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

␈↓ ↓H␈↓∧Telephone 415 497-4430␈↓ 	TDecember 20, 1979 




␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor R.C.T. Lee
␈↓ ↓H␈↓National Tsing Hua University
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Institute of Computer and Decision Sciences
␈↓ ↓H␈↓ Hsinchu, TAIWAN. 300.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Republic of China

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dear Professor Lee:

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Since␈α∞Dr.␈α∞Sheu␈α∞is␈α∞not␈α∞interested␈α∞in␈α∞a␈α∞degree,␈α∞the␈α∞easiest␈α∞thing␈α∞is␈α∞for␈α∞him␈α∞to␈α∞apply␈α∞to␈α
our
␈↓ ↓H␈↓master's␈α∩degree␈α∩program,␈α∩although␈α∩this␈α∩may␈α∩not␈α∩be␈α∩the␈α∩best␈α∩thing␈α∩to␈α∩do.␈α∩ Anyone␈α∩with␈α⊃his
␈↓ ↓H␈↓quali≡cations␈α⊂is␈α⊂almost␈α⊃certain␈α⊂to␈α⊂be␈α⊂admitted,␈α⊃and␈α⊂he␈α⊂will␈α⊂be␈α⊃free␈α⊂to␈α⊂take␈α⊂any␈α⊃courses.␈α⊂ The
␈↓ ↓H␈↓problem␈αis␈αthat␈αthe␈αtuition␈αis␈α
substantial␈αand␈αan␈αassistantship␈αis␈αproblematical␈αthough␈α
possible␈αif
␈↓ ↓H␈↓his quali≡cations appeal to someone who is running a project.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        In␈α∞view␈α∞of␈α∞his␈α∞American␈α
degree,␈α∞I␈α∞don't␈α∞suppose␈α∞that␈α∞Dr.␈α
Sheu␈α∞will␈α∞be␈α∞asked␈α∞to␈α∞take␈α
the
␈↓ ↓H␈↓English exam.  The Master's deadline is in June, I think.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        There␈α
are␈α
three␈α
other␈α
possibilities.␈α
 The␈αPhD␈α
program,␈α
for␈α
whose␈α
students␈α
we␈α
always␈α≡nd
␈↓ ↓H␈↓assistantships,␈αis␈αextremely␈α
competitive,␈αadmitting␈α20␈α
out␈αof␈αabout␈α
250␈αapplicants.␈α Its␈α
deadline␈αis
␈↓ ↓H␈↓January 15, and the GRE is required, so I don't think he could make the deadline this year.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        There␈αis␈αalso␈αa␈αstatus␈αcalled␈αunmatriculated␈αstudent,␈αbut␈αthe␈αComputer␈αScience␈αDepartment
␈↓ ↓H␈↓only␈α∞allows␈α∞such␈α∞students␈α∂to␈α∞take␈α∞one␈α∞course␈α∞per␈α∂quarter␈α∞in␈α∞computer␈α∞science,␈α∞because␈α∂we␈α∞don't
␈↓ ↓H␈↓want␈αto␈αundercut␈α
the␈αHonors␈αCo-op␈α
program␈αwhereby␈αlocal␈αindustries␈α
pay␈αfor␈αstudents␈α
and␈αthen
␈↓ ↓H␈↓some.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        Yet␈α∞another␈α∂possibility␈α∞is␈α∞a␈α∂Research␈α∞Associate␈α∂position,␈α∞which␈α∞is␈α∂appropriate␈α∞for␈α∂a␈α∞PhD
␈↓ ↓H␈↓who␈αas␈αabilities␈αrelevant␈αto␈αone␈αof␈αthe␈αresearch␈αprojects.␈α This␈αwould␈αrequire␈αan␈αapproach␈αto␈αone
␈↓ ↓H␈↓of␈αthe␈α
professors␈αwho␈αdirects␈α
an␈αappropriate␈αproject,␈α
but␈αit␈αwouldn't␈α
be␈αappropriate␈α
for␈αsomeone
␈↓ ↓H␈↓whose␈α∞main␈α
objective␈α∞is␈α
to␈α∞take␈α
courses.␈α∞ Dr.␈α
Sheu's␈α∞background␈α
suggests␈α∞that␈α∞Professor␈α
George
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Dantzig␈α
would␈α
be␈α
the␈αappropriate␈α
person␈α
with␈α
whom␈αto␈α
pursue␈α
it.␈α
 At␈αpresent,␈α
I␈α
have␈α
three␈αtop
␈↓ ↓H␈↓candidates for one or two research associate positions in my area of AI.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I will have the Department send Dr. Sheu application material in your care.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓        I␈αhope␈αyour␈αwork␈αis␈αgoing␈αwell,␈αand␈αI␈αlook␈αforward␈αto␈αseeing␈αyou␈αagain␈αsometime␈α-␈αhere␈αor
␈↓ ↓H␈↓there.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Best regards,
␈↓ ↓H␈↓αProfessor R.C.T. Lee␈↓ ¬PDecember 20, 1979␈↓ 
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␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Director
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Professor of Computer Science