David G. Kamper

My research is on the cognitive and computational underpinnings of law. I use natural language processing, machine learning, computational cognitive modeling, and neuroscientific methods to study legal cognition and decision making, with a focus on intellectual property law and tort.

I am primarily interested in copyright and trademark law and how these areas intersect with the cognitive neuroscience of creativity and the philosophy of aesthetics. I also study how individuals and groups in social networks develop norms around intellectual property, using computational modeling and data science analyses of naturalistic behavior, and how those norms come to be reflected in legislation and caselaw.

I am advised at UCLA by Keith Holyoak and Hongjing Lu in the Reasoning Lab, and also work with Jaime Castrellon, Idan Blank, and Craig Fox. At the University of Chicago Law School, I am advised by Jonathan S. Masur and Randal C. Picker