Computer science is not about machines, in the same way that astronomy is not about telescopes. There is an essential unity of mathematics and computer science -- Mike Fellows (often attributed to Dijkstra, but first published by Fellows in 1991 in "Computer SCIENCE and Mathematics in the Elementary Schools")
Here's a cool blog post! UVic department of computer science rates in the top 10 schools in the world. In part based on community, which I think is a big plus. Very cool.
