∂19-OCT-75  1019	FTP: host ISI  
Date: 19 OCT 1975 1015-PDT
From: RUSSELL at USC-ISI
Subject: OUTLINE OF PLANNED BASIC AI WORK
To:   NEWELL at CMU-10A, PHW at MIT-AI, LES at SU-AI, FEIGENBAUM
cc:   BLUE, RUSSELL, CARLSTROM, CARLSON


	I am constructing an AI program plan that requires a section
devoted to proposed work in some structered format.  What
I plan to show is the basic AI program broken into three major
categories:

		Expert problem solving
		Natural language
		General reasoning

	I recognize that there is considerable overlap between the
three sections, and one could construct a more accurate division
containing two or three times as many divisions, however, it
will be considerably easier to explain and defend a manageable division
of the program.  What I would ask each of you to do is to fill in the
outline that follows with the appropriate information on the work
for which you are responsible.  I would prefer one or two sentence
milestone descriptions of your program plans showing a logical
progression of work as you see it now.  Obviously, near-term
goals can be described with resaonable accuracy, while longer-term
milestones are more general.

	EXPERT PROBLEM SOLVING

		MIT

		FY76 and FY7T program

		FY77 program

		FY78-FY80 program

		Feigenbaum

		FY76 and FY7T program

		FY77 program

		FY78-FY80 program

		CMU

		FY76 and FY7T program

		FY77 program

		FY78-FY80 program

	NATURAL LANGUAGE

		MIT

		FY76 and FY7T program

		FY77 program

		FY78-FY80 program

		Stanford

		FY76 and FY7T program

		FY77 program

		FY78-FY80 program

		Yale

		FY76 AND FY7T program

		FY77 program

		FY78-FY80 program

	FORMAL REASONING

		Stanford

		FY76 and FY7T program

		FY77 program

		FY78-FY80 program

		MIT

		FY76 and FY7T program

		FY77 program

		FY78-FY80 program

	Please note that vision work and automatic programming work
are now elements of the Image Understanding and Software Technology
programs respectively and are not considered as elements of the basic
AI program.  Also please avoid as much as possible jargon and the use
of the first person in your comments.  If you think that your work should be
included in other categories than are listed, please feel free
to add your work to appropriate category.

	I will provide a copy of the plan for your comments in the
next few days.

	I would appreciate your comments by Wednesday, 22 Oct 75.

	Dave
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