Supervisor: "What's your framework?" You: panic Which framework? Most PhDs spend weeks confused. Here's how to develop bulletproof frameworks in hours: Research Framework = Why (theory) Conceptual Framework = What (your model)

Your supervisor asks: "What's your conceptual framework?" You panic and explain theories from literature. Wrong answer. Here's the simple distinction that trips up every PhD student:

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Nuno Nunes opened CHItaly 2025 with a keynote on how digital tools are reshaping our engagement with coastal ecosystems through the lens of the New European Bauhaus. 🌍✨ #chitaly2025 #acm #sigchi #unisa #salerno #italy #hci #ai

Day 2 of CHItaly25 ☀️ featured engaging workshops on various AI topics and a SIG session on Participatory AI, with anticipation for tomorrow's opening session at 8:30 AM (registration at 8:00 AM). 🗣️ #chitaly2025 #acm #sigchi #unisa #salerno #italy #hci #ai

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⏰ Reminder: The IUI 2026 Call for Proposals deadline is just around the corner! Mini-Conferences, Tutorials, Competitions – #IUI2026 is looking forward to your contribution!

📢The open access version of our book is available now via OUP's site: https://t.co/mOltOhgZcW

📢Call for Workshop and Tutorial Proposals📢 Mini-Conferences, Tutorials, Competitions – #IUI2026 is looking forward to your contribution! Bring your ideas and discuss them with fellow researchers in Paphos, Cyprus, from March 23-26, 2026. 🔗 https://t.co/DO61BVwVQR

It's not AI that’s undermining science (or education, or so many other fields) - it's the relentless push for more output with little reward for quality. AI just amplifies a pre-existing problem by offering a quick, sloppy way out.

PhDs here's how to submit a paper so well-written that reviewers approve it without revisions Sounds impossible? SPIE just made it achievable. Your groundbreaking research deserves publication. But your writing holds you back. SPIE released their complete writing mastery guide

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This piece is a wake-up call: entry-level devs can't get the on-the-job training opportunities past generations had. AI eliminated the bottom rung of the ladder. Universities need to step up and provide the practical experience industry won't.