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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓¬S␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305


␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415-497-1391␈↓ 	␈October 9, 1975
␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧or  415-497-4971






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␈↓ ↓H␈↓International␈αJoint␈α
Conference␈αon␈α
Arti≡cial␈αIntelligence.␈α
 While␈αthere,␈α
on␈αSeptember␈α
5,␈αI␈α
presented

␈↓ ↓H␈↓a␈α
paper␈αentitled␈α
␈↓↓"BEINGS:␈α
Knowledge␈αas␈α
Interacting␈α
Experts"␈↓.␈α This␈α
was␈α
a␈αreport␈α
on␈α
my␈αrecent

␈↓ ↓H␈↓research␈α∂involving␈α∂a␈α⊂modular␈α∂formalism␈α∂for␈α⊂representing␈α∂data␈α∂and␈α⊂control.␈α∂ I␈α∂also␈α⊂delivered␈α∂a

␈↓ ↓H␈↓paper␈αentitled␈α␈↓↓"The␈α
Automated␈αMathematician"␈↓,␈αwhich␈α
described␈αmy␈αforthcoming␈αPhD␈α
dissertation

␈↓ ↓H␈↓project. I also acted as chairman of the IJCAI Free Session on Thursday, September 4.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αfound␈αthe␈αconference␈αtrip␈αquite␈αworthwhile.␈αPersonal␈αattendance␈αwas␈αinvaluable␈αfor␈αhearing␈αthe

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓↓latest␈↓␈α≡ndings␈αof␈αeach␈αproject:␈αalthough␈αthe␈αpublished␈αpapers␈αwere␈αwritten␈αlast␈αSpring,␈αmost␈αtalks

␈↓ ↓H␈↓included␈α⊗a␈α∃summary␈α⊗of␈α⊗recent␈α∃results␈α⊗since␈α⊗that␈α∃time.␈α⊗ Of␈α⊗equal␈α∃value␈α⊗were␈α⊗the␈α∃private

␈↓ ↓H␈↓conversations I had with several researchers in my ≡eld, exchanging ideas and fresh viewpoints.









␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓ ¬WDouglas B. Lenat