[Corpora-List] WORLDCOMP Strikes Again for the Last Time

Thu Mar 14 15:26:49 UTC 2013

Here is another reference for the same type of "conference evaluation"
technique, although this one is more obvious in that the papers were
randomly generated:

    http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/#examples

-Karl


2013/3/14 Leon Derczynski <leon at dcs.shef.ac.uk>:
> Dear Jack,
>
> This brief test could perhaps be considered unethical in that it wastes
> peer-reviewer time (assuming any is allocated), but one must occasionally
> watch the watchers and evaluate review processes. Besides, such activities
> have generated much discourse in the past (some of it even fruitful):
>
> - regarding editorial bias and obfuscatory language;
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair
>
> - regarding spotting re-submissions in ostensibly prestigious journals;
> http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/40164010 (Peters & Ceci)
>
> There's a cost for evaluating review procedures, of course, though in cases
> where rumours abound (e.g. WORLDCOMP), data is especially valuable. In this
> case, I think perhaps the only "pollution" of the stream of research -
> particularly given that these authors did not publish their nonsense
> manuscripts - is that introduced by the venue.
>
> All the best,
>
>
> Leon
>
>
>
> On 14 March 2013 15:34, Jack Bryar <bryar at vermontel.net> wrote:
>>
>> ????
>> You submitted the same paper 2 years in a row?
>> You claim to have placed before the conference a paper with basic
>> fundamental errors-- on PURPOSE?
>> And this was ethical--- how exactly?
>> Chris- I don't know if you are the same fellow that works at Sykes or some
>> other smaller IT firm, but whatever the problems are at WORLDCOMP ---
>> --- and I've seen the websites claiming it is all a scam --
>> https://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1/
>>
>> http://crappyconferences.blogspot.com/2013/01/if-you-didnt-know-already-worldcomp-is.html
>>
>> http://iaria-highsci.blogspot.com/2012/03/intimidation-attempts-prove-that.html
>> --- and I'm aware of WORLDCOMP's rather sketchy - even nonexistent
>> sponsorship
>> I'm not sure that intentionally distributing garbage research is ever
>> justified ethically. In an era when even satirical press releases get
>> treated as legitimate news, intentionally polluting the stream of research
>> can only add to the fog of disinformation that complicates rational
>> discussions of so many technical and scientific topics.
>>
>> Jack Bryar
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:34:25 -0400 (EDT), chrisrogersrogers at aol.com wrote:
>> > I graduated from University of Florida (UFL) and am currently running a
>> > computer firm in Florida. I have attended WORLDCOMP
>> > http://www.world-academy-of-science.org  in 2010. Except for few keynote
>> > speeches and presentations, the conference was very disappointing due to
>> a
>> > large number of poor quality papers and cancellation of some sessions. I
>> > was instantly suspicious of this conference.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Me and my UFL and UGA friends started a study on WORLDCOMP. We submitted
>> a
>> > 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 website
>> > http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1   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.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The status of your WORLDCOMP papers can be changed from “scientific” to
>> > “other” (i.e., junk or non-technical) at anytime. 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 UGA
>> > 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 who publicizes WORLDCOMP and also defends it at various
>> forums,
>> > using fake/anonymous names. The puppet uses fake names and defames other
>> > conferences/people 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 will not be held after 2013.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > The paper submission deadline for WORLDCOMP’13 is March 18, 2013 (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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > We think that it is our professional obligation to spread this message
>> to
>> > alert the computer science community. 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
>> keywords
>> > “worldcomp, fake” for additional links.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > Chris
>>
>>
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