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Kevin Ashley, ACT Project Researcher, receives a $357,000 grant for the project Using AI to Increase Fairness by Improving Access to Justice.
The Cyberjustice Lab is pleased to announce that the National Science Foundation (USA) has awarded a $357,000 (3-year) grant under the program « Fairness in Artificial Intelligence » to the project Using AI to Increase Fairness by Improving Access to Justice led by Professor Kevin Ashley (University of Pittsburgh), chief of subproject 2 of the […] Read more
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Call for Papers | 21st International Conference on Innovations for Community Services
Interdisciplinary thinking is a key success factor for any community. "Bridging Digital Communities" is the motto of the 21st I4CS, to be held from May 26 until 28, 2021 in Bamberg/Germany, dedicated to challenging aspects around modern community systems. Due to worldwide pandemic travel constraints, the steering committee will decide on the toleration of virtual […] Read more
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CIRST | L'intelligence artificielle au Québec : un réseau tricoté serré
Maxime Colleret - doctoral student in the Science, Technology and Society program at UQAM - and Yves Gringas - professor in the Department of History at UQAM - present a reflection on the artificial intelligence network in Quebec, published by the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie. This document is only […] Read more
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Mention du “Best Paper Award” de la conférence JURIX2020 attribuée à un article rédigé par des membres du Laboratoire
Hannes Westermann, Jaromír Šavelka, Vern R. Walker, Kevin D. Ashley and Karim Benyekhlef - Director of the Cyberjustice Laboratory - co-authored a paper entitled "Sentence Embeddings and High-Speed Similarity Search for Fast Computer Assisted Annotation of Legal Documents" which received the Best Paper Award at the Jurix 2020 conference. Jurix Best Paper 2020 Announcement Abstract […] Read more
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Publication | Generating Intelligible Plumitifs Descriptions: Use Case Application with Ethical Considerations
David Beauchemin, Nicolas Garneau, Ève Gaumond, Pierre-Luc Deziel, Richard Khoury, and Luc Lamontagne - professors at the Université de Laval - explore in this publication the ethical issues of access to judicial information. ABSTRACT Plumitifs (dockets) were initially a tool for law clerks. Nowadays, they are used as summaries presenting all the steps of a […] Read more
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Publication | New Laws of Robotics Defending Human Expertise in the Age of AI
Frank Pascale - professor at the University of Maryland and ACT researcher - offers in this book a reflection on human expertise and the challenge of automated work in the age of artificial intelligence. Foreword (excerpt) Too many CEOs tell a simple story about the future of work: if a machine can do what you […] Read more
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HEC Paris | Developing an Automated Compliance App to help Firms Comply with Privacy Regulations
David Restrepo Amariles — ACT researcher and associate professor at HEC Paris — is developing and testing with industrial partners an application using artificial intelligence methods, including machine learning, in order to verify a company's privacy documents and reinforce privacy. This application could serve consumers, lawyers, data protection officers, legal departments, and managers in auditing […] Read more
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Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada
Florian Martin-Bariteau and Teresa Scassa - law professors at the University of Ottawa - highlight the structural transformation of our society through the contribution of artificial intelligence and question how existing legal frameworks can or should adapt to this new technology. The book will be available in early 2021 in print, electronic and QuickLaw versions. […] Read more
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Abeona-ENS-OBVIA Chair | Call for Contribution for a Collective Book
This collective book is part of the work of the Abeona-ENS-OBVIA Chair and will aim to propose a renewed and multidisciplinary reflection on the issues of artificial intelligence uses from a social justice perspective. The book will assemble around 20 texts from researchers from all disciplines. As an indication, these texts could address the following […] Read more
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Revue Lex Electronica | Dossier spécial : droit algorithmique
11/17/2020 Karim Benyekhlef
This paper is only available in French. Avant propos Le Laboratoire de cyberjustice a débuté en 2017 le projet droit algorithmique et la migration des normes juridiques dans les dispositifs techniques : concept, études de cas et perspectives, sous la direction des professeurs Karim Benyekhlef de l’Université de Montréal et de Benoît Frydman de l’Université […] Read more
