informatics
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of informatics
Translation of Russian informátika (1966); see information, -ics
Example Sentences
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Yes, it’s a defense mechanism that sometimes gets a bad rap, said Gloria Mark, a retired professor of informatics at UC Irvine — but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s bad for you.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Under a special project of the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport, KTU is running a module on the subject of informatics, allowing teachers to retrain and acquire additional IT competencies.
From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2023
“If the process was transparent to begin with, it would be put everyone in the same playing field,” said Harper, who is about to begin his junior year studying informatics.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2023
“If you lose your phone, and it’s a perfectly normal Tuesday..., you’re really in a bad way, right?” says Leysia Palen, a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, who studies disaster informatics.
From Scientific American • Sep. 11, 2023
“Most of us want to trust and respect our doctors,” said Dr. Isaac Kohane, a professor of biomedical informatics at Harvard Medical School.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2023
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