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C00002 00002 ∂26-Nov-78 1614 DCL Verification group space requirements
C00005 00003 ∂28-Nov-78 1324 DEK comments on Jacks plan #1
C00006 00004 ∂04-Dec-78 1552 Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM space plan
C00009 00005 ∂13-Mar-79 1314 SL Lab and Office Space
C00012 00006 ∂16-Mar-79 0949 SL Stanford Stereo Station
C00017 00007 ∂28-Mar-79 1132 Tognetti at SUMEX-AIM room in the new bldg.
C00019 00008 ∂30-Mar-79 1035 PLS Jacks Hall
C00020 00009 ∂06-Apr-79 0838 JSW M. Jacks Hal
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∂26-Nov-78 1614 DCL Verification group space requirements
Denny, the primary offices of the following will be in CSL:
LUCKHAM, OPPEN
Primary offices in CS will be needed for V.HENKE, KARP and some students.
By next June the funding and plans are as follows:
Research associates etc.: Luckham, Oppen, v. Henke, Karp, German
Students: Larsen, Paulson, Polak, others.
It looks like we need at least three offices (shared) in much the same
configuration as the music group since we make heavy use of the AI terminal
system etc.
I would suggest a shared office configuration as follows:
Luckham and Oppen - one office
v. Henke, Karp - one office
German, Polak etc. - one office.
We also have visiting research people who work more or less fulltime on the
verification project. This year we have Dr. Peter Milne from CSIRO, Australia.
Next year's visitors will include: Professor Donald Loveland (Duke),
Professor Gregor Bochmann (Un. of Montreal) and probably Prof Vaughn Pratt (MIT).
Visitors would, I suppose, share group offices and terminals.
∂26-Nov-78 1619 DCL Re previous msg
Denny, I forgot to mention we are also negotiating with TI for the gift of
a micro processor system to be used jointly for Verification and Hand-eye.
The current configuration being considered is about $75k worth, list price.
This would argue for trying to locate the two groups fairly close.
∂28-Nov-78 1324 DEK comments on Jacks plan #1
(a) Doug West is full-time faculty member, treated mistakenly as research
associate. In general, Vasek's successor should have a private office.
(If Frances becomes a research associate next year, she would become
equivalent to your present assumption about West, so I suppose the
students won't have to be bumped.)
(b) Dantzig will almost certainly never show up. His office in Terman is
super for his interests. But I imagine Gene will use that office for
visitors.
∂04-Dec-78 1552 Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM space plan
Date: 4 Dec 1978 1545-PST
From: Wiederhold at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: space plan
To: dpb at SAIL
cc: bs at SAIL
three things
1. The door to my secretary in 436 goes through computer music.
is the picture wrong or is this a feature of the actual building??
[Bad map. Door goes to corridor.]
2. We are adding a Research Associate for KBMS, Jerrold Kaplan.
Please put him at least on the list of homeless waifs for the 4th floor.
[Thanks, will do.]
3. Finkelstein is working on KBMS and hence should be marked also with
the group descriptor GIO. Arthur Keller ( with S1 ) also.
That does not affect the space plan which already miracolously puts
everything right.
[Of course!]
Denny : if you have developed an automatic algorthm for people
placement from the group constraints then you desrve an
honorary degree of some kind or other.
[Simple knowledge based system which runs in my head. Haven't totally
solved the debugging of above, yet...]
My congratualations to both of you ( and anybody else involved ) in solving
an impossible packing problem with so little conflict and so much sense.
Gio
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Thanks for the encouragement. I'm sure there will be dissenting points
of view. -Denny
∂13-Mar-79 1314 SL Lab and Office Space
Denny -
I gather that one of the joys of being associate dept chmn is planning for
space allocation in the new building. Two issues move me to ask if I could
meet with you:
1) As you no doubt know, an historical and magnificant (I built it) video
stereo station is to be housed in Margaret Jacks. LES has suggested
that I confer with you regarding its precise placement (and I might add
space and support requirements, and Alphatype related issues.)
2) EAF has just sent me the following:
The necessary step of consulting the faculty re your transfer to
Computer Science is now happening.
I just want to make sure that you really understood that our space
situation is very tight; that although the space is lovely, your own
personal slice of it will be small (and, in all honesty, outrageously
small for senior people like yourself).
I want to make sure you understand all this so that later
you will not be upset.
I would appreciate understanding what this means in terms of location,
floor space, privacy, security (for personal library, files, research
materials), book shelf space, research material space, file cabinet space,
terminal access, etc.
I am free this week:
Wed 14th: <1:30 p.m.
Thu 15th: <9:45 a.m.
Fri 16th: all day
- Sid
∂16-Mar-79 0949 SL Stanford Stereo Station
Denny, the following is for your reference. - Sid
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∂16-Jan-79 1346 SL Stereo Sta. Space
To: TOB
Tom
The Stanford Stereo Station (SSS) bench is eight feet long by 30 inches deep.
I would make the following observations regarding placement and utilization of
the system:
1) Floor space required for operation of the SSS alone will be clearance for
the placement of the 8 ft. length of the bench, by at least 6 ft. depth
for the bench, the operator and his chair.
2) There needs to be a room black-out capability.
3) A terminal will be required for immediate access of the SSS operator.
4) Space will be required on a separate table (there is no space on the bench)
for the terminal.
5) It will be virtually essential for there to be within view of the operator
at least one other black and white monitor. The principal reason for
this is that, as you may recall, the optics of the SSS are folded
in such a fashion that both members of the stereo pair must be
displayed on the SSS in a nearly completely inverted orientation;
furthermore, the field of view through the stereoscope will
generally not take in the full windows of the displayed images. Thus,
the auxilliary monitor would be used for the purposes of either
a) Making planning decisions involving one or both members of the pair.
b) Searching the scene for features of interest outside the optical
field of view.
c) Discussing the imagery with a second party...by experience, a quite
common occurance.
d) Examining separately a graphics plane or planes.
While I don't think it is critical for the auxilliary monitor to be of
large size, or exceptional quality (e.g. a DD terminal quality monitor
make do,) you might wish to consider the merit of placing the the high
resolution monitor I believe you have in mind ordering, and the SSS in the
same proximate location. A fallout advantage would be that both monitors
would be assured of room black-out capability by solving the problem for
one location. (A disadvantage would, of course be cross talk interference
during simultaneous non-related operations.)
6) A telephone should be at hand.
7) It should be possible conveniently to interact with the video switching
system, if it is to be other than terminal controlled.
8) There should be a desk and chair adjacent to the SSS for note taking,
record keeping, for placement of the a table-top stereocope (used for
viewing stereo prints during operations, and for examining maps, or other
operations hard copy materials.
Please let me know how I might help further in any effort you are involved in
in trying to optimize arrangemnts for the vision system.
Sid
∂28-Mar-79 1132 Tognetti at SUMEX-AIM room in the new bldg.
Date: 28 Mar 1979 1130-PST
From: Tognetti at SUMEX-AIM
Subject: room in the new bldg.
To: dbrown
Denny,
Nelleke just came by and told me that there have been some room shufflings
in the new bldg. and that the people in the inner core are being moved
to the outer rooms. Speaking with Marion, I found out that Jim Nourse and
Ray Carhart are not going to be in the same place and that Bill White, who
was scheduled for inner core with Neil Gray is moving to outer core. Anyway,
the sum of this msg. is that I have been very happy sharing an office with
Bill White and wonder if it would be possible to be put in an office with
him again. We get along fine and if there is no reason not to do so, wonder
about keeping the same arrangement in the new bldg. I'm in outer core now
in an office with Carli Scott and Allan Terry. I really need to be in a
quiet office to do my editing and with Bill this requirement has never been
a problem. I'm not sure about sharing with two other people--especially
with Carli, who is a sort of "central" Mycin social figure. I thought I
better ask you about this before we get there, when changes may be more
difficult. Thank you, h.t.
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∂30-Mar-79 1035 PLS Jacks Hall
I'd like to be included in your list of currently homeless in Jacks Hall.
Are there any prospects for a niche?
Peter Suzman
[We're super tight at this point. I don't know whether there will be any
room after SAIL moves down. We are currently negotiating for more
space, so all is not hopeless. -Denny]
∂06-Apr-79 0838 JSW M. Jacks Hal
To: DPB
CC: GHG, BS
Here is our revised plan for our little corner of M. Jacks Hall.
ROOM # INHABITANTS
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316 BERGER,GOODMAN,GROPP,OVERTON
314 LE VEQUE, NASH, TREFETHEN
312 WARTEN, NICHOLSON (new visitor)
310 HERRIOT
308 OLIGER (DONGARRA until end of May)
306 GOLUB
304 WRIGHT
309 DANTZIG
311 BOLEY, BJORSTAD
313 BJORCK, SCHERER
315 COUGHRAN, GROSSE