Nigel Smart
smartcryptology.bsky.social
Nigel Smart
@smartcryptology.bsky.social
Cryptographer
Reposted by Nigel Smart
I spent two years building a piece of infrastructure for open access publishing in CS arxiv.org/abs/2504.10424. I've gotten positive feedback from authors, but most are quite ignorant about how publishing works (even in computer science). Thankfully we don't have to accept Microsoft Word.😁
Lowering the Cost of Diamond Open Access Journals
Many scholarly societies face challenges in adapting their publishing to an open access model where neither authors nor readers pay any fees. Some have argued that one of the main barriers is the actu...
arxiv.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Space is limited, and so there is a need to register, with priority going to people from companies which are most likely to benefit from the event.

Register here: coedcon.github.io/registration...
COED Summit
coedcon.github.io
October 9, 2025 at 2:06 PM
As with last year, students can register for free by emailing [email protected] from their academic email address.

This year there will only be 200 seats available, so reserve them early!

Sponsors can also participate still by emailing with their proposals!
October 4, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Personal interests and lack of interest in others of support for the editors
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM