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21 J.L. & Pol'y 283 (2012-2013)
Authorship Attribution Workshop: Preface

handle is hein.journals/jlawp21 and id is 295 raw text is: AUTHORSHIP ATTRIBUTION WORKSHOP PREFACE Lawrence M. Solan* In October 2012, Brooklyn Law School's Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition held a two-day workshop on Forensic Authorship Attribution. This volume contains its proceedings. The workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, to which Brooklyn Law School expresses its gratitude,' brought together leading scholars from around the world who approach the question of authorship attribution from disparate, and seemingly incompatible, perspectives. Represented among the articles that appear in this volume are works based on the algorithms of computer scientists and computational linguists (Argamon & Kopell; Chaski; Juola; Koppel, Schler & Argamon; Stamatatos; and Vogel), works by linguists who evaluate and compare stylistic regularity and nuance, often on a case-by-case basis (Coulthard; Grant), and research comparing the extent to which linguistic nuance results from regional differences between one speech community and another, and the extent to which it is based within the individual (Turell and GavaldA). Other prominent linguists-Ronald Butters and Edward Finegan-moderated workshop sessions. Despite these differences in approach, what emerged from the workshop and is reflected in the published articles is a recognition that those who work algorithmically can improve their models by incorporating into them some of the insights of those who work with stylistic markers, and those whose work is less computational can develop quantitative techniques to * Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director, Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition, Brooklyn Law School. ' NSF Award SES- 1160828. 283

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