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This book could not have been completed without the commitment, passion, and hard work from a large group of editors and supporters.

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A special thanks to Steve Dower for his incredible attention to detail in providing technical and copy edits for large portions of this book, and for his enthusiasm for the subject area.
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Also, a special thanks to Daniel Angus for the discussions around the genesis of the project, his continued support with the idea of an `algorithms atlas' and for his attention to detail in providing technical and copy edits for key chapters.

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In no particular order, thanks to:
Juan Ojeda, 
Martin Goddard, 
David Howden, 
Sean Luke, 
David Zappia, 
Jeremy Wazny, 
Andrew Murray,
John Wise,
Patrick Boehnke, 
Martin-Louis Bright,
Leif Wickland,
Andrew Myers,
Paul Chinnery,
Donald Doherty,
Brook Tamir,
Zach Scott,
Diego Noble,
Jason Davies,
Mark Chenoweth,
Markus Stokmaier,
Stefan Pauleweit,
Lai Yu-Hsuan,
Stephan Williams,
and 
Ricardo Colome.

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Thanks to the hundreds of machine learning enthusiasts who voted on potential covers and helped shape what this book became. You know who you are!

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Finally, I would like to thank my beautiful wife Ying Liu for her unrelenting support and patience throughout the project.