Questions tagged [reputation]
The perception of the quality of a journal, conference, university, or other academic entity by a specific community or the general public. Also: how reputation develops and factors influencing reputation. The tag is also used for personal reputation of professors and students and the various things that affect it.
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What should I start doing to improve my prospects since deciding on an academic career? [closed]
So, I have had a year out to work and am now going to do my Master's degree in Computing. I have decided to fully embark on a career in academia.
What can I start doing NOW that will help improve my ...
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How does the testing method and possibility of cheating in an entirely online degree affect the value of the degree?
Although my question can't be answered absolutely, I'll try to state it in a way that's as close as possible.
I'm considering earning an entirely online Software Engineering bachelors degree from a ...
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For PhD, prestigious fellowship at university with poor infrastructure, or prestigious university? [closed]
Two PhD positions were offered to me:
EPFL in Lausanne (Switzerland)
In Italy, through a H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship.
I know that Marie Curie are quite prestigious, but also EPFL is ...
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What is the non-European perception of Marie-Curie postdoctoral fellowships?
I recently posted the above question along with another in the same post and was asked to post this one separately.
I have received a Marie-Curie individual fellowship from the European Commission. ...
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Reputation of university versus quality of work for research assistantship
I have a couple of offers for my bachelors thesis in computer science (machine learning, to be precise). The options are such that one is interesting work at a not-so-well-known institute (in my home ...
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Letter of Recommendation: Reputation vs personal relation
I want to apply for a graduate program in Computer Science and need a Letter of Recommendation to complete my application.
While thinking about who I could ask to write the letter I came up with two ...
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Submitting feedback to hiring committee on job candidates -- stay positive or say negative things too?
As they do every year, my department is running multiple searches for faculty hires. After all the talks for a given position, the committee solicits feedback on the job candidates.
When submitting ...
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Can an applicant with undergrad degree from a school that is poorly regarded be seriously considered for admission to PhD at a top business school?
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I did not go to college after high school straight away. When I was finally ready (at 26), I enrolled at the infamous University of Phoenix and got to it. This was during the time ...
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Is the conference "ICCTCEEC" a scam? [duplicate]
I submitted a paper about 20-25 days ago in this conference http://ctceec.org/ knowing about IEEE involvement here.
Today I have got an acceptance email for my paper, The astonishing thing to me is, ...
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Is citing a blog post allowed in a research project?
I'm currently writing an essay on the possible benefits of video games in education for my Extended Project Qualification, and for part of it I want to cite a blog post from Gamasutra written by a ...
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Does the name of the college you attend matter to your potential employer? [closed]
Please don't close, I'm just asking for research purposes.
I don't care if your answer is biased.
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Journal's website states different and much higher impact factor than what I found on Scopus. What do I do?
I looked up the website of a journal where someone I know had published research. They listed their Scopus impact factor as a number that is much higher than when I searched the website of Scopus.
I ...
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Is publishing papers with many co-authors detrimental to one's academic career?
I’m looking at some friends’ works, at good labs, in good schools, but some of their publications have 10 co-authors – I even found one with 15 co-authors.
I’m sure the lab and its PI(s) are doing ...
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Do I benefit my professors by publishing papers with them?
I am currently working towards a master’s degree in computer science, after which I’d like to pursue a PhD in mathematics. Talking to some professors, it sounds like: If I can get some things ...
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Be a member of TPC of a low quality conference
Recently I have recieved few emails from conference organisers to become a member of conference technical program committee. Three of them are international conferences and going to held in China and ...
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