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The Schon Affair
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 13:05:04 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: Steven Cherry <s.cherry () ieee org> Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 13:01:39 -0500 To: dave () farber net Subject: The Schon Affair Dave, a special report in the November issue of IEEE Spectrum. The Schon Affair <http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/oct02/schon.html> Schon Shown the Door When charges surfaced that work by Lucent Bell Labs researcher Jan Hendrik Schon might be seriously flawed, the hope was that the defects would prove minor or incidental. But the labs' investigation has dashed all such hopes <http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/oct02/schon2.html> Who's Responsible? The Bell Labs fiasco points out that the duties of coauthors are not clearly defined. But could spelling them out put a chill on collaborative research? <http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/oct02/kroemerqa.html> An Investigator Speaks Out Herbert Kroemer, winner of the IEEE's 2002 Medal of Honor and the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics, was one of five members of the committee that investigated allegations of scientific misconduct at Bell Labs. The panel exonerated 20 coauthors of any misconduct, but struggled with what responsibility they had for the veracity of research papers they signed. <http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/oct02/takeback.html> Taking it all Back Schön's papers and patent applications are being withdrawn -- -- Steven Cherry, +1 212-419-7566 Senior Associate Editor IEEE Spectrum, 3 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016 <s.cherry () ieee org> <http://www.spectrum.ieee.org> ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=125275&user_secret=1aa8f2d6 Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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