6th International
6th International
Continuing the success of conference over the past 5 years, the #ossym Open Search Symposium series brings together the Open Internet Search community in Europe for the sixth time this year. The hybrid conference provides a forum to discuss and further develop the ideas and concepts of open internet search and related topics in various formats including scientific talks, panels, workshops, demonstrations, student challenges and informal discussion spaces. Participants include researchers, data centres, libraries, policy makers, legal and ethical experts, and society.
Main Topics
Discuss interdisciplinary aspects of Open Search
technical • ethical • legal • educational • economic • applications
Topics of #ossym2024 include but are not limited to
- Open search architectures and platforms
- Open Web Index and application domains
- Federated search and cross-domain search
- Web Data Analytics and Web Mining
- Vector search, dense retrieval and neural re-ranking
- Natural language and multi-media processing for search
- Large Language Models, Machine learning and generative AI
- Personalization and recommendation in search
- Conversational Retrieval Experiences
- Georeferencing of web content and geospatial search/ analysis
- Evaluation of open search systems
- Applications of open search in domains such as science, e-commerce, health, and education
- Search bias and trust
- Economic dimensions of open search
- Search engine advertising and business models in an open search world
- Green computing and sustainability
- Societal challenges and solutions
- Ethical and value aspects of search
- Politics and governance
- Legal and licence aspects
Important Dates
Submission deadline of full papers and extended abstracts
extended to 22 March 2024
Information about contribution acceptance
15 June 2024
Registration for the #ossym2024
Will open 15 June 2024
International Open Search Symposium #ossym2024
9-11 October 2024
Online publication of proceedings
Winter 2024
Conference Chairs
Maari Alanko | CSC, Finland
Dr. Isabel Claus | thinkers.ai
Prof. Dr. Michael Granitzer | University Passau, Germany
Prof. Dr. Christian Guetl | Graz University of Technology, Austria
Christine Plote | Open Search Foundation, Germany
Dr. Stefan Voigt | Open Search Foundation, Germany
Dr. Andreas Wagner | CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Local Organization:
LRZ – Leibniz Rechenzentrum
Programme Committee
Prof. Emmanuel Cartier | European Commission JRCProf.
Dr. Alexander Decker | Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany
Prof. Dr. Kai Erenli | University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna, Austria
Msc. Maik Fröbe | Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Jena, Germany
Priv.-Doz Dr. Christian Geminn | University Kassel, Germany
Prof. Dr. Michael Granitzer | University Passau, Germany
Prof. Dr. Christian Guetl | Graz University of Technology, Austria
Prof. Dr. Andreas Henrich | University Bamberg, Germany
Prof. Djoerd Hiemstra | University of Twente, Radboud University, Netherlands
Prof. Dr. Robert Jäschke | Humboldt University Berlin & L3S, Hannover, Germany
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nils Jensen | Ostfalia University of Applied Science, Wolfenbüttel, Germany
Prof. Dr. Mohammed Kaicer | Faculty of Sciences Kenitra, Morocco
Dr. Jens Kersten | German Aerospace Centre, Jena, Germany
Dr. Jelena Mitrovic | University of Passau, Germany
Prof. Dr. Engelbert Niehaus | University Koblenz-Landau, Landau, Germany
Dr. Jakub Piskorski | European Commission
Prof. Dr. Melanie Platz | Saarland University, Germany
Prof. Dr. Martin Potthast | Leipzig University, Germany
Prof. Dr. Mirko Presser | Aarhus University, Denmark
Prof. Dr. Georg Rehm | German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Berlin, Germany
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gianmaria Silvello | University of Padova, Italy
Dr. Tim Smith | CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Prof. Dr. Arjen P. de Vries | Radboud University, Netherlands
Dr. Stefan Voigt | Open Search Foundation, Germany
Dr. Andreas Wagner | CERN, Geneva, Switzerland