Facts & Statistics

Bloomington Profile

Programs also available at Indianapolis and South Bend

Informatics Majors (BS)	382 students
Computer Science (BS and BA*)	135 students
Women	12.5%
International Students	8%
Average Starting Salary	$42,000

* BA in Computer Science administered by the College of Arts and Sciences

Accomplishments

Over 700 graduates from Informatics degree programs since 2000
Almost 1500 students enrolled in Informatics programs statewide
IUPUI Informatics Complex now providing state-of-the-art classroom and research space
Informatics growing at South Bend and planned for other IU campuses
Nation’s first Ph.D. in Informatics now available
MS in Human-Computer Interaction — Cybersecurity Coming Fall 2006
Department of Computer Science in Bloomington joined School of Informatics July 1, 2005

Innovative Research

Informatics faculty members are involved in research on diverse projects, including:

data mining
social informatics
bioinformatics
medical visualization
pervasive technologies research
community grids labs
visualization of scientific data
multilingualism on the Internet
cybersecurity
artificial intelligence
life sciences

The Informatics Research Institute has two major projects:

NSF sponsored Distributed Molecular Database, making available a collection of 3D molecular structures with graphical tools accessible by the Internet
IMLS sponsored Cultural Library Indexing Our Heritage (CLIOH), bringing Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Angel Mounds, and other threatened archaeological sites “back to life” in virtual reality

Reversing the Brain Drain

The School of Informatics is committed to economic development in Indiana. The School encourages students to take internships in Indiana and to remain employed in Indiana.

More Information

For more information on current programs and projects within the School of Informatics, visit http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/news/.