AI and Computer Science have had a profound impact on society during the last four decades. Carnegie Mellon is hosting a symposium Inventing the Future: AI and CS in the 21^st Century to coincide with and in honor of Raj Reddy's "Over the Hill" 60^th Birthday. Raj has been an influential figure in the Computer Science Community at Carnegie Mellon and on the national scene. We would like to use this occasion for reviewing the past successes and future challenges in AI and Computer Science.

The selection of the topics for the symposium were limited to areas in which Raj has had substantial influence. The symposium will use past successes and failures as a prologue for future opportunities in the 21st century in the areas of Speech, Vision, Language, Robotics, Digital Libraries, Computer Systems and AI Grand Challenges. The list of the speakers includes experts in these areas, who Raj has had an opportunity to work with during the past thirty years.

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