Informatics (disambiguation)

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

Informatics may also 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
• informatics engineering (Southern European term)
• 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)
• 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