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Article contains a good number of sloppy inaccuracies. Here is one. > What truly amazes me is that a man as Roel Pieper, who is a professor of Computer Science

Article contains a good number of sloppy inaccuracies. Here is one. > What truly amazes me is that a man as Roel Pieper, who is a professor of Computer Science no less… > On 1 September 1999 Pieper was appointed as a professor of Electronic Commerce, a newly created chair at the faculty of informatics and technology management of the University of Twente. Pieper ended as a professor of business administration and corporate governance at the university of Twente in 2013. [1] Information Science != Computer Science See also [2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roel_Pieper#Career_in_the_Netherlands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roel_Pieper#Career_in_the_Neth... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloot_Digital_Coding_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloot_Digital_Coding_System

jacquesm 5y ago
Roel Pieper is a man with a long and interesting history, some successes but also a large number of spectacular failures, and not a few borderline (or even outright) scams. Falling for this particular scam was pretty dumb, especially for someone with his connections. Note that Jan Sloot worked at Philips before Roel Pieper and him joined forces.
bondarchuk 5y ago
Dutch "informatica" = English "computer science", although it was translated as "informatics" here.
- Maursault 5y ago
  That is interesting, and seems perfectly reasonable at first, but then please explain what "Technology Management" could possibly have to do with Computer Science. Informatics (domestic meaning) fits with Technology Management, they're complementary. Computer Science, which is a subset of Mathematics, has nothing to do with management of technology (or computers). Techs, administrators and SysOps are not computer scientists, and even if they happen to be (which is becoming more common), they're not doing any computer science when they're managing technology. What is the translation of (western) informatics? Is it possible the translation is correct? [1], [2], [3], [4] Or is it more likely Dutch universities don't know what Computer Science is? Is there also a Dutch department of Veterinary Science and Pet Management somewhere? Or a department of Astronomy and Optometry? Mechanical Engineering and Machining? [1] https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roel_Pieper https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roel_Pieper ?? [2] https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=informatics&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=informatics... [3] https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=computer%20science%0A&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=computer%20... [4] I suspect, not that OP is necessarily incorrect, but that this is more interesting than I thought
  - bondarchuk 5y ago
    It's become a bit of a joke at this point, the way Dutch universities give their programs and departments English titles to appear hip and international.. It seems there are (or were) 2 faculties, "Informatica", and "Technologie & Management", and the chair "Electronic Commerce" was part of both.

jacquesm 5y ago

Roel Pieper is a man with a long and interesting history, some successes but also a large number of spectacular failures, and not a few borderline (or even outright) scams. Falling for this particular scam was pretty dumb, especially for someone with his connections. Note that Jan Sloot worked at Philips before Roel Pieper and him joined forces.

bondarchuk 5y ago

Dutch "informatica" = English "computer science", although it was translated as "informatics" here.

Maursault 5y ago
That is interesting, and seems perfectly reasonable at first, but then please explain what "Technology Management" could possibly have to do with Computer Science. Informatics (domestic meaning) fits with Technology Management, they're complementary. Computer Science, which is a subset of Mathematics, has nothing to do with management of technology (or computers). Techs, administrators and SysOps are not computer scientists, and even if they happen to be (which is becoming more common), they're not doing any computer science when they're managing technology. What is the translation of (western) informatics? Is it possible the translation is correct? [1], [2], [3], [4] Or is it more likely Dutch universities don't know what Computer Science is? Is there also a Dutch department of Veterinary Science and Pet Management somewhere? Or a department of Astronomy and Optometry? Mechanical Engineering and Machining? [1] https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roel_Pieper https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roel_Pieper ?? [2] https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=informatics&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=informatics... [3] https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=computer%20science%0A&op=translate https://translate.google.com/?sl=auto&tl=nl&text=computer%20... [4] I suspect, not that OP is necessarily incorrect, but that this is more interesting than I thought
- bondarchuk 5y ago
  It's become a bit of a joke at this point, the way Dutch universities give their programs and departments English titles to appear hip and international.. It seems there are (or were) 2 faculties, "Informatica", and "Technologie & Management", and the chair "Electronic Commerce" was part of both.