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+NLSR Authors
+===========
+
+NLSR is an open source project includes contributions from the members of
+[NDN project team](http://named-data.net/project/participants/).
+
+## Project lead:
+
+* A K M Mahmudul Hoque <https://sites.google.com/site/akmhoque/home>
+
+## Technical advisors:
+
+* Lan Wang            <http://www.cs.memphis.edu/~lanwang/>
+* Beichuan Zhang      <http://www.cs.arizona.edu/~bzhang/>
+* Lixia Zhang         <http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~lixia/>
+
+
+## All project authors, contributors and their affiliations:
+
+* The University of Memphis
+
+    * A K M Mahmudul Hoque <https://sites.google.com/site/akmhoque/home>
+    * Ashlesh Gawande
+    * Minsheng Zhang
+    * Syed Obaid Amin      <http://obaidamin.weebly.com/>
+
+* University of California, Los Angeles
+
+    * Yingdi Yu           <http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/~yingdi/web/index.html>
+    * Alexander Afanasyev <http://lasr.cs.ucla.edu/afanasyev/index.html>
+
+
+## Queries about NLSR
+
+Any general question related to NLSR should be directed to A K M Mahmudul Hoque
+(ahoque1@memphis.edu) and security related question should be directed to
+Yingdi Yu (yingdi@cs.ucla.edu).