Use this form to register for the next CDSC Community Dialogue. It will take place on September 18th, 2026 from 3pm to 5pm ET. The presenters are Dyuti Jha (Fort Hays State University) and Joe…

Students in the CDSC are recruiting for two interview studies. The AI Slop study seeks to interview people involved in open source software who have experience dealing with AI-authored contribution…

The Free and Open Source Software Yearly conference (FOSSY) is back for the fourth year in a row, and we’ll be running the Science of Community track, inspired by the CDSC Science of Communit…

Visualization of the messy process that turns into the polished paper. Image generated by claude.ai. This winter quarter, a small group of CDSC students at the University of Washington participated…

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Please read the Virtual Event Code of Conduct. We will be recording the event presentations, but not discussions.

Please read the Virtual Event Code of Conduct. We will be recording the event presentations, but not discussions.

Please read the Virtual Event Code of Conduct. We will be recording the event presentations, but not discussions.

Thinking about applying to graduate school? Wonder what it’s like to pursue a PhD or M.S.? Interested in understanding relationships between technology and society? Curious about how to do research…

In the second talk of the Science of Community track, Dr. Justin Ribeiro discussed how development approaches shape creativity at the project level, drawing from a study of 40 open source projects,…

Communication professor Benjamin Mako Hill studies why successful peer-produced websites (like Wikipedia) eventually struggle to maintain their openness to new contributors.

A number of our CDSC folks will be attending the 75th Annual International Communication Association Conference “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research” in Denver, Colorado…

Join the Community Data Science Collective (CDSC) for our 11th Science of Community Dialogue! This Community Dialogue will take place on April 4th at 12:00 pm CT. This Dialogue focuses on resisting…

We advocate for consideration of harms to communities (including online communities) as they respond to, are used for, and incorporate generative AI algorithms. One area of risk is one we call &#82…

Join us for an exciting talk night at Github's office in Bellevue! **Agenda:** 5:30-6pm: Doors open/networking 6-6:10pm: Opening remarks 6:10-6:35pm: Talk #1 6:35-6:50pm:

Updated Dec. 4, 2024 Recently, there has been a notable shift of people moving to BlueSky, including many community managers and professionals seeking a fresh space for connection and collaboration…