Re: Suggest a challenging research idea

Thanks for your invaluable suggestions.

I shall keep these in mind while making my decisions. Thanks once
again.
Hope in future I meet a professor of the kind I always dreamt of.

Regards,
Ajay

Martin Leese wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
> > I agree and would also like to add that your relationship with the
> > supervisor is crucial. Choosing a project that was not sparked by his
> > 'infinite intellect' might later cause friction or allow the supervisor to
> > blame the unwanted (from his/her point-of-view) project.
>
> I would go even further. The choice of supervisor
> is crucial. This is the most important decision
> a PhD student makes, and is much more important
> than the choice of project. Sadly, it is usually
> the decision that the PhD student either cannot or
> does not spend any time over.
>
> Roy's comment about 'infinite intellect' is a
> reference to the god like powers of PhD advisors.
> You will be expected to agree with anything they
> say. I know one advisor who insisted that his
> student not eat peas a certain way; failure to
> comply so would have ended the PhD.
>
> Investigate your potential advisor thoughly.
> Talk to their existing students and, even better,
> their former students. Ask students in the
> department with different advisors what they have
> heard about your potential advisor.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Martin Leese
> E-mail: please@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://members.tripod.com/martin_leese/

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