Cybernetics Society

The Cybernetics Society is a UK-based learned society that exists to promote the understanding of Cybernetics. The core activity of the Cybernetics Society is the organization and facilitation of scientific meetings, conferences, and social events. The society's website provides information and news items for professionals in the field and the general audience in order to improve the understanding of cybernetics and associated disciplines. Among the activities of the Society are:

  • Annual Conference: Annual conferences of the Cybernetics Society are held since 1973.[1][2]
  • CYBCOM: CYBCOM is a Cybernetics discussion group.[3]
  • Fellows of the Cybernetics Society: Some of the numerous fellows are Ranulph Glanville, Charles Hampden-Turner, Mick Ashby (Ethical regulator), Dr D.J. Stewart (Nudge theory), Dr James Wilk (Nudge theory), Dr Martin Smith[4] and Dr David Dewhurst.[5]
  • Honorary fellows : Among those awarded by the Cybernetics Society are: Eric Ash, Anthony Stafford Beer, Margaret Boden, James W. Black, John Carew Eccles, James Lovelock, Roger Penrose, Horace Barlow and Abdus Salam.[6] Recent awardees include Stephen Brewis, David Deutsch, Fredmund Malik, Humberto Maturana and Kevin Warwick.[7]
  • Kybernetes: The Society is working together with the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics on Kybernetes, The international journal of cybernetics, systems and management sciences.
  • IFSR: They are a member of the International Federation for Systems Research.

Enacting Cybernetics

Academic journal
Enacting Cybernetics
DisciplineCybernetics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byBen Sweeting
Publication details
History2023–present
Publisher
The Cybernetics Society, hosted by Ubiquity Press
FrequencyContinuous
Yes
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2)
NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt Paid subscription required)
ISO 4Enact. Cybern.
Indexing
CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus
ISSN2754-5512
Links
  • Journal homepage
  • Online access
  • Online archive

The society publishes an open access journal, Enacting Cybernetics, hosted by Ubiquity Press. The journal is focused on "exploring and developing the many ways in which cybernetics may be practiced in the world."[8]

References

  1. ^ The Cybernetics Society: Past Proceedings
  2. ^ List of speakers (1973–2005)
  3. ^ Archives of [email protected]
  4. ^ http://www.cybsoc.org/contacts/people-Smith.htm accessed 20.5.20
  5. ^ http://www.cybsoc.org/contacts/people-Dewhurst.htm, accessed 20.5.2020
  6. ^ Honorary Fellows of the Society
  7. ^ "Home". cybsoc.org.
  8. ^ https://enacting-cybernetics.org/

External links

  • Cybernetics Society homepage
  • Enacting Cybernetics
  • Kybernetes
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Subfields of and cyberneticians involved in cybernetics
SubfieldsCyberneticians