’Do you feel in charge?’ Underlying assumptions behind legal information retrieval

Speaker: Jakub Harašta, Masaryk University, Brno, Faculty of Law, Institute of Law and Technology

Time: Thursday, 17 February 2022, 10:00 AM CET

Registration: https://forms.gle/37Yf9A8L48YuZzms7

AI-Driven Healthcare Technologies and Algorithmic Gender Bias: A Need for Data Feminism

Speaker: Pin Lean Lau, Brunel University London, Brunel Law School, UK

Time: Thursday, 16 December 2021, 13:00 AM CET

Find more information about the event here: PROGRAM

Registration: https://forms.gle/4zBpR5BYiZnH1J7s9

The 4th International and Interdisciplinary Conference on the Quantitative and Computational Analysis of Textual Data (COMPTEXT) will be held in Dublin, Ireland, on 6–7 May 2022.

COMPTEXT is an international community of quantitative text analysis and computational social science scholars in political science, international relations and beyond. COMPTEXT 2022 in Dublin follows in the footsteps of previous conferences in Budapest (2018), Tokyo (2019) and Innsbruck (online, 2020). COMPTEXT conferences offer ample opportunities to network with computational scholars, exchange technological knowledge of computational methods, and obtain useful feedback on ongoing research.

Law as ‘Protection’: Why Algorithmic Decision-Making Matters to Lawyers and the Law

Speaker: Adam Harkens, University of Birmingham, Birmingham Law School, UK

Time: Thursday, 28 October 2021, 10:00 AM CET

Find more information about the event here: https://milab.tk.hu/uploads/files/Harkens_honlapra_szoeveg.pdf

Registration:  https://forms.gle/QHTdbmoMBM6XsgnG8

On June 15-16, 2021 was held the exhibition of the AI Coalition. At the stands, prominent Hungarian representatives presented their AI applications, while at the conference, meaningful lectures provided an overview of where Hungarian AI efforts are taking place. Demonstrations of the members of the National Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence were also on display at the exhibition held in the Q building of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. The closed professional day was attended by members of the AI Coalition. In their joint press conference, Dr. László Palkovics, Minister of National Innovation and Technology, and Jakab Roland, President of the MI Coalition reported about the results of artificial intelligence research and application and outlined the areas where they will work to improve the use of AI systems.

On June 16, 2021 will be held the joint event of the Artifical Intelligence Coalition and the Ministry for Innovation and Technology, which brings together the best of the Hungarian AI ecosystem. At the stands, prominent Hungarian representatives will present their AI applications, while at the conference, meaningful lectures will provide an overview of where Hungarian AI efforts are taking place.

Artificial Intelligence National Laboratory project of the Centre for Social Sciences (TK MILAB) is also represented by one of its sub-projects (Zoltán Kmetty (CSS-RECENS), Bence Ságvári (CSS-RECENS) and external researcher Eszter Rita Katona).

The event is free, but registration is required: https://kiallitas.ai-hungary.com/

In search of effectiveness and fairness in proving algorithmic discrimination in EU law

Speaker: Ljupcho Grozdanovski, NYU Law School/Université de Liège

Time: Thursday, 3 June 2021, 10:00 AM CET

Find more information about the event here: https://milab.tk.hu/uploads/files/TK_MILAB_AI_and_Law_Research_Seminar__Grozdanovski.pdf

Registration: https://forms.gle/fFRnZiBz43EuJy4B9 

Liability for AI-related harm in the EU – regulatory plans and challenges

Speaker: Béatrice Schütte, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Law

Time: Thursday, 6 May 2021, 10:00 CET

Find more information about this event here: https://file.tk.mta.hu/index.php/s/8P4asP9DTsQDMc4

Registration: https://forms.gle/EUbj49z2Sxzspd3q7