1. The Mozilla Project: A Great Place for Education and Research Chris Hofmann Brazil June 2009 chofmann@mozilla.org

2. Mozilla Has Reach and Impact 100 Million Active Daily Users 300 Total World Wide Users About 22% Browser Marketshare Good experiments research that get included in Firefox will reach users and have impact on improving the web.

5. Not only Many Users, Many Participants and Contributors

7. Mozilla is a different kind of organization Our main goal is to influence choice, openness and innovation on the web Driven by creating trust, engagement, and participation driven by passion

9. Keep asking the tough questions Is the web and the browser fast enough? Is it secure and safe enough? Is it “interoperable / compatible” enough? Does it reach enough people, on enough devices, and in enough languages? Is it easy enough to use? Is it useful? Lets find answers to these questions and more.

10. Places to Get Involved Marketing Experiments and Campaigns Software Quality software testing - bugzilla theoretical metrics, code coverage, hands on bug days crash analysis security research static and code analysis Browser Innovation and Experimentation addon development, developer.mozilla.org addons.mozilla.org design experimentation - labs.mozilla.org projects Software Engineering and Core Hacking - bugzilla, wiki.mozilla.org Curriculum Development for all these areas

11. Programs - Labs labs.mozilla.org - design challenges

12. http://labs.mozilla.org Easy To Get Involved with Design Challenges Come up with an interesting idea Create a simple mockup Create a video that explains your idea Upload to Flickr, Vimeo or YouTube Tag it “mozconcept” E-mail conceptseries@mozilla.com with links to your mockup and video. Awards for Innovation, Execution, Interaction, Producible, + People’s Choice Award

13. Programs + SoC Google Summer of Code http://socghop.appspot.com/program/home/google/gsoc2009

14. Programs - Internships Mozilla Internships Follow Along with interesting activity Jump In and adding value where you see an opportunity Building Your Reputation in the community with contribution Apply for Internship http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/about/careers.html

16. Some Interns Became Famous ;-)

17. Programs Mozilla Education – Building Links Between Mozilla Education Organizations Around the World http://education.mozilla.org/Education/

18. Seneca College as the Model

20. Mozilla Education Follow along on Blogs, Meetings, Newsgroups, and IRC http://education.mozilla.org/planet/ http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.education/topics Weekly status meetings http://education.mozilla.org/Education/StatusMeetings #education on the Mozilla IRC network Ask “humph” on IRC or david.humphrey@senecac.on.ca for help

23. Mozilla Education Get the latest on interesting student projects at: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Education/#Student_Projects Available student projects – 67 in the queue Assigned student projects – 6 Currently Assigned Resolved student projects – 7 Projects Completed