perm filename MINKER[NOT,DBL]1 blob
sn#196184 filedate 1976-01-15 generic text, type C, neo UTF8
COMMENT ⊗ VALID 00003 PAGES
C REC PAGE DESCRIPTION
C00001 00001
C00002 00002 .DEVICE XGP
C00005 00003 .LTR(Professor Jack Minker)
C00008 ENDMK
C⊗;
.DEVICE XGP
.page frame 50 high 80 wide
.title area heading lines 1 to 3
.area text lines 4 to 50
.FONT 1 "BASL30"; FONT 2 "BASI30"; FONT 3 "BASB30"; FONT 5 "NGB25"
.FONT 6 "STA200.FNT[XGP,SYS]"
.TURN ON "%{α"
.ODDLEFTBORDER ← EVENLEFTBORDER ← 1000
.AT "ffi" ⊂ IF THISFONT ≤ 3 THEN "≠" ELSE "fαfαi" ⊃;
.AT "ffl" ⊂ IF THISFONT ≤ 3 THEN "α∞" ELSE "fαfαl" ⊃;
.AT "ff" ⊂ IF THISFONT ≤ 3 THEN "≥" ELSE "fαf" ⊃;
.AT "fi" ⊂ IF THISFONT ≤ 3 THEN "α≡" ELSE "fαi" ⊃;
.AT "fl" ⊂ IF THISFONT ≤ 3 THEN "∨" ELSE "fαl" ⊃;
.MACRO FAC ⊂FILL ADJUST COMPACT ⊃
.MACRO FAD ⊂FILL ADJUST COMPACT DOUBLE SPACE; PREFACE 2 ⊃
.MACRO LTR(name,dat) ⊂
.place HEADING
.nofill
.BEGIN
.TURN ON "-←→∂↑↓&[]";
%6S%5 Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305
.end
.PLACE TEXT;
.SELECT 5; if length ("dat") > 2 then date←"dat";
.once turn on "→"
%5Telephone 415-497-1391→{date}
or 415-497-4971
.SKIP 3; SELECT 1
name
.EVERY HEADING("%3NAME, {date}",,Page {Page})
.⊃
.MACRO AIADDRESS ⊂GROUP BEGIN SKIP 1; NOFILL
Douglas B. Lenat
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305
.END APART ⊃
.MACRO DBL ⊂ GROUP BEGIN SKIP 3; NOFILL CENTER
Sincerely,
.SKIP 6
Doug Lenat
.END APART ⊃
.portion main
.page←1
.LTR(Professor Jack Minker)
Department of Computer Science
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742
.FAD
Dear Professor Minker,
I am a fourth-year grad student in Stanford's CS department, and expect to
receive my Ph.D. by next Fall.
My dissertation is in the field of Artificial Intelligence.
I have studied how one might explain -- and automate --
the formation of new mathematical theories.
I've constructed a program which can develop
simple mathematical concepts, which aims at
expertise in theorem %2proposing%* rather than theorem %2proving%*.
A short description of the project is enclosed.
My PhD committee consists of Ed Feigenbaum, Cordell Green,
Bruce Buchanan, and Don Knuth. They have suggested that I write you,
since I am interested
in a faculty position for next year. I'd welcome the opportunity to
discuss that matter with you, as well as my thesis.
I could visit Maryland sometime this Winter. If there is sufficient interest,
I'd be happy to give a colloquium on my thesis research.
.DBL