2025 Judicial Conference Program

AI and the Law: Authenticity, Integrity, and the Future of Evidence GABRIELA WATERS CENTER FOR EQUITABLE AI & MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMS | MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY 1700 E COLD SPRING LANE | BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21251

GABRIELA WATERS is an artificial intelligence and machine learning researcher. She’s the Director of Operations and the Director of the Cognitive and Neurodiversity AI Lab (CoNA) at the Center for Equitable AI & Machine Learning Systems at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. She recently served as a research associate at NIST in the AI Innovation Lab, where she led AI testing and evaluation across three teams. She currently serves as a founding member of the Maryland Responsible AI Council and as the co-founder of Civitaas, an organization providing AI and technology testing and evaluation, education, and collective intelligence. She is passionate about increasing the diversity of thought around technology and focuses on interdisciplinary collaborations to drive innovation, equity, explainability, transparency, and ethics in the development and application of AI tools. In her research, Gabriella is interested in studying the intersections between human neurobiology & learning, quantifying ethics & equity in AI/ML systems, neuro-symbolic architectures, and intelligent systems that make use of those foundations for improved human-computer synergy. She develops technology innovations, with an emphasis on support for neurodiverse populations.

2025 JUDICIAL CONFERENCE

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