# From Campus to Community Part Two: The Researcher Exodus

DevFeed: [From Campus to Community Part Two: The Researcher Exodus](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-campus-to-community-part-two-the-researcher-exodus-14501.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/part-2-from-campus-to-community-the-researcher-exodus>)

Author: Nithya Ruff

Published: 2026-07-13T14:07:27Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Linux Foundation - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/linux-foundation-blog.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [linux foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux-foundation.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Deep learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deep-learning.md>), [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [Robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/robotics.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [computer-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science.md>), [deep-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deep-learning.md>), [hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hardware.md>), [linux-foundation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/linux-foundation.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotics.md>)

## AI overview

The second part of a Linux Foundation series argues that AI researchers leaving universities for industry jobs, combined with limited academic access to computing resources, is weakening open-source development and academic research. It cites faculty departure data and examples from Carnegie Mellon and other research communities.

## Source excerpt

This is a series from Linux Foundation Board Chair, Nithya Ruff. Part One can be found here.