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Research and contribution
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Research
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If you are doing research using Blackbird, please cite the `StrawberryFields paper `_:
Nathan Killoran, Josh Izaac, Nicolás Quesada, Ville Bergholm, Matthew Amy, and Christian Weedbrook.
"Strawberry Fields: A Software Platform for Photonic Quantum Computing", Quantum, 3, 129 (2019).
We are always open for collaboration; you can contact us at research@xanadu.ai.
Support
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- **Source Code:** https://github.com/XanaduAI/blackbird
- **Issue Tracker:** https://github.com/XanaduAI/blackbird/issues
If you are having issues, please let us know by posting the problem on our Github issue tracker.
Contribution
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We encourage contributions — simply fork the Blackbird repository, and then make a
`pull request `_ containing your contribution.
We also encourage bug reports, suggestions for new features and enhancements, and even links to cool projects or applications built on Blackbird.