tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post6375431803146677107..comments2024-03-20T13:10:11.477+05:30Comments on nanopolitan: Plagiarizing from Wikipedia?Abihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06790560045313883673noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-41409843338789219632010-10-09T23:25:16.463+05:302010-10-09T23:25:16.463+05:30This is not the first case of plagiarism in IITK. ...This is not the first case of plagiarism in IITK. Much more serious cases have been ignored by IITK in the last few years. And the problem is, of course, not specific to IITK. How many institutes really take a tough stand on copying by students in an exam. I know IITK does not - it issues warnings only. But I am sure others don't take it seriously either.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08243850000547134256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-21293939796605311472010-10-08T18:47:42.908+05:302010-10-08T18:47:42.908+05:30I don't think the idea of plagiarism is really...I don't think the idea of plagiarism is really even entrenched seriously enough in the Indian education system. That is the sad fact. I don't remember ever being told by teachers that reproducing material, word for word from other works without citing is not done. I only learned to take it seriously in grad school in the US. Hope things change gradually.NMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855122547128021047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-11817497570674031882010-10-07T19:04:42.735+05:302010-10-07T19:04:42.735+05:30The IITK plagiarism policy sounds apologetic for t...The IITK plagiarism policy sounds apologetic for taking action on plagiarism. As if to say "we know you guys are great, but these days you know, the problem of plagiarism has become really bad, so we have to do something about it. Hence this policy. Please don't feel bad about it.".Ankur Kulkarnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16411971742511540520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-82744005216886519582010-10-07T18:36:57.568+05:302010-10-07T18:36:57.568+05:30I am afraid (though I would like to think not) tha...I am afraid (though I would like to think not) that plagiarism is endemic at many of the newer Indian Universities but the IIT's are not immune either. <br />It cannot be blamed on just the student unless the supervisor himself retracted the paper (see for example the case of Nobel winner Linda Buck retracting papers where she was the supervisor).<br />http://ktwop.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/nobel-prize-winner-retracts-more-papers/<br />Dr. Krishna Pillaiktwophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03645359856720648017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-76936502907675366172010-10-07T14:26:08.167+05:302010-10-07T14:26:08.167+05:30Oh...a is missed!! in my commentOh...a is missed!! in my commentShencottahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432728453642208526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-13460090502475423222010-10-07T14:25:18.595+05:302010-10-07T14:25:18.595+05:30I like the inspiration from the world of chess - A...I like the inspiration from the world of chess - Anandkumar Gambit.Shencottahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13432728453642208526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-50217073238750285162010-10-07T14:05:14.623+05:302010-10-07T14:05:14.623+05:30MCI - I'm not seriously suggesting that the st...MCI - I'm not seriously suggesting that the student was to blame. I'm suggesting that that's the first excuse that the PI is likely to make (but that may be unfair: I don't know the PI and based the prediction on previous cases). Anyway, that excuse just got harder.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-78708104734679773592010-10-07T13:47:01.226+05:302010-10-07T13:47:01.226+05:30It would be highly unfair to blame it completely o...It would be highly unfair to blame it completely on the student. Unless the co-author seems to be a post-doc, I guess the faculty needs to take the brunt to check it up!<br /><br />One more news that recently came up on Nature was the problem of research sabotage which is generally overlooked when talking about research integrity-plagiarism.<br /><br />http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100929/full/467516a.html<br /><br />Sigh! The person in news from Uni. of Michigan seems to be an Indian!Ajay Harishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07337070883806893871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-28836729645256379562010-10-07T13:46:34.271+05:302010-10-07T13:46:34.271+05:30My predicted "blame the student" tack ma...My predicted "blame the student" tack may be a bit harder for the senior author than I thought. Apparently <a href="http://ktwop.wordpress.com/2010/10/05/biotechnology-advances-retracts-3-papers-from-india-for-plagiarism/" rel="nofollow">two papers</a> from this group have been retracted, and the only common author is the senior author. (The other was plagiarised from multiple sources: their "non-exhaustive check" lists five previous papers.)Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-55413613236469829292010-10-07T12:35:50.060+05:302010-10-07T12:35:50.060+05:30IITK policy on plagiarism
http://www.iitk.ac.in/d...IITK policy on plagiarism<br /><br />http://www.iitk.ac.in/dord/Plagiarismpolicy.pdfpradeepkumar pihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00288528678251357568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-76545138465585163042010-10-07T12:08:58.006+05:302010-10-07T12:08:58.006+05:30Here is a justification (I am getting good at this...Here is a justification (I am getting good at this - what with reading so many cases :-) ) The section that Abi has given as an example is just a history and background of the topic and as such has no bearing on the actual research done which is original...or some such. Oh, yeah, it's word for word...but then their English is so much better than ours, so why try to improve it....Rahul Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751088048215388592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9818962.post-26209387388436755192010-10-07T11:08:22.077+05:302010-10-07T11:08:22.077+05:30I wonder if they can use the "Ananda Kumar ga...I wonder if they can use the "Ananda Kumar gambit": claim that it was they who wrote the Wikipedia sentence and so they were justified in re-using their own material.<br /><br />Seriously: I find I have to keep reminding students not to cut-paste into their reports, and if they must quote, to quote properly and attribute correctly... but now that our academies have done it too, <i>and</i> (initially, anyway) academy fellows offered this <a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/20/20100926/1416/tnl-group-claims-brinjal-report-plagiari_1.html" rel="nofollow">lame justification</a>, maybe I should just give up. Why should students be held to a higher standard than academy fellows and institute directors?<br /><br />In the IITK case, I'm waiting for recriminations among the authors (very likely the student will be blamed).Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.com