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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: "If you use this course material, please cite the respective presentation about it. We are working on a publication about it."
+authors:
+- family-names: "Uekermann"
+  given-names: "Benjamin"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1314-9969"
+- family-names: "Desai"
+  given-names: "Ishaan"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2552-7509"
+- family-names: "Jaust"
+  given-names: "Alexander"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6082-105X"
+- family-names: "Chourdakis"
+  given-names: "Gerasimos"
+  orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-1385"
+title: "Simulation Software Engineering Lecture Material"
+version: 1.0.0
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.18823855
+date-released: 2026-03-01
+url: "https://github.com/Simulation-Software-Engineering/Lecture-Material"
+preferred-citation:
+  title: "Four years of experience teaching Simulation Software Engineering"
+  type: article
+  conference:
+    name: "deRSE26 - 6th conference for Research Software Engineering in Germany"
+  authors:
+  - family-names: "Uekermann"
+    given-names: "Benjamin"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1314-9969"
+  - family-names: "Desai"
+    given-names: "Ishaan"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2552-7509"
+  - family-names: "Jaust"
+    given-names: "Alexander"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6082-105X"
+  - family-names: "Chourdakis"
+    given-names: "Gerasimos"
+    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3977-1385"