Brian May Royal Albert Hall on 14 May 2008. In October 2007, May was appointed a Visiting Researcher in Imperial College and continues his interest in astronomy and involvement with the Imperial Astrophysics Group. He is co-author, with Sir Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott, of "Bang! – The Complete History of the Universe" and "The Cosmic Tourist". May appeared on the 700th episode of "The Sky at Night" hosted by Sir Patrick Moore, along with Chris Lintott, Jon Culshaw, Prof. Brian Cox, and the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees who on departing the panel, told Brian May, who was joining it, "I don't
Department of Computing, Imperial College London department also offers an MRes course as part of the EPSRC, and takes on PhD students. All students graduating with any of the postgraduate degrees (MSc, MRes or PhD) are also awarded the Diploma of Imperial College, DIC. The departments ranks ninth in the world in the Times Higher Education 2018 subject rankings, ranking third in the UK, as well as twelfth in the QS World University Rankings. Domestically, the department ranks second on the Complete University Guide's 2019 computer science table, behind Cambridge, and fifth in The Guardian's 2019 computer science university subject rankings. The department also produces graduates