informatics

Informatics is the study of computational systems. According to the ACM Europe Council and Informatics Europe, informatics is synonymous with computer science and computing as a profession, in which the central notion is the transformation of information. In some cases, the term "informatics" may also be used with different meanings, e.g., in the context of social computing or library science.

== Different meanings == {| class="wikitable" |+ !United States !Germany !Russia !France !Italy !English transcription |- |Computer science, Computing |Informatik |Информатика (Latinized: informatika) |Informatique |Informatica |Informatics |- |Theoretical computer science |Theoretische Informatik |Теоретическая информатика |Informatique théorique |Informatica teorica |Theoretical informatics |- |Computer engineering |Technische Informatik |Инженерная информатика |Ingénierie or génie informatique |Ingegneria informatica |Technical informatics |- |Neurocomputing, Neural computation |Neuroinformatik |Нейроинформатика |Neuro-informatique |Neuroinformatica |Neuroinformatics |- |Psychoinformatics |Psychoinformatik |Психоинформатика |Psychoinformatique |Psicoinformatica |Psychoinformatics |- |Bioinformatics |Bioinformatik |Биоинформатика |Bioinformatique |Bioinformatica |Bioinformatics |- |Hydroinformatics |Hydroinformatik |Гидроинформатика |Hydroinformatique |Idroinformatica |Hydroinformatics |- |Ecoinformatics |Ökoinformatik |Экоинформатика |Écoinformatique |Ecoinformatica |Ecoinformatics |- |Social informatics |Sozioinformatik |Социальная информатика |Socioinformatique |Socioinformatica |Social informatics |- |} thumb|right|200px|alt=Informatics Forum|Informatics Forum, completed in 2008. It houses researchers of the University of Edinburgh's School of Informatics.