Northern Kentucky University breaks ground on $55M Center for Informatics

Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights recently broke ground on a $55 million Center for Informatics that will combine the school’s information-related disciplines. The facility will feature a Computer Assisted Virtual Environment (CAVE) that will be available to students and faculty as well as businesses who want to use it for product development. The center will also include a Digitorum that can be used to run simulations for homeland security, computer security and financial security. The Digitorum can also be used as a network operations center.

From a press release from the school: 

“I am often asked, Just what exactly is informatics, anyway?'” NKU Dean of Informatics Dr. Douglas Perry told a group that included Kentucky Governor Stephen Beshear and leaders of two of the world’s most respected tech companies – Dell and SAP Public Services. “Informatics is the digital intersection of the arts, sciences and professions, where digital tools are used to extend these fields and bring them together. Informatics achieves this by developing and applying the theories and technologies of computation, information, and communication to new situations and environments.”