Comments on: Qualities for a good Ph.D. supervisor http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/05/24/qualities-for-a-good-phd-supervisor/ Daniel Lemire's blog is about life in academia, research in Computer Science, wondering how we can reconcile fast databases and algorithms with the informal and asemantic nature of the world around us. It is broadcasted from Montreal (Canada). Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:33:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Moebius Stripper http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/05/24/qualities-for-a-good-phd-supervisor/#comment-209 Moebius Stripper Thu, 14 Oct 2004 21:00:29 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/05/24/qualities-for-a-good-phd-supervisor/#comment-209 Just found this entry in my referral logs, and boy, do I ever wish someone had told me this when I was starting my degree. Would have saved me over two years with an advisor who ...well, who fails on all counts above. Just found this entry in my referral logs, and boy, do I ever wish someone had told me this when I was starting my degree. Would have saved me over two years with an advisor who …well, who fails on all counts above.

]]> By: Daniel Lemire http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/05/24/qualities-for-a-good-phd-supervisor/#comment-30 Daniel Lemire Thu, 27 May 2004 13:15:22 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/05/24/qualities-for-a-good-phd-supervisor/#comment-30 At least in North America, students get to choose their supervisors. Good students, at least. Second of all, one prof. cares about his students and tries to help them, they will, statistically, do better than the students from the prof. who couldn't care less. You can measure such things by looking at where are the students of your prospective supervisor. This is like choosing a job. The first thing you should do when choosing a job is to look at how well the employees are doing where you want to work. Same applies when choosing a supervisor. This only one element on my list, of course. I'm just telling students: spend an extra day or so choosing your supervisor and it be worth years of your life later. At least in North America, students get to choose their supervisors. Good students, at least.

Second of all, one prof. cares about his students and tries to help them, they will, statistically, do better than the students from the prof. who couldn’t care less. You can measure such things by looking at where are the students of your prospective supervisor.

This is like choosing a job. The first thing you should do when choosing a job is to look at how well the employees are doing where you want to work. Same applies when choosing a supervisor.

This only one element on my list, of course.

I’m just telling students: spend an extra day or so choosing your supervisor and it be worth years of your life later.

]]> By: Yuhong YAN http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/05/24/qualities-for-a-good-phd-supervisor/#comment-29 Yuhong YAN Thu, 27 May 2004 03:07:31 +0000 http://www.daniel-lemire.com/blog/archives/2004/05/24/qualities-for-a-good-phd-supervisor/#comment-29 That is the ideal situation. How many professors in the world who have a student being professor at Harvard? How many students have the chance to get the professors they want? Who can control their fate? That is the ideal situation. How many professors in the world who have a student
being professor at Harvard? How many students have the chance to get the professors
they want? Who can control their fate?

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