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+HBP Validation Framework
+========================
+
+This repository contains code related to the Human Brain Project Validation Framework,
+part of the Brain Simulation Platform.
+
+All code is copyright 2016-2017 CNRS unless otherwise indicated.
+
+<div><img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HumanBrainProject/hbp-validation-client/master/eu_logo.jpg" alt="EU Logo" width="15%" align="right"></div>
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+### ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+This open source software code was developed in part or in whole in the Human Brain Project, funded from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under Specific Grant Agreements No. 720270 and No. 785907 (Human Brain Project SGA1 and SGA2).
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-HBP Validation Framework
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-This repository contains code related to the Human Brain Project Validation Framework,
-part of the Brain Simulation Platform.
-
-All code is copyright 2016-2017 CNRS unless otherwise indicated.