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 * Initial release
 
 ## Contributors
+Kats is currentely maintaned by community with the main contributions and leading from [Nickolai Kniazev](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickknyazev/) and Peter Shaffery
 
 Kats is a project with several skillful researchers and engineers contributing to it.
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-Kats is currently maintained by [Xiaodong Jiang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/xdjiang/) with major contributions coming
+Kats was started and built by [Xiaodong Jiang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/xdjiang/) with major contributions coming
 from many talented individuals in various forms and means. A non-exhaustive but growing list needs to mention: [Sudeep Srivastava](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudeep-srivastava-2129484/), [Sourav Chatterjee](https://www.linkedin.com/in/souravc83/), [Jeff Handler](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffhandl/), [Rohan Bopardikar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohan-bopardikar-30a99638), [Dawei Li](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lidawei/), [Yanjun Lin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yanjun-lin/), [Yang Yu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yangyu2720/), [Michael Brundage](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelb), [Caner Komurlu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ckomurlu/), [Rakshita Nagalla](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakshita-nagalla/), [Zhichao Wang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhichaowang/), [Hechao Sun](https://www.linkedin.com/in/hechao-sun-83b9ba4b/), [Peng Gao](https://www.linkedin.com/in/peng-gao-9137a24b/), [Wei Cheung](https://www.linkedin.com/in/weizhicheung/), [Jun Gao](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jun-gao-71352b64/), [Qi Wang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/qi-wang-9231a783/), [Morteza Kazemi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/morteza-kazemi-pmp-csm/), [Tihamér Levendovszky](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiham%C3%A9r-levendovszky-29639b5/), [Jian Zhang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jian-zhang-73718917/), [Ahmet Koylan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmetburhan/), [Kun Jiang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunqiang-jiang-ph-d-0988aa1b/), [Aida Shoydokova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashoydok/), [Ploy Temiyasathit](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nutcha-temiyasathit/), Sean Lee, [Nikolay Pavlovich Laptev](http://www.nikolaylaptev.com/), [Peiyi Zhang](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pyzhang/), [Emre Yurtbay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emre-yurtbay-27516313a/), [Daniel Dequech](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-dequech/), [Rui Yan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rui-yan/), [William Luo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wqcluo/), [Marius Guerard](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariusguerard/), [Pietari Pulkkinen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/pietaripulkkinen/), [Uttam Thakore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/uttam-thakore/), [Trisha Singh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/trishasingh2696/), [Huijun Qian](https://www.linkedin.com/in/huijun-qian-0845a958/), [Chengjun Zhu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chengjunzhu/), [Di Yu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/diyu05/), [Zeynep Erkin Baz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zeynep-erkin-baz-51198a21), and [Christoph Bergmeir](https://au.linkedin.com/in/christoph-bergmeir-00711a14/).
 
 ## License