Re: [boost] Gsoc 15 application (boost.uBLAS)

Subject: Re: [boost] Gsoc 15 application (boost.uBLAS)
From: Ganesh Prasad (sir.gnsp_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-03-17 17:06:01

The code looks very similar to that of Dhruv. Only difference seems to be
in the naming of identifiers, Dhruv uses underscores and Siddharth uses
camel case, that's it.

On 18 March 2015 at 01:52, Mikael Persson <mikael.s.persson_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> Hi Siddharth,
>
> How come your mailing-list post and code are nearly identical to that of
> Dhruv Kohli?
>
> Dhruv originally wrote us this message:
> http://boost.2283326.n4.nabble.com/boost-ublas-gsoc-15-td4672932.html
>
> which has the exact same questions, nearly word for word, that you just
> asked!
>
> And then, your code:
>
> https://github.com/sid6641/boost.uBLAS-Gsoc/blob/master/gaussian_elimination.hpp
>
> https://github.com/sid6641/boost.uBLAS-Gsoc/blob/master/test/test_gaussian_elimination.cpp
>
> is identical in every meaningful way to Dhruv's code:
> https://github.com/chiggum/boost.ublas/blob/master/gaussian_elimination.hpp
>
> https://github.com/chiggum/boost.ublas/blob/master/test/test_gaussian_elimination.cpp
>
> You even have the same spelling mistakes! Sure, a few variable names are
> different, but do you really think we are that easily fooled? I mean, Dhruv
> posted his code only about 1 week ago... it's not hard to connect the two
> dots together.
>
> Clearly, there is something fishy going on here. I would recommend that
> this should disqualify you from applying to the GSoC program. Plagiarism,
> i.e., passing other people's work as your own, is not acceptable, anywhere.
> I don't know how you figured you could get away with something as blatant
> as this, it's brazen and shameful.
>
> Mikael.
>
>
> --
> Sven Mikael Persson, M.Sc.(Tech.)
> PhD Candidate and Vanier CGS Scholar,
>
> Department of Mechanical Engineering,
> McGill University,
>
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