Learn about the the University of Iowa's Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs in Informatics (IGPI).
What is Informatics?
…an emerging field of study joining the computational disciplines with the humanities, arts, and the natural, biological, health, and social sciences.
…a discipline largely fueled by the rapid development of information technology within an intricate socio-economic infrastructure.
…a branch of learning creating changes in our society that are both permanent and profound, affecting science, health care delivery, our forms of artistic expression, and even the pattern of our social and legal interactions.
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Being an information society is not about computers, or software, or networks. The real issue is how these amazing tools, along with sophisticated mathematical, computational, and information methods, enhance our ability to create new products and services, to accelerate our research endeavors, to educate our citizens, and to enrich and protect our society and personal lives. —Drecker, 2001 |
