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From July 28 to August 6, the Institute for Legal Informatics will organize the international Summer School IT Law and Legal Informatics, a unique opportunity to address the legal challenges of the digital age.
This year's international program brings together researchers and practitioners from all over the world as well as advanced students. This year's topics are:
𝘈𝘐 & 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 & 𝘐𝘛𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺
Public Workshop on „ChatGPT and Norms for Autonomous Driving”
On Monday, 24 March, 2025 from 4 to 6 p.m., the Institute of Legal Informatics of Saarland University will hold a public workshop on the integration of legal norms into autonomous AI systems.
Prof. Dr. Georg Borges from Saarland University and Prof. Ken Satoh from the Center for Juris-Informatics in Tokyo will present their research on the topic.
The event can be attended free of charge on site or online.
Public lecture by Prof. Dr. Georg Borges in Tokyo
On Wednesday, 12 March, 2025, Prof. Dr. Georg Borges will give a public lecture on “The Right to Explanation in the AI Act” at the Center for Juris-Informatics in Tokyo.
The lecture will be held in English and will be publicly available via Zoom.
Summer School "IT-Law"
In 2025, the Institute of legal Informatics will once again be organizing a Summer School on IT Law and Legal Informatics for young researchers in Saarbrücken.
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Explainable Intelligent Systems

How can the requirement for transparency and explainability of intelligent systems be implemented legally and technically? Prof. Borges’ team is working on this question in “EIS”, a project funded by the Volkswagen Foundation.
Legal-Testbed

The chair of Prof. Borges is developing solutions for Industry 4.0 through the project "Recht-Testbed Industrie 4.0" funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).