Mentoring Program Information

for the ICAIL 2007 Conference

 

  From:    Jack G. Conrad    — Thomson Legal & Regulatory, St. Paul, MN, USA

             Burkhard Schafer — Edinburgh University, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

          John Zeleznikow  — Victoria University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

April, 2006

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ICAIL07, Stanford, California, USA, June 4-8, 2007

 

The International Association of Artificial Intelligence and Law (IAAIL) will offer a mentoring program for papers being submitted to its biennial ICAIL conference, the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law.   The program is intended primarily for younger authors who have not published at ICAIL previously.

 

If you would like help with your submission, you may ask for a mentor ― a person who will help you with your submission to the IAAIL audience through one-on-one advising, usually via e-mail. A mentor can also familiarize you with the standards and deadlines of ICAIL submissions. Mentors are volunteers familiar with successful submissions.

 

Mentors are primarily available for full papers (10 pages), though some may be available for shorter papers (5 pages) as well. To request a mentor, please send email to Jack Conrad at Jack.G.Conrad@Thomson.com by the deadline for mentoring requests, November 6, 2006.

 

Please include:

• Your name and the names of your co-authors;
• The name of your school (or department) and institution;
• A plain-text description of your work (a title and abstract is a minimum requirement);
• Any specific questions or areas in which you would like help;
• But don't include your draft paper.

 

Reasonable expectations for a mentor include the following. A mentor may be able to advise you about the most appropriate forum for your work, suggest improvements to your submission, suggest how to deal with language problems, or refer you to relevant research of which you might not have been aware.

 

Typically, a mentor might spend 3-7 hours on a submission. We carefully match mentors to mentees, and wish to support you in developing your work into a high-quality submission with a good chance of being accepted and published.

 

Note the following:

• People requesting mentoring must have a complete submission ready for the mentor to review by the due date (November 13);
•  If there is an experienced AI & Law-related researcher in your department, a request for mentoring may be declined;
• No notification of mentor/mentee assignments will be made until after the Nov. 13 deadline;
• Reviewers will not be informed of whether a paper has been mentored.  That is, the fact that a paper was mentored is not considered during the paper selection process.

 

ICAIL 2007, Stanford, California, USA, June 4-8, 2007, www.iaail.org 

 

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Important Dates

 

November 6, 2006.             Mentoring Program notice (to Jack.G.Conrad@Thomson.com)

November 13, 2006.           Mentoring Program deadline (draft to the same address)

 

Tentative:

January 30, 2007.               Full and Short Research Paper Submission Deadline

February 27, 2007.             Poster, Demonstrations, Tutorial and Workshop submissions due

April 10, 2007.                   Notification of acceptance for all submissions

 

On the due dates, submissions will remain open until 24:00 PST.

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