Equipment Grant for AI (Artifical Intelligence) Research.

Abstract : This grant program provided $274,028 from AFOSR toward the purchase of a VAX 11/780 computer system to create a laboratory for Systems Automation Through Artificial Intelligence. Presented here are descriptions of research projects conducted through the Artificial Intelligence Consortium, a listing of the equipment and peripherals installed, and summaries of the research programs that are being carried out using this computer facility. Projects: Software and Hardware Architectures for Increasing Performance of Very Large Knowledge Based Systems; Knowledge Base Maintenance Using Logic Programming Methodologies; New Generation Knowledge Processing; Syracuse University Machine for Associative Computation; Computer Aids for Conceptualizing and Designing Space Structures; Development of a Reduction Machine; Development of a Delphi to PROLOG Compiler; Rheumatology Knowledge Base and Expert System; Investigation of Data Base Management System; Computer-Aided Design Data-Base Management; and Migrationh of Scientific Applications Between Different Computer Architectures.