Saturday, November 28, 2009

Conference with No Participation

We have already seen one version -- the scamference, which is essentially a fraud.

Thanks to an e-mail alert from a colleague, I became aware of a second kind: Journal Conference.

Journal Conferences are virtual conferences, where blind papers are peer reviewed by at least two/three experts and accepted papers are published in International Journals. No paper presentation is required.

Don't you love that part about "blind" papers?

Going by the names of people in the National Committee, it seems like an Indian operation. Poking around that site, I couldn't find a physical, "real world" address, though.

Anyways, the conferences (in four areas!) "didn't happen" in 2009. I wonder if they will be repeated next year ...

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2 comments:

  1. arora12:37 AM, November 29, 2009

    http://www.whois.net/whois/theaceee.org - they are from kerala

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  2. Ankur Kulkarni10:43 PM, November 29, 2009

    See the registration page. It mentions $300 for "international authors" and prices in INR for local authors. This is definitely an Indian operation. They seem to have some professors from IITs and BITS also on board.

    http://www.theaceee.org/conf/ijjce/2009/registration.html

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