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Discouraged about quality of PhDs
J

eh? i thought you had to take classes as a phd in canada? my friends at ubc do? or is that just a ubc thing?

How do I know which are the better research groups?
J

what sort of research would you like to do?

What does your supervisor think of the Postgrad Forum?
J

my supervisor knows nothing of this site. i hope to keep it that way

Discouraged about quality of PhDs
J

14 hours/day in the lab is not very healthy.

my paper was rejected
J

i meant conflicting comments in that one journal said to take the paper to a more specialist journo, and when we did that the specialist journo said take it to somewhere with a broader audience ...

Changing topics - what are my chances?
J

why would anyone not want you?! :s

Neuroinformatics PhD (applications/etc)
J

i've met a few of the edinburgh folk and know of some of the work being done there (e.g. chris williams). i think most people had done engineering, maths, physics or comp sci at undergrad but most had done little or nothing related to the area of neuroinformatics.

my paper was rejected
J

rejected twice! and with conflicting comments too!

my paper was rejected
J

i dont think it can go anywhere much better :s

my paper was rejected
J

it wasn't of sufficient general appeal for the journal which is fair enough because i didn't think it did either *sighs* ultimately academic politics got in the way of good science :(

my paper was rejected
J

my paper got rejected :( sad

Statistics Advice please
J

if it not bayesian i wont touch it lol

how old are all of you guys?
J

24 but still as naughty as when i was 5 ;)

threatened by supervisor
J

what on earth?!

Teaching / Tutoring/ Demonstrating etc
J

i find it very hard to get any teaching work around here