Dear Friends in the Study of Uncertain Reasoning about Evidence and Facts,
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University will host a one day
conference, or symposium, on "artificial intelligence and judicial proof."
Venue: Cardozo Law School, which is at 5th Avenue and 12th Street in
Manhattan. Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000.
The Cardozo conference is a continuation of the program on AI & Judicial
Proof that took place at a conference in Amsterdam in December of 1999. See
http://www.eurocongres.com/criminallaw/
The focus of the Cardozo conference will be the _dynamics_ of forensic
investigation and proof.
Further details about the themes and topics of the New York conference
will be made available on my home page, at
http://www.tiac.net/users/tillers
The panelists at the Cardozo conference will be Marianne Belis, Scott
Brewer, Ward Edwards, Ronald Howard, Melanie Leslie, Marilyn MacCrimmon,
David Poole, Giovanni Sartor, David Schum, Glenn Shafer, Paul Snow, Vern
Walker, and Peter Tillers. (Tod Levitt will be unable to attend but he may
participate virtually, via a surrogate.)
Marilyn MacCrimmon, macrimmon@law.ubc.ca, has graciously agreed to serve as
the principal chair of the Cardozo conference. I will serve as the
co-chair(man).
Though this message is not a call for additional papers or panelists -- my
apologies!; we want to keep this event intimate --, you are heartily invited
to attend. There will be ample time for informal discussion.
Information about matters such as housing accommodations will be available
from the symposium coordinator Craig Brody -- see his e-mail address above
-- but attendees other than panelists will be responsible for finding their
own accommodations.
Further information about the conference will be posted from time to time on
Peter Tillers' web site, at
http://www.tiac.net/users/tillers
Many or all of the papers (some in the form of extended abstracts) will be
distributed in advance via the web or e-mail.
Thank you very much for your attention.
Sincerely yours,
Peter Tillers
P.S. For purposes of this conference the term "articial intelligence" is
construed _very_ broadly: it encompasses any orderly method or procedure
(for assessing evidence and decisions about evidence) that might in
principle be embodied in a software program. Hence, the panelists will
probably discuss "decision support tools" as well as more "autonomous"
procedures. Some panelists will will probably also discuss or use Bayesian
logic, whether or not the particular Bayesian methods they consider have
been incorporated into a software program.
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Peter Tillers, Professor of Law
Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University
55 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10003, U.S.A.
(212) 790-0334; FAX (212) 790-0205
http://www.tiac.net/users/tillers
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