The Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology for Postgraduate Studies at the University of Baghdad held a training workshop entitled “The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Detecting and Preventing Scientific Plagiarism in Academic Research.”
The workshop was delivered by Dr. Ali Mohammed Redha Al-Fandi (Lecturer), chaired by Prof. Dr. Basma Kadhem Hassan, and Dr. Ghazwan Talal Mahdi (Lecturer) served as the rapporteur.
The workshop aimed to familiarize researchers, faculty members, and postgraduate students with modern AI-based technologies used to detect scientific plagiarism, to explain how detection systems such as Turnitin and Originality.ai work, and to highlight the new challenges arising from the use of generative AI tools in research writing. It also presented effective strategies for preventing plagiarism, rather than merely detecting it.
The workshop emphasized the importance of understanding how AI tools identify plagiarism, distinguishing between different types of academic misconduct, and recognizing detection methods.
Finally, it recommended the adoption of proper paraphrasing and academic citation techniques, along with effective strategies to prevent plagiarism in scientific research.
