Introduction
Features
The core feature of the department is an interdisciplinary endeavor resulting from a blurring of the boundaries between the ocean environmental, computing and information sciences. Marine Environmental Informatics investigates the development of effective techniques to deliver comprehensive and reliable information for marine research. This assimilates expertise and technologies and promotes interaction between fields such as oceanography, marine environmental monitoring, marine environmental databases and information systems, geographical information systems, numerical simulation modeling, internet exploitation, data visualization and information theory.
Educational Goals
The development direction of the department is focus on the courses and researches in the field of oceanography, marine environmental monitoring, and related computer applications. Research and training involves mainly in physical and chemical oceanography along with field and laboratory work, remote sensing, ocean acoustics and numerical modeling. Research programs are carried out in the coastal and open ocean as well as sediments and rivers.
History
Department of Marine Environmental Informatics was founded in 1969. At that time it was called the Department of Oceanography. It is the first and foremost department in Taiwan specifically for training specialists in marine sciences and environmental information. In addition to the undergraduate program, programs leading to master degree and doctoral degree were established in 1977 and 2002, respectively. A continuing education program for master degree was begun in 2003. In 2005, the department's name was changed to the present name to reflect more accurately the strength of the department.
Development Directions
The development direction of the department is focus on the courses and researches in the field of oceanography, marine environmental monitoring, and related computer applications. Research and training involves mainly in physical and chemical oceanography along with field and laboratory work, remote sensing, ocean acoustics and numerical modeling. Research programs are carried out in the coastal and open ocean as well as sediments and rivers.