SESSION 1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES＆Chairman:DR．A．M．UTTLEY,NPL 3
1 Some methods of artificial intelligence and heuristic programming＆DR．M．L．MINSKY,MIT,USA 3
Discussion on paper 1＆Chairman:Dr．W．S．McCULLOCH,MIT,USA 29
2 Operational aspects of intellect＆DR．D．M．MACKAY,KING＇S College,London 37
Discussion on paper 2 67
3 Programs with common sense＆DR．J．McCARTHY,MIT,USA 75
Discussion on paper 3 85
4 The mechanism of habituation＆DR．W．ROSS ASHBY,Barnwood House Hospital,Gloucester 93
Discussion on paper 4 115
5 Conditional probability computing in a nervous system＆DR．A．M．UTTLEY,CME Division,NPL 119
Discussion on paper 5 149
SESSION 2 AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING＆Chairman:DR．E．T．GOODWIN,NPL 153
1 Automatic programming:present status and future trends＆DR．GRACE HOPPER,Remington Rand Univac,USA 155
Discussion on paper 1 195
2 Some technical features of the Manchester Mercury autocode programme＆MR．R．A．BROOKER,Manchester University 201
Discussion on paper 2＆Chairman:PROF．B．S．SOTSKOV,Academy of Sciences of the USSR 225
3 Automatic programming:properties and performance of FORTRAN systems I and II＆MR．J．BACKUS,IBM,USA 231
Discussion on paper 3 249
4 The work of the Computing Center of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in the field of automatic programming＆DR．A．P．ERSHOV,Academy of Sciences of the USSR 257
Discussion on paper 4 MECHANICAL LANGUAGE TRANSLATION＆Chairman:DR．L．MEHL,Ecole Nationale d＇Administration,Paris 275
5 Tigris and Euphrates - A comparison between human and machine translation＆MR．R．H．RICHENS,Cambridge Language Research Group 279
Discussion on paper 5 303
6 Pronoun reference in German＆MR．L．BRANDWOOD,Department of Classies,Manchester University 309
Discussion on paper 6 341
7 Automatic translation in the USSR＆DR．A．P．ERSHOV,Academy of Sciences of the USSR 351
SESSION 3 SPEECH RECOGNITION＆Chairman:PROF．COLIN CHERRY,Imperial College,London 355
1 Sensory mechanisms and sensation＆DR．I．C．WHITFIELD,Saint Elizabeth＇s Hospital Washington,USA 357
Discussion on paper 1 369
2 An analogue of the speech recognition process＆PROF．D．B．FRY and MR．P．DENES,University College,London 375
Discussion on paper 2 385
3 The perception of speech＆MR．P．LADEFOGED,Edinburgh University 397
Discussion on paper 3 LEARNING IN MACHINES＆Chairman:MR．J．F．COALES,Cambridge University 411
4 Two theorems of statistical separability in the Perceptron＆DR．F．ROSENBLATT,Cornell Aeronautical Lab．,USA 419
Discussion on paper 4 457
5 Learning machines＆DR．A．M．ANDREW,CME Division,NPL 473
Discussion on paper 5 507
6 Pandemonium:A paradigm for learning＆DR．O．G．SELFRIDGE,MIT,USA 511
Discussion on paper 6 527