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A source of ideas for automata theory — the study of the brain — has been pushed aside in mathematical development of the theory. This paper suggests the ways in which automata theory might evolve over the next 25 years if it is to contribute to an understanding of how the brain processes information. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the scheduling algorithm used in the Computer Assisted Registration System at the University of Tennessee. Notation is defined and the logic of the algorithm necessary to implement educational policy is described. Results from the first term's implementation are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The decomposition of long complex English sentences into shorter kernel-like constituent sentences (microsentences) has often been suggested as an avenue toward conducting automatic retrieval of natural language messages. To explore the prospects of such c step, the authors attempted in 1963 to prepare a general program for deriving microsentences from longer sentences that had been syntactically analyzed by the Harvard Multipath Analysis Program. The basic idea was to extract the subject, verb and object (if any) of each clause and to reassemble these materials into a grammatical microsentence. A program is described in this paper, which was designed to operate on the tree structure output of the analyzer, and the microsentences that were produced are exhibited. The authors conclude that while microsentences of the quality achieved do not open up immediate prospects for improving the performance of automatic message retrieval systems, they may have practical value in man-machine systems using human monitors to select the preferred syntactic interpretation of a sentence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents information on conferences, which are scheduled to be held in the coming months. The ad hoc committee USASI X3.6.7/X3.4.2D will sponsor a one-day symposium on Decision Tables in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on April 21, 1967. The papers to be presented will reflect the current state of the art. The Joint User Group (JUG) of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) will hold an all-day workshop session in Atlantic City on April 17, 1967. This is the third in a series of successful workshops held by JUG. The Instrument Society of America (ISA) has announced that the Exhibit portion of the 22nd Annual ISA Instrument-Automation Conference and Exhibit has been transferred to the Exposition Hall of the International Amphitheater in Chicago. The date, September 11-14, 1967, remain as originally scheduled. The Philadelphia Chapters of the ACM and IEEE Computer Group will jointly sponsor a one-day symposium on Computer Time Sharing at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia on March 9, 1967.