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Putting people on the author list who made no contributions to the paper is known as academic fraud. I am surprised this is allowed.


1 student and 4+ "advisors" aren't uncommon these days. They would show up in meetings, put their attendance and claim their spots. So one can argue its not really "fraud".


It's expected in academia. Even worse, I've seen some main contributors who wrote actual code might not even be included.


it's only forbidden if you get caught?




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