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CSLI was founded in 1983 by researchers from Stanford University, SRI International, and (the former Xerox) PARC. At present, the eleven core and twenty-four affiliated Stanford faculty members and their students are concentrated in the departments of <a href="https://psychology.stanford.edu/">Psychology</a>, <a href="https://linguistics.stanford.edu/">Linguistics</a>, <a href="https://philosophy.stanford.edu/">Philosophy</a>, <a href="https://cs.stanford.edu/">Computer Science</a>, and <a href="https://comm.stanford.edu/">Communication</a>, the <a href="https://ed.stanford.edu/">School of Education</a>, and the interdepartmental <a href="https://symsys.stanford.edu/">Symbolic Systems Program</a>. 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