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␈↓ α∧␈↓Letter in Support of
␈↓ α∧␈↓Recommendation for Appointment to the Faculty
␈↓ α∧␈↓David C. Luckham, Adjunct Professor



␈↓ α∧␈↓As␈α∞required␈α
by␈α∞the␈α
Procedures␈α∞for␈α
Recommending␈α∞Appointments,␈α
Reappointments,
␈↓ α∧␈↓and␈α∪Promotions␈α∪in␈α∪the␈α∪Stanford␈α∪Faculty,the␈α∪enclosed␈α∪documents␈α∪-␈α∀Summary␈α∪of
␈↓ α∧␈↓Experience␈αRecord,␈αLetters␈αof␈αRecommendation,␈αand␈αComments␈αon␈αthe␈αPublications
␈↓ α∧␈↓of␈α∪D.C.␈α∀Luckham␈α∪-␈α∪provide␈α∀the␈α∪largest␈α∪part␈α∀of␈α∪the␈α∀information␈α∪requested.The
␈↓ α∧␈↓following comments complete the dossier.

␈↓ α∧␈↓I. Area of work

␈↓ α∧␈↓   Dr.␈α
Luckham␈α∞came␈α
to␈α
Stanford␈α∞as␈α
a␈α
Research␈α∞Associate␈α
in␈α
Computer␈α∞Science␈α
in
␈↓ α∧␈↓1968␈αand␈αthen␈αwent␈α
to␈αUCLA␈αas␈αAssociate␈α
Professor␈αof␈αComputer␈αScience␈α
in␈α1971.
␈↓ α∧␈↓His␈αreason␈αfor␈αreturning␈αto␈αStanford,␈αand␈αaccepting␈αwhat␈αamounts␈αto␈αa␈αdemotion␈αin
␈↓ α∧␈↓rank,␈α
was␈α∞the␈α
superior␈α∞research␈α
environment␈α
of␈α∞the␈α
Stanford␈α∞Artificial␈α
Intelligence
␈↓ α∧␈↓Labora-tory␈αboth␈αin␈αterms␈αof␈αfacilities␈αand␈αin␈αthe␈αquality␈αof␈αstudents␈αwith␈αwhom␈αhe
␈↓ α∧␈↓could work.

␈↓ α∧␈↓   While␈α⊃here␈α⊃he␈α⊃has␈α⊃continued␈α⊃his␈α⊃research␈α⊃in␈α⊃automatic␈α⊃theorem␈α∩proving␈α⊃and
␈↓ α∧␈↓mathematical␈α_theory␈α→of␈α_computation␈α→and␈α_started␈α_a␈α→new␈α_effort␈α→in␈α_automatic
␈↓ α∧␈↓programming.

␈↓ α∧␈↓   If␈αhis␈αpromotion␈αto␈αAdjunct␈αProfessor␈αis␈αapproved,␈αhe␈αwill␈αcon-tinue␈αhis␈αpersonal
␈↓ α∧␈↓research␈α
activity␈α
and␈α
will␈α
play␈α
a␈αstill␈α
more␈α
activee␈α
role␈α
in␈α
the␈α
supervision␈αof␈α
graduate
␈↓ α∧␈↓students␈α
since␈α
he␈α
will␈α
be␈α
able␈α
to␈α
serve␈α
as␈α
a␈α
principal␈α
dissertation␈α
adviser.␈α
He␈αwill␈α
also
␈↓ α∧␈↓be␈αable␈αto␈αapply␈αfor␈αresearch␈αsupport␈αin␈αhis␈αow␈αname␈αas␈αprincipal␈αinvestigator,␈αand
␈↓ α∧␈↓this␈α
will␈α
relieve␈αthe␈α
Director␈α
from␈αhaving␈α
to␈α
serve␈αas␈α
formal␈α
principal␈αinvestigator␈α
in
␈↓ α∧␈↓some␈αcases␈αand␈αwill␈αenable␈αLuckham's␈αpart␈αof␈αthe␈αLaboratory's␈αwork␈αto␈αstand␈αon␈αits
␈↓ α∧␈↓own feet.

␈↓ α∧␈↓II. Justification of Promotion

␈↓ α∧␈↓    The␈αprimary␈αjustification␈αfir␈αpromoting␈αDavid␈αLuckham␈αto␈αAdjunct␈αProfessor␈αis
␈↓ α∧␈↓the␈α∀quality␈α∀and␈α∀quantity␈α∀of␈α∀his␈α∀continuing␈α∀scientific␈α∀work.␈α∀His␈α∀early␈α∀work␈α∪in
␈↓ α∧␈↓program␈α
schemas␈α∞has␈α
stood␈α∞the␈α
test␈α
of␈α∞time␈α
and␈α∞is␈α
still␈α
referred␈α∞to␈α
quite␈α∞often.␈α
He
␈↓ α∧␈↓continues␈α
in␈αa␈α
leading␈αpo-sition␈α
in␈αautomatic␈α
theorem␈αproving␈α
and␈αis␈α
almost␈αalone␈α
in
␈↓ α∧␈↓success-fully␈α
applying␈α
automatic␈α
theorem␈α
proving␈α
to␈α
actual␈α
mathematical␈α
prob-lems,
␈↓ α∧␈↓albeit␈α∪in␈α∪a␈α∪limited␈α∪domain␈α∪of␈α∩mathematics␈α∪for␈α∪which␈α∪the␈α∪present␈α∪methods␈α∩are
␈↓ α∧␈↓suitable.␈α⊃Recently␈α⊃he␈α⊃has␈α⊃started␈α⊃new␈α⊃efforts␈α⊃in␈α⊃develop-ing␈α⊃systems␈α∩for␈α⊃proving
␈↓ α∧␈↓assertions␈α⊗about␈α⊗computer␈α⊗programs␈α⊗incorpor-ating␈α⊗his␈α⊗previous␈α↔programs␈α⊗for
␈↓ α∧␈↓automatic␈α
theorem␈α
proving.␈α
In␈α∞this,␈α
he␈α
is␈α
occupying␈α∞a␈α
leading␈α
postion␈α
in␈α∞what␈α
has
␈↓ α∧␈↓become a very competitive field.

␈↓ α∧␈↓    Most␈αrecently␈αhe␈α
has␈αstarted␈αan␈αeffort␈α
in␈αautomatice␈αprogramming,␈αi.e.,␈α
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␈↓ α∧␈↓computer␈α⊃programs␈α⊃automatically␈α⊃from␈α⊃specifications␈α⊃of␈α⊃the␈α∩desired␈α⊃performance.
␈↓ α∧␈↓There␈αis␈αa␈αsubstantial␈αprobability␈αof␈αthis␈αwork␈αobtaining␈αindependent␈αsupport␈αif␈αwe
␈↓ α∧␈↓promote him to Adjunct Professor.

␈↓ α∧␈↓III. The Candidate's Role

␈↓ α∧␈↓     With␈α∩reference␈α∩to␈α∪the␈α∩above␈α∩(which␈α∩is␈α∪listed␈α∩as␈α∩IV.␈α∩in␈α∪the␈α∩pro-cedures),the
␈↓ α∧␈↓following␈α
is␈α∞in␈α
response␈α∞to␈α
Paragraphs␈α∞A.␈α
through␈α∞C.;␈α
Paragraph␈α∞D.␈α
is␈α∞covered␈α
in
␈↓ α∧␈↓thh␈α?␈α?␈α*Summary␈α?␈α?␈α)of␈α?␈α?␈α*Experience␈α?␈α?␈α)Record.
␈↓ α∧␈↓Since␈α∞September␈α∞1971,␈α∞David␈α∞Luckham␈α∞as␈α∞been␈α∞a␈α∞Research␈α∞Computer␈α∞Scientist␈α∞in
␈↓ α∧␈↓the␈α∞Artificial␈α∞Intelligence␈α
Laboratory.␈α∞He␈α∞has␈α
been␈α∞the␈α∞instigator␈α
and␈α∞leader␈α∞of␈α
all
␈↓ α∧␈↓our␈α∃work␈α∃in␈α⊗computer␈α∃theorem␈α∃proving␈α∃and␈α⊗much␈α∃of␈α∃our␈α∃work␈α⊗in␈α∃program
␈↓ α∧␈↓verification.␈α
Both␈αof␈α
these␈α
areas␈αare␈α
essential␈α
for␈αartificial␈α
intelligence␈α
research␈αand
␈↓ α∧␈↓for␈α∀mathe-matical␈α∃theory␈α∀of␈α∀computation␈α∃and,␈α∀as␈α∀shown␈α∃by␈α∀the␈α∃letters,␈α∀David
␈↓ α∧␈↓Luckham␈α⊂has␈α⊂contributed␈α∂strongly␈α⊂to␈α⊂the␈α∂Laboratory's␈α⊂international␈α⊂reputation␈α∂in
␈↓ α∧␈↓these␈α
areas␈α
and␈α
presumably␈α
to␈α
the␈α
continuation␈α
of␈α
our␈α
government␈α
support.Besides
␈↓ α∧␈↓this,␈αhis␈αarea␈αhas␈αattracted␈αquite␈α
a␈αfew␈αgraduate␈αstudents␈αwhose␈αdissertation␈αwork␈α
he
␈↓ α∧␈↓has␈α∃ably␈α∃directed.␈α∀ His␈α∃ability␈α∃to␈α∀conceive␈α∃and␈α∃organize␈α∃independent␈α∀research
␈↓ α∧␈↓projects␈α∀that␈α∪can␈α∀attract␈α∪government␈α∀support␈α∪has␈α∀been␈α∪demonstrated␈α∀and␈α∀it␈α∪is
␈↓ α∧␈↓regarded␈α⊃as␈α⊃anomalous␈α⊃that␈α∩he␈α⊃does␈α⊃not␈α⊃yet␈α⊃have␈α∩a␈α⊃title␈α⊃allowing␈α⊃him␈α⊃to␈α∩be␈α⊃a
␈↓ α∧␈↓principal investigator.

␈↓ α∧␈↓    We␈α∩expect␈α∩him␈α∩to␈α∩be␈α∩successful␈α∩in␈α∩the␈α∩future,␈α∩because␈α∩he␈α∩has␈α∩already␈α⊃been
␈↓ α∧␈↓successful␈α
in␈α
this␈αrole.␈α
However,␈α
his␈αstatus␈α
must␈α
match␈α
his␈αrole␈α
if␈α
we␈αare␈α
to␈α
be␈αfair␈α
or
␈↓ α∧␈↓are to keep him.

␈↓ α∧␈↓    His departmental activities outside his research are listed.

␈↓ α∧␈↓    While␈α⊗his␈α⊗position␈α∃is␈α⊗not␈α⊗primarily␈α∃as␈α⊗a␈α⊗teacher,␈α∃we␈α⊗expect␈α⊗that␈α⊗he␈α∃will
␈↓ α∧␈↓occasionally teach an advanced course and direct seminars. He does this adequately.

␈↓ α∧␈↓    While␈α⊃this␈α⊃is␈α⊃primarily␈α⊃a␈α⊃matter␈α⊃of␈α⊃making␈α⊃the␈α⊃title␈α⊃match␈α⊃the␈α⊃function,␈α⊂the
␈↓ α∧␈↓candidate␈αis␈α
already␈αperforming.␈α
The␈αletters␈α
soliciting␈αopinions␈α
asked␈αfor␈α
comparison
␈↓ α∧␈↓with␈αother␈αoutstanding␈αpeople␈α
in␈αthe␈αfield␈αwith␈α
the␈αexcellent␈αresults␈αevidenced␈αin␈α
the
␈↓ α∧␈↓letters.