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+# This CITATION.cff file was generated with cffinit.
+# Visit https://bit.ly/cffinit to generate yours today!
+
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: Forests in HPC
+message: >-
+  If you use this software, please cite it using the
+  metadata from this file.
+type: software
+authors:
+  - given-names: Hauke
+    family-names: Kirchner
+    email: hauke.kirchner@gwdg.de
+    affiliation: >-
+      Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung 
+      mbH Göttingen
+  - given-names: Dorothea
+    family-names: Sommer
+    email: dorothea.sommer@gwdg.de
+    affiliation: >-
+      Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Datenverarbeitung
+      mbH Göttingen
+repository-code: >-
+  https://gitlab-ce.gwdg.de/hpc-team-public/workshop-forests-in-hpc
+abstract: >-
+  This repository is the course material for the GWDG Course
+  Forests in HPC. 
+keywords:
+  - forest science
+  - hpc
+  - beginner
+  - slurm
+  - deep learning
+version: '1.0'
+date-released: '2023-12-13'