Plato's Stepping Stones. By Michael Cormack

Stepping Stones to Reading

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Detecting Stepping Stones

One widely-used technique by which network attackers attain anonymity and complicate their apprehension is by employing stepping stones: they launch attacks not from their own computer but from intermediary hosts that they previously compromised. We develop an efficient algorithm for detecting stepping stones by monitoring a site’s Internet access link. The algorithm is based on the distinctive...

Stepping stones in DNA sequencing

In recent years there have been tremendous advances in our ability to rapidly and cost-effectively sequence DNA. This has revolutionized the fields of genetics and biology, leading to a deeper understanding of the molecular events in life processes. The rapid technological advances have enormously expanded sequencing opportunities and applications, but also imposed strains and challenges on ste...

Nuclear isomers: stepping stones to the unknown

The utility of isomers for exploring the nuclear landscape is discussed, including their role in superheavy-element research, and the possibility of observing neutron radioactivity. Emphasis is given to K isomers in deformed nuclei. Transition rates are examined in the NpNn scheme for 2and 3-quasiparticle K-isomer decays, and in connection with level densities for higher quasiparticle numbers.

From stumbling blocks to stepping stones.