Professor Shepp's Comment:

Generally, any student is absolutely not willing to argue with his/her advisor unless an advisor severely unfair. Professor Shepp has given a fair comment:
http://www.stat.rutgers.edu/~shepp/smm.pdf

Professor lawrence Shepp is a member of National Academy of Science, Institute of Medicine, and Academy of Arts and Science. His personal webpage
http://www.stat.rutgers.edu/~shepp/