Top new questions this week:
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A grad student has offered to hire me to write simulation code of a published paper and they said they need the simulation for their master thesis. Is it considered cheating if I accept the project?
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I’m referring to an incident at Purdue. The head of the Purdue math department tried to pressure an older tenured faculty member to leave by setting his salary to 0 (among other things). I actually …
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I had the idea to create a series of short-form educational videos intended to de-mystify quantum computing. Ideally, these videos would be suitable for a wide target audience and consequently would, …
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I got a newly hired professor this semester. He is a good teacher but sometimes gets in trouble explaining a new topic since he writes the big formulae on the board and misses a lot of things in the …
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My university did not have English letterheads. My professors asked me to go to the IT division and ask for one, so, I went and received an image of the letterhead, then I put the letterhead in a word …
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A professor of mine has been asking students to write research papers for conferences. I wrote a paper and submitted it to him, he uploaded it in a conference through easychair. While going through …
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In my current position, my committee believes that I am by all metrics a successful student. I’m even working on two papers. But I’ve had to endure sexual harassment and working conditions that …
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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I’m a third-year PhD student at a university in the Netherlands. The program is normally four years but students finish averagely in 4.5 years. By the end of each year we have progress evaluation. The …
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I’m a new PhD student, wrapping up my first year of coursework. To date, I haven’t published any papers, and my body of work is essentially null. For this semester’s class project in one of my courses,…
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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 chosen money over h-index / google scholar profile fame. Now I am working on applying the things in reality, giving me a big chance of a great contribution to the company. However, I am not …
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I am applying for a PhD programme in Europe. For that I need to write a cover letter. It will be more like a SOP (technical but shorter version, as it’s one page) or it can be more general stuff, as …
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Today we (professors + teaching assistants) proctored a midterm exam for a class of about 80 students. There was undoubtedly a “hardest” question on the exam, since nearly the entire classroom of …
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I’ve heard of people transferring between graduate schools because of their advisor moving to another school and taking their students with them. Do students ever transfer for other reasons? If a …
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I am an international relations grad student in the very first semester..very first course and need some insight. This may seem a bit overly concerned but I am already terrified of failure. The very …
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I am trying to conduct a publication search on the Cambridge Core database but do not understand how the logical operators and quotation marks work on that site (and even if they do). Here’s an …
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I am currently considering a postdoc position in France which would be funded by an ERC grant. Since it is the hosting institution to determine the salary I was wondering whether there are some fixed …
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