Top new questions this week:
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About a month ago, I read a new article published by my previous advisor and three other researchers in a top journal. I noticed that part of it uses part of my master’s thesis, only written as if …
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Large language models (LLMs) are complex neural networks that can capture and represent world knowledge present in the human-generated text as their weights. LLMs are trained on a large collection of …
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I have recently enrolled in an elective course from our degree program. There is something that sometimes annoys me, namely the English used by the professor. He is not a native English speaker, but …
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Something I hear from students about certain instructors is a complaint that the instructor “makes the course harder than it has to be” or some variation. I’m a postdoc and my students …
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How would you handle a colleague offering your PhD student a postdoc position? I had applied and received fund for him to continue with me as a postdoc immediately he graduates. We had this discussion …
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This might sound silly for those who know how to do it and do not see that it is a problem but for some people like me it is. Since I started working in academia, I have had the problem of building …
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In one of the papers, I have mistakenly written a wrong/irrelevant word which makes the sentence vague. The sentence contains review of somebody else’s work. The referee is confused and has asked for …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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When adding a reference to an image that is a screenshot, what is the proper way to cite in APA style? Also, who is considered the artist in this case? The person who took the screenshot, the website …
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I’m applying to a BS/MS program and I’m gathering recommendations. I’m an international student from China and I was transferred to my current college last year. Two weeks ago, I went to see my …
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I realize there is a somewhat similar question posted, but my question is different in that I found a pretty big mistake in my thesis. It’s such a big problem, it changes my results. I almost wish I …
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I submitted a paper to a Taylor and Francis journal that uses the ScholarOne submission system. The manuscript status has changed from “Under Review” to “Awaiting Reviewer Scores”. What does this …
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I have the following degrees: PhD in Information Technology (Computer Science concentration) MS in Systems Engineering (MSE) MS in Engineering Management (MEM) BS in Computer Science What would a …
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I have a Belgian colleague who is “Prof. Dr. ir.”. What does it mean?
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I’m offering a new grad course this semester; this is my first teaching role. One student reached out to me four months ago, asking about the attendance policy. I did not have one because I had not …
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Should I cite the citations made in a quotation in the bibliography? Here is a fictitious text illustrating the situation: The authors Dupont & Albert (2019: 23) recall: “The resources of …
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I am currently on a J-1 visa in the US. I have been a postdoc in the US since November 2019, therefore with the J-1’s 5-year limit, I will have ~2 years left to be in the US unless I change to another …
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I joined my current research group as a postdoc about one year ago. That project I was assigned to work on wrapped up, and I was assigned to work on a different project for this second year. This …
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