The main problem is that the check out raw is too long and it take a lot of time to reach the cashier. Some supermarkets tried to solve this problem by increasing the number of cashiers but if you think about it you will find that a huge amount of money is paid from salaries and human mistakes. Other supermarkets don’t have enough space to increase the number of cashiers. Both supermarkets still complain about the long raw problem.  

Scope:

 The solution of this problem should deal with customer’s operations and the systems should be affected by these operations. The cart will be an interface between the customer and the system. The cart should require some services which represent a customer operation and the system should know some information about the cart.

Description of the solutions: 

Solution (1):

 Every cart in the supermarket will have a small computer that has some features:

·        Calculate the total cost of purchased items

·        Show a list of purchased items

·        Add new purchased item

·        Remove a purchased item (it may cause some problems but we will find a solution)

·        Show offers

·        Search for an item

·        Connect to the system at the cashier

  Solution (2):

 A site that represents a virtual supermarket that is exactly the same as a real one so that a customer hasn’t to go to the supermarket to buy his needs. I think it is an advanced way of e-commerce.  

 Some supermarkets don’t have plenty of cashiers which cause a long waiting queue. Other supermarkets such as carforr have many cashiers, even though some days each cashier has a long waiting queue.(Business problem)

Solution to be implemented:

 1- An intelligent cart that is capable of counting customer’s purchased items and there total cost + other features (search for an item).So, cashiers don’t have to do anything except taking money. This would make the check out much faster. 2- A 3D site that visualize the supermarket as it is (as GTA game and other 3D games).This solution is like an e-shopping that help in reducing the physical customers in a supermarket (this solution is targeting huge supermarkets as carforr).

• converting data into information
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• predicting the spread of the next flu epidemic
• combating malicious hackers
• understanding the human genome
• exploring virtual reality
• supporting cutting edge research
• developing business solutions
• and more…

Informatics develops new uses for information technology and in order to solve specific problems in areas as diverse as biology, fine arts, and economics. Informatics is also interested in how people transform technology, and how technology transforms us.

At the School of Informatics we emphasize problem solving, innovation, communications, and teamwork along with technical skills and knowledge.Our mission is to train students in state-of-the-art information technology and science with an emphasis on creative human applications, offering a unique set of degrees at the B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. levels.

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Some cognates lead to recently recognized disciplines, such as biology leading to bioinformatics. Others lead to well-understood careers perhaps just emerging as disciplines, such as fine arts leading to top quality Web design, animations, and interactive art. For those interested in computers and programming, the computer science cognate adds further technology strength to our human-centered, problem solving curriculum.