The Cybernetics Society is a UK-based

learned society A learned society (; also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and science. Membership ...

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. * ''CYBCOM'': CYBCOM is a Cybernetics discussion group. * ''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 and Dr David Dewhurst. * ''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 Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, an emeritus f ...

, Horace Barlow and

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. Recent awardees include Stephen Brewis,

David Deutsch David Elieser Deutsch ( ; born 18 May 1953) is a British physicist at the University of Oxford. He is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Atomic and Laser Physics at the Centre for Quantum Computation (CQC) in the Clarendon Laboratory o ...

, Fredmund Malik, Humberto Maturana and Kevin Warwick. * ''

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'': 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 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 constitu ...

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External links

Cybernetics Society homepage

a related British society

{{authority control Cybernetics Learned societies of the United Kingdom Organizations established in 1968 Systems science societies 1968 establishments in the United Kingdom