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C00003 00002 ∂11PM 1-Feb: hart@sri-ai/su Favors
C00009 00003 ∂22:02 13-Feb: hart@sri-ai/su Q&A
C00015 00004 ∂15-Feb-84 1822 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Q&A
C00017 00005 ∂14:12 24-Feb: hart@sri-ai/su Local Gossip
C00023 00006 ∂14:29 8-Mar: hart@sri-ai/su People, danke, and $$
C00028 00007 ∂30-Mar-84 0928 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Even though you already know ...
C00046 00008 ∂03-Apr-84 1356 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Actual news story
C00049 00009 ∂17:01 21-Apr: hart@sri-ai/su Petition
C00050 00010 ∂12:09 23-Apr: %sumex lenat, genesereth, buchanan/su Petition
C00053 00011 ∂03-May-84 1517 BUCHANAN@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA Re: Petition
C00054 00012 ∂14:20 21-May: hart@sri-ai/su Possibly relevant note from AI Digest
C00059 00013 ∂22-May-84 1046 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Possibly relevant note from AI Digest
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∂11PM 1-Feb: hart@sri-ai/su Favors
Peter -
First, a hearty thanks to you and Diane for an exceptionally delightful
evening last night. The food was delicious, and the conversations, most
enjoyable.
My second reason for writing is to ask a favor of you, one which you
should feel free to turn down, if you consider it either too difficult,
potentially too time-consuming, or simply undesirable: Would you like to
get official credit, and have a more binding say, in the culmination of my
thesis career? If so, I would honored to have you as an official member
of my reading committee. (As far as I'm concerned,) our interactions
could continue at the same fairly informal, and
not-(necessarily-)too-frequent level they are now, with you proffering
your valuable, top-of-the-head (as well as measured) comments, insights
and criticisms. No rush on this decision...
Thanks again, for both the evening and your consideration,
Russ
PS By the way, I was able to put to practice some of your "recommendation"
comments. In a strange turn about from normal situations, I was asked to
provide candid comments about a certain CS prof coming up for tenure, (who
shall remain nameless). I do appreciate your general suggestions, made
that raining day a few weeks (months?) ago.
∂02-Feb-84 1042 MAGNUS@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Favors
From: Magnus Ljungberg <Magnus@SRI-AI.ARPA>
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
cc: Magnus@SRI-AI.ARPA
Russ,
I'd be happy to continue to help, but you might check with the
Department to see if I'm on their list of people who can officially be on
your committee. (While I have close informal ties with CSD, I haven't had
a formal connection for some time.)
Cheers,
Peter
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∂21:14 2-Feb: hart@sri-ai/su Your mission, should you decide to ...
Peter,
According to the academic secretary here,
it is relatively easy for outside personel to become
reading committee members. All the powers-that-be require is a
copy of your CV, and a letter explaining this request.
If you're still interested, please mail me a copy of your CV.
I'll tack on a quick explanation, (subject to your perusal and
approval) and submit the bundle.
[apparently to get rubber-stamped in approval.]
By the way, if you and/or Diane plan to go to The Price Club,
and would like some company, I'd love to tag along.
Thanks again,
Tallye-ho!
Russ
PS Who is "Magnus Ljungberg".
(I'm ashamed to admit I first thought it a made up name...)
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∂16:10 3-Feb: gio, hart@sri-ai/cc/su Magazine
Gio -
No one else seems to subscribe to the "IBM Journal of Research & Development";
-- and the library has yet to receive its Jan 1984 copy. So, if your kind
offer still stands, please DO bring in your copy Monday, or whenever it arrives.
(According to my informant/requester, it includes an article on Yorktown Lisp.)
Thanks,
Russ
∂07-Feb-84 0847 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Your mission, should you decide to ...
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
Um, yas..... Magnus Ljungberg is one of our research people here (originally
from Sweden, via Eric Sandewald, if you know that name.) Sorry for the confusion
on that score.
I'll ship over an old resume if I can find a copy somewhere... But to repeat,
I'd be happy to continue providing whatever help I can without any formalities...
Cheers,
Peter
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∂22:02 13-Feb: hart@sri-ai/su Q&A
Peter -
First, I did get your CV -- VERY impressive.
(Makes me feel like I'm playing in the big league now.)
In generating the "cover letter" for your CV, I realized there were several
potentially relevant aspects of your past I didn't know:
For example, did you once have some type of "courtesy appointment" here --
or at another university. [Or, forgive my ignorance, perhaps a full professorial
position?] Also, while I know you were somehow involved with Kling's work,
I never knew in what capacity.
As I trying to minimize the "overhead hassle-icity" to which you're subjected,
give me a toot on the phone if you'd prefer a higher bandwidth channel.
Of course I'll mail you a copy of that letter before submitting it,
so you can suggest improvements, (although [I hope] you'll be hard-pressed
to make it more complementary(sp) ), or let me know how acceptable it is.
[Or do you consider "acceptability" to be strictly binary, like "pregnancy"?]
Before going on to other matters, I want to allay(sp), as best I can,
what I sense as a worry on your part that you may have over-committeed
yourself, wrt this thesis "assignment".
My feeling is that an *informal* hour or so, "provided" at your leisure
and as your busy schedule permits, once every so often
(i.e., perhaps every few weeks,) will be more than adequate, at least into
the foreseeable future.
(This probably does include actually reading the document...
[which, let me assure you it will NOT have the number of distracting
parenthetical [and meta-parenthetical] comments that this does,
nor the number of "cute scare-quotes", nor the superflouous ellipses ...] )
Of course any additional time you can "invest" would be deeply appreciated,
but I will insist that neither Stanford nor my other advisors
(nor myself) will expect anything more.
.....
Anyway, onto the promised "other matters":
Gio has yet to receive his copy of the IBM R&D Journal,
but did promise to bring it in on arrival. (Based on the library's
time-stamp on previous issues, that will probably be a bit after the
20th of this month.)
I might mention you are now being addressed by a proud owner, not only of
a RecordACall(tm) telephone answering machine, but of a "Price Club"
membership card -- courtesy of my Stanford RAship.
No wonder your kin liked that place so much -- 'tis simply amazing!
I did read, and have comments, on your paper.
First, it does *flow* so easily -- if only I could write so succinctly!
In fact, my only criticism is that it may be too condensed --
a few more examples, particularly towards the end, would be useful.
(This is especially true if the intended audience are
basically industrical leaders who have found themselves in charge of
AI-ish jobs. [Was that your intent, by the way?] )
I've more more-minor comments to convey -- let me know (if and) when.
Quickies:
* If you have a chance, you *might* want to drop in on Mike Lowry's
SigLunch this Friday, on the topic of reformulation.
Then again, it might be him/us who(m) benefit more from your presense than
vice versa ... his preliminary stuff is not *that* solid, nor
(I feel) that comprehensive. Still, I find the issues so intriguing ...
* I've officially and in fact moved offices: I'm now in MJH 460, and have
a new phone number: 497-3088. [You'll probably have to ask for me in this
bull-pen.]
* It was my terminal phone, at home, which received the answering machine.
So, if you want to leave a message for me, feel free to call
325-7043. (I'm listed under that number in the phone book, by the way.)
Take care,
Russ
∂15-Feb-84 1822 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Q&A
I taught a little at Stanford in the late '60's. I don't recall if I
was called a Lecturer or something else, but there I was teaching computer
vision (Ron Rivest insists it was one of the better classes he had at
Stanford-- that testamonial, together with $.75, gets me a ride on the
New York subway.)
Cheers,
Peter
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∂15-Feb-84 1824 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Q&A
oops-- forgot to add that Kling did his PhD work while at SRI on Honors
Co-op. I was a something-or-other in the AI Center at the time...
... and thanks for following up on the late-lamented IBM magazine. /PEH
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∂14:12 24-Feb: hart@sri-ai/su Local Gossip
Peter -
How goes it? ... and with SynTelligence [note the UN-capitalized
non-cutesy "t", capitalized for emphasis], in particular?
I still have that magazine, just haven't had the time to get it to you.
Soon... My time has been spent yakking with the misc assundary(sp) people
who have meandered to Stanford recently. Notables include Michalski,
(who mentioned that UofIll has no fewer than 10 new tenure track positions
opening up for the new year or two,) Edwina Rissland, Kenneth Kahn and
Ben Kuipers -- all here for different reasons.
I might mention that the latter two are (I think officially) job hunting.
If SYNtELLIGENCE (note the un-capitalized non-cutesy "t", here NOT
capitalized for emphasis) is interested in Prof Kahn, now might be a
good time to contact him.
I'm getting mixed msgs wrt the decision wrt Doug -- I do know the decision
has been made (at the senior faculty level), and I *think* it was positive,
but that's just gossip. Apparently they'll be no official word until
after the decision is made at the dean's level.
More on that, later, if(f) you are interested.
Bye now,
Russ
∂27-Feb-84 1112 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Local Gossip
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
In-Reply-To: Message from "Russell Greiner <RDG@SU-AI>" of Fri 24 Feb 84 14:12:00-PST
Keep those cards and letters coming! Now that I'm a little more removed from
the rumor mills, I especially appreciate the updates.
The possible availability of Kuipers is interesting-- but who is Kenneth
Kahn....?
Please let me know about Doug---
Cheers,
Peter
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∂13:40 27-Feb: hart@sri-ai/su ... 'dis & 'dat ...
Peter -
Prof Kahn is an ex-MIT student, who spent the last year or two prolog-ing
in Sweden. He spoke that other day about a Lisp Machine version of same,
LM-Prolog -- which seemed but an unstructured hodge-podge of nice twiddles
to the basic prolog idea...
I found it sufficiently unexciting that I didn't return after intermission
-- and so heard only a brief intro to his AP type ideas of partial programs.
[The abstract is below.]
I think Kuipers is seeking a university post -- here, or Amherst, or ...
My opinion of him went from very high (after subtracting out his quasi-
prima-donna(sp) properties) based on his quick feedback on my thesis ideas
to just good, after his SigLunch talk (I included that abstract below also)*.
If interested I could elaborate, over a higher bandwidth channel.
Finally, realizing that I haven't made it to marvelous, peaceful
Menlo Park recently, and that, in my current sick state (flu) I probably
won't in the immediate future, I had Juanita mail that IBM thing to you.
Enjoy.
Talk with you soon,
Russ
* Apparently the secretary here had you as Hart@SRI-KL, which is why
you've not received SigLunch announcements. (... now corrected ...)
So, I'll mail you Tom Mitchell's announcement in my next message.
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... + 2 announcements ...
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∂02-Mar-84 0919 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: ... 'dis & 'dat ...
In-Reply-To: Message from "Russell Greiner <RDG@SU-AI>" of Mon 27 Feb 84 13:40:00-PST
Thanks for the update-- am looking forward to getting the article.
Sorry about the flu.
Yes, we should get together soonish, perhaps late afternoon followed by
a bite to eat at 301 Arbor Road...
Cheers,
Peter
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∂14:29 8-Mar: hart@sri-ai/su People, danke, and $$
Peter-
Are you interested in hearing about people who are now interviewing?
If so, below is one such ad found on ISIB's bboard...
Thanks again for the sail trip -- I did have a good time.
I told Ms Lynnie about that voyage, and her response was almost identical
to my initial reaction: ahhh maybe... where's the dramimine(sp)!
Dianne insisted I relay the cost of the 7UP and the cassettes:
answer = $21.97.
If youse guys insist on reimbursing me, please first deduct the cost of
the various meals I've had over there, plus the cost of renting a boat
and spending an enjoyable day with many Able-Bodied-Seapersons,
plus the charge for your "apple/Cheetoes(yellow coated ...) disposal"
services, plus ...
[I just hope the resultant bill to me is not too large...]
That's all for now,
Russ
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Date: 7 Mar 1984 1622-PST
Subject: Robin Cohen Recruiting Seminar, 10:00 A.M., 3/19, 11th Fl CR
From: Kathie Patten <KPATTEN@USC-ISIB>
To: BBoard
cc: KPATTEN@USC-ISIF
A Computational Model for the Analysis of Arguments
Robin Cohen
Department Computer Science
University of Toronto
This research proposes a model for an argument understanding system -
a natural language understanding system which processes arguments. The
form of input considered is one-way communication in a conversational
setting, where the speaker tries to convince the hearer of a particular
point of view. The main contributions are: (i) a theory of expected
coherent structure which limits analysis to the reconstruction of
particular transmission forms (ii) a theory of linguistic clues which
assigns a functional interpretation to special words and phrases used
by the speaker to indicate structure (iii) a theory of evidence relationships
which includes the demand for pragmatic analysis to accommodate beliefs
not currently held. A system designed to incorporate these theories could
be used to analyze the structure of arguments - the necessary first step
for a hearer, before judging credibility and responding.
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∂08-Mar-84 1808 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: People, danke, and $$
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
Thanks for the info. Yes, we're definitely looking for another R.O.Duda,
but unfortunately he's an absolutely unique case. Still, we **ARE**
looking (do I have the scare quotes, or whatever, right?) for one more
senior person. Do you have any suggestions, off-the-wall or otherwise?
(Large finder-fee, payable in bagels or otherwise, is possible.)
Diane and I would like to reimburse you-- what's the best address to
use? (Re-reimbursing meals, or something like that, is NOT our style.)
Cheers,
Peter
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∂30-Mar-84 0928 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Even though you already know ...
Subject: Re: Even though you already know ...
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
In-Reply-To: Message from "Russell Greiner <RDG@SU-AI.ARPA>" of Thu 29 Mar 84 11:44:00-PST
Thanks for the alert. As it happens, I was in NY (at a major client) the
very day the article appeared! What fun!
Anything else new and interesting?
Cheers,
Peter
(BTW-- this Sunday, April 1, we'll be biking from the top of Mt Hamilton
to Livermore with Nils and others from Syntelligence. Start time is
9 AM, ending at the Wente Bros. tasting room near Livermore. Approximate
mileage is 50. Logistics is complicated, but implementable. If interested,
call me before then.
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∂11:39 3-Apr: hart@sri-ai/su Actual news story
Peter -
Here's the full text, from the NS wires -- in case you want to
electronic mail it to your 100 closest friends.
Russ
n093 1755 28 Mar 84
BC-KNOWLEDGE 2takes
By ROBERT REINHOLD
c.1984 N.Y. Times News Service
MENLO PARK, Calif. - Almost no college teaches it, but a new kind of
engineering has burst on the American scene. Many people believe it
may ultimately exert as profound an influence on the workplace as
factory automation did decades ago.
It is called ''knowledge engineering,'' and its task is to interview
leading experts in science, medicine, business and other endeavors to
find out how they make judgments that are the core of their
expertise. The next step is to codify that knowledge so computers can
make similar decisions by emulating human inferential reasoning.
The knowledge engineer does this by reducing the expert's wisdom to
a series of interconnected generalized rules called the ''knowledge
base.'' A separate computer program called an ''inferential engine''
is then used to search the knowledge base and draw judgments when
confronted with evidence from a particular case, much the way an
expert applies past knowledge to a new problem.
''In every organization there is usually one person who is really
good, who everybody calls for advice,'' said Sheldon Breiner,
chairman of Syntelligence in Menlo Park, which is attempting to build
a system to make underwriting decisions for a major New York casualty
insurance company that he would not name. ''He is usually promoted,
so that he does not use his expertise anymore. We are trying to
protect that expertise if that person quits, dies or retires and to
disseminate it to a lot of other people.''
While knowledge engineering is still a primitive art, it has already
been used with some success in prospecting for minerals, diagnosing
disease, analyzing chemicals, selecting antiobiotics and configuring
computers. These programs are called ''expert systems.''
And such is their promise that hundreds of American companies have
begun to look into the possibility of using expert systems to perform
such diverse tasks as evaluating casualty insurance risks, making
commercial credit decisions and controlling oil-well drilling, tasks
that are extremely difficult and often done well only by a relatively
small number of experts.
While industry has used computer scoring systems analytically to
advise executives making decisions, designers of the new systems hope
eventually to duplicate judgments by human experts.
For that reason, the potential commercial exploitation of expert
systems has become one of the hottest new ''games'' here in
California's region of silicon-based electronics concerns and other
centers of American high technology. Numerous small firms, like
Syntelligence, have been set up in recent months by the
engineer-entrepreneurs in this region, known as Silicon Valley, and
the venture capitalists who back them.
Their knowledge engineers are now interviewing experts in insurance
underwriting, military technology, investment banking, genetic
engineering and other fields. In addition, some major companies,
including Xerox and Lockheed have set up their own knowledge
engineering groups.
The expert systems concept is a branch of ''artificial
intelligence,'' a broad term encompassing a variety of university
research efforts in recent years to simulate human symbolic and
subjective reasoning. Powerful computers have made it possible to
solve problems not only algorithmically, or by numbers, but also by
processing the words and symbols used in most specialized fields of
expertise.
Some critics view knowledge engineering as a threat, as the vanguard
of an Orwellian future in which thinking machines take control. But
the knowledge engineers do not see it that way.
''We are trying to demystify it,'' Breiner said. ''The systems are
really not that exotic or powerful today. The expectations are too
high about what they can do. These are advisory systems only.'' He
added that the ''domain expert'' on whose expertise the knowledge
base is built will always have more skill than the system and will
still be needed to calibrate it.
Nonetheless, many say the possibility of aggregating the knowledge
and insights of several experts in the same field opens the prospect
of computer-aided decisions based on more wisdom than any one person
can contain.
Still, there are skeptics. Last April, at a conference on
''Intelligent Systems'' sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International
Center for Scholars, Roger C. Schank, director of the Artificial
Intelligence Project at Yale, argued expert systems were flawed in
that they could not perform a key function of the human brain:
learning from experience.
All the intelligence in the system, he said, comes from the mind of
the knowledge engineer. ''We don't have programs that are truly
creative, or truly inventive, or can understand the complexities of
somebody's reasoning,'' he said.
But Breiner said he believed it was theoretically possible for a
machine to learn; that is, to build on the questions it is asked
daily by users to add to its information base.
A major limitation of expert systems thus far is that they work best
in cases in which knowledge lends itself to classification of facts
into neat categories, against which new evidence can be weighed and
balanced. Medical diagnosis or chemical analysis are good examples of
this. Much more difficult, the knowledge engineers say, is simulating
the more creative, or ''synthetic,'' kind of expertise that goes into
designing a circuit, proving a mathematical theorem or writing a
story.
The first expert systems were used for scientific and medical
purposes. Among the pioneers was Dendral, a program developed by
Joshua Lederberg and Edward Feigenbaum at Stanford University to
identify organic molecules, which has proved faster and more more
accurate than human experts. Another was Internist, later renamed
Caduceus, developed at the University of Pittsburgh, which has proved
highly effective in diagnosing problems of internal medicine.
The new flurry of activity, however, is based on the growing
perception that expert systems can be sold in the far more lucrative
commercial markets. Among the new entrants are Applied Expert Systems
of Cambridge, Mass., working on personal financial planning; Brattle
Research of Boston, looking into investment portfolio management;
Inference Corporation of Los Angeles, working on banking
applications; Teknowledge of Palo Alto, Calif., doing various
technical applications, and Intelligenetics of Menlo Park, involved
in genetic engineering.
Syntelligence is as typical as any. Breiner, its 47-year-old
chairman, was trained as a geophysicist at Stanford. He applied
magnetometers to such diverse uses as uncovering hidden archeological
sites, finding avalanche victims and discovering mineral deposits. He
built a large fortune as founder of Geometrics in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
makers of instruments for oil and mineral exploration. Now he is off
on knowledge engineering.
Syntelligence engineers are interviewing a dozen of the New York
insurance company's top underwriters. They try to establish and
refine rules and connections that underly decisions. Typically, the
engineers say, the experts bridle a bit, saying their knowledge
cannot be so neatly encoded, that they go often by hunch and instinct.
''But if you press further, a lot of gut feeling is really very
systematic, is not pure hunch,'' said Breiner.
The process usually involves reducing the expertise to several
hundred rules stated in ''if-then'' terms. That is, if certain
conditions exist, then certain conclusions are likely to be drawn.
Thus, for example, a fire insurance underwriter evaluating a
restaurant might say if the building construction is good, fire
protection is nearby and there are no unusual hazards in the
neighborhood, then the company will issue insurance.
Peter E. Hart, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native who is president of
Syntelligence, gave this simplified example of how the knowledge
engineer refines his model, interviewing a fire insurance underwriter:
Engineer: What are the major things that influence acceptance of a
policy?
Underwriter: We look at building construction, use, distance from
fire department and proximity to hazard.
Engineer: OK, let's make a rule: If we are satisfied on these
matters, we will be favorably disposed to write the policy at
standard rates. But what about a case in which you did not approve?
Underwriter: Yes, a chain of stores. We were afraid of possible
arson because the chain was experiencing financial problems.
This process goes on until a complex web of rules is spun. As a
practical matter, the elements are not all equally important; so
numerical weights are given to each statement. It is all knitted
together into a set of ''inference rules'' characterizing the
relationships between all the evidence available and the logical
conclusions that can be derived from the information.
Human reasoning is then emulated by ''chaining'' forward and
backward through the rules. That is, the computer either reasons
forward from a set of facts toward a solution or backward by first
setting up a hypothetical solution and then looking for the evidence
to support it.
The ''inference engine'' is crucial to the system. It is designed to
work on any knowledge base, to be detached and hooked in wherever
needed, like a train locomotive. The engine asks the user the
appropriate questions needed to answer the problem. It then sifts
through the chains of rules set up in the knowledge base, discounting
the significance of each piece of evidence presented to it according
to the strength of each rule in the base. The answer it ultimately
gives is accompanied by an explanation of the reasoning.
A major problem confronting the knowledge engineer is what to do
when the experts being interviewed disagree. The choice is either to
pick one and go with that expert or to do separate runs and let the
user decide which to go with. Ultimately, in all cases, Hart said,
''The human user retains responsibility for the decision.''
nyt-03-28-84 2101est
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∂03-Apr-84 1356 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Actual news story
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
In-Reply-To: Message from "Russell Greiner <RDG@SU-AI.ARPA>" of Tue 3 Apr 84 11:39:00-PST
Um, yas, I did see that piece in the Times... Did it get noticed
by folks in your neck of the woods?
I looked through the Greiner/Genesereth paper last night. I would have
liked to see a clearer statement of the proposal (def of abstraction,
etc.), together with a clearer statement of the larger implications of
adopting that point of view. Probably, too much of the paper was spent
erecting and demolishing strawmen of one sort or another.
On the other hand, I read it late at night after a long day, and I'm
by no means sure that I gave it a fair shot....
Cheers,
Peter
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∂15:25 4-Apr: genesereth@sumex/su Comments from Peter Hart
I looked through the Greiner/Genesereth paper last night. I would have
liked to see a clearer statement of the proposal (def of abstraction,
etc.), together with a clearer statement of the larger implications of
adopting that point of view. Probably, too much of the paper was spent
erecting and demolishing strawmen of one sort or another.
On the other hand, I read it late at night after a long day, and I'm
by no means sure that I gave it a fair shot....
Cheers,
Peter
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∂17:01 21-Apr: hart@sri-ai/su Petition
Peter -
Let me know if the petition below sounds right to you.
By the way, I was impressed to notice
that you had a 110 page paper in the Tsbilisi IJCAI! (See entry
12 in your publication list.) Phew!
Thanks again for dropping by yesterday.
I (for one) found it quite profitable.
Salutations,
Russ
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∂23-Apr-84 0813 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Petition
From: HART@SRI-AI.ARPA
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
In-Reply-To: Message from "Russell Greiner <RDG@SU-AI.ARPA>" of Sat 21 Apr 84 17:01:00-PST
looks fine to me... Peter
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∂12:09 23-Apr: %sumex lenat, genesereth, buchanan/su Petition
Any comments on petition below?
(Peter says it's fine.)
Russ
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Petition to add
Dr Peter Hart to
Russell Greiner's thesis reading committee,
presented to the PhD Academic Committee.
Submitted 23 April 1984.
.....
Gentlemen,
I would like to add Dr. Peter Hart to my thesis reading committee.
Below is a summary of many of the reasons why he is well qualified
for this role:
[His (enclosed) curriculum vitae elaborates many of these points.]
In general,
* He has worked in Artificial Intelligence (AI) almost since the inception
of the field.
* His managerial and leadership experience is well demonstrated
by his recent positions:
- as director of one of the first AI Labs, at SRI; and later
- as a "founder" of Fairchild's AI Lab --
which grew from nothing to major importance under his leadership.
* He has been affiliated with this department in the past --
e.g., previously teaching a seminar class here.
Of particular interest to me,
* He was involved with a previous student's thesis work on a topic
related to mine -- viz., Robert Kling's work on analogy.
* We have already met several times to discuss my research work.
Based on these factors, as well as the high quality of our general
personal interactions, he seems eminently well suited to participate
in my thesis research.
Please let me know if there is anything else which must be done to
further this petition.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Russell Greiner
PhD Student, Computer Science Department
∂03-May-84 1517 BUCHANAN@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA Re: Petition
From: Bruce Buchanan <BUCHANAN@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA>
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
cc: lenat@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA, genesereth@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA
I have no objection to adding Peter Hart to your committee.
bgb
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∂14:20 21-May: hart@sri-ai/su Possibly relevant note from AI Digest
Date: Fri, 18 May 84 15:29:35 pdt
From: syming%B.CC@Berkeley
Subject: Summary on AI for Business
This is the summary of the responses to my request about "AI for Business" one
month ago on AIList Digest.
Three organizations are working on this area. They are Syntelligence, SRI, and
Arthur D. Little, Inc..
Syntelligence's objective is to bring intelligent computer systems for
business. Currently the major work is in finance area. The person to contact is:
Peter Hart, President, 800 Oak Grove Ave, Suite 201, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
(415) 325-9339, <HART@SRI-AI.ARPA>
SRI has a sub-organization called Financial Expert System Program headed by
Sandra Cook, (415) 859-5478. A prototype system for a financial application
has been constructed. <SANDRA@SRI-KL.ARPA>
Arthur D. Little are developing AI-based MRP, financial planning, strategic
planning and marketing system. However, I do not have much information yet.
The person to contact with is Tom Martin. <TJMartin@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA>
The Director of AI at Arthur D. Little, Karl M. Wiig, gave an interesting
talk on "Will Artificial Intelligence Provide The Rebirth of Operations
Research?" at TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting in San Francisco on May 16.
In his talk, a few projects in ADL are mentioned. If interested, write to
35/48 Acorn Park, Cambridge, MA 01240.
Gerhard Friedrich of DEC also gave a talk about expert systems on TIMS/ORSA
meeting on Tuesday. He mentioned XSEL for sales, XCON for engineering, ISA,
IMACS and IBUS for manufacturing and XSITE for customer services. XCON is
successor of R1, which is well known. XSEL was published in Machine Intelligence
Vol.10. However, I do not know the references for the rest. If you know, please
inform me.
The interests on AI in Business community is just started. TIMS is probably the
first business professional society who will form a interest group on AI. If
interested, please write to W. W. Abendroth, P.O. Box 641, Berwyn, PA 19312.
The people who have responsed to my request and shown interests are:
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SAL@COLUMBIA-20.ARPA
DB@MIT-XX.ARPA
Henning.ES@Xerox.ARPA
brand%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA
NEWLIN%upenn.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
shliu%ucbernie@Berkeley.ARPA
klein%ucbmerlin@Berkeley.ARPA
david%ucbmedea@Berkeley.ARPA
nigel%ucbernie@Berkeley.ARPA
norman%ucbernie@Berkeley.ARPA
meafar%B.CC@Berkeley.ARPA
maslev%B.CC@Berkeley.ARPA
edfri%B.CC@Berkeley.ARPA
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Please inform me if I made any mistake on above statements. Keep in touch.
syming hwang, syming%B.CC@Berkeley.ARPA, (415) 642-2070,
350 Barrows Hall, School of Business Administration,
U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720
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∂22-May-84 1046 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: Possibly relevant note from AI Digest
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
In-Reply-To: Message from "Russell Greiner <RDG@SU-AI.ARPA>" of Mon 21 May 84 14:20:00-PDT
Thanks, Russ.
What else is new? Any thesis progress to report?
Cheers,
Peter
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∂17:53 24-May: HART@SRI-AI/su "How I Spent My ..."
Peter,
I enjoyed time-sharing some time with you and Diane, both at the fair and
around the performance -- too bad you couldn't join us for (virtual) ice
cream afterward. [It actually turned out to be cakes and the like, as
Swenson had the audacity to close as we arrived there.] Both Beth and I
agreed that this Tamboritzan performance, while still superb, wasn't as
exhilarating[*] as their exhibition last year. 'Twas well worth
attending, though.
Despite my best intents to (informally) schedule some time with you, I
keep finding my days filled -- with both recreational and work activities.
Thesis-wise, these days are bogged down with nuances of implementing the
program, rewriting the HPP memo-to-be (nee' potential AAAI paper), and
meeting with various people -- Bruce for a moment Monday, Mike Tuesday,
Bruce, in depth, Wednesday, and Peter Friedland on Friday. As such,
nothing major new to report. (Which is not too bad, as I consider myself
at a stage where, to a first approximation, "no news is good news"...)
But it would be nice to quickly bounce some ideas off you again soon.
(Note how cleverly I worded that -- almost as if *I'm* the one responsible
for their generation...)
Your preferred day, Friday, seems the worst, as I often have some
tentative plans for the late afternoon/evening (e.g.: tomorrow I plan to
either go [**] to the CS picnic (Mitchell Park) or to a Tea Dance in SF.)
Anyway, we should get together soon. Perhaps over this week-end;
otherwise over the coming week...
Hope things are going well,
Russ
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(*) Thinking the word was "auxiliarating", I spent an amusing while
pondering its etymological derivation, before (fortunately) discovering
that my dictionary had another opinion...
(**) That makes three split infinitives this msg. I'll try to not do that
again.
∂24-May-84 1808 HART@SRI-AI.ARPA Re: "How I Spent My ..."
Subject: Re: "How I Spent My ..."
To: RDG@SU-AI.ARPA
In-Reply-To: Message from "Russell Greiner <RDG@SU-AI.ARPA>" of Thu 24 May 84 17:53:00-PDT
OK, I'll be around part of this weekend. Also, I can make days other than
Friday if we schedule it... Cheers, Peter
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