Computing Capabilities at Western European Universities This report on the author's trip to universities in Western Europe in the summer of 1966 gives brief descriptions of computing activities at each institution visited. Present equipment capabilities vary from moderate to large scale; however, many institutions plan to acquire complex time-shared systems in the near future. In the author's opinion, the state of the art lags behind that on this continent. This lag is attributed to four principal factors: (a) the handicapping organization of academic procedures; (b) the university-government financial relationship; (c) the subordinated organization of the computing facility; (d) the paucity of professional interchange of knowledge. The effects of these constraints are explicated. CACM December, 1966 Finerman, A. CA661201 JB March 2, 1978 2:55 PM 1349 4 1349 1349 4 1349 1349 4 1349 1349 4 1349 689 4 1349 1349 5 1349 1349 5 1349 1349 5 1349 236 5 1349 1862 5 1349 323 5 1349 415 5 1349 83 5 1349 1349 6 1349