Created in 2025, our three academic departments focus on a unique area of study—from designing user-friendly technologies to managing complex data systems and protecting digital information. Each department offers students and scholars a diverse range of educational and research opportunities. Visit the departmental webpages to explore faculty expertise, academic programs, and current research initiatives.
Department of Human-Centered Computing and Social Informatics
Creating and evaluating interactive systems and studying the affective aspects of user experience.
Department of Informatics and Intelligent Systems
Advancing the capacity to model intelligent behavior and harnessing, applying, and integrating the insights of big data to our world.
Department of Privacy and Cybersecurity Informatics
Detecting and removing threats of information misuse, enhancing predictability and trust, and understanding online privacy.