Without knowing more about what you're doing I'm hesitant to give advice. However what I would say is if you think the work is something that can be applied mo

Without knowing more about what you're doing I'm hesitant to give advice. However what I would say is if you think the work is something that can be applied more or less directly to real world problems, represents a significant improvement on the current state of the art and you have potential investors, well personally I wouldn't open source it. If that's not the case open sourcing the implementation might make sense. One advantage to you is that it might help you get a good job, if that is your goal.