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SCIgen
Repository	github.com/strib/scigen ;
Written in	Perl
Available in	English
Type	Generator
License	GNU General Public License
Website	http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/

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SCIgen is a program that randomly generates nonsense in the form of computer science research papers, including graphs, diagrams, and citations. It uses a custom-made context-free grammar to form all elements of the papers.

Sample output

Opening abstract of Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy:^[1]

Many physicists would agree that, had it not been for congestion control, the evaluation of web browsers might never have occurred. In fact, few hackers worldwide would disagree with the essential unification of voice-over-IP and public/private key pair. In order to solve this riddle, we confirm that SMPs can be made stochastic, cacheable, and interposable.

Prominent Results

In 2005, a paper generated by SCIgen, Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy, was accepted as a "non-reviewed" paper to the 2005 World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics and the authors were invited to speak ^[2]. The authors of SCIgen described their hoax on their website, and it soon received great publicity when picked up by Slashdot. WMSCI withdrew their invitation, but the SCIgen team went anyway, renting space in the hotel separately from the conference and delivering a series of randomly generated talks on their own "track." The organizer of all these conferences is Professor Nagib Callaos. The WMSCI was also sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers from 2000 until 2005. The IEEE stopped granting sponsorship to Callaos in 2006, while Callaos received again IEEE sponsorship in 2008.

Submitting the paper was a deliberate attempt to embarrass WMSCI, which the authors claim accepts low-quality papers and sends unsolicited requests for submissions in bulk to academics. As the SCIgen website states:

One useful purpose for such a program is to auto-generate submissions to conferences that you suspect might have very low submission standards. A prime example, which you may recognize from spam in your inbox, is SCI/IIIS and its dozens of co-located conferences (check out the very broad conference description on the WMSCI 2005 website).
— About SCIgen ^[3]

List of works with noticeable acceptance

Rob Thomas: Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy, 2005 for WMSCI (see above)
Mathias Uslar's paper was accepted to the IPSI-BG conference^[4].
Professor Genco Gülan published a paper in the 3rd International Symposium of Interactive Media Design^[5].
Students at Iran's Sharif University of Technology published a paper in the Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation (which is published by Elsevier)^[6]. The students wrote under the false, non-Persian surname, MosallahNejad, which translates literally as: "from an Armed Breed". The paper was subsequently removed when the publishers were informed that it was a joke paper^[7].
Conferences of Wessex Institute of Technology ^[8].
A paper titled "Towards the Simulation of E-Commerce" by Herbert Schlangemann got accepted as a reviewed paper at the "International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering" (CSSE) and was briefly in the IEEE Xplore Database ^[9]. The author is named after the Swedish short film Der Schlangemann. Furthermore the author was invited to be a session chair during the conference^[10].Read the official Herbert Schlangemann Blog for details^[11]. The official review comment: "This paper presents cooperative technology and classical Communication. In conclusion, the result shows that though the much-touted amphibious algorithm for the refinement of randomized algorithms is impossible, the well-known client-server algorithm for the analysis of voice-over- IP by Kumar and Raman runs in _(n) time. The authors can clearly identify important features of visualization of DHTs and analyze them insightfully. It is recommended that the authors should develop ideas more cogently, organizes them more logically, and connects them with clear transitions"
In 2009, the same incident happened and Herbert Schlangemann's latest fake paper "PlusPug: A Methodology for the Improvement of Local-Area Networks" has been accepted for oral presentation at another international computer science conference ^[12]. THE TEXT THAT FOLLOWED HAS BEEN DELETED BY ME DENIS BAGGI BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN MISQUOTED IN AN ABUSIVE WAY, DO NOT PUT IT BACK.

Criticism concerning publishers

Recently, fake papers appeared in several IEEE conferences, because the IEEE grants its name and its logo to many local organizers who supposedly do not conduct a thorough review process. It is being argued that such conferences only exist to make money out of researchers that are looking for a simple way to publish their work, in particular publishers like IARIA, http://www.iaria.org, HIGHSCI http://www.highsci.org and SRP http://www.scirp.org appear questionable. As seen from their web sites, IARIA, HIGHSCI and SRP use the name of IEEE and the IEEE publishing services, thus attracting numerous papers.

Other protest blogs are:

Official Protests^[13].
Bogus Conferences ^[14].

"Netdriver"^[15].
"Another Letter of acceptance in an IEEE Conference"^[16].
Anti-Plagiarism Web Log^[17].

References

^ Stribling, Jeremy. "Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
^ Rob Thomas. "The Dangers of Spamferences" (HTML).
^ "SCIgen - An Automatic CS Paper Generator". MIT.
^ "Mathias Uslar's paper".
^ "About Genco Gulan's paper".
^ Rohollah Mosallahnezhad. "Cooperative, Compact Algorithms for Randomized Algorithms" (PDF).
^ John L. Casti. "REMOVED: Cooperative, compact algorithms for randomized algorithms".
^ "Conferences of Wessex Institute of Technology without review".
^ "Paper on the IEEE Database".
^ "CSSE Conference Program" (PDF).
^ "Schlangemann's blog".
^ "IEEE International Conference on e-Business and Information System Security". {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 44 (help)
^ "Some other conferences of IEEE".
^ "Bogus Conferences".
^ "Conferences that you must avoid".
^ "Another Letter of acceptance in an IEEE Conference".
^ "Other IEEE Conferences".

External links

SCIgen - An Automatic CS Paper Generator

[rooter-1] Stribling, Jeremy. "Rooter: A Methodology for the Typical Unification of Access Points and Redundancy" (PDF). {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

[2] Rob Thomas. "The Dangers of Spamferences" (HTML).

[3] "SCIgen - An Automatic CS Paper Generator". MIT.

[4] "Mathias Uslar's paper".

[5] "About Genco Gulan's paper".

[6] Rohollah Mosallahnezhad. "Cooperative, Compact Algorithms for Randomized Algorithms" (PDF).

[7] John L. Casti. "REMOVED: Cooperative, compact algorithms for randomized algorithms".

[8] "Conferences of Wessex Institute of Technology without review".

[9] "Paper on the IEEE Database".

[10] "CSSE Conference Program" (PDF).

[11] "Schlangemann's blog".

[12] "IEEE International Conference on e-Business and Information System Security". {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 44 (help)

[13] "Some other conferences of IEEE".

[14] "Bogus Conferences".

[15] "Conferences that you must avoid".

[16] "Another Letter of acceptance in an IEEE Conference".

[17] "Other IEEE Conferences".

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 * A paper titled "Towards the Simulation of E-Commerce" by Herbert Schlangemann got accepted as a reviewed paper at the "International Conference on Computer Science and Software Engineering" (CSSE) and was briefly in the IEEE Xplore Database <ref>{{cite web | url = http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/search/freesrchabstract.jsp?arnumber=4723109&k2dockey=4723109@ieeecnfs | title = Paper on the IEEE Database }}</ref>. The author is named after the Swedish short film [[Der Schlangemann]]. Furthermore the author was invited to be a session chair during the conference<ref>{{cite web | url = https://sites.google.com/site/herbertschlangemann/Home/csse2008_program.pdf?attredirects=0 | title = CSSE Conference Program }}</ref>.Read the official Herbert Schlangemann Blog for details<ref>{{cite web | url = http://diehimmelistschoen.blogspot.com/ | title = Schlangemann's blog }}</ref>. The official review comment: "This paper presents cooperative technology and classical Communication. In conclusion, the result shows that though the much-touted amphibious algorithm for the refinement of randomized algorithms is impossible, the well-known client-server algorithm for the analysis of voice-over- IP by Kumar and Raman runs in _(n) time. The authors can clearly identify important features of visualization of DHTs and analyze them insightfully. It is recommended that the authors should develop ideas more cogently, organizes them more logically, and connects them with clear transitions"
 * In 2009, the same incident happened and Herbert Schlangemann's latest fake paper "PlusPug: A Methodology for the Improvement of Local-Area Networks" has been accepted for oral presentation at another international computer science conference <ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.ieee-ecommerce.com/ | title =  IEEE International Conference on e-Business
+and Information System Security}}</ref>. THE TEXT THAT FOLLOWED HAS BEEN DELETED BY ME DENIS BAGGI BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN MISQUOTED IN AN ABUSIVE WAY, DO NOT PUT IT BACK.
-and Information System Security}}</ref>. Recently, Denis Baggi, Chairman, IEEE CS  confessed, according to a comment on the Schlangemann Blog, that "Selection criteria such a refereeing etc. are meaningless", probably means that IEEE has accepted the unreliability and bogusity of its conferences. Denis Baggi also adds: "Articles should be written only if someone has something to tell others, in which case the validity of the paper is obvious".
 === Criticism concerning publishers ===