Questions tagged [stem]
On standards or conventions specific to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) as set of related academic disciplines, and programs that lead to a degree in these fields.
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Is the first semester too early to fire a PhD student?
I'm a new tenure track assistant professor in STEM at an R1 university in the United States, and this is my first PhD student. It has been a rocky start. I like him as a person but he's a very ...
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How do I responsibly model scientific curiosity for my PhD student?
I’m an early-career academic co-supervising a PhD student for the first time. I’m significantly involved in supporting the student on a weekly basis. She is hard-working, motivated, and seems to value ...
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Do reviewers tend to reject papers when they do not (fully) understand (parts of) it?
Do reviewers tend to reject papers when they do not (fully) understand (parts of) it? Such as when parts of the paper are not within the reviewer's immediate field of expertise?
Although somewhat ...
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What to do if a work is too extensive to be properly presented in a single paper?
I have been working for years (started already as an undergraduate student) on a topic in computer science (robotics/AI). The work consists of many sub-contributions (i.e. novel ideas) in several sub-...
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What annoys reviewers more: Missing information or a paper that is too long? (STEM-related field) [closed]
I for myself, when reading papers, almost always miss important information such as justifications for certain design decisions, implementation details or more detailed differentiation to related work....
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Are many figures in a paper considered bad practice?
I am in the process of writing a paper for one of my PhD test series. As the test series was extensive, with many different materials and specimen, there are quite a lot of figures: images of the ...
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How do you respond to people who say pure mathematics has less value than applied mathematics because "it doesn't have any practical application"?
I'm a Math PhD student in pure math. Many times I have encountered people who just doesn't value pure math or does not see the beauty of pure math. Most of the time these are those people who haven't ...
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MSc paper accepted in highest impact journal in my field - what next?
As part of my MSc I wrote a dissertation on a topic that interested me (clinical medicine - focused) and I got a good grade for it - my supervisor suggested sending it off to a journal for publication ...
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Got a terrible letter from my PI instead of a promised good letter. Is not including it a lot better than incluidng it? Should I work for a while? [duplicate]
I posted earlier about my situation. I'm changing PhD programs, and I got a terrible recomendation letter form my advisor. I found out by accident. What do I do now? I'm shocked
To recap: I'm ...
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Presenting teaching experiences and teaching plans in job talk
I have received an invitation to give a job talk for a tenure track Assistant Professor position in at a Agriculture university (U.S.). The position entails 80% research and 20% teaching ...
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STEM to non-STEM PhD program
I am an international student, applying to Ph.D. programs for Fall 23 in the US. My background is in STEM and I am changing my career path to Psychology or Public Health. Many of these programs are ...
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How hard is it to find a job in the academia with a Muslim name in the UK?
I found the following article on the Internet:
Candidates with Muslim-sounding names are three times more likely to be passed over for jobs
What is the situation in the case of acadamia?
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Is there any added advantage to getting Presidential Postdoctoral fellowship (STEM) over regular postdoc appointment? [closed]
Is it more prestigious? Does it help to have it on your resume, if you are applying for faculty positions later on? How does a presidential fellowship compare to a regular postdoc appointment at a ...
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How can I deal with students that are too sensitive when they are wrong? Particularly when they answer simple questions incorrectly during class?
I am an instructor in a STEM field. I am teaching an upper-division course where I try to interact with the students rather than just lecturing. I am teaching in the students' native language; there ...
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Pros and cons of teaching in a department with no graduate program
Currently, I work in a small regional university, in USA, and my department has no graduate program (at least no Ph.D. program).
On the one hand, I do not have to supervise graduate students, which ...
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Why does someone work in a non-STEM field after completing a PhD in STEM? [closed]
Several years ago, when I was taking an English language course, one of my teachers said that one of her acquaintances did a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and became a Headmaster in a Bilingual ...
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How hard it is to switch for a new Master's degree from different Undergraduate background?
For Non-STEM backgrounds like Media/Film Studies, is it possible to get a master's degree in Data Analytics/ Data science to go for the desired field? I feel extremely need for a transition into a ...
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How would a master's degree from a very low ranked insitution be viewed for phd applications in STEM?
I mean schools that do not offer doctoral programs in that field and are ranked bottom quartile in usnews. Could this actively harm an application? Are there any mitigation measures one could take if ...
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Is it practically possible to rise to the highest ranks of academia in STEM in the US system after finishing a PhD at 34? [closed]
I am about to finish my Ph.D. at the ripe old age of 34. I plan to stay on and try to become a part of the faculty at a university. Considering the time it takes, not to mention the competition ...
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Professor didnt respond for months and master thesis failed
I am writing this message here for my friend who is... having some of the most stressful months of his life as I can see.
The story from the beginning, my friend is studying in a university in germany ...
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One-sided vs two-sided hypothesis testing - Should the hypothesis reflect this? [closed]
I had written a hypothesis that we expect x outcome variable to increase when y treatment is applied. A reviewer commented that based off of the hypothesis, we should be doing a one-sided test.
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Would it be possible to rank North American graduate schools from "most competitive" to "least competitive" (in terms of admission)? [closed]
I would like to understand if it is possible to rank graduate schools in the US and/or Canada by the entry/admission standards/requirements (this could be based on GPA/GRE/etc). While it seems that ...
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Should I include a letter of recommendation in my dossier for teaching positions?
I'm a full professor in a US STEM field about to go on the job market for teaching professorships because of a terminal financial emergency at my current institution (a liberal arts college). I am ...
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Query regarding the academic journal submission
Asking on behalf of my friend.
He had worked on some problems in the summer of 2018 when he was a student at some X university. After a year, he again started working on the same problem and will be ...
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I am a PhD candidate and I have been offered an internship that I want to take. My advisor objects. Should I take it anyway?
I am a PhD candidate in computer engineering. I've just finished my 2nd year. I finished all courses and passed the comprehensive exam. Currently working in a nice research project in collaboration ...
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