Introduction to the Comtex Microfiche Edition of the Rutgers University Artificial Intelligence Research Reports: The History of Artificial Intelligence at Rutgers

Background and Overview The founding of a new College at Rutgers in 1969 became the occasion for building a strong Computer Scicncc presence in the University. Livingston College thus provided the home for the newly organized Department of Computer Science (DCS) and for the beginning of Computer Science research at Rutgers. 1 came to chair the depart,- ment after ten years at RCA Labs in Princeton, where 1 headed the Computer Theory Research group. My own work in the Labs concentrated mainly in Al. In the early 196Os, 1 became interested in problems of representation in problem solving, and in computer methods for building models and solving formation problems. As 1 continued working on these problems at, Rutgers, their central significance for Al became increasingly clear to me; so was their difficulty.