draft statement for inclusion in 1972-73 Stanford Catalog as part  of
the Computer Science Department entry


ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY

Director: John McCarthy
Executive Officer: Lester Earnest

Research  group  leaders:   Thomas  Binford,  Kenneth  Colby,  Jerome
Feldman,  Robert  Floyd,  David Luckham, John McCarthy, Robin Milner,
Philip Petit, Arthur Samuel,  John  Chowning,  Roger  Schank,  Yorick
Wilks

	The  Artificial  Intelligence Laboratory is located in the D.
C.   Power Building, 1600  Arastradero  Road.   Its  research  is  in
artificial  intelligence,  mathematical  theory  of computation, time
sharing,  human  higher  mental  functions,  semantics   of   natural
languages,  symbolic  computation, and related topics.  It operates a
time-sharing system based on PDP-6  and  PDP-10  computers  including
about  35  display  consoles, computer controlled television cameras,
computer controlled artificial hands, a computer controlled  vehicle,
and  other  on-line  devices.  The Laboratory is part of the Computer
Science Department, but its  facilities  are  used  by  students  and
faculty  of  the  departments  of  Electrical Engineering, Mechanical
Engineering, Linguistics, Psychology, Music, and others for  projects
that contribute to the research goals of the Laboratory.

	Research  appointments  at  the pre- and post-doctoral levels
are  available.   New  graduate  students  in  Computer  Science  are
automatically  considered  for  appointment as Research Assistants in
the Laboratory.  Graduate students in  other  departments  may  apply
directly.

	Support  for  various  activities  of the Laboratory has come
from the Advanced Projects Research Agency of the Defense Department,
National  Institutes  of  Mental Health, National Science Foundation,
and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.