Many areas of science such as biology, medicine and oceanography are becoming increasingly data-rich and most programs that train scientists do not address informatics techniques or technologies that are necessary for managing and analysing large amounts of data. Educational resources for scientists in informatics are scarce, yet scientists need the skills and knowledge to work with informatici...

School informatics is a relatively new subject in comparison with mathematics. As a result, there is much less research in informatics education. Likewise, there is lack of theoretical grounding of didactics of informatics in general and school informatics in particular. The lack of research in the field of school informatics makes it difficult to identify which methods are effective to teach t...

The paper shows that systems thinking is needed in research efforts in Community Informatics. It analyses briefly Virtual Community Informatics, Community Informatics and the broader field of (Virtual) Community Informatics as suggested by Bieber and Gurstein. The links between Community Informatics and Community Operations Research and indirectly in that way with systems thinking, are explored...

Historically, educational preparation did not address informatics competencies; thus managers, administrators, or executives may not be prepared to use or lead change in the use of health information technologies. A number of resources for informatics competencies exist, however, a comprehensive list addressing the unique knowledge and skills required in the role of a manager or administrator w...

Spotlight on Cancer Informatics is a new feature of Cancer Informatics designed to help build a sense of community among informatics researchers attempting to at once provide informatics services to cancer studies while simultaneously conducting independent research that leads to advances in informatics solution. Individuals are “Spotlighted” at the invitation of the Editor-in-Chief. To be cons...

Clinical research informatics is the rapidly evolving sub-discipline within biomedical informatics that focuses on developing new informatics theories, tools, and solutions to accelerate the full translational continuum: basic research to clinical trials (T1), clinical trials to academic health center practice (T2), diffusion and implementation to community practice (T3), and 'real world' outco...