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030108 KU Artificial Intelligence and medical law (2023S)

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

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Details

max. 40 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Tuesday 14.03. 17:00 - 19:00 Hörsaal U22 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG2 (Kickoff Class)
  • Monday 27.03. 17:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal U14 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Monday 08.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum SEM62 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 6.OG
  • Tuesday 09.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Seminarraum SEM52 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum 5.OG
  • Wednesday 10.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Thursday 11.05. 17:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal U16 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1
  • Friday 12.05. 14:00 - 20:00 Hörsaal U15 Schottenbastei 10-16, Juridicum, KG1

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.
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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