Re:Einstein award going to Paul Ginsparg for creating arXiv.org
by amcoastal on Friday November 26, 2021 @01:07PM
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You should do it, but contact your advisor first. I know I'd like to upload my old masters thesis online, but the university retains a copyright on it. Its possible yours does to. I'm sure the information on that would be available on your schools website in the thesis format/guidelines sections.
Re:Einstein award going to Paul Ginsparg for creating arXiv.org
by Boywithhalo on Friday November 26, 2021 @06:08PM
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Didn't mean to imply it was a disaster; but without being familiar with your work the main signal in your comment was that your supervisors didn't push for publishing it, which might be a hint it's not a good fit for arXiv either. But if your supervisors will endorse you then by all means go for it!
Another option might be to put it on Zenodo.
Most, if not all master's thesis contain original research, and that is definitely my case as well.
> undergraduate research, course projects, and research proposals, news, or information about political causes
My thesis can't be classified under any of these categories, either.
It does sound like I would be able to publish it there, but I'm going to have to reach out to my supervisors for an endorsement in arXiv, thanks for the tip.
I believe they weren't inclined towards publishing it because I did not quite manage to fulfill their expectations with respect to the scope of the thesis. I came across quite a few bumps along the way which hindered my progress. It was still graded well enough, it has a good amount of original content, and I am relatively satisfied with its quality, though, so it's not like it was a complete disaster.