Saturday 20 August 2011

Vienna Conference, Organized by Nina Ringo, Accepted a Fake Paper

This is to report to the research community that the following conference (http://vienna-conference.com) organized by Nina Ringo (www.ninaringo.info) is now proven to be fake in that they accepted a fake paper:

Name of Conference: International Conference on Computer Science and Applied Computing
Location: Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
Date: February 9-11, 2011
Conference Web Site: http://vienna-conference.com/index.html

The conference claims that submissions/papers are reviewed/refereed BUT they are not.

A fake paper was submitted for evaluation to intercomp2011@gmail.com on Sun, Jan 2, 2011. The notification of acceptance was received on Sun, Jan 9, 2011.

See the email exchanges below:


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Hi, I am submitting the attached paper for INTERCOMP 2011.
Sincerely,
Mohammad Homayoun
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Dear Mohammad Homayoun,
Thank you for your submission. The organizing committee will review it
and we will contact you in a few days.
Best regards,
Intercomp2011
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Dear Mohammad Homayoun,
Thank you for your submission. Your paper was reviewed by our
organizing committee and was accepted for presentation. Please
register online and pay
registration fee.
Best regards,
Intercomp2011
Secretariat