Information Sciences

Information Sciences: the application of technology

Information Sciences is the multidisciplinary field spanning Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and its practical application in society. The thrust of the programme is on:

• How information is created and processed
• The practical application of technology
• People, organizations and cultures

Focus of the programme
Information Sciences combines technology and organizational studies on the one hand, and technology and culture on the other. It features contemporary subjects that keep apace of the rapid developments within this sector. The programme focuses on Web applications and Internet research of the future e-society, like e-business, e-culture, e-entertainment, e-communities.

Information Sciences is a comprehensive academic programme with direct practical relevance and a strong international flavour. Most of our students do their graduation project in-company. Recent examples include developing business models for digital television, analysing IT-outsourcing deals, home-automation, and control systems for electricity supply in Europe.

We have re-organized the program of the Master Information Sciences for the academic year 2011-2012. The new program is given in collaboration with the UvA program "Information Studies - Human-Centered Multimedia"

Current topics

E-payment
With music being broadcast on Internet radio stations across the entire planet, how will artists be paid? How can web-based services be used to facilitate appropriate remuneration

Intelligent Web
How can we make web applications intelligent to enable electronic information and knowledge to be published, maintained and shared across companies, public institutions and communities of interest?  

Multimedia databases
Internet-based multimedia databases, like music libraries or digital museum collections, pose specific challenges. How can we enable a broad range of users to easily search, preview and consume video clips, sound samples, explanatory notes, a discography or a collection?

Business models
Small and medium-sized enterprises offering e-services on the Web will rely more and more on advances in networked business modelling techniques. What are the best strategies for developing effective models?

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