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The American Society for Cybernetics (ASC) is an American non-profit scholastic organization for the advancement of
cybernetics Cybernetics is a wide-ranging field concerned with circular causality, such as feedback, in regulatory and purposive systems. Cybernetics is named after an example of circular causal feedback, that of steering a ship, where the helmsperson ma ...
as a science , a discipline, a meta-discipline and the promotion of cybernetics as basis for an interdisciplinary discourse. The society does this by developing and applying cybernetics’ concepts which are presented and published via its conferences and peer-reviewed publications. As a meta-discipline, it creates bridges between disciplines, philosophies, sciences, and arts. The ASC is a full member of the
International Federation for Systems Research The International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR) is an international federation for global and local societies in the field of systems science. This federation is a non-profit, scientific and educational agency founded in 1980, and constit ...
(IFSR). In order to do so it holds conferences and seminars, and maintains contacts with cyberneticians and organizations for cybernetics in other countries. Further activities of the ASC are: * ASC Glossary on Cybernetics and Systems Theory * Disciplinary Matrices in Cybernetics and Systems ScienceDisciplinary Matrices in Cybernetics and Systems Science
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* Wiener and McCulloch awards The American Society for Cybernetics was founded in 1964 in Washington, DC to encourage new developments in cybernetics as an interdisciplinary field with Warren McCulloch as first elected president of the ASC.HISTORY OF THE ASC
Retrieved 8 June 2008. In the 1980s ASC became a member of the
International Federation for Systems Research The International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR) is an international federation for global and local societies in the field of systems science. This federation is a non-profit, scientific and educational agency founded in 1980, and constit ...
, and in the 1990s supported the
Principia Cybernetica Principia Cybernetica is an international cooperation of scientists in the field of cybernetics and systems science, especially known for their website, Principia Cybernetica. They have dedicated their organization to what they call "a computer-sup ...
Project. The ASC has been maintaining an editorial column in the interdisciplinary '' Cybernetics and Human Knowing Journal'' since its first issue in 1992. Rodney Donaldson was the first ASC president to write for the column.


Annual Cybernetics Symposia


First Annual Cybernetics Symposium

The First Annual Cybernetics Symposium of the ASC was held on 26-7 October, 1967 at the National Bureau of Standards,
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, Maryland. The theme was "Purposive Systems: The Edge of Knowledge." The following people made presentations: *
Saul Amarel Saul Amarel (1928 – December 18, 2002) was a professor of computer science at Rutgers University, and best known for his pioneering work in artificial intelligence (AI). He also had a career as a scientist, engineer, and teacher. He was a contribu ...
: "Problems of representation in artificial intelligence" *
Nikolai Amosov Nikolai Mikhailovich Amosov, Doctor of Science, Professor (December 6, 1913 in Olkhovo, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire – December 12, 2002 in Kyiv, Ukraine) was a Soviet and Ukrainian doctor of Russian origin, heart surgeon, inventor, be ...
: "Simulation of thinking processes" * Herbert Anschütz: "Prospects for the development of the psychocybernetics of intelligent behavior" * Yehoshua Bar-Hillel: "The future of man-machine languages" * Alexander S. Fraser: "The evolution of purposive behavior" *
Ralph Gerard Ralph Waldo Gerard (7 October 1900 – 17 February 1974) was an American neurophysiologist and behavioral scientist known for his wide-ranging work on the nervous system, nerve metabolism, psychopharmacology, and biological basis of schizophrenia ...
: "The neurophysiology of purposive behavior" * Jerrier A. Haddad: "Hardware for purposive systems" * David Hawkins: "The nature of purpose" * Margaret Mead: "Cybernetics of Cybernetics" * Emmanuel G. Mesthene: "How technology will shape the future" * Talcott Parsons: "Facilitating technological innovation in society" *
Frederick Seitz Frederick Seitz (July 4, 1911 – March 2, 2008) was an American physicist and a pioneer of solid state physics and lobbyist. Seitz was the 4th president of Rockefeller University from 1968–1978, and the 17th president of the United States Nat ...
: "The Challenge" * Ivan Sutherland: "Facilitating the man-machine interface"


ASC Presidents

* 2021- Paul Pangaro * 2014-2020 Michael Lissack * 2009-2014 Ranulph Glanville * 2005-2008
Louis Kauffman Louis Hirsch Kauffman (born February 3, 1945) is an American mathematician, topologist, and professor of mathematics in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is known for th ...
* 2002-2004
Allenna Leonard Allenna Leonard is an American cyberneticist, consultant and director of Team Syntegrity International, specializing in the application of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model and Syntegration. She was president of the International Society for ...
* 1999-2001 Pille Bunnell * 1994-1998 Frank Galuszka * 1992-1993 Rodney Donaldson * 1989-1991 Fred Steier * 1986-1988 Larry Richards * 1984-1985 Jon Cunnyngham * 1983-1984 Bill Reckmeyer * 1980-1982 Stuart Umpleby * 1978-1979 Barry Clemson * 1976-1977 Mark Ozer * 1975-1976 Herbert Robinson * 1972-1974 Roy Hermann * 1970-1971 Carl Hammer * 1969-1970 Lawrence J. Fogel * 1967-1968 Warren McCulloch


Wiener and McCulloch awards

The "Wiener Medal in Cybernetics" is an annual award by the American Society for Cybernetics in recognition of outstanding achievements or contributions in the field of cybernetics.ASC Awards
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Since 2005 the award has been redefined to recognize achievements and contributions from younger scholars and researchers working in cybernetics or with applications of cybernetics. Recipients of the Wiener and McCulloch awards: * 1968: Robert C. Wood * 1968: Warren McCulloch * 1969: Stuart A. Kauffman * 1969: Stephen Grossberg * 1970:
Stafford Beer Anthony Stafford Beer (25 September 1926 – 23 August 2002) was a British theorist, consultant and professor at the Manchester Business School. He is best known for his work in the fields of operational research and management cybernetics. Bi ...
* 1972: Natalia Bechtereva * 1983:
Heinz von Foerster Heinz von Foerster ( German spelling: Heinz von Förster; November 13, 1911 – October 2, 2002) was an Austrian American scientist combining physics and philosophy, and widely attributed as the originator of Second-order cybernetics. He was twice ...
* 1984: Gregory Bateson * 1984: Gordon Pask * 1986:
Humberto Maturana Humberto Maturana Romesín (September 14, 1928 – May 6, 2021) was a Chilean biologist and philosopher. Many consider him a member of a group of second-order cybernetics theoreticians such as Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask, Herbert Brün a ...
* 1993:
Herbert Brun Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbe ...
* 1993:
Louis Kauffman Louis Hirsch Kauffman (born February 3, 1945) is an American mathematician, topologist, and professor of mathematics in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is known for th ...
* 2001: Klaus Krippendorff * 2005: Ernst von Glasersfeld * 2007: Pille Bunnell * 2007: Charles François * 2007: Laurence Richards * 2007: Stuart Umpleby * 2008:
Humberto Maturana Humberto Maturana Romesín (September 14, 1928 – May 6, 2021) was a Chilean biologist and philosopher. Many consider him a member of a group of second-order cybernetics theoreticians such as Heinz von Foerster, Gordon Pask, Herbert Brün a ...
* 2008: Francisco Varela * 2008: Ricardo Uribe * 2008: Richard Jung * 2008: Lars Löfgren * 2008: Søren Brier * 2008: Alexander Riegler * 2011:
Mary Catherine Bateson Mary Catherine Bateson (December 8, 1939 – January 2, 2021) was an American writer and cultural anthropologist. The daughter of Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, Bateson was a noted author in her field with many published monographs. A ...
* 2011:
Robert Vallée Robert Vallée (5 October 1922 in Poitiers, France – 1 January 2017, Paris, France) was a French cyberneticist and mathematician. He was Professor at the Paris 13 University (University of Paris-Nord) and president of the World Organization o ...
* 2011: Thomas Fischer * 2012: Susan Parenti * 2013: Bernard Scott * 2013: Heinz von Foerster Society * 2014: Louis H. Kauffman * 2014: Allenna Leonard * 2014: Paul Pangaro * 2014: Randall Whitaker * 2014:
Jennifer Wilby Jennifer M. Wilby (born 1953) is an American and UK management scientist, and past director of the Centre for Systems Studies, and a senior lecturer and researcher in management systems and sciences in The Business School, University of Hull. Sh ...
* 2015: Ranulph Glanville * 2016: Julia Frazer and John H. Frazer * 2016: William J. Reckmeyer * 2018: Paul Weston * 2019: Mark Enslin * 2019: Fred Steier


References


External links


ASC website


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