I am shocked that University of Georgia have these sort of Professor. It is considered as one of the best university in USA.
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Anand B Pillai <abpil...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Thank you for educating the list. Though this is not exactly > relevant to our subject matter actually. > > Regards, > > --Anand > > > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 4:28 AM, <newtonha...@hushmail.com> wrote: > > > We are researchers from different parts of the world and conducted a > study > > on > > the world’s biggest bogus computer science conference WORLDCOMP > > ( http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1 ) organized by Prof. Hamid > > Arabnia > > from University of Georgia, USA. > > > > > > We submitted a fake paper to WORLDCOMP 2011 and again (the > > same paper with a modified title) to WORLDCOMP 2012. This paper > > had numerous fundamental mistakes. Sample statements from > > that paper include: > > > > (1). Binary logic is fuzzy logic and vice versa > > (2). Pascal developed fuzzy logic > > (3). Object oriented languages do not exhibit any polymorphism or > > inheritance > > (4). TCP and IP are synonyms and are part of OSI model > > (5). Distributed systems deal with only one computer > > (6). Laptop is an example for a super computer > > (7). Operating system is an example for computer hardware > > > > > > Also, our paper did not express any conceptual meaning. However, it > > was accepted both the times without any modifications (and without > > any reviews) and we were invited to submit the final paper and a > > payment of $500+ fee to present the paper. We decided to use the > > fee for better purposes than making Prof. Hamid Arabnia (Chairman > > of WORLDCOMP) rich. After that, we received few reminders from > > WORLDCOMP to pay the fee but we never responded. > > > > > > We MUST say that you should look at the above website if you have any > > thoughts > > to submit a paper to WORLDCOMP. DBLP and other indexing agencies > > have stopped indexing WORLDCOMP’s proceedings since 2011 due to its > > fakeness. > > See http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icai/index.html for > > of one of the > > conferences of WORLDCOMP and notice that there is no listing after 2010. > > See > > http://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf for comments from well-known > > researchers > > about WORLDCOMP. > > > > > > The status of your WORLDCOMP papers can be changed from “scientific” > > to “other” (i.e., junk or non-technical) at any time. See the comments > > http://www.mail-archive.com/tccc@lists.cs.columbia.edu/msg05168.html > > of a respected researcher on this. Better not to have a paper than > > having it in WORLDCOMP and spoil the resume and peace of mind forever! > > > > > > Our study revealed that WORLDCOMP is a money making business, > > using University of Georgia mask, for Prof. Hamid Arabnia. He is throwing > > out a small chunk of that money (around 20 dollars per paper published > > in WORLDCOMP’s proceedings) to his puppet (Mr. Ashu Solo or A.M.G. Solo) > > who publicizes WORLDCOMP and also defends it at various forums, using > > fake/anonymous names. The puppet uses fake names and defames other > > conferences > > to divert traffic to WORLDCOMP. That is, the puppet does all his best > > to get a maximum number of papers published at WORLDCOMP to get more > > money into his (and Prof. Hamid Arabnia’s) pockets. > > > > > > Monte Carlo Resort (the venue of WORLDCOMP until 2012) has refused to > > provide the venue for WORLDCOMP’13 because of the fears of their image > > being tarnished due to WORLDCOMP’s fraudulent activities. WORLDCOMP’13 > > will be held at a different resort. > > > > > > WORLDCOMP will not be held after 2013. > > > > > > The paper submission deadline for WORLDCOMP’13 was March 18 and it is > > extended to April 6 (it will be extended many times, as usual) but > > still there are no committee members, no reviewers, and there is no > > conference Chairman. The only contact details available on WORLDCOMP’s > > website is just an email address! > > > > > > What bothers us the most is that Prof. Hamid Arabnia never posted an > > apology for the damage he has done to the research community. He is > still > > trying to defend WORLDCOMP. Let us make a direct request to him: publish > > all reviews for all the papers (after blocking identifiable details) > since > > 2000 conference. Reveal the names and affiliations of all the reviewers > > (for each year) and how many papers each reviewer had reviewed on > average. > > We also request him to look at the Open Challenge at > > http://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf > > > > > > Sorry for posting to multiple lists. Spreading the word is the only way > to > > stop > > this bogus conference. Please forward this message to other mailing lists > > and people. > > > > > > We are shocked with Prof. Hamid Arabnia and his puppet’s activities > > http://worldcomp-fake-bogus.blogspot.com Search Google using the > > keyword worldcomp fake for additional links. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > BangPypers mailing list > > BangPypers@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > > > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
