tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post5494151845706351925..comments2024-03-28T18:17:00.135-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: New Blog by Mitzenmacher-BIASED COINLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-60896576853983646992007-06-25T00:09:00.000-05:002007-06-25T00:09:00.000-05:00I was wondering if any of you have ever talked abo...I was wondering if any of you have ever talked about the powers that a graduate student has (ahem, might sound funny) when it comes to decide the time of his graduation.<BR/><BR/>In particular I am concerned about the following. What a student (lets say in CS Theory) can do if he thinks he is ready to graduate (for example by having enough stoc/focs publications) but because of possible conflicts with his advisor, he is not able to.<BR/><BR/>I understand that universities usually have rules regarding advisor change and so on, but I am not quite sure to what extent they actually work? Fellow faculty might not want to accept the guy as their student because of many possible reasons (interdepartmental politics, funding, etc.)!<BR/><BR/>Just to note it, I have amazingly supportive and smart (literally!) advisor and do not see any problems whatsoever during/after my PhD. The thought comes to me after meeting with a fellow student who has been in my department for last 7.5 years and has a reasonable list of publications but still unable to graduate for God knows what reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com