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From: Rafael Pires <rafael.pires@epfl.ch>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2022 10:43:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] README intro

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 decentralizepy
 ==============
 
+decentralizepy is a framework for running distributed applications (particularly ML) on top of arbitrary topologies (decentralized, federated, parameter server).
+It was primarily conceived for assessing scientific ideas on several aspects of distributed learning (communication efficiency, privacy, data heterogeneity etc.).
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 Setting up decentralizepy
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