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Bloomington Profile

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* BA in Computer Science administered by the College of Arts and Sciences

Accomplishments

• Over 700 graduates from Informatics degree programs since 2000
• Almost 1500 students enrolled in Informatics programs statewide
• IUPUI Informatics Complex now providing state-of-the-art classroom and research space
• Informatics growing at South Bend and planned for other IU campuses
• Nation’s first Ph.D. in Informatics now available
• MS in Human-Computer Interaction — Cybersecurity Coming Fall 2006
• Department of Computer Science in Bloomington joined School of Informatics July 1, 2005

Innovative Research

Informatics faculty members are involved in research on diverse projects, including:

• data mining
• social informatics
• bioinformatics
• medical visualization
• pervasive technologies research
• community grids labs
• visualization of scientific data
• multilingualism on the Internet
• cybersecurity
• artificial intelligence
• life sciences

The Informatics Research Institute has two major projects:

• NSF sponsored Distributed Molecular Database, making available a collection of 3D molecular structures with graphical tools accessible by the Internet
• IMLS sponsored Cultural Library Indexing Our Heritage (CLIOH), bringing Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Angel Mounds, and other threatened archaeological sites “back to life” in virtual reality

Reversing the Brain Drain

The School of Informatics is committed to economic development in Indiana. The School encourages students to take internships in Indiana and to remain employed in Indiana.

More Information

For more information on current programs and projects within the School of Informatics, visit http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/news/.

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