Insight into Theoretical and Applied Informatics. Introduction to information technologies and computer science

204 Pages·2015·2.17 MB·English

by  Yatsko

Andrzej Yatsko, Walery Susłow
Insight into Theoretical and Applied Informatics
Introduction to Information Technologies and Computer Science
Andrzej Yatsko, Walery Susłow
Insight into Theoretical and Applied
Informatics
Introduction to Information Technologies and
Computer Science
Managing Editor: Irmina Grzegorek
Associate Editor: Dalia Baziuke
Language Editor: Adam Tod Leverton

Published by De Gruyter Open Ltd, Warsaw/Berlin Part of Walter de Gruyter GmbH,
Berlin/Munich/Boston
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Copyright © 2015 Andrzej Yatsko, Walery Susłow ISBN 978-3-11-046987-5
e-ISBN 978-3-11-046988-2
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Cover illustration: © Andrzej Yatsko, Walery Susłow, Michał Statkiewicz
Contents
Abstract
1 Introduction to Informatics
1.1 Basics of Informatics
1.1.1 Historical Background
1.1.2 Famous People in the History of Computing
1.1.3 Areas of Computer Science
1.1.4 Theoretical and Applied Informatics
1.1.4.1 Theoretical Informatics
1.1.4.2 Applied Informatics
1.2 Relationship with Some Fundamental Sciences
1.2.1 Informatics and Mathematics
1.2.2 Informatics and Mathematical Logic
1.2.3 Informatics and Cybernetics
1.2.4 Informatics and Electronics
1.2.5 Informatics and Linguistics
1.2.6 Informatics vis-à-vis Psychology and Sociology
1.2.7 Informatics and Economics
1.3 Information Theory
1.3.1 Quantities of Information
1.3.1.1 Units for Measuring Computer Information
1.3.1.2 Quantities of Information in Information Theory
1.3.2 Coding Theory
1.3.3 Semiotics
1.3.3.1 Computational Semiotics
2 Algorithmics
2.1 The Science of Algorithms
2.1.1 Algorithm Design
2.1.2 Algorithmic Complexity Theory
2.1.3 Algorithm Analysis
2.2 Data Science (Datalogy)
2.2.1 Raw Data
2.2.2 Data Structures
2.2.3 Data Analysis (Data Analytics)
2.2.4 Data Mining
3 Computer Programming
3.1 Computer Programming Languages
3.1.1 A Very Brief History of Languages and Programming Paradigms
3.1.2 Syntax and Semantics of Programming Languages
3.1.3 Design and Implementation
3.2 Software Engineering
3.2.1 Software Development Process
3.2.2 Software Design Methods
3.2.3 Computer-Aided Software Engineering
3.3 Information Technology Project Management
3.3.1 The IT Project Management Stages
3.3.2 Approaches to Managing IT Project Activities
3.3.3 IT Team and IT Managers
4 Information Systems
4.1 Information Systems Basic
4.1.1 Organized Collection of Data (Databases)
4.1.2 Discovering IS Functionality
4.2 Analysis and Modeling of Information Systems
4.2.1 Brief Introduction to the Unified Modeling Language
4.2.2 Modeling the Architecture of Information System
4.3 Design of Business Information Systems
4.3.1 Business Process Modeling Notation
4.3.2 Business Process Reengineering
4.3.3 Software Measurement
4.4 Human Factors in Information Systems
4.4.1 Human Computer Interaction in Software Development
4.4.2 User Centered Development Methodology
Bibliography
Index
Abstract
The book is addressed to young people interested in computer technologies
and computer science. The objective of this book is to provide the reader
with all the necessary elements to get him or her started in the modern field
of informatics and to allow him or her to become aware of the relationship
between key areas of computer science. The book is addressed not only to
future software developers, but also to all who are interested in computing
in a widely understood sense. The authors also expect that some computer
professionals will want to review this book to lift themselves above the
daily grind and to embrace the excellence of the whole field of computer
science. Unlike existing books, this one bypasses issues concerning the
construction of computers and focuses only on information processing.
Recognizing the importance of the human factor in information processing,
the authors intend to present the theoretical foundations of computer
science, software development rules, and some business aspects of
informatics in non-technocratic, humanistic terms.