Hints for the PhD Advisor Search
The hints from the University of Indiana's Computer Science
Department are quite useful, however we thought a little
additional guidance may be useful.
In large departments there are often several professors with
interests that may mesh with your own. It can be difficult to
decide which one may be the best match for you. Consider the
points in the IU document, then start asking questions.
Talk to your graduate coordinator. The graduate coordinator
usually knows which professors are looking for gradaute students
and the areas of research each is doing.
Talk to the potential advisor. Does he have the time to
sit and talk with you? Does he seem interested in your ideas?
Is his personality compatible with yours? Is this someone you
are willing to work with for several years?
Talk to his current graduate students. This one is more
important than you may at first think. These students have
worked with this advisor; they know his idiosyncrasies. Ask
them what their advisor is like. Find out what he expects of
his graduate students. How long have these students been with
this professor? While talking to the students also ask yourself
if you would fit in with this group. It is the graduate
students of the group who you will have the most contact with.
Could you work with these people many hours a day?
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