Signup date: 07 Apr 2017 at 10:14am
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Hello!
I will try to keep my post as short as possible.
So, I am a 1,5 year PhD student in computer science. Before starting my PhD I spend another year in the same university as PhD again, but things went (really) bad with the previous supervisor so a number of people left the group and were relocated to other groups or other universities. So, I changed group and practically restarted my PhD with a new topic.
In my new team the supervisor is much better. I don't have the abuse I faced in the previous group. However, I would really like advise on the following.
My supervisor is super cool. Doesn't stress me, is polite, friendly etc.
However, after a year, i feel that my research area (my topic), is not of particular interest to my supervisor. So, i get a little help on my research. Its hard to arrange meeting to discuss about research and the group does not have any post docs that are related in any way with what I am doing. So, i m practically alone... (even on university level)
The thing is, my PhD should finish at most in 4 years... so i still have about 2.5 years to go.
So far, I do have a couple of publications (not to major conferences). I get really sad that its hard to arrange meetings and that the help i get is sometimes kinda not helpful and that I don't have anyone to discuss things with or help with ideas. These things get me in an emotional roller coaster.
After discussing, i got the reassurance that I will get a PhD and i should not stress myself with publishing too much and that i am on a good track. However, i feel that i have so much more to give (in terms of research/projects) and i get somehow stuck by the fact that she doesn't have time, ideas or post docs to help me.
Is my viewpoint wrong?
Should i discuss it in detail with her?
Thx!!!!
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