Schlumberger Palo Alto Research (SPAR)
1985 -1988
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Research into techniques for aiding the design of mechanisms: Initial design selection using a catalog, efficient simulation through automated program generation, and mechanism optimization subject to constraints.
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Technical advisor to Solartron for two Alvey-supported projects in the UK: Intelligent simulation for training sea and air personnel; Machine health monitoring for engines and gearboxes.
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Project leader on automated formal verification of digital hardware designs.
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Project leader on diagnosis of problems in semiconductor manufacturing.
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VLSI design of ICs for image processing.
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Member of the editorial board of Artificial Intelligence and Future Generation Computer Systems.
Publications
G . A. Kramer and H. G. Barrow. "An intelligent mixed symbolic/numerical system for the design of mechanical linkages." In Proceedings of the 3rd Schlumberger Software Conference, pages 975--989, November 1988.
G. A. Kramer and H. G. Barrow. "An intelligent mixed symbolic/numerical system for the design of mechanical linkages." In Proceedings of the 2nd IFIP WG5.2 Workshop on Intelligent Computer-Aided Design. IFIP, September 1988.
H. G. Barrow. "Learning receptive fields." In IEEE First International Conference on Neural Networks, volume IV, pages 115--121. IEEE, June 1987.
H. G. Barrow and J. M. Tenenbaum. "Matching, template." In S. C. Shapiro, editor, Encyclopedia of Artificial Intelligence, volume 1, pages 576--578. Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1987.
H. G. Barrow and J. M. Tenenbaum. "Computational approaches to vision." In K. R. Boff, L. Kaufman, and J. P. Thomas, editors, Handbook of Perception and Human Performance, volume II, chapter 38. Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1986.