Can You Telecommute on Project Work with a Professor?

[saphyni]

Hi,

I am mainly working on simulation. Is there a possibility of telecommuting with a professor? I mean someone like me work on the project and the prof. supervises by telecommuting?

Has such an activity been ever done?

Thanks for your hints.

 

[story645]

Depends totally on the prof, though I figure he will want you to check in once in a blue moon regardless. But yeah, if it's something that doesn't require specialized equipment, many professors don't care if you're physically in the lab all the time. Some professors manage telecommuting more than others, so some will want you to check in code/post on their trac/etc. and will let you ssh/vpn into use their lab resources, others will expect you to put everything on your machine, and others are somewhere in between. It's really random.

I've worked on a bunch of projects that didn't require my physical presence (and my current lab is one of those totally rigged up for remote work) but I had spoken to the professors plenty of times before/during those projects.