Meet Our Open Leadership Grads
54 Open Project Leads from Mozilla Open Leaders round 3
Update: The final demo calls were recorded! You can watch the call from June 20 (Group A) and June 21 (Group B) on Air Mozilla.
This week, we’re wrapping up round 3 of Mozilla Open Leaders. For the past 14 weeks, this group has gone through mentorship and training to apply open practices and build a community of contributors around projects for a healthy Internet.
On Tuesday and Wednesday this week (June 20 & 21), they’re demo-ing the work they’ve accomplished. You’re invited to watch and learn how you can contribute!
Join our final demo call (aka graduation party 🎉). There are two options to join:
- Option A: Tuesday, June 20th — 21:00 UTC (add to calendar)
- Option B: Wednesday, June 21th — 15:00 UTC (add to calendar)
We hope you’ll join us as we celebrate the work this group has done for the health of the Internet.
Aerogami: learning how things fly with paper planes and internet
Kshitiz Khanal (@kshitizkhanal7)
Aerogami is open courseware that teaches how things fly by making paper planes and with other minimal setup using household objects. A learner can experience what’s happening for themselves instead of believing the teacher or textbook. It is also an open educational practice project that seeks to establish a model of interaction / maker based learning of complex concepts, starting with basic aerodynamics. Get involved
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Aletheia
Kade Morton (@KadeMorton)
Aletheia is software for getting science published and into the hands of everyone, for free. It’s a decentralised and distributed database used as a publishing platform for scientific research. So, Aletheia is software. But software without people is nothing. To comprehensively answer the question what is Aletheia, Aletheia is software surrounded by a community of people who want to change the world through open access to scientific knowledge. Get involved
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Altruism in Tech
Ipsha Bhidonia (@ipsha21)
The project is designed to help and guide people in tech who have lost their way, or find it difficult to start in the first place. The idea is to make the tech industry more inclusive and welcoming for a diverse set of people, by connecting them to a mentor, over internet for a call. The aim is to create a portal where interested Mozilla employees can volunteer by making themselves available for a one-on-one meeting, with a newcomer seeking help in their area of expertise. Get involved
AskNepal
Nikesh Balami (@nikeshbalami)
AskNepal is an open portal which can be used by both national and international citizens to ask for any kind of data or information directly from the Nepal Government using the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Get involved
Causal Dynamical Triangulations in C++
Adam Getchell (@acgetchell)
Quantize spacetime on your laptop. Causal Dynamical Triangulations is a candidate theory of quantum gravity in which the smooth geometry of spacetime is replaced by piece-wise flat simplicial geometries using tetrahedrons and their 4D analogues. Get involved
ClaimChain
Marios Isaakidis (@misaakidis)
A key management tool and Public Key Infrastructure based on cross-referenced blockchains. Get involved
Colper Science
Kambiz Chizari (@kambizchizari) & Ilyass Tabiai (@ilyasst)
We are launching a podcast on open science showing its advantages in research. Most of the episodes will be the interviews with researchers who had published a paper using open science in any form, such as open data or open source programs, and accomplished useful results. The purpose of this podcast is mainly to share stories related to the Open Science methods. We hope to share novel methods and models used by researchers, librarians, developers and others world-wide which could inspire others to follow similar paths, and make Open Science the norm. Get involved
Connect Chicago
Denise Linn (@DKLinn)
Connect Chicago is a collaborative, citywide digital inclusion initiative. We work across nonprofit partners, advocates, and community members to identify gaps in local Internet access and digital training so we can co-build & support solutions to fill those gaps. To do this, we have Meetups and we host neighborhood participatory design sessions with partners. Get involved
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DIY Science Network
Lucy Patterson (@lu_cyp)
The DIY Science Network is a project for all the hackers, artists, weird scientists, activists, organisers, enthusiasts, concerned citizens, patients, and their communities, who are getting to grips with science despite not being part of a research institution. However, from diybio community labs and bioart collectives, to civic environmental monitoring projects, to patient activism groups, to interdisciplinary science hacking communities — we all face similar challenges in growing and maintaining ourselves as sustainable civil society initiatives. We are building a peer network to share experience, learn from, and support each other. Get involved
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Easy fMRI Reporting
Camille Maumet (@cmaumet)
‘Easy fMRI reporting’ is an online curriculum that describes practical approaches to perform reproducible studies in the context of functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) research. Our motto is: “Practical solutions to follow open science best practices in fMRI research. Learn how to comply with transparency best practices with little overhead!”. Get involved
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EchoBurst
Tyler Kolody (@TyJK)
EchoBurst is a browser extension that will use natural language processing techniques to evaluate the comments and articles you read online and make several judgements regarding its content. First, it identifies what the topic of the comment or article is, then determines the position taken by the commenter, and lastly evaluates if it might be considered ‘toxic’ or likely to shut down discussion. It then compares this information with your position on the relevant topic, and if it is non toxic and disagrees with your stated beliefs, it will prompt you to read it. In order to encourage use, it will also measure the variety of opinions you’re spending time on, and score you on the diversity of your media diet (the broader the range, the better). Get involved
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EEG 101
Dano Morrison (@jdpigeon)
EEG 101 is an Android app that connects with the Muse headband to teach users the basics of electroencephalography (EEG) while displaying their own brain data in real time. The tutorial section of the app introduces topics such as the neural basis of the EEG signal, EEG device hardware, and signal processing. There is also a sandbox mode that allows users to view and record their own EEG data. EEG 101 is completely open-source with the intention to provide a springboard for neuroscientists and developers interested in developing their own apps that use the Muse headband. Get involved
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The Embryo Digital Atlas
Paul Villoutreix (@paulvill)
The Embryo Digital Atlas is an open source web based platform to visualize complex experimental datasets of embryogenesis in an easy and beautiful way. Embryogenesis is the process by which a single fertilized egg is transformed into a multicellular organism. Get involved
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GIBBON: The Geometry and Image-Based Bioengineering add-On
Kevin Mattheus Moerman (@Kevin-Mattheus-Moerman)
GIBBON is an open-source toolbox and includes image segmentation, computer aided design, surface and solid meshing tools, and is interfaced with free open source software such as TetGen, for robust tetrahedral meshing, and FEBio for finite element analysis. The combination provides a highly flexible image-based modeling environment and enables advanced computational modeling and computational design. Get involved
GirlScript
Anubha Maneshwar (@anubhamane)
GirlScript is a non-profit project to support women in technology. We do it by imparting skills online and offline. We are still preparing the online curriculum, however, offline trainings and workshops have already started in 3 cities of India (Nagpur, Bhopal and Ahmedabad). Get involved
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Git Push Freshman
Chris Otta (@ottagit)
Git Push Freshman is an open introductory course curriculum to teach and train version control system (VCS) concepts in Git and collaborative software development with GitHub. This course targets first year Computer Science students in Maseno University but is also open to any aspiring developer, especially web developers. Get involved
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Hydrogen
Lukas Geiger (@lgeiger)
Hydrogen is an open source package for GitHub’s Atom text editor that allows users to run their code with an interactive REPL session with your language of choice. It lets you choose which code to execute based on your needs to provide the interactive coding experience you dreamed of. Get involved
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Internet Safety Driving Licence
Lisa Wright (@lisahandsonline)
The Internet Safety Driving Licence is an open source online modular short course built to empower young people (aged 13+) to use the Internet ethically, safely & securely: to live, play & work well online. Think of it as a kind of Cyber-Ed: 5 modules comprising a formal online programme that will prepare a learner to sit the final Internet Safety Driving Test. Successful completion of all 5 Cyber-Ed modules by a learner will lead to the award of a full Internet Safety Driving Licence. Get involved
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Jilinde
Peter Omondi Ochieng (@pomochieng)
Develop an application that is able to reports cases of Domestic violence and child abuse, to relevant authorities for women and children to be able to seek immediate medical attention and also protecting both parents from the same violence. Get involved
jobTalk
Kelly Clancy (@kellybclancy) & Raquel Martins (@_aromartins)
jobTalk is a workplace review platform for academia with the ultimate aim of making universities a more diverse and welcoming place. Academic culture has much room for improvement toward providing academics with the best environment for their professional development. This has become increasingly apparent in recent years, and we want to level the playing field for everyone. By bringing transparency and accountability to academic workplaces, we hope to empower academics with a space to publicly share their experiences, concerns, solutions, and also find mentors and allies. Get involved
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Awesome Online Courses
Grif Peterson (@grifpeterson) & Nico Koenig (@p2pu)
Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) supports access to high-quality education in public local spaces. It supports libraries and community groups in facilitating peer-led learning circles to help learners who want to take online courses together and in-person. In this project, P2PU needs your help to find more awesome online courses and share this list with educators and facilitators who are running learning circles around the globe. Get involved
Liberate Science
Chris Hartgerink (@chartgerink)
Liberate Science is a fledgling community aiming to free both the researcher and the research itself. The freedom to consume and do research is vital for researchers everywhere to do what they do best: find out things about the world. In this community, we initiate projects that facilitate such freedom, starting with: providing public access to the public domain. Get involved
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Linked Bioscience
Jason A. Clark (@jasonclark)
Linked Bioscience is a prototype software project that allows one to visualize research and networks of expertise based on researcher interests and research collaborations. This work applies a methodology for describing researcher interests and research collaborations through the application of linked open data (LOD) which has an impact on the visibility of these researchers in search engines. Get involved
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Local Web
Drashti Pandya (@drashti4)
This project is about creating a bridge between newbies on Internet and remote volunteers who don’t have time to go and teach them regularly. We are localizing web literacy content to create an accessible place for school kids to be educated in their local language. The organization will produce short lectures in the form of YouTube videos in localized Indian language for teachers and parents to understand as an introduction, with a vision to encourage and teach other people to contribute and localize their web literacy content. Get involved
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The Method: a podcast
April Clyburne-Sherin (@aprilcs)
The Method is an open source, peer reviewed podcast about the state of science. We are a team of scientists and science-lovers who want to improve the quality, inclusivity, and productivity of our conversations about science. Just as an open source community can improve the quality of code, we are creating a platform for the scientific community to improve the quality of our conversations about what is working in science and what is not. Get involved
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The Mexican Women & Web Literacy Observatory (Observatorio para la mujer de habilidades digitales)
Liza Durón (@elidron)
Create an accessible platform for women for better practices for economic empowerment, web education and creation of safe spaces for self-improvement. Get involved
Mobile Map IO
Andrew Nelson (@werdnanoslen)
Mobile Map IO is boilerplate code and design for creating mobile reporting apps. This open-source project on Github is built using popular, proven web technologies to allow it to be most easily picked up by other civic hackers. With Mobile Map IO, a civic hacker can create a mobile app with an API and mapping capabilities customized for their project in less than an hour. Get involved
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Mozilla Campus Clubs (North America Region)
Semirah Dolan (@semirahd)
Mozilla Campus Clubs are a unique and personal way to Teach the Web in universities. They are made up of technologists, thinkers and builders working together to keep the Internet alive and accessible, so people worldwide can be informed contributors and creators of digital world. Mozilla Campus Clubs is an effort to make contributing to open source, easier, for Campus students. It provides various activities, teaching kits and learning materials for the campus students. Get involved
Mozilla Italia l10n Guide
Sara Todaro (@kitsunenosarat)
A localization guide made by volunteer localizers for volunteer localizers. In other words, it is a manual about translating and adapting content for local users, collecting translation best practices, efficient workflows and useful resources. It is being written collaboratively by people of various backgrounds; It is made for communities of volunteer localizers and focuses on open, free resources of the Web. Get involved
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Mozilla2School
Kumaresan.C.S (@cskumaresan)
To introduce young school-going students to the internet and help them to explore it and make them aware of the power of internet.The initiative also introduces these young minds to the latest technology and give practical training on using it.We are planning a different methodology for this project in order to enhance its practical output. We introduce new technologies in both software and hardware programming to the students and give them the complete range of scope to choose from. We believe that this first step will enable them to choose their areas of interest. Get involved
NeurotechEDU
Sydney Swaine-Simon (@syswsi)
NeuroTechEDU is an open source initiative that allows everyone to get involved in the process of building open educational content around neurotechnology including Brain Computer Interfaces, and Brain Stimulation. We have created a “peer to peer learning by doing” framework that allows anyone to build content that is reviewed by experts then shared publicly. Get involved
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Open Derby
James Robinson (@jpwrobinson)
Open Derby is a fun, collaborative research project that aims to teach scientists how to utilise open data, version control their code, write reproducible reports, and publish openly. Over 4–8 weeks, a group of graduates, post-docs and PIs work together to answer a novel scientific problem with open data, keeping an open notebook of their progress and openly sharing their data, methods, results, and writing. Get involved
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Open Funders
Leslie L. Cheung (@lesliePhD)
Open Funders Canada (Landscape) is a user-friendly tool to help identify which grantmakers (governments, foundations, etc…) are funding who (charities, nonprofits, individuals), when the grant was granted, where the grantee is located, when the funding was allocated, and for what kind of work. Users can search by a variety of fields to find information about what kind of work is happening in specific fields or communities of interest. The bonus feature of this tool is that any search can easily be exported as open data! Get involved
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The Open Neuroimaging Masters
Grant R. Vousden-Dishington (@GrantRVD)
The Data Neuroscientist is an attempt to re-imagine what neuroscience education would look like from a data-driven approach. At the center of the project is a syllabus and curriculum intended to mimic what a student would find in the core course requirements of a neuroscience masters or Ph.D. program. The mission of The Data Neuroscientist is to compile and distribute the resources for such a syllabus in an open-access way, as well as provide a template for anyone who wants to make such a curriculum for a different area of study. Get involved
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The Open Teach-R Project
Marcos Vinícius Carneiro Vital (@marcosvital)
The project is about sharing hands-on resources for those who want to teach an R based course for Biological Sciences. The idea is to gather ready-to-go courses on several themes and scopes, with examples, slides, scripts and everything needed, so anyone willing to teach R can just grab it, study, adapt and spread the knowledge. Get involved
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Open the North
Monica Granados (@Monsauce)
Open the North is a an initiative that uses open source tools to make open data more accessible to remote communities, particularly those in the Far North of Ontario. We are using the collaborative working platform GitHub to build an open source mobile application for the “Guide to eating Ontario Fish” — fish consumption advisory data for lakes and rivers in Ontario, Canada. We are also gathering open data sets into a repository of ecological data from the North to facilitate the exchange of data between communities and the south. Get involved
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OpenGrid.io
Priya Shah (@opengrid)
OpenGrid an open-source, interactive map platform that allows users to explore multiple data sources in an easy-to-use interface. Developed to support situational awareness, incident monitoring and responses, historical data retrieval, and real-time advanced analytics. Users can perform advanced queries to filter data, search within custom boundaries, or based on the users location. Get involved
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Participation & Collaboration on Discourse
Shreyas Narayanan Kutty (@dunebuggie)
Mozilla community members participate on the Mozilla Club Discourse channel to share updates, get information and to stay connected with the larger Mozilla community. The aim of this project is to improve collaboration between the members and increase overall participation on the Mozilla Discourse channel. Get involved
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RRROBOTS
Hao Ye (@ha0ye)
RRROBOTS stands for “Reproducible Research in R for Ocean Biosciences: Open-science Training Seminar” (scientists ❤ coming up with acronyms for projects). It is designed to be a kind-of hybrid open science / data analysis course to introduce graduate students to tools and platforms for doing science and computational analyses, in particular, in a reproducible way to share with others (and be citable and recognized for their work)! Get involved
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ResBaz Arizona
Julian Pistorius (@julianpistorius), Heather Lent, Andreina Castillo, Marnee Dearman
ResBazAZ is a community of researchers from all fields and all levels of skill who want to use technology to further our data analysis and inquiry. Our goal is to make a collaborative space for researchers from different fields to collaborate and allow incredible research breakthroughs happen! For the Global Sprint, ResBazAZ is proud to announce that we are partnering with Atmosphere (CyVerse) and the University of Arizona libraries to work on several projects! Get involved
The SAFE Network
Benjamin Kampmann (@gnunicorn) & Francis Brunelle (@frabrunelle)
The SAFE Network is a decentralized data storage and communications network that provides a secure, efficient and zero-cost infrastructure. Rather than using data centers and servers which are prone to data theft and surveillance, the SAFE Network uses advanced peer-to-peer technology that joins together the unused hard drive space, CPU power and Internet connections of all SAFE users, creating a global network.
SunPy
Stuart Mumford (@Cadair)
SunPy is a community-developed, free and open-source solar data analysis environment for Python. The aim of the SunPy project is to provide the software tools necessary so that anyone can analyze solar data. It is an alternative to the popular, yet costly, SolarSoft analysis environment. Get involved
TeachOSM for High School
Shawn Goulet (@shawnmgoulet)
TeachOSM for High School provides educators with scale-able OpenStreetMap (OSM) geography-based educational modules developed to integrate with the United States AP Human Geography curriculum (APHG), exposing students to 21st century mapping technology. Get involved
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Teen-driven inquiry and working in the open
David Bild (@dbild)
This project is focused on adapting and modifying Mozilla’s Open Leadership Training Series (OLT) for a teen audience, specifically so that teens will be better equipped to launch and carry out collaborative inquiry projects and work in the open. Our primary focus is projects that don’t involve much (if any) code. Get involved
Why not Open Science?
Daniela Saderi (@Neurosarda) & Amie Fairs (@amiefairs)
Why Not Open Science? is a project where we want to find out why researchers are not practising open science, and how we can help them do more open science. At the moment, we are developing a survey that we will send out to researchers all around the world. It asks them what they know about open science, what they think is good about it, what they think is bad about it, and what could be done to help them practice open science more in their everyday work. We hope this information will help us and other people develop educational materials and inform open science institutional policy. Get involved
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WikiToLearn Hive Network
Riccardo Iaconelli (@ruphy)
The WikiToLearn Hive Network is a network of people, or better, groups of people, who are enthusiastic about open education and in general open practices applied into schools, universities and research centers. The groups participating into the network complement the WikiToLearn initiative of creating free textbooks for everyone, by being frontrunners in their local communities and creating a safe and fun environment in which to work. Get involved
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