information science
noun
: the collection, classification, storage, retrieval, and dissemination of recorded knowledge treated both as a pure and as an applied science
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More than 70% of the full-time graduate students in electrical engineering and computer and information sciences at U.S. universities are international students.
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Underscoring the importance of majors, the top-earning UCLA degree was computer and information sciences.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Given recent developments in quantum information science, researchers like me are using quantum information theory to explore new ways of thinking about these unanswered foundational questions.
—William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
Enterprise developers and data scientists may not have the background quantum information science knowledge for working with circuits.
—Karl Freund, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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Stuart Anderson, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
Underscoring the importance of majors, the top-earning UCLA degree was computer and information sciences.
—Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Given recent developments in quantum information science, researchers like me are using quantum information theory to explore new ways of thinking about these unanswered foundational questions.
—William Mark Stuckey, The Conversation, 30 July 2024
Enterprise developers and data scientists may not have the background quantum information science knowledge for working with circuits.
—Karl Freund, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
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“Information science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/information%20science. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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