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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	␈October 9, 1978 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor  K.S. Hsu
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Institute of Computers
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Academia Sinica
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Peking, China

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Hsu:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Many␈αthanks␈αto␈αyou␈αand␈αyour␈αcolleagues␈αfor␈αyour␈αhospitality␈αin␈αPeking␈αand␈αfor␈αyour␈αletter
␈↓ ↓H␈↓of September 30.  Enclosed is a copy of a letter I sent to Professor Tuan Hsio-fu.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α
arti≡cial␈α
intelligence␈α
summer␈α
school␈α
is␈αstill␈α
not␈α
de≡nite.␈α
 Professor␈α
Takasu␈α
is␈α
trying␈αto
␈↓ ↓H␈↓arrange␈αit,␈αand␈αif␈αhe␈αcan't,␈αProfessor␈αIgarashi␈αof␈αTsukuba␈αUniversity␈αwill␈αalso␈αtry.␈α
 However,␈αthe
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Japanese␈α⊗have␈α⊗di≠culty␈α⊗organizing␈α⊗such␈α∃things␈α⊗on␈α⊗short␈α⊗notice,␈α⊗especially␈α⊗since␈α∃Japanese
␈↓ ↓H␈↓universities␈α↔still␈α↔haven't␈α⊗developed␈α↔the␈α↔practice␈α↔of␈α⊗using␈α↔student␈α↔dormitories␈α↔for␈α⊗housing
␈↓ ↓H␈↓conference␈α⊃attendees␈α⊃during␈α∩vacations.␈α⊃ They␈α⊃said␈α∩they␈α⊃would␈α⊃let␈α∩me␈α⊃know␈α⊃early␈α∩in␈α⊃October
␈↓ ↓H␈↓whether they have been successful, but I haven't heard yet.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        The␈α∪newspapers␈α∪have␈α∪just␈α∪published␈α∪the␈α∪fact␈α∪that␈α∪six␈α∪Chinese␈α∪scholars␈α∪will␈α∪come␈α∪to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford␈α⊃in␈α⊃October,␈α⊃and␈α⊃Dr.␈α⊃Douglas␈α⊃Murray␈α⊃tells␈α⊃me␈α⊃that␈α⊃two␈α⊃will␈α⊃be␈α⊃from␈α⊃your␈α⊃Institute
␈↓ ↓H␈↓including␈αone␈αwho␈αis␈αscheduled␈αto␈αwork␈αwith␈αProfessor␈αKnuth.␈α If␈αthis␈αis␈αall␈αcorrect,␈αyou␈αwill␈α
soon
␈↓ ↓H␈↓have ≡rst hand information about many aspects of computer science at Stanford.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        It␈α∞occurs␈α
to␈α∞me␈α
that␈α∞if␈α∞we␈α
had␈α∞had␈α
a␈α∞session␈α∞in␈α
your␈α∞Institute␈α
in␈α∞which␈α∞people␈α
explained
␈↓ ↓H␈↓their␈α∩research␈α∩interests,␈α∩I␈α∪might␈α∩have␈α∩been␈α∩able␈α∩to␈α∪suggest␈α∩additional␈α∩people␈α∩whose␈α∪visit␈α∩to
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Stanford would be mutually bene≡cial.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I hope I will have the opportunity to return your hospitality.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,



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