[Vaios Lachos' disclaimer](https://www.vaiosphere.com/MTT.html) til studentene sine: > Welcome to my supervising profile. Provided that I receive many emails per week for such a request, I do not answer back to all of them. There are classes of emails that are more likely to not be answered. Cases like that include, emails from >a) people who seem that they send copy-paste messages until they get a postive response from somewhere. >b) people that need "taking by the hand" supervision. >c) people that just need to learn a technique to put in their CV for their job application. >d) people who are more into titles than learning and exploring. >e) people that know everything. I receive mails from students, having answers to my research problems. I do believe that modesty lives in the minds of those who balance intelligence with wisdom. People who see the vast complexity in things, are rarely cocky. The worst thing is that I used to be one of these @#!$@. It is possible sometimes that intelligence can be ahead of wisdom, so I may make exceptions for people that can back off their attitude...but it is unlikely for you to be one of those. >f) people that are unlucky. Some of you send very nice emails, but I may receive them when I am ultra busy. >I also do not like the use of the word "Mr". Either address me in a casual manner...totally cool with that, or if you _have_ to use polite language, call me dr (at least like that I have some seconds of feeling like a rapper every time I read a new email). >I know that all these sound very rigid, but it helps with my sanity. With students that I start a master thesis, I try to devote as much time as needed and I get emotionally invested on their progress. Also most projects that I am suggesting are projects that I am working on, so I may get extra passionate about it. Last thing: If we start a thesis together, you have to set your own working boundaries. When I get passionate about something, I may tend to ask for more results. It is hard to put boundaries for you. However, I really know how to respect boundaries, so if you put any I will not push through them.