ME 567 Environmental Informatics: Vision, Purpose and Goals
Vision
Visions of the Environmental Informatics class are:
Humans living in harmony with nature.
Augmentation, amplification of the human mind, rather than its physical power.
Make the class a learning organization (rather than just learning individuals).
Purpose
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Goals
Academic
Provide a framework (paradigms, metaphors, and models) for environmental information systems (EIS). The glue that ties it together (the science).
Study the design of EIS for the transformation of raw environmental data into higher grade of knowledge suitable for decision making (the engineering).
Implement EIS using modern computer and communication systems (the technology).