Academia Weekly Newsletter - Friday, August 29, 2014

Top new questions this week: My student told me his mother has cancer, what do I do? Today I saw that one of my students in the class was looking very sad. He sat down at the end of class and he looked like he was in a bad mood. After all the students left the classroom I called him … etiquette students communication   asked by alex 35 votes answered by Moriarty 67 votes Is a PhD right for you if you hate doing research in your free time but love doing it as a job? Say for example you are a new PhD student and realize that you hate doing research in your free time but you are more than willing to spend several hours in the morning to do research. Was your … phd advice   asked by ksm001 24 votes answered by Stephan Kolassa 30 votes Why is salary inversion a problem? I've heard that salary inversion is a problem in academia, and it happens when Universities continue to hire new and highly qualified people at higher and higher salaries, but they don't increase the … university salary   asked by Luke Oeding 23 votes answered by Pete L. Clark 37 votes How to review a major revision of a paper? A few months ago I reviewed my first paper. The authors submitted a major revision and I am asked to review the paper again. I received a long cover letter where my comments and the comments of two … publishing peer-review   asked by Martin Drozdik 19 votes answered by aeismail 22 votes How to quantify the loss in productivity due to time spent on writing proposals During my PhD it bothered me how much time my supervisor had to spend on writing proposals to get funding to do science, which in practice pretty much meant that he had no time to do science because … grants scientific-productivity projects   asked by Miguel 18 votes answered by Stephan Kolassa 16 votes What are the benefits of organizing a conference? Organizing a conference is very difficult for a scientist, you have to have the right collaborators, to find the right venue, to spread the word, to advertise it, to send the call for papers, to … conference career-path   asked by DavideChicco.it 17 votes answered by David Ketcheson 15 votes Do mathematics researchers regularly solve problems like this? I'm not sure that this is the right exchange for this question. It asks about the possibilities of research in mathematics and computer science. Extended Background I am very interested in … research professors computer-science mathematics   asked by gragas 15 votes answered by Nate Eldredge 26 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: I am currently debating whether to leave my PhD program- any advice TL;DR: Young male graduate student in his first year of a PhD program who has lost his passion for the academic world. Seriously considering quitting but don't know what to do. Science background. … phd graduate-school   asked by user7007 33 votes answered by Chris Gregg 36 votes CV for leaving academia after PhD I am soon finishing my PhD in computer science and I decided to leave academia for the industry (not industry research). I am not clear about what to include in the CV. I currently structured it … phd cv industry   asked by user695652 28 votes answered by scaaahu 33 votes Can you answer these? White paper justifying the publication of a survey paper We are currently trying to submit a comprehensive survey article I have been working on for a while as a journal paper. Some of the journals we're considering (I'm in Computer Science) require, for … publications journals   asked by penelope 10 votes How to mitigate bad grade in research on PhD application? I've just finished my fourth year (out of 5) of biology studies in one of European universities. I have some experience in research and my grades are quite ok (in US scale it would be 3.75, which … graduate-admissions graduate-school statement-of-purpose grades   asked by Ver 1 vote "Internal" license for group software? I have a question about the use and attribution of internal software tools. We have a model in our group that is very popular and has formed the basis of many student projects and publications. It … software intellectual-property licence   asked by jkeirstead 2 votes

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