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Nature 449, 287-288 (20 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449287a; Published online 19 September 2007
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Research Fellows in Pluripotent Stem Cell Technology
- The University of Nottingham
- Nottingham, UK
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Biofuels and Biorefining Innovation
- University of British Columbia
- Vancouver, British Columbia Canada
Computing: The wireless epidemic
Jon Kleinberg1
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Abstract
As wireless communication technologies spread, so the potential for viruses to exploit them grows. Biological models of virus transmission will assume new relevance for assessing the emerging threat.
Ever since the first appearance of computer viruses on the digital landscape, our understanding of them has drawn on parallels with biology. Analogues of mutation, phylogenetic reconstruction and computational 'immune systems'1 have all been investigated.
- Jon Kleinberg is in the Department of Computer Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Email: kleinber@cs.cornell.edu
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