A Laboratory for Joint Research in Artificial Intelligence and Parallel Computing

该机构基础设施奖用于支持人工智能和并行计算方面的研究项目。基础设施由一台并行计算机和维护计算机的工作人员组成。该奖项支持的项目包括学习算法、实时决策、数据并行编译器和并行编程支持环境。并行计算机是两种意义上的研究工具。首先，它们大大提高了计算能力。其次，它们作为新系统软件的实验工具，需要开发新系统软件，以便有效地使用计算机。这个奖项解决了这两个问题。人工智能的研究需要计算能力，而编译器和支撑环境的工作需要实验载体。

This Institutional Infrastructure award is for the support of research projects in artificial intelligence and parallel computing. The infrastructure consists of a parallel computer and the staff to maintain the computer. The projects supported by this award include learning algorithms, real time decision making, data- parallel compilers, and parallel programming support environments. Parallel computers are research tools in two senses. The first is that they provide a substantial increase in computational power. The second is that they act as an experimental vehicle for new systems software that needs to be developed in order to use the computers effectively. This award addresses both questions. The artificial intelligence research needs the computing power while the compiler and support environment work needs the experimental vehicle.