Honestly, the easiest way to get involved is, similarly to open source contributing, I think, is to build upon someone elses work. Find a paper you like and thi

Honestly, the easiest way to get involved is, similarly to open source contributing, I think, is to build upon someone elses work. Find a paper you like and think you can use as a base for something. Then when you've done, publish it and contact the writer of the paper you used as a base. If you're lucky, you'll get some important feedback from him.