International Society for the Systems Sciences

International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS)
Type Professional Organization
Founded 1954
Location Pocklington, York , United Kingdom
Origins Society for General Systems Research (SGSR)
Key people Jennifer Wilby (current president),
David Ing VP
Area served Worldwide
Focus Systems sciences
Method Special Integration Groups, Conferences, Publications
Website www.isss.org/world

The International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) is a world-wide organization for systems sciences.

Contents

Overview

The initial purpose of the society was "to encourage the development of theoretical systems which are applicable to more than one of the traditional departments of knowledge."[1]

The idea to start a society was initiated in 1954 at the Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences by the biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy, the economist Kenneth Boulding, the neuroscientist Ralph Gerard, and mathematician Anatol Rapoport. Two years later at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1956 the Society was formally established as "Society for General Systems Research" (SGSR).[2] In 1988 it was renamed to "International Society for the Systems Sciences" (ISSS) in 1988 to "reflect its broadening scope".[3]

Important activities of the Society are:

A listing of the Special Integration Groups (SIGs) gives an idea of the themes of ongoing development in the Society:[4]

Presidents

Among the Presidents of ISSS have been foremost scientists from several fields and countries, including some Nobel laureates:[5]

Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award

The Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award is an annual award in memory of Sir Geoffrey Vickers for outstanding student papers at the pre-doctoral level in the field of the systems sciences. A listing of recipients:[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Origin and Purpose of the ISSS | International Society for the Systems Sciences
  2. ^ Kjell Samuelson (1977). "General Systems". In: Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology: Volume 8. Edited by Jack Belzer and others. CRC Press 1977.
  3. ^ Home Page International Society for the Systems Sciences, ISSS 2004
  4. ^ ISSS introduction on the ISFR website 2007.
  5. ^ International Society for the Systems Sciences: Past Presidents
  6. ^ ISSS Board of Directors. Accessed Aug 10, 2011.
  7. ^ Sir Geoffrey Vickers Award on isss.org. Accessed Sep 12, 2011.

External links

Kenneth Boulding (1957-58) · Charles McClelland (1959-61) · Willam Ashby (1962-64) · Anatol Rapaport (1965) · Peter Caws (1966) · John Milsum (1967) · Milton Rubin (1968) · Lawrence Slobodkin (1969) · Bertram Gross (1970) · Stafford Beer (1971) · Margaret Mead (1972) · James Grier Miller (1973) · Gordon Pask (1974) · Kjell Samuelson (1975) · Heinz von Foerster (1976) · Charles Vickers (1977) · Richard Ericson (1978) · Brian Gaines (1979) · Robert Rosen (1980) · George Klir (1981) · John N. Warfield (1982) · John A. Dillon (1985) · Peter Checkland (1986) · Russell L. Ackoff (1987)
International Society for the Systems Sciences Presidents
International Society for the Systems Sciences Presidents

Russell Ackoff (1987-88) · Ilya Prigogine (1988) · Charles West Churchman (1989) · Len Troncale (1990) · Howard Odum (1991) · Ian Mitroff (1992) · Harold Linstone (1993) · J. Donald R. de Raadt (1994) · Ervin László (1995) · Yong Pil Rhee (1996) · G. A. Swanson (1997) · Béla A. Bánáthy (1998) · Peter A. Corning (1999)  · Harold G. Nelson (2000) · Michael C. Jackson (2001) · Alexander Christakis (2002) · Kenneth D. Bailey (2003) · Enrique Herrscher (2004-2005) · Debora Hammond (2005-2006) · Kyoichi Kijima (2006-2007) · Gary Metcalf (2007-2008) · Timothy Allen (2008-2009) Allenna Leonard (2009-2010) Jennifer Wilby (2010-2011) David Ing (2011-2012)
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