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OSSYM 2023 - 5th International Open Search Symposium

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31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre (CERN)

31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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Andreas Wagner (CERN), Christian Gütl (Graz University of Technology), Christine Plote, Michael Granitzer, Stefan Voigt (Open Search Foundation)
Description

4 - 6 October 2023

The #ossym Open Search Symposium series brings together the Open Internet Search community in Europe for the fifth time this year. The interactive conference provides a forum to discuss and further develop the ideas and concepts of open internet search. Participants include researchers, data centres, libraries, policy makers, legal and ethical experts, and society.  ( Open Search Foundation)

Conference Programme  

Research Tracks

  • Open search architectures and platforms
  • Federated search and cross-domain search
  • Web Data Analytics and Web Mining
  • Natural language and multi-media processing for search
  • Large Language Model and Machine learning
  • Personalization and recommendation in search
  • Conversational Retrieval Experiences
  • Georeferencing of web content and geospatial search/ analysis
  • Evaluation of open search systems
  • Green computing and sustainability
  • Societal and ethical challenges and solutions
  • Politics and governance
  • Search engine advertising and business models in an open search world
  • Applications of open search in domains such as science, e-commerce, health, and education
  • Legal aspects
  • Economic dimensions of open search

Conference Timetable

Conference format

  • The conferencetook place at CERN with the possibility of Online participation.

Symposium organizing committee

Maari Alanko, CSC – IT Center for Science, Finland  
Isabell Claus, thinkers.ai, Austria  
Michael Granitzer, University Passau, Germany  
Christian Guetl, Graz University of Technology, Austria  
Christine Plote, Open Search Foundation, Germany  
Stefan Voigt, Open Search Foundation, Germany  
Andreas Wagner, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

 

 

OSSYM_2023_FullDeck_06.pdf
Award Ceremony
  • Wednesday 4 October
    • Symposium Opening: Welcome & Keynote & Invited Talks 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      Conveners: Andreas Wagner (CERN), Michael Granitzer, Stefan Voigt
    • ows.eu Track 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      Convener: Session Chair: Tobias Hecking (DLR German Aerospace Center, Munich, Germany)
      • 6
        “OpenWebSearch.eu I” Research and Updates from the EU Project groups and researchers
        Speaker: Session Chair: Tobias Hecking (DLR German Aerospace Center, Munich, Germany)
      • 7
        Product Spam on YouTube: A Case Study
        Speaker: Janek Bevendorff (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
        ossym23-affiliate-spam-on-youtube-talk.pdf
      • 8
        Challenges of index exchange for search engine interoperability
        Speaker: Djoerd Hiemstra (Radboud University)
        ossym2023.pdf
      • 10
        Session Q&A
    • 15:30
      Coffee Break 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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    • ows.eu Track 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      • 11
        “OpenWebSearch.eu II” Research and Updates from the EU Project groups and researchers
        Speaker: Session Chair: Arjen de Vries (Radboud University)
      • 12
        OWler: Preliminary results for building a Collaborative Open Web Crawler
        Speaker: Michael Dinzinger (University of Passau)
        OWLer.pdf
        OWLer.pptx
      • 13
        Commercialized Generative AI: A Critical Study of the Feasibility and Ethics of Generating Native Advertising Using Large Language Models in Conversational Web Search
        Speaker: Ines Zelch (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena)
        ossym23-ads-in-generative-ir-talk.pdf
      • 14
        A Comprehensive Dataset for Webpage Classification
        Speaker: Mohammed Al-Maamari (University of Passau)
        Mohammed Al-Maamari - OSSYM2023-Presentation.pdf
      • 15
        Governance Towards an Open Web Index
        Speaker: Jasmin Tietgen (Open Search Foundation)
        Governance Towards an Open Web Index, JT, MA, OSSYM 2023 (2).pdf
      • 16
        Conceptual Design and Implementation of a Prototype Search Application using the Open Web Search Index
        Speaker: Dr Alexander Nussbaumer (Graz University of Technology)
        presentation.pdf
      • 17
        Cooperate via Open Console
        Speaker: Mark Overmeer (MarkOv Solutions) (MarkOv Solutions)
        open-console.odp
        open-console.pdf
      • 18
        Session Q&A
    • 18:30
      Ice Breaker - Welcome Drink 500/1-201 - Mezzanine

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      CERN

      Main Building close to CERN Restaurant 1 https://maps.cern.ch/?xmin=2492361.42&ymin=1120370.04&xmax=2494134.13&ymax=1121540.56&basemap=plan&mode=2D
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  • Thursday 5 October
    • Keynote - Věra Jourová: Keynote 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      • 19
        Keynote - “Trust and Transparency”
        Speaker: Věra Jourová (Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency)
    • Research Track: Human centric Search / User Experience 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      Convener: Session Chair: Igor Jakovljevic (CERN)
    • 10:45
      Coffee Break 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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    • Workshop Session: Parallel Workshops 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      • 26
        Parallel Workshops
      • 27
        Workshop 1: Ethical Aspects
        ossym23-Workshop-ethics.pdf
      • 28
        Workshop 2: Cross-Border Legal Considerations
      • 29
        Workshop 3: Energy Efficiency in Open Web Search
    • 12:30
      Lunch Break 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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    • Panel Session: „Business Applications and Economic Value of Open Search“ 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      Convener: Session Chair: Isabell Claus (thinkers.ai)
      • 30
        Panel Session „Business Applications and Economic Value of Open Search“
        Speaker: Session Chair: Isabell Claus (thinkers.ai); Jacqueline Erhart, ASFINAG Maut Service GmbH; Prof. Uwe Seebacher, Author and Editor, Springer Nature Group
    • Keynote & Invited Talk 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      • 31
        Keynote „Bias in Search and Recommender Systems“
        Speaker: Ricardo Baeza-Yates Institute for Experiential AI, Northeastern University, USA
      • 16:15
        Coffee Break
      • 32
        Invited Talk "Building Authentic AI: The Synergy of Decentralized Knowsledge Graph and Community Incentives"
        Speaker: Branimir Rakić, co-founder and CTO at Trace Labs
    • Industry Track „Alternative Search Engines“ 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      • 33
        Industry Track „Alternative Search Engines“
        Speaker: Session Chair: Christine Plote (Open Search Foundation)
      • 34
        Web Scale Search from the Ground Up: Establishing a Viable Alternative to Big Tech.
        Speaker: Colin Hayhurst, CEO, Mojeek, United Kingdom
        Web Scale Search from the Ground Up.pdf
        Web Scale Search from the Ground Up.pdf
      • 35
        For children only – the search engine fragFINN
        Speaker: Anke Meinders, Managing Director, fragFINN e.V., Germany
        231005-ossym23-Anke-Meinders.pdf
      • 36
        Assumptions about the shape of the web
        Speaker: Viktor Lofgren, Founder, Marginalia Search, Sweden
      • 37
        Session Q&A
    • Closing Day 2
    • 19:30
      Conference Dinner Restaurant le Coq Rouge

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  • Friday 6 October
    • Keynote 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      • 38
        Keynote „Inclusion by whose terms? When being in doesn’t mean digital and web search inclusion“
        Speaker: Angella Ndaka (The Centre for Africa Epistemic Justice and University of Otago)
    • Research Track - “Machine Learning and Retrieval” 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      Convener: Session Chair: Saber Zerhoudi (University of Passau)
      • 39
        Research Track - “Machine Learning and Retrieval”
        Speaker: Session Chair: Saber Zerhoudi (University of Passau)
      • 40
        Customizable Categorization of Documents in Evidence Based Research for Biopharma
        Speaker: Reihaneh Manteghi (Graz University of Technology)
        OSSYM2023-v2.pdf
        OSSYM2023-v2.pptx
      • 41
        A System for Geospatial Question-Answering using LLMs, LangChain, ChromaDB, and a Modern React.Js Frontend
        Speakers: Maximilian Theiner (Graz University of Technology), Patrick Lovric (Graz University of Technology)
        presentation_slides.pdf
      • 42
        Extending Power ISA for Search with SVP64
        Speaker: Luke Leighton (Vantosh, Belgium)
      • 43
        Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Filtering: Evaluating a Machine Learning Recommender System in a Large Interconnected Organization
        Speaker: Igor Jakovljevic (CERN)
        Privacy-Preserving Collaborative Filtering.pdf
      • 44
        Session Q&A
    • 11:00
      Coffee Break 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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    • Research Track - “Open Search Ecosystem” 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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      Convener: Session Chair: Maria Dimou (CERN)
    • Closing: Wrap-up - Closing of #ossym 2023 - Way ahead 31/3-004 - IT Amphitheatre

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