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Answering email would be an improvement. I am in no position to ask for more involvement, because it was established early on that my advisor was very busy, but I'd like at least some reasonable, if minimum, interaction.
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I think the department needs to be more watchful for the conflicts of interest that can arise from corporate funding.
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more effective use of group meeting time -- but this is probably very specific to particular research groups
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Get stuff done so I can have something to talk about.
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Our relationship is good - I have no major complaints. My advisor is an excellent communicator, very empathetic, and tries new techniques for working with me / helping me be productive if something isn't working.
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Group meeting, and regular individual meeting
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Communicate effectively with your advisor
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I think just more education for both the students and perhaps even the advisors. I mentioned what to do about students above. I think it is difficult to provide constructive friendly feedback to bad advisors, so I'm not sure what to do about that (thankfully I'm not in the position to need to do that).
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Have him around. Have regular meetings.
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I think group meetings involving multiple advisors and their students (e.g., weekly research area seminars) are very important, and help balance some of the load of the advisor/student relationship.
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The advisors should at least be living in Berkeley and not in another country! The advisors priority is his fame, industrial relationship and money more than the students research and progress.
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The usual problem is lack of clarity in terms of expectations. Lot of times, student doesn't know what the advisor is expecting from him/her - and the advisor may not recognize what's expected from him/her. It's a tricky issue.
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My advisor doesn't make it to scheduled meetings.
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He's too busy, so its not his fault. I joined the group knowing this factor.
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More regular meetings.
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One on one meetings are a double edged sword, but I think they definitely help some people.
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It's hard with my advisor because he's very senior and therefore extremely busy and often traveling. It would be very beneficial for me to have more regular meetings with him, though I don't know how possible that is.
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Weekly meetings would be helpful.
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Have professors be more specific of what they expect of students. This can take anxiety away from weekly meetings.
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My answer to question #21 ("How often do you interact with faculty outside the context of advising, teaching, or pursuing a specific research project?") was once a week. That refers to one weekly meeting usually involving my advisor and one other faculty member. The meeting is a lunch meeting at which someone gives a research talk.
That's good, but there is virtually no interaction that is more "social" in nature (or more technically, less structured -- the topics of conversation still might end up revolving around research).
Relatedly, but less on the topic of advisors, I have very little interaction with faculty outside of my advisor and one professor whose research is in a similar area. I don't feel like there's much of a forum for building a community.
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Smaller research group
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He needs to be on campus more frequently and more regularly.
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it would be good to have weekly group meetings.
i will try to do this if i am ever a professor.
however, my advisor doesn't do this... at all. it would have been good for me in my first couple of years to help learn about other students' research. its definitely good to have weekly group meetings where one student leads the meeting.
***i think a department wide retreat (maybe separate for EE & CS) would be great! this kind of interaction is badly needed. we hardly ever interact outside of our own groups.
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My advisor is awesome. I don't see much room for improvement.
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I'm happy with my relationship with my advisor.
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I'm happy with my working relationship with my advisor. The only trouble is that he has a lot of paperwork to do and people to manage, so sometimes it takes a little longer to get a response from him.
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My relationship with my advisor has been pretty good over my 6 years here, though recently he has been around less and we haven't had group meetings this semester.
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Advisors should get to know their students and their personalities outside of just the 1:1 weekly meetings. Going for lunch once in a while together or a coffee to discuss research in a more relaxed environment can help the working relationship tremendously.
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Don't really know...
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A working relationship requires time. This is time that most faculty do not want to invest. (Admittedly, some students do not want to invest the time either.) If faculty want to improve the working relationship with their students, they need to invest more time to advising.
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Just depends on who the advisor is, I don't think there's any way my advisor would change...
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A seminar on basic advising and research skills would benefit both the students and the advisors. Some of our senior faculty are not particularly good at advising, either.
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I have tried multiple ways, from setting up bi-monthly meetings to emailing project ideas etc. The best thing I have come up with is finding a good co-advisor who I can meet with more regularly.
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Establishing a good relationship seems to be a very personal thing, because it depends on the personalities and needs of each individual student and advisor. Students just need to be encouraged to discuss expectations and modes of operation with their advisor early in the process.
That said, research groups can provide a lot of support (older students who know the quirks of individual advisors, collaborations, etc.), and anything to encourage research groups to meet regularly and to share common space (many groups are quite spread out) can help foster this type of community.
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The relationship is good. Even better after we had a casual lunch to talk as colleagues. It takes some time. But I think more training for younger profesors will improve working relationships for many more students.
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Communication is very important. Let your advisor know your thoughts, ideas, difficulties, etc immediately if there is any.
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1) More constant one-on-one meetings
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More frequent one-on-one meetings.
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I could use more positive feedback. Also, earlier in my grad school career, I needed more guidance on what to work on on a week-by-week basis.
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In my case, my advisors office is on the first floor and my lab is on the 1st. This distance actually reduces our interaction greatly. We don't know when he is in, or will be in, and I believe he feels the same. Proximity often helps reduce this.
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I have an excellent relationship, which is great. The only thing I asked him to change was to give me less "filtered" reactions to possible projects I came up with. He did that, and since then I can't think of any issues.
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having a group meeting where he is obligated to show up.
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He should go on vacation less.
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He's a great advisor.
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I feel that my working relationship with my advisor is excellent, but it would be nice to have a better working relationship with other faculty in the same area.
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Earlier on I would have appreciated: 1. a chance to collaborate with others 2. an interest in what I wanted to pursue for my career, and some accompanying feedback as to how I should best go about getting there. It was just assumed that I was trying to get a tenure-track position at a top-tier university.
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After my advisor received tenure, he stopped showing interest in most of my groups' research projects. It has been very frustrating.
It would be nice if there was someone (faculty) high up in the department with whom students could "anonymously" discuss concerns about their advisor / student relationship. Often it is hard to directly speak to the advisor because ultimately, he/she is the one signing the thesis (and some faculty seem to hold grudges...)
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