Top new questions this week:
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I am a postdoc at the lab of, say, Prof. Johnson. Together with a few students and external collaborators, we performed a research study and sent a manuscript for publication, where I am the leading …
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I live in Western Europe and began a CS degree 1.5 years ago. I had no prior programming experiences but the degree was aimed for beginners. The male-female student ratio was 100:1 (as also stated by …
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I’m currently in a PhD program in Electrical Engineering. Sometimes, my adviser will send me papers with a small note such as “I thought this may be relevant to your work. Please have a look and …
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An NSF research proposal was prepared last year. Even though all scientific work planned at the university will be done by two postdocs and 2 – 3 graduate students, the university requires a tenured/…
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One professor at our institute gave all his students the same advice when it comes to Ph.D. application: apply to non-obvious programs at top universities. Here “obvious programs” refer to …
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I’m currently applying for the Ph.D. programs in the United States. My academic instructor has been notified that he violated some immigration regulations (he is not U.S. resident) and he lost his …
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It looks like I am about to have a paper retracted. It was due to a misunderstanding about data use permissions, not misconduct or plagiarism. How badly will this impact my career?
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Greatest hits from previous weeks:
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I slept through my 8 am final last Thursday, and I didn’t wake up until 11:50 am. By the time I scrambled to remember what day it was, it was already noon. I frantically sent the professor an email …
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It’s easy for me to find out salaries for tech-jobs but it seems Professor salaries are quite hush-hush. I really love to teach and would be more than willing to join academia. However, I may choose …
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Let’s start with background: I’m European, don’t know much about undergrad educational systems, and especially grading, outside my own area. So, I receive a CV from an Indian undergrad with the …
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When contacting universities, in many cases, I find the replies to my emails extremely well detailed and helpful, therefore in such cases I find a simple “Thank you” to be just insufficient. For …
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We are currently working on a conference paper where we plan to cite and discuss a paper as a related work. It was written by a colleague at the same university who has kindly offered to help us …
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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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The above question is self explanatory, still I would like to break it into two parts. Q1. What is the difference between abstract and summary/conclusion? Q2. What is the difference between summary …
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Can you answer these questions?
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I’m am on staff at a tertiary level college. My colleagues and I are developing a wearable, non-invasive monitor, not too dissimilar from a Fitbit. Naturally, we want to know whether the monitor works …
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Is there research on how allowing retakes or multiple attempts affects the learning outcome of students? For instance, if one allows students 3 attempts to take the exam rather than 1, with tests …
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I joined a PhD program in Germany 6 months ago. I have two supervisors here – one is a clinician and the other is from natural sciences background. I am really unhappy with the way I am being guided …
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