diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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+Alex Afanasyev <alexander.afanasyev@ucla.edu>
+Ilya Moiseenko <iliamo@ucla.edu>
+Lucas <lucas@cs.ucla.edu>
+Cheng Yi <yic@email.arizona.edu>
+Xiaoke Jiang <shock.jiang@gmail.com>
+Saran Tarnoi <sarantarnoi@gmail.com>
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
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+ndnSIM version 0.2.8