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Dirk
  • Aachen, Germany
  • Member for 4 years, 5 months
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Why do so many pure math PhD students in the USA drop out or leave academia, compared to applied mathematics PhDs in the USA?
Jul 15 '19 at 7:34
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How to train students to write high-quality research papers?
Aug 2 '17 at 10:08
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Thriving in a competitive lab
Jun 29 '17 at 12:12
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Is it legal for me to write my thesis in my native English and have it translated to German at the end?
Jul 10 '18 at 7:44
36
What if your advisor does not know anything about your research field?
Apr 27 '17 at 10:04
32
Write 'According to Wikipedia' in a PhD thesis
Oct 18 '17 at 10:06
30
Should I agree to referee a paper when I don't feel I can judge its importance?
Apr 9 '18 at 12:38
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Is it reasonable to get the university's legal team to advise on an open source licensing issue that affects software developed for research
Nov 15 '17 at 12:02
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Why don't authors include in their publications the duration of the research?
Jul 25 '18 at 9:27
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Does a reference to a work inside a footnote have to be in the bibliography?
Dec 7 '18 at 9:43
21
Postdoc that refuses to follow the terms of her contract
Jun 1 '17 at 9:47
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Is it better to prove a generalization of a theorem before presenting specific cases?
Jun 19 '17 at 10:34
14
Setting up a Mathematical Institute of Refereeing?
Aug 15 '19 at 11:11
14
Non-consensual authorship order change after paper submission?
Aug 22 '17 at 8:59
13
What is the reason that once a student has passed a university course, the student cannot take the course again?
Oct 19 '17 at 9:14
12
Can I still publish a paper in an IEEE transaction journal after uploading it to the arXiv?
Sep 8 '17 at 9:46
11
My potential advisor is suggesting a project that I don't think I have the knowledge to take on?
Dec 4 '17 at 14:30
10
Could a paper be rejected due to poor quality of figures?
Sep 13 '18 at 10:14
10
Forgotten to answer question
Dec 12 '17 at 10:30
10
What prevents someone from turning the same idea into multiple papers?
Jun 6 '17 at 10:12
10
Is it a good idea to write to some researchers for some help on my own research?
May 30 '17 at 9:48
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of an "open gradebook" policy?
Jan 16 '18 at 13:58
9
Should I cite my supervisor in a thesis?
Sep 6 '17 at 8:53
9
Do professors need to use up their grant money in a fixed period of time?
Apr 27 '17 at 12:41
8
As a tutor, should I encourage exploration at the risk of incorrect information?
May 10 '17 at 8:47
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What are the process and practices of requesting for pre-submission peer review from field experts?
Aug 12 '19 at 10:42
6
Immatrikulation and PhD in Germany
Oct 4 '19 at 11:49
6
Self-plagiarism: Copy part of thesis for blog posts?
Jan 18 '18 at 10:00
6
How do I survive academia as a Trump supporter?
Nov 15 '17 at 11:43
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Is it okay to get partial funding for a conference from two institutions?
May 8 '17 at 8:20
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