Questions tagged [video-conference]
On video conferencing in academic situations, such as for meetings with collaborators or interviews.
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questions for the candidate to ask during a skype faculty interview [duplicate]
What questions for the candidate to ask during an initial skype faculty interview? In the field of physical sciences.
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How do disabled computer scientists publish?
Given that computer scientists publish in conferences, which typically require that presenters be present, how do computer scientists who are disabled, have broken legs due to a car accident, or have ...
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Comp Sci PhD Admissions: How often are Skype interviews requested?
I am applying to several computer science PhD programs, and several professors who I mentioned in my statement of purpose have reached out requesting Skype interviews. My question is: how often are ...
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Evaluation criteria for 3-minute teaching demonstration over Skype?
I have been asked to participate in a Skype interview for an academic position in a STEM field. One focus of the institution is innovative and non-traditional teaching methods. This is the first ...
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How to promote reduction of carbon footprint for conference participation?
Researchers need to get together with each other in conferences to give talks, listen to talks, discuss with others, network, etc. But travel to conferences is expensive and adds substantially to one'...
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Should I ask my online PhD interview panel whether my partner can sit in?
I have an online interview for a PhD program via Skype. I want to ask the panel if my girlfriend can join in the interview. She will turn off her microphone and camera, so there will no interrupting ...
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How to present a paper via skype?
I'm doing a skype presentation of a paper that would be published soon. The presentation is for an improvement of a procedure that was not so accurate before (Computer Science related). Should I only ...
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What kind of video conference software do academics use?
I'm a new graduate student and my adviser asked me to set up a meeting with some out-of-state colleagues (whom I haven't met yet) to start working on a collaboration that I'll be playing a major role ...
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Live Lecture Technology
I am trying to come up with a method to live broadcast my lectures to parties connected to the internet. Up to now, I have been using FaceTime to transmit my work on a whiteboard. This method works, ...
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How could one prepare for a telecon interview for a government lab?
Suppose that, after applying to a publicly advertised position, a person gets invited to an interview for a regular (not time-limited) scientific job at a national scientific research laboratories in ...
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Advice/guidance when interviewing for a faculty or postdoc job via Skype or phone?
Plenty of advice is available for standard interviews, should phone/Skype interviews be approached any differently?
(This was asked on twitter by @emilyandthelime, I have my own, partial answer that ...
