Hilarity ensues

Well, it was only a matter of time with the publicity surrounding the paper. Those who can read Russian are welcome to check out the link. The problem, of course (beyond the rather sensationalist coverage), is that I have as much to do with Russia as with ballet. I was born in Ukraine when it was still a part of USSR. I came to Israel with my parents when I was a child of 13 (USSR still existed at the time). So, any connection to Russia is, as they say, purely coincidental :-). Incidentally, it is interesting that they didn't try to claim Dr. Dzenis as having connection with Russia, though he left the USSR as an adult and has a PhD from Riga University. Then, there is the claim that I have a Masters in EE. I wish. I tried to start Masters in EE when I was in the army. Unfortunately, it didn't work out and I only took a few courses. And, finally, we are obviously not from Akron. Only Dr. Cheng who is a coauthor on the paper is. I guess these reporters at least tried to find out a bit about us (most likely found my Linked-in profile). It is more than I can say about other articles. In most cases people very obviously didn't read the paper, but only the JournalStar article or even subsequent coverage (it is like watching a children's game of "broken phone"). It is funny nonetheless.