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@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ title: DGM-Nachwuchsforum 2023: Data analysis and workflows in Materials science
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   Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) 
   under the National Research Data Infrastructure – NFDI 38/1 – project number 460247524
-type: software
 authors:
 - given-names: Sarath
   family-names: Menon