Tag: Informatics

Informatics is the study of computational systems, especially those for data storage and retrieval. According to ACM Europe and Informatics Europe, informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which the central notion is transformation of information. In other countries, the term “informatics” is used with a different meaning in the context of library science.

In some countries, depending on local interpretations, the term “informatics” is used synonymously to mean information systems, information science, information theory, information engineering, information technology, information processing, or other theoretical or practical fields.

In the United States, however, the term informatics is mostly used in context of data science, library science or its applications in healthcare (biomedical informatics), where it first appeared in the US.
—Wikipedia, “Informatics”

See the CACM article “Informatics as a Fundamental Discipline for the 21st Century” for an in-depth discussion of the subject with a focus on Informatics for All.

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Informatics as a Fundamental Discipline for the 21st Century

Communications of the ACM, April 2019
By Michael E. Caspersen, Judith Gal-Ezer, Andrew McGettrick, Enrico Nardelli

“The emphasis of the report is on informatics education, with informatics seen as the science underpinning the development of the digital world—a distinctive discipline with its own scientific methods, its own ways of thinking, and its own technological development.”