To determine the need for a parallel computer on campus a committee of the Graduate Program in Computer Science surveyed selected Dartmouth College faculty and students in December and January We hope that the information in this report can be used by many groups on campus including the Computer Science graduate program and DAGS summer institute Kiewit s NH Supercomputer Initiative and by numerous researchers hoping to collaborate with people in other disciplines We found signi cant interest in parallel supercomputing on campus An on campus par allel supercomputing facility would not only support numerous courses and research projects but would provide a locus for intellectual activity in parallel computing encouraging interdisci plinary collaboration We believe that this report is a rst step in that direction All of the committee members can be reached by email at fullname Dartmouth edu where dots replace spaces in the name e g David Kotz Dartmouth edu Dartmouth Parallel Computer Needs January