Principal Consultant
Daedalus Information Systems
Marianne Sweeny considers herself an Information Architect (IA) polymath, that would be an IA with deep experience in information retrieval, UX, search engine optimization (SEO) and content strategy. Marianne first started advocating the relationship between information architecture, user experience and search engines in 2007 and has not stopped yapping about it since. She is determined build awareness of IA, UX and search engine optimization influence of development and performance of AI systems to better understand their capabilities and better influence their outcomes. Marianne is a 2021 affiliate for global AI think tank and advocacy organization, The Future Society. Spring quarter finds Marianne teaching LIS 544, Introduction to Information Retrieval, at the University of Washington Information school where students learn the fundamentals of IR along with its influences on human behavior and enterprise search.