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+# FFT-compression Maintainers
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+## Maintainers
+
+| Maintainer       | GitHub ID                                             | Affiliation                                        |
+|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
+| Carlos Rolo      | [cjrolo](https://github.com/cjrolo)                   | [Instaclustr](https://www.github.com/instaclustr/) |
+| Lucas Kent       | [rukai](https://github.com/rukai)                     | [Instaclustr](https://www.github.com/instaclustr/) |
+| Bohdan Siryk     | [worryg0d](https://github.com/worryg0d)               | [Instaclustr](https://www.github.com/instaclustr/) |
+| Joshua Varghese  | [joshuabvarghese](https://github.com/joshuabvarghese) | [Instaclustr](https://www.github.com/instaclustr/) |
+| Danylo Savchenko | [testisnullus](https://github.com/testisnullus)       | [Instaclustr](https://www.github.com/instaclustr/) |
+| Daniil Golikov   | [Daniil-Golikov](https://github.com/Daniil-Golikov)   |                                                    |
+| Conor            | [conorbros](https://github.com/conorbros)             | [Instaclustr](https://www.github.com/instaclustr/) |
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