[wirrbel]

There is (mechanical/optical/*) engineering, experimental and theoretical physics, and then there is maths (focussing on physical problems). I think taking these four abstraction levels could be a model for computer science.

Now, theoretical physics is a bit of a troubled child however in recent years.

If we map computer science aspects in not the four physics disciplines, we get:

Software / hardware engineering

Applied computer science

Theoretical computer science

Mathematics dealing with problems inspired by computer science

[whatshisface]

*Theoretical high-energy beyond-standard-model accelerator physics.