LIRC@SFIT

St. Francis Institute of Technology (SFIT), Borivali(W), Mumbai, India is organizing the 3 rd  International Conference on "Communication System, Computing and IT Applications 2020" (CSCITA 2020) on April 3 - 4, 2020. This Conference aims at bringing together academia and industry to foster research and provide a platform for future collaborations. The conference will include keynote speeches, invited talks, technical sessions (oral and poster). Original research papers on the tracks related to conference theme are solicited. The conference is technically sponsored by IEEE Bombay Section and University of Mumbai. Accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore® Digital Library. For more details, please visit:  https://cscita.sfit.ac.in/index.html Conference Tracks Applied Computing & IT Communication & Networking Signal Processing System Software & Process Engineering Important Dates Call for papers opens from: 01 st  ...

Hailing from Lucknow, Abidi joined the chipmaker as a software engineer and is now responsible for deep learning framework software optimisation for Intel’s top of the line Xeon processors. To read the full article, please visit: https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/behind-cutting-edge-artificial-intelligence-work-lucknow-woman-huma-abidi-who-set-out-to-be-a-doctor-5843297/  (Accessed on July 23, 2019)

TCS had issued joining letters to over 30,000 fresh graduates, of which 40% have been onboarded in the first quarter.  Read more at: //economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70336196.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

Scholar Metrics provide an easy way for authors to quickly gauge the visibility and influence of recent articles in scholarly publications. Today, we are releasing the  2019 version of Scholar Metrics . This release covers articles published in 2014–2018 and includes citations from all articles that were indexed in Google Scholar as of July 2019. Scholar Metrics include journals from websites that follow our  inclusion guidelines  and selected conferences in Engineering & Computer Science. Publications with fewer than 100 articles in 2014-2018, or publications that received no citations over these years are not included. You can browse publications in specific categories such as  Ceramic Engineering , High Energy & Nuclear Physics , or  Film  as well as broad areas like  Engineering & Computer Science  or  Humanities, Literature & Arts  . You will see the top 20 publications ordered by their five-year h-index and h-me...

Only 15.8% of the total publications produced by Indian researchers feature in the top 10 journals globally, there is dire need to focus on the quality of research in the country IANS Photo IANS Published: 22 Jul 2019, 8:00 PM Engagement:  17 Only 15.8 per cent of the total publications produced by Indian researchers feature in the top 10 journals globally, a government report has revealed. It has emphasised on the dire need to focus on the quality of research in the country. Compared globally, India trails the UK, which has 37.3 per cent research work published in top 10 journals, the US (36.2 per cent), Germany (33.4 per cent) and China (27.6 per cent). As per Scimago Journal Rankings, India ranks fifth in global research publication output. But countries such as the US, China, Germany and the UK continue to dominate the world rankings both in terms of quantitative and qualitative research. "Presently, sizeable numbers of research and tech...

Hijacked journals are duplicate or fake websites of legitimate ones utilizing the title, ISSN and other information of the reputable journal. They are often created by a malicious third party for the purpose of fraudulently offering academicians the opportunity to rapidly publish their research online for a fee [1,2]. In this blog Dr. Varun G Menon, Associate Professor at SCMS Group of Educational Institutions, India, alerts researchers to the threat posed by hijacked journals to their career and to the scholarly community, and provides tips for spotting and avoiding them.  In this article, the term ‘hijacked journal’ refers to the fake version of the original legitimate journal [3]. To read the full article, please visit: https://publons.com/blog/hijacked-journals-what-they-are-and-how-to-avoid-them/  (Accessed on July 23, 2019)

Despite UGC blacklist, hundreds of ‘predatory journals’ thrive, cast shadow on quality of faculty and research nationwide. In the world of academia, getting published in an international research journal is almost the holy grail, it helps bump up the CV for hiring and helps in the competition for tenure or promotion. It takes rigorous research, an original contribution, exhaustive peer or expert reviews, and dogged persistence. Advertising But then, there’s also an easy way — pay and publish. An investigation by  The Indian Express  shows that India has emerged as one of the biggest markets for a business in which over 300 publishers manage what are called “predatory journals” that claim to be international and publish papers for a listed “charge” or “fee” that ranges from $30-$1,800 per piece. From a plush office in the heart of Hyderabad, home to one of the world’s largest such publishers, to a one-room, one-man, one-laptop office at Richha in Bareil...

73 of the 344 papers offered for sale are from journals based in India An “online marketplace” claiming to facilitate sale and purchase of authorships for research papers that have been accepted for publication in scientific journals has been brought to light by the Web of Science, part of London-based Clarivate Analytics, which provides analytical services to journals and innovation companies. An investigation by the company showed that a Russian website (http://123mi.ru) claims to facilitate the fraudulent publication. Retraction Watch blog was the first to report the scam. A Google translation of the claims on the Russian website says, “We sell publications of finished articles in Scopus and Web of Science journals (articles written and accepted in journals; sold in parts or in whole).” It asks researchers to part with hundreds of dollars to become authors of papers that they never worked on, promising definite publication and indexing. The website lists 344 article...