It deals with the study of information throughout its life cycle, including generation, symbolic representation, computational representation, storage, retrieval and disposal. It includes the analysis of the interaction forms and computational processes of information processing, creation and implementation of algorithms and systems and interdisciplinary researches of information technology applications. Thus, it addresses topics such as: database, software engineering, bio-inspired computing, high-performance computing, artificial and computational intelligence, computer graphics, image processing, pattern recognition, information visualization, data compression and data.
