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Systems science is the
interdisciplinary Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several other fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, ec ...
field of science surrounding systems theory,
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 m ...
, the science of
complex systems A complex system is a system composed of many components which may interact with each other. Examples of complex systems are Earth's global climate, organisms, the human brain, infrastructure such as power grid, transportation or communication s ...
. It aims to develop interdisciplinary foundations, which are applicable in a variety of areas, such as engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences. Systems science and
systemics In the context of systems science and systems philosophy, systemics is an initiative to study systems. It is an attempt at developing logical, mathematical, engineering and philosophical paradigms and frameworks in which physical, technological, ...
are names for all research related to systems theory. It is defined as an emerging branch of science that studies holistic systems and tries to develop logical, mathematical, engineering and philosophical paradigms and frameworks in which physical, technological, biological, social,
cognitive Cognition refers to "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses". It encompasses all aspects of intellectual functions and processes such as: perception, attention, thought, ...
and metaphysical systems can be studied and developed. This list of systems sciences organizations gives an overview of global and local organizations in the field of systems science. This list shows all kinds of organizations and institutes listed thematically.


Awards

* Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award *
George B. Dantzig Prize The Dantzig Prize is given every 3 years to one or more individuals for research which, by virtue of its originality, breadth, and depth, has a major impact on the field of mathematical programming. It is named in honor of George B. Dantzig and is ...
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Donald P. Eckman Award The Donald P. Eckman Award is an award given by the American Automatic Control Council recognizing outstanding achievements by a young researcher under the age of 35 in the field of control theory. Together with the Richard E. Bellman Control Herit ...
* IEEE Simon Ramo Medal: award for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science * John von Neumann Theory Prize * Rufus Oldenburger Medal *
A. M. Turing Award The ACM A. M. Turing Award is an annual prize given by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for contributions of lasting and major technical importance to computer science. It is generally recognized as the highest distinction in comput ...
* UKSS Gold Medallists by the United Kingdom Systems Society *
The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies Medal The Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies ( el, Ελληνική Εταιρεία Συστημικών Μελετών, ΕΕΣΜ) is a scientific non-profit society that was established in 2003. It is a member of the International Society for th ...


Research centers


General


America

* Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences: a multi-disciplinary center in Florida Atlantic University founded in 1985 * International Institute for General Systems Studies (IIGSS): an American non-profit scholastic organization for studies and education in Systems science in Pennsylvania, USA * International Systems Institute (ISI): a non-profit, public benefit scientific and educational corporation in Carmel, California, USA * MIT Institute for Data, Systems and Society (IDSS): MIT research institute dedicated to analyzing complex, high-impact systems in society and to applying analytical methods to address complex social challenges * Mental Research Institute: a center for systems theory and psychotherapy located in Palo Alto, California, USA * New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI): an independent educational and research institution dedicated to advancing the study of complex systems * Santa Fe Institute (SFI): a non-profit research institute dedicated to the study of complex systems in Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded in 1984 * The Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at JHU: (CSSE) is a research collective housed within the Department of Civil and Systems Engineering (CaSE) at Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore, MD, USA


Europe

* Institut für Unternehmenskybernetik, Germany * Institute for Complex Systems Simulation, University of Southampton, UKInstitute for Complex Systems Simulation
/ref> * International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA): an international non-governmental research organization located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, in Austria * Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems, Spain * Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Germany * Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Germany


Australia

* CSIRO Centre for Complex Systems Science * ARC Centre for Complex Systems (ACCS) * Centre for Complex Systems, The University of Sydney


Asia

* Center of Excellence in Systems Science, IIT Jodhpur


Systems biology Systems biology is the computational modeling, computational and mathematical analysis and modeling of complex biological systems. It is a biology-based interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on complex interactions within biological syst ...

* Department of Systems Biology * Institute for Systems Biology *
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics The Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics is located in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society (Max Planck Gesellschaft). The institute is studying signal and information processing ...


Systems ecology Systems ecology is an interdisciplinary field of ecology, a subset of Earth system science, that takes a holism, holistic approach to the study of ecological systems, especially ecosystems. Systems ecology can be seen as an application of general ...

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, Terrestrial Systems Ecology * University of Amsterdam, Systems Ecology Department * University of Florida, Systems Ecology program *
State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is a public research university in Syracuse, New York focused on the environment and natural resources. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) s ...
, Systems Ecology Lab *
Stockholm University Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, so ...
, Systems Ecology Department


Systems engineering Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering and engineering management that focuses on how to design, integrate, and manage complex systems over their enterprise life cycle, life cycles. At its core, systems engineering util ...


United States

* GTRI Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS) at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA *
GTRI Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Laboratory The Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Laboratory (ATAS) is one of eight labs in the Georgia Tech Research Institute and one of three labs under the Sensors and Intelligent Systems directorate. ATAS develops advanced systems concepts an ...
at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA *
Western Transportation Institute The Western Transportation Institute (WTI) is a center of rural transportation research and education, located in the College of Engineering at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. The WTI was founded in 1994 as a collaboration between Montana ...
at Montana State University, Montana, USA


Europe

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Hasso Plattner Institute The Hasso Plattner Institute (Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering gGmbH), abbreviated HPI, is a German information technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, an ...
related to the University of Potsdam, Germany * University of Reading Business School: Informatics Research Centre, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK * École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: I2S – Institut d'ingénierie des systèmes in Lausanne, Switzerland * University of the West of England CEMS, Systems Engineering Estimation and Decision Support (SEED) Bristol, England, UK * University of Bristol, Systems Centre, Bristol, England, UK *
Technical University of Hamburg The Hamburg University of Technology (in German Technische Universität Hamburg, abbreviated TUHH (HH as acronym of Hamburg state) or TU Hamburg) is a research university in Germany. The university was founded in 1978 and in 1982/83 lecturing fol ...
, Hamburg, Germany *
Mullard Space Science Laboratory The UCL Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL) is the United Kingdom's largest university space research group. MSSL is part of the Department of Space and Climate Physics at University College London (UCL), one of the first universities in the ...
: UCL Centre for Systems Engineering (UCLse), the London, England, UK * Research Centre for Automatic Control (CRAN), joint research unit with Nancy-Université and
CNRS The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...
, Nancy, France


Educational


Europe

* Bristol Centre for Complexity Sciences, UK * Institute for Complex Systems Simulation, University of Southampton, UK


Australia

* The University of Sydney offers a Master of Complex Systems


Societies


World wide

* IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (IEEE SMCS) * International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) * International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR) *
International Society for the Systems Sciences The International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) is a worldwide organization for systems sciences. The overall purpose of the ISSS is: :"to promote the development of conceptual frameworks based on general system theory, as well as their ...
(ISSS) * World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC) * IEEE Systems Council * Complex Systems Society (CSS) * The International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences, an honor society initially created by the IFSR


America

* American Society for Cybernetics * Asociacion Mexicana de Systemas y Cibernetica * Grupo de Estudio de Sistemas Integrados (GESI) (Study Group of Integrated Systems), Argentina * Instituto Andino de Sistemas (IAS), Peru * International Systems Institute (USA), California, San Francisco * Los Alamos National Laboratory *
System Dynamics Society The System Dynamics Society is an international, nonprofit organization formed in 1983. History The society was formed in 1983 through resolution passed by 120 delegates naming Jay Forrester as the first president. The activity of the society ...
: a non-profit organization for further research into system dynamics and systems thinking based in Albany, New York, USA


Asia

* International Society of Knowledge and Systems Science (ISKSS), Japan * Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS)IFSR.org
* Korean Society for Systems Science Research, Korea * Systems Engineering Society of China


Australia

* Australia and New Zealand Systems Group (ANZSYS) * COSNet: An Australian-based network for Complex Open Systems research


Europe

* Association Francaise d'Ingénierie Système (French association for Systems Engineering), France * Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca (AIR) (Italian Research Society) * Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sui Sistemi (AIRS) (Italian Systems Research Society) * Bulgarian Society for Systems Research (BSSR), Bulgaria * Centre for Hyperincursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems (CHAOS) * Croatian Interdisciplinary Society: a non-governmental organization for interdisciplinary education and research in complex systems in Croatia * Cybernetics Society, London, UK * Dutch Systems Group of ''Systemsgroep Nederland'', The Netherlands * Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group, University of Brussels, Belgium * Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies (HSSS) Ελληνική Εταρεία Συστημικών Μελετών * Gesellschaft für Wirtschaft und Sozial-Kybernetik e. V. (GWS), Germany * Learned Society of Praxiology, Poland * MSSI - Management Science Society of Ireland * Österreichische Studiengesellschaft für Kybernetik (OSGK)(Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies), Austria * Polish Systems Society, Poland * Slovenian Society for Systems Research (SDSR) * Sociedad Española de Systemas Generales, Spain * United Kingdom Systems Society, UKUK Systems Society
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See also

* List of journals in systems science **
List of information systems journals The following is a list of information systems journals, containing academic journals that cover information systems. The list given here contains the most influential, currently publishing journals in the field. To understand which are the best j ...
* List of systems engineering at universities * List of systems engineers *
List of systems scientists This is a list of systems scientists, people who made notable contributions in the field of the systems sciences: This list is based on the following sources: * ASC cybernetics, ''A history of cybernetics'', website 2007. * Charles François, ''Sy ...


References

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