Introduction

Technology has become a driving force in the sciences. The Life Sciences, in particular, are undergoing a fundamental transition in how it conducts its business-from molecular biology to medicine. This change is catalyzed by technology: instrumentation that provides both kinds of data (e.g. genomes), and orders of magnitude more data (e.g. expression arrays) than has previously been available to scientists; unprecedented connectivity through the Internet; meta-data as data; development, improvement, and implementation of novel algorithms. As such, Bioinformatics has become one of truly first citizens of the new breed of interdisciplinary areas that touch and engage almost all existing scientific disciplines. The Bioinformatics Masters program in Bloomington provides professional, marketable skills through (1) course work and (2) a year-long project in the second year focused on a significant problem-typically through collaborations, not only at Indiana University, but also outside the University with other high-profile institutions and private industry.  More  »»

Cheminformatics (also know as chemoinformatics) is the of the branch of informatics dealing with all aspects of the representation and use of chemical structures and related information on computers. Its techniques are widely used in pharmaceutical and life sciences research, and it is closely linked with bioinformatics. Our group is a leading center in the U.S. for cheminformatics education and research, and is the only center offering formal qualifications in cheminformatics.   More  »»

Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCID) is the branch of informatics that studies and supports the design, development, and implementation of humanly usable and socially acceptable information technologies.The goal of the field is to shape new media and tools that will support human use, augment human learning, enhance communication and lead to more acceptable technological developments at the individual and the social levels.   More  »»

Music Informatics (MI) is a new program in the School of Informatics, residing within the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) program. It studies music using tools from a wide range of disciplines, including computer science, cognitive science, mathematics, and library science. The field is propelled by the many new areas of application whose study requires only the willingness to view music as data, whether in audio, graphical, performance, or symbolic form.  More  »»

Security Informatics is the study and design of security technologies within these contexts. Security Informatics integrates heuristics from the social sciences and economics of risk with secure systems design. Security Informatics builds upon strong theoretical foundations to construct practical solutions for the intertwined challenges of security and privacy. Security Informatics addresses both immediate problems of today, such as phishing, and emerging research problems, including privacy in ubiquitous computing environments. Security Informatics focuses on a holistic view of security by looking at both technical, user and organizational aspects.Traditional computer security programs have focused only on the technical aspects, which is at least partially responsible for some of the modern attacks, such as phishing. This professional, industry-oriented graduate program is designed for students with undergraduate degrees in computer science, electrical engineering, management information systems, economics, informatics or related disciplines who seek advanced training in Security Informatics.   More   »»