[6] The School of Informatics was awarded a 5*A[8] in the UK HEFCE's 2001 RAE, the only computer science department in the country to achieve this highest possible rating.

[8] In the 2008 RAE, the School's "Quality Profile" was 35/50/15/0/0, which means that of the over 100 Full-time equivalent (FTE) staff research outputs evaluated, 35% were found "world-leading (4*)" and 50% "internationally excellent (3*)".

[9] These figures can be interpreted in a number of ways, but place the School first by volume and tied for second (following Cambridge with 45/45/10/0/0) by percentage of research rated 3* or 4*.

IPAB[16] links computational action, perception, representation, transformation and generation processes to real or virtual worlds: statistical machine learning, computer vision, mobile and humanoid robotics, motor control, graphics and visualization.

The LFCS[17] Develops and applies foundational understanding of computation and communication: formal models, mathematical theories, and software tools.