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Publications
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
2026
Zheng, H. and Zhang, A.. LLM-Assisted Legal Propositions Identification from Party Arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court Briefs. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Computational Models of Argument (COMMA 2026), Barcelona, Spain. Accepted for publication.
2024
Zheng, H., Fu, Y., Sarol, M. J., Sarraf, I., and Schneider, J.. Addressing Unreliability Propagation in Scientific Digital Libraries. Proceedings of the 2024 ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL). DOI.
2024
Zheng, H., Ledford, T. D., and Schneider, J.. Arguing About Controversial Science in the News: Does Epistemic Uncertainty Contribute to Information Disorder?. Wisdom, Well-Being, Win-Win. iConference 2024, pp. 211–235, Cham. DOI.
2023
Schneider, J., Lee, J., Zheng, H., and Salami, M. O.. Assessing the Agreement in Retraction Indexing across 4 Multidisciplinary Sources: Crossref, Retraction Watch, Scopus, and Web of Science. 27th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STI 2023). DOI. Slides.
2021
Zheng, H., Grossi, D., and Verheij, B.. Hardness of Case-Based Decisions: A Formal Theory. Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL 2021), pp. 149–158, New York. DOI.
2020
Zheng, H., Grossi, D., and Verheij, B.. Precedent Comparison in the Precedent Model Formalism: A Technical Note. Legal Knowledge and Information Systems. Proceedings of JURIX 2020: The Thirty-third Annual Conference, pp. 259–262, Amsterdam. DOI.
2020
Zheng, H., Grossi, D., and Verheij, B.. Case-Based Reasoning with Precedent Models: Preliminary Report. Computational Models of Argument. Proceedings of COMMA 2020, pp. 443–450, Amsterdam. DOI.
2018
Zheng, H., Xiong, M., and Verheij, B.. Checking the Validity of Rule-Based Arguments Grounded in Cases: A Computational Approach. Legal Knowledge and Information Systems. JURIX 2018: The Thirty-first Annual Conference, pp. 220–224, Amsterdam. DOI.
Peer-Reviewed Workshop Papers
2026
Zheng, H. and Zhang, A.. Mapping Legal Propositions in the U.S. Supreme Court Party Briefs: A Human-In-The-Loop Approach. New Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, pp. 101–114, Singapore. DOI.
2025
Zheng, H., Williams, D., and Ludäscher, B.. Using LLMs to Model Arguments in U.S. Supreme Court Briefs: Preliminary Report. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Translating Natural Legal Language into Formal Representation (NLL2FR 2025).
2023
Zheng, H. and Schneider, J.. Can Argumentation Help Understand How Scientific Information Reaches the Public?. Information Science Trends (IST) 2023: Information Science Perspectives on Documenting Processes and Practices. DOI.
2023
Lippolis, A., Klironomos, A., Milon-Flores, D. F., Zheng, H., Jouglar, A., Norouzi, E., and Hogan, A.. Enhancing Entity Alignment Between Wikidata and ArtGraph Using LLMs. Semantic Web and Ontology Design for Cultural Heritage 2023 (SWODCH 2023).
2021
Zheng, H., Grossi, D., and Verheij, B.. Logical Comparison of Cases. AI Approaches to the Complexity of Legal Systems XI-XII. AICOL AICOL XAILA 2020 2018 2020, pp. 125–140, Cham. DOI.
2021
Zheng, H., Grossi, D., and Verheij, B.. A Formal Approach to Case Comparison in Case-Based Reasoning: Research Abstract. The First International Workshop on Logics for New-Generation Artificial Intelligence (LNGAI 2021), pp. 150–153, London.
2020
Zheng, H., Grossi, D., and Verheij, B.. Precedent Comparison in the Precedent Model Formalism: Theory and Application to Legal Cases. Proceedings of the EXplainable and Responsible AI in Law (XAILA) Workshop at JURIX 2020.
Other Peer-Reviewed Papers
2025
Zheng, H., Williams, D., and Ludäscher, B.. Modeling U.S. Supreme Court Briefs with Computational Argumentation. Proceedings of the Thirty-eighth International Conference on Legal Knowledge and Information Systems (JURIX 2025), pp. 439–441, Amsterdam. DOI.
2025
Xia, Y., Zheng, H., Bowers, S., and Ludäscher, B.. AF-Xray: Visual Explanation and Resolution of Ambiguity in Legal Argumentation Frameworks. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law, New York. DOI.
2021
Zheng, H.. Modeling Case-Based Reasoning with the Precedent Model Formalism: An Overview. Online Handbook of Argumentation for AI, pp. 72–76.
Book Chapters without Peer Review
2021
Zheng, H. and Verheij, B.. Rules, Cases and Arguments in Artificial Intelligence and Law. Research Handbook on Big Data Law, pp. 373–387, Cheltenham.
Posters and Other Publications
2024
Zhou, X., Zheng, H., and Schneider, J.. Recognizing people, organizations, and locations mentioned in the news. The 2024 UIUC School of Information Sciences Research Showcase.
2024
Zheng, H., Fu, Y., and Schneider, J.. How does a piece of unreliable code impact its citing publications? An argumentation analysis. The Thirteenth Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation, OSSA 13. Slides.
2024
Fu, Y., Zheng, H., Vandel, E., and Schneider, J.. Assessing the impact of a computational chemistry protocol. American Chemical Society 2024 Fall Meeting.
2023
Zheng, H.. Using Argument Graphs to Audit Reasoning in Scientific Publications. Poster at the International Semantic Web Research Summer School.
Funding
- AI Literacy in Action: Strengthening Librarian-AI Collaboration in Public Libraries - 2026
- IMLS, Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
- Status: submitted
- XAI-CA: Explainable AI via Computational Argumentation - 2025
- Cardiff University–University of Illinois System, Joint Research and Innovation Seed Grants Program
- Amount: $40,000
- Status: funded
Other
- Invited participant, Building a Community Around Provenance (BCAP), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, May 27-28, 2026