Universität Wien

030201 KU Artificial Intelligence and medical law (2024S)

3.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 3 - Rechtswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

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Details

max. 30 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 11.03. 11:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum SEM33 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG (Kickoff Class)
Monday 08.04. 11:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
Monday 15.04. 11:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SEM42 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
Monday 13.05. 11:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SEM33 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG
Tuesday 14.05. 11:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SEM63 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
Tuesday 21.05. 11:00 - 14:00 Seminarraum SEM42 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 4.OG
Wednesday 22.05. 11:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum SEM34 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, 3.OG

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Overview of the legal issues (e.g. data protection law, fundamental rights, professional law, liability law) arising from the use of artificial intelligence in medicine (e.g. diagnosis, drug research, chatbots). After an introduction to the technical and legal basics by the lecturers, the students give presentations on selected issues and prepare a thesis paper. The problems will be discussed together.

Assessment and permitted materials

Oral presentation on a selected topic.
Preparation of a thesis paper on the presentation. The use of large language models for the preparation of this paper is permitted but must be acknowledged in the paper. Students remain solely responsible for the contents of their paper.
Active participation in the discussion of the presentations.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

50% presentation, 30% thesis paper, 20% participation. For a positive assessment, the presentation must be held and positively evaluated.

Examination topics

Delivery of an oral presentation + preparation of a thesis paper + active participation in the discussion sessions.

Reading list

General: Topol, Deep Medicine (2019).

Legal introduction: Paar/Stöger, Medizinische KI - Die rechtlichen "Brennpunkte", in Fritz/Tomaschek (Hrsg), Konnektivität (2021) 85; Schneeberger/Stöger/Holzinger, The European Legal Framework for Medical AI, in Holzinger ea (Hrsg), Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction (2020) 209; Schönberger, Artificial intelligence in healthcare: a critical analysis of the legal and ethical implications, International Journal of Law and Information Technology 2019, 171; Stöger/Schneeberger/Holzinger, Medical artificial intelligence: the European legal perspective, Communications of the ACM 11/2021, 34.

Technical introduction: Alpaydin, Machine Learning. The New AI (2. Edition 2021); Burgstaller/Hermann/Lampesberger, Künstliche Intelligenz. Technisches und rechtliches Grundwissen (2019); Domingos, The Master Algorithm (2015); Kelleher, Deep Learning (2019); Lehr/Ohm, Playing with the Data:
What Legal Scholars Should Learn About Machine Learning, UCDL Rev 2017, 653, https://lawreview.law.ucdavis.edu/issues/51/2/Symposium/51-2_Lehr_Ohm.pdf

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Last modified: Tu 14.05.2024 13:05