About us
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Origin
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TensorLy was created in 2015 by `Jean Kossaifi`_ to make tensor methods accessible and easy. 
It was first presented at the 
NeurIPS `workshop <https://nips.cc/Conferences/2016/Schedule?showEvent=6230>`_ 
on "Learning with Tensors: Why Now and How?" and 
later published as a `JMLR paper <http://jmlr.org/papers/v20/18-277.html>`_ titled
"TensorLy: Tensor Learning in Python", 
by `Jean Kossaifi`_, `Yannis Panagakis`_, `Anima Anandkumar`_ and `Maja Pantic`_.

Originally, TensorLy was built on top of NumPy and SciPy only. In order to combine tensor methods with deep learning and run them on multiple devices, CPU and GPU, a flexible backend system was added.
This allows algorithms written in TensorLy to be ran with any major framework such as PyTorch, MXNet, TensorFlow, CuPy and JAX.

Core developers
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TensorLy is first and formost a community 
aiming to make tensor learning easy and accessible.

With a robust and active group of contributors, we would like to thank all those who have contributed, including:

* `Jean Kossaifi`_
* `Jeremy Cohen <https://jeremy-e-cohen.jimdofree.com/>`_
* `Julia Gusak <https://juliagusak.github.io/about/>`_
* `Aaron Meurer <https://www.asmeurer.com/blog/about/>`_
* `Marie Roald <https://github.com/MarieRoald>`_ 
* `Yngve Mardal Moe <https://github.com/yngvem>`_ 
* `Aaron Meyer <https://ameyer.me>`_ 

For a full list of contributors check the `Github page <https://github.com/tensorly/tensorly/graphs/contributors>`_.


Supporters
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The TensorLy project is and has been supported by various organizations and universities:

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INRIA is `funding <https://jobs.inria.fr/public/classic/en/offres/2020-02715>`_ a full-time engineer to work on TensorLy.

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.. _Jean Kossaifi: http://jeankossaifi.com/

.. _Yannis Panagakis: https://ibug.doc.ic.ac.uk/people/ypanagakis

.. _Maja Pantic: https://ibug.doc.ic.ac.uk/maja/

.. _Anima Anandkumar: http://tensorlab.cms.caltech.edu/users/anima/