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␈↓ ↓H␈↓ε␈↓ βBSTANFORD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LABORATORY

␈↓ ↓H␈↓α␈↓ ¬tMay 23, 1979




␈↓ ↓H␈↓αTo:␈↓ αH␈↓Douglas Murray

␈↓ ↓H␈↓␈↓αFrom:␈↓ αH␈↓John McCarthy, Director, Arti≡cial Intelligence Lab.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓αSubject:␈↓ αH␈↓ Ma Xiwen and Tang Chih-sung

␈↓ ↓H␈↓The␈αone␈αChinese␈α
scholar␈αwith␈αwhom␈α
I␈αam␈αconcerned␈α
is␈αMa␈αXiwen.␈α
 My␈αinvitation␈αcalled␈α
for␈αno
␈↓ ↓H␈↓charges␈α∞of␈α∞any␈α∞kind␈α∞and␈α∞no␈α∞payment␈α∞by␈α∞us␈α∞to␈α∞him.␈α∞ Stanford␈α∞also␈α∞incurred␈α∞no␈α∞costs␈α∞concerned
␈↓ ↓H␈↓with␈α
housing␈α
or␈α
his␈α
English.␈α
 The␈α
work␈α
he␈α
has␈α
done␈α
in␈α
his␈α
short␈α
time␈α
here␈α
is␈α
outstanding,␈α
and
␈↓ ↓H␈↓therefore␈α
I␈α
consider␈α
it␈αappropriate␈α
to␈α
continue␈α
that␈αarrangement␈α
as␈α
long␈α
as␈αhe␈α
wants␈α
to␈α
stay.␈α In
␈↓ ↓H␈↓fact␈α
we␈α
usually␈αbut␈α
not␈α
always␈α
pay␈αoutside␈α
people␈α
making␈α
his␈αlevel␈α
of␈α
contribution␈α
to␈αour␈α
research.
␈↓ ↓H␈↓My␈αimpression␈αis␈αthat␈αhe␈αis␈αexceptional,␈αand␈αI␈αdon't␈αhave␈αthe␈αsame␈αimpression␈αof␈αMr.␈αTung␈αYun-
␈↓ ↓H␈↓mei,␈αhere␈α
as␈αone␈α
of␈αthe␈α
six.␈α Besides␈αthat␈α
I␈αhave␈α
invited␈αDr.␈α
Tang␈αChih-sung␈α
from␈αthe␈αInstitute␈α
of
␈↓ ↓H␈↓Computing␈α
Machines␈α
on␈α
an␈α∞arrangement␈α
in␈α
which␈α
we␈α
will␈α∞pay␈α
travel␈α
and␈α
living␈α∞expenses.␈α
 We
␈↓ ↓H␈↓have␈α∞heard␈α∞indirectly␈α∞that␈α∞he␈α∞expects␈α∞to␈α
be␈α∞able␈α∞to␈α∞accept␈α∞our␈α∞invitation.␈α∞ Both␈α∞Donald␈α
Knuth
␈↓ ↓H␈↓and␈αI␈αhave␈αan␈α
extremely␈αgood␈αimpression␈αof␈αDr.␈α
Tang␈αand␈αconsider␈αthe␈αinvitation␈α
not␈αespecially
␈↓ ↓H␈↓generous.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓I␈αbelieve␈α
that␈αthe␈αarrangement␈α
we␈αmade␈αwith␈α
Ma␈αand␈α
the␈αarrangement␈αwe␈α
propose␈αwith␈αTang␈α
are
␈↓ ↓H␈↓appropriate␈αconsidering␈αthe␈αcontributions␈αthese␈αscientists␈αwill␈αprobably␈αmake.␈α It␈αseems␈αto␈αme␈αthat
␈↓ ↓H␈↓some␈αof␈α
the␈αother␈α
scholars␈αare␈α
here␈αunder␈α
a␈αkind␈α
pump-priming␈αarrangement,␈α
and␈αthat␈α
this␈αwas
␈↓ ↓H␈↓justi≡ed,␈α∂but␈α∂should␈α∂be␈α∂replaced␈α∂by␈α∂the␈α∂same␈α∂kinds␈α∂of␈α∂individual␈α∂arrangements␈α∂we␈α∂make␈α∞with
␈↓ ↓H␈↓people from other countries as soon as this is feasible.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓Should␈α∞there␈α∞be␈α
any␈α∞problems␈α∞in␈α∞our␈α
continuing␈α∞our␈α∞arrangement␈α
with␈α∞Ma␈α∞or␈α∞establishing␈α
one
␈↓ ↓H␈↓with Tang, please let me know.  As I understand your memo, there won't be any.


␈↓ ↓H␈↓Sincerely,



␈↓ ↓H␈↓John McCarthy, Director, Arti≡cial Intelligence Lab.

␈↓ ↓H␈↓cc: E. Feigenbaum, D. Knuth