Tag: Academic publishing
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Springer and Scala
I need to learn the Scala programming language. Unfortunately the University of York’s library does not seem to have an electronic copy of “Programming in Scala” (Amazon link) but it did have an electronic copy of Springer’s “A Beginner’s Guide to Scala” (Amazon link). But this is a very poor book, referring back to examples […]
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Court blocks the publication of a scientific paper
The English High Court (the highest civil court) has blocked the publication of a scientific paper that would have revealed the full details of a zero day vulnerability in Volkswagen’s immobiliser mechanisms – the temporary injunction against publication has been granted to stop the publication of “Dismantling Megamos Crypto: Wirelessly Lockpicking a Vehicle Immobilizer” – […]
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Universities target plagiarism but maybe fraud should be the real worry
The first thing I had to do when I started work on my PhD course at York was to complete an online learning unit on plagiarism. It was fairly tedious, as I had already had to sit through several hours worth of lectures at Birkbeck on the issue when preparing for my MSc project report. […]
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