1. Editorial

   • Karamjit S. Gill

   EditorialNotes Pages: 171 - 172

2. The ‘transfer of skill’ and the ‘transfer of human relations’ to machine systems

   • Takao Nuki

   OriginalPaper Pages: 173 - 182

3. The impacts of expert systems on working life — An assessment

   • Peter Schefe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 195

4. AI in medicine: A Japanese perspective

   • Toshiyuki Furukawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 196 - 213

5. User modeling in dialog systems: Potentials and hazards

   • Alfred Kobsa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 214 - 231

6. What can the history of AI learn from the history of science?

   • Alison E. Adam

   Open Forum Pages: 232 - 241

7. Reviews

   • Richard N. Griffiths

   BookReview Pages: 242 - 246

8. News section

   • David Smith

   News Pages: 247 - 256