proofs that run on for up to 10 pages. To aid in readability, I would like to discuss my theorem, and the lemmas that support it, without the noise of these lengthy proofs. Can I move the proofs to my lemmas, theorem, etc., into an appendix? Or somewhere else more appropriate?" ]

[ "thesis", "writing-style" ]

[ "Leave of absence to leaving PhD program", "I am in the unfortunate situation where I am being forced to leave a PhD program with a master of art in an engineering discipline. Advisor left while I was on leave (health reasons), couldn't find a new advisor in the same field (had to do it while off campus, which made it so much harder) so the university told me to pack up.\n\nWhat is the difference between an MA and an MS and is one better than the other? Also would it be worth joining a new university as a masters/PhD student even with an MA?\n\nI assume I have no recourse here and my only option is to packup, but if anyone has been through this or has any advice I would appreciate it." ]

[ "phd", "quitting" ]

[ "What is a \"splinter meeting\"?", "Like this one link.\n\nIt seems nobody describes it in detail." ]

[ "conference", "collaboration", "lab-meeting" ]

[ "Will excellence in professional career be considered for admission or financial aid", "If I have strong professional IT skills but average educational background, will a university consider me for admission or financial aid?\nI have looked through Stanford's site, including application procedures, admissions requirements, and GRE/TOEFL testing, but I cannot find a mention of anything other than TOEFL/GRE scores required." ]

[ "graduate-admissions" ]

[ "How is it possible to switch careers from undergraduate to graduate level in the US?", "I have read about many astounding career paths of scientists in the US. E.g. someone had a BSc in education and switched to physics in graduate school.\nHow are such switches possible?\n\nIn Europe I guess it's mostly so that such diverse careers can't be pursued without having had a reasonable exposure to the subject in college. One would have too many courses that are missing without prior knowledge so that they can't be put all in a Master's curriculum; thus, having had a specific subject is necessary as a major or minor in college...at least in Switzerland.\n\nHow come that in the US such switches are possible?\nOr is it just that all necessary courses are put into the graduate(+PhD) program lasting in total almost a decade, in which case I wouldn't wonder that it's possible?" ]

[ "graduate-school", "career-path", "undergraduate" ]

[ "Do professors starting at a school in the US in the future have any say/influence on the decision process for that particular round of admissions?", "I'm a master's student applying to PhD programs this round, and a few schools will be bringing in new professors in my field of interest starting from 2021. When I sent in my applications and checked off faculty of interest, I chose "Other" and wrote their names down.\nI'm just curious if these professors have any say in the admissions process? Does the school grant access to the information for those professors even if they're not yet officially affiliated with the institution?" ]

[ "graduate-admissions", "united-states" ]

[ "Include Disability in Statement of Purpose", "Should my disability be included in my Statement of Purpose?\n\nBackground:\n\nI've recently received my masters degree in mathematics and I'm looking to transfer for my PhD.\n\nI had an undiagnosed neurological disorder for most of my undergraduate career. It wasn't managed until partially into graduate school. It would manifest itself through frequent migraines and even occasional blindness. Consequentially, I would have semesters with low attendance and there would even be the occasional test that I wouldn't attend or that I would attend but be effectively useless.\n\nWhen it was diagnosed I had it documented with the school's disability services, but I never requested accommodation.\n\nMy advisers think I have a shot at some decent schools without knowing about this.\n\nThoughts:\n\nI don't want to be treated differently at a new school. Especially since it's well managed now and I don't need any accommodations. I also don't want my current advisers to think of me differently. However, it also seems absurd to avoid talking about something that has had such a strong impact on my academic career.\n\nI've seen this question: Graduate school and students with learning disabilities . I didn't feel like it applied to me because I am not requesting accommodations and my disorder is no longer as serious of a problem to me." ]

[ "phd", "graduate-school", "statement-of-purpose", "health", "disability" ]

[ "Does observational data need further proof?", "Within fields like animal behavior, data is often collected through observation of the subjects, either in the wild or captivity. \n\n\nCan a paper be published purely based on observational data, with no evidence in video or audio to support it? \nIf so, could one (in theory) generate an entirely fictional dataset of observations as basis for a publication? Or do other mechanisms exist to prevent this kind of fraude from happening?\nAre there examples of publications, in animal behavior or other fields, being exposed for generating completely fictional datasets? If so, which?" ]

[ "publications", "peer-review" ]

[ "Outcome of LaTeX template differs from published papers – should I worry about this?", "I am in the process of submitting my first paper to a journal for publication and I would like the style to be flawless. I have used the AEA LaTeX template to prepare my manuscript, but I notice some differences in style between my compiled PDF and the papers noted in the AEJ Best Papers series, for example Li 2017.\n\nHere are some of the differences I notice:\n\n\nThe first letter is enlarged.\nCross superscript on the title.\nNo hanging indent on the abstract.\nJEL codes are non-italic, there is no colon after JEL, and there are parenthesis.\nKeywords are not visible.\nRunning header is filled out.\n\n\nAll of these features except 6 appear to be different compared to the format built-in to the AEA LaTeX template. 6 is different simply because I don't know what to put in the running header before submission.\n\nI'm hoping that these differences are normal, and that after I submit for review the editors simply apply a different LaTeX style set or something like that. Can anyone confirm, or am I missing something? Would these differences be grounds for rejection? I'm currently holding off on submitting because I'm not sure." ]

[ "publications", "publishers", "formatting", "economics" ]

[ "What is a research assistant in the Australian system?", "I've noticed postings for positions with the title “research assistant” from Australian universities. They require a PhD and are often (or exclusively) one-year contracts. Are these positions akin to anything in the US system? Are they more of a trainee position (like a postdoc)? Or is it more of a senior position within an established lab (like a research assistant professor)? Is it something else?\n\nThe one-year contracts suggest that they might be soft money positions. Are they typically renewed or transformed into more permanent positions?" ]

[ "job", "terminology", "research-assistantship", "australia" ]

[ "Is the middle of May very late for graduate admissions in the same year?", "Let me explain my situation a little bit, then I will try to make it more general for others to benefit.\n\nI am graduating in a month and getting my bachelor degree in computer science. I did apply to graduate programs of US universities, and it did not end up as I expected. Right now, I am still looking for chances, graduate programs, to get in. I guess all the programs in US made their decisions already, and this is true for most of EU universities. But, still I want to check if I am missing anything.\n\nMore generally, consider an international student who wants to apply for graduate programs of computer science in EU/US. It is mid of May. Does this student still have chances to get in a graduate program with scholarship?" ]

[ "graduate-school", "graduate-admissions" ]

[ "Does a youtube channel with my lectures add to my portfolio in graduate applications if the response is good?", "Will teaching physics on a youtube channel and receiving a good response on it help me with my grad school applications in the subject?" ]

[ "graduate-admissions", "teaching", "lecture" ]

[ "My former PhD supervisor has published conclusions from my thesis without citing my thesis. Is this ok?", "My former PhD supervisor has just published a paper on a scientific subject investigated by me in my thesis. The subject (or question posed), was an idea that I came up solely during my PhD and which I chose to investigate as a sub topic - my conclusions were published in my thesis in 2015 and I assume (from a legal statement in the thesis), that I own the copyright.\n\nThe paper just published has taken my hypothesis and explored it in more depth. Some of my studies have been repeated by other people in the lab. Moreover, some of the key conclusions made by me in my thesis have been made again. I have not been credited in any way.\n\nIs this plagiarism and should I pursue this? I’ve left academia so no longer publish anyway." ]

[ "publications", "thesis", "advisor" ]

[ "Is it okay to work on a problem which is incremental as your first Ph.D problem?", "I am a Ph.D. student in theoretical computer science. I have recently come across one problem on which somebody has already done work, but in that work I figured out one problem which may be small (I don’t how significant it is). I asked my colleagues about this, and some of them suggested me to pick a new problem for your first Ph.D. problem. I am in confusion what to do.\n\nMy question is: Is it okay to work on a problem which is incremental as your first Ph.D problem? Incremental in my context simply means designing a faster algorithm." ]

[ "phd", "research-process" ]

[ "What to tell students who want to know how to succeed in your class", "Setting is math in the US.\n\nIt's quite common for a student who is not doing super well or is worried that they might not be to approach me and ask how they should be studying/what they should be doing do succeed in the class.\n\nI never know what to say. I just don't see it as part of my job to give \"study skills\" advice and probably won't be able to say anything particularly apposite (especially because I was educated in a completely different system in Europe, so I have no first-hand experience of taking the kinds of classes they are taking). Also, I think developing your own study skills that work for you it literally part of the challenge of being an undergraduate.\n\nBut they still feel like, as the professor for the class, I ought to be able to tell them something extra and useful about studying.\n\nWhat is a good way to deal with these sorts of requests for advice?" ]

[ "teaching", "students", "office-hours" ]

[ "Not including student who contributed very little as coauthor of paper", "I am a researcher in condensed-matter physics, and I recently started a research project with another professor, for which I hired a student for a six-month undergraduate internship. The student was under my supervision. During the internship she showed good motivation, but did not make any actual contribution to the progress of the project.\n\nFinally, she started a Ph.D. with someone else. I personally took over the project, taking care of both technical and conceptual parts, which requires a lot of time and work. \n\nI kindly invited her multiple times to double check some of my work, but she had not done anything on the project since the end of the internship.\n\nIn the past few months she started having an attitude that I find disturbing. She replies to emails once in a while, proposing new conceptual points to explore, as if I were the student and she was the supervisor. On top of that, she ignores the invitations to double check my calculations, which would require actual work on her side. \n\nGiven that she did not make any actual contribution to the project, I am inclined to not include her as an author of any eventual publication. I think that it would be definitely fair to include her in the acknowledgments, but unfair to include her as an author. \n\nWhat do you think about this? How would you inform her of this decision?" ]

[ "authorship", "students", "interpersonal-issues", "internship" ]

[ "If most universities in the U.S are non-profit, why are they so expensive?", "Tuition can easily get in the tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of dollars for a 4-year degree. This is unarguably many times over what the university needs to cover the costs of offering their services. Why is this the case if they are usually run under a non-profit architecture?\n\nWhere is all this money going?" ]

[ "united-states", "tuition" ]

[ "Necessity of tenure for lifetime academic research", "For context, I've been a postdoc in computer science for about 3 years. I recently wrote a grant and was awarded a fellowship for 2 years.\n\nI've heard from multiple sources that if I don't get a tenure-track position in the next two years it will become very difficult for me to have an academic research career. But I don't need the kind of job security that allows me to get paid if I stop working—I just need some kind of agreement that I can keep my job while I'm productive. This is pretty common in other jobs, so why in this case am I being told that it's basically tenure or nothing?" ]

[ "postdocs", "tenure-track" ]

[ "Is it normal for adverts for US jobs to give much less information than European ones?", "At the moment I'm looking for my next position (most likely postdoc level, potentially one step up from there). \n\nWhen looking at advertised positions in Europe I generally expect to see a brief summary of what the job is about on the advert, and then have the ability to click through to see one or more multipage documents detailing the responsibilities of the post, the exact qualifications that are required and desirable, and so forth. Typically these detailed specifications will be used in the selection process - and so an applicant will use them to inform their application, making sure to address each point.\n\nWhen looking at a couple of positions in the US, there has been the initial brief summary... and then nothing else. The entire job advert seems to consist of one paragraph giving an overview, plus some boilerplate about equal opportunities.\n\nIs this normal? If so, what are the reasons? Since the selection criteria aren't being disclosed, how can an applicant go about identifying what attributes they need to highlight in their application?" ]

[ "application", "united-states", "job-search" ]

[ "What's the net income of a W1/W2 german professor?", "I've seen a job announcement where the salary was said to be comparable to the assistant/associate professor level W1/W2 in the German system, and I was wondering how much it would exactly make in terms of net income (i.e. after ALL taxes). \nI found this link that states that for Western provinces, it was in 2007 between 3400 and 3900 euros gross per month. This other link states that in Hessen (which is where the position is based), the gross monthly salary is \n5386 for W2 and 3901 for W1. Then, according to this calculator, a 3900 gross salary means 2167 euros net, after all taxes. So my questions are: \n\n\nDo these numbers make sense? \nAre there intermediary ranks between W1 and W2? \nHow negotiable is the starting rank in general? \nAre there bonuses to take into account when you're single with no child? \nIs the tax system identical for german and non-german?" ]

[ "job-search", "germany", "salary" ]

[ "What are risks or disadvantages in uploading to figshare or related services?", "Figshare lets researches publish figures and data for long-term archival and public access. I just found out about it and find the idea sympathetic. See for example their F.A.Q..\n\nWhat risks are involved with publishing my data and figures at figshare? What are the disadvantages? Did anyone actively decide against doing so, and if so, why?" ]

[ "publications", "online-resource", "open-access" ]

[ "Discovering mistakes in thesis after submission and printing", "So here is my issue - I submitted my thesis 2 years ago and it was accepted and i was granted the M.S. degree (I am in the US, BTW).\nNow, when I opened it to read some portions, I found some missing references to data tables, and otherwise some typos.\nI am starting to freak out about this, because of the consequences. My question is this - can the university somehow \"re-evaluate\" my thesis and find it unacceptable? I am not sure about how it works in academia, any help would be appreciated.\nEdit: My question is bit different than the others, as it is asking whether the university has the power to \"re-evaluate\" my thesis based on typos and omissions." ]

[ "thesis", "errors-erratum" ]

[ "How many \"Cambridge\"s in one line? (Citing a book from C.U.P.)", "I just got the page proofs of an article I wrote that is to appear. In it I cited a book, like this:\n\n\n Author, Title in Italics, Cambridge University Press, 1891.\n\n\nIn the page proof it looks like this:\n\n\n Author, Title in Italics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1891.\n\n\nObviously that's wrong and I will so notify them.\n\nBut I wonder: Does the renown of this particular publisher justify omitting to identify the city after the publisher's name when the city's name is actually a part of the publisher's name and everybody knows which \"Cambridge\" it is? (This came from a \"production company\" that contracts with the journal, so maybe \"everybody\" doesn't include \"production companies\"). If the city must be named separately I'd be tempted to write\n\n\n Author, Title in Italics, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1891.\n\n\nwhich still relies on \"everybody\" to know this.\n\n\"MA\" is an abbreviation promulgated by the United States Postal Service. I had the impression that in England, postal addresses typically put the name of the county after the name of the city, separated by a comma, but that that probably wouldn't be done with Cambridge. If I did that, then \"Cambridge\" would appear three times in one line. An alternative would be what I would do if I were sending a letter the old-fashioned way from America to someone in Cambridge and put \"England\" or \"United Kingdom\" after the comma (although for a letter I'd probably put the postal code after the city's name on the same line and \"England\" would be on the next line). (Somehow I feel more comfortable with \"England\" than \"United Kingdom\" since it's not only an entity created by politicians but also a geographic name that will persist even if the UK becomes defunct. Or as someone once said \"There'll always be an England.\" But maybe that's just personal taste.) I suppose \"England\" would be harmless and probably no one would notice, but I would feel silly thinking someone would have to be told that's where Cambridge is.\n\nWhat do people normally do when citing stuff from this particular renowned publisher?" ]

[ "citation-style" ]

[ "Should I suggest a time when professor want to schedule an interview, or just say I always available ?", "I applied to a lab and a professor want to set up an interview (for the first time). In the reply email, he said that: \n\n\n \"Please let me know when you are available. I am available on\n Monday-Friday, after XX:XX.\"\n\n\nI would say when I am available: \n\n\n \"I would available everyday from XX to XX\".\n\n\nShould I also suggest a timeblock or not ?\n\n\n \"I would suggest that we meet on Friday at XX:XX.\"" ]

[ "application", "interview" ]

[ "Students and postdocs not asking questions", "During and after the talks and seminars in our dept. (~80 people, ~10 groups, ~40 postdocs+PhD+Master students), it is extremely rare to see postdocs or students asking questions. 90-95% of the questions are asked by senior people (mainly PIs or experienced permanent researchers).\n\nThis probably reflects an old culture of distance between the young and the senior, I believe it is a national (if not European) issue which is much less seen in the Anglo Saxon culture. Breaking this distance will surely increase the quality of our work globally.\n\nThe ambiance is generally relaxed in the entire lab, and nobody is blamed for stupid questions. Still, their silence is striking. And worse, it brings down the few (mainly international) students who sometime do ask questions: after a while they feel this \"negative peer pressure\" and stop asking. \n\nWe want to find a way out of it. One possibility under discussion is to force, right at the end of the talk, the first couple of questions from them. But it's not accepted yet. Do you think this could be a good idea?\n\nDo you have suggestions about other strategies, both for the short (getting them to ask more questions) and long term (how can we remove this cultural barrier?)" ]

[ "answering-questions", "seminars" ]

[ "What does \"engineering experience\" entail", "I'm a rising senior in high school and i applied for this engineering exposure program over the summer. My application didn't include any practical experience in the field, which I thought was fine because, as advertised, it was an EXPOSURE program. Anyway, I got accepted. So it should have been fine.\n\nBut the organizers made us do a conference call before camp began, and now I'm getting the impression that I actually needed experience (they had us fill out a form that asked us stuff like if we knew how to use a 3d printer, [insert program I don't know how to use], coding, etc.\n\nI technically took classes on C++ and Java, but my teachers were subpar, so I'm not really sure if that would be helpful. I was under the impression that I was accepted because of my experience with the sciences (I took AP Bio, Chem, and both Physics C's), but it doesn't really seem like I'll be using those skills.\n\nRight now I'm guessing I should pour all my time into coding better before camp starts? What should I do?\n\nI'm asking here because I feel like people here would know how much weight qualifications and exerience actually hold. and honestly the engineering forum looked kind of intimidating." ]

[ "computer-science", "summer-school" ]

[ "How do professors choose their summer salary?", "In the United States, most professors are paid by the university on a 9 month basis for teaching (Sep - May). During the summer months a professor is typically paid from their grants and other revenue sources. How is the summer salary chosen? E.g. if a professor is paid 10kUSD/month, can (s)he choose to be paid 20kUSD/month during the summer?" ]

[ "professors", "united-states", "salary" ]

[ "How to explain to a student that it is common to include a supervisor as a co-author?", "In my field of research, it is common to include a supervisor as a co-author of a student's PhD research related papers. A supervisor mainly contributes by helping to improve the writing of a paper, such as emphasising its contribution or clarifying the content, etc. Which means that a supervisor does not contribute anything directly related to the research carried out in a paper, for instance, a supervisor may not even understand a method used in a paper.\n\nBased on all the answers of this question, it is clear this custom is not applied to all fields, and I am not trying to argue if it is correct to do so or not.\n\nI want to know how a supervisor explains to a new PhD student that he/she should include a supervisor's name in his/her papers. What happens if a student refuses to follow a custom?\n\nPS: when I started my PhD, I already knew about this custom, so my supervisor did not need to explain it to me. But how about those that don't know or know differently?" ]

[ "authorship", "supervision" ]

[ "Equal author contribution", "I, along with two fellow doctoral students, am about to publish a paper supervised by our professor. Our professor is listed as the last author, which of course is fair as he supervised the project.\n\nOne of us, student A, is listed as the first author, which there is not disagreement on. Student B is listed afterwards, and I am the third listed author.\n\nThe ordering of student B and I is alphabetical, nothing more. This is also reasonable, as we all believe that our contribution has been the same.\n\nHowever, it is not listed in the paper that our contributions are the same. Should I insist on this before submitting the paper?" ]

[ "publications", "paper-submission", "authorship", "collaboration" ]

[ "Ideality of collaborating with professor against backdrop of commitments", "Soon, I'll be meeting a professor_A base at a University in my home country to discuss about my plans and projects that may be of interest to me(us) during my time back home.\n\nIdeally, I am looking to be involved in industry for 12 months to 18 months before returning to my alma mater for an honours program with a prominent professor_B who has extended this offer to me despite me not meeting the formal prerequisite for this program but which is predicated on a strong statement of purpose to clear the bureaucratic hurdle.\n\nDuring this time, I am looking to be actively committed with professor_A outside of standard industry hours to which I will be upholding strictly.\n\nI have two questions:\n\n1) In this context, is the practice of collaboration(unpaid) in the field of academia outside of industry office hours ever frowned upon? The research field is applied math so much of the work revolves around \"pen and paper\". \nGiven that professor_A is aware of my plans yet extends an in-person meeting may suggests he is at least open to negotiations.\n\n2) How long should a collaboration be? \nWould 12 to 18 months be a healthy period? I'm looking to develop mathematical insights/ modelling and computational technique while gaining research experiences." ]

[ "research-process", "cv", "research-topic", "research-assistantship", "graduation" ]

[ "How do I address a colleague in an 3-way email with a student?", "In my department, professors go by their first names with students and each other. My colleagues in some other departments go by their title and last name. To convey their preference, when referring to such a colleague in conversation with a student, I will use the professor's name and title (e.g., \"You should ask Prof. Walker.\"). \n\nIf I am on a 3-way email involving such a professor and a student we are jointly advising, do I address the professor by their first name, title, or not at all?" ]

[ "etiquette", "email" ]

[ "Is this an acceptable paraphrasing?", "I need to cite different pages for the same source in Harvard style so here's an example of what I am doing (a hypothetical example):\n\n\n John (2010, p. 10) notes that marketing should not be confused with just the idea of selling people goods and services as it's misleading. The same author claims that marketing is really about value (p. 11) so he coined the term 'relationship marketing' (p. 12).\n\n\nIs this an acceptable format? I need to find a way to cite specific pages (to pinpoint specific information) instead of simply mentioning all pages as in 'John (2010, pp. 10-12)' at the beginning." ]

[ "citations" ]

[ "Should a programming Instructor urge students to use more efficient practices?", "I teach programming, and it is painful to watch my students slowly arrow around the screen, backspace over something, then retype it. It would take less than a second for him to have grabbed his mouse, double-clicked the word and started typing the new word, all without looking down.\n\nI taught them about editing and keyboard shortcuts at the beginning of the curriculum, yet they do not all take everything on board (who does?). So now months later I am left with the question of whether to urge improvement on them like a mother bird, or just let it go. As programmers, their time will be valuable, and their enjoyment of work improved by the ease of getting work done. But is it up to me to reinforce this after having made it thoroughly clear early on? This is not just about editing, but all sorts of practices like naming conventions, coding standards and so on, which I did in fact present already and have said that the industry expects these things. Editing is simply one obvious example.\n\nAddition: It is not for me to dictate how students should work, but I would be remiss if I did not point out better ways to accomplish things. The question is: to know if I have made the point or when to stop trying to make it. \"A word to the wise is enough\", but how many of us are wise, especially while learning many new things at once? An example of coding standards is a student who doesn't like Properties. Well... They are useful or they would not have been invented. I couldn't convince this person." ]

[ "teaching" ]

[ "What should I recommend for a foreign student with problems on the country language?", "Later this week one of my undergrad classes have their first written test and one of the students is not from my country, and he said he's been having some problems both understanding my lectures and the recommended book\n\nAnd now he desperatedly sent me an email asking for advice on what to do.\n\nThe thing is: I don't know what to recommend either... I never have this case before... \nWhat could I indicate/advice him that would help?" ]

[ "international-students", "lecturer", "lecture-teaching-method" ]

[ "What is an effective note taking procedure?", "I've recently started to use the onenote software to keep track of valuable concepts in different fields of interest. I have constantly found myself dubious during the note taking process. I never know whether I should copy large book paragraphs into my notes or whether I should summarize them. I have little knowledge about how to make the most value out of my note taking process. Is there any good book recommendation or resource to help me answer these kind of questions ?" ]

[ "books", "note-taking" ]

[ "Can referees publish in the journals they are responsible in?", "Can the referees publish an article in the journal they review or the editorial board members publish an article in their journal? Is it ethical? Can you give examples for my question? Your answers are quite important for my research." ]

[ "publications", "journals", "ethics", "peer-review" ]

[ "Sole data analyst in an academic lab, is authorship viable?", "I am in a very biological sciences heavy laboratory where every one has a basic background in the biological sciences and that's pretty much it. I was recently hired as a research employee (non grad student) in this laboratory originally as a biological sciences research assistant. Upon finding out I have a graduate degree in statistics (it was on my CV so I don't know why they were surprised), my PI has considered using me as a hybrid researcher/data analytics person to streamline some past data and make it more quantitative in nature. Some of my data analysis is very niche, and pseudo-original because of the context of the problem that we're working out. There is no backup person capable of doing any data analysis. Is there any way I could use my role as leverage and formally request authorship from my PI (in a polite way of course)? \n\n \n\nI have future goals in mind, professionally speaking, and those goals would be much more facile in approach if I could get my name on a paper." ]

[ "authorship", "data" ]

[ "Use of automated assessment of programming assignments", "(This is a reworking of Software for submitting and testing programming assignments.)\n\nFirst, a bit of background. Many courses in applied mathematics have a programming component, where students are asked to implement algorithms (say, in Matlab) and possibly test them using a given set of interesting data. Although they are a valuable part of the education, these usually receive little love from the students (who, moreover, have rarely received a rigorous training in programming). The result is -- with rare exceptions -- lazy hacks at best and \"at least it looks like code\" (often followed by my favorite, \"it worked on my machine\") at worst. \n\nSo I am thinking about having students submit their programming assignments via an automated assessment software. The idea is to give them instant feedback on their (repeated) submission with the goal of \n\n\nsaving the TAs from having to check every submission and (if they are generous) inserting all the missing semicola to make the code run, and \ntrying to increase the student's motivation to do more than the bare minimum by introducing some gamification elements (giving points for the fastest/most accurate code, for example, or a current ranking to encourage resubmitting improved solutions).\n\n\nHence my question (which is hopefully relevant to other disciplines as well): Has anybody tried such a thing? Did it actually lead to less work and/or more student involvement? Any hints on what to do, and what to avoid?\n\n(I know there is the VPL module for Moodle, and we have an in-house system that can provide the necessary functionality, so I'm not asking for software recommendations here. That said, if some software provides a specific feature you've used successfully, by all means mention it -- bonus points if it's open source.)" ]

[ "education", "tools", "programming", "homework" ]

[ "Methodology for estimating costs of a master’s program before seeking official approval for the program", "Do you happen to know any methodology for estimating the cost of a master’s program at university level before proposing and asking for approval of that program and cost by the state or the university authorities?" ]

[ "masters", "funding", "fees", "administration" ]

[ "Is an academic degree an honor, a title, or both?", "For example: Do graduates receive a Bachelor of Arts degree or become a Bachelor of Arts?\n\nAre Bachelor degrees grammatically and/or etymologically distinct from advanced degrees?\n\nI note that the titles Master and Doctor are still in common usage, even though in practice frequently divorced from the associated academic degrees. (E.g, a Master as a formal designation is now most frequently associated with a skilled trade – like master electrician. And many holders of doctorate degrees eschew the use of the title outside of medicine and the academy.)\n\nEtymologically it appears that Baccalaureate would be the correct term for a person who has received a Bachelor's degree. But I can't find that in modern usage, and its etymology (laureate) emphasizes the award of the degree, rather than the achievement of mastery or doctoral skill.\n\nOr do I have it backward, and it is modern academia that has appropriated these different titles without establishing such terminological consistency?" ]

[ "phd", "masters", "degree", "bachelor", "academic-history" ]

[ "What is actually the difference in student experience between a world famous university and others?", "What would be the practical difference in terms of quality, experience, and future prospect if a student studies at a 4-year undergraduate degree in a world famous university like Harvard compared to a top university in a developing country, like, for example, in an Indian IIT?\n\nSuppose the syllabus contents are the same and and the major is highly technical like Electrical Engineering. My question is not limited to Electrical Engineering, any technical subject will do.\n\nFuture prospect means: researcher (academic/industry), entrepreneur, professional, anything that gives him money or/and fame.\n\nThe aim of this question is not to understand the career prospect of a student who graduates from a world famous university. The goal is to understand the academic atmosphere or academic culture and academic productivity of the university. My question talks about Undergraduate for a reason. Graduate and PhD degrees are mostly related to research. So, it is natural that a world famous university will offer more scholarships, source more funding for research and deal with more advanced technologies than that of a university in the developing world. \n\nTo my understanding the teaching methods, psychology of people, and goal of higher education play big roles there. For example, in the developing world a degree doesn't always mean that you learned something useful nor does a degree doesn't secure one's career because of various socioeconomic realities. \n\nGiven that the syllabus is the same, instructors may need restrict themselves into theoretical discussions only or conduct lesser labs because of the lack of sufficient instruments because of budgetary constraints. Moreover, in developed world teaching methods and syllabuses are also subject to continuous research and improvement which is not always true in the developing world. \n\nSalary of professors and their living condition is also a factor in the developing world. Above all, the feeling of not being a part of developed world plays a big role in their motivation." ]

[ "undergraduate" ]

[ "Statement of purpose: One-for-all or one-to-one?", "This question is about statement of purpose (s.o.p).\n\nI am not sure that whether it is advisable to write exactly one s.o.p. for all the schools or to write for each school exactly one s.o.p.? Does this really matter? Would the reviewers of a school judge applicants by their understanding of the school? \n\nI really need judicious suggestions." ]

[ "phd", "application", "statement-of-purpose" ]

[ "How do we explain a timing diagram in a technical talk?", "One of my slides of my presentation at a technical conference includes a timing diagram. I have to explain the functionality of the read/write operation with the help of this figure. I have maximized the diagram and am planning to explain each signal assertion. \nThis slide is one of the many slides and I am concerned about the time needed to be allotted for the timing diagram. I feel it is rather important as it explains the functionality of the proposed model.\nPlease suggest how I should go about formatting the diagram as well as explain the timing diagram.\nEdit1 : A timing diagram is used to trace a set of signals to explain the behavior of a particular system. More details here" ]

[ "conference", "presentation", "slides", "electrical-engineering" ]

[ "If a paper has co-first authors, is the next author after the first authors considered the second author?", "I've already read this question in this arena, but I couldn't find an answer.\n\nThe question is: if someone obtains first co-authorship, does the \"third\" author gain \"second authorship\"?" ]

[ "authorship" ]

[ "Assistant professor does not collaborate with or cite fellow department members, despite them being experts on the topic", "I serve on a Promotion and Tenure committee for an assistant professor who has (in my opinion) a lack of professional courtesy and collaborative attitude. This professor will collaborate and publish with graduate students or faculty at other institutions. \n\nHowever, has conducted at least 5 small research projects, that have been published in regional or national research conferences, where faculty in our own department who are experts in the field were not included and even their previous published research not referenced (I think there's a clear issue with reviewers, but). \n\nOnly after it is clearly and sometimes loudly pointed out \"you did this whole project and didn't even reference any of XXX's work or ask them to be part of the study in his/her area\" will this faculty member ask people to review the article for journal submission. \n\nFurther, there are a few faculty across the country, who could be external reviewers for this individual. They have also witnessed this lack of collaboration and professionalism. \n\nWhile collaboration is not a measure of success in the P&T process, the quality of the research conducted and published should be. \n\nMy questions are:\n\nHow do I guide, mentor this young faculty member through the promotion and tenure process, so that they understand the importance of collaborating with the experts within the department? \n\nHow do I address this issue during the P&T meeting with the rest of the committee?" ]

[ "ethics", "collaboration", "promotion" ]

[ "I have been accused of cheating on an online exam because my answers were similar to those in a math website, is this sufficient proof of cheating?", "My professor has accused me of cheating on an online exam, which was proctored by a TA. My camera did fall a few times but I was constantly lifting it up. The class is a precalc class which I'm just retaking to get grade forgiveness for the time I took it during my first semester (serious health problems caused me to do badly my first semester). Anyway, I had gone on to retake precalc, pass, and had taken calculus and had gotten a B. So by retaking precalc, which I also took in high school, I just wanted to boost my GPA. I was not raised in the states so my basic understanding of math was not taught in the same system or approach that my professor is taking right now.\nHe asked to see me after class, and told me that my answers were suspicious and that he had to report me. I asked what questions seemed suspicious, and he proceeded to show me the middle of a very long question that was in the middle of the test and asked me how I got to that answer. I was taken off guard, my anxiety started peeking through, and I just kinda blacked out. I would answer the question, and be confronted with, “but how, and you’re the only student who’s answers stood out” and “its too many coincidences”. He then proceeded to tell me that the same exact steps were found on a math website. I asked which website, but was met with “you can’t even explain how you got the answers that you did”.\nI am very confident in my work and offered to retake the exam, take a new one and even send my scrap pieces of paper (despite being proctored as well). I was just met with “I'm gonna report you”.\nI told her that I was being honest and if I was given a chance I could prove it with another test. I just get very anxious when basically I was given very random pieces of a problem and was kept being asked in the middle of me talking as well.\nI was told he wanted to talk to me first to ‘give me a chance’ but he said either way he was gonna report me.\nThere is literally no proof other than the fact that a website did it the same way I did. Can they say I cheated without any real proof?" ]

[ "mathematics", "exams", "cheating", "online-learning" ]

[ "Reasons a paper may be open for revision after the majority of reviewers recommended rejection", "Two out of three reviewers rejected the paper I had submitted saying that it is not of high scientific content. But the third reviewer suggested \"publish after minor revision.\"\n\nThe paper is open for revisions. Does my paper stand a chance of acceptance after revision?\n\nWhy is it open for revisions when majority 2/3 of the reviewers had rejected it?" ]

[ "publications" ]

[ "Can I publish a paper that doesn't have a specific question to answer?", "I have created a new data structure, and I intend to submit a paper about it to an ACM conference later this year. However, in writing the paper, I realize there is no specific \"question\" the research answers. I was simply curious if such a structure could be created. Can I simply write the paper, describe the structure and how it works, and then give a pseudocode example and perhaps comparisons to other data structures? The structure has some rather interesting properties, and I can see specific applications for it in statistical analysis. But beyond that, as far as I can tell, it's just a neat structure with some weird properties." ]

[ "publications", "conference", "computer-science", "publishability" ]

[ "What does it mean if my advisor decides to remove his name from a paper we co-authored?", "I recently received a rejection to a paper that I co-authored with my advisor. There was nothing wrong with the content but the reviewer believed it was too simple by the journal standards. My advisor's advisor who has more that 30 years expertise in the field has suggested to combine the paper with its sequel (which I was in the process of writing) and submit elsewhere.\n\nWhile I am getting ready to do the same my advisor has asked to remove his name from the paper. This worries me a little. It makes me think that the paper isn't good enough and that is why my advisor want to disassociate himself from it.\n\nCould there be any other reason why my advisor is doing so? Should I ask him?" ]

[ "publications", "authorship" ]

[ "How should I cite presentation slides?", "A friend has made some nice slides that I could reuse (similar topics). He sent me the slides and commented that if I use them and could cite him that would be nice, I asked him how should I cite the slides but he said that whatever suits better to me he said \"Just add my surname in some place where it's not very intrusive\".\n\nI'm not sure if he doesn't care or he doesn't want to be too picky, but I'd like to cite him, to each one his own.\n\nAFAIK, they are related to a paper (but not in the paper) and to his thesis, where they could be as a diagram but definitively not animated. The slides (as such) may be available at some URL, he said they will be but they are not available yet (so I don't have the URL yet). If citing by the URL I guess I could use this: \"How to cite a website URL?\"\n\nShould I cite slides? If yes, how?" ]

[ "citations" ]

[ "Talks vs. poster presentations: Which is better for advertising your research and building research networks?", "I'm looking into applying to present at a conference for undergraduates in mathematics this summer. When I apply, I have to either apply to give a talk (~20 minutes) or present a poster.\n\nFrom what I've read on this site, it seems posters are often looked down on relative to talks, especially in mathematics. However, one advantage of a poster session is that I can have a back-and-forth discussion which is impossible in a talk. I think this is especially important for my research, since the computations in the subject are notoriously tricky and will trip up even experts if they aren't paying close attention to the details.\n\nWhat are the relative advantages/disadvantages of each format? Which is a better way to advertise my research and network with other researchers in my field?" ]

[ "conference", "presentation", "poster" ]

[ "Is it appropriate to wear an honor stole/cord to my doctoral hooding and convocation?", "I didn't have the chance to wear my academic stole or honor cord during my undergraduate graduation.\n\nQuestion: Would it be appropriate to wear the academic stole and honor cord to my doctoral hooding and convocation?\n\nEDIT I should mention that at least one of the items was earned during my graduate career, if that has any bearing.\n\nI can't find any guidance from my university." ]

[ "graduation", "academic-dress", "honor-societies" ]

[ "Reject after major revision, reason is that the journal is not suitable for this kind of work", "I submitted a paper in a renowned journal. The first decision was a major revision (revise and resubmit) asking questions. I answered them all and the reviewers were happy with the answers. The second decision was reject and the reason told by the associate editor was that this kind of work is not in correct place in this journal and we should try some other journal. My point is that they could have rejected that in the first review only if this is the reason of rejection. \n\nMy question: Is such a rejection common?" ]

[ "journals", "peer-review" ]

[ "Presentation: Is using cartoon slides un-professional or fun?", "I am close to graduating and am going to an assessment center for a very large tech company. One thing we need to do is hold a presentation about one of their products.\n\nI want to stand out a bit from the crowd and show that I spent a lot of time on this presentation. So I had the idea of drawing my own characters and using them in slides to help explain my reasoning etc. (A lot like in the youtube-videos you see nowadays where stuff gets drawn while a person talks). \n\nI find this type of presentation fun to listen to, but is it unprofessional? It is my first time at a global giant like this and I'm sure they are fine with more than others since it's in tech, but is this too much? Should I use the normal \"boring\" slides with one idea/slide etc. ?" ]

[ "presentation" ]

[ "What is a delicate way of identifying key insiders?", "I am beginning a doctoral program this Fall and have been receiving helpful advice from a recent graduate. While this graduate has mentioned a key mentor that will likely serve as my primary advisor, I am curious to know if there were other mentors instrumental to his success in the program.\n\nWhat might be a delicate way of inquiring who these people are?\n\nEDIT: I was initially afraid that having someone identify the \"good guys\" might imply that I reckon that some are \"bad.\" But this is probably overthinking it, as one comment pointed out." ]

[ "advisor", "mentoring" ]

[ "Is reviewing papers moving away from voluntary community service?", "I recently came across reviewing policies which make it a requirement for authors submitting a paper to a conference to also accept reviewing for it. Here is an example:\n\n\n In order to submit paper(s) to EMNLP, you must nominate at least one\n author to serve as a reviewer, (usually the most senior author) and\n for that author to take on a full load (of up to 6 reviews). \n\n\nI completely understand the rationale behind such decisions: the ratio submissions/reviewers cannot grow infinitely while maintaining a proper review process. Yet I'm concerned about the implications for the quality of the reviews, since people who are forced to do it might not be as careful as voluntary reviewers. This also feels like a step down from the traditional \"community service\" philosophy of the peer-review process.\n\nIs this a general trend in the research community, i.e. is this happening in other domains as well? \n\n\nIf yes, does this imply a change in the peer-review paradigm? For instance, as a researcher should I stop doing \"free reviews\" in order to keep my reviewing time for mandatory reviews?\nIf no, are there other solutions being tested to the problem of ever-increasing papers/reviewers ratio?" ]

[ "peer-review", "community" ]

[ "Mental Heath for long-term success in Academia", "I was hoping for some advice on long-term mental health in academia. First off, I am a 3rd year PhD economics PhD in a high-ranking school in the US. Before anything else, my experience has been great. I have done extremely well and I am well on my way to publishing several high-level papers. The department has been supportive every step along the way, from my thesis advisers and co-authors to the more senior members who have helped me grow as a person.\n\nOn the other side, I am also the youngest person in my PhD class. Often times, I set almost unrealistic expectations for myself. My goal is to make assistant professor at a research school before the age of 30. I've told this to many professors in the department, and they all told me it was possible. The problem is that I often get upset with myself when I cannot perform at 100% of my best, and even when I do I cannot get myself to take a break. For example, today I sent out my work by 11am, ideally this would mean I would get a free day until tomorrow. But I decided to pick up a side project and now am taking a break to write this. I have discussed about burnout with my advisors. They all just say take a break. Might sound strange, but I do not know how to do that.\n\nThe question, in sum, is then: if you have been very successful in this field, have you ever had the feeling that the only person your work is not good enough for is yourself, and that you will always want to push the extra mile, no matter what? I feel this way because my family, and the entire department, especially my PhD advisor, have always gone the extra mile for me. These include: extra study sessions with professors, helping me design my own field, and making sure I would be in the best position to succeed as a researcher. I feel if I do not put in my absolute best on a daily basis, that would be disrespectful towards them and myself. \n\nThank you for listening, I needed to get this off my chest" ]

[ "phd", "thesis", "health" ]

[ "Applying Late to Mathematics Graduate School", "I have posted a similar question to this previously, but would like to reword it and re-ask it.\nI just recently completed my undergraduate studies with a degree in mathematics from a relatively well-known US university. During my time as an undergrad I took many advanced (first and second year graduate courses) as well as one-one reading courses with professors on topics in Probability and mathematical analysis (topics like stochastic differential equations, large deviations theory, linear/nonlinear PDE at the level of Caffarelli and Cabre, as well as topics in Calderon-Zygmund and Littlewood-Paley theory).\nDue to my indecisiveness and the insistence of my family for me to find "gainful employment", I chose to not apply to graduate school, and instead work full-time in private-industry (quantitative-finance). The work is challenging and sufficiently interesting, and of course pays well, but I still feel that I would be remiss if I did not purse a PhD in mathematics (or related fields). My main issue (in my mind) is letters of recommendation. While I am confident that the professors I have worked with would be willing to recommend me, I am in some sense taking a non-traditional route by delaying my application (for example after one year of working). In turn, I am afraid that the more time I take for asking a recommendation, the less-likely it is that my professors will remember me and be able to write a strong letter for me.\nDoes anyone have recommendations as to a best course of action here? I am wondering whether I need to bite the bullet and apply to programs this year, and hope they offer deferrals (for say, one year of time) although I'm not sure how the current situation (with covid etc.) could impact this. If anyone here is on mathematics graduate decision boards (or any graduate decision boards for that matter), I would appreciate your input. I am also wary as to the perception of "non-traditional" applicants as my self and how they might be perceived by admissions committees, although it is too late to modify that status." ]

[ "phd", "mathematics", "application", "united-states", "recommendation-letter" ]

[ "CRediT contribution statement: Pros and cons of including non-author contributors?", "An increasing number of journals require a CRediT – Contributor Roles Taxonomy statement for, among other things, "Enabling visibility and recognition of the different contributions of researchers, particularly in multi-authored works – across all aspects of the research being reported (including data curation, statistical analysis, etc.)."\nHere's an example provided by Elsevier:\n\nZhang San: Conceptualization, Methodology, Software. Priya Singh: Data\ncuration, Writing- Original draft preparation. Wang Wu: Visualization,\nInvestigation. Jan Jansen: Supervision. Ajay Kumar: Software,\nValidation: Sun Qi: Writing- Reviewing and Editing.\n\nHowever, the ICMJE recommends that authorship be based on fulfilling all of 4 criteria (including 1) contributions to the conception/acquisition/analysis, and 2) critical contribution to the actual paper). Most journals (in my field, psychology) follow this recommendation regarding authorship. Based on these criteria, none of the "authors" above warrants authorship. Yet, they all contributed to the paper in critical, but different (even complementary) ways, and should be acknowledged meaningfully.\nA common scenario is that students providing critical contributions and substantial time commitments don't end up coauthors because they do not fulfill all four criteria (e.g., Conceptualization, Methodology, Investigation, and Project administration, but not Writing of the paper, which could be written by another, graduate student perhaps). It feels weird to acknowledge the minor contribution of one author (e.g., minor part of analysis, minor contribution to writing of paper) but not the student who did all the legwork. Or even the student who ended up spending dozens of hours collecting a large proportion of the data (Investigation).\nGiven that the ICMJE recommendations are not expected to change anytime soon, I wonder whether the CRediT contribution statement could also be used as a convenient tool to formally acknowledge non-author contributors, since right now, their contributions are often buried in obscured, unstandardized (even meaningless) acknowledgments sections. This way, non-author contributors meta-data could eventually be picked up and indexed quantitatively on different platforms (ORCID?).\nQuestion\nWhat would be the pros and cons of using the CRediT contribution statement to acknowledge non-author contributors more formally and transparently? Could it coexist with the current coauthor system or can only one of the two survive? Should you do it even if journals don't expect it?" ]

[ "journals", "authorship", "open-science" ]

[ "Should a phd student try present a review paper in a conference?", "I am a PhD student and I am doing a literature review for my dissertation. Despite the fact that I am working on the topic, I am not an expert; but I have enough information because of my previous research during MSc and have a published paper in my CV. \n\nI submitted an abstract of the review paper for oral presentation in the most important conference about the topic and it was accepted. The review is about the developments and contributions from researches in some countries. Then, I told my advisor and he suggested me not to submit the final paper because he thinks that kind of review paper must be done by experts, not by PhD students (it would seem such as teaching to experts); further he thinks I will spend a lot of time which should be spent on my PhD dissertation. I really want to present the review; however, I do not want to contradict my advisor. \n\nDo you think it is convenient to present the paper?" ]

[ "advisor", "presentation", "literature-review" ]

[ "PhD application: my country isn't listed", "I'm from Palestine (or West Bank). Now I'm applying to Boston University (the deadline unfortunately is just a few hours from now), and my country is not listed in their online application.\n\nWhat can I do? There is not even an \"others\" option listed. Could I safely choose the nearest country to mine (Jordan), where incidentally I had earned my B.A. degree from? Or is that stupid to do? I can't call Boston directly now because their offices are closed now.\n\nShould I forget about Boston University? (I did that, sadly, with UCLA for the same reason). But I really care about this school and I already sent both my GREs to them.\n\n\n\nEDIT:\nI have both Palestinian and Jordanian passports, in both of them my homeland is Palestine. I don't hold an Israeli passport or citizenship.\n\n\n\nUPDATE:I submitted an application and followed it with an email explaining the issue. I'm still waiting for a response." ]

[ "graduate-admissions", "application", "united-states" ]

[ "review a review paper with unpublished data", "I am reviewing a paper, which is a review paper. The paper seems good, but the authors included many their own observations, which are unpublished. Is it good for a review paper to include may unpublished findings?\n\nThanks" ]

[ "review-articles" ]

[ "Difference between transactions and journal", "I feel a little bit ashamed, but I have never understood the difference between transactions and journals. This question is quite related. However, I could not find any clear differentiation.\nFor example, in my little field (software engineering) IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering is considered the top venue. However, there is not an IEEE journal on Software Engineering (or whatever name). To be honest, I have never seen any publisher on software engineering having both transactions and a journal on software engineering. This is also why I fail do differentiate them.\nThis is what IEEE writes at its FAQ page.\n\nWhat is the difference between IEEE Journals, Transactions, Letters, and Magazines?\nJournals, Transactions, and Letters are the primary means for\npublishing technical papers concerning original work in IEEE fields of\ninterest. [..] The primary purpose of\nJournals, Transactions, and Letters is to disclose and provide a\npermanent archival record of original technical work that advances the\nstate of the art or provides novel insights. Papers in Journals,\nTransactions, and Letters should be of lasting value to the\nprofessional as judged by the authors’ peers through a formal review\nprocess. [..]\n\nThe omitted part is about letters and magazines, so it is not related. Am I really missing it, or they do not really differentiate?\nWhat is the difference?" ]

[ "journals", "terminology" ]

[ "Supervisor who accepted me for a research internship now says he doesn't know who I am", "I've been accepted in a research internship. However, after I sent an email to my supervisor asking about some details, he told me that he has no idea about who I am, and that maybe I've been exchanging with someone else. But the confirmation letter was signed by him.\nI'm so confused, I'm afraid if I send more emails it would look like I'm forcing things. I'm really confused because I refused many offers to work in this lab. Any suggestions please?" ]

[ "research-undergraduate", "email", "supervision", "internship" ]

[ "What should I do if the editorial process 'may' cost me my publication?", "I have submitted a manuscript on COVID-19 to a scientific journal in mid-2020. Since then, I have not heard from the journal, although the status says 'Under Review'. As the publication is related to COVID-19, I believe that it is imperative to disseminate the publication as soon as possible once it is accepted. However, as it has been more than half a year, I am afraid that my manuscript's findings are obsolete once it is published, especially considering that evidence related to COVID-19 is quickly expanding.\nI have posted the paper to a preprint database. However, I believe that it is important for the peer-reviewed publication to be disseminated at the earliest. In this regard, I have tried contacting the editorial office several times, but I have not received any replies yet. I am afraid that the editorial process may cost me my publication, especially considering that it has been more than half a year since I gathered the evidence.\nIs there any suggestion on what I should do?" ]

[ "publications", "peer-review", "paper-submission", "covid-19" ]

[ "How are PhD students assigned to supervisors/professors?", "In my experience, there are two types of PhD students\n\n(1) A professor offers a PhD studentship. Then, students apply directly and know their supervisor from the first day.\n\nIn this case, how a professor secure the funding for a PhD studentship?\n\n(2) A department offers PhD studentships. After admission, students can choose their supervisors or the department will assign them to available professors.\n\nIn this case, how the capacity of each faculty member is determined to accept PhD students from available students of the department?\n\nI know that the system varies from university to university, but I am curious to know the most common systems for each cases in North America and Eastern Europe." ]

[ "phd", "university", "advisor" ]

[ "Should I drop my paper after finding a recent very similar paper?", "I have been working on a research paper to apply a technique X to solve certain problem Y. The field is in computer science. Approximately some months ago I started to check it up if there was something similar to my proposal, but I did not find anything at all.\n\nA couple of weeks ago and when I have already finished the tests for my proposal, I decided to check it up again. In my new search, I found an article that was published about two years ago and when I read it, I saw that it was very close to the idea on which I have been working. The differences were very subtle, I was using a simplified version, data was collected in a different manner, and other tiny differences. If we talk in percentages, the differences would be like 20 % between my article and the one I found.\n\nThe reasons that I did not find this article in my first search were that it was published in a not so well known journal, and while it has been cited before, it were only self-citations and there was no strong relation between the article and the citing ones.\n\nSo what I can do in this situation? I have not based my work on this paper, but I know that I must cite it like a related work. Should I drop my paper or present it and see what the reviewers have to say about it? I would not like to be pointed as a case of plagiarism because of the similarities." ]

[ "publications", "plagiarism", "publishability" ]

[ "Is it true that a full Ph.D. is a disadvantage for technical positions in the private sector?", "If you do work that requires a technical skillset (ex. programming, data science) and plan to work in the private sector. Is completing the Ph.D. degree a disadvantage in terms of what opportunities are available to you? Or, do the additional publications, work completed, and everything else that goes into a dissertation count as valuable experience? Is the degree viewed as valuable in and of itself? Additionally, is any increase in pay or job stability enough to offset the opportunity cost of making a graduate student stipend for 2-3 years?\n\nI've wound up in a situation where I'll probably be financially unable to take a postdoc position upon graduation, and will likely be forced into the private sector anyway (which functionally closes me off from an academic career-track), so am considering the option of leaving my program after advancing to candidacy." ]

[ "phd", "career-path", "industry" ]

[ "Data/analyses on distribution on academic research income across research active staff", "Does anyone know of any analyses of the level of ‘research income inequality’ in research grant income across research active staff? Ideally by field, country, and time?\nI.e if you had a list of all research active staff, and the research grant income associated with them in a given year as PI or Co-I, and arranged the list from lowest to highest, what would the distribution look like, and what would the gini coefficient and other measures of inequality (eg 10:90 ratio) be?\nI would expect something like an outsized hockey stick, but also that there would be greater inequality in less well funded fields and vice versa." ]

[ "funding", "reference-request", "salary" ]

[ "Decline grad school for fellowship?", "So, I have a bit of a dilemma on my hands. \n\nI took a gap year after graduating from college, and I thought I was going to go straight to grad school after. I got accepted to multiple programs, and I already declined all of the programs except one. \n\nHere’s the problem: I also applied to a competitive, two-year fellowship with a government organization, and I made it to the interview stage! And now, I changed my mind about going to grad school and I’d like to get more experience on my hands. Unfortunately, we won’t know if we get the position by July. Point is: there might be a chance I might decline the school after I accept my intent to go there if I get the fellowship. I know that grad schools (I applied to both public health and heath administration) allow deferment for only a year, but I’d like to have a backup plan just in case I don’t get the fellowship (which is go to grad school). \n\nSo let’s say if I do get the fellowship, should I just be honest with the school I accepted and tell them I want to do the fellowship? Or take a risk and decline the school and I hope I get the fellowship?\n\nIf I do the former, I just hope that this won’t hinder me from other schools considering my application the next time I apply to grad school. I’m applying right after the fellowship, and this time I INTEND to go back to school. \n\nThanks." ]

[ "graduate-admissions", "graduate-school" ]

[ "Supervisor/advisor ignores me regarding my paper", "I did an honours degree last year (4 year undergrad study with a research thesis). My supervisor shafted me towards the end of that year when I was coming up to submit my thesis by being absent with his own life issues and barely communicative, and gave me back drafts literally days before it was due. End result was I fell barely short of the requirements to get a PhD scholarship. So I discussed with my supervisor and he said I could write a paper with his assistance about my work, to bolster a future PhD application.\n\nSo we agreed on a date to catch up, the time came and I sent him an email. He has not responded at all, it's been 10 days at this point. Normally he would reply back quickly. I'm getting the strong feeling he's got yet another excuse, but I really need to do this for my professional development/future PhD application. What should I do next? Would it be possible to write the paper myself without assistance (I have all the data)." ]

[ "phd", "advisor", "writing" ]

[ "How to proceed after academic dismissal from PhD program (plagiarism) and successful completion of master's?", "I was dismissed from a (Canadian) PhD program on the charge of plagiarism. I had muddled up sources, and the professor insisted I deliberately did it to get higher grades. My student advocate informed me that plagiarism is plagiarism, whether intentional or not, whether only on a single line or not, and regardless of the professor's motivation. So, I admitted to the charge, while looking for ways to avoid a repeat and rebuild my reputation. \nI did inform the tribunal that this was a single sentence in a 22-page document, and that I was traumatized during this period as the state had taken custody of my two children.\n\nThe tribunal upheld the charge but recommended that the provost should consider a minor punishment. My advocate suggested I should not contest the recommendation of the tribunal. However, four months later, the Provost decided to dismiss me because I did not appeal the decision, and because I had failed to inform the professor of my personal challenges when I took the course.\n\nWhen I was dismissed, I completed a master's program at another university with a GPA of 4.0/4.0. I discussed the plagiarism incident with my master's supervisor.\n\nNow I want to apply for a PhD Program in a separate, but related, area (my current supervisor does not work in this area and so could not supervise me), and I am wondering how to go about it since I am required to disclose all the post-secondary education attended. I would appreciate any suggestion on how I can navigate this muddy waters." ]

[ "graduate-admissions", "plagiarism", "expulsion" ]

[ "What to say in one-minute presentation of a poster in a scientific conference?", "The chair person of my poster session has told each participant to make an one-slide presentation with one minute maximum speaking time (known as poster blitz or poster madness).\n\nI am wondering what to keep on the slide and what to say in one minute? Is it Okay, if I speak my abstract only along with a figure? Could you please suggest me if there is any other good way of presentation?" ]

[ "conference", "presentation", "poster" ]

[ "Ratio of faculty positions to applicants", "A few years ago for every fresh PhD graduate in Management Information System (MIS), there were three open faculty positions. Then the ratio of graduates to positions dwindled to 1: 2, then to 1:1.5, later to 4:1. Finally MIS departments all over started shutting down or being merged into Management, Operations or other departments and today hardly any schools offer a PhD in MIS.\n\nIt is possible that there are still many fields where for every PhD graduate there are 2, 3 or more open faculty positions. Are there any areas with faculty shortages these days? Animal Sciences? Genetics? Psychology? Sociology? Wildlife Sciences? Mechanical Engineering? Computer Science? Statistics? Any field at all?" ]

[ "phd" ]