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Questions tagged [industry]

Queries related to enterprise or industry activities of academicians and the impact of industry on academic career and vice versa.

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Contacting Academic about Industry Problem

I am on an R&D team in industry with no formal connection to anyone in academia. However, a professor wrote a paper on implementing idea A. I have an idea B that extends idea A, but I am unsure about some practical implementation details. I strongly…
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What types of industry positions favor PhD over a masters?

I'm coming from a biomedical engineering background, and I'm noticing that almost all job postings ask for either an MS or a PhD, and from speaking with my friends with masters it seems that masters are often favored, because they demand less pay.…
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How can I stay active in academia from an industry position?

Places like the old Bell Labs and Genentech gRED have an environment where the scientists publish quite a lot. Suppose I wanted to build my research R&D departments to have strong academic ties. What would I need to have in place to keep in touch…
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Who applies academic CS research in the industry and how?

After a paper is published, say in CS, who reads the paper? How are the ideas presented there applied to business and industry? How is industry collaboration done? I'm asking this question per this comment.
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How easy or difficult is it to switch from academia to industry in the case of a PhD in Bioinformatics?

Yesterday, I was talking to a guy who has a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, got sacked from academia because of Covid related fund cuts, and he is not being able to find jobs in the industry because, what I realized, his proficiency is poor or…
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How to ask for an academia-industry collaboration?

I work for a relatively big manufacturing company, we just opened a new R&D department where we are expected to develop some new engineering capabilities (new for us, not for everyone in the market). I have identified an academic expert (from…
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Myth or Reality: Employers will contact your academic supervisor and past collaborators to acquire information about you

Recently in a presentation about networking the presenter mentioned that it is important to maintain a good relationship with your past academic supervisors and collaborates (teammates) because employers (industry employer, not academic employers)…
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Preparing for careers outside academia

I'm currently beginning a master's program in physics. I intend to pursue a PhD after this. I am interested in theory and at this point I think I want to explore high energy or stat mech and/or its applications. I understand that it can be quite…
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Literature on path from industry (STEM, not CS) to academia

I got my PhD 5 years ago and went straight to industry. Currently in industry and loving it, I'm in 30s. At some point I want to move back to academia. I think sharing industry experience and helping students with networking in industry is what is…
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Should I separate research into professional and "citizen science" or amateur?

This question was prompted by the sign-up of researchgate, which has three sections for new users; Academia, Corporate/Government/NGO, and Citizen Science. If I am being paid to do research, regardless of my skill level, then I feel this makes me a…
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Do big tech companies require on site interviews?

I'm a postdoc in the US, from Europe originally. I plan on applying for research scientist positions at big tech companies in Canada e.g. Google, uber, etc (I want a change from the US). My problem is that my travel outside of the US is restricted…
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