Mastering scientific writing with AI-based tools

• 04.12.2025, 13:15 - 17:00

• Ruggia, Alessandra  ()
• Mihalka, Reka  ()

• ETH-Bibliothek, Information  ()

• Differences between AI-based tools
• Opportunities and risks of working with large language models
• Ethical considerations: ensuring data privacy, avoiding plagiarism and copyright infringement, minimizing environmental impacts
• Scientific writing tasks suitable for AI assistance
• Effective prompting techniques
• Image generation
• Literature search tools

At the end of the course, you will be able to

• select a suitable AI-based writing tool.
• streamline the reading and writing process.
• prompt effectively.
• comply with ETH regulations regarding plagiarism.

• Please create a ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Gemini account before the workshop. If you are affiliated with ETH, go to the IT Store and request a cloud subscription to "Non-Microsoft" (which is, in this case, Google). Most Swiss universities (including ETH, UZH, Uni of Basel, etc.) also offer institutional access to Microsoft Copilot. Please use your university credentials to log in this system.

• Bachelor students
• Master students
• Doctoral students
• Scientific staff

ETH Library, foyer, floor H, main building ETH Zurich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zurich

Access to and participation in our courses will be barrier-free. Please contact us in advance at +41 44 632 21 35 or at info@library.ethz.ch so that we can optimally meet your needs.