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UGA Environmental Informatics and Control Program |
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About Us
> Our Contact Information >Why
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from Bruce Beck |
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Why "Informatics".........?
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Acquiring data is no longer the major hurdle — managing, validating and understanding the data are the new challenges. |
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Today's world is increasingly action-oriented. Yet problems are not solved by taking measurements alone, no matter how reassuring it may be to imagine this conspicuous activity will somehow substitute for reflection, contemplation, and formal, quantitative interpretation of what has been observed. Data must be processed to provide information that will guide policy formulation and technological innovation. How society responds to such environmental information will have a bearing on future technological innovation. |
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