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+**Note**: Previously, the name of the project was AutoNet. Since this was too generic, we changed the name to AutoPyTorch. AutoNet 2.0 in the reference mention above is indeed AutoPyTorch.
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 ## Contact
 
 Auto-PyTorch is developed by the [AutoML Group of the University of Freiburg](http://www.automl.org/).