送交者: eric 于 2006-5-15, 11:54:19:
回答: 这一期的Chronicle of Higher Education有两篇关于中国学术腐败的长篇报道 由 方舟子 于 2006-5-15, 10:29:21:
Chinese University Dismisses Scientist Accused of Faking Computer- Chip Research
By PAUL MOONEY
Beijing
A leading Chinese scientist has been dismissed from his academic positions for fabricating the development of what was highly touted as China's first homegrown computer chip, Shanghai Jiaotong University announced on Friday.
In an angrily worded statement on its Web site, the university said that Chen Jin, the former dean of its Microelectronics School, had deceived technological appraisal teams from the university and from national and local government agencies that had financially supported the Hanxin, or China chip, project.
University officials said that they had received a letter in December claiming that Mr. Chen's research was fraudulent, and that they immediately began an investigation. The university did not identify the letter's source.
Fang Shi-min, a scientist who runs a Web site that has exposed hundreds of cases of academic corruption, says the allegations first appeared on several popular Internet bulletin boards, and later on Sina.com, one of China's leading information portals.
Realizing the severity of the problem, on January 28, university officials invited the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Shanghai government to join the investigation.
After a two-month investigation, a panel involving those agencies determined that Mr. Chen had faked the research on the Hanxin digital signal-processing chips, which it said did not perform as claimed. The official Xinhua News Agency alleged that Mr. Chen had also stolen technology from a foreign company.
Mr. Chen could not be reached for comment.
Zhao Nanyuan, a professor of automation at Tsinghua University, expressed surprise that Mr. Chen would have been able to deceive people for so long. Making so many fake computer chips, and passing several appraisals and investigations, shows that our system is not rigorous enough," said Mr. Zhao. "There's a problem in our evaluation system."
The incident embarrassed the Chinese government, which in 2003 had heralded the development of the Hanxin chip as a sign that Shanghai was poised to become a world center of chip manufacturing. Senior government officials, including Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, have visited Mr. Chen's lab.
The university has dismissed Mr. Chen from his positions as dean and professor. The Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Development Reform Commission said they would stop financing Mr. Chen's research projects, and they ordered him to return research funds received from the government.