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From: Florian Felten <felten.florian@hotmail.fr>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:50:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add citation

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+cff-version: 1.2.0
+title: "EngiBench: A Framework for Data-Driven Engineering Design Research"
+preferred-citation:
+  type: conference-paper
+  title: "EngiBench: A Framework for Data-Driven Engineering Design Research"
+  authors:
+    - family-names: Felten
+      given-names: Florian
+    - family-names: Apaza
+      given-names: Gabriel
+    - family-names: B\¨aunlich
+      given-names: Gerhard
+    - family-names: Diniz
+      given-names: Cashen
+    - family-names: Dong
+      given-names: Xuliang
+    - family-names: Drake
+      given-names: Arthur
+    - family-names: Habibi
+      given-names: Milad
+    - family-names: Hoffman
+      given-names: Nathaniel J.
+    - family-names: Keeler
+      given-names: Matthew
+    - family-names: Massoudi
+      given-names: Soheyl
+    - family-names: VanGessel
+      given-names: Francis G.
+    - family-names: Fuge
+      given-names: Mark
+  date-released: 2025-06-01
+  doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2508.00831
+  url: "http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00831"
+  version: "2025"
+  publisher: "arXiv"
+authors:
+  - family-names: Felten
+    given-names: Florian
+  - family-names: Apaza
+    given-names: Gabriel
+  - family-names: B\¨aunlich
+    given-names: Gerhard
+  - family-names: Diniz
+    given-names: Cashen
+  - family-names: Dong
+    given-names: Xuliang
+  - family-names: Drake
+    given-names: Arthur
+  - family-names: Habibi
+    given-names: Milad
+  - family-names: Hoffman
+    given-names: Nathaniel J.
+  - family-names: Keeler
+    given-names: Matthew
+  - family-names: Massoudi
+    given-names: Soheyl
+  - family-names: VanGessel
+    given-names: Francis G.
+  - family-names: Fuge
+    given-names: Mark
+date-released: 2025-06-01
+doi: 10.48550/arXiv.2508.00831
+url: "http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00831"
+version: "2025"
+publisher: "arXiv"
+message: "If you use EngiBench in your research, please cite this work."
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -103,3 +103,21 @@ See this [notebook](https://github.com/IDEALLab/EngiOpt/blob/main/engiopt/surrog
 We have some colab notebooks that show how to use some of the EngiBench/EngiOpt features.
 * [Example easy model (GAN)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/IDEALLab/EngiOpt/blob/main/example_easy_model.ipynb)
 * [Example hard model (Diffusion)](https://colab.research.google.com/github/IDEALLab/EngiOpt/blob/main/example_hard_model.ipynb)
+
+
+## Citing
+
+If you use EngiBenc/EngiOpt in your research, please cite the following paper:
+
+```bibtex
+@misc{felten_engibench_2025,
+	title = {{EngiBench}: {A} {Framework} for {Data}-{Driven} {Engineering} {Design} {Research}},
+	url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2508.00831},
+	doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2508.00831},
+	urldate = {2025-08-07},
+	publisher = {arXiv},
+	author = {Felten, Florian and Apaza, Gabriel and B\¨aunlich, Gerhard and Diniz, Cashen and Dong, Xuliang and Drake, Arthur and Habibi, Milad and Hoffman, Nathaniel J. and Keeler, Matthew and Massoudi, Soheyl and VanGessel, Francis G. and Fuge, Mark},
+	month = jun,
+	year = {2025},
+}
+```