00100	draft statement for inclusion in 1972-73 Stanford Catalog as part  of
00200	the Computer Science Department entry
00300	
00400	
00500	ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY
00600	
00700	Director: John McCarthy
00800	Executive Officer: Lester Earnest
00900	
01000	Research  group  leaders:   Thomas  Binford,  Kenneth  Colby,  Jerome
01100	Feldman,  Robert  Floyd,  David Luckham, John McCarthy, Robin Milner,
01200	Philip Petit, Arthur Samuel,  John  Chowning,  Roger  Schank,  Yorick
01300	Wilks
01400	
01500		The  Artificial  Intelligence Laboratory is located in the D.
01600	C.   Power Building, 1600  Arastradero  Road.   Its  research  is  in
01700	artificial  intelligence,  mathematical  theory  of computation, time
01800	sharing,  human  higher  mental  functions,  semantics   of   natural
01900	languages,  symbolic  computation, and related topics.  It operates a
02000	time-sharing system based on PDP-6  and  PDP-10  computers  including
02100	about  35  display  consoles, computer controlled television cameras,
02200	computer controlled artificial hands, a computer controlled  vehicle,
02300	and  other  on-line  devices.  The Laboratory is part of the Computer
02400	Science Department, but its  facilities  are  used  by  students  and
02500	faculty  of  the  departments  of  Electrical Engineering, Mechanical
02600	Engineering, Linguistics, Psychology, Music, and others for  projects
02700	that contribute to the research goals of the Laboratory.
02800	
02900		Research  appointments  at  the pre- and post-doctoral levels
03000	are  available.   New  graduate  students  in  Computer  Science  are
03100	automatically  considered  for  appointment as Research Assistants in
03200	the Laboratory.  Graduate students in  other  departments  may  apply
03300	directly.
03400	
03500		Support  for  various  activities  of the Laboratory has come
03600	from the Advanced Projects Research Agency of the Defense Department,
03700	National  Institutes  of  Mental Health, National Science Foundation,
03800	and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.