Red Hat Research Events

Red Hat Research events bring together researchers, technology professionals, Red Hat engineers, and students to exchange ideas and tackle real-world challenges across disciplines and borders.

Browse recordings from previous events to see how academic and industry voices come together to advance research with real-world impact, inspiring fresh perspectives and forward-thinking ideas in open source.

Listen, Learn, and Connect

Our events come in different shapes — from polished conferences to open conversation forums — but they all share a common goal: connecting academia and industry to nurture collaborations in support of joint research initiatives and fostering research to help drive Red Hat’s technical direction and open source mission. Whether organized by us or our collaborators, these events reflect the diversity of our research engagements.

Dive into our archive and explore these formats:

Upcoming events 

There are no events scheduled at the moment. Stay tuned for upcoming opportunities to connect with the community!

Research Days

These virtual and in-person events showcase Red Hat’s collaborative research efforts in partnership with universities and research institutions worldwide. 

Tech Talks

These focused sessions typically feature a single speaker on a standout research topic — from in-depth academic analysis to thought-provoking discussions and groundbreaking demos.

Others

Events that don’t fit into the main categories but still offer valuable insights and opportunities to connect.

Partner events
We often present research and ideas at venues such as DevConf, the BU Red Hat Collaboratory Series, and MOC Alliance workshops, among others. These partner events offer important opportunities for cross-institutional connection and often have valuable insights for our communities.
Research Interest Group (RIG) meetings

Informal discussion platform open to Red Hatters and our university partners to share ideas, drive discussion, communicate progress around research topics and projects, and to form collaborations in support of particular research initiatives.

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Start Date: April 29, 2021

Red Hat Collaboratory at Boston University Colloquium Abstract: In 2020 I took a leave of absence to work on democracy and voting related efforts with VoteAmerica, a national get-out-the-vote organization with a focus on voter...

Start Date: April 22, 2021

In this session, Martin Herbordt, professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at Boston University, and Robert Munafo, third-year PhD student in the CAAD Lab, reported on an ongoing project that aims to use machine learning...

Start Date: April 6, 2021

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Topic 1: Research Paper Reading Group – Part 1 (20 min) – Ahmed SanaullahAbstract: This session is designed to get you started on your paper reading journey –  a journey that we hope to take...

Start Date: November 12, 2020

Red Hat will be again present at Day with Industrial Partners at Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University. Due to COVID-19, the upcoming Day with Industry Partners will be held online and in a new format. This is...

Start Date: September 30, 2020

Research Day was virtual for the first time. This time expanded to a series of unique conversations between researchers and Red Hat experts.  Research Day discussions and presentations included experts from many different universities and...

Start Date: September 23, 2020

DevConf.US 2019 is the 3rd annual, free, Red Hat sponsored technology conference for community project and professional contributors to Free and Open Source technologies at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center in the historic...