Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of student she supervised

Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by mensetmanusman on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:11PM (#39032023)

I work in the area of thin film materials research, and I can confirm that boiler plate text describing methods is often copy pasted by academic researchers working together, since it's nearly the least important part of a paper.

Plagiarism of the discussion section and analysis would be one thing, but a list of methods or materials is a nothing burger.

(it's an analogous to listing the constituents of your bread recipe, and it's compassion on your reader not to rewrite these constituents in a new way every time.)

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Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by cyanydeez on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @04:34PM (#39033827)

essentially java boilerplate.

as a engineering consultant, the most valuable assets are the reports I can pull and reuses.

while original research and academics should reference text, even M&P should reference where it came from.

knowing what deviated and what adheres to any given procedures are still important.

if this were some consultant report, then go nuts.

also, keep in mind the context that this person, her husband and I believe Harvard are a discussion about "plagiarism"

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Re:Neri Oxman reportedly plagiarized undergrad thesis of stu... by g42gregory on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:20PM (#39032131)

Very interesting. Thank you for letting the community know!

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