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Promoting Europe's Independence
in Web Search
For the OpenWebSearch.EU initiative, 14 European Research Centers have joined forces to develop an open European infrastructure for web search. With the EU project the initiative will be contributing to Europe’s digital sovereignty as well as promoting an open human-centered search engine market.
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European Union
The project OpenWebSearch.EU has received funding from the European Union's Horizon research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101070014.
“Another attempt to create a European Google: the Czech Republic joins OpenWebSearch ” | Luka.cz
luka.cz | 3 October 2022 “Another attempt to create a European Google: the Czech Republic joins OpenWebSearch” Read the full article “Další pokus o vytvoření evropského Googlu: do OpenWebSearch se zapojuje i Česko ” at Luka.cz: https://www.lupa.cz/clanky/dalsi-pokus-o-vytvoreni-evropskeho-googlu-do-openwebsearch-se-zapojuje-i-cesko/
“Europe builds its own internet search engine” | OI Canadian
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/
OpenWebSearch.EU has officially kicked-off
OpenWebSearch.EU has kicked-off with a consortium meeting in Berlin. 46 participants got together in a hybrid meeting format to exchange ideas and make plans for the successful execution of the project. The meeting was hosted by DLR-PT in a new building in Berlin-Südkreuz. The opening session was kicked off by greetings from Dieter Kranzmüller (BADW-LRZ), […]
“Europe builds its own internet search engine” | Tiroler Tageszeitung
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 […]
“EU researchers want to revolutionise search on the internet” | Niederösterreichische Nachrichten
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 […]
“Searching the Internet – European researchers want to break Google monopoly” | Kronenzeitung
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 […]
More privacy, fewer ads: European universities join hands for alternative search engine | Scientias
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 […]
“Shaping the web search of the future” | IDW – Informationsdienst Wissenschaft
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 […]
“An open web search is the key to a free and diverse society.” Interview with Dr. Martin Potthast
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
Promoting Europe’s Independence in Web Search: 14 European Research Centers join forces
For the OpenWebSearch.EU project, 14 renowned European research and computer centers have joined forces to develop an open European infrastructure for web search. The project will be contributing to Europe’s digital sovereignty as well as promoting an open human-centered search engine market. The European Commission has now approved the project’s Horizon Europe funding of 8,5 […]