Information in Society ...
The best technology is useless if it does not serve society's needs. Our research objective is to understand and improve the interface between people and technology.

Research Groups ...

Centre for Community Networking Research	Decision Support Systems Laboratory	Enterprise Information Research Group
Information & Telecommunications Needs Research	Information Systems Development Group	Information Systems Management and e-Business Group
Knowledge Management Research Program	Records Continuum Research Group

Multidisciplinary Research ... SIMS brings together researchers from the following areas: · community informatics · decision support systems · e-business and e-government · electronic recordkeeping and archiving · knowledge management · information and telecommunications needs · information systems development · information systems policy, strategic planning and management · IT governance · metadata · mobile commerce · virtual communities

 

Industry Collaborative Research ...
SIMS is engaged in a range of collaborative partnerships with industry, government, the information professions, and community groups. We welcome opportunities to develop new collaborations with partners who share our objectives. For more information see our People and Partners page.

Research Students ...
SIMS actively encourages training the next generation of researchers, through its supervision of a number of Masters and Doctoral candidates. Summaries of some of our students' research can be found on the Students page, as well as links to application information.