OpenWebSearch.eu

OpenWebSearch.eu at #SC24 🔥 From 11-17 November SC24 took place in Atalanta. The yearly Supercomputing conference attracts a multitude of scientists, engineers, researchers, educators, programmers and developers. Our IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center team presented the OpenWebSearch.eu project prominently at their booth. 🖥 🙌

📖 👀 ✨ Just in time for the weekend we have a new reading recommendation for our Community with lots of good stuff to explore on a cozy winter weekend! The ‘Open Web Search Book’ is designed as a comprehensive guide for understanding the purpose and the technical + governance processes that drive the OpenWebSearch.eu project.  The book, as it relates to the project developments, is a continuous work in progress aka a perpetual beta version, that is constantly being updated and extended. It is "open" both in the sense of being publicly available as well as being set-up as a collaborative publication that welcomes external contributors to comment and co-create. You can find the current version here: https://lnkd.in/dEbJn-de #OpenWebSearch

🗞 Media Mention! The German Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung has got us covered! We are thrilled and honored to be featured in the NKS DIT "Success Stories" Yearbook 2024! 🙌 👉 The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research operates the NKS DIT (which translates to National Contact Point Digital and Industrial Technologies) to inform about topics related to the European Framework Program for Research and Innovation (Horizon Europe) . The NKS DIT yearbook showcases 12 success stories, referencing a range of EU projects, including OpenWebSearch.eu. Big thank you to the editorial team! 📖 Read our full story here: https://lnkd.in/dAwhrVcw Universität Passau Radboud University CERN German Aerospace Center (DLR) Leipzig University Technische Universität Graz IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center CSC - IT Center for Science A1 Slovenija d.d. Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Open Search Foundation

22 papers from 68 authors – #ossym24 offered a broad spectrum of scientific work on on the topics of #internetsearch and #openwebsearch. Volume six of the International Open Search Symposium proceedings summarises the articles and research results that were selected and presented at the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre in Munich. 👉 Download the issue for free: https://lnkd.in/duC6nE54 🤩 We already look forward to the next year's conference – the #ossym25, taking place from 8 - 10 October 2025 in Helsinki hosted by CSC - IT Center for Science. Open Search Foundation #opensearch #nextgenerationinternet

Interview Alert! Researchers from Universität Passau are giving some insights into their work.👇 The Universität Passau is in the lead of coordinating the OpenWebSearch.EU project and is beyond that responsible for developing the #OpenWebIndex – one of the key milestones in our endeavour. Find out what else is currently in progress: https://lnkd.in/dVsja_vm Thank you to the Uni Passau team: Michael Granitzer, Jelena Mitrović Saber Zerhoudi, Mahmoud Istaiti and Mohammed Almaamari Universität Passau Radboud University CERN German Aerospace Center (DLR) Leipzig University Technische Universität Graz IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center CSC - IT Center for Science A1 Slovenija d.d. Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Open Search Foundation

👐5 days to go till our next OpenWebSearch.eu Community Update takes place. Sign-up asap! This time around, we welcome some special guests: Our sister project NGI Search will join in with representatives from two of their funded projects! 📍 Anna Bernasconi from TETYS will lay out their work on an interactive dashboard for topic visualization  📍 Jim Vincent Wagner (TBC) from Open Politics will tell us about a tool to summarize, analyze and visualize political information Both presenters will share inputs and questions with regard to how the #OpenWebIndex might benefit their work. Don't miss out on these new perspectives and connections! When: 4 November, 15:00-15:45 CET  Where: Virtual Meeting Sign-up: Please write an email to: community@openwebsearch.eu with the subject line Community Call  

👐 Building a #free and #open web search environment is a #community effort! That‘s why it is important for us to come together with like-minded people to exchange ideas and experiences on a regular basis. ➡ Saying yes to hosting a community event during #ossym24 was a no-brainer! Read a recap of the event on our website (Link in comments) and learn how you can join the community to actively engage in the future of #openwebsearch.

🌐 🇪🇺 "Europe 2.0 – upgrading Europe’s internet search capacity" - such is the title of a recent Horizon Magazine article about the OpenWebSearch.eu project. 📹 https://lnkd.in/dqJTTbCp Read about why building a European #OpenWebIndex (OWI) opens up multiple new opportunities for future web search and data retrieval and how it contributes to promoting the diverse European cultural landscape. 🗣 “We want to empower communities so that they can easily filter and find those parts of the web that are relevant to them,” says project leader Michael Granitzer, professor of data science at the Universität Passau. Additionally, privacy & data protection are an integral part of the project. This not only serves science & research teams, but also offers new possibilities for the European economy. A European OWI centers around European laws and values and serves as a new solid soil for tech startups and enterprises that appreciate digital sovereignty. Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dKdRw5Gi OWS Partners: Universität Passau Radboud University CERN German Aerospace Center (DLR) Leipzig University Technische Universität Graz IT4Innovations National Supercomputing Center CSC - IT Center for Science A1 Slovenija d.d. Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Open Search Foundation NGI - The Next Generation Internet

🌞 Summer Throwback! In August Noor Afshan Fathima from our consortium partner CERN spoke at the "5th International Data Power Conference" at University of Graz in Austria, introducing the OWS.EU project and how it can contribute to privacy preserving web search for users while strengthening digital sovereignty in Europe. The Data Power Conference hosts critical reflections on data’s power and the social, political, economic and cultural consequences of data’s increasing presence in our lives, workplaces, and societies. ➡ To learn more about the current status of OWS.EU, visit our website: openwebsearch.eu ➡ Find out more about ethical, legal and societal aspects (ELSA) of OWS.EU: https://lnkd.in/d_FSNKCy

Back to work with many new #community inputs from #ossym24 last week! Don't forget to stay connected via our monthly community update calls. Next one happening in three weeks, on 4November at 15.00 CEST. See you then?