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Can I abbreviate journal names to first-letter acronyms in references?
Instead of shortening "IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing" to "IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens." as specified here, can I instead shorten it to "IEEE TGRS"...
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How formal are expectations for in-office work vs. alternatives (outside, coffee shop, pub) during a PhD in France?
Context: I'm Brazilian, recently I moved to a small town in France for my PhD. Both my undergrad and Master's were done in the same university in Brazil, a really enormous city called Sao Paulo. I ...
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Why do Indian universities classify General Relativity under mathematics?
It seems a lot of Indian universities classify faculty who work on General Relativity under "Mathematics". Example. They are a professor of mathematics at Visvesvaraya National Institute of ...
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Is it easy to change field of research when moving from PhD to postdoc?
Is it easy to move from one research topic to an other in the transition from a PhD to a postdoc?
If I ask this question to Google, it says that it can be done. This process would have even the ...
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Language and other requirements in "présentation analytique" for MCF positions
I am applying for Maître de Conférences (MCF) positions in France (sections 25 and 26 - math and applied math). I've gotten the qualification, and I would like to understand the committee-level ...
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Arxiv and SSRN forever under review time on a time-sensitive paper
I wrote a paper on a time-sensitive topic related to AI-policy, applying game theory to an economic model and analyzing the equilibrium. It is a hybrid between computer science and economic theory, ...
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How to prevent incomplete submission loop in latex submission to world development journal (Editorial Manager)?
I wrote my manuscript in latex and want to submit to world development journal. This journal seems to require a source (latex/MS word) submission rather than a PDF.
When I go through the submission ...
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need some help clarifying academic references from a taoist study journal
https://doi.org/10.2307/602892
I am interested in the commentary by Li jung. Does anyone know what the reference here means? "(T.2104, vol. 52, p. 387a-94c)."
also how does the 道藏 reference ...
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How to positively view working with grad students with different work-life balance?
I am a STEM graduate student at a U.S. R1, working on a collaborative research project with other graduate students.
I work long hours. Many of my PhD colleagues work focused short hours (9-5 or less) ...
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Is using AI (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.) to understand research papers a bad idea?
I'm a grad student, aiming for a PhD and a career in research in machine learning on encrypted data. That being said, I have experience working in machine learning, but it's my first time working on ...
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Continuing with on-campus faculty interview for tenure-track position with high likelihood of not accepting the offer
I am wondering about the ethics of continuing with going to an on-campus faculty interview for tenure-track position with high likelihood of not accepting the offer.
I was recently shortlisted for an ...
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Do I need to take NOC separately everytime I apply for a new position from my current university?
I am currently working as a faculty member at a university in India and am applying for Assistant Professor positions at other institutions. For each application, it requires me to submit a No ...
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If I improve my grade retaking a course would grad admissions assume that I cheated via LLM in order to raise that grade?
I am a computer science/computer engineering major in sophomore year of undergrad. I am interested in going to grad school(masters) for CS or CmpE since I hope to work on legged robots. First semester ...
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Is it okay to ask AI to re-phrase your cover letter?
An academic job advertisement for an Assistant Professor position required submitting a cover letter.
English is not my native language.
So I prepared my cover letter and then asked ChatGPT to ...
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Cold-emailing professor for summer research as undergraduate [duplicate]
I am currently hunting for summer research opportunities in biophysics labs in the US. I study in the UK (but am originally American). I am aware that it is very late in the cycle - was relying on a ...