About research projects performed by (or involving) undergraduate students
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How much background material should a mathematical research paper include?
I've just written my first mathematical research paper. It proves some new results, which while not ground-breaking are (according to an expert in the field) at least somewhat interesting and ...
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Prolonging undergraduate school to do research
I am an electrical engineering (communications) undergraduate student. But my main interest is physics ( and/or CS, esp. it's common fields with physics - but it doesn't affect my question here ), and ...
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PhD Admissions Importance: Research vs. Grades
I have read and been told that research is the single most important factor for applying for PhD programs in STEM fields. But, I also hear that GPA and GRE scores are the first cutting point for ...
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Is there other way to get into more advanced study of math, with a low GPA?
I am a second-year undergraduate majoring in mathematics. In my first year of studies, I didn't do really well on my exams and therefore my results were not good, with a GPA at around 2. I didn't ...
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How to talk to a project advisor as an undergrad?
I'm an undergraduate working on a small project with an esteemed scientist, whom I met through a connection. I'm communicating via email due to distance. The problem is that I'm having a lot of ...
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What if I can make a profit for an assignment/project I did similar to “Google”? [duplicate]
This is kind of like the google story. We are currently doing an project individually. The idea I came up with can be used as a website that can make profit. My question is, let's say I was able to ...
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I am a 2nd year undergraduate student. What should I do now to prepare for my PhD?
I am a 2nd year undergraduate student in Aerospace Engineering, in India. I am really willing to go into Academia as a researcher. I am specifically interested in Aerospace Controls. Some points to ...
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Travel grant for undergraduate researcher for attending conference
I am an undergraduate student doing independent research. My research work is selected in a very reputed conference in US. I am from India. I cannot afford to attend the conference at all. How should ...
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For undergraduates, is publishing “weak” research better than not publishing?
As an undergraduate student, I have worked on some projects for my own interest, and recently a professor said that one of these works can be published (in a Elsevier journal with impact factor of ...
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How to get a research paper all together
The "research portion" of my paper is mostly done, but I'm having trouble putting together my research. (Keep in mind this is at the undergraduate level). It's not so much that I don't know how to ...
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Are mathematics REUs absolutely limited to undergraduates?
I had an amazing time at my REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) last summer. I would really love to do another one this year.
Problem is, I am about to graduate, so I will technically not ...
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How to deal with racial insensitivity in an academic environment?
I am an undergraduate research assistant in a biology lab. I was having an informal conversation while working at lab with my professor and a colleague of him. In the middle of our conversation, my ...
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How should I go about making CV as an undergraduate?
I'm just an undergraduate math student, and I need to make a CV for a research application. However, from the CVs that I have already seen I have nowhere near enough to fill probably half of a page. I ...
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Undergraduate research field different from PhD field
I am a Physics undergrad who is interesting in pursuing a PhD in pure maths in the future (algebraic geometry/topology) but I am a bit unsure. My question is quite general, and I don't wish to provide ...
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About recommendation letters for PhD admissions
I am a physics undergrad who has worked with profs mostly on areas in Quantum field theory, string theory. However, my interests have changed slightly over the areas, and now I want to pursue a PhD in ...
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Which Internship should I take?
I'm a Chemical Engineering major in undergrad, and I currently have two internship offers this summer.
The first one is a 10 week summer research internship at a top-10 program in petroleum and ...
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Changing the Title of The Research Paper before the submission of Camera Ready Paper
My research paper has been accepted for the IEEE ICCSE conference. I am planning to change the title of the research paper before the submission of camera ready papers. This would be a slight ...
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Is it ethical to use a data-set made as a research assistant?
Two years ago I was a research assistant during my undergraduate and my sole duty was the aggregation of many economic surveys, a very tedious task. This data-set, to my knowledge is one of a kind.
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Research publications in string theory/QFT by undergrads [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Importance of Undergraduate Research
I am a physics undergrad interested in pursuing research in string theory/ Quantum field theory for my PhD. I am feeling pressurized ...
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Where and how to search for research problems?
Where and how can an independent researcher search for research problems in a paticular field, assuming that a person doesn't have direct contacts with anyone knowleageable about that field?
And once ...
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Importance of Undergraduate Research
How important is it for an undergraduate student majoring in Physics and Mathematics (or any other science) to have experience in research (e.g., have a peer reviewed paper to his name most probably ...
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When does a paid research assistant become a co-author?
What amount of work should a well compensated research assistant put into a paper before they're included as a co-author? Is there any norm? Suppose this is a field where 1 to 3 authors on any given ...
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Asking for official e-mail address from ex-employer University for publication?
I am no longer affiliated with a University. In the instance that I publish a paper (co-author or otherwise), is it appropriate for me to e-mail my old University and ask them for a staff e-mail? This ...
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What sort of research experience does a college or university expect a professor to provide an undergraduate?
A lot of universities nowadays expect professors to be able to provide research experience to their undergraduates. i.e. in job applications for new hires. What do they actually expect- Publications? ...
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Doubts about writing research paper?
I am writing my first research paper in field of computer applications and artificial intelligence. I have following doubts, please answer them to help me out..
a) When explaining my research, do I ...
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Lack of exposure to research
I am a senior computer science student and I am working on my senior graduation project. My supervisor said that I should implement a job search web portal as a graduation project. But I want to make ...
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Will advanced knowledge help my undergraduate research? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Overlearn in undergraduate College- good or bad idea?
I'm about 0.5-2 year(s) ahead of my course plan* depending on how you see it, but I don't want to waste my time so ...
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How to approach principal investigators for internship/job positions
What would you recommend as the best way of approach principal investigators for internship/job positions? I'm undergrad, with a planned graduation this winter and I want to get some experience ...
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Neuroscience- NIH-IRTA for a international student
I've finished my bachelor in Cognitive science and mathematics and I'm looking for research opportunities in the US, starting in a half year. Are there any programs for people in my position? The ...
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Is research experience in a different field relevant for PhD application?
I am a economics major undergraduate student who will apply for grad schools in the coming semester. I think I have quite a strong research experience in mathematical statistics (asymptotic statistics ...
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Are NSF RUI proposals evaluated separately or are they evaluated against the general pool for that program/division/directorate?
I am preparing to write and submit a grant proposal to the US National Science Foundation (NSF) through the Research at Undergraduate Institutions (RUI) program. This will be my first submission to ...
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What can I do to get an admit in a Neuroscience program?
About me:
I work full time often more than 60 hours a week but I want to go to
college to be a neuroscientist.
I live in the US and have bachelors
degree in Chemical Engineering.
My goal is to get ...
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How to ensure a research idea has not been explored previously
I am admittedly an undergraduate so I do not have very much experience yet in finding resources.
When I have an idea of something I would consider worthwhile to research (in my case for a proposal ...
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What to do if undergraduate research has stalled for a long time?
So I'm pretty much working on my own project with guidance from two supervisors. Since it's my own project (and it's exploratory research), the two supervisors don't need to pressure me to get ...
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Can co-authoring a paper as a new grad harm my reputation/career?
To be specific, I just graduated with a Bachelor's degree, and my final project supervisor has asked me to co-author a paper with him about the subject of the project I did with his supervision.
I'd ...
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How to interview undergraduate candidates for research assistants?
I am at a public high-ranked Canadian university where undergraduates are heavily encouraged to participate in research, and currently recruiting an assistant for myself (and my supervisor). While at ...
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On getting reviews for research work as independent learners
Consider an undergrad student (who wishes to dive into STEM research) in an obscure university in an obscure town who has a few ideas which he converts into a well documented article. All of this by ...
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“Challenging” Teaching Experiences for Math Grad Students?
I am currently a graduate student, who will (hopefully!) graduate in the next year (or two . . .). I have slowly come to realize that I enjoy teaching, and consequently want to do more of it! My ...
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Do professors benefit from undergraduate research?
And does it depend on the type of field? Undergrads in biology can do the menial work, but what about undergrads in the computational sciences?
Are they more or less likely to benefit from ...
