Research Topics in Informatics

Informatics 44

The objective of the course is to provide uyou with an overview of the Informatics undergraduate major, research topics in Informatics, and an understanding of potential careers in Informatics.  This class is a seminar class dedicated to helping students in the Informatics major or thinking of transferring into the Informatics major understand what Informatics is all about.

Course Overview	[top]

• First, you will learn about what Informatics is, and what it can be. 
• Second, you will learn about the research projects here at the Department of Informatics, you will learn how to analyze the data that you collect.
  Analysis is the process of taking the data that you gather and turning into a systematic set of findings that let you make claims.  For example, analysis lets you say whether a system is effective for the users or whether software needs to work a certain way in order to meet the needs of potential users.  We will learn how to perform analysis on the types of data that you’ve just learned how to collect.
  

The goal of this class is to provide you with an introduction to how to use empirical methods.

At the end of this class you should be able to design a study that allows you to take a research question and answer it using appropriate data collection and analysis techniques.

Professor	[top]

Gillian R. Hayes

• Office: Donald Bren Hall, 5072
• Phone: 949-824-1483
• Email: gillianrh [at] ics [dot] uci [dot] edu
• Office Hours: by appointment in DBH