informatics

[ in-fer-mat-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the study of information processing; computer science.

informatics

/ ˌɪnfəˈmætɪks /

noun

1. See information science
   functioning as singular another term for information science

Word History and Origins

Origin of informatics¹

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

Example Sentences

A lot of researchers still don’t fully grasp what DeepMind has done, says Charlotte Deane, chief scientist at Exscientia, an AI drug discovery company based in the UK, and head of the protein informatics lab at the University of Oxford.

From MIT Technology Review

Today, as the president and chief scientific officer, he supervises several hundred scientists, engineers, and informatics experts trying to map the brain and figure out how our neural circuits process information.

From Nautilus

For more on that conversation, and chats with informatics experts faced with this logistics challenge, head on over here.

From Fortune

Ruby, an informatics analyst and trainer who works with major Baltimore-area hospitals, has the critical task of wading through pandemic data management.

From Fortune

Scott McKinney, the lead author of the study, is the informatics manager at Massachusetts General Hospital sleep laboratory.

From The Daily Beast