Dear Friends in the Study of Evidence, Inference, and Decision Making
associated with (the _Process_ [!] of) Litigation:
This is a penultimate reminder of the following event:
A Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Judicial Proof
Venue: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University, 55 Fifth
Avenue, New York City (Manhattan), New York 10003, U.S.A.
Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000
Speakers:
Kola Abimbola, Copeland Fellow, Amherst College
Marianne Belis, Professor, �cole Central d'�lectronique
Ward Edwards, Professor Emeritus, University of Southern California &
President, Wise Decisions, Inc.
Paolo Garbolino, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, School of
Humanities, Scuola Normale Superiore,
Benjamin Grosof, Research Staff Member, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Ronald Howard, Professor, Department of Engineering, Economic Systems
and Operations Research & Professor, Graduate School of Business &
Director, Decisions & Ethics Center, Stanford University
Kathryn Blackmond Laskey, Associate Professor of Systems Engineering and
Operations Research, George Mason University
Melanie Leslie, Associate Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School
of Law, Yeshiva University
Tod Levitt, President, Information Extraction & Transport, Inc.
Marilyn MacCrimmon, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of British
Columbia
David Poole, Professor of Computer Science, University of British
Columbia
David Schum, Professor of Operations Research and Engineering &
Professor of Law, George Mason University
Glenn Shafer, Professor, Department of Accounting and Information
Systems, Graduate School of Management, Rutgers University
Paul Snow, Statistical Consultant
Peter Tillers, Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law,
Yeshiva University
Vern Walker, Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law
Conference Chairs: Marilyn MacCrimmon & Peter Tillers
Symposium Coordinator: Craig J. Brody, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institutional Sponsors: Cardozo School of Law, Cardozo Law Review &
Jacob Burns Institute for Advanced Studies
But what _is_ artificial intelligence? Professor John McCarthy of
Stanford gives
us his answers -- and a very useful primer -- at the following
web site:
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/whatisai/whatisai.html
Professor McCarthy, by the way, published a paper in
1979 in which he argued that thermostats (can be
said to)
have mental states and beliefs. See
http://www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/ascribing/ascribing.html
The symposium -- a follow-up to a program in Amsterdam in December of
1999 -- will explore the implications of artificial intelligence and
AI-related disciplines and methods for the study and practice of
forensic investigation and proof. One important theme of the symposium
will be the dynamic nature of judicial proof; some panelists will
discuss the possible contributions of artificial intelligence to the
study and management of forensic investigation and proof in unstable and
changing environments.
Another important theme will be the logical properties of inference and
proof in forensic settings. Various other matters and issues will be
considered. For example, some panelists may view judicial proof through
the prism of decision theory, and yet other panelists may emphasize the
role of legal argumentation in judicial proof.
The organization of the symposium reflects a broad interpretation of the
scope of "artificial intelligence." However, views about the proper
nature and mission of artificial intelligence differ, and the question
of the essential properties of artificial intelligence will probably be
vigorously debated.
Every effort will be made to use the symposium as an opportunity for
discussion and dialogue rather than as an occasion for the delivery of
lectures. The mere reading of papers will be strictly prohibited!
The proceedings will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 6:00 p.m.
There will be no registration fee.
For further information & updates about the symposium please see
http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/cardlrev/symp.html
For a statement of a problem case that some of the panelists will
discuss, please see ca. the middle of my (long!) home web page:
http://www.tiac.net/users/tillers
Sincerely,
Peter Tillers
