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 For more information, check out v0.5 of the benchmark.
 
+Please see the [MLPerf Tiny Benchmark](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2106.07597.pdf) paper for a detailed description of the motivation and guiding principles behind the benchmark suite. If you use any part of this benchmark (e.g., reference implementations, submissions, etc.) in academic work, please cite the following:
+
+```
+@article{banbury2021mlperf,
+  title={MLPerf Tiny Benchmark},
+  author={Banbury, Colby and Reddi, Vijay Janapa and Torelli, Peter and Holleman, Jeremy and Jeffries, Nat and Kiraly, Csaba and Montino, Pietro and Kanter, David and Ahmed, Sebastian and Pau, Danilo and others},
+  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.07597},
+  year={2021}
+}
+```
+
 Join the working group here: [https://groups.google.com/a/mlcommons.org/g/tiny](https://groups.google.com/u/1/a/mlcommons.org/g/tiny)