CFP: The Promise and Limits of Algorithmic Accountability in the Professions – New Haven, CT

Yale Law School’s Information Society Project hosts Unlocking the Black Box: The Promise and Limits of Algorithmic Accountability in the Professions on April 1-2, 2016.

Deadline: Abstracts should be submitted by August 23, 2015.

The conference seeks abstracts on topics including:

  • The law and ethics of artificial intelligence
  • Algorithmic accountability in medicine, finance, journalism, law, and education
  • Algorithms and transparency
  • How can law enable “innovative” journalism and research?
  • The effect of socio-technological environment on professional practices and norms
  • What are the black boxes lawyers and policymakers most want exposed?

500-700 word abstracts may be submitted by August 23 to Heather Branch at heather.branch[@]yale.edu. Notifications of selection will be made by September 10. Full first draft papers are expected on December 15, 2015.

About the author

Reference Librarian, Moritz College of Law, The Ohio State University