Editorial "Earth and Space Science Informatics: informatics in oceanography"

Editorial: Community Informatics in Brazil

I am delighted and honoured to publish this special double issue on The Internet and Community Informatics in Brazil. The issue itself is a very strong one and I think it both represents and solidifies the very strong Community Informatics range of activities and traditions in Brazil while pointing to certain characteristics of Community Informatics in Brazil that are potentially of interest an...

Closing the Loops in Biomedical Informatics. Editorial

Objectives: To provide an editorial introduction to the 2009 IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics with an overview of its contents and contributors. Methods: A brief overview of the main theme, and an outline of the purposes, contents, format, and acknowledgment of contributions for the 2009 IMIA Yearbook. Results: This 2009 issue of the IMIA Yearbook highlights important, beneficial loops whic...

Medical Informatics: Concepts and Applications

Medical Informatics is a developing body of knowledge concerned with the use of information and communication technology in support of medical research, education and also for promoting health care delivery. The field focuses on the biomedical information, patient data, and also acquisition, storage, retrieval and optimal use of information for problem solving and decision making. The goal of m...

Computer Science, Logic, Informatics Education

Our aim is to discuss what, when and, how deep logic should be taught in the computer science education in connection with the so called “Bologna process”. We survey the spread of logic in the computer science education. We draw special attention to the process resulting by 1987 in a comprehensive school in the international logic research called “Computer Science Logic”. It includes the invest...

Computer Science, Informatics, and the Networked World