Dates $0 SEP 1976 1428=PdOT
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Subject: LINDBERG letter
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Subject! SUMEX*AIM VISITS YO U,S, MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
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BELOW IS A DRAFT COPY OF A LETTER WHICH MIGHT BE USED TO
INITIATE CONTACTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUMEX=AIM VISITS TO
PRESENTLY NON@PARTICIPATING MEDICAL INSTALLATIONS, FOLLOWING
THE DRAFT LETTER IS A LIST OF INSTITUTIONS AND POSSIBLE LOCAL
HOSTS,

MY PURPOSE IN POSTING THESE ITEMS IS TO RECEIVE EDITING,
CORRECTIONS, AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE'S ADVICE CONCERNING?

1) THE MANNER OF PROCEEDING

2) THE LETTER

3) THE LIST OF INSTITUTIONS AND HOSTS, AND

4) THE RANK ORDERING OF SUCH A LIST, NB THE LIST CURRENTLY
IS NOT IN ANY RANK ORDER,

ONE ADDITIONAL QUESTION IS OF COURSE TO WHAT EXTENT MEDICAL
INSTITUTIONS OTHER THAN MEDICAL SCHOOLS SHOULD BE INCLUDED, AND ON
THE OTHER HAND TO WHAT EXTENT MEDICAL SCHOOLS WHICH ALREADY HAVE A
STRONG AT FOCUS SHOULD BE ON THE LIST, RUTGERS, PITTSBURGH, UCSD,
AND STANFORD FOR EXAMPLE WERE NOT INCLUDED,

LETTER COPY FOLLOWS:

DEAR wannwmwmens

SUMEX=@AIM IS A NATIONAL SHARED RESOURCE PROJECT OF NIH, OUR
COMPUTER IS PHYSICALLY LOCATED AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER,
OUR PURPOSE 1S PRIMARILY TO SUPPORT RESEARCH IN THE USE OF ARTIFICTAL
INTELLIGENCE COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES IN MEDICINE, THE ENCLOSED
LITERATURE DESCRIBES THE INITIAL SET OF RESEARCH COLLABORATORS, WHO
WORK WITH THIS SYSTEM FROM THEIR OWN UNIVERSITIES IN ( ) DIFFERENT
STATES,

THERE IS NOT SUFFICIENT COMPUTER RESOURCE TO SATISFY ALL THE
POTENTIAL RESEARCH COLLABORATORS, EVEN UNDER THE TERMS OF A
GENEROUS NIH GRANT AWARD, YET WE AND NIM BOTH FEEL THAT IT IS
IMPORTANT THAT SOME OF THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES BE COMMITTED TO
DEMONSTRATION OF THE EARLY SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS AND THE EARLY
ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN MEDICINE
TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS,

CONSEQUENTLY THIS LETTER IS TO SUGGEST TO YOU THE POSSIBILITY THAT
REPRESENTATIVES OF SUMEX=AIM COULD VISIT YOUR INSTITUTION FOR THE
PURPOSE OF GIVING A LECTURE/DEMONSTRATION OF THESE NEW TECHNIQUES,

IF YOU AGREE, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE TO PROVIDE A SUITABLE
FORUM OF MEDICAL FACULTY AND MEDICAL STUDENTS FOR A ONE HOUR
PRESENTATION, OUR RESPONSIBILITY, IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENTATION,
WOULD BE TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS OF RESEARCH IN THIS FIELD

WITH THOSE WHO MIGHT WANT TO PURSUE AN INDIVIDUAL INTEREST, AND YO
ATTEMPT TO BE OF ASSISTANCE YO ANY OF YOUR COLLEAGUES WHO DECIDE

TO INITIATE OR CONDUCT SUCH RESEARCH,

IT MUST BE NOTED THAT SUMEX*AIM IS NOT REALLY IN A POSITION
TO OFFER ITS SERVICES TO LARGE NUMBERS OF NEW USERS, SUCH CAPACITY
FOR SERVICE TO A LARGE RESEARCH COMMUNITY IS NOT WITHIN OUR
REACH,

THERE ARE HOWEVER, UNDER OUR CURRENT GRANTS, OCCASIONAL RESEARCH
FORUMS AND TRAINING SESSIONS, AND OF COURSE IY IS ENTIRELY

POSSIBLE TO USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES TOTALLY SEPARATE
FROM OUR PARTICULAR FACILITY, AT THE MOMENT, WE WISH ONLY To

BROADEN THE GROUP OF MEDICAL COLLEAGUES WHO ARE INVESTIGATING

THESE PROBLEMS, AND TO TELL YOU OF THE SCIENTIFIC POSSIBILITIES

OF SUCH A PROGRAM,

BY COPY OF THIS LETTER, WE ARE COMMUNICATING YHIS OFFER TO
THE DEAN OF YOUR SCHOOL, IN HOPES THAT HE TOO CAN GIVE SUPPORT AND
GUIDANCE TO US SHOULD YOU AGREE TO HOST A PRESENTATION,

YOURS TRULY

LIST OF SUGGESTED INSTITUTIONS FOLLOWS}

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI = COLUMBIA DON LINOBERG/PAUL BLACKWELL
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI © KANSAS CITY LARRY HARKNESS
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY CHARLES MOLNAR
ST, LOUIS UNIVERSITY GEORGE GANTNER

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY = CARBONDALE DAX TAYLOR
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS = CHAMPAIGN*URBANA ALLEN LEVY

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS + CIRCLE MCCORMICK

UNIVERSITY OF IQWA HAROLD SHIPTON

OHTO STATE KITTY CLAUSEN

COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS KEN BUTTON/DON KING
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY YAMAMOTO

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SANDY METSEL/BILL SILER
DUKE UNIVERSITY ANDY WALLACE/GENE STEAD
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO SCOTT BLOIS/DICK
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES CAROL NEWTON

MAYO MEDICAL SCHOOL LEN KURLAND/BOB BAHN
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA GENE ACKERMAN
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA FRED BROOKS

UNIVERSITY OF UTAH DALE EVANS/HOMER WARNER
CORNELL MEDICAL SCHOOL RALPH ENGLE

TEMPLE UNIVERSITY MARION BALL
MOUNTAIN STATES RMP = BOISE RALPH CHRISTIANSON
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON TED KEL
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN RICHARD FRIEDMAN
HARVARD UNIVERSITY OCTO BARNETT
Although computeremetwork communications remain a viable ontian
for transcontinental resource sharing, restrictions on the use of
ARPANET, and idiosyncrasies of the available commercial systems, are
such that many users would be more comfortable working within feasible
dirpect=dial-up range of the serving machine, This is particularly
importamt {nm elinical apolications; Jess so in the chemical ones which
are more computer=intensive,

We therefore concur that Dr, Amarel'!s application could serve
as a Valuable augmentation of SUMEX*AIM NATIONALLY=shared resources,
as weji as of its primary regional purposes, We are certainiy willing
to cooperate to the utmost in assuring a common management framework
for the allocation of the resource, and in the endeavour to sustain
the highest practicable technical compatibility Cor complementarity
where this is indicated,)

Joshua Lederberg