tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post111360222560394649..comments2024-03-14T01:32:43.610-06:00Comments on The Geomblog: methinks thou protesteth too much...Suresh Venkatasubramanianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898357513326041822noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1113857913319381182005-04-18T14:58:00.000-06:002005-04-18T14:58:00.000-06:00Um, but surely anyone emerging from graduate train...Um, but surely anyone emerging from graduate training has at least some idea of what are the premier conferences/journals in an area and what are not ? Either by writing papers, or by reading good ones, one tends to find these things out. <BR/><BR/>If one aspires to be a serious researcher, there is really no excuse. <BR/> <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>SureshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1113857658445271762005-04-18T14:54:00.000-06:002005-04-18T14:54:00.000-06:00Suresh asked,What I don't get is why on earth anyo...Suresh asked,<BR/><BR/><I><BR/>What I don't get is why on earth anyone even submits to these things..<BR/></I><BR/><BR/>Aw, come on, have a heart. Besides the obvious, we should give people the benefit of the doubt (the submitters, that is). This "multiconference" has dozens of subconferences, special sessions, etc., each with plausible (and even interesting sounding) names -- often, names quite close to those of other "legitimate" meetings. I mean, when I first heard of SCI, it must have taken me 5 minutes or so of googling to find Justin Zobel's IIIS/SCI web page. But, then again, SCI has a web page, too. Which is the dog? <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://expert-opinion.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="stiber at blarg dot net">Mike Stiber</A>Michael Stiberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164917508588925430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1113798056204719842005-04-17T22:20:00.000-06:002005-04-17T22:20:00.000-06:00What I don't get is why on earth anyone even submi...What I don't get is why on earth anyone even submits to these things, and how they remain profitable (SCI has been around for many years). <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>SureshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1113780961422524922005-04-17T17:36:00.000-06:002005-04-17T17:36:00.000-06:00One thing that I've never figured out is how much ...One thing that I've never figured out is how much of a scam these "fake" conferences are. The registration fee doesn't seem much different to the fees of "real" conferences, so I don't see where these people are making their money from. Seems like an awful lot of effort (check out the elaborate websites) to go to if their goal is merely to fleece publication-hungry researchers. Even if they manage to get lots of miscellaneous fees and charges out of the registrants, it seems that if profit were the only motive, the organizers could get a much better return by the usual spam approach of selling pills, thrills and the like... <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://geomblog.blogspot.com/2005/04/methinks-thou-protesteth-too-much.html" REL="nofollow" TITLE=" at bell-labs dot com">Graham C. </A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1113622035640545092005-04-15T21:27:00.000-06:002005-04-15T21:27:00.000-06:00Suresh, maybe you are being too hard on the guy. ...Suresh, maybe you are being too hard on the guy. Maybe Professor Callos was afraid of being murdered by the author of a rejected paper? <BR/><BR/>Think I'm joking? The American Physical Society NEVER rejects an abstract submission to their conference. Why? Well, they used to, but some crazy guy who was "misunderstood" and had some great new theory of everything killed the APS president and his secretary because of multiple rejections. After that, they instituted an open door policy to the conference. Of course, there are special sessions for kooks.... <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, in this day and age, this could be a bad policy. I mean, what if an Al Queda member submits a paper to the APS or to SCI or wherever in an attempt to get a visa to visit the US? Perhaps the FOCS/STOC/SODA/SoCG/VLDB etc. guys are doing their patriotic duty by not accepting bad papers? Maybe the Physicists are promoting terrorism? Yeah, that's it Phycisists hate america.<BR/><BR/>Ok. Drunk now.<BR/><BR/>Gotta stop ranting.<BR/><BR/>Love your blog.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com