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"ca-pub-0454579579799037"; /* unita1 */ google_ad_slot = "5942726691"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <h1>&nbsp;</h1> <h1><span class="style7" lang="en-us">Academic topics and reviews</span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>topic 1.&nbsp; Why on earth are some Italian academics laughed at and ridiculed by the scientific community?</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <u1:p></u1:p> <p class=MsoNormal><u1:p></u1:p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> There is this perception, that the Italian university is based on <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://www.answers.com/topic/clientelism">clientelism</a></span></b></span></span> and that several Italian professors (especially the <b>&quot;full&quot; professors</b>) are nothing else than people who reached their position nurturing a network of relationships, even though they should not have been allowed to even serve as doormen.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>In other words, a form of <b>intellectual dishonesty</b> which permeates the whole system and has also connection in the legal system. Clearly, one might disagree with this view, however, sometimes objective evidence can t be disproved.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Using the term in a broader meaning, people like Prof. <a href="http://socialeanimale.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/la-mafia-accademica-gli-imbrogli-nelle-universita-italiane/"> Perotti </a>or Prof. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://agecon.ucdavis.edu/people/faculty/quirino-paris/"> <span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> Paris</span></a></span> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, and many others (including the media), talk about  university mafia . Clearly this has (most often) <b>nothing to do with the corresponding crime organization</b>. However, there are some analogies which justify the common use of the term even in the media, being the <b>use of physical violence replaced</b> with other form of, more subtle, but not less effective, moral violence. Examples of that include <span class=spelle><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>exclusion</span></b></span> from the system, <b>impossibility to have justice</b> through the ordinary means of justice (which are also connected with the <span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>academic</span></span> and political system ), persecution, through a creative use of the disciplinary processes and other <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>vexatory</span></b></span></span><b> instruments</b> reachable through personal connections.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>There is a form of  Italian ingenuity in this behavior. Clearly not the same kind of ingenuity that can attributed&nbsp; to Newton, Tesla, or Chopin. It s&nbsp; more like the way how mediocrity finds its way in the world. <span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In fact</span></span>, the <b>mediocre has no other choice to emerge that getting organized with others like him for reciprocal support</b>, creating a self referencing system, from which all the participants draw, at the right time, a benefit. It s often an highly <b>unjust benefit</b>, because it is obtained <b>defrauding (and often persecuting) people of clear superior value and dedication</b>, just due to the system of relationships.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>&nbsp;<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:16.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>topic 2.&nbsp; What&#39;s the root of problems in the Italian academic system</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> The fact that being a full professor, for instance, has a legal value and is achieved through a &quot;public&quot; competition where the commission is formed by other professors. <br /> This creates a real <b>feudal system</b>, where the position is exchanged within a network of relationships and favors, and <b>has, often, nothing to do with scientific contributions</b>. <br /> The result of most &quot;competitions&quot; are in fact well known before they are held, and the proceeding becomes an exercise in <b>&quot;public dishonesty</b>&quot;. Although this might sound as illegal, the <b>justice system does not </b>prosecute it, due to the relationships between university, politics and justice. Politics uses this intellectually dishonest system, although in public speeches, clearly, the corruption is condemned.&nbsp; </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang="en-us"><span class="style4">See for instance <a href="http://www.datatime.eu/concorsopoli/">these cases</a> or many others <a href="http://www.datatime.eu/concorsopoli/concorsopoli.htm">here</a>. </span> </span></p> <div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>&nbsp;<u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p></o:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=spelle><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><span class="style2">Paper</span></span></b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><span class="style2"> </span> <span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span class="style2">Reviews</span></span></span><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> </span></b><u><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>PROF. ALFREDO RIZZI, Università di Roma  La Sapienza </span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>S</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>TATISTICA</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, anno LXIV, n. 2, 2004 <br> </span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> TEST <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DI</span></span></span> PRIMALITÀ DETERMINISTICI E PROBABILISTICI &nbsp; [<span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Deterministic and Probabilistic Primality Tests ]&nbsp; <b>-&nbsp; by</b></span></span></span><b> Alfredo Rizzi</b></span><u1:p></u1:p></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Paper: </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://rivista-statistica.cib.unibo.it/article/view/1291/697"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>http://rivista-statistica.cib.unibo.it/article/view/1291/697</span></a><u1:p></u1:p></span></b><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Let s examine this paper published in the Italian journal <b>&quot;Statistics&quot; </b>(&quot;<span class=SpellE>Statistica</span>&quot;). This is the same journal where well know Italian geniuses, such as <b>Prof. Paola <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Monari</span></span></span></b> and&nbsp; Prof. <b><a href="http://www.datatime.eu/concorsopoli/">Mary <span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span class=SpellE>Fraire</span></span></span></a></b> have published their breakthroughs, for which the international <span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>scientific</span></span> community will never be thankful enough (and which will also be reviewed in detail).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang="en-us"><span class="style4">Someone inserted his name in this (Italian) list of </span></span> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US' <i><b>famous</b></i> <i><b>mathematicians</b></i> : <a href="http://felix.unife.it/Root/d-Mathematics/d-The-mathematician/t-Mathematicians-A-Z">http://felix.unife.it/Root/d-Mathematics/d-The-mathematician/t-Mathematicians-A-Z</a><u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>, where also Riemann, Euler and Gauss are listed.</span><br /> <br /> <span class="style13">Therefore, w</o:p></span></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US' class="style13">e could not be more excited to learn from this &quot;famous mathematician&quot;, who has published this masterpiece on such a prestigious international scientific journal (you may imagine how tough must be the refereeing process of this top journal, let s go through the various statements appearing in this paper.&nbsp; </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>The paper starts up with some triviality, scattering around names of actual mathematical geniuses, like Euler or Gauss, to convey the notion that the author has read something about the history of mathematics..<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'> Le questioni riguardanti i numeri primi hanno interessato molti studiosi sin dagli albori della matematica. Basti ricordare nell antichità Euclide e negli ultimo quattrocento anni <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fermat</span></span></span>, Eulero, <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Legendre</span></span></span>, Gauss, <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hilbert</span></span></span>. Gauss, nel 1801, nelle <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Disquisitiones</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Arithmeticae</span></span></span>, affermava che il problema di distinguere i numeri primi da quelli composti e della fattorizzazione di questi ultimo è uno dei più importanti ed utili in aritmetica </span></p> <u1:p></u1:p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Then, suddenly, among these geniuses, a quotation emerges from the <b>brother of the (ex) Italian Prime Minister</b> (who happened to be a professor of mathematics).<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'> <b>Giovanni Prodi</b>, ad una domanda postagli sui risultati che più lo avevano colpito, tra quelli conseguiti in matematica negli ultimi decenni ha risposto:  I teoremi probabilistici di <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>primalità</span></span></span>. <u1:p></u1:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> Now, one trait of this kind of  ingenuity , we clearly need to learn is: <b>always quote</b> the<b> right persons</b>. [We might recall that Prof. Alfredo <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Rizzi</span></span></span> was nominated by the ministry in the Commission for retirement funds (<span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Commissario</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>nella</span></span></span> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissione_di_vigilanza_sui_fondi_pensione"><span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Commissione</span></span></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>di</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Vigilanza</span></span></span> sui <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fondi</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pensione</span></span></span></span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>), a well remunerated appointment. ] This kind of quotations are good, because, for instance, <b>you can take a reprint of your paper and send it to the personality, with some dedication</b>. <u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>We all have to learn from this. Clearly,<b> there is no point to be grateful to right great scientists in the field of prime numbers</b>, those who have literally <b>given their entire lives</b> to pure research and struggled to be precise and rigorous in every single word they wrote<u1:p> (after all, that's what mathematics is all about).</u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p><br /> </o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>The interesting part is when the author attempts to report the most basic results about prime numbers, such as their infinitude.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'>Sia P l insieme dei numeri primi P = [1,2,3,5,7,11,13,...,n,....] ove n ha solo i divisori banali 1 ed n.<u1:p></u1:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>So according to the author <b>1 is a prime number</b>. At this point, if you were a student at high school being examined, your professor would immediately send you away in shame.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>But no. Even though we don&#39;t know any number theorists who think 1 is a prime, this must clearly be a sign of ingenuity and not a misprint, as the thing is even object of further  examples which enlighten the unaware reader:<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'> Sia&nbsp; <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Z<sub>n</sub></span></span></span> l insieme degli interi primi con n. Ad esempio Z<sub>3</sub> =[1,2], & </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#984806;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> <u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Here there is an attempt to evocate the Euler s <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Totient</span></span></span> function, but the author is totally missing to define the concept of <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>coprime</span></b></span></span>, mixing up primes and <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>coprimes</span></b></span></span><b> to n</b> as if they were the same thing (in fact, 1 is <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>coprime</span></span></span> to itself).<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>&nbsp;<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>At this point we are just at page 3 of 13. And I think I refuse to proceed any further, but you may continue and let me know. I think we got the idea.<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>While I sadly close the article, cannot help seeing this sentence about the AKS <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>primality</span></span></span> test:<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806;mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>&nbsp;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#984806'> Teorema 11. La complessità asintotica dell algoritmo è: <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>O<sup>log</sup></span></span></span><sup> n</sup>  <u1:p></u1:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'>So, according to the great scientist and &quot;famous&quot; mathematician Prof. Alfredo <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rizzi</span></span></span>, University of Rome  La <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Sapienza</span></span></span> , the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKS_primality_test">AKS</a> algorithm has complexity <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>O<sup>log</sup></span></span></span><sup> n </sup>(note it&#39;s &quot;O&quot; to the power of log n). <u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>At this point we are speechless.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span style='font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'><br> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#984806'> Il risultato di M. <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Agrawal</span></span></span>, N. <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kayal</span></span></span> e N. <b>Safena</b>, come <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>si& </span></span></span> <u1:p></u1:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'> <span class=SpellE><span class=style11>Adlemane</span></span>, <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Pomerance</span></span></span> e <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rumely</span></span></span> hanno fornito  <u1:p></u1:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> Poor Prof <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Adleman</span></span></span>, poor Prof. <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Saxena</span></span></span> !<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>&nbsp;<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>The paper has also a summary where one can read:<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'> di teoria di teoria dei numeri con riferimento alle ricerche di Eulero, <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Fermat</span></span></span>, <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Legendre</span></span></span>, <span class=SpellE><span class=style11>Rieman</span></span> e di altri studiosi. Esistono molte espressioni che forniscono insiemi di <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>infiniti& </span></span></span> <u1:p></u1:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>guess</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>that</span></span></span> Georg Friedrich <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Bernhard</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Riemann</span></b></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>will</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>be</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>turning</span></span></span> in </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language: EN-US'><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&amp;GRid=12090715"><span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:IT'>his</span></span></span><span lang=IT style='mso-ansi-language: IT'> grave</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> (<span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>btw</span></span></span>, <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Riemann's</span></span></span> grave site no <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>longer</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>exists</span></span></span>).<u1:p></u1:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class="style4">In the abstract (<a href="http://rivista-statistica.cib.unibo.it/article/view/1291">http://rivista-statistica.cib.unibo.it/article/view/1291</a>) we can read again:</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";color:#984806'> He <b>remembers</b> the very important researches of Eulero, Fermat, Legen-re, <b>Rieman</b> and others <b>scholarships</b>. <u1:p></u1:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Just misprints? Of course. But where is the <span class="style5">contribution</span> of this paper if, not having anything original in it, it doesn&#39;t even represent at least an <span class="style5">accurate</span> review ?<br /> <br /> This work - which is actually one of the best by this Author - was good enough to be published in the (prestigious) scientific journal  <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Statistica</span></span></span> .<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>And the (proud) author of this work, Prof. Alfredo <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rizzi</span></span></span>, is a <b>full professor</b> at the University of Rome </span> <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span lang="en-us">(<span class="style16">**)</span></span></p> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <br class="style8" /> <span class="style17" lang="en-us">T</span><o:xxxxelmt><span class="style13" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><span class="style16">he scientific community </span> <a href="https://groups.google.com/group/sci.crypt/browse_thread/thread/3dc713a64776d7ff?hl=it"> <span class="style16">noted in a public scientific discussion</span></a><span class="style16"> that the paper is not cited on citeseer:</span></span></o:xxxxelmt><span class="style11"><br class="style13" /> <br class="style13" /> <br class="style13" /> </span> <span class="style20"> <span class="style18">&quot;when looking for papers he had written. Seems he edited a volume of </span></span> <br class="style15" /> <span class="style15">conference proceedings once, but as far as citeseer goes, that&#39;s it - </span> <br class="style15" /> <span class="style15">seems he has no well-established published original work at all. </span><b> <br class="style18" /> <br class="style18" /> </b><span class="style15">Even the paper you refer to isn&#39;t in citeseer ... </span><b> <br class="style18" /> <br class="style18" /> </b><span class="style15">But that sort of thing happens in academia in other places than in </span> <br class="style15" /> <span class="style15">Italy. People who don&#39;t deserve promotion or tenure get it because of </span> <br class="style15" /> <span class="style15">who they know or for other academic political reasons. &nbsp;It&#39;s not usually so blatant though.&quot;&nbsp; </span> <o:xxxxelmt> <span class="style8" lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US">.</span></o:xxxxelmt><br class="style8" /> <span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm"> <pre><span lang="en-us"><span class="style10"> </span><span class="style17">Our Rating to the paper (0-10)</span></span></pre> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span lang="en-us"><span class="style17">Originality: 0<br /> Accuracy:&nbsp; 2<br /> __________</span></span></p> </span> <p><span lang="en-us" class="style17">Total:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <p> (**)<p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Other &quot;famous&quot; people connected with Alfredo <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Rizzi</span></span></span><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></span>are: Prof. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Giovanni <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Girone</span></span></span> </b>(University of Bari), author (according to his own claim) of a very <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussione:Test_di_Girone"> famous test</a> (the discussion on Wikipedia debates, in brief, that does not actually exist such a thing like a test by <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'>Girone recognized by the international scientific community</span></span></span>, and that, as the wikipedia articles notes too, he attempted to rename a statistic previously proposed by <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Corrado</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gini</span></span></span>, trying to get undue credit from such intellectual plagiarism. The links are also reporting disturbing cases of <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>clientelism</span></b></span></span> where <a href="http://www.dip-statistica.uniba.it/html/docenti/girone/homeprof.htm">Prof. Giovanni <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Girone</span></span></span></a> is the protagonist):</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal> <a href="http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/04/10/concorso-pilotato-denuncia-girone.html"> http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2008/04/10/concorso-pilotato-denuncia-girone.html</a></p> <p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Prof.<b> Mary Fraire</b> and Prof. <b>Paola Monari</b> (next reviews). It is interesting to note, in theme of intellectual honesty, that - in public trial proceedings, Prof. Rizzi has compared Prof. M. Fraire to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galvani"> Luigi Galvani</a> (in the sense of a &quot;misunderstood genius&quot;).&nbsp; <br /> <br /> [ This statement was made to justify his behaviour as a President of a Commission who has appointed (about 1 year before retirement) Prof. Mary Fraire as <b>Full Professor</b>. In that context Prof. Fraire documented her scientifical activity essentially with a <b><a href="Fraire_TopPaper.pdf" target ="_blank" >main paper</a></b> published on the journal &quot;Statistica&quot; many years before. That paper, was a &quot;review&quot; of a preceding paper written by Prof. Rizzi. (It would be interesting to examine in detail both these papers too, although this has been already done in part, abiding by a Court order, in the context of criminal trial proceedings: see the official review <a href="http://www.datatime.eu/concorsopoli/">here</a> (files &quot;CTUxx.jpg) )&nbsp; ].</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>&nbsp;<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="http://ilsensodellamisura.com/2008/08/concorsopoli-romana-chiesti-cinque-rinvii-a-giudizio/"> <span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>http://ilsensodellamisura.com/2008/08/concorsopoli-romana-chiesti-cinque-rinvii-a-giudizio//</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><br> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://socialeanimale.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/la-mafia-accademica-gli-imbrogli-nelle-universita-italiane/"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>http://socialeanimale.wordpress.com/2008/11/16/la-mafia-accademica-gli-imbrogli-nelle-universita-italiane/</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> <h1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; 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font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://roma.repubblica.it/dettaglio/Docenti-a-giudizio-per-il-concorso-truccato/1503010" target="_blank">http://roma.repubblica.it/dettaglio/Docenti-a-giudizio-per-il-concorso-truccato/1503010</a></span></u></p> <u1:p></u1:p> <h1><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>L Espresso Sociologia, il concorso truffa (Marino Bisso)<u1:p></u1:p></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-local/Sociologia-il-concorso-truffa/1867027" target="_blank">http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-local/Sociologia-il-concorso-truffa/1867027</a></span></p> <u1:p></u1:p> <h1><span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span lang=EN-US style='font-size: 10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>Svindel</span></span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'> med <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>stillinger</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>i</span></span></span> <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Italien</span></span></span> (<span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thorkil</span></span></span> Green Nielsen)<u1:p></u1:p></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></h1> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c829b179?page=10#/c829b179/10"><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'>http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c829b179?page=10#/c829b179/10</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-ansi-language:EN-US'><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class="style1">issue:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"'> 3/4/2009 di <span class=SpellE><span class=spelle><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>DMstud.bladet</span></span></span>:<br> <a href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c829b179?page=10#/c829b179/1">http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/c829b179?page=10#/c829b179/1</a><u1:p></u1:p></span><o:p>&nbsp; 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