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Next, go to Acknowledgements.

Acknowledgements

Grateful acknowledgement is made to the following sources:

Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders. If any have been inadvertently overlooked the publishers will be pleased to make the necessary arrangements at the first opportunity.

Funders

  • Innovate UK / UK Research and Innovation

  • European Union

Partners

  • Simple

  • Ghent University

  • Linnaeus University

  • Trinity College Dublin

  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology

  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

  • University College London

Project

  • Exten(DT)²

Technologies

  • nQuire (public)

  • nQuire for students

  • ChoiCo

  • SorBET

  • MaLT2

  • GearsBot

Images

  • peshkova / 123RF

  • dwiputras / 123RF

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