Tedo Vrbanec

The struggle with academic plagiarism: Approaches based on semantic similarity

Academic plagiarism is a serious problem nowadays. Due to the existence of inexhaustible sources of digital information, today it is easier to plagiarize more than ever before. The good thing is that plagiarism detection techniques have improved and are powerful enough to detect attempts of plagiarism in education. We are now witnessing efficient plagiarism detection software in action, such as Turnitin, iThenticate or SafeAssign. In the introduction we explore software that is used within the Croatian academic community for plagiarism detection in universities and/or in scientific journals. The question is - is this enough? Current software has proven to be successful, however the problem of identifying paraphrasing or obfuscation plagiarism remains unresolved. In this paper we present a report of how semantic similarity measures can be used in the plagiarism detection task.

Computer classroom operating system security (Windows)

Computer security, school security policy and school computers usability should be important for all school computers and network resources users. But instead of implementing security policy, users often unintentionally compromise computer functionality and security out of ignorance or negligence. Since Windows is the default operating system in the majority of Croatian schools, students often have to use computers in the role of administrator. Bearing in mind the multitude of new technological solutions and continual changes which happen in this industry, this paper tries to provide an overview of software solutions for IT administrators of school computers, which are also applicable in libraries, colleges, universities and other public places which use computers with Windows OS.