The second half of the twentieth century has witnessed unprecedented development and growth in information technology. What began as a foundational technology in exploring science and engineering has evolved into ground-breaking tools in most fields of endeavor. Today, rapidly expanding applications of informatics are being developed in diverse fields such as business management, transportation, environmental monitoring, building management, various aspects of healthcare, and even in fine arts. Driven by new developments in data analytics, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning neural networks, enormous opportunities are opening up in therapeutic application of IT well beyond clinical diagnostic aids and computational biology. Augmentation of human mental faculties particularly with respect to multivariate analysis will drive major areas of research in the coming years. A number of potential research areas are presented in the paper.

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智慧环境和医疗保健的新兴领域–愿景

二十世纪下半叶，信息技术史无前例地发展。最初作为探索科学和工程学的基础技术，已在大多数工作领域演变成具有开创性的工具。如今，信息学在各种领域中的应用正在迅速扩展，例如业务管理，运输，环境监测，建筑管理，医疗保健的各个方面，甚至在美术领域。在数据分析，大数据，人工智能和深度学习神经网络的新发展的推动下，除了临床诊断辅助工具和计算生物学以外，IT的治疗应用领域还开辟了巨大的机遇。人类精神能力的增强，尤其是在多元分析方面，将在未来几年推动研究的主要领域。本文介绍了许多潜在的研究领域。