zenon@utcsrgv.UUCP (Pylyshyn zenon) (07/23/83)
A consortium of 4 groups has been awarded a contract by the Secretary of State to prepare a report on what Canada ought to be doing to support R & D in artificial intelligence in the next 5- 10 years. The groups are Quasar Systems of Ottawa, Nordicity Group of Toronto, Socioscope of Ottawa, and a group of academic AI people (Pylyshyn, Mackworth, Skuce, Kittredge, Isabel, with consultants Tsotso, Mylopoulos, Zucker, Cercone). Because the client's primary interest is in language (esp translation) the report will concentrate on that aspect, though we plan to cover all of AI on the grounds that it's all of a piece. The contract period is July-Dec 1983. I am coordinating the technical part of the report. We are seeking input from all interested parties. I will be touring Canada, probably in September, and would like to talk to anyone who has an AI lab and some ideas about where Canada ought to focus. I am especially eager to receive input from, and in- formation about, what's happening in Canadian industry. I welcome all suggestions and invitations. This is the first AI study commissioned by a federal agency on AI and we should take this as an opportunity to give them a good cross-section of views. Zenon Pylyshyn, Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, N6A 5C2. (519)-679-2461 utcsrgv!zenon or on the ARPANET Pylyshyn@CMU-CS-C