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The explosive growth of postdocs in computer science

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Considering the factors influencing the recent rapid increase in the number of postdoctoral positions in computer science.

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          cover image Communications of the ACM
          Communications of the ACM  Volume 56, Issue 2
          February 2013
          95 pages
          ISSN:0001-0782
          EISSN:1557-7317
          DOI:10.1145/2408776
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