Computational informatics

Informatics is the academic field concerned with the study of the structure, the communication, and the use of information. Computational informatics, as a subfield of informatics, studies information using computational methodologies. Computational informatics can also be interpreted as the use of computational methods in the information sciences.

Development

7) Cyberinfrastructure for informatics: search engines, digital repositories, storage.
8) Scientometrics and bibliometrics: science and policy evaluation, knowledge discovery.

Education

Several universities offer graduate programs in this area. One example is the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology. Some programs are targeted at specific domains. For instance, the Biomedical Informatics Program at Stanford University focuses on technologies and methods for understanding biomedical data and to improve health care.