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We are researchers from different parts of the world and conducted a study on |
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the world’s biggest bogus computer science conference WORLDCOMP |
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( http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1 ) organized by Prof. Hamid Arabnia |
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from University of Georgia, USA. |
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We submitted a fake paper to WORLDCOMP 2011 and again (the |
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same paper with a modified title) to WORLDCOMP 2012. This paper |
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had numerous fundamental mistakes. Sample statements from |
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that paper include: |
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(1). Binary logic is fuzzy logic and vice versa |
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(2). Pascal developed fuzzy logic |
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(3). Object oriented languages do not exhibit any polymorphism or inheritance |
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(4). TCP and IP are synonyms and are part of OSI model |
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(5). Distributed systems deal with only one computer |
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(6). Laptop is an example for a super computer |
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(7). Operating system is an example for computer hardware |
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Also, our paper did not express any conceptual meaning. However, it |
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was accepted both the times without any modifications (and without |
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any reviews) and we were invited to submit the final paper and a |
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payment of $500+ fee to present the paper. We decided to use the |
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fee for better purposes than making Prof. Hamid Arabnia (Chairman |
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of WORLDCOMP) rich. After that, we received few reminders from |
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WORLDCOMP to pay the fee but we never responded. |
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We MUST say that you should look at the above website if you have any thoughts |
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to submit a paper to WORLDCOMP. DBLP and other indexing agencies |
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have stopped indexing WORLDCOMP’s proceedings since 2011 due to its fakeness. |
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See http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icai/index.html for of one of the |
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conferences of WORLDCOMP and notice that there is no listing after 2010. See |
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http://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf for comments from well-known researchers |
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about WORLDCOMP. If WORLDCOMP is not fake then why did DBLP suddenly stopped |
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listing the proceedings after? |
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The status of your WORLDCOMP papers can be changed from “scientific” |
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to “other” (i.e., junk or non-technical) at any time. See the comments |
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http://www.mail-archive.com/tccc@×××××××××××××××××.edu/msg05168.html |
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of a respected researcher on this. Better not to have a paper than |
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having it in WORLDCOMP and spoil the resume and peace of mind forever! |
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Our study revealed that WORLDCOMP is a money making business, |
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using University of Georgia mask, for Prof. Hamid Arabnia. He is throwing |
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out a small chunk of that money (around 20 dollars per paper published |
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in WORLDCOMP’s proceedings) to his puppet (Mr. Ashu Solo or A.M.G. Solo) |
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who publicizes WORLDCOMP and also defends it at various forums, using |
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fake/anonymous names. The puppet uses fake names and defames other conferences |
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to divert traffic to WORLDCOMP. He also makes anonymous phone calls and |
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threatens the critiques of WORLDCOMP (see Item 7 in Section 5 of |
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http://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf ).That is, the puppet does all |
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his best to get a maximum number of papers published at WORLDCOMP to |
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get more money into his (and Prof. Hamid Arabnia’s) pockets. |
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Monte Carlo Resort (the venue of WORLDCOMP until 2012) has refused to |
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provide the venue for WORLDCOMP’13 because of the fears of their image |
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being tarnished due to WORLDCOMP’s fraudulent activities. WORLDCOMP’13 |
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will be held at a different resort. |
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WORLDCOMP will not be held after 2013. |
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The paper submission deadline for WORLDCOMP’13 was March 18 and it was |
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extended to April 6 and now it is extended to April 20 (it may be extended |
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again) but still there are no committee members, no reviewers, and there is no |
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conference Chairman. The only contact details available on WORLDCOMP’s |
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website is just an email address! Prof. Hamid Arabnia expends the deadline |
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to get more papers (means, more registration fee into his pocket!). |
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Let us make a direct request to Prof. Hamid arabnia: publish all reviews for |
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all the papers (after blocking identifiable details) since 2000 conference. |
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Reveal the names and affiliations of all the reviewers (for each year) |
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and how many papers each reviewer had reviewed on average. We also request |
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him to look at the Open Challenge at https://sites.google.com/site/moneycomp1 |
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Sorry for posting to multiple lists. Spreading the word is the only way to stop |
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this bogus conference. Please forward this message to other mailing lists and people. |
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We are shocked with Prof. Hamid Arabnia and his puppet’s activities |
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http://worldcomp-fake-bogus.blogspot.com Search Google using the |
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keyword worldcomp fake for additional links. |