I think SMC will evolve to become the backend technology for empowering the textbooks of the future.<p>At this point in time the state of there is no github for academia. I find it strange that before the ultimately collaborative pursuit of academic knowledge can be done there exists this formality of competing for cash. In contrast I like how the opensource community has become a self organizing system independent and driven by volunteerism.
Hope to see the day where academia is more like the opensource community and Sage Math Cloud becomes a platform to transform the competitive academic world into a collaborative and evolving opensource community of mathematical researchers.<p>I believe the hotspot for discussing academic pursits in math currently is <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;polymathprojects.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;polymathprojects.org&#x2F;</a> as mentioned here <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;terrytao.wordpress.com&#x2F;category&#x2F;question&#x2F;polymath&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;terrytao.wordpress.com&#x2F;category&#x2F;question&#x2F;polymath&#x2F;</a>
That is more like a blog or a forum site then per say a github for academia. So, where is the future of online collaborative academic research?