OI Canadian | 21 September 2022
“The OpenWebSearch.EU project is working on a European alternative to Google in the field of online search To foster an open and human-centric search engine market”
Read the full article at OI Canadian:
https://oicanadian.com/the-openwebsearch-eu-project-is-working-on-a-european-alternative-to-google-in-the-field-of-online-search-to-foster-an-open-and-human-centric-search-engine-market/
The opening session was kicked off by greetings from Dieter Kranzmüller (BADW-LRZ), Uwe Heitmann from DLR-PT, and Jorge Gasos and Stergios Tsiafoulis from DG CONNETC. The warm welcome of the guests gave an energetic basis for the following interactive gathering.
“The kick-off with its interactive sessions are of great value for project progress. The in-person meeting format was a big help for knowledge exchange, requirement gathering, and expectation sharing. It was great to see all participants working so very motivated and actively contributing to lively discussions and break-out sessions” says Dr. Megi Sharikadze, Lead of the LRZ Research Coordination and Support Team.
Tiroler Tageszeitung | 28 August 2022
“The European answer to Google and Co. should be more open and at the same time better protect privacy. Austrian researchers are also involved.
Google, Microsoft Bing, Baidu, Yandex – the search for information on the internet is dominated by only a few private providers. With the support of the EU’s Horizon Europe funding programme, a European alternative to the market-dominating providers is to be developed. 14 research and computing centres in Europe are working on the large-scale project – from Austria, the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science at TU Graz is involved, the university announced.”
Read the full article at Tiroler Tageszeitung (German):
https://www.tt.com/artikel/30830068/europa-bastelt-sich-seine-eigene-internet-suchmaschine
Niederösterreichische Nachrichten | 24 August 2022
“Google, Microsoft Bing, Baidu,Yandex – the search for information on the internet is dominated by only a few private providers. With the support of the EU’s Horizon Europe funding programme, a European alternative to the market-dominating providers is to be developed. 14 research and computing centres in Europe are working on the large-scale project – from Austria, the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science at TU Graz is involved, the university announced on Wednesday …”
Read full article “” (German): https://www.noen.at/in-ausland/suchmaschinen-eu-forscher-wollen-suche-im-internet-revolutionieren-deutschland-forschung-online-medien-software-steiermark-333598881
Article on AlphaGalileo (paywall):
https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/224269?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/224269
Kronenzeitung | 24 August 2022
“Google, Microsoft Bing, Baidu, Yandex – the search for information on the internet is dominated by a few private providers. Google in particular has a near-monopoly with more than 87 per cent market share on smartphones. With the support of the EU’s Horizon Europe funding programme, a European alternative to these market-dominating providers is now to be developed. Fourteen research and computing centres in Europe are working on the large-scale project – the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science at Graz University of Technology is involved from Austria.”
Read the full article “Suche im Internet Europäische Forscher wollen Google-Monopol brechen” (German):
https://www.krone.at/2791083
Scientias | 20 August 2022
“An alternative to Google, without the annoying ads and while maintaining privacy, it is something we all want but do not think possible. Or is it perhaps possible? European research centers are going to make a joint attempt.”
Article with an interview of Arjen de Vries.
Read the full article at Scientias (Dutch):
https://scientias.nl/meer-privacy-minder-advertenties-europese-universiteiten-slaan-handen-ineen-voor-alternatieve-zoekmachine/
“Over the next three years, more than 75 scientists will be researching the core of a European Open Web Index (OWI) as the basis for a new web search in Europe. The aim of the programme is to push back the dominance of non-European internet corporations, such as Google or Microsoft. The project is funded by the European Commission to the tune of 8.5 million euros as part of the Horizon Europe project.”
Read the full article “Europäisches Projekt OpenWebSearch.EU gestartet: Europäische Infrastruktur für die Websuche” here (German):
https://www.kooperation-international.de/aktuelles/nachrichten/detail/info/leipziger-informatik-forscht-am-openwebsearcheu
IDW – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft | 28 July 2022
“Shaping the web search of the future: Weimar computer science is part of the large-scale project “OpenWebSearch.EU”.
“Für das Projekt »OpenWebSearch.EU« wird die Webis-Gruppe um Prof. Dr. Benno Stein, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Prof. Dr. Martin Potthast, Universität Leipzig, und Prof. Matthias Hagen, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, mit elf weiteren renommierten europäischen Forschungszentren zusammenarbeiten, um eine offene europäische Infrastruktur für die Websuche zu entwickeln. Das Projekt soll einen Beitrag zur digitalen Souveränität Europas leisten und einen offenen, menschenzentrierten Suchmaschinenmarkt fördern. Finanziert wird das Vorhaben durch »Horizon Europe«, dem Rahmenprogramm für Forschung und Innovation der Europäischen Kommission, mit 8,5 Millionen Euro.”
Full article here: https://idw-online.de/de/news799128
Interview with Dr. Martin Potthast from University Leipzig on the importance of the research project OpenWebSearch.eu
Read the interview (German) at:
https://www.uni-leipzig.de/newsdetail/artikel/leipziger-informatik-forscht-am-openwebsearcheu-2022-07-29
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The project OpenWebSearch.EU has received funding from the European Union's Horizon research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101070014.
