ATLANTA - Georgia Tech officials say 47 students have been found guilty of cheating on computer science projects after being snared by a special software program designed to detect cheating.
The dean of students office staff is investigating accusations against 130 others. Nine of 57 students whose cases have been processed were found innocent, and one has requested a formal hearing before the faculty-student honor committee.
The students were enrolled last fall in either ``Introduction to Computing'' or ``Object Oriented Programming.'' They were told before taking the classes that cheating-detection software would be used.
Kurt Eislet, director of undergraduate education in the College of Computing, said the software detected similarities in the students' work in three computer coding homework assignments.
Guilty students were given either an F in the class or a zero on the assignment, depending on the severity of the charges, Tech spokesman Bob Harty said Tuesday.
It is unlikely that any student will be expelled or suspended as a result of the charges, Harty said.
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May 15th, 2025
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