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Department of Informatics
Informatics is the interdisciplinary study of the design, use, applications and implications of information technology.
It goes beyond technical design, to focus on the relationship between information system design and use in real-world settings. These investigations lead to new forms of system architecture, new approaches to system design and development, new means of information system implementation and deployment as well as new models of interaction between technology and social, cultural and organizational settings.
The Department of Informatics is one of three departments in the Bren School and is internationally recognized as a unique group of faculty, visiting researchers, students and educational programs.
Informatics faculty conduct research in numerous aspects of Informatics including:
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- information retrieval and management
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- computer-supported collaborative work
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- human-computer interaction
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- computational-social relationships
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This research is performed in an open and interdisciplinary culture; faculty and students frequently are part of multiple research groups, continuously foster new collaborations and are at the forefront of addressing core issues in Informatics.
Current & Planned CBMI related courses include:
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This class will overview the wide field of medical informatics, including clinical informatics, nursing informatics, and public health informatics. This course will be directed towards healthcare, public policy, management and computing and engineering students who want an introduction to the rapidly evolving field of Medical Informatics and its integral role in healthcare. The topics that will be covered, thus, are relevant to people from a variety of backgrounds and with a variety of interests.
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Introduction to strategies and idioms of research in informatics. Includes examination of issues in scientific inquiry, qualitative and quantitative methods, and research design. Both classic texts and contemporary research literature are read and analyzed.
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Current research and research trends in Informatics. Forum for presentation and criticism by students of research work in progress.
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Study of concepts, representations, techniques, and case studies in structuring software systems, with an emphasis on design considerations. Topics include static and dynamic system structure, data models, abstractions, naming, protocols and application programmer interfaces.
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The design and evaluation of interfaces to computer systems and applications with special attention to their fit to human cognitive capabilities and organizational practices. Includes coverage of hypermedia, groupware, and other rapidly emerging developments.
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Principles and design techniques for ubiquitous computing applications. Conceptual basis for tangible and embodied interaction. Interaction in virtual and augmented environments. Design methods and techniques. Design case studies.
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The social and economic impacts of computing and information technologies on groups, organizations, and society. Topics include computerization and changes in the character of work, social control and privacy, electronic communities, and risks of safety-critical systems to people.
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The American legal system and its provisions affecting computer systems, computer networks, and information processing. Intellectual property, contracts, privacy, liability for malfunction, computer crime, constitutional issues, transborder data flow, computer-based evidence, and litigation.
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The course will cover a variety of HCI related issues, both clinical oriented, such as design and implementation of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems, HCI and medical errors, issues about mobilized clinical documentation systems, and patient oriented such as Personal Health Records (PHR), disease management for patient who have chronic diseases etc. Many of the topics overlap with CSCW, ubiquitous computing and mobile computing studies. Class will be generally seminar/discussion based, but it can be tailored to cover specific interests or even allow small projects. There will be opportunities to experience or carry out pilot studies in hospitals either with or without EMR system as well as in other clinics.
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