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# tip: can use /[[:space:]]/,$!d to delete all leading space
/./,$!d

# take the rename into consideration
s/publications_bib.html#/bandali-bib#/

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# linkify author names
s|Amin Bandali|<a href="https://bndl.org">&</a>|
s|Nancy&nbsp;A. Day|<a href="https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~nday/">&</a>|
s|Simon Hudon|<a href="https://github.com/cipher1024">&</a>|
s|Jonathan&nbsp;S. Ostroff|<a href="https://www.eecs.yorku.ca/~jonathan/">&</a>|