From eliswilson at hushmail.com Wed May 1 01:17:54 2013 From: eliswilson at hushmail.com (eliswilson at hushmail.com) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:17:54 -0400 Subject: [portland] Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science Message-ID: <20130430231754.36D8BE6736@smtp.hushmail.com> Biggest Fake Conference in Computer Science We are researchers from different parts of the world and conducted a study on the world?s biggest bogus computer science conference WORLDCOMP http://sites.google.com/site/worlddump1 organized by Prof. Hamid Arabnia from University of Georgia, USA. We submitted a fake 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 richer. After that, we received few reminders from WORLDCOMP to pay the fee but we never responded. This fake paper is different from the two fake papers already published (see https://sites.google.com/site/worlddump4 for details) in WORLDCOMP. We MUST say that you should look at the above website if you have any thoughts of participating in WORLDCOMP. DBLP and other indexing agencies have stopped indexing WORLDCOMP?s proceedings since 2011 due to its fakeness. See http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icai/index.html for of one of the conferences of WORLDCOMP and notice that there is no listing after 2010. See Section 2 of http://sites.google.com/site/dumpconf for comments from well-known researchers about WORLDCOMP. The status of your WORLDCOMP papers can be changed from scientific to other (i.e., junk or non-technical) at any time. 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 money making business, using University of Georgia 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 (Mr. Ashu Solo or A.M.G. Solo) who publicizes WORLDCOMP and also defends it at various forums, using fake/anonymous names. The puppet uses fake names and defames other conferences to divert traffic to WORLDCOMP. He also makes anonymous phone calls and threatens the critiques of WORLDCOMP (See Item 7 of Section 5 of above website). 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. Prof. Hamid Arabnia makes a lot of tricks. For example, he appeared in a newspaper to fool the public, claiming him a victim of cyber-attack (see Item 8 in Section 5 of above website). Monte Carlo Resort (the venue of WORLDCOMP for more than 10 years, 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. That is why WORLDCOMP?13 is taking place at a different resort. WORLDCOMP will not be held after 2013. The draft paper submission deadline is over 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! We ask Prof. Hamid Arabnia to 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 ask him to look at the Open Challenge (Section 6) at https://sites.google.com/site/moneycomp1 and respond if he has any professional values. 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 at http://worldcomp-fake-bogus.blogspot.com Search Google using the keyword worldcomp fake for additional links. From teknotus at gmail.com Wed May 8 08:28:59 2013 From: teknotus at gmail.com (Daniel Johnson) Date: Tue, 7 May 2013 23:28:59 -0700 Subject: [portland] Meeting Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:30 PM one week from today Message-ID: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 6:30 PM Urban Airship 334 NW 11th Ave, Portland, OR (map) http://goo.gl/maps/Ikbh Pythonic talks, OS Bridge raffle, and afterparty at Deschutes! Open Source Bridge is just around the corner, June 18th - 21st here in Portland. As in previous years, a free registration to Open Source Bridge will be raffled this month! We also have a 33% off discount code to share with members at the meeting. This month: * Testing Standalone Django Apps Intermediate talk by Gavin McQuillan * Lightning Talks / Project Demos by You! Join us afterward at Deschutes to continue the discussion over a beverage. From rbednark at gmail.com Thu May 9 06:42:32 2013 From: rbednark at gmail.com (Rob Bednark) Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 21:42:32 -0700 Subject: [portland] Atlatl is hiring a Django web developer Message-ID: The company I work for, Atlatl Software, is looking for a Django Web Developer to join our web development team. Click this link to apply: http://atlatl.theresumator.com/apply/?recruiter=usr_20130304204213_LTHMX6EH7NNLVOPO Atlatl (http://atlatlsoftware.com) is a well-funded startup headquartered in Charleston, SC. Our Portland office currently has 7 employees and is located at 3030 SW Moody, Portland, OR, close to downtown, on streetcar and bus lines, with free parking. If you have any questions about the position, feel free to contact me directly. Don't be concerned about meeting all the qualifications listed -- I encourage you to apply regardless of your experience. 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Topic will either be "Top Ten Web Defenses" or "Securing the Software Development Lifecycle". Details here: http://calagator.org/events/1250463804 We will be serving pizza and some sort of beverages, as sponsored by WhiteHat Security. I would *really* appreciate it if you RSVP to this event so I can better estimate how much to order. Just email me privately for that. Hope to see you there! tim The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a 501c3 not-for-profit worldwide charitable organization focused on improving the security of application software. To sign up for future meeting notes and to discuss security topics with local gurus, sign up on the OWASP Portland mailing list: https://lists.owasp.org/mailman/listinfo/owasp-portland Chapter meetings are free and open to the public and come complete with an absence of sales pitches. From slangpdx at gmail.com Fri May 31 17:26:10 2013 From: slangpdx at gmail.com (stephen lang) Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 08:26:10 -0700 Subject: [portland] RSVP TO OWASP /end Message-ID: rsvp On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Tim wrote: > > Hey Python hackers, > > The local OWASP chapter has a chapter meeting coming up at the > Collective Agency. Jim Manico has offered to come and give us another > great talk. Topic will either be "Top Ten Web Defenses" or "Securing > the Software Development Lifecycle". Details here: > > http://calagator.org/events/1250463804 > > > We will be serving pizza and some sort of beverages, as sponsored by > WhiteHat Security. I would *really* appreciate it if you RSVP to this > event so I can better estimate how much to order. 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