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Online-Workshop: Court decisions made by AI?
Flight delays, unjustified rent increases or fraudulent diesel engines: although the number of lawsuits before German civil courts has slightly decreased, the courts and the judges suffer under an overload of monotonous legal disputes. In an international and interdisciplinary workshop at the Institute for Legal Informatics on 9 August 2023, current issues surrounding the use of AI systems in the legal field will be examined by experts from the judiciary, the legal tech industry and academia. The workshop is part of the “Explainable Intelligent Systems” project funded by the Volkswagen Foundations.
Digitalising of Public Administration in Japan and Germany
On Wednesday, February 8, from 1 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., the Institute of Legal Informatics will host a conference together with Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan. The international event focusses the digitalization of administration in Germany and Japan. As speakers, Professor Dr. Georg Borges has invited the following renowned experts: Professor Mayu Terada from Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Professor Takehiro Ohya from Keio University, Tokyo, and Dr. Christian Geminn from the University of Kassel. Informations
Professor Borges gives lecture at the University of Alberta
On Friday, October 21, Professor Dr. Georg Borges will give a lecture on Liability for AI – Current Developments in EU Law. The University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, has extended the invitation. Borges will give an overview of the long-awaited AI Liability Directive proposed by the EU Commission on September 28, 2022, and explore whether it can live up to expectations. We cordially invite you to attend. Start time is 12pm (Edmonton local time), 8pm in Germany. You can log in here with the password W!nter22.
