📌 🗓️ Mark your calendar! 👉 Community Meet-up on 4 May
Join us next Monday for our regular #OpenWebSearch Community Meet-up. We will provide you with updates and discuss what you are working on in the community.
Date: 4 May
Time: 15:00-16:00 CEST
Location: Virtual BigBlueButton room
Please sign up via [email protected]
See you around! 🙌
Join our #CommunityMeetUp on 13 April
The OpenWebSearch.EU project has officially ended, but the community stays & the journey continues!
Join our new #OpenWebSearch Community Meet-up format!
Combining the former Community Update & the Tech & Applications roundtables, we will meet every first Monday of the month. Get the latest on #OWS + share what you're working on!
The April Community Meet-up happens 13 April, 15:00-16:00 CEST, via Big Blue Button
Sign-up now: [email protected]
Djoerd's talk naturally led into the panel closing the IR for Good sessions today.
Moderator Maria Heuse and panelists Bhaskar Mitra, Sanne Vrijenhoek, Madeleine I. G. Daepp, and Djoerd Hiemstra; left to right in the photo attached.
Highlights include:
Bring #openwebsearch not just to EU but to the world
Stimulate critical thinking regarding AI.
Reflect on the implicit normative view (what is "good")?
Keep authoritarian frames out of our platform (avoid *autocratic capture*).
Keynote by @djoerd about Web search as a public utility, and of course https://ows.eu
Note the #openwebsearch and #DuckDB stickers on the laptop 😉
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In meinem Stream beobachte ich einen Exodus; Weg von #BigTech - hin zu #OpenSource.
Auf Webseiten wie european-alternatives.eu gibt es einige Einträge zu alternativen Suchmaschinen. Leider nutzen die im Hintergrund ebenfalls Daten von BigTech.
#Openwebsearch.eu ist das Europäische Bestreben, einen unabhängigen Index aufzubauen.
#SUMA #EU #DigitaleSouveränität #google #unplugtrump
Zum Projekt: https://openwebsearch.eu/
Zum Crawler: https://openwebsearch.eu/owler/
Zum Verein: https://opensearchfoundation.org/de/
📝 The Open Web Search Partner interview series continues...
Our 14 Partners are sharing their project insights one week at a time.
On the blog now is a recent interview with the team from Technische Universität Graz. Take a look here:
https://openwebsearch.eu/ows-eu-partner-in-focus-the-graz-university-of-technology/
#openwebsearch #partnerseries #tugraz
As a partner in the OpenWebSearch.Eu project, Graz University of Technology, contributes its interdisciplinary expertise through the Cognitive and Digital Science Lab. CoDiS Lap explores the intersection of computer science, cognitive psychology, and human factors, focusing on digital literacy, decision-making, and human-centered design. Within the project, Prof. Dr. Christian Guetl, as head of CoDiS Lab […]
📍In eigener Sache! Wir brauchen Eure Untertützung, denn in 3 Monaten wird es eng. Im Februar 2026 endet unsere Hauptfinanzierung. Das Anschlussprojekt startet erst Ende 2026.
Damit wir unser Team halten können, den europäischen offenen Webindex weiter promoten können & um die #OpenWebSearch Initiative weiter zu koordinieren, benötigen wir jetzt Eure Hilfe!
👇 Über diesen Link könnt ihr mit Eurer Spende einen Impact machen:
https://opensearchfoundation.org/de/spenden/
Gerne weitersagen!
Vielen Dank! 🙏
🗓️ #CommunityUpdate on 3 Nov
👉 Having launched the #FreeWebSearch Charter in Sep & being back from #ossym in Finland, we're ready to host our next Community Update Call!
Join for updates re the #OpenWebSearch community + technical updates related to the OWI.
Afterwards, stick around for our Tech & Applications Meeting (16:00-17:00 CEST) where we will discuss more technical aspects of #OpenWebSearch.
3rd Nov, 15:00-15:45 CEST, Big Blue Button
Sign-up via email: [email protected]
Lots of ideas being thrown around today for the future of the #openwebindex .
With the end of EU funding for this critical infrastructure we're meeting up to discuss how to carry on.
OpenWebSearch.eu
Arjen P. de Vries
Arjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️
Thom
Open Search Foundation
Phil Höfer