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An anatomy of security conversations in stack overflow. / Lopez, Tamara; Tun, Thein; Bandara, Arosha et al.
Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. p. 31-40 8797638 (Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019).

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Lopez, T, Tun, T, Bandara, A, Mark, L, Nuseibeh, B & Sharp, H 2019, An anatomy of security conversations in stack overflow. in Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019., 8797638, Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 31-40, 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019, Montreal, Canada, 25/05/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-SEIS.2019.00012

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Lopez, T., Tun, T., Bandara, A., Mark, L., Nuseibeh, B., & Sharp, H. (2019). An anatomy of security conversations in stack overflow. In Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019 (pp. 31-40). Article 8797638 (Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-SEIS.2019.00012

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Lopez T, Tun T, Bandara A, Mark L, Nuseibeh B, Sharp H. An anatomy of security conversations in stack overflow. In Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019. p. 31-40. 8797638. (Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019). doi: 10.1109/ICSE-SEIS.2019.00012

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Lopez, Tamara ; Tun, Thein ; Bandara, Arosha et al. / An anatomy of security conversations in stack overflow. Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. pp. 31-40 (Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 41st International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Society, ICSE-SEIS 2019).

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