Student Project PlagiarizedECE 4760 project byArjun Nagappan and Arjun PrakashM 2009May 2009is copied into an IEEE Paper by BaopingXiao ChangXuandLijunXuBaopingXiao, Chang Xuand LijunXuMechatronic Engineering InstituteChinaJiliangUniversityChina JiliangUniversity,Hangzhou, ChinaDec 2009Dec 2009ECE 4760 backgroundECE 4760 background•Project basedProject based‐‐ ECE CDE class‐‐ Five week final project‐‐ 350 projects on the web, 1000 hits/day• IP considerations discussed in class‐‐ Citing code from other projects‐‐ Citing relevant papers and vendor web sitesAcknowledging donations from vendors‐‐Acknowledging donations from vendors‐‐ Considering patent and publishing opportunities15 published projects,~4 patent attempts.15 published projects, 4 patent attempts.Autonomous Parallel Parking CarAutonomous Pa rallel Parking CarStudents notice plagiarismStudents notice plagiarism• A friend reads the IEEE article and forwards it to the students.• Students write to me (March 19, 2010 1:09 AM ):“Please find attached a paper published December 2009 in an IEEE conference. This paper is an almost exact copy of Arjun Nagappan (asn28) and my (asp36) work for ECE 4760. The writeup uses the exact same words and state diagrams.This paper was accepted into an IEEE conference. Is this ll d? Sh ldAjd I t i it ti t thallowed? Should Arjun and I not receive a citation at the very least?”Would appreciate your guidance on this point• On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:08 AM, I wrote:Very disturbing.It is not allowed.L hiLet me pursue this.Compare the abstractsBaoping Xiao, Chang Xu and LijunStudents: May 2009We created an RC Car that can identify a parking space and parallel park by itself. Xu: Dec 2009A RC Car that can identify a parking space and parallel park by itself is created. The RCCar drivesdown apgp p p yThe RC Car drives down a street searching for a parking space to its right using adistance sensor. When the car has identified a space the car checks to seecreated. The RC Car drives down a street searching for a parking space to its right using several distance sensors. When the car has identified th hktidentified a space, the car checks to see whether that space is large enough to park in. If it determines that there is sufficient space, the car will begin parallel a space, the car checks to see whether that space is large enough to park in. If it determines that there is sufficient space, the car will parking into that space. It uses information from sensors placed on the front, right, and rear of the car to direct the car into the parking space Once thep,begin parallel parking into that space. It uses information from sensors placed on the front, right, and rear of the carto directthe carthe car into the parking space. Once the car has parked, it will remain in that position until it is reset.and rear of the car to direct the car into the parking space. Once the car has parked, it will remain in that position until it is reset.Red highlights the differencesCompare ImagesCompare 1stparagraph of resultsCompare 1paragraph of resultsSpeed wasn’t a big issue for us. All components of the software were done as state machines. Speed wasn’t a big issue for us. All components of the software were done as state machines. The Motor Control state machines update at ticks every 50ms. This was ample time for the state machines to compute the necessary controlBits and The Motor Control state machines update at ticks every 50ms. This was ample time for the state machines to compute the necessary control bits and assert the required inputs to the H‐bridge. As assert the required inputs to the H‐bridge. As a result, we were able to obtain highly accurate and sensitive responses from the motors to the control code. qpga result, we were able to obtain highly accurate and sensitive responses from the motors to the control code. The Algorithm Control state machines update at ticks every 100ms. This was enough time for the state machines to compute the necessary parameters, and to assert the necessary flags for the Control ModuleThe Algorithm Control state machines update at ticks every 100ms. This was enough time for the state machines to compute the necessary parameters, and to assert the necessary flags for to assert the necessary flags for the Control Module to interpret them and translate it into motor motion. The response of the car to its surroundings is also very fast The sensors have a response time of 20msp,y gthe Control Module to interpret them and translate it into motor motion. The response of the car to its surroundings is also very fast. The sensors have a response time of 20ms, which is quick enough for them to be processed in real time. p gvery fast. The sensors have a response time of 20ms, which is quick enough for them to be processed in real time.Students contact authors who respondMr XiaoMr. Xiao, It has come to my attention that you published a paper on a parallel parking algorithm recently. It turns out your article is an almost exact copy of the work I did 1.5years ago, which can be seen here …Is this just coincidence, or did you actually use the work I did as your basis (without referencing it)? Arjun(March 20, 2010 6:19 AM ) Dear Arjun,I sincerely apologize to you for my paper on a parallel parking algorithm was published without taking your work as a reference though its main idea was learned p g y gfrom your work. I am an electronic lover and I like to use ATMEL microchip. I found your work on the web was very interesting so that I began to learn your work and tried my best to apply the parking ideal of your work in my experiment and the result was almost close to your work. I thank you and appreciate your basic work. y y pp yNow, I become to know it was totally wrong for me to let the paper to be published without taking your work as a reference and without rewriting my paper more closely according to my own experiment details. And I will not do that wrong thing again from now on.gI sincerely say sorry to you again.Your sincerelyBaoping xiaoStudents send complaint to IEEEth hAh t hSthrough AshutoshSaxenaHi Chin‐Chen Chang, and Responsible People at IEEE,In your conference: "2009 Second International Conference on Future Information Technology and Management Ei i" thfll ii ilt f lii d iEngineering", the following paper is guilty of plagiarism and is a verbatim copy of Cornell University's previously published report:At ti PlllPki f RC C Ui