The Linux Foundation Member Summit 2021

Corporate research departments are often pretty siloed, secretive even. Academia can be siloed in its own way, even if individual researchers collaborate—as well as being out of touch with current industry concerns. Open source software can close that gap and turn it into a virtuous cycle. In this talk, Red Hat’s Gordon Haff will talk about some of the things we’ve learned at Red Hat Research in putting together a new type of research program rooted in industry-university collaboration and open source. He’ll take you through the history of the effort and the benefits we’ve seen for ourselves, our academic partners, the students, and the broader ecosystem. He’ll offer lessons learned and give examples from specific projects that have already borne copious fruit from this sort of cooperative invention.