介绍
我是Guang Hu，Khoury计算机科学学院的CS硕士项目的硕士生。 2024年春天，是我在读这个硕士课程项目最后一个学期，事情发生在我的最后一门课程——CS6650可扩展分布式系统课堂上，我批评了这门课讲师Yeh-Cheng Chen：我指出他的课件完全抄袭了Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann，还有他布置的课程作业完全抄袭了CMU（而且他上课时只是朗读抄袭的课件，而不能解答任何学生的问题，也不能对我们的项目作业进行技术指导，教学质量低下）。因为我批评他，并写信举报他（尽管我说的是事实），但我还是被东北大学开除了。
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在他的课堂上，我质问他：「我们为什么不直接阅读Designing Data-Intensive Applications这本书，而是我们每个同学浪费了7000美元/一门课 的学费，来听你把这本书念给我们呢？」因为我的评论让他感到羞辱，为了报复，他给我所有考试0分，并先发制人举报我有学术不端行为，因此我的所有考试全部0分。
不公正的秘密审判
他把我举报给了NEU的OSCCR，OSCCR对我进行了不公正的秘密审判：
为了给我定罪，NEU的「检察官兼法官」，Clayton Peck和Samantha Sanfilippo对我提出了一条条学术指控，分别是： .1point3acres1、他们首先给我安了一个Harassment的罪名。但是他们发现我和助教/Chen讲师之间只有三轮对话，无法构成骚扰的定义，于是他们继续找罪名；
2、TA举报称，我的手机在期中考试期间接到了消息推送（铃声），这被视为违反Academic Integrity。但是他们拿不出任何监控录像作为证据，于是他们继续找罪名；
3、最后他们终于找到一个口袋罪——Disorderly Conduct （罪名成立），因为我向老师展示了举报信（我举报Yeh-cheng Chen抄袭）并且向全班同学和系主任和领导发送了这封信。这个行为构成了Disorderly Conduct罪。因为我批评老师的行为挑战了老师的权威Conduct that is disorderly or disruptive in nature，而质疑NEU教学质量被视为「negatively affects the campus community, the neighborhood, and/or community members」。（「起诉书」原文引用）
举报信全文粘贴：To Northeastern University Khoury College of Computer Sciences,
We, the students of the CS6650 Scalable Distributed Systems course, are writing to express our serious concerns regarding the teaching methods and academic conduct of Professor Yeh-Cheng Chen. Our collective experience this semester has compelled us to bring these issues to your attention.
Professor Chen, who is relatively new to teaching, appears to lack both practical and instructional experience in the field of scalable distributed systems. This lack of experience is evident in his inability to provide real-world examples or applications that could enhance our understanding of the theoretical concepts presented in the course.. ----
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A significant portion of the content delivered in his lectures, including text, figures, examples, and the overall structure, has been directly taken from the book Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann. While this book is listed as recommended reading, Professor Chen’s use of its material goes beyond what we consider acceptable; the slides are often verbatim extracts without proper citation or acknowledgment of the source material.
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Furthermore, Professor Chen’s approach to teaching primarily involves reading these slides aloud during lectures, which does not constitute meaningful teaching or engagement with the students. This method has been ineffective at best, leaving many of our questions unanswered and our understanding of the subject matter superficial.. .и
Given the high tuition fees of $6,900 for this course, we are concerned that the value of our education is being compromised. We are essentially paying to read a textbook we could study independently, without gaining the insights and expertise that a university lecturer should provide.
In the past month, Professor Chen assigned a final project for our course that appears to have been directly plagiarized from a course taught at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Fall 2012, specifically the "Project Assignment P3: Design Your Own Distributed System." This assignment at CMU was developed and taught under the guidance of experienced professors and was intended to be completed over a full semester. The depth and complexity of the project are such that continuous, expert instruction and a robust foundational curriculum are necessary to achieve the educational objectives set forth in the project description.
Unfortunately, in our course, Professor Chen has neither provided the necessary instructional support nor demonstrated the practical experience required to guide students through such a complex project. The lack of foundational teaching and practical application has left many of us struggling to comprehend and complete the project effectively. This has not only impacted our learning outcomes but also raised concerns about the value of our educational experience, as we are not receiving the level of education that we expect from Northeastern University.
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Furthermore, the apparent direct copying of the CMU project without proper attribution or adaptation raises serious questions about academic integrity, which we believe need to be addressed by the university. Academic honesty is a cornerstone of our educational system, and it is disheartening to see it potentially compromised within our own learning environment.
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This final project, where we were tasked with constructing a complete distributed system within a limited timeframe. The scope of this project, as outlined, demands a depth of knowledge and experience in system architecture that surpasses what has been taught in the course. Most critically, the project was assigned without sufficient instructional support or preparatory exercises. This lack of guidance has left many of us, especially those who are newer to programming languages like Java and Python, significantly disadvantaged and overwhelmed.
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The expectation to design and implement such a complex system without foundational training is akin to expecting someone who has only basic experience in mechanical tasks to engineer a sophisticated aerospace vehicle. This analogy underscores the unreasonableness of the expectations set upon us.
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Furthermore, there has been an absence of coding exercises that could have scaffolded our understanding and development of the skills necessary to undertake such a project. The disconnect between the course content and the project expectations suggests a gap in instructional delivery that we believe needs immediate attention.. 1point3acres
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Also, it has come to our attention that the content of Homework 2, assigned in this course, closely mirrors the materials found in a publicly available GitHub repository titled "Serving Pattern: Load Balancing Server" by Tyler Lu. It is our understanding that Professor Chen is not listed as a contributor to this repository, yet the assignment appears to have been directly derived from this work without proper attribution or permission.
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The lack of originality in course assignments not only undermines the academic integrity expected at Northeastern University but also detracts from the learning experience of the students, as the assignments tend to be abstract and difficult to understand without proper context or guidance.
We urge the faculty and administration to consider our concerns seriously and to conduct a thorough review of Professor Chen’s teaching practices and academic conduct. It is crucial for the integrity of the Northeastern University academic program that standards are upheld, and that students receive the quality of education they are promised and pay for.
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Thank you for your attention to this matter. We look forward to your prompt response and to seeing improvements in the teaching methods employed in our course.
第三，关于你的三个罪名。首先是harassment，我认为骚扰行为的定义不取决于对话多少，，然是你的具体行为。总不会因为你在公交上只摸了别人屁股一下就不算你骚扰了吧？其次是integrity，这个我认为实至名归，具体见上。最后是Disorderly Conduct，这确实是个主观的罪名，但如果说定义是Conduct that is disorderly or disruptive in nature，我觉得放在你身上没有任何问题。
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