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CS 6190 6190 CS Research Research Mentors and Advisors Mentors and Advisors Advanced degree - - research research Advanced degree This term, you need to find a research This term, you need to find a research adviser/mentor

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CS CS 6190 6190 Research Research Mentors and Advisors Mentors and Advisors

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Advanced degree Advanced degree -

  • research

research

  • This term, you need to find a research

This term, you need to find a research adviser/mentor adviser/mentor

  • What research area

What research area

  • Take classes

Take classes

  • Talk to professors

Talk to professors

  • Do projects with professors

Do projects with professors

  • Talk to other students about the

Talk to other students about the professors professors

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What is a Research Advisor? What is a Research Advisor?

Learning to do research Learning to do research -

  • Apprentice

Apprentice relationship: relationship: Explains, shows and helps

Explains, shows and helps you do research you do research

  • Find a research problem

Find a research problem

  • Get proper background: literature, skills

Get proper background: literature, skills

  • Apprentice research

Apprentice research – –

  • How to identify problems worthy of Ph.D.

How to identify problems worthy of Ph.D.

  • How to tackle problems

How to tackle problems

  • Organize and write papers & proposals

Organize and write papers & proposals

  • Give talks

Give talks

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What is a Mentor? What is a Mentor?

  • Mentoring is establishing very special

Mentoring is establishing very special relationship relationship

  • acts as advocate professional & personal

acts as advocate professional & personal development as well as research development as well as research

  • develops and lasts over an extended

develops and lasts over an extended period of time period of time

  • provides help, advice, contacts, and

provides help, advice, contacts, and information information

  • provides encouragement and acts as

provides encouragement and acts as advocate advocate

  • Research advisor may or may not be a

Research advisor may or may not be a mentor mentor

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Need both Need both

  • If adviser not a mentor, need to

If adviser not a mentor, need to find one find one – – or more

  • r more
  • Could be in department or not

Could be in department or not

  • Could be in research area but in

Could be in research area but in different university or industry different university or industry

  • Can have more than 1 mentor

Can have more than 1 mentor

  • Assume research advisor is a

Assume research advisor is a mentor mentor -

  • ideal

ideal

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What should you expect What should you expect

Research apprenticeship Research apprenticeship

  • Help build confidence

Help build confidence – – encouragement encouragement

  • Help with networking

Help with networking

  • Conferences, workshops, email

Conferences, workshops, email

  • Helps prepare you for talks

Helps prepare you for talks

  • Helps prepare you for interviews

Helps prepare you for interviews

  • Helps with funding

Helps with funding

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Finding/evaluating an adviser Finding/evaluating an adviser

  • Is the person in a research area you like?

Is the person in a research area you like?

  • Is the person

Is the person’ ’s work current and s work current and relevant? Funded? Where publish? relevant? Funded? Where publish?

  • How many students does she/he

How many students does she/he supervise? supervise?

  • How long does it take students to finish?

How long does it take students to finish?

  • What is the placement of past students?

What is the placement of past students?

  • How responsive is adviser

How responsive is adviser? ?

  • How long to return written materials?

How long to return written materials?

  • How accessible?

How accessible?

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Finding/evaluating an adviser Finding/evaluating an adviser

  • How much freedom does the student have?

How much freedom does the student have?

  • Learn to do research

Learn to do research – – find problems find problems

  • Does the adviser publish with students?

Does the adviser publish with students? What What is the order of names? is the order of names?

  • Who presents the papers that are co

Who presents the papers that are co-

  • authored

authored? ?

  • Does the person take students conferences

Does the person take students conferences and help with networking? and help with networking?

  • Are the person

Are the person’ ’s work habits compatible with s work habits compatible with

  • wn?
  • wn?
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How to find out How to find out

  • Look at faculty

Look at faculty’ ’s web page s web page

  • TALK to current and past students!

TALK to current and past students!

  • Work on a small project with her/him

Work on a small project with her/him

  • Take a class from faculty member

Take a class from faculty member

  • Make an appointment

Make an appointment – –

  • ask about their projects they have

ask about their projects they have

  • Ask about the

Ask about the project(s project(s) they presented ) they presented

  • You need to meet with the faculty member!

You need to meet with the faculty member!

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Barriers to good mentoring Barriers to good mentoring

  • Faculty member doesn

Faculty member doesn’ ’t have enough time t have enough time to devote to mentoring to devote to mentoring

  • Being too busy is not acceptable

Being too busy is not acceptable

  • Faculty member and student are in

Faculty member and student are in competition with each others competition with each others

  • Faculty member and student lack personal

Faculty member and student lack personal experience with people of different experience with people of different backgrounds backgrounds

  • Trust is not there

Trust is not there – – different agenda different agenda

  • Communication problems

Communication problems -

  • listening

listening

  • Unrealistic expectations

Unrealistic expectations

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Do and Don Do and Don’ ’ts ts

Do Do

  • Listen and consider advice of adviser

Listen and consider advice of adviser

  • Talk to adviser if have a problem in research

Talk to adviser if have a problem in research

  • Make sure you are getting what you need

Make sure you are getting what you need from an adviser from an adviser

  • Talk to adviser if not satisfied

Talk to adviser if not satisfied Don Don’ ’t t

  • Talk criticize your adviser in public

Talk criticize your adviser in public

  • Get too involved personally with adviser

Get too involved personally with adviser – – including intimate relationship including intimate relationship

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Resources Resources

  • “

“Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend

Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend -

  • On being a

On being a mentor to students in S & E mentor to students in S & E” ”, NAS, NAE, IOM, , NAS, NAE, IOM, National Academy Press, 1997 National Academy Press, 1997

  • http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/mentor

http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/mentor

  • CRA

CRA-

  • W Career Mentoring Workshops Booklet

W Career Mentoring Workshops Booklet

  • Getting tenure, Building research career, Finding

Getting tenure, Building research career, Finding funding, Time management funding, Time management

  • http://www.cra.org

http://www.cra.org/craw /craw

  • Research Student and Supervisor: An Approach to

Research Student and Supervisor: An Approach to Good Supervisory Practice Good Supervisory Practice

  • Council of Graduate Schools, Washington, D.C.

Council of Graduate Schools, Washington, D.C.

  • http://www.cgsnet.org/PublicationsPolicyRes

http://www.cgsnet.org/PublicationsPolicyRes