Discussion of problems in pattern recognition

Various problems encountered in pattern recognition were examined by an eight-man panel during the Thursday afternoon session. The panel included O. G. Selfridge, M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, Session Chairman; R. A. Kirsch, National Bureau of Standards; M. Minsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; U. Neisser, Brandeis University; and the authors of the four preceding papers --- R. J. Evey, I.B.M. Corporation, "Use of a Computer to Design Character Recognition Logic;" R. L. Mattson, Lockheed Missiles and Space Division, "A Self-Organizing Binary System;" J. S. Bomba, Bell Telephone Laboratories, "Alpha-Numeric Character Recognition Using Local Operations;" and W. W. Bledsoe and I. Browning, Sandia Corporation, "Pattern Recognition and Reading by Machine." Following comments by Messrs. Kirsch, Minsky and Neisser, the panelists answered a number of questions from members of the audience.