# Authors and Contributors

## NLSQ Maintainer

- **Wei Chen** (wchen@anl.gov) - Argonne National Laboratory
  - Current maintainer and lead developer
  - Enhanced fork with advanced features
  - Large dataset support and memory management
  - Algorithm selection and stability improvements

## Original JAXFit Authors

NLSQ is built upon the excellent foundation of JAXFit. We gratefully acknowledge the original authors:

- **Lucas R. Hofer** - Lead author of JAXFit
- **Milan Krstajić** - Core contributor to JAXFit
- **Robert P. Smith** - Core contributor to JAXFit

Their original work is described in:
> Hofer, L. R., Krstajić, M., & Smith, R. P. (2022). JAXFit: Trust Region Method for Nonlinear Least-Squares Curve Fitting on the GPU. arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.12187.

## Acknowledgments

Special thanks to:
- The JAX development team for providing the foundation for GPU/TPU acceleration
- The scientific Python community for inspiration and standards
- All users who have provided feedback and bug reports

## How to Contribute

We welcome contributions! Please see [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines.
