[EMBOSS] World's biggest fake conference in computer science

[Fields, Christopher J]

Interesting, but what exactly does this have to do with EMBOSS?

chris

On Mar 15, 2012, at 1:07 PM, James Allen wrote:

> --- Better not to have a publication than to publish in WORLDCOMP and
> spoil the resume forever ---
> 
> If you didn't know already, WORLDCOMP is the World's biggest fake
> conference in computer science
> http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1  The next WORLDCOMP (consists
> of more than twenty different conferences) will be during July 16-19,
> 2012, USA.
> 
> Hamid Arabnia (a professor in computer science from University of
> Georgia, USA) has been running this fake (bogus or junk or scam)
> conference business to collect registration fee for over a decade. He
> accepts almost all submitted papers but cheating that there is a
> review by "two experts". He accumulated millions of dollars by this
> business.
> 
> 
> If the above link didn't work, you may try
> http://copy-shake-paste.blogspot.com/2012/02/fake-conference-worldcomp.html
> 
> If none of these links work, search internet using worldcomp bogus
> 
> 
> If you have a paper in WORLDCOMP 2011 or earlier, you may file a
> lawsuit against Hamid Arabnia because he cheated you about reviews,
> reviewers, acceptance policies and acceptance rates.
> 
> Sincerely,
> James Allen
> 
> 
> 
> LATEST NEWS (as of March 11, 2012): Hamid Arabnia removed his name and
> address (ie, University of Georgia, where he is working as a
> professor) from WORLDCOMP website. If the conference is not fake, why
> he removed them suddenly? Who is the chair/coordinator of this bogus
> conference now? There are no committee members, keynote speeches and
> sponsors. The draft paper submission date is quietly extended. Why is
> Hamid Arabnia still running the fake conference anonymously and for
> whose benefit? We ask him to answer all these questions. This is the
> first time (in the entire world) a conference is running without the
> chair/coordinator name listed. Hamid Arabnia may soon bring another
> person (just for name sake) as the chair of WORLDCOMP and still Hamdid
> Arabnia run it from behind the scenes forever.
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