Repository for Microsoft Reactor2025 Hackathon
AIDtoReference
This project involves the development of an intelligent agent designed to automate the process of generating academic references for students and staff at Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences. Many University refer to the main citation styles (e.g., APA, MLA, Chicago) but then they apply small differences that make the referencing part of an academic work a menace. The aim is to reduce manual workload and provide to any university website a tool to ease the life of students or staff. At the moment it has been instructed just with Haaga-Helia UAS guidelines, but, obviously, it can be extended to any University special guideline.
The agent is capable of parsing source information from various inputs (e.g., URLs, PDFs, or plain text) and generating formatted citations using Haaga Helia rules.
Compared to other online websites that can provide transformation of raw formatted resources into one of the main referencing standards, this agent is capable of following the precise rules provided by the related university. In other words, it capture the exact format of the referencing according to the guidelines of the specified university. It eases the life of any user in their academic work providing the resource formatted and ready to be copy-pasted on their own document.
- Students: Simplifies the referencing process for assignments, theses, and projects, ensuring compliance with academic standards.
- Faculty and Staff: Reduces the time spent reviewing and correcting citation errors in student work.
- Library Services: Enhances the library’s ability to offer digital support for referencing and citation literacy.
- IT Department: Gains a modular, scalable tool that integrates with existing infrastructure and supports future enhancements.
Microsoft Copilot Studio
https://github.com/Steve-Git9/Microsoft-Reactor2025
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