Computing is any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computing machinery. It includes study of algorithmic processes and development of both hardware and software. It has scientific, engineering, mathematical, technological and social aspects. Major computing disciplines include computer engineering, computer science, cybersecurity, data science, information systems, information technology and software engineering.
Computer science is the study of algorithmic processes, computational machines and computation itself. As a discipline, computer science spans a range of topics from theoretical studies of algorithms, computation and information to the practical issues of implementing computational systems in hardware and software. Computer science addresses any computational problems.
The USC Information Sciences Institute (ISI) is a component of the University of Southern California (USC) Viterbi School of Engineering, and specializes in research and development in information processing, computing, and communications technologies. It is located in Marina del Rey, California.
Computational archaeology describes computer-based analytical methods for the study of long-term human behaviour and behavioural evolution. As with other sub-disciplines that have prefixed 'computational' to their name, the term is reserved for methods that could not realistically be performed without the aid of a computer.
An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge, taught and researched as part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research.
A computer scientist is a person who has acquired the knowledge of computer science, the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and their application.
Healthcare informatics or biomedical informatics is the branch of science and engineering that apply informatics fields to medicine. The health domain provides an extremely wide variety of problems that can be tackled using computational techniques.
Bio-inspired computing, short for biologically inspired computing, is a field of study which seeks to solve computer science problems using models of biology. It relates to connectionism, social behavior, and emergence. Within computer science, bio-inspired computing relates to artificial intelligence and machine learning. Bio-inspired computing is a major subset of natural computation.
Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) is an academic program at many universities which comprises scientific and engineering aspects of computing. CSE is also a term often used in Europe to translate the name of engineering informatics academic programs.
Human-centered computing (HCC) studies the design, development, and deployment of mixed-initiative human-computer systems. It is emerged from the convergence of multiple disciplines that are concerned both with understanding human beings and with the design of computational artifacts. Human-centered computing is closely related to human-computer interaction and information science. Human-centered computing is usually concerned with systems and practices of technology use while human-computer interaction is more focused on ergonomics and the usability of computing artifacts and information science is focused on practices surrounding the collection, manipulation, and use of information.
Bachelor of Computing (B.Comp.) is a bachelor's degree in Computing. This degree is offered only in some universities, and is slightly different from a B.Sc. in Computer Science or Information Technology or B.Sc IT. or a B.CS..
Neuroinformatics is a scientific study of information processing by nervous systems from a computational perspective.
The University of MichiganSchool of Information (UMSI) or iSchool in Ann Arbor is a graduate school offering baccalaureate, magisterial, and doctoral degrees in informatics and information science.
The Drexel University College of Computing & Informatics, formerly the College of Information Science and Technology or iSchool, is one of the primary colleges of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The College of Computing & Informatics has faculty and administrative offices, research laboratories, and outreach centers in several locations including the Rush Building (Drexel University main campus; University Crossings ; 3401 Market Street ; One Drexel Plaza ; Monell Chemical Senses Center ; 3675 Market Street ; and the Drexel University Washington, D.C. Office.
Engineering Informatics is an informatics discipline which focus on information engineering, and computational engineering. In general, informatics deals with information processing. Compared to technical informatics, engineering informatics focuses more on software. However, it does not rather focus on issues of large-scale systems. Typically, informatic engineers deal with computer-aided design, machine learning, computer vision, mobile robotics, real-time computing, digital image processing, pattern recognition, digital control, networking or multi-agent systems. Cognitive informatic background finds particular applications in the issues of artificial intelligence. Engineering informatics is also related to neuroinformatics.
Informatics is the study of computational systems. The central notion is the transformation of information. According to Committee on European Computing Education (CECE), a joint committee between ACM Europe andInformatics Europe's report "Informatics Education in Europe: Are We All in The Same Boat?", informatics is European equivalent for computer science and computing as a profession. In the United States, however, informatics is often confused with library science, where this term was later introduced separately in a different sense.
The Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering is an academic unit of Indiana University located on the Indiana University Bloomington (IUB) campus and, under the name Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing (SOIC), on the Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) campus. On the Bloomington campus, the School consists of the Department of Informatics, the Department of Computer Science, the Department of Information and Library Science, and the Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering. On the Indianapolis campus, the School consist of the Department of Human-Centered Computing, the Department of BioHealth Informatics, and the Department of Library and Information Science.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to formal science:
