Informatics (disambiguation)

Informatics is the study of the structure, behaviour, and interactions of natural and engineered computational systems.

Informatics may refer to:

• Computer science, the scientific study of algorithms, information and computation
• Computing, any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers
• Computer engineering (called technical informatics), the creating of computing hardware
• Information science, an interdisciplinary study of information
• Data science, the field related to data analysis and data engineering
• Information technology, the study, design, development, implementation, support, or management of computer-based information systems,
• Cognitive science, study of information processing in natural systems (called 'cognitive informatics')
• Computational science, solving computational problems in natural sciences
• Information engineering
• Engineering informatics (not to be confused with informatics engineering, Southern European term)
• Library science

Other uses

• Informatics General, previously Informatics, Inc., leading independent software company 1962-1985
• Informatics Europe, an association for European PhD-granting computer and information science departments
• Informatics for Consumer Health, a U.S. governmental health body
• Informatics Corporation of America, a U.S. healthcare information company
• Informatics Forum, major building at University of Edinburgh
• Informatics.nic.in, a quarterly e-Governance publication
• Informatics Institute of Technology, educational entity in Sri Lanka
• Informatics Philippines, an educational institution

See also

• Informetrics
• Info-metrics