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From Global to Mobile: What's Next in Local, Contextual Search

Event SXSW Interactive 2009
Format Panel
Organizer Don Turnbull – University of Texas at Austin
Description The rapid growth of mobile internet devices changes the science of search seeking globally-based Web pages to using local, pervasive, and task-oriented contextual search. What emerging technologies from research labs and innovative designs will we be seeing next, need now, and have to know how to work with to keep up in the world of search?
Questions
Answered
  1. What do we mean by mobile search and how is it different from Web browser searching we're used to?
  2. How does pervasive technology impact search?
  3. Can contextual search help filter information and how can designers and developers leverage it?
  4. How do privacy issues get addressed in the mobile technology era?
  5. Who provides the best platforms for localized search and what features distinguish it from rivals?
  6. How will open source platforms (Android, OpenMoko) compare to close systems (Apple, RIM)?
  7. Where can we see the latest, revolutionary examples of contextual interfaces and mobile system designs?
  8. What technologies will be most applicable to use for mobile information retrieval system development (indexing, semantics, scaling, P2P, etc.)?
  9. What software guidelines are there to make rapidly changing information sensible to users, especially in diverse searching situations?
  10. Who will "win" the race to the best or most popular search system for mobile devices?
Level Intermediate
Category New Technology / Next Generation
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