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␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓βS␈↓∧ Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, California 94305

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	␈October 9, 1980 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Mr. A.L. Fenaughty
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Information International
␈↓ ↓H␈↓5933 Slauson Ave.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Culver City, CA 90230

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Al:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Alan␈α
Miller␈αis␈α
a␈αgraduate␈α
student␈αin␈α
computer␈αscience␈α
here,␈αwho␈α
wants␈αto␈α
work␈αon␈α
character
␈↓ ↓H␈↓recognition␈α⊂as␈α∂his␈α⊂PhD␈α⊂dissertation␈α∂topic␈α⊂under␈α∂my␈α⊂supervision.␈α⊂ He␈α∂will␈α⊂be␈α∂ready␈α⊂to␈α⊂start␈α∂in
␈↓ ↓H␈↓January.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Would␈α∞III␈α∞be␈α∞willing␈α∞to␈α
support␈α∞his␈α∞work␈α∞on␈α∞this␈α
topic␈α∞by␈α∞≡nancing␈α∞a␈α∞half␈α∞time␈α
research
␈↓ ↓H␈↓assistantship␈αduring␈αthe␈αacademic␈αyear␈αand␈αpossibly␈αa␈αfull␈αtime␈αassistantship␈αduring␈αthe␈αsummer?
␈↓ ↓H␈↓You might want to o≥er him the option of working at III during the summer.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α
approach␈α
he␈α
will␈α
take␈α∞to␈α
the␈α
problem␈α
is␈α
not␈α∞yet␈α
determined,␈α
since␈α
he␈α
is␈α∞still␈α
studying
␈↓ ↓H␈↓previous␈α
work.␈α
 However,␈α
I␈α
have␈αbeen␈α
suggesting␈α
that␈α
he␈α
explore␈αusing␈α
a␈α
vidicon␈α
camera␈α
to␈αget
␈↓ ↓H␈↓gray␈α∪level␈α∀pictures␈α∪and␈α∀plan␈α∪on␈α∀mechanical␈α∪scanning␈α∪to␈α∀make␈α∪up␈α∀for␈α∪limited␈α∀resolution␈α∪if
␈↓ ↓H␈↓necessary.␈α The␈αideal␈αwould␈αbe␈αa␈αmicroprocessor␈αbased␈αattachment␈αto␈αa␈αlarge␈αcomputer␈αthat␈α
would
␈↓ ↓H␈↓enable a secretary to be told to read in a letter or other document received from the outside.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        III␈α∩support␈α⊃would␈α∩give␈α⊃III␈α∩an␈α⊃inside␈α∩track␈α⊃on␈α∩work␈α⊃that␈α∩will␈α⊃be␈α∩valuable␈α⊃if␈α∩Miller␈α⊃is
␈↓ ↓H␈↓successful.  I am also sure that III's experience will help Miller.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: Alan Miller (Stanford), Arnold Gri≠th (III)