  Advisor-advisee relationship is important in academic networks due to its
universality and necessity. Despite the increasing desire to analyze the career
of newcomers, however, the outcomes of different collaboration patterns between
advisors and advisees remain unknown. The purpose of this paper is to find out
the correlation between advisors' academic characteristics and advisees'
academic performance in Computer Science. Employing both quantitative and
qualitative analysis, we find that with the increase of advisors' academic age,
advisees' performance experiences an initial growth, follows a sustaining
stage, and finally ends up with a declining trend. We also discover the
phenomenon that accomplished advisors can bring up skilled advisees. We explore
the conclusion from two aspects: (1) Advisees mentored by advisors with high
academic level have better academic performance than the rest; (2) Advisors
with high academic level can raise their advisees' h-index ranking. This work
provides new insights on promoting our understanding of the relationship
between advisors' academic characteristics and advisees' performance, as well
as on advisor choosing.
