作者赴日本新一代计算机技术研究所研究中心主任。在1988年第五代计算机系统国际会议(FGCS′88)上他作了这篇基调讲演。他把FGCS计划的进展描绘成三级跳远运动,介绍了日本第五代计划起跳和跨步阶段的研究成果,重点在于并行推理技术的进展。最后指出了完成一个国家级研究计划值得注意的一些问题,也谈到了腾跃阶段的目标实现和信心问题。 The author went to Japan, a new generation of computer technology research center director. He made this keynote address at the Fifth International Conference on Computer Systems in 1988 (FGCS’88). He described the progress of the FGCS program as a triple jump exercise and introduced the research results of the take-off and stride stages of the Japanese fifth-generation plan, with an emphasis on the progress of parallel reasoning technology. Finally, it points out some notable problems in completing a national research project, but also talks about the goal realization and confidence in the prancing phase.