Volume XXII, Number 2, September 1999
Information Technology
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Volume XXII, Number 2, September 1999 | |
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First appearance | Introduction Our mission |
Staff, Board, and Contributors Who's responsible | The Forum Our readers speak out. |
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New Frontiers in Information Technology
Innovation by Michael A. McRobbie | Dramatic transformations are taking place in information technology. The diversity of the work being done at Indiana University is impressive and the results are compelling. |  |
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The New Geography of Advanced Networking
by Scott Burns Kahler |
Indiana University is at the hub of the future geography of digital information and communication. |
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A Solution to Internet Overload
by William Rozycki |
A shift detection module now being developed can sift desired information from the mass of unwanted or irrelevant Internet messages before it is received. |
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The Future in a Grid
by William Orem |
When wireless computing and communication merge within the next few years, your electronic desktop can be wherever you are. |
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Transforming Research with New Data Resources
by Jan R. Holloway and Malinda Lingwall |
A new system has removed the ceilings for data storage and transfer, radically changing the ways researchers can think about projects. |
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Big Machines for the Big Questions
by William Orem |
What is the universe made of? What is matter? How does it work? The questions are old, but the techniques that may finally answer them are as current as this year's generation of software. |
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The Numbers of Chemistry
by William Orem | Electron equations can calculate mathematically the structure of certain molecules that can't be measured well in the laboratory. | 
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Innovative Medical Informatics
by William Rozycki |
The most comprehensive electronic medical records system in the United States can make the difference between life and death for patients in Indianapolis. |
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Filmless Radiology
by William Rozycki | Faster image processing, thanks to digital X rays and computers, helps patient comfort and significantly improves productivity while decreasing costs. |
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Virtual Shopping Adventures
by Lucianne Englert |
Technologies for shopping at home have been too slow, too unreliable, and too hard to use. Now the technology has evolved to deliver significant benefits to consumers. |
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Making the Connection
by Mary Hrovat | The School of Business' Internet and New Media Academy provides M.B.A. students with a grounding in the technological, commercial, and human issues that information technology brings to the workplace. |
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Talking to Light
by Nick Riddle |
Radiance software, which predicts the behavior of light to simulate conditions in complicated environments, can produce pictures of near-photographic quality. |
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Teaming Up in Cyberspace
by Nick Riddle | Renaissance Teams have blurred the lines between disciplines, particularly the arts and the sciences, and geographical distance is being eliminated with remote virtual collaboration. |
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Bridging the Great Disciplinary Divides
by Susan Moke |
The School of Informatics, home for an emerging discipline that explores both the technical and human dimensions of information technology, will promote cross disciplinary collaboration among scholars in the arts, sciences, and humanities. |
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New Opportunities in New Media
by Mary Hrovat | The New Media Program at IUPUI blends the technology of digital images, sounds, and data with the art of communication to prepare students for new job opportunities. |
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The Human Face of Information
by Mary Hrovat |
As the role and complexity of electronic communication technologies continue to grow, social informatics research can help institutions, companies, and policy makers decide the best ways to use new communication capabilities. |
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From Inquiry to Publication:
Books by Indiana University Faculty Members | Preview books on the threat of mass literacy, colleges and universities as citizens, Imperial Russia, the National Environmental Policy Act, clinical hematology, myopia, the American Bible, modern toxicology, decision support systems, Indiana women artists, Chinese film, and more. |