Talks

Invited Talks

2026/03
Computational Legal Theory: A Research Agenda
University of Zurich, Center for Legal Data Science, Virtual
2025/12
Computational Perspectives on Legal Systems
Tallinn University, Cultural Data Analytics Open Lab: CUDAN Lecture, Tallinn
2025/12
Computational Perspectives on Legal Systems
Aalto University, School of Science, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management: TUTA Research Frontiers Seminar, Helsinki
2025/12
Toward a Computational Theory of Legal Systems
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law: Speaker Series "Artificial Justice", Virtual
2025/11
Collection, Processing, and Analysis of Judicial Data: Technical Possibilities in International Perspective
University of Lucerne, Obwalden Institute for Research into the Justice System: International Conference on Empirical Research into the Justice System, Lucerne
2025/11
Data-Driven Law
Volkswagen Foundation: Conference "The Law between Singularity and Equality", Berlin
2025/10
Responsible AI and Law: A Complex-Systems Perspective
Chalmers University of Technology: Workshop "Responsible AI" in Honor of Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Gothenburg
2025/06
Visualizing Legal Complexity
Visualizing Knowledge Conference (VK), Helsinki
Video
2025/06
Network Data Meets Research Validity: Can Software Help?
International Conference on Network Science (NetSci): Satellite "Software and Data for Supporting Network Science", Maastricht
2025/05
Computational Legal Theory
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems: Networked Systems Group, Kaiserslautern
2025/05
Technology for Law: From Legal Network Science to Computational Legal Theory
University of Helsinki: Legal Tech Lab, Helsinki
2024/11
Toward Meta-Methods for Network Analysis: Data Modeling Meets Research Validity
University of Helsinki: Helsinki Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities, Helsinki
Slides
2024/11
The Anatomy of Legal Argumentation: Harnessing Higher-Order Networks to Trace the Development of Doctrine
University of Helsinki: Digital Humanities Research Seminar, Helsinki
Slides
2024/05
Code for Law and Law for Code: Toward Responsible Regulation for Complex Social Systems
Northwestern University: Technology & Social Behavior Colloquium, Chicago
2024/03
Code for Law and Law for Code: Toward Responsible Regulation for Complex Social Systems
Aalto University: CS Special Seminar, Helsinki
2024/03
Mapping the Embedding Multiverse
Dagstuhl Seminar: 'Low-Dimensional Embeddings of High-Dimensional Data: Algorithms and Applications', Dagstuhl
2023/11
Constructing Connected Worlds: Defining, Documenting, and Distributing Network Data across Disciplines
Goethe University Frankfurt: Center for Critical Computational Studies, Virtual
2023/10
Discussant "Combining Clusters from Network Analysis with Structural Topic Modeling: A Late-Fusion Approach"
American Political Science Association – Political Networks Section: Political Networks Online Colloquium (PNOC), Virtual
2023/09
Panel Discussion on Career Paths
European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML-PKDD 2023), Turin
2023/09
Legal Network Science
Max Planck Law | Tech | Society Initiative, Virtual
Slides
2023/06
Panel Discussion "Peer Reviewing in the Age of Overload"
ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2023), Hybrid
2023/04
Hearing the Shape of Symbolic Music: Explorations Using Curvature for Evolving Hypergraphs
EPFL Lausanne: Digital and Cognitive Musicology Lab (DCML), Lausanne
2023/03
Exploring Evolving Hypergraphs: Methods and Applications
Complexity Science Hub (CSH), Vienna
2023/02
Purposes of Legal Network Analysis
University of Maastricht: Workshop Series "Legal Network Analysis", Virtual
2022/09
Law as Data
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance: Workshop "Method and Cognitive Interest in Private Law", Munich
2022/04
Panel Discussion on Long-Range Graph Representation Learning
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2022): Workshop on Geometric and Topological Representation Learning, Virtual
2019/11
Legal Data Analysis
Humboldt University Berlin, Workshop "Quantitative Text Analysis", Berlin
2018/07
Legal Network Science
Max Planck Institute for Informatics: Department Internet Architecture (INET), Saarbrücken
2017/04
Measuring the Law
Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition: Brownbag Lunch, Munich
2016/11
Network Science in Law
University of Ulm: Conference "Computational Methods in Law in Non Common Law Jurisdictions", Günzburg
2015/10
Networks in Law
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization: Team Meeting "Network Dynamics", Göttingen

Presentations

Presentations of papers at their publication venues are not listed.

2025/09
Toward a Computational Theory of Legal Complexity
Computational Legal Studies Conference (CLS), Singapore
Slides
2025/08
Real Preferences Under Arbitrary Norms
Helsinki Algorithms & Theory (HALT): Helsinki Algorithms & Theory Days, Helsinki
Slides
2025/06
Legal Networks: An Invitation
International Conference on Network Science (NetSci): Main Conference, Maastricht
2025/05
TCS for Law: Toward a Computational Theory of Legal Systems
Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT): Foundations Friday, Helsinki
Slides
2024/08
Model-Agnostic Approximation of Constrained Forest Problems
Helsinki Algorithms & Theory (HALT): Helsinki Algorithms & Theory Days, Helsinki
2023/12
All the World’s a (Hyper)Graph: A Data Drama
Cultural Data Analytics Conference (CUDAN), Tallinn
Slides | Video
2023/11
Legal Hypergraphs
Conference on Complex Systems (CCS 2023), Hybrid
Slides
2023/11
Legal Hypergraphs
Complexity in Law and Governance Conference, Hybrid
2022/03
Sharing and Caring: Creating a Culture of Constructive Criticism in Computational Legal Studies
Computational Legal Studies Conference (CLS), Singapore
2022/01
Law Smells: Defining and Detecting Problematic Patterns in Legal Drafting
ACM SIGPLAN Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages (POPL 2022): Workshop on Programming Languages and the Law (ProLaLa), Virtual
2023/11
Measuring the Regulatory State
Physics of Law Conference, Frontiers in Physics, Virtual
2020/08
Complex Societies and the Growth of the Law
ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD 2020): Workshop on Natural Legal Language Processing (NLLP), Virtual
2016/09
Law as a Network of Networks
Complex Systems Society: Conference on Complex Systems, Satellite Session "Law and Complexity", Amsterdam
2016/09
The Fitness of Case Law
Complex Systems Society: Conference on Complex Systems, Satellite Session "Law and Complexity", Amsterdam