AI & Law Journal: special issue ICAIL at 25

29/01/12 13:37 Opgeslagen in: Call for Expressions of Interest
2012 sees the 25th anniversary of the International Conference on AI and Law. This conference series has played an important role in the development of AI and Law, by bringing researchers together and developing a community, and by being the forum in which many important ideas were introduced.

To mark this anniversary, the editors of AI and Law journal would like to produce a special issue of that journal. The proposed format will be a little unusual, since it is intended to reflect the breadth of the conference and the range of the papers that have appeared there. The idea is that a large number of contributors should each write a short piece about some particular paper that appeared in ICAIL. The paper should be one that has contributed to the contributor's understanding of some aspect of AI and Law, and which still has some message for today.

The deadline for expressions of interest is February 17th. For more information see
http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/~tbc/ICAIL25cfp.htm

PhD positions Forensic Science

04/01/12 17:17 Opgeslagen in: Job Offers

At the Universities of Utrecht and Groningen two PhD positions are available on a project "Designing and Understanding Forensic Bayesian Networks with Arguments and Scenarios". A successful candidate has a Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Mathematics, Philosophy or a related field, and has an interest in formal research in argumentation, narrative techniques and Bayesian Networks, and their application in forensic contexts.

For more information see
http://www.academictransfer.com/employer/RUG/vacancy/12220/lang/en/ or http://www.cs.uu.nl/vacatures/en/186525.html

Call for Participation: IRIS 2012

25/12/11 11:40 Opgeslagen in: Call for Participation

The 15th 'Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposium" will take place in Salzburg (Austria) from February 23-25, 2012. IRIS is the largest and most important academic conference on computers and law in Austria and Central Europe. The main conference language is German but one of the six tracks will be in English. For more information see the conference website.

Call for Papers: ePart 2012

25/12/11 11:30 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers

The fourth conference on eParticipation will be held in Kristiansand, Norway, September 3-6, 2012. The conference provides a ground for researchers of distinct disciplines to come together and discuss advances of eParticipation research from distinct disciplinary angles.

The paper submission deadline is March 15, 2012. . For more information see the conference website.

Call for Papers: EGOV 2012

25/12/11 11:12 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers

The eleventh conference on electronic government will be held in Kristiansand, Norway, September 3-6, 2012. This conference brings together the top of the scientific research community in e-government and e-governance from all over the world. The conference provides a higly interactive and professional forum for exchanging research concepts. progress and results.

The paper submission deadline is March 4, 2012. For more information see the conference website.

Call for Papers: DEON 2012

25/12/11 10:48 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers

The 11th International Conference on Deontic Logic in Computer science will be held in Bergen (Norway), July 16-18, 2012. The biennial DEON conferences are designed to promote interdisciplinary cooperation amongst scholars interested in linking the formal-logical study of normative concepts and normative systems with computer science, artificial 
intelligence, philosophy, organisation theory and law. In addition to these themes, DEON 2012 will encourage a special focus on the topic Deontic Logic and Social Choice.

Abstract Submission Deadline: February 27, 2012.

Paper Submission Deadline: March 5, 2012


For more information see the conference website.

1st Call for Papers: COMMA 2012

12/11/11 11:08 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers

The fourth International Conference on Computational Models of Argument will be held in Vienna (Austria), September 10-12, 2012. Among the topics on which papers are invited are legal and e-democracy applications of argumentation. One of the invited speakers is Trevor Bench-Capon. The submission deadline is March 26, 2012. For more information see the conference website.

JURIX 2011 Workshop on The Fundamental Concepts and the Systematization of Law

12/10/11 08:55 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers

The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the fundamental concepts of law and to develop theories and methods to systematize law. In Vienna, where JURIX 2011 is held, Hans Kelsen developed his general theory of law, in which he systematized law as a united order in terms of legal norms clarifying fundamental concepts of law. Considering the achievements of Hans Kelsen, it is worthwhile to try to clarify fundamental concepts of law and to systematize law applying recent scientific perspectives and methods of thought in terms of artificial intelligence and law.

For more information see http://fundamentalconcepts.wordpress.com/

JURIX 2011 Workshop on Policy Making

30/09/11 10:14 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
As the European Union develops, issues about governance, legitimacy, and transparency become more pressing. National governments and the EU Commission realise the need to promote widespread, deliberative democracy in the policy-making cycle, which has several phases: 1) agenda setting, 2) policy analysis, 3) lawmaking, 4) administration and implementation, and 5) monitoring. As governments must become more efficient and effective with the resources available, modern information and communications technology (ICT) are being drawn on to address problems of information processing in the phases. One of the key problems is policy content analysis and modelling, particularly the gap between on the one hand policy proposals and formulations that are expressed in quantitative and narrative forms and on the other hand formal models that can be used to systematically represent and reason with the information contained in the proposals and formulations.

The workshop invites submissions of original research about the application of ICT to the early phases of the policy cycle, namely those before the legislators fix the legislation: agenda setting, policy analysis, and lawmaking. The research should seek to address the gap noted above. The workshop focuses particularly on using and integrating a range of subcomponents – information extraction, text processing, representation, modelling, simulation, reasoning, and argument – to provide policy making tools to the public and public administrators.

For more information see http://wyner.info/LanguageLogicLawSoftware/?p=1157

Submission deadline JURIX 2011 extended

04/09/11 11:34 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The paper submission deadline of JURIX 2011 (the 24th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems) has been extended to Friday, September 9th. For more information see the conference website.

Call for Papers: JURISIN 2011

22/06/11 13:45 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The 5th International Workshop on JURIS-Informatics (JURISIN 20011) will be held in Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan, on December 1-2, 2011. Juris-informatics is a new research area which studies legal issues from the perspective of informatics. The purpose of this workshop is to discuss both the fundamental and practical issues for juris-informatics among people from the various backgrounds such as law, social science, information and intelligent technology, logic and philosophy, including the conventional "AI and law" area. 
Unpublished papers are sollicited on theories, technologies and applications on juris-informatics. The submission deadline is September 21st, 2011. For more information see the workshop webpages.

Call for Papers JURIX 2011

02/06/11 17:10 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
JURIX 2011 (the 24th International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems) will be held in Vienna (Austria), 14-16 December 2011, organised by Erich Schweighofer. The Program Chair is Katie Atkinson and the paper submission deadline is Sept 5th. For more information see the conference website.

LEX 2011 Summerschool

02/06/11 17:07 Opgeslagen in: Call for Participation
The 2011 LEX Summerschool on "Managing legal resources in the semantic web" will take place in Ravenna (Italy), 5-10 September 2011. This edition is organised in two courses:

- A Basic Course providing an introduction to XML web technologies and basic technologies for drafting and managing standard-compliant legislative and legal documents;
- An Advanced Course providing in-depth analysis of the higher levels of Semantic Web technologies and of their application to the legal domain: modelling of modifications, procedures and legal knowledge.

For more information see the summerschool webpages.

CODEX Resident Fellowship 2011/2012

10/05/11 14:20 Opgeslagen in: Job Offers
Codex – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (http://codex.stanford.edu) is accepting applications for a Resident Fellowship for the 2011-12 academic year. Codex research fellows will have the opportunity to spend one to two years at Stanford Law School collaborating with scholars in computer science and other relevant disciplines. Applicants should have a J.D. or equivalent law degree. Because the primary focus of the center is employing technology within the law, applicants should also have experience in computer science or engineering related fields. All qualified and interested applicants must apply via the Stanford jobs website: http://jobs.stanford.edu search for this specific posting by entering job number: 42440 in the keyword search field. All applications must be received by May 27, 2011. Read More...

Call for Submissions SIGIR Workshop on Information Retrieval for E-discovery (SIRE)

22/04/11 12:45 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
E-discovery is the use of information retrieval technology to find evidence requested by a party in a legal matter. The SIRE workshop, to take place in Beijing (China), July 28, 2011, will provide a forum for discussion of E-discovery techniques as well as methods for their evaluation. For more information visit the workshop website.

Call for Participation ICAIL 2011

22/04/11 12:30 Opgeslagen in: Call for Participation
Registration for the 13th International Conference on AI & Law (ICAIL 2011) is now open. Visit the registration page for more information.

Call for Papers Argumentation 2011

22/04/11 12:26 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The first International Conference on Alternative Methods of Argumentation in Law will take place in Brno (Czech Republic), on 7 October 2011. The deadline for full paper submission is 14 August. For more information visit the conference website.

AICOL 2011: AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems

06/02/11 13:51 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The third AICOL workshop on AI Approaches to Complexity of Legal Systems will take place as a workshop of the 25th World Congress on Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, Frankfurt (Germany), 15-20 August 2011. The new submission deadline is June 15th, 2011. For more information see the workshop website.

Special CLIMA XII session on Norms and Normative Multi-Agent Systems

01/02/11 09:45 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The 12th international Workshop on Computational Logic in Multi-Agent Systems (CLIMA XII) invites submissions for a special session on Norms and Normative Multi-Agent Systems. The submission deadline is April 4 (for abstracts) and April 8 (for papers). CLIMA XII is affiliated with IJCAI 2011 and will take place in Barcelona, Spain, July 17-18, 2011. For more information see the workshop website.

Call for Papers EGOV 2011

09/01/11 14:17 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The tenth EGOV conference on electronic government will be held in Delft, The Netherlands, 29 August - 1 September 2011. This conference brings together the top of the scientific research community in e-government from all over the world. The paper submission deadline is March 3rd, 2011. For more information see the Conference website.

QAJF 2011: Proportionality and Justice

02/01/11 14:54 Opgeslagen in: Call for Participation
The 2nd International Conference on Quantitative Aspects of Justice and Fairness (QAJF 2011) will take place in Fiesole (Florence), Italy, February 25-26, 2011. The QAJF conference addresses legal and ethical issues through formal and quantitative models and their computable implementations. The second edition will focus on Proportionality and Justice and aims at investigating the extent to which formal and quantitative models can be brought to bear on issues pertaining to balancing interests and values of different individuals, social groups and institutions as well as to balancing different sources of information, in different legal, political or social contexts.

For more information visit the QAJF 2011 website.

Call for Papers: ICAIL 2011

14/09/10 21:09 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The 13th International Conference on AI & Law will be held in Pittsburgh (USA), 6-10 June 2011 at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law under the auspices of the IAAIL. The paper submission deadline is January 10th, 2011. A special author mentoring program is offered for younger authors who have not published at ICAIL previously (request deadline November 8, 2010; deadline November 15, 2010). For more information see the ICAIL 2011 conference website.

Call for Papers: JURIX 2010

08/06/10 22:01 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
JURIX 2010 (the 23rd International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems) will be held in Liverpool (UK), 16-17 December 2010, organised by Katie Atkinson. The Program Chair is Radboud Winkels and the paper submission deadline is Sept 5th. The call for papers can be found at http://conference.jurix.nl/2010/cfp.html.

Call for Papers: JURISIN 2010

08/06/10 21:57 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The 3rd International Workshop on Juris-Informatics will take place in Tokyo (Japan), November 18-19, 2010, in association with the 2nd JSAI International Symposia on AI. More information is available at the workshop webpage.

Call for Participation: LEX 2010 Summerschool

13/05/10 11:16 Opgeslagen in: Call for Participation
The 2010 LEX Summerschool on "Managing legal resources in the semantic web" will take place in Ravenna (Italy), 6-11 September 2010. This edition is organised in two courses:

- A Basic Course providing an introduction to XML web technologies and basic technologies for drafting and managing standard-compliant legislative and legal documents;
- An Advanced Course providing in-depth analysis of the higher levels of Semantic Web technologies and their application to the legal domain: modelling of modifications, procedures and legal knowlege.

For more information see the summerschool webpages.

Call for Papers: LOAIT 2010

13/05/10 11:11 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The 4th LOAIT Workshop on Legal Ontologies and Artificial Intelligence Techniques “Legal Concepts and Ontologies: knowledge representation, comparison, harmonization and learning” will take place in Fiesole (Florence), Italy, on July 7, 2010. The workshop is held in conjunction with DEON 2010. The (new) submission deadline is May 16th. For more information see the workshop website.

Website ICAIL 2011 online

25/04/10 12:43
The website of the 13th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL 2011), to be held in Pittsburgh (USA), 6-11 June 2011, is now online.

Call for Papers: RuleML 2010

25/04/10 12:37 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers
The 4th International Web Rule Symposium (RuleML 2010) will be held near Washington DC (USA), October 21-23, 2010. The symposium is colocated with the 13th International Business Rules Forum, the premier industry conference on business rules. RuleML has a special track on Rules and Norms. For more information see the RuleML 2010 website. Read More...

Call for Papers: DEON 2010

23/01/10 14:45

The 10th International Conference on Deontic Logic in Computer science will be held in Fiesole, near Florence (Italy), July 7-9, 2010. The biennial DEON conferences are designed to promote interdisciplinary cooperation amongst scholars interested in linking the formal-logical study of normative concepts and normative systems with computer science, artificial 
intelligence, philosophy, organisation theory and law.


Abstract Submission Deadline: February 27, 2010

Paper Submission Deadline: March 6, 2010

For more information see the conference website.

Call for Papers: 3rd Workshop on Legal Informatics and Legal Information Technology (LIT 2010)

14/12/09 15:59 Opgeslagen in: Call for Papers

The 3rd Workshop on Legal Informatics and Legal Information Technology (LIT 2010) will be held in Berlin (Germany), May 4 or 5, 2010, as part of the 13th International Conference on Business Information Systems (BIS). For more information see the Workshop webpage.