Is this just spam? It certainly has that feel about it..
On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:12 AM, <eliswil...@hushmail.com> wrote: > Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science > > 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 richer. After that, we received few reminders > from WORLDCOMP to pay > the fee but we never responded. This fake paper is different from the two > fake papers already published > (see https://sites.google.com/site/worlddump4 for details) in WORLDCOMP. > > > We MUST say that you should look at the above website if you have any > thoughts of participating in > 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 Section 2 of > 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. 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 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. > He also makes anonymous > phone calls and threatens the critiques of WORLDCOMP (See Item 7 of > Section 5 of above website). 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. Prof. Hamid > Arabnia makes a lot of tricks. For > example, he appeared in a newspaper to fool the public, claiming him a > victim of cyber-attack (see Item > 8 in Section 5 of above website). > > > Monte Carlo Resort (the venue of WORLDCOMP for more than 10 years, 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. That is why WORLDCOMP’13 is taking > place at a different resort. > WORLDCOMP will not be held after 2013. > > > The draft paper submission deadline is over 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! > > We ask Prof. Hamid Arabnia to 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 ask him to look > at the Open Challenge > (Section 6) at https://sites.google.com/site/moneycomp1 and respond if he > has any professional values. > > > 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 at > http://worldcomp-fake-bogus.blogspot.com Search Google using the > keyword worldcomp fake for > additional links. > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk >
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