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+# ISMB Tutorial
+
+## Getting Started
+
+### Prerequisites
+1. Create the environment from the `env.txt` file:
+```
+conda create -n "QML" 
+pip install -r env.txt
+```
+* Note: if you receive the error `bash: conda: command not found...`, you need to install Anaconda to your development environment (see "Additional resources" below)
+2. Activate the new environment:
+```
+conda activate QML
+```
+3. Verify that the new environment was installed correctly:
+```
+conda env list
+```
+<!-- * Additional resources:
+   * [Connect to computing cluster](http://ccc.pok.ibm.com:1313/gettingstarted/newusers/connecting/)
+   * [Set up / install Anaconda on remote linux server](https://kengchichang.com/post/conda-linux/)
+   * [Set up remote development environment using VSCode](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh) -->
+
+<a name="running_comical"></a>
+<!-- ### Running QML -->
+
+<!-- [![Notebook Template][notebook]](#running_comical) -->
+
+<!-- 1. Request resources from computing cluster:
+```
+jbsub -cores 2+1 -q x86_1h -mem 5g -interactive bash
+```
+OR
+Submit your job without the interactive session (shown later).  -->
+
+<!-- 2. Activate the new environment:
+```
+conda activate QML
+``` -->
+4. Run QML pipeline:
+```
+python main.py --file your_file -e 50 -i 10 -p 5 -cv 5
+```
+
+
+### Help
+```
+python main.py --help
+```
+
+## Authors
+
+Contributors and contact info:
+
+* Aritra Bose (a.bose@ibm.com)