informatics

[ in-fer-mat-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the study of information processing; computer science.

informatics

/ ˌɪnfəˈmætɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular another term for information science

Word History and Origins

Origin of informatics¹

Translation of Russian informátika (1966); information, -ics

Example Sentences

Yes, it’s a defense mechanism that sometimes gets a bad rap, said Gloria Mark, a retired professor of informatics at UC Irvine — but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad for you.

From Los Angeles Times

"By extracting and analyzing the nanoscale regions through polycrystalline materials informatics, which combines experiment, theory, and AI, we made this clarification of phenomena in complex polycrystalline materials possible for the first time," Usami continued.

From Science Daily

GatorTron™ models are the site's only models available for clinical research, according to the article's lead author Yonghui Wu, Ph.D., from the UF College of Medicine's department of health outcomes and biomedical informatics.

From Science Daily

"This again highlights the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers from various disciplines such as computer science, informatics and electrical engineering," says the hardware expert Amrouch.

From Science Daily

Under a special project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, KTU is running a module on the subject of informatics, allowing teachers to retrain and acquire additional IT competencies.

From Science Daily