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+---
+# Display name
+title: Shashank Shrestha
+#8f9521
+# Username (this should match the folder name)
+authors:
+- shashank
+
+# Is this the primary user of the site?
+superuser: false
+
+# Role/position
+role: Postdoctoral Researcher
+
+# Organizations/Affiliations
+organizations:
+- name: University of Amsterdam
+
+interests:
+- Databases
+- Open Data
+- Linked Data
+- AI/ML
+
+education:
+  courses:
+  - course: PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, 2021 - University of Aizu
+  - course: MSc in Coumputer Science and Engineering, 2018 - University of Aizu
+
+social:
+- icon: linkedin
+  icon_pack: fab
+  link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashank-shrestha-3969a3127/
+- icon: orcid
+  icon_pack: fab
+  link: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2414-0660
+
+
+# Social/Academic Networking
+# For available icons, see: https://sourcethemes.com/academic/docs/page-builder/#icons
+#   For an email link, use "fas" icon pack, "envelope" icon, and a link in the
+#   form "mailto:your-email@example.com" or "#contact" for contact widget.
+# Link to a PDF of your resume/CV from the About widget.
+# To enable, copy your resume/CV to `static/files/cv.pdf` and uncomment the lines below.
+# - icon: cv
+#   icon_pack: ai
+#   link: files/cv.pdf
+
+# Enter email to display Gravatar (if Gravatar enabled in Config)
+email: ""
+
+# Highlight the author in author lists? (true/false)
+highlight_name: false
+
+# Organizational groups that you belong to (for People widget)
+#   Set this to `[]` or comment out if you are not using People widget.
+user_groups:
+- Scientific Staff
+---
+
+<H2>About Shashank</H2>
+<p>
+Hi there, thank you for visiting. I am Shashank Shrestha. I work as a postdoc for SLICES-PP project.</p>
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