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Do longer papers have lower chances of being accepted because they take up more "space" in a journal issue (STEM)
ACM is about to phase out printing all journals they publish, and in any case, printed pages is not something reviewers or editors have been concerned about for a long time. The printing part is not ...
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Do longer papers have lower chances of being accepted because they take up more "space" in a journal issue (STEM)
As an editor and conference organizer (in mathematics and CS) I can say that the answer is yes, all other things being equal, extra length will put you at a disadvantage for multiple reasons:
(1) Even ...
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Starting a faculty position in a different department than what I did my PhD in?
It is probably worth the effort to apply in today's marketplace. While it seems unusual (and is), it might be that the department has some long term goal to get more "computational" in ...
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Do longer papers have lower chances of being accepted because they take up more "space" in a journal issue (STEM)
If the condition all other factors being equal is taken literally, then that means that the longer paper tells the same story at the same level of comprehensibility in more pages. That should clearly ...
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Would it be reasonable to ask my potential PhD advisor my chances for being accepted?
You can ask, certainly, but unless the supervisor has sole authority to admit you, which happens some places, then expect a noncommittal and largely uninformative answer.
Since there is a committee, I'...
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Would it be reasonable to ask my potential PhD advisor my chances for being accepted?
Asking about "chances to be accepted" specifically is not a good idea. On the one hand estimating this is undoubtedly very difficult, on the other hand it wouldn't actually be useful for you ...
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Starting a faculty position in a different department than what I did my PhD in?
My concern would be that the career of a computer scientist is quite different from the career of a Humanities prof. Where would you get your mentoring.
Can't hurt to apply and check it out, but ...
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Would it be reasonable to ask my potential PhD advisor my chances for being accepted?
Where I work, we don’t charge students admission fees but do require them to line up an advisor before they apply. “What are my chances?” is a question that most students have, even if it is just ...
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Would it be reasonable to ask my potential PhD advisor my chances for being accepted?
A counter-view from other answers: At first glance a professor might say "well you should try" - but given the application fees and their affordability, you have a sensible, justified reason ...
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Starting a faculty position in a different department than what I did my PhD in?
You say that this position aligns very well with your research. If that’s so, then it shouldn’t be a whole lot easier to attract your own students if you were in a CS department. Many schools are ...
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How can I withdraw a paper from any conference?
You can always withdraw an accepted paper by emailing the organizers. In fact it is polite to do so as soon as you become aware that you will not attend, as your slot can then be assigned to someone ...
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How to deal with overlapping research?
I can think of four strategies for dealing with this. "Hot" areas are a difficult issue, as you note.
The first is to work on something that few others are likely to work on. This is very ...
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