The research area review meeting was arranged by the SERC at the request of the Engineering Board's Computing and Communications Subcommittee. The objectives of the meeting were:
The RARM was set up by a small organising committee chaired by Dr John Taylor (Ministry of Defence and Chairman of the C&C Subcommittee) and consisting of Dr Karen Sparck-Jones (Cambridge Computer Laboratory), Mr John Monniot (SERC - formerly Joint-Secretary of the C&C Subcommittee) and Mr Mike Hotchkiss (SERC - presently Secretary of the C&C Subcommittee). Mrs Hamshaw (SERC - C&C Subcommittee Secretariat) carried out the administrative arrangements before and during the RARM and Miss Bujas (SERC) provided typing services at the RARM.