Information Processing Research.
Eugene Ball, Jon Louis Bentley, Nico Habermann, Peter G. Hibbard, Takeo Kanade · 1986
This report documents DARPA-supported basic research in Carnegie-Mellon University's Computer Science Department during the period 1 January 1981 through December 1983, extended to 31 December 1984. Each chapter discusses one of seven major research areas. Sections within a chapter present the area's general context, the specific problems addressed, our contributions and their significance, and an annotated bibliography. Keywords: Distributed Processing, Image Understanding, Machine Intelligence, Distributed Sensor Network, Cooperative User Interface, Integrated VLSI Systems, Natural Language, Shadow Geometry, Gradient Space, Code Optimization Compiling Techniques, Parallel Architectures Network Interprocess Communication, Dynamic Load Balancing Flexible Parsing, Integrated Speech, Natural Language Algorithm Design Theory.