ajit@cs.exeter.ac.uk (Ajit Narayanan) (07/01/88)
NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LAW, COMPUTERS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Thursday 17th November - Friday 18th November 1988, University of Exeter,
Crossmead Conference Centre.
Preliminary Notice and Call for Papers.
The interactions between the disciplines of law, computer science and
artificial intelligence are attracting increasing attention within the
academic and commercial communities, especially in the areas of
'intelligent' computer fraud, copyright of software, data protection,
representing law on the computer, 'hacking', and legal liability of
producers of intelligent and non-intelligent software. There have been few
opportunities for professionals working in these disciplines to meet
fellow workers and researchers in this country, and recent developments in
data protection legislation, the computerization of stock exchanges, and
AI approaches to legal reasoning have implications that are important and
timely for participants at the Conference to discuss.
Papers are invited on (but not restricted to) the following areas:
AI models of legal reasoning and representation
'intelligent' and 'non-intelligent' computer fraud
implications and effects of data protection legislation
legal liability of writers of 'intelligent' and 'non-intelligent'
software
software copyright and intellectual property issues
social effects and implications of computational law ......
Submissions in the form of short abstracts (less that 500 words) should be
sent to either of the local organizers by 15th July. Authors will be
notified of acceptance by 2nd August.
The Conference will last from lunchtime on Thursday until late afternoon
on Friday. Accommodation at the Conference Centre, plus full board (two
lunches, teas, dinner and breakfast) will be approximately 40 pounds.
Local Organizers:
Mervyn Bennun Ajit Narayanan
Department of Law Department of Computer Science
Amory Building Old Library
University of Exeter University of Exeter
Exeter EX4 4RJ Exeter EX4 4PT
Tel: 0392 263161 Tel: 0392 264050
Note: This Conference benefits from financial support from Ablex
Publishing Corp. and Society for the study of Artificial Intelligence and
Simulation of Behaviour (AISB).