Research: Departments

Computer Science and Communication

The Department of Computer Science and Communication (DICOM) was established in Varese on July 1, 2002. The overarching scientific goals of DICOM are devoted to the challenges posed by the modern Information, Communication and Knowledge society, which calls for bridging the divide between the humanistic and scientific cultures and knowledge. The department strives to reach this goal through a multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach based both on the scientific-technological developments of informatics and telecommunications, and on the humanistic aspects of their most advanced implementations related to electronic digital communication.

DICOM’s main research activities fall into the following scientific areas:

Computer Science (ACM classification)

• C - Computer Systems Organization
  
• D - Software
  
• F – Theory of Computation
• G – Mathematics of Computing
  
• H - Information Systems
  
• I – Computing Methodologies
  
• J - Computer Applications
  
• K.3 – Computing Milieux

Mathematics

• Algebra
• Discrete Mathematics
• Probability and Statistics

Communication Sciences

• Political philosophy and symbols theories
  
• Italian literature and history of Italian language; literature traditions and rhetoric
  
• Social history of early modern art. Relationships between patronage, iconography and iconology
  
• History of Earth science and natural sciences; historical development of technical and scientific communication