Nordic AI Popup live In search of search - making search engines visible

We also intend to publish the recordings divided as separate sections.

The basis of every search engine is a structured copy of the web. This fundamental infrastructure is very expensive to develop and maintain. Google dominates the search market and has a large influence on all parts of society. Is there a need to challenge its dominance?

We present the current situation and raise the question about  who should be responsible for maintaining the search engine indexes.

When: 26 May kl 19.00 to 20.45

Speakers and panelist

Amelia Andersdotter, Chair dataskydd.net

Jutta Haider, Swedish School of Library and Information Science

Dirk Lewandowski, Professor of Information Research and Information Retrieval, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and affiliated to the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University

Olof Sundin, Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University

Kalle Åström, Lunds universitet

Moderator: Johan Wester

Links

• Sydsvenskan.se Opinion: Sweden should pursue the issue of an open web index internationally, by Dirk Lewandowski, Jutta Haider and Olof Sundin. In Swedish 25 May, 2021 
• How an Open Web Index Could Help Solve the “Search Problem" by Dirk Lewandowski & Olof Sundin at Medium.com
• In Search of Search and its Engines, a theme at The Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies at Lund University

Organisation

The event is organised in collaboration between AI Lund at Lund university and Skånemotor.