The FINITE STRING Newsletter introduces Ralph Weischedel as the new editor, emphasizing the newsletter's importance to the discipline and its community. The success of The FINITE STRING is attributed to two key factors: contributions from individual members and timely publishing by the AJCL staff. Weischedel encourages members to submit abstracts, research summaries, and brief reports on ongoing projects, particularly focusing on the section on current literature abstracts. The newsletter also highlights the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford University, which was established in 1983. CSLI's research program, Program SL, aims to study situated language, integrating computational and linguistic perspectives. The program includes 16 projects across four areas: traditional linguistics and situated language, theories of situated human language, theories of situated computer languages, and foundations underlying a unified view of language. Each area has specific project managers and focuses on different aspects of language and computation, such as syntax, semantics, discourse, and computational architectures. The newsletter outlines the goals and methodologies of these projects, emphasizing the integration of computational and linguistic theories to understand language use in real-world contexts. Additionally, the newsletter mentions the 21st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, scheduled for June 15-17, 1983, at MIT. The meeting will feature tutorials and panel discussions on emerging theories and applications in computational linguistics, reflecting the field's growth and specialization.The FINITE STRING Newsletter introduces Ralph Weischedel as the new editor, emphasizing the newsletter's importance to the discipline and its community. The success of The FINITE STRING is attributed to two key factors: contributions from individual members and timely publishing by the AJCL staff. Weischedel encourages members to submit abstracts, research summaries, and brief reports on ongoing projects, particularly focusing on the section on current literature abstracts. The newsletter also highlights the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) at Stanford University, which was established in 1983. CSLI's research program, Program SL, aims to study situated language, integrating computational and linguistic perspectives. The program includes 16 projects across four areas: traditional linguistics and situated language, theories of situated human language, theories of situated computer languages, and foundations underlying a unified view of language. Each area has specific project managers and focuses on different aspects of language and computation, such as syntax, semantics, discourse, and computational architectures. The newsletter outlines the goals and methodologies of these projects, emphasizing the integration of computational and linguistic theories to understand language use in real-world contexts. Additionally, the newsletter mentions the 21st Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, scheduled for June 15-17, 1983, at MIT. The meeting will feature tutorials and panel discussions on emerging theories and applications in computational linguistics, reflecting the field's growth and specialization.