tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post7366505968188603928..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: A Conference I Won't Be AttendingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-77807941090852723372019-12-06T09:36:06.153-05:002019-12-06T09:36:06.153-05:00Cannot believe after a decade, now in Dec 2019, Da...Cannot believe after a decade, now in Dec 2019, David Hui still sends such junk emails to academic email address around the world. I am in Canada and not in his field but still frequently get the junks from him. As the junk is from an institution email address, I guess spam filter does not apply to it. David Junk Hui should be treated.Mynamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01528194043783448117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-75297756746035014142010-12-18T22:51:47.125-05:002010-12-18T22:51:47.125-05:00Please go here and read about David Hui: http://ww...Please go here and read about David Hui: http://www.aais.pku.edu.cn/En_Article.asp?ArticleID=556<br />This post is from Peking University, the top one in China!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-75030684931591438942009-03-21T10:50:00.000-04:002009-03-21T10:50:00.000-04:00What I don't understand is this:1. Why did they in...What I don't understand is this:<BR/><BR/>1. Why did they invite you to a conference on electronics? Do you work in the area?<BR/><BR/>2. Why should a conference call itself "truly international"? Is this usual?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-54123163626721887562009-03-21T07:44:00.000-04:002009-03-21T07:44:00.000-04:00visitorX:Nothing would happen, except I'd be out t...visitorX:<BR/><BR/>Nothing would happen, except I'd be out the $500 registration fee and I'd waste my time attending a conference in an area I know nothing about.<BR/><BR/>Scientific conferences are usually open to anyone who registers; it's not like it's some big secret.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-26870263670912111042009-03-20T19:54:00.000-04:002009-03-20T19:54:00.000-04:00what would happen if you actually attend the confe...what would happen if you actually attend the conference?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-73049672017371915372009-03-18T17:29:00.000-04:002009-03-18T17:29:00.000-04:00There is a funny thing about this invitation: Dr. ...There is a funny thing about this invitation: Dr. D. Hui has listed his honoris causa degrees, including one from Ukraine (without specifying the institution that has awarded that degree. If his name "Hui" is transliterated into cyrillic letters, in Ukrainian it is a word which is a vulgar version of the word for penis. Surely this should have caused a lot of amusement among those Ukrainians who awarded that honorary degree. It probably was the first time they ever honored a "hui" with a degree.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-54219739313199027622009-03-18T10:35:00.000-04:002009-03-18T10:35:00.000-04:00In the UK, the more letters you attach to your nam...<I>In the UK, the more letters you attach to your name, the more "important" you become.</I><BR/><BR/>Here's an opportunity to become more important by <A HREF="http://friendsofdarwin.com/" REL="nofollow">adding an FCD to your name</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-35258531702098908842009-03-18T10:04:00.000-04:002009-03-18T10:04:00.000-04:00It actually reason #4 that I find appalling: there...It actually reason #4 that I find appalling: there seems to be a negative correlation between (1) the number of decorations appended at the end of an academic's name [such as honorary degrees, titles of prestige, etc] and (2) his/her real abilities.<BR/><BR/>In the UK, the more letters you attach to your name, the more "important" you become. As an example, Prof. Xyz Qwertyuiop, CBE, Hon DSc, MA, FFA, FIA, FSS, FIMA may be an impressive list of letters, but, in reality, it may mean that this person has no PhD.Takis Konstantopouloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675216467783238403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-66112049757822478932009-03-17T13:00:00.000-04:002009-03-17T13:00:00.000-04:00Thus, all participants will have two journal paper...<I>Thus, all participants will have two journal papers as a benefit of coming to ICCE-17 Hawaii. </I> So you get two <I>journal</I> papers for going to Hawaii? Sounds good to me! :) <BR/><BR/>At least I hadn't heard of ICCE before. It seems I get spam for the "World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics" every other month. Sometimes it comes under different guises, such as AG (Academic Globalization), IMETI (International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation), and MEI (Management, Engineering and Informatics). I'm lucky that they're dumb enough to always include the same physical address in the email, so spam filters easily catch it. (And yes, the guy that organizes these is a <A HREF="http://www.iiis.org/iiis/Nagib-Callaos.asp" REL="nofollow">crackpot</A>)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05566851554483852450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-5972197001634274062009-03-17T12:52:00.000-04:002009-03-17T12:52:00.000-04:00The website for the conference appears to be a sin...The website for the conference appears to be a single page dummy, with no further links. I think someone has tried to play a prank using the (publicly available) details of a real faculty member.<BR/><BR/>I recollect having got a similar email that addressed me as "Dear Prof. Dr. Parkar" for a conference in cuba (chemistrycuba.com) that has a much more elaborate website, but still appears to be shady.ubernerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16577199373917829664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-14359947568297435952009-03-17T11:03:00.000-04:002009-03-17T11:03:00.000-04:00I should hope that publishing two journal papers f...I should hope that publishing two journal papers for the price of one is an atypical selling point for conferences.<BR/><BR/>Is it a common practice, or is it another reason to be wary?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-23572313113896556832009-03-17T09:15:00.000-04:002009-03-17T09:15:00.000-04:00You can find David Hui's phone number on the Unive...You can find David Hui's phone number on the University of New Orleans College of Engineering Faculty page (google it). You could call him.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601407170512828091noreply@blogger.com