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

Thu Mar 14 16:07:55 UTC 2013

On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:34 , Jack Bryar 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? 

And this was unethical - how exactly?  Note that they did not =publish= the paper.

- John Burger
  MITRE

> 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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