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-# PSync authors
+# PSync Authors
-## Main Project Author(s):
+The following lists maintainers, primary developers, and all much-appreciated contributors to PSync in alphabetic order.
+The specific contributions of individual authors can be obtained from the git history of the [official PSync repository](https://github.com/named-data/PSync).
+If you would like to become a contributor to the official repository, please follow the recommendations in https://github.com/named-data/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md.
-The University of Memphis:
+* ***(Maintainer)*** Ashlesh Gawande <https://www.linkedin.com/in/agawande>
+* Eric Newberry <https://ericnewberry.com>
+* Davide Pesavento <https://github.com/Pesa>
+* Junxiao Shi <https://cs.arizona.edu/~shijunxiao>
+* Minsheng Zhang <https://www.linkedin.com/in/minsheng-zhang-032023a1>
-* Ashlesh Gawande <https://www.linkedin.com/in/agawande>
-* Minsheng Zhang <https://www.linkedin.com/in/minsheng-zhang-032023a1>
-* Lan Wang <http://www.cs.memphis.edu/~lanwang/>
+## Technical Advisors
-## Contributer(s):
-
-* Junxiao Shi <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shijunxiao>
-* Davide Pesavento <https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidepesavento>
-
-## Technical advisor(s):
-
-* Lan Wang <http://www.cs.memphis.edu/~lanwang/>
+* Lan Wang <http://www.cs.memphis.edu/~lanwang>