As stated in its Code of Ethics and Conduct, Politecnico “promotes the integrity of research, condemns manipulationand the infringement of intellectual property”, and gives opportunity to all those who carry out research activities to have an adequate training on ethical conduct and integrity while doing research.
For contrasting any form of plagiarism the University has equipped researchers and professors with a software which facilitates their activity in checking and evaluating the originality of their students’ Graduation and Doctoral Theses.
In compliance with the rules on Copyright (Law, 22nd April 1941, n. 633) this tool, available only for teachers, aims to prevent plagiarism through awareness raising actions for the correct use of citations, and to encourage a honest behavior in the students during the preparation of their papers.
Compilatio
for Graduation theses
The Compilatio module updates and becomes Magister+: the program it identifies IA content and similarities in the work of students and undergraduates
by comparing them a large number of sources: worldwide web, scientific publications and documentary material made available by the same platform.
It detects texts artificially generated by AI-based robots, is a multilingual similarity detector that can detect potentially plagiarized content after it has been translated.
The software is available in our web area. No installation is required. The software supports files no bigger than 100 MB.
To be analysed, the extracted text, must contain between 100 and 300,000 words.
HOW TO GAIN ACCESS TO THE SERVICE
Teaching and administrative technical staff, including PhD students, access Compilatio with their credentials from Online Services > Degree > Final Title > Antiplagiarism Service (Compilatio)
Students are authorised to access the Studium version of their papers for 40 free annual credits (40 pages, max. 250 words each).
REQUEST AND DOWNLOAD (STUDENTS)
- Create a Compilatio Studium account by entering the institutional email address of the Politecnico (e.g. nome.cognome@mail.polimi.it).
- Download the guide to get the promotional code
- Follow the instructions to activate the 40 free credits
It is advisable not to use the plagiarism software for theses which contain patents subject to confidentiality agreements (NDA) or sensitive data.
CONTACTS
For information and assistance fill out the request form available for researchers, professors and the technical-administrative staff only.
More information on Magister+
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Turnitin
for doctoral papers and theses
Turnitin makes a comparison between the text of a document subject to verification and millions of indexed texts within its databases, releasing a report wherein the potentially copied parts and their sources are highlighted.
Turnitin has implemented the artificial intelligence (AI) detection feature to help teachers identify the use of AI writing tools, such as ChatGPT, in student-delivered papers.
Turnitin has been adopted by the Doctoral School to check the originality of Doctoral theses, but it may also be used to check the originality of documents and/or papers written by doctoral students during their career at the Politecnico.
The software is available in our web area. No installation is required.
REQUEST AND DOWNLOAD
- Request to be enabled from the PhD course Coordinator
- Access from the Online Services: Originality check of texts PhD (Turnitin)
CONTACTS
For information and assistance fill out the request form available only for teaching staff.