Comments on: Invited speaker! (almost) http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/12/19/invited-speaker-almost/ blog of a logophile (not "logos", but "λόγος") Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:33:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/12/19/invited-speaker-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-2476 tikitu Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:20:08 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=113#comment-2476 <p>Heh, automated detection of automatically generated papers. I guess next comes an automated review process, and giving the talk on video to a room full of crash-test dummies?</p> <p>The beamer project looks fantastic! I doubt we'll attempt it, but still damn cool.</p> <p>And I had forgotten the book, thanks ;-)</p> Heh, automated detection of automatically generated papers. I guess next comes an automated review process, and giving the talk on video to a room full of crash-test dummies?

The beamer project looks fantastic! I doubt we’ll attempt it, but still damn cool.

And I had forgotten the book, thanks ;-)

]]> By: erik http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/12/19/invited-speaker-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-2477 erik Wed, 26 Apr 2006 09:36:09 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=113#comment-2477 <p>"Ever wondered whether a scientific paper was actually written by a robot? A new <a href="http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2006/04/fake-paper-detector.html" rel="nofollow">program </a> developed by researchers at Indiana University promises to tell you one way or the other. It was actually developed in response to a <a href="http://www.newscientisttech.com/channel/tech/mg18624963.700.html" rel="nofollow">prank </a> by MIT researchers who generated a paper from random bits of text and got it accepted for a conference." Btw, you borowed me a book yesterday and the guidelines for making your own beamer are over <a href="http://recherche.ircam.fr/equipes/temps-reel/movement/flety/static.php?page=static050617-095325" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p> “Ever wondered whether a scientific paper was actually written by a robot? A new program developed by researchers at Indiana University promises to tell you one way or the other. It was actually developed in response to a prank by MIT researchers who generated a paper from random bits of text and got it accepted for a conference.” Btw, you borowed me a book yesterday and the guidelines for making your own beamer are over here.

]]> By: tikitu http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/12/19/invited-speaker-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-2479 tikitu Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:25:36 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=113#comment-2479 <p>Just came across it while looking for the SciGen page (I misremembered the name of the paper, shame on me ;-). It pretty much sums up how I feel about the whole nasty business though -- the sad thing is that despite a reasonable amount of attention, they keep going.</p> Just came across it while looking for the SciGen page (I misremembered the name of the paper, shame on me ;-). It pretty much sums up how I feel about the whole nasty business though — the sad thing is that despite a reasonable amount of attention, they keep going.

]]> By: erik http://www.logophile.org/blog/2005/12/19/invited-speaker-almost/comment-page-1/#comment-2478 erik Tue, 20 Dec 2005 09:28:48 +0000 http://www.logophile.org/blog/?p=113#comment-2478 <p>hehe, i met Anthony Liekens @ whatthehack.org this year. He is a very nice Belgian guy who gave a talk on <a href="http://wiki.whatthehack.org/index.php/How_amateurs_beat_space_agencies_to_pictures_of_titan" rel="nofollow">How amateurs beat space agencies to pictures of titan</a>. Do you know him or did you just stumble upon his website?</p> hehe, i met Anthony Liekens @ whatthehack.org this year. He is a very nice Belgian guy who gave a talk on How amateurs beat space agencies to pictures of titan. Do you know him or did you just stumble upon his website?

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