I wasnt the best at staying in contact. I could have met him every morning if i had my shit together, but i caught up with him once every week or 2 in practice. Most of the help early on was guidelines on papers to read, and topics to write a paper on. Towards the end it was much more me driving direction. Like i said the other people in the lab helped a lot especially discussing ideas and learning concepts. We had 'tutorials', where you present at a whiteboard to the 3 other people in the lab something you feel you understand e.g. pca or mfccs. That sort of thing was fun and good for understanding.
The thing to probably note is that the final thesis was supposed to be basically the published papers put together with a story linking them. That isnt how many labs do theses in other fields, but it worked in our field well enough. It gave a good deal of experience in writing papers, but also meant the thesis was basically all peer reviewed before you even submitted it, which made rejection extremely unlikely.
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How often did you meet with your advisor, and how much help did you receive?
I wasnt the best at staying in contact. I could have met him every morning if i had my shit together, but i caught up with him once every week or 2 in practice. Most of the help early on was guidelines on papers to read, and topics to write a paper on. Towards the end it was much more me driving direction. Like i said the other people in the lab helped a lot especially discussing ideas and learning concepts. We had 'tutorials', where you present at a whiteboard to the 3 other people in the lab something you feel you understand e.g. pca or mfccs. That sort of thing was fun and good for understanding.
The thing to probably note is that the final thesis was supposed to be basically the published papers put together with a story linking them. That isnt how many labs do theses in other fields, but it worked in our field well enough. It gave a good deal of experience in writing papers, but also meant the thesis was basically all peer reviewed before you even submitted it, which made rejection extremely unlikely.