[mod.conferences] Conference on AI and Law -- Program and Registration Info

taylor@hplabsc.UUCP (03/20/87)

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                                   The First
          International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law
                                        
                                May 27-29, 1987
                 Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
                                        
             Sponsored by: The Center for Law and Computer Science
                            Northeastern University
                                        
                        In Co-operation with ACM SIGART
                                        
Schedule of Activities:
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  Wednesday, May 27
     8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. - Tutorials
     2:00 p.m. -  6:00 p.m. - Research Presentations (see list below)
     7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. - Welcoming Reception - NU Faculty Center

  Thursday and Friday, May 28-29
     8:30 a.m. -  6:00 p.m. - Research Presentations (continued)

  Thursday evening, May 28 - 7:00 p.m. - Gala Banquet at the Colonnade Hotel

Tutorials:
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A. "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (For Lawyers)." Edwina L. Rissland,
   Associate Professor of Computer and Information Sciences, University of
   Massachusetts at Amherst, and Lecturer in Law, Harvard Law School, will
   present the fundamentals of AI from the perspective of a legal expert.

B. "Applying Artificial Intelligence to Law: Opportunities and Challenges." 
   Donald H. Berman, Richardson Professor of Law, and Carole D. Hafner, 
   Associate Professor of Computer Science, Northeastern University, will
   survey the past accomplishments and current goals of research in AI and Law.

Panels:
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 "The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Legal System." Moderated by Cary
 G. deBessonet, Director of the Law and Artificial Intelligence Project, 
 Louisiana State Law Institute.

 "Modeling the Legal Reasoning Process: Formal and Computational Approaches."
 Moderated by L. Thorne McCarty, Professor of Computer Science and Law, Rutgers
 University.

List of Research Presentations: (final schedule is not yet determined)
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 "Expert Systems in Law: The Datalex Project"
 Graham Greenleaf, Andrew Mowbray, Alan L. Tyree
 Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA

 "The Application of Expert Systems Technology to Case-Based Law"
 J.C. Smith, Cal Deedman
 Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia, CANADA

 "Legal Reasoning in 3-D"
 Marvin Belzer
 Advanced Computational Methods Center
 University of Georgia, USA

 "Explanation for an Expert System that Performs Estate Planning"
 Dean A. Schlobohm, Donald A. Waterman
 Moraga, California, USA

 "Expert Systems in Law: Out of the Research Laboratory and into the
 Marketplace"
 Richard E. Susskind
 Ernst & Whinney
 London, ENGLAND

 "An Expert System for Screening Employee Pension Plans for the
 Internal Revenue Service"
 Gary Grady, Ramesh S. Patil
 Internal Revenue Service
 Washington, D.C. USA

 "Conceptual Legal Document Retrieval Using the RUBRIC System"
 Richard M. Tong, Clifford A. Reid, Peter R. Douglas, Gregory J. Crowe
 Advanced Decision Systems
 Mountain View, California USA

 "Conceptual Retrieval and Case Law"
 Judith P. Dick
 Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto
 Toronto, Ontario CANADA
 
 "A Process Specification of Expert Lawyer Reasoning"
 D. Peter O'Neill
 Harvard Law School
 Cambridge, Massachusetts USA

 "Conceptual Organization of Case Law Knowledge Bases"
 Carole D. Hafner
 The Center for Law and Computer Science, Northeastern University
 Boston, Massachusetts USA

 "A Case-Based System for Trade Secrets Law"
 Edwina L. Rissland Kevin D. Ashley
 Department of Computer and Information Science, 
 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts USA

 "But, See, Accord: Generating Blue Book Citations in HYPO"
 Kevin D. Ashley, Edwina L. Rissland
 Department of Computer and Information Science
 University of Massachusetts, Amherst Massachusetts USA

 "A Connectionist Approach to Conceptual Information Retrieval"
 Richard K. Belew
 Computer Science and Engineering Department, Univ. of California
 San Diego, California USA

 "System = Program + Programmers + Law"
 Naftaly H. Minsky, David Rozenshtein
 Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University
 New Brunswick, New Jersey USA

 "A Natural Language Based Legal Expert System Project for Consultation
 and Tutoring -- The LEX Project"
 F. Haft, R.P. Jones, Th. Wetter
 IBM Heidelberg Scientific Centre
 Heidelberg, WEST GERMANY

 "Handling of Significant Deviations from Boilerplate Text in the SPADES
 System"
 Gary Morris, Keith Taylor, Maury Harwood
 Internal Revenue Service
 Washington, D.C. USA

 "Legal Data Modeling: The Prohibited Transaction Exemption Analyst"
 Keith Bellairs
 Management Science Department, University of Minnesota
 Minneapolis, Minnesota USA

 "Reasoning about `Hard' Cases in Talmudic Law
 Steven Weiner
 Somerville, Massachusetts USA

 "Designing Text Retrieval Systems for `Conceptual Searching'"
 Jon Bing
 Norwegian Research Center for Computers and Law
 Oslo, NORWAY

 "Support for Policy Makers: Formulating Legislation with the Aid of 
 Logical Models"
 T.J.M. Bench-Capon
 Department of Computing, Imperial College
 London, ENGLAND

 "Further Comments on McCarty's Semantics for Deontic Logic"
 Andrew J.I. Jones
 University of Oslo
 Oslo, NORWAY

 "Experiments Using Expert Systems Technology for Teaching Law: Special
 Knowledge Representation Approaches in DEFAULT and EVAN"
 Roger D. Purdy
 School of Law, The University of Akron
 Akron, Ohio USA

 "OBLOG-2: A Hybrid Knowledge Representation System for Defeasible Reasoning"
 Thomas F. Gordon
 FS-INFRE, GMD
 Sankt Augustin, WEST GERMANY

 "ESPLEX: A Rule and Conceptual Model for Representing Statutes"
 Carlo Biogioli, Paola Mariana, Daniela Tiscornia
 Istituto per la Documentazione Giuridica
 Florence, ITALY

 "A PROLOG Model of the Income Tax Act of Canada"
 David M. Sherman
 Maintnix Services
 Thornhill, Ontario CANADA

 "Some Problems in Designing Expert Systems to Aid Legal Reasoning"
 Layman E. Allen, Charles S. Saxon
 Law School, The University of Michigan
 Ann Arbor, Michigan USA

 "Precedent-Based Legal Reasoning and Knowledge Acquisition in Contract Law:
 A Process Model"
 Seth R. Goldman, Michael G. Dyer, Margot Flowers
 Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles
 Los Angeles, California USA 

 "Logic Programming for Large Scale Applications in Law: A Formalism of
 Supplementary Benefit Legislation"
 T.J.M. Bench-Capon, G.O. Robinson, T.W. Routen, M.J. Sergot
 Department of Computing, Imperial College
 London, ENGLAND 
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 Program Committee                  Conference Information
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   L.Thorne McCarty, Chair          Prof. Carole D. Hafner, Conference Chair  
   Donald H. Berman                 (617) 437-5116
   Michael G. Dyer                  Ms. Rita Laffey, Registration
   Anne v.d. L. Gardner             (617) 437-3346
   Edwina L. Rissland                         
   Marek J. Sergot           

 Housing Information
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   Special Conference Rates are available at the following hotels:
   (Mention "Northeastern University Computers and Law Conference")
 
   1. The Colonnade Hotel - $75 single/$95 double + tax ($8 parking)
      120 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA (617) 424-7000
   2. The Midtown Hotel - $58 single/$63 double + tax (includes free parking)
      220 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA (617) 262-1000 or 1-800-343-1177

  Both of these hotels are less than a 10-minute walk from the Conference.

  Rooms have also been arranged at Boston University dormitories, a 
  20-minute walk from the conference, or a 10-minute bus ride and a 5-minute
  walk.  The rates are $29 single/$24 (per person) double.  To reserve a
  room in the dormitory, use the attached registration form.
               SPACE IS LIMITED - RESERVE EARLY!!
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                                 REGISTRATION FORM

                                          Make checks payable to:
Name____________________________________   Northeastern University - ICAIL
Address_________________________________  Mail to:
________________________________________   The Center for Law and Computer Sci.
________________________________________   Northeastern University
________________________________________   Boston, MA 02115


Conference Registration Fee (does not include tutorial or banquet)
                                Regular     Full-time Student     Amt. Enclosed
                                -------     -----------------
    Received by April 20           $95            $55
    Received after April 20       $135            $85               __________


Gala Banquest - May 28 ($40/person) Number of tickets __            __________

Tutorial Fee: ($50 with conference registration $100 otherwise)     __________
    Tutorial (select one):
 __ A. Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (For Lawyers)
 __ B. Applying Artificial Intelligence to Law: Opporunities
       and Challenges                     

Dormitory Reservations:
 Arrival Date: ______ Departure Date: _______ Number of Nights _____
 Type of Room: Single__  Double __
  If double, please indicate sex, and smoking/non-smoking, or give
   name of pre-arranged room-mate __________________________________

 Dormitory Fee ($29/night single, $24/night double)                 __________

                                        TOTAL AMOUNT ENCLOSED       __________


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