2026-10-24 –, Room 250
It's time once again for the 2026 FLOSS Research Roundup!
Hundreds if not thousands of research papers are written every year about open source software! How should we make sense of it all and what does it mean? In this talk, I carefully harvest the latest research from around the world, filter it for real world relevance, shake it up with the latest trends, and then serve it up with a slight dash of attitude.
You'll hear about the most recent findings from the systematic study of topics that are key to our community, such as:
* What can academia tell us about solving our real-world problems in FLOSS?
* Which engineering, cybersecurity, design, and management practices really make a difference?
* How can we work together to build more awesome communities to sustain open source projects?
You'll walk away from this beginner-friendly talk with:
* evidence about what works and what doesn't
* analysis about the size and scope of the challenges we face
* new ideas for taking action personally and inside organizations
* plus all the insights from data, quick tips, and news you can use I can pack into my timeslot.
See you soon!
Dr. Kaylea Champion studies how people cooperate to build groovy public goods like GNU/Linux and Wikipedia, including what gets maintained and the risks we face. She is an Assistant Professor in Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington Bothell, where she teaches about open source, technical management, and software engineering with an emphasis on cybersecurity, evidence, and freedom. Dr. Champion is eager to build connections with communities, including talks at FOSSY, Norwescon, WorldCon, PyConUS, the OpenJS Summit, Wikimania, MozFest, Women in Data Science, PuPPY, DebConf, and SeaGL. A Linux user since 1994, she enjoys tromping through the woods, smashing goblins, conjuring data, and cooking for a crowd.