October 31, 2016
NONSENSE ALL THE WAY DOWN:
Who's Iris Pear? Nuclear physics conference accepts nonsensical 'autocomplete' study : Does the nuclear physics paper hoax suggest lazy peer editing, or predatory behavior on the part of academic organizations? (Joseph Dussault, OCTOBER 23, 2016, CS Monitor)
Next month, Dr. Iris Pear will present her groundbreaking new study at the International Conference on Atomic and Nuclear Physics.Or at least she would, if she were a real person.Iris Pear - a play on "Siri Apple" - is the invention of Christophe Bartneck, an associate professor of computer science at New Zealand's University of Canterbury. The study in question is completely nonsensical, procedurally generated by iOS's autocomplete function.
Posted by Orrin Judd at October 31, 2016 5:07 PM