COMPUTING SCIENCE is wide-ranging; from programming and engineering large software systems, to the design and evaluation of human–computer interfaces, algorithms, computer and network systems, and information retrieval and storage systems. Glasgow is ranked 2nd in Scotland for Computer Science according to the Complete University Guide 2017. PHYSICS is the experimental and theoretical study of matter and energy and their interactions, ranging from the domain of elementary particles, through nuclear and atomic physics, to the physics of solids and, ultimately, to the origins of the universe itself. Many of our staff play leading roles in major international research projects, such as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and the gravitational wave observatory LIGO.