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Russian trip IJCAI
				Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
				Computer Science Dept
				Stanford University
				Stanford, Calif, 94305


Mr. Roger N. Gray
Office of International Programs
National Science Foundation
Washington, DC, 20550




Dear Mr. Gray:



I have been  invited by the conference committee of the International
Joint Conference  on Artificial  Intelligence to  present a  tutorial
lecture on  visual perception.  My  other purpose is to  discuss with
colleagues  in  the Soviet  Union their  work  on control  theory for
manipulation systems  and articulated mobility  systems. I expect  to
give  the state  of the  art and  current research  directions  in US
research, which  would have  most impact  in the  choice of  research
directions. I  expect that  the information  on control theory  which
colleagues in  the Soviet Union have available,  would save about 3-6
months of work of one person on our part, and add some  generality to
subsequent  design   decisions.    Control  theory   is  an  explicit
ingredient in  our work  on advanced  automation.   I intend also  to
discuss  the US-USSR  development program  in automation  science and
robotics. 

I  would be willing to  lecture at a survey level  and at a technical
level on theoretical aspects  of visual perception by  computers, and
on  programming  systems   and  language  for  programmable  assembly
automation. 

I speak and read French. 

I will visit Drs.  Briabrin and Stefanuk at the  Academy of Sciences,
Moscow,  Akademician Boris N.  Petrov and  Dr. Andrei Petrov,  at the
Institute  of  Control   Sciences,  Moscow,   Dr.  Somolenko,   whose
affiliation I do  not know now, Dr. Ye. I.  Yurevich at the Leningrad
Polytechnical Institute  and Dr. Kobrynski and Dr. Artoboleski at the
Institute of Mechanics Leningrad. 

I  will send separately  a letter  of invitation from  the conference
committee. 



				Sincerely



				Thomas O. Binford

		Invited Tutorial


	Computer Vision and Productivity Technology


		Thomas O. Binford
		Stanford University


We review the  state of the  art in computer vision  and productivity
technology  from  the  standpoint of  representation  theory  and the
semantics of language for assembly and vision language.  We emphasize
current and  potential application goals  and evaluate the  effect of
the  revolution  in  semiconductor technology,  including  CCD signal
processors, and  costs and  capabilities.  Scientific  goals and  key
problems are discussed in the programming of systems to solve classes
of vision and  automation problems,  not just isolated  problems.   A
paradigm is presented for these systems in the near future. 

Tbilisi
Erevan
Samarkand
Bukhara
Moscow
Leningrad
Talinn
Warsaw
Germany
Stockholm
Paris

mon.1.sept.
	10:05	SFO→		AA 182
	15:57	   →ORD
	18:30	ORD→		PA  58
tue.2.sept.
	 8:55	   →FRA
	11:25	FRA→		SU 577
	16:20	   →MOW (SVO)
		pick up rented car?
		overnight in Moscow
wed.3.sept.
	 6:40	MOW→    (DME)	SU 923
	10:05	arrive TBS
		pick up rented car
	 9:30	conference began
		overnight in Tbilisi

thu.4.sept.
		overnight in Tbilisi
fri.5.sept.
		overnight in Tbilisi
sat.6.sept.
		overnight in Tbilisi
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		overnight in Tbilisi
mon.8.sept.
	18:00	conference ends
		overnight in Tbilisi
tue.9.sept.
	 6:00	drive to Erevan
	10:00~	arrive Erevan
	19:00	drop off rented car
	19:45	ERV→		SU 7105
wed.10.sept.
		overnight in Samarkand
thu.11.sept.
		overnight in Samarkand
fri.12.sept.
	19:25	SKD→		SU 687
	19:15	   →BHK
		overnight in Bukhara
sat.13.sept.
	14:30	BHK→		SU 688
	15:25	   →SKD
	18:50	SKD→
	22:10	   →MOW (DME)
		pick up rented car
		overnight in Moscow
sun.14.sept.
	23:45	Moscow
mon.15.sept.
	 8:30	Moscow
tue.16.sept.
                Leningrad
wed.17.sept.
	22:05	Leningrad

thu.18.sept.
		Leningrad
fri.19.sept.
		Talinn
sat.20.sept.
		Helsinki
sun 21,sept
		Warsaw
mon 22,sept
		Warsaw
tues 23,sept
		Warsaw
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		Berlin
Thurs 25,sept
		Berlin
Fri 26,sept
		Germany
Sat 27,sept
		Germany
Sun 28,sept
		Germany
Mon 29,sept
		France
Tues 30,sept
		France
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		France
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		France
Thu 4,Oct
		France