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1. Summary
2. Terms of reference and method of working
2.1 Terms of reference
2.2 Membership of the Working Party
2.3 Method of working
3. Background
3.1 Support of computing for university research in the UK
3.2 Development of SERC computing
3.3 Provision of computing for research by Computer Board and UGC
3.4 Technical development of computing
4. Problems
4.1 SERC administrative arrangements and funding mechanisms
4.2 Strategic planning
4.3 Board/central responsibilities
4.4 Rapidity of technical developments
4.5 Hardware provision
4.6 Software provision
4.7 User support
4.8 Financial pressure
5. Board submissions and users' views
5.1 Board submissions
5.2 Daresbury Laboratory users
5.3 Joint User Liaison Committee
5.4 Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Users
5.5 University of London Computing Centre Users
5.6 Collaborative Computational Projects
5.7 Administrative computing
5.8 Single User System Steering Committee
6. Options and Comments
6.1 Possible options
6.2 Options within SERC's remit - Options I and II
6.3 Comments upon Options I and II
6.4 Options III and IV - Solutions which are beyond SERC's remit
6.5 Use of a computer bureau
6.6 Vector processing charges
7. Conclusions and Recommendations
7.1 Option II - Central provision coupled to Board's requirements
7.2 Implementation of Option II, and other recommendations
7.3 Options III and IV: provision of a supercomputer
A. Statistical data on SERC Computing
B. Submissions from Boards, etc
C. Case for supercomputer
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