Computer Science Faculty Newsletter Vol 1 Issue 9 April 2018 An Exclusive Newsletter for Computer Science Faculties of Affiliated colleges of University of Madras

1. I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
Editor’s Desk 1
TRB/ UGC
Notification
1
Department
Events
1
The Dubakoor
Journals and
Publications
2
Kumararani
Meena Mu-
thiah College
3
College
Roundup: LN
Govt. College
4
Book Review 4
Computer Science
FacultyA P R I L 2 0 1 8
S P E C I A L
P O I N T S
O F I N T E R -
E S T :
 Department
Events
 Article: The
Dubakoor
Journals and
Publications
 Campus
Connection:
Kumararani
Meena Mu-
thiah College
 College
Roundup: LN
Govt. College
V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 9
CBSE NET 2018 Exam Events
Starting date of online application 6th March 2018
The last date of application 5th April 2018
Downloading Admit Card 10 days before exam
CBSE NET 2018 Exam Date 8th July 2018
In association with ICT academy, DB Jain College conducted FDP on “BIG DATA
analytics” for Computer science faculties for two days in the first week of March 2018.
Convocation @ LNG College, Ponneri
17th Annual Day was celebrated on 27th March, 2018 at Sridevi College, Ponneri,
Padma bushan Dr. Kamal Hassan was the Chief Guest
LNG College, Valedictory of Innerve-2018 on 21-03-2018. HOD, BCA, Prof. Subathra,
Chief Guest Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu, Principal Dr. A. Karrupan and faculty members
Some say if you
want success sur-
round yourself with successful
people. I say if you want true and
lasting success surround yourself
with people of integrity and that was
you people… it is all because of you
people this initiative has been going
month after month. Here comes
April, and the first of April is the day
we remember what we are the other
364 days of the year. Every month,
when I work with a particular college
faculties for creating the content, I
feel like learning new things, which
reminds me Michelangelo quote
“Every block of stone has a statue
inside it and it is the task of the
sculptor to discover it”. For the cam-
pus connect column this month, I
am unable to create as I planned for
almost a month, but it has been
completed within a couple of hours
by KRMMC team, which gives me a
lesson “Meticulous planning not
necessarily yield success, some-
times rapid decisions will do..”

2. P A G E 2
C O M P U T E R S C I E N C E V O L U M E 1 , I S S U E 9
The
Dubakoor, as such there is no meaning
in any of our Dictionaries, it was then
defined by Goundmani in Tamil mov-
ies, for those things are of not worthy,
fake, cheat and doing a false promotion.
When there is nothing but you exagger-
ate to an extent where people believe
you. Today, using our faculties‟ pressure
towards publishing research papers in
Journals, these Dubakoor Journal Publi-
cations become “quick” money minting
business model, which is generally
called predatory journals.
Predatory journal
A predatory journal is a publication that
actively asks researchers for manu-
scripts. They have no peer review sys-
tem and no true editorial board and are
often found to publish ordinary or even
worthless papers for a huge publication
charges.
Why do academics publish in such
journals?
Today in research environments, there
is usually more value for quantity over
quality. Appointments and promotion
of faculties is based largely on their
number of publications. Predatory jour-
nals have helped many fake researchers
to prosper.
What is the harm caused by predatory
journals?
Predatory and low-quality journals
corrupt the literature. Today Computer
science has been particularly hit hard,
with journals now devoted to unscien-
tific processes. Peer review is at the
heart of academic evaluation. Publishing
without peer review [while pretending
that peer review was done] gives poor
and ordinary faculties a chance for ap-
pointments and promotions which
should have gone for a dedicated re-
searchers.
Reliability check
Are you unsure if an email invitation is from a predatory pub-
lisher or a legitimate one?
Jeffrey Beall, a librarian at the University of Colorado Denver,
had compiled lists of "potential, possible, or probable preda-
tory" journals and publishers. An anonymous individual has
taken on the responsibility of preserving Beall‟s list and up-
dating it when potentially new predatory journals and pub-
lishers are identified. Find it here:
https://beallslist.weebly.com/
Note: These lists are by no means comprehensive and authoritative.
They are designed to help authors, but are not the final authority on
this topic. The lists are frequently updated, but all authors should
conduct their own due diligence to reach their own conclusions
“It's important to
realize that
publishing open
access does not
make a publisher
predatory, their
bad behavior
does. Predatory
publishers exploit
new publishing
models by
claiming to be
legitimate open-
access publishing
operations”
 Do you or your colleagues
know the journal?
 Can you easily identify and
contact the publisher?
 Is the journal clear about
the type of peer review it
uses?
 Are articles indexed in ser-
vices that you use?
 Is it clear what fees will be
charged?
 Do you recognise the edi-
torial board?
 Is the publisher a member
of a recognised industry
initiative (COPE,DOAJ,
OASPA, etc.)?
Dr. C.V. Suresh Babu
How to find out a given journal is predatory or not?
It needs a systematic inquire... For example, some people think any
journal from an unknown publisher, or a journal that charges for pub-
lication, is necessarily predatory. That is not necessarily correct. The
important thing is to dig deeper and find ….the quality of submitted
manuscripts….and its standards.
Beall‟s criteria for identification of predatory journals and publishers
 No single individual is identified as specific journal‟s editor with
no formal editorial/review board or the same editorial board for
more than one journal.
 The editor and/or review board members do not have academic
expertise in the journal‟s field.
 Provides insufficient information or hides information about au-
thor fees, offering to publish an author‟s paper and later sending
an unanticipated „surprise‟ invoice.
 No proper indexing.
 The name of a journal is unrelated with the journal‟s mission.
 The name of a journal does not adequately reflect its origin (e.g. a
journal with the word „European‟ or „International‟ in its name
where neither the publisher, editor, nor any purported institutional
affiliate relates whatsoever to Europe or International).
 The publisher has poorly maintained websites, including dead
links, prominent misspellings and grammatical errors on the web-
site.
 The publisher makes unauthorised use of licensed images on their
website, taken from the open web, without permission or licensing
from the copyright owners.
 Re-publish papers already published in other publications without
providing appropriate credits.
 Use boastful language claiming to be a „leading publisher‟ even
though the publisher may only be a start-up or a novice organisa-
tion.
 Provide minimal or no copyediting or proofreading of submis-
sions.
 Publish papers that are not academic at all, e.g. essays by lay peo-
ple, polemical editorials, or pseudo-science.
 Have a „contact us‟ page that only includes a web form or an email
address, and the publisher hides or does not reveal its location.
 The publisher publishes journals that are excessively broad (e.g.
Journal of Computer Science) or combine two or more fields not
normally treated together (e.g. International Journal of Computers,
Information and Technology) in order to attract more articles and
gain more revenue from author fees.
“Faculty
pressure to
publish should
not be an
excuse to take
shortcuts and
publish in
predatory
journals.”

3. Ph.D.
Next Issue
Campus connect
Prof. N. Venkataramanan
M.E. M.Sc., M.Phil
Head– Computer Applications
DRBCCC HINDU COLLEGE,
Pattabiram, Chennai-72
Dept. of Computer Science: Mrs. Sheela Kumari, Mrs.A.Sheela, Mrs.
S.Kavitha, Mrs. Artheshwari
P A G E 3
Dr.Srideivanai Nagarajan
M.C.A., M.Phil., Ph.D
Director, Center for Curriculum
Enrichment & Career Guidance,
KRMMC, Chennai
Campus Connect
Coordinator
IF we can clear
UGC NET/SET
You Can Too!
BCA: Mrs. L. Mathukrithiga, Dr.Srideivanai Nagarajan,
Mrs. Prema Jancy Rani Mrs. D. Sathya
BCA Shift II: Mrs. T. Gowri, Mrs.A. Shanmathi,
Mrs. R. Abinaya, Mrs. R. Gomathi
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University of Madras
2.Mrs. L.M.Santhi, “Mobile Comput-
ing”, Bharathiyar University
3.Mrs. S. Kavitha, “Image Process-
ing”, Vels University

4. BookReview
I. You can do it yourself” series:
1. Writing Journal Papers
2. Doing Project
3. Self Learning
II FDP’s
1. Teacher—Do’s and Don’ts
2. Personalized Teaching
3. Teaching Beyond Syllabus
4. Project Based Teaching
5. Teaching with Technology
6. My Teacher—student’s
perspective
7. Challenge the Challenge—A Road Map UGC
NET
8. Once upon a time long long ago-
Teaching through stories
9. From Guru to Teacher, Trainer, Coach,
Mentor — Channing role of a Modern
Teacher
III SEP—Student Empowerment
Programs:
1. I am ready for University Exam
2. 5 units in 150 minutes
3. After UG what NEXT…
4. Activity Based Learning
IV Skill Development Programs
1. Document Management System through
Word processor
2. Effective Presentation
3. Build your own website
4. Decision Making through Spread sheet
5. Data Analysis through Spread Sheet
6. Problem solving using C / C++ / Java
7. Story, Screenplay, Dialogue and Direction —
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