Information Management

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Information handling and knowledge management are activities that are underpinned by a wide range of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) which, in turn, create our ability to transform vast, complicated and complex data into information on which we can develop knowledge. Through further use of ICT including new types of user interface, this knowledge can be explored, refined and used to influence our ability to learn and to make decisions.

The development of technologies that underpin our understanding of crime and security in an increasingly complex and complicated world are wide-ranging and draw upon many activities, such as detection, identification and surveillance. The potential for optimising our understanding of these issues lies both in advances in the physical sciences as well as through developments that link our understanding of the physical sciences with the human sciences.

Sensor technologies allow us to detect, identify and monitor aspects of the physical world. Their application has the potential for use in many different systems, for example: natural hazards, space and weather systems, changes in plants and animals and human activity, and the movement of goods and people. Sensing and tracking technologies provide us with information that allow better monitoring, modelling and potentially management of these systems.

Issues in this area are likely to include robotics, the Internet, data collection and storage, and ICT security.