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Artificial Intelligence for Open Government Lab @uva.nl Advancing AI (IR & NLP) to make open government data more accessible, transparent, and impactful. #AI #OpenGov https://opengov.nl
During #OpenGovWeek, join the OGP Local Circle on Digital Governance and AI. 📅 19 May 2026 🕒 2:00–3:30 PM UTC City leaders will discuss AI, digital transformation and trust in government. Coordinated by Buenos Aires and Bogotá. 🔗 bit.ly/ogp-ai-may19 #OpenGovWeek #AI
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Paper accepted at ICAIL 2026: LLMs for Generating Decision Models from Legal Text • David Graus
🎉 Full paper accepted at the 21st International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL 2026): “From Legal Text to Executable Decision Models: Evaluating Structured Representations for Le...
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David Graus@graus.nu · 4mo ago🎉 Full paper accepted at #ICAIL2026! This paper studies LLMs and representation for generating executable decision models from legal text w/ the Dutch Environment and Planning Portal (DSO) as case study, as it pairs complex hand-crafted decision models with legal articles. There's 2 main findings! 🧵
🎉 Full paper accepted at #ICAIL2026! This paper studies LLMs and representation for generating executable decision models from legal text w/ the Dutch Environment and Planning Portal (DSO) as case study, as it pairs complex hand-crafted decision models with legal articles. There's 2 main findings! 🧵
Submit a paper to the 1st AI & #OpenGov workshop at #ICAIL2026. I know we will! One more week left. Details below 👇
AI & Open Government Workshop @ ICAIL 2026@aiog.net · 5mo ago⚠️ Announcement: we have decided to extend the submission deadline by 1 week. New deadline: April 16 (AoE)! Looking forward to receiving your AI & #OpenGov position and research papers! aiog.net
2nd #CfP: 1st AI & #OpenGov Workshop at #ICAIL2026! Papers due April 9, 2026 (about 3 weeks!). We invite submissions of: Research papers (3-9 pages + refs): original research contributions and Position papers (up to 5 pages + refs): insights from practice. Full CFP Below 👇 aiog.net/cfp/
We are co-organizing the 1st AI and Open Government (@aiog.net) Workshop af #ICAIL2026! See the CfP here: opengov.nl/blog/2026/02... Submit your research or position papers by April 9! #ai #opengov
Call for Papers: AI & Open Government Workshop at ICAIL 2026 - ICAI OpenGov Lab - opengov.nl
We're organizing the 1st AI & Open Government Workshop (AIOG), co-located with ICAIL 2026 in Singapore on June 8, 2026. The call for papers is now open!
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We have published the #CFP for our AI and Open Government Workshop, to be held colocated with the International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL) in Singapore. Read more: graus.nu/research/cal... #AI #OpenGov
Call for Papers: AI & Open Government Workshop at ICAIL 2026 • David Graus
We’re excited to announce the AI & Open Government Workshop (AIOG), co-located with ICAIL 2026 in Singapore on June 8, 2026. The call for papers is now open! Together with Graham McDonald (University ...
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📢 Call for Papers: AI & Open Government Workshop @ ICAIL 2026 We invite research papers (3–9 pages) and position papers (up to 5 pages) on #AI for government transparency, #FOIA, public records access, and more. 📅 Paper deadline: April 9, 2026 📍 Singapore, June 8, 2026 (hybrid) 🔗 aiog.net/cfp/
Call for Papers | AI & Open Government Workshop @ ICAIL 2026
Using AI and LLMs to Advance Open Government and Public Disclosure Laws Worldwide
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Submit to the AI & Open Government Workshop (@aiog.net) at ICAIL 2026! CFP is out, see: aiog.net/cfp/ #AI #OpenGov #FOIA
Call for Papers | AI & Open Government Workshop @ ICAIL 2026
Using AI and LLMs to Advance Open Government and Public Disclosure Laws Worldwide
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AI & Open Government Workshop @ ICAIL 2026@aiog.net · 6mo agoWe have published our Call for Papers: aiog.net/cfp/. Submit your research and position paper on all topics #AI, #OpenGov, and #FOIA, including AI-augmented search and summarization for public records, technology-assisted review, automated sensitivity review, metadata enrichment, and more! #CFP
#WooGLe got a small makeover! 🔍 We've updated the dossier and document list pages with a refreshed design, plus a lot of behind-the-scenes improvements for easier maintenance and future updates. More changes (including the search interface) coming soon! Found a bug? Reach out! (images: before/after)
You can now export your own datadumps from our #OpenGov search engine WooGLe, check out the writeup by @maiklarooij.nl: opengov.nl/blog/2026/01...
Curate and export your own WooGLe dataset! - ICAI OpenGov Lab - opengov.nl
It is now possible to curate and export your own WooGLe dataset!
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The tally for 2025 is done! We've gone from 4 to over 8 million documents indexed, from nearly 800 government bodies in WooGLe: our OpenGov search engine! Read more about what we added, and our plans for 2026! opengov.nl/blog/2026/01... #opengov #opendata @maiklarooij.nl
WooGLe keeps growing: 8 million documents! - ICAI OpenGov Lab - opengov.nl
WooGLe has doubled in size in 2025, now indexing over **8 million documents** across more than 90,000 dossiers from nearly 800 government bodies
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Our lab manager @graus.nu is co-organizing the "AI and Open Government Workshop" at the 21st International Conference on AI and Law (ICAIL 2026), in Singapore 🇸🇬, June 8-12. 🔗 For more information, see: aiog.net / @aiog.net #AI #OpenGov #FOIA #Law
David Graus@graus.nu · 8mo agoExcited to co-organize the AI & Open Government Workshop w/ @grahammcdonald.bsky.social and Jason R. Baron at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL 2026), Singapore 🇸🇬 in June! 🦋 Follow @aiog.net to stay in the loop. graus.nu/blog/ai-open... #AI #OpenGov #Law
Woohoo! Paper accepted to Findings at @ecir2026.eu! 🎉 We use LLMs for axial coding of political debates, work led by Angelina Parfenova (TU Munich), who I met at last year's ECIR in Lucca 🇮🇹 Love it when conference chats turn into papers! #ECIR2026 @opengov.nl
Last month, the OpenGov Lab welcomed the AI Lab voor de Publieke Diensten (@utrechtuniversity.bsky.social), with contributions from @graus.nu, @irisbeerepoot.bsky.social, @maiklarooij.nl! Read more about our PhD meetup here: opengov.nl/blog/2025/11...
Joint PhD Meetup with AI Lab voor de Publieke Diensten - ICAI OpenGov Lab - opengov.nl
The OpenGov Lab hosted colleagues from Utrecht University's AI Lab voor de Publieke Diensten at LAB42 for a collaborative PhD meetup, exploring shared research interests and planning future collaborat...
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Congrats to Barbora Wenzlova for receiving the Victorine van Schaick Prize 2025 for her master thesis “Beyond Disclosure: Evaluating Algorithmic Transparency in the Dutch Algorithm Register”, supervised by @jkamps.bsky.social at the @opengov.nl lab: www.opengov.nl/blog/2025/11...
We joined the “Terminal Woo” hackathon at the Fokker Terminal with @opengov.nl; pitching an IR-inspired fix for a real problem in Dutch FOIA (Woo) search.
We attended the @uva.nl thesis fairs! Read @maiklarooij.nl's writeup on @opengov.nl: opengov.nl/blog/2025/10...
Students @uva.nl in #AI, #datascience, and computer science: come meet us at the (AI) Thesis Fairs this Friday, October 17th and talk about our #OpenGov MSc thesis projects! opengov.nl/events/2025/...
Deze week namen Damiaan en @maiklarooij.nl van @opengov.nl mee aan de Democracy Accelerator ideathon van @openstate.eu en het Social Technology Lab. 🏆 "Quote of Context" gepitcht door @maiklarooij.nl en Arjan Haring werd democratisch verkozen tot het winnend idee: www.linkedin.com/posts/opengo...
Deze week namen Damiaan en Maik van het ICAI OpenGov Lab deel aan de "Democracy Accelerator", een ideathon georganiseerd door Open State Foundation en Social Technology Lab. Eén van de proj...
Deze week namen Damiaan en Maik van het ICAI OpenGov Lab deel aan de "Democracy Accelerator", een ideathon georganiseerd door Open State Foundation en Social Technology Lab. Eén van de projecten: “Qu...
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Congrats to Floris Bos (not pictured), who won the Best Short Paper Award at #TPDL2025 (Tampere 🇫🇮) for his @opengov.nl MSc thesis “Linking References to Documents in Parliamentary Debates.” Paper co-authored with Marc van Opijnen & Maarten Marx (who received the award). #OpenGov
Damiaan Reijnaers, PhD student in the @opengov.nl lab, presented his poster on neuro-symbolic legal document representations at @clin35-2025.bsky.social this morning! #OpenGov #CLIN35
Welcome @maiklarooij.nl to the @opengov.nl lab! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
We’re very happy to welcome Maik Larooij to the ICAI OpenGov Lab! This week he started as the lab’s fourth dual PhD student, combining his role as consultant at the Rijksorganisatie voor… | ICAI OpenG...
We’re very happy to welcome Maik Larooij to the ICAI OpenGov Lab! This week he started as the lab’s fourth dual PhD student, combining his role as consultant at the Rijksorganisatie voor Informatiehui...
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Are you a final year master student in AI/Data Science in the greater Amsterdam area? Join us at the ICAI OpenGov Lab for your master thesis. Data and ideas abound! See a preliminary list of projects below or reach out with your own 👇🏻
David Graus@graus.nu · 12mo agoWith the start of the academic year I am looking for MSc (AI/Data Science) students with an interest in information retrieval and/or NLP for #OpenGov projects at the @opengov.nl lab! See a list here, or reach out if you have your own project ideas: graus.nu/blog/master-...
Vrijdag bezochten @groenlinks-pvda.bsky.social TK-leden @barbarakathmann.bsky.social en @lucstultiens.bsky.social, en Amsterdams gemeenteraadslid @elisabethijmker.bsky.social, ons bij LAB42 (UvA). Damiaan Reijnaers en ik mochten ons ICAI @opengov.nl Lab presenteren: graus.nu/blog/opengov...
OpenGov meets Gov • David Graus
Afgelopen vrijdag bezochten Tweede Kamerleden Barbara Kathmann en Luc Stultiens van GroenLinks-PvdA, samen met beleidsmedewerker digitale zaken Tijmen de Vries en Amsterdams gemeenteraadslid Elisabeth...
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Volgende week vrijdag organiseren we onze jaarlijkse @opengov.nl Woorkshop. Waar een ~20-tal #AI, #DataScience, en Informatiekunde studenten die “wat spannends doen met de Woo” hun scripties presenteren! 13-17 uur, LAB42 in Amsterdam. Iedereen is welkom! wooverheid.nl/2025/06/18/u...
UvA opengov ICAI lab Woorkshop 2025
27 juni 2025, 13:00, Lab 42, Zaal L.101, Science Park, Amsterdam. Iedereen is welkom Elk jaar hebben Jaap Kamps, David Graus en Maarten Marx wel zo’n 20 afstudeerders die “wat span…
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News @uva.nl: “Many of the advances in IR and NLP can be directly applied to improving access and use of open government data,” says lab manager @graus.nu. “I believe these technologies can truly help create a more transparent government and a better-informed society.” www.uva.nl/en/shared-co...
New AI Lab Makes Open Government Information Easier to Find and Understand
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Government of the Netherlands (Rijksoverheid) have jointly launched the ICAI OpenGov Lab, a new AI research lab focused on Information Retrieval (IR) and Natu...
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Morgen presenteren we het ICAI @opengov.nl Lab in Den Haag bij het Nationaal Archief. Leuk als je komt! www.informatiehuishouding.nl/actueel/acti...
Demo Donderdag: Overheidsinformatie ontketenen met AI? Maak kennis met het ICAI OpenGov Lab!
Het ICAI OpenGov Lab droomt over een betere vindbaarheid en bruikbaarheid van overheidsinformatie, met als doel meer overheidstransparantie, publiek vertrouwen en uiteindelijk democratische participat...
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