My request to a Carnegie Mellon (#CMU) researcher was ignored. The ACM website published someone’s work which was said to include source code. Then the code was omitted from the attached ZIP file, which only contained another copy of the article. I asked the lead researcher (a prof) for the code and was ignored. Also asked the other researchers (apparently students), who also ignored the request. The code would have made it possible to reproduce the research and verify it.
ACM also ignored my request and also neglected to fix the misinfo (the claim that source code is available).
It seems like this should taint the research in some way. Why don’t they want people reproducing the research? I mean, if the idea is that scientific research is “peer reviewed” for integrity, it seems like a façade. Or is there some kind of 3rd party who would call this out?
They will likely say yes, thanks for being interested in my research. If they’re like me, they didn’t respond because they’re overworked and tired, so politely ask one more time
Exactly. The worst that happens is they say no or don’t respond.
My request to a Carnegie Mellon (#CMU) researcher was ignored. The ACM website published someone’s work which was said to include source code. Then the code was omitted from the attached ZIP file, which only contained another copy of the article. I asked the lead researcher (a prof) for the code and was ignored. Also asked the other researchers (apparently students), who also ignored the request. The code would have made it possible to reproduce the research and verify it.
ACM also ignored my request and also neglected to fix the misinfo (the claim that source code is available).
It seems like this should taint the research in some way. Why don’t they want people reproducing the research? I mean, if the idea is that scientific research is “peer reviewed” for integrity, it seems like a façade. Or is there some kind of 3rd party who would call this out?
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They will likely say yes, thanks for being interested in my research. If they’re like me, they didn’t respond because they’re overworked and tired, so politely ask one more time