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Is re-implementation of a method in another setting enough for a master thesis, especially when you didn't know that the method existed [closed]
so I am currently writing my master's thesis, where I developed a new method on how to develop a "new" type of digital circuit. I am currently done with the implementation and getting the ...
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PhD Thesis from High Quality Masters Thesis and Publications
I went to a non-PhD awarding university for my CS master's degree applied to the medical field. I treated the research very seriously and tackled multiple existing problems and original research. My ...
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Citing my unpublished master's thesis in the article that builds on top of it
I am writing an article from my master's thesis. It is a polished and much shorter version of it, with equal contents. My master's thesis is unpublished by my university, but available from my GitHub.
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Professor wants master thesis published in journal - impostor syndrome, next steps etc
my professor stated that my thesis has potential to be published in a scientific journal.
I have not come into contact with publishing in journals yet.
He advised me to put my empirical results, which ...
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My Korean professor and Korean lab members threaten me to give my research to them. Please advise me
I obtained my research degree under rather abusive circumstances from a Korean university. My research work involved a data set from a company. During my studies, I presented my work at a conference ...
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Publishing master's thesis
I would like to write a peer-reviewed publication from my master's thesis (in mathematics).
I don't know how to ask my supervisor, and actually, I don't know what to ask.
He suggested the initial ...
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Master thesis biochemistry
I am looking for a topic for my master's thesis in the field of biochemistry, but there is a problem, how can I make sure that the topic I have chosen is not repeated? Because there are many sites, ...
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How to publish results of master theses
This post is from the perspective of the management of a master’s degree in computer science (not from the perspective of a single student).
We have a 2 years master’s degree (= 4 terms). In 3rd term ...
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Publishing a non thesis article
I would like to ask to you about a topic that has been on my mind right now. Before publishing my master thesis, I want to publish a non-thesis article and use it in my thesis and I want to cite ...
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My advisor wants me to put his name as the first author but he didn't have math contribution
I am in a masters program (mathematics) and I have written a paper with my supervisor. My supervisor taught me the whole general procedure of finding papers to start with, methods of research and ...
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Is discovering a new (and noteworthy) branch of Mathematics not necessarily worth a PhD? [closed]
I'm currently enrolled for a master's degree in pure mathematics. My supervisor agrees with me that I discovered a new and noteworthy branch of mathematics (and rigorously proved the results).
We both ...
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Ask thesis supervisor for permission to include his name as co-author of a journal paper and risk being denied?
I did my Masters Thesis at a reputed organization, under a supervisor who is an expert in the field. The organization is notoriously protective about the data I acquired from there which I need in my ...
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Posting a (non-original research) Masters thesis on arXiv?
Based on the following posts:
Posting master's thesis on arxiv?
Should one put their Master's thesis online?
although my question differs in that my "Master's thesis" was not part of ...
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Copyright issues of using free clipart
I'm a master student in psychology. A year ago, I downloaded a lot of free clipart online to create my study stimuli. For example, some clipart are from this website: http://clipart-library.com.
I ...
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Do people still have to write thesis after finishing their master/phd? [closed]
I know that the thesis is needed when doing their master.
But do people still need to write a thesis when doing research as a past-time?
What if they just want to publish an article but not thesis?
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how to stop working for other people's thesis?
Last semester, I took a course with my supervisor and he assigned me a project. This project is part of one of his student's theses. I did the project and passed the course.
Later, I was asked to ...
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Conflict of Interest from previous employment as a graduate student [closed]
I am currently working in industry with a pharmaceutical company on a one year contract (front-line sales role). Following this contract, I was hoping to complete my masters of Science in population ...
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Can University revoke my degree if I change some results, and how can I correct it?
In my research I was asked to edit some conclusions making them more significant at the behest of my adviser. I did what I was asked because I was immature at that time in my thesis work. At that time ...
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Is it ok for an applied mathematician to research a topic that she has personal experience with?
Would this idea be too sensitive / too much information / generally a bad idea?
For example, I have a friend who is doing her computational biology PhD at a strong U.S. program, and her main research ...
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Is it common for supervisors to approach their student and ask to work on publishing the student's masters thesis?
My supervisor emailed me asking if he can work on trying to publish my masters thesis, with me being the first author. I have said yes, is it common for supervisors to approach students asking to ...
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To publish or not to publish [duplicate]
There are two parts to this question.
As a student interested in pursuing a doctoral degree; how important is it to publish an article or "something" before one applies? Will it help your chances? I ...
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Can I publish my Master's Thesis that I've claimed copyright on?
I graduated this past May with my master's in a physical science. Since then, my thesis has been uploaded online by my university, with my copyright on the thesis. I was interested in publishing the ...
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Should I correct a successfully completed Master's dissertation before publishing online?
I successfully completed my Master's dissertation a while back and I've decided I would like to publish it online to help others and probably print a copy for myself to up on the bookshelf.
The ...
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How to integrate a paper where I am third author, but did a lot of work, into my master's thesis?
I am writing my thesis currently and I want to include papers that I am included on as an author. I will have a couple papers where I am 1st author, but there is one where I am third but did a lot of ...
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Can I use my own paper for own thesis?
I published a paper on a statistical topic after my bachelors.
Currently I am doing my masters thesis and I would like to cite/use my own paper in it.
However, I did not inform my supervisor before ...
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