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.