Curriculum Vitae

Yogesh Wadadekar

Professor (H), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune, India

Galaxy Evolution Radio Astronomy Machine Learning
Contact Google Scholar PhD Thesis
As of 11 Nov 2025

Citations

9,011

h-index

26

Contact

  • Email:
    yogesh@ncra.tifr.res.in
  • Phone:
    +91 20 25719238
  • Address:
    National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
    Post Bag 3, Ganeshkhind
    Pune 411007, India

Research Interests

  • Galaxy bulge evolution
  • Large area sky surveys
  • Starforming galaxies
  • Radio emission from AGN
  • Software development
  • Machine learning techniques in astronomy

Awards

  • 2000: Best PhD thesis award, Indian Physics Association
  • 1988-1996: National Talent Search Scholarship
  • 1988: National Merit Scholarship

Grants & Funding

  • 2023-26: DAE-STFC Technology and Skills program - Building Indo-UK Collaboration towards the SKA (PI)
  • 2011-15: Indo-French Centre (CEFIPRA) funded project (PI)
  • 2006-07: Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 15 AR Grant (PI)
  • 2005-06: US NVO Research Initiatives (PI)

Personal

  • Citizenship: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married, two children

Education

Academic Appointments

  • Jan 2024 – Present: Professor (H), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
  • Jan 2018 – Dec 2023: Associate Professor (G), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
  • July 2010 – Dec 2017: Reader (F), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
  • Oct 2007 – June 2010: Fellow (E), National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India
  • July 2006 – Oct 2007: Astronomical Software Scientist, SDSS, Princeton University, USA
  • 2003 – 2006: Postdoctoral Researcher, Space Telescope Science Institute, USA
  • 2001 – 2002: Postdoctoral Researcher, Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, France

Publications

As of 11 November 2025: Citations = 9011, h-index = 26.

  1. Burman, S., Malik, S., Singh, S., & Wadadekar, Y. 2025, arXiv e-prints Unveiling Electron Density Profile in Nearby Galaxies using SDSS MaNGA – doi:10.48550/arXiv.2505.13677
  2. Kavin Kumar, N.R. & Wadadekar Y., 2025, JoAA (submitted) Local kinematic outlier MaNGA DR17 galaxies on the SFR-Stellar mass diagram

  1. Biswas, S., Ghosh, S., Ghosh, A., Wadadekar, Y., Choudhury, A. R., Mukherjee, A., Deshpande, S., & Pal, A. 2026, ApJ, 996, 107 – Photometric Redshift Estimation Using Scaled Ensemble Learning – doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ae2c75
  2. Jain, R. & Wadadekar, Y. 2025, A&A, 703, A96 – A grand-design spiral galaxy 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang – doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202451689
  3. Sule, A., Mohan Ramanujam, N., Maji, M., et al. 2025, JoAA, 46, 23 – Astronomy and Society: The Road Ahead – doi:10.1007/s12036-025-10048-w
  4. Sharma, P., Vaidya, B., Wadadekar, Y., et al. 2025, JoAA, 46, 28 – Computational Astrophysics, Data Science & AI/ML in Astronomy: A Perspective from Indian Community – doi:10.1007/s12036-025-10049-9
  5. Watts, C., Barway, S., Bait, O., Wadadekar Y., 2024, A&A, 691, L13 – A Tale of NGC 3785: The formation of an ultra-diffuse galaxy at the end of the longest tidal tail – doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202452002
  6. Biswas, P. & Wadadekar, Y. 2024, ApJ, 970, 83 – Structure and Kinematics of Star-forming Elliptical Galaxies in SDSS-MaNGA – doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad4ee3
  7. Gupta Y., Bhattacharya D., Choudhury T. R., Wadadekar Y., Prabu T., 2023, JApA, 44, 27 – India and the SKA: An overview – doi:10.1007/s12036-023-09909-z
  8. Gupta Y., Mohile V., Kodilkar J., Uprade R., Wadadekar Y., Chaudhuri S. R., 2023, JApA, 44, 21 – Telescope Manager for the SKA – doi:10.1007/s12036-023-09908-0
  9. Aafreen R., Abhishek R., Ajithkumar B., Vaidyanathan A.M., Barve I.V., Bhattramakki S., Bhat S., et al., 2023, JApA, 44, 11 – High-performance computing for SKA transient search: Use of FPGA-based accelerators – doi:10.1007/s12036-022-09896-7
  10. Wadadekar Y., Bhattacharya D., Datta A., Paul S., Oberoi D., 2023, JApA, 44, 9 – Plans for building a prototype SKA regional centre in India – doi:10.1007/s12036-022-09897-6
  11. Dutta S., Singh V., Chandra C. H. I., Wadadekar Y., Kayal A., Heywood I., 2023, ApJ, 944, 176 – Search and Characterization of Remnant Radio Galaxies in the XMM-LSS Deep Field – doi:10.3847/1538-4357/acaf01
  12. Dutta S., Singh V., Chandra C. H. I., Wadadekar Y., Kayal A., 2022, JApA, 43, 96 – Characteristics of remnant radio galaxies detected in deep radio continuum observations from SKA pathfinders – doi:10.1007/s12036-022-09883-y
  13. Kayal A., Singh V., Chandra C. H. I., Wadadekar Y., Dutta S., 2022, JApA, 43, 84 – Detection of radio-AGN in dust-obscured galaxies using deep uGMRT radio continuum observations – doi:10.1007/s12036-022-09873-0
  14. Rathore H., Kumar K., Mishra P. K., Wadadekar Y., Bait O., 2022, MNRAS, 513, 389 – Star-forming S0 Galaxies in SDSS-MaNGA: fading spirals or rejuvenated S0s? – doi:10.1093/mnras/stac871
  15. Samudre A., George L. T., Bansal M., Wadadekar Y., 2022, MNRAS, 509, 2269 – Data-efficient classification of radio galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stab3144
  16. Taylor, R., Porto, F., Cui, C., Wadadekar Y., Malkov, O., 2021, Annals of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, 93 (Suppl 1) – Big Data Research Infrastructure Collaboration Toward the SKA (BRICSKA) – doi:10.1590/0001-3765202120201027
  17. Singh V., Dutta S., Wadadekar Y., Ishwara-Chandra C. H., 2021, Galax, 9, 121 – Remnant Radio Galaxy Candidates of Small Angular Sizes – doi:10.3390/galaxies9040121
  18. George L. T., Kale R., Wadadekar Y., 2021b, MNRAS, 507, 4487 – Imaging results from the legacy Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope Galaxy Cluster Key Project – doi:10.1093/mnras/stab2309
  19. Grover H., Bait O., Wadadekar Y., Mishra P. K., 2021, MNRAS, 506, 3313 – Predicting bulge to total luminosity ratio of galaxies using deep learning – doi:10.1093/mnras/stab1935
  20. Jurlin N., Brienza M., Morganti R., Wadadekar Y., Ishwara-Chandra C. H., Maddox N., Mahatma V., 2021, A&A, 653, A110 – Multi-frequency characterisation of remnant radio galaxies in the Lockman Hole field – doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202040102
  21. George L. T., Kale R., Wadadekar Y., 2021a, ExA, 51, 235 – An upper limit calculator (UL-CALC) for undetected extended sources with radio interferometers: radio halo upper limits – doi:10.1007/s10686-020-09692-7
  22. Panwar M., Prabhakar, Sandhu P.K., Wadadekar Y., Jain P., 2020, MNRAS, 499, 1226 – Alignment of radio galaxy axes using FIRST catalogue – doi:10.1093/mnras/staa2975
  23. Mazumder A., Chakraborty A., Datta A., Choudhuri S., Roy N., Wadadekar Y., Ishwara-Chandra C.H., 2020, MNRAS, 495, 4071 – Characterizing EoR foregrounds: a study of the Lockman Hole region at 325 MHz – doi:10.1093/mnras/staa1317
  24. Surana S., Wadadekar Y., Bait O., Bhosale H., 2020, MNRAS, 493, 4808 – Predicting star formation properties of galaxies using deep learning – doi:10.1093/mnras/staa537
  25. Bait O., Kurapati S., Duc P.-A., Cuillandre J.-C., Wadadekar Y., Kamphuis P., Barway S., 2020, MNRAS, 492, 1 – Discovery of a large HI ring around the quiescent galaxy AGC 203001 – doi:10.1093/mnras/stz2972
  26. Mishra P. K., Wadadekar Y., Barway S., 2019, MNRAS, 487, 5572 – Connecting galaxy structure and star formation: the role of environment in formation of S0 galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1621
  27. Nandi, S., Saikia D. J., Roy R., Dabhade P., Wadadekar Y., Larsson J., Baes M., et al., 2019, MNRAS, 486, 5158 – A low-frequency study of recently identified double-double radio galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stz1184
  28. Bait O., Wadadekar Y., Barway S., 2019, MNRAS, 485, 428 – Outlying Hα emitters in SDSS IV MaNGA – doi:10.1093/mnras/stz433
  29. Bridger A., Gupta Y., Chaudhuri S. R., Di Carlo M., Le Roux G., Natarajan S., Smareglia R., et al., 2018, SPIE, 10707, 1070703 – SKA telescope manager: a status update – doi:10.1117/12.2313649
  30. Mishra P. K., Wadadekar Y., Barway S., 2018, MNRAS, 478, 351 – Why are classical bulges more common in S0 galaxies than in spiral galaxies? – doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1107
  31. Narayanan A., Savage B.D., Mishra P.K., Wakker B.P., Khaire V., Wadadekar Y., 2018, MNRAS, 475, 3529 – Detection of low-metallicity warm plasma in a galaxy overdensity environment at z ∼ 0.2 – doi:10.1093/mnras/sty042
  32. Sebastian, B., Ishwara-Chandra C.H., Joshi, R. & Wadadekar Y., 2018, MNRAS, 473, 4926 – Discovery of a new, 2.2 Mpc Giant Radio Galaxy at a redshift of 0.56 – doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2631
  33. Mishra, P.K., Barway, S. & Wadadekar Y., 2017, MNRAS Letters, 472, 89 – Age bimodality in the central region of pseudobulges in S0 galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnrasl/slx142
  34. Bait, O., Barway, S., & Wadadekar, Y., 2017, MNRAS, 471, 2687 – On the interdependence of galaxy morphology, star formation, and environment in massive galaxies in the nearby Universe – doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1688
  35. Singh V., Wadadekar, Y. et al., 2017, MNRAS, 470, 4956 – On the nature of infrared-faint radio sources in the SXDF and VLA-VVDS fields – doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1536
  36. Mishra P.K., Wadadekar, Y and Barway S., 2017, MNRAS, 467, 2384 – Pseudo bulges in galaxy groups: the role of environment in secular evolution – doi:10.1093/mnras/stx247
  37. Pol, N., & Wadadekar, Y., 2017, MNRAS, 465, 95 – A composite Seyfert 1 spectrum from the Sloan digital sky survey – doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2763
  38. Kharb, P. et al., 2017, Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics – From nearby low luminosity AGN to high redshift radio galaxies: science interests with SKA – doi:10.1007/s12036-016-9411-z
  39. Singh, V., Ishwara-Chandra, C.H., Sievers, J., Wadadekar Y. et al., 2015b, MNRAS, 454, 1556 – Discovery of rare double-lobe radio galaxies hosted in spiral galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2071
  40. Tamhane, P., Wadadekar Y., Basu, A., et al., 2015, MNRAS, 453, 2438 – J021659-044920: a relic giant radio galaxy at z ≃ 1.3 – doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1768
  41. Basu, A., Wadadekar Y., Beelen, A., et al., 2015, ApJ, 803, 51 – Radio-Far-infrared Correlation in "Blue Cloud" Galaxies with 0 < z < 1.2 – doi:10.1088/0004-637X/803/2/51
  42. Singh, V., Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Wadadekar Y., Beelen, A., & Kharb, P. 2015a, MNRAS, 446, 599 – Kiloparsec-scale radio emission in Seyfert and LINER galaxies – doi:10.1093/mnras/stu2124
  43. Singh, V., Beelen, A., Wadadekar Y., et al. 2014, A&A, 569, A52 – Multiwavelength characterization of faint ultra steep spectrum radio sources: A search for high-redshift radio galaxies – doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201423644
  44. Barway, S., Wadadekar Y., Vaghmare, K., & Kembhavi, A. K. 2013, MNRAS, 432, 430 – Luminosity-dependent star formation history of S0 galaxies: evidence from GALEX-SDSS-2MASS-WISE colours – doi:10.1093/mnras/stt478
  45. Basu, A., Mitra, D., Wadadekar Y., & Ishwara-Chandra, C. H. 2012, MNRAS, 419, 1136 – GMRT 333-MHz observations of six nearby normal galaxies – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19764.x
  46. Abraham, S., Philip, N. S., Kembhavi, A., Wadadekar Y. G., & Sinha, R. 2012, MNRAS, 419, 80 – A photometric catalogue of quasars and other point sources in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19674.x
  47. Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Sirothia, S. K., Wadadekar Y., & Pal, S. 2011, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 32, 609 – High-Redshift Radio Galaxies from Deep Fields – doi:10.1007/s12036-011-9100-x
  48. Drake, A. J., Djorgovski, S. G., Mahabal, A., et al. 2011, ApJ, 735, 106 – The Discovery and Nature of the Optical Transient CSS100217:102913+404220 – doi:10.1088/0004-637X/735/2/106
  49. Barway, S., Wadadekar Y., & Kembhavi, A. K. 2011, MNRAS, 410, L18 – Bar fraction in lenticular galaxies: dependence on luminosity and environment – doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00970.x
  50. Vikram, V., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A. K., & Vijayagovindan, G. V. 2010, MNRAS, 409, 1379 – PYMORPH: automated galaxy structural parameter estimation using PYTHON – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17426.x
  51. Gupta, N., Srianand, R., Bowen, D. V., York, D. G., & Wadadekar Y. 2010, MNRAS, 408, 849 – GMRT mini-survey to search for 21-cm absorption in quasar-galaxy pairs at z ~ 0.1 – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.17198.x
  52. Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Sirothia, S. K., Wadadekar Y., Pal, S., & Windhorst, R. 2010, MNRAS, 405, 436 – Deep GMRT 150-MHz observations of the LBDS-Lynx region: ultrasteep spectrum radio sources – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16452.x
  53. Vikram, V., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A. K., & Vijayagovindan, G. V. 2010, MNRAS, 401, L39 – Quantitative measure of evolution of bright cluster galaxies at moderate redshifts – doi:10.1111/j.1745-3933.2009.00782.x
  54. Abazajian, K. N., Adelman-McCarthy, J. K. et al. 2009, ApJS, 182, 543 – The Seventh Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey – doi:10.1088/0067-0049/182/2/543
  55. Yanny, B., Rockosi, C., Newberg, H. J., et al. 2009, AJ, 137, 4377 – SEGUE: A Spectroscopic Survey of 240,000 Stars with g = 14-20 – doi:10.1088/0004-6256/137/5/4377
  56. Barway, S., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A.K., & Mayya, Y.D. 2009, MNRAS, 394, 1991 – Near-infrared bulge-disc correlations of lenticular galaxies – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.14440.x
  57. Rawat, A., Wadadekar Y., & De Mello, D. 2009, ApJ, 695, 1315 – Rest-Frame UV Versus Optical Morphologies of Galaxies Using Sérsic Profile Fitting: The Importance of Morphological K-Correction – doi:10.1088/0004-637X/695/2/1315
  58. Adelman-McCarthy, J. K., Agueros, M. A., et al. 2008, ApJS, 175, 297 – The Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey – doi:10.1086/524984
  59. Barway, S., Kembhavi, A., Wadadekar Y., Ravikumar, C. D., & Mayya, Y. D. 2007, ApJ Lett, 661, L37 – Lenticular Galaxy Formation: Possible Luminosity Dependence – doi:10.1086/518422
  60. Wadadekar Y., Casertano, S., & de Mello, D. 2006, AJ, 132, 1023 – Faint U-Band Dropouts in the WFPC2 Parallels of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field – doi:10.1086/505747
  61. Wadadekar Y., Casertano, S., Hook, R., et al. 2006, PASP, 118, 450 – The WFPC2 Archival Pure Parallels Project – doi:10.1086/499499
  62. de Mello, D. F., Wadadekar Y., Dahlen, T., Casertano, S., & Gardner, J. P. 2006, AJ, 131, 216 – Star-forming Galaxies at Intermediate Redshifts: Morphology, Ages, and Sizes – doi:10.1086/498681
  63. Blaizot, J., Wadadekar Y., Guiderdoni, B., et al. 2005, MNRAS, 360, 159 – MoMaF: the Mock Map Facility – doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2005.09019.x
  64. Wadadekar Y. 2005, PASP, 117, 79 – Estimating Photometric Redshifts Using Support Vector Machines – doi:10.1086/427710
  65. Wadadekar Y. 2004, A&A, 416, 35 – Radio emission from AGN detected by the VLA FIRST survey – doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034244
  66. Philip, N. S., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A., & Joseph, K. B. 2002, A&A, 385, 1119 – A difference boosting neural network for automated star-galaxy classification – doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20020219
  67. Khosroshahi, H. G., Wadadekar Y., & Kembhavi, A. 2000, ApJ, 533, 162 – Correlations among Global Photometric Properties of Disk Galaxies – doi:10.1086/308654
  68. Khosroshahi, H. G., Wadadekar Y., Kembhavi, A., & Mobasher, B. 2000, ApJL, 531, L103 – A Near-Infrared Photometric Plane for Elliptical Galaxies and Bulges of Spiral Galaxies – doi:10.1086/312547
  69. Wadadekar Y., & Kembhavi, A. 1999, AJ, 118, 1435 – A Study of Quasar Radio Emission from the VLA FIRST Survey – doi:10.1086/301046
  70. Wadadekar Y., Robbason, B., & Kembhavi, A. 1999, AJ, 117, 1219 – Two-dimensional Galaxy Image Decomposition – doi:10.1086/300754

  1. Dutta, S., Singh, V., Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., et al. 2024, IAU General Assembly, 1144 – Spectral Ages of Remnant Radio Galaxies with MIGHTEE and SuperMIGHTEE Radio Surveys in the XMM-LSS Field
  2. Salgado, J., Kitaeff, S., Bolton, R., et al. 2024, Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems XXXI, 535, 399 – Designing the SKA Regional Centre Network
  3. Wadadekar, Y., Tendulkar, S., Mitra, S., et al. 2024, arXiv:2402.14841. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2402.14841 – Large Projects in Astronomy: An Indian Endeavour
  4. Kayal, A., Singh, V., Dutta, S., et al. 2024, 42nd meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI), 42, O77 – Unveiling a new population of obscured Active Galactic Nuclei in deep field surveys
  5. Mahabal, A., Sharma, P., Adhikari, R., et al. 2024, arXiv:2401.04623. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2401.04623 – AstroInformatics: Recommendations for Global Cooperation
  6. Waller W. H., et al., 2020, IAUGA. doi:10.1017/S1743921319005283 – FM14 Session 2: Communicating Astronomy in our Changing World
  7. Surana S., Wadadekar Y., Oberoi D., 2020, ASPC, 527, 205 – Machine Learning for Scientific Discovery – doi:10.48550/arXiv.2102.12712
  8. Bait O., Wadadekar Y., Barway S., 2019, IAUS, 344, 265 – Outlying Hα blobs in SDSS IV MaNGA
  9. Deshpande S., Wadadekar Y., Intema H., Ratnakumar B., George L., Desai R., Sakhadeo A., et al., 2019, ASPC, 523, 167 – GMRT Archive Processing Project – doi:10.48550/arXiv.1812.02358
  10. Bridger A. et al., 2018, SPIE, 10707, 1070703
  11. Wadadekar Y., Valame S., Chengalur J., Ratnakumar B., Kshirsagar A., Das S., 2018, pstw.conf, 9. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1292809 – GMRT Proposal Tools
  12. Wadadekar, Y., Sirothia, S., Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., et al. 2014, Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, 13, 243 – Probing obscured, high redshift galaxies using deep P-band continuum imaging with GMRT – doi:10.48550/arXiv.1403.7974
  13. Singh, V., Beelen, A., Wadadekar, Y., et al. 2014, Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, 13, 249 – Unveiling the population of high-redshift radio galaxies using centimeter GMRT survey – doi:10.48550/arXiv.1402.3996
  14. Barway, S., Wadadekar, Y., Vaghmare, K., & Kembhavi, A. 2013, Proc. of the IAU: Molecular Gas, Dust, and Star Formation in Galaxies, 292, 153 – Clues from star-formation histories - does the formation scenario of S0 galaxies depend on their luminosities? – doi:10.1017/S1743921313000835
  15. Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Sirothia, S. K., Wadadekar Y., Pal, S., & Windhorst, R. 2010, ISKAF2010 Science Meeting, 69 – Deep GMRT 150 MHz observations of LBDS – doi:10.22323/1.112.0069
  16. Gharote, M. S., Deshpande, A. M., Lodha, S. P., et al. 2009, The Low-Frequency Radio Universe, 407, 438 – Automated Telescope Scheduling
  17. Ishwara-Chandra, C. H., Sirothia, S. K., Pal, S., & Wadadekar Y. 2009, The Low-Frequency Radio Universe, 407, 43 – A Program to Search for Ultra-Steep Spectrum Radio Sources with GMRT
  18. Rawat, A., Wadadekar Y., & de Mello, D. 2009, Proc. of the IAU: The Galaxy Disk in Cosmological Context, 254, 57 – Rest frame UV vs. optical morphologies of galaxies: Important implications to high-z results
  19. Wadadekar, Y., Casertano, S., Ferguson, H. C., & Fruchter, A. S. 2005, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 37, 142.06 – Cosmic shear on small angular scales from the WFPC2 Archival Parallels
  20. Wadadekar, Y., & Casertano, S. 2005, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 37, 10.05 – Faint U-band dropouts in the GOODS-CDFS field
  21. de Mello, D., Wadadekar, Y., Casertano, S., & Gardner, J. P. 2004, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 36, 94.09 – The deepest Near-Ultraviolet images taken with HST
  22. Philip, N. S., Wadadekar, Y., Kembhavi, A., & Joseph, K. B. 2003, Statistical Challenges in Astronomy, 469 – A new tool for automated classification of astronomical images
  23. Philip, N. S., Joseph, K. B., Kembhavi, A., & Wadadekar, Y. 2002, Automated Data Analysis in Astronomy, 125 – Bayesian Approach for Star-Galaxy Classification
  24. Kembhavi, A., Wadadekar, Y., & Khosroshahi, H. 2000, Constructing the Universe with Clusters of Galaxies, IAP 2000 Meeting – The Near-Infrared Photometric Plane of Galaxies

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