Research Ethics

Absurd: Double First-Class Professor Fakes 20 Articles! Later Blames ‘Computer Virus’

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Absurd: Double First-Class Professor Fakes 20 Articles! Later Blames 'Computer Virus'

In 2023, a professor from Henan University had 19 articles questioned on the Pubpeer website for academic misconduct, including the reuse of images. Recently, the author of one of the questioned papers responded on Pubpeer, stating that they had submitted a correction to the journal. As of now, two of the questioned articles have been … Read more

Chinese Professor’s Actions Spark Outrage After Linux Kernel Blacklists University for Submitting Vulnerabilities

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Chinese Professor's Actions Spark Outrage After Linux Kernel Blacklists University for Submitting Vulnerabilities

Author | Xu Xuanjuan“Even if you can provide evidence that those patches are effective, why are we actually wasting time doing extra work?” Linus Torvalds must be furious. Recently, Greg Kroah-Hartman, the maintainer of the Linux kernel stable branch, blacklisted the University of Minnesota (UMN), prohibiting it from submitting patches to the mainline Linux kernel. … Read more