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Is it okay for a potential post doc to send an email to professor on the weekend?

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How to politely respond to generic emails requesting a PhD/job in my lab? Without wasting too much time

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Can a professor ask for money directly from students to print out handouts for class?

answered Dec 3, 2017 at 0:37

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Asking for an acknowledgement

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Master's supervisor said he didn't post projects because he's not taking in any students but said I should apply anyway for PhD in his group?

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Elsevier production team messed up my paper. What should I do?

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How do you come to terms with the fact that you might never be among the best in your research community?

answered Apr 7, 2017 at 8:26

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Should we transition to making our conference online or postpone?

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What is a computer science conference, really?

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Include as an author someone who contributed to financial support only?

answered Apr 21, 2020 at 20:15

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Is it ethical/legal to obtain journal articles from reddit?

answered Jul 11, 2016 at 21:27

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How to deal with an inappropriate greeting in an email?

answered Mar 12, 2017 at 19:38

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Avoiding publishing in a particular journal without bringing up politics

answered Jul 23, 2018 at 7:44

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Has there ever been a strike of peer reviewers?

answered May 18, 2020 at 18:24

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I want to be a researcher but I don't think I'd be any good at teaching. What do I do?

answered Feb 20, 2017 at 16:54

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What are the archiving policies of arXiv?

answered Oct 6 at 4:09

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How to evaluate a thesis based on papers with multiple authors

answered Jun 15, 2020 at 18:55

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Bulk download of arXiv (or other publication data set) with metadata AND citations

answered Apr 15, 2019 at 20:31

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What should you do if a co-author has an unethical affiliation?

answered Jun 9, 2020 at 23:02

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Are theses done in industry (French CIFRE) a disadvantage in academia?

answered Apr 24, 2020 at 16:45

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Alternatives to big-name proprietary remote-lecturing tools

answered Apr 17, 2020 at 10:08

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I peer reviewed a paper and found it to be sound - technically and language-wise. How should I write the review report?

answered Nov 23, 2019 at 10:11

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How do I stop assuming that someone is male?

answered May 18, 2020 at 19:10

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Is it okay for a professor to leave the classroom only 5 min past the class start if nobody has shown up?

answered Jun 6, 2017 at 10:49

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How to pronounce 'et al' in presentation speech?

answered May 28, 2020 at 23:00

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Bad answer to a bad peer-review

answered May 4, 2020 at 9:00

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Acquaintance is paying friend to do his coding for an Ivy League master's degree. What should I do?

answered Mar 28, 2020 at 11:04

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I expect much more commitment from my PhD-supervisor. How do I communicate this to him?

answered Apr 18, 2020 at 11:59

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Thesis supervisor wants me to publish my work in his own conference

answered Sep 9, 2017 at 21:41

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Can I still publish a paper in an IEEE transaction journal after uploading it to the arXiv?

answered Sep 10, 2017 at 12:26

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Is it okay for a potential post doc to send an email to professor on the weekend?

How to politely respond to generic emails requesting a PhD/job in my lab? Without wasting too much time

Can a professor ask for money directly from students to print out handouts for class?

Asking for an acknowledgement

Master's supervisor said he didn't post projects because he's not taking in any students but said I should apply anyway for PhD in his group?

Elsevier production team messed up my paper. What should I do?

How do you come to terms with the fact that you might never be among the best in your research community?

Should we transition to making our conference online or postpone?

What is a computer science conference, really?

Include as an author someone who contributed to financial support only?

Is it ethical/legal to obtain journal articles from reddit?

How to deal with an inappropriate greeting in an email?

Avoiding publishing in a particular journal without bringing up politics

Has there ever been a strike of peer reviewers?

I want to be a researcher but I don't think I'd be any good at teaching. What do I do?

What are the archiving policies of arXiv?

How to evaluate a thesis based on papers with multiple authors

Bulk download of arXiv (or other publication data set) with metadata AND citations

What should you do if a co-author has an unethical affiliation?

Are theses done in industry (French CIFRE) a disadvantage in academia?

Alternatives to big-name proprietary remote-lecturing tools

I peer reviewed a paper and found it to be sound - technically and language-wise. How should I write the review report?

How do I stop assuming that someone is male?

Is it okay for a professor to leave the classroom only 5 min past the class start if nobody has shown up?

How to pronounce 'et al' in presentation speech?

Bad answer to a bad peer-review

Acquaintance is paying friend to do his coding for an Ivy League master's degree. What should I do?

I expect much more commitment from my PhD-supervisor. How do I communicate this to him?

Thesis supervisor wants me to publish my work in his own conference

Can I still publish a paper in an IEEE transaction journal after uploading it to the arXiv?