hafner@corwin.ccs.northeastern.EDU (carole hafner) (07/18/88)
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 88 13:22 EDT From: carole hafner <hafner%corwin.ccs.northeastern.edu@RELAY.CS.NET> To: ailist@mc.lcs.mit.edu Subject: 2nd Conf. on AI and Law CALL FOR PAPERS Second International Conference on ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE and LAW June 13-16, 1989 University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The field of AI and Law -- which seeks both to understand fundamental mechanisms of legal reasoning as well as to develop useful applications of AI to law -- is burgeoning with accomplishments in both basic research and practical applications. This increased activity is due in part to more widely available AI technology, advances in fundamental techniques in AI and increased interest in the law as an ideal domain for studying certain issues central to AI. The activities range from development of classic expert systems, intended as aids to lawyers and judges, to investigation of canonical elements of case-based and analogical reasoning. The study of AI and law both draws on and contributes to progress in basic concerns in AI, such as representation of common sense knowledge, example-based learning, explanation, and non-monotonic reasoning, and in jurisprudence, such as the nature of legal rules and the doctrine of precedent. The Second International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL-89) seeks to stimulate further collaboration between workers in both disciplines, provide a forum for sharing information at the cutting edge of research and applications, spur further research on fundamental problems in both the law and AI, and provide a continuing focus for the emerging AI and law community. Authors are invited to contribute papers on topics such as the following: -- Legal Expert Systems -- Conceptual Information Retrieval -- Case-Based Reasoning -- Analogical Reasoning -- Representation of Legal Knowledge -- Computational Models of Legal Reasoning In addition, papers on relevant theoretical issues in AI (e.g., concept acquisition, mixed paradigm systems using rules and cases) and in jurisprudence/legal philosophy (e.g., open-textured predicates, reasoning with precedents and rules) are also invited provided that the relationship to both AI and Law is clearly demonstrated. It is important that all authors identify the original contributions presented in their papers, exhibit understanding of relevant past work, discuss the limitations as well as the promise of their ideas, and demonstrate that the ideas have matured beyond the proposal stage. Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee and judged as to its originality, quality, and significance. Authors should submit six (6) copies of an Extended Abstract, which must include a full list of references, by January 10, 1989 to the Program Chair: Edwina L. Rissland Department of Computer and Information Science University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA; (413) 545-0332, rissland@cs.umass.edu. Submissions should be 6 to 8 pages in length, not including references. No electronic submissions can be accepted. Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent out by early March. Final camera-ready copy of the complete paper (up to 15 pages) will be due by April 15, 1989. Program Chair: Edwina L. Rissland, University of Massachusetts/Amherst and Harvard Law School General Co-Chairs: Robert T. Franson, Joseph C. Smith, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia Secretary-Treasurer: Carole D. Hafner, Northeastern University Program Kevin D. Ashley IBM Thomas J. Watson Reasearch Center Committee: Trevor J.M. Bench-Capon University of Liverpool Donald H. Berman Northeastern University Jon Bing University of Oslo Michael G. Dyer UCLA Anne v.d.L. Gardner Palo Alto, California L. Thorne McCarty Rutgers University Marek J. Sergot Imperial College London