The Open Research Institute is the public domain internet. It is humanity's largest active body of knowledge.

• You publish simply by adding information to the public domain.
• A blog post, YouTube video, or Wikipedia edit counts as a publication.
• This institute has a natural hierarchy, measured by the minds you influence.

To join the institute, simply create a public profile page that describes (1) what department you're in, who are your peers? (2) who are you learning from, your professors (3) who are you teaching, what are you building or maintaining?

And most importantly: you must have a way to be reached publicly & respond in public. All communication in ORI happens in the public domain. If you and your peers are discussing an open problem, the person on the other side of the world who has the solution may find you & their knowledge bubbles up to you.

Once you've planted your flag on the internet, see How to semantic search the internet to find the others.

— Omar Shehata (June 26th, 2026)