👉 Throwback to ISC High Performance 2025
In June, a group from our OpenWebSearch.eu tech team attended the International Super Computing conference #ISC2025 in Hamburg to share about the recently launched Open Web Index #OWI and its significance re European Web Sovereignty.
#ISC2025 marked the 40th anniversary of the world’s leading forum for advancing the application of high-performance computing in academia, government, and the private sector.
#owi
Glad to attend the two days of #NGIForum2025
A lot of inspiring content, and today's focus is more on OpenWeb Index #OWI and Open Web Seaerch #OWS
https://ngi.eu/ngi-forum25/
Auch das dürfte ein Thema sein bei der #ISC25 : die digitale Souveränität Europas angesichts der Lage in den #usa . Der offene Webindex #owi den @openwebsearcheu geschaffen hat und der seit 6. Juni eingesetzt wird, ist ein Schritt. Wie das LRZ hat das @CERN an dem Werk, die Grundlage für neue Suchdienste mitgearbeitet. Es beschreibt, was der OWI kann. Die @osf hat uns auf den Artikel aufmerksam gemacht. Dankeschön: https://tiny.badw.de/2JwzCg
🚅 Time to take the #OWI to Brussels!
We are excited to co-organize the morning sessions at this year's #NGIForum on 20 June.
Our project leader @grani will speak on the freshly launched #OWI, both looking back and forward.
Following his keynote, there will be exciting policy statements from MEPs Alexandra Geese & Lina Gálvez plus two panel discussions surrounding #WebSovereignty and the future of #OpenWebSearch.
Join NGI Forum in Brussels or online.
Register here: https://ti.to/ngi/ngi-forum-2025
Hm das Claimen und Anmelden scheint bei der OWI-Beta (OpenWebIndex) https://openwebindex.eu noch nicht zu gehen.
The Open Web Index #OWI is a European open source web index pilot that is currently in Beta testing phase. The idea: Collaborative sovereign access to the internet for European organisations and civil society
@pteryx I should also mention that #OWI is on #Fedi (because of course it is) @openwebsearcheu
Missed #OpenWebIndex launch event. Anyone participated? Are you content with the news? #OWI
@pteryx According to the #Wired article [1], companies that have signed long-term deals with Microsoft will maintain access for the time being: "the largest customers of the #Bing APIs will retain their access after August 11, while smaller developers that were less profitable for Microsoft to support are being cut off".
#DuckDuckGo is cited as one of the companies who will retain access. #Ecosia plans to switch to #OWI.
#Mojeek and #Brave have their own indexes.
[1] https://www.wired.com/story/bing-microsoft-api-support-ending/
Open Search Foundation's @osf Stefan Voigt presenting at the
Open Web Index
online launch party (you can still join!)
https://openwebsearch.eu/open-webindex/
Or, jump straight into the Open Web Index at https://openwebindex.eu/
🫧 Happening Now: The #OWI online Kick-off launch 🫧
Come join:
https://cscfi.zoom.us/meeting/register/eATIpDQ5TZidh4Jzkim6FQ#/registration
Owi
https://github.com/OCamlPro/owi
Symbolic execution for #Wasm, #C, C++, #Rust and #Zig
"#Owi is an open-source framework for advanced #WebAssembly analysis and manipulation, with a focus on practical symbolic execution and robust tooling. It is designed for researchers, engineers, programming language enthusiasts and practitioners requiring precise, flexible, and extensible support program reasoning."
#FormalVerification #SoftwareTesting #Testing #SoftwareEngineering #RustLang #ZigLang
🛎️ Last chance to sign up! The time to reclaim the web is now!
Are you ready for tomorrow's online kick-off event?
If you haven't registered yet, make sure to do so to join our online #OWI Kick-off session! The OWI pilot is finally ready for public onboarding. Make use of the OWI for your R&D projects and become a part of an innovative community of early adopters and open web enthusiasts!
Details:
6 June, 10 - 12 am CEST.
Register here:
https://cscfi.zoom.us/meeting/register/eATIpDQ5TZidh4Jzkim6FQ#/registration
We cannot wait to see you! 🥳
📣 Community Update on 2 June
Get to know 3 projects funded by our sister project NGI Search & learn how they benefit from the #OWI.
👉 Qlever promises knowledge graphs at unlimited scale
👉 Scolab provides you with the necessary infrastructure and functionality for data management with geospatial components
👉 Neuraldatafari lets you discuss with your documents and presents the most relevant documents or generated answers.
2 Jun, 15:00-16:15 CEST.
Sign up: community@openwebsearch.eu
5 Days, 5 Reasons for the #OWI
R5: "More variety in search options"
The OWI serves as a foundation for multiple search applications beyond the current standards, e.g.:
- Vertical search, which allows you to find information on specific topics
- Argument search, which reduces bias by searching for a variety of aspects
Of course, LLMs can also be applied.
The #OWI overall provides options for more self-determination in web search.
Join our Zoom Kick-off event on 6 June:
shorturl.at/aXkYD
Next to AI crawler, there is also the OWI crawler, which may be good to allow :)
5 Days, 5 Reasons for the #OWI
R4: "Transparency & Trust"
Amidst deep fakes, unmonitored copyright infringements + non-disclosure of sources, more transparency helps avoid mistrust & bias. Open web data are a counter-concept to the current narrow insights into the preprocessing aspects of digital information retrieval. Our economies & societies rely on verifiable information. Transparent curation + provision of information should be given.
Join our Kick-Off Event:
https://shorturl.at/aXkYD
5 Days, 5 Reasons for the #OWI
R3: Data Protection
How can open web data contribute to more data protection?
👉The more easily & transparently we can access information online, the more easily service providers can develop a variety of web-based services, leading to more options to choose from. This leads to less gatekeeping and less pressure to disclose personal data when using such services.
🎈What else does the OWI hold in store?Join our Zoom event on 6 June: https://shorturl.at/97rBm
5 Days, 5 Reasons for the #OWI
R2: "Economic Potential for EU businesses"
👉 In 2024, OWS.EU third-party partner MRC and OWS.EU consortium partner @osf presented a comprehensive study on the macro-economic potential of an #OpenWebIndex for European businesses.
The study also considered various societal impacts incl. digital sovereignty, cultural diversity + environmental & security factors:
https://shorturl.at/LpYxO
🤸♀️ Learn more at our kick-off Zoom event on 6 June: https://shorturl.at/pjCb8
@openwebsearcheu
Digital sovereignty begins on your own front door.
So I wonder why the event takes place on zoom instead of an European alternative?
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