International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences

The International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences (IASCYS) is an honor society initially created by the International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR). The academy identifies outstanding scientists in systems and cybernetics and elects them as academicians.[1] The members of the Academy conduct workshops and speak at conferences[2] about advances in the field.

Origin

In 2010, the International Federation for Systems Research established an international non-profit association called The International Academy for Systems and Cybernetic Sciences. For 6 years the IASCYS was governed as an IFSR partner organization, but in 2016 it became an independent organization having its own statutes, rules of procedure and membership criteria.[3][4]

Aims

IASCYS was founded to honor and activate outstanding members of the systems and cybernetics community. Academicians are nominated[5] by an association in the field. Biographies of IASCYS members are published on the IASCYS web-site.[6][7]

Motivations

National and international academies of sciences and arts previously did not include the contributions of systems and cybernetics in their list of sciences and arts. This situation overlooks the contributions which these fields have made to many traditional fields. IASCYS was created to build bridges among the member associations, to identify the most qualified scientists and practitioners in the field in order to invite them as keynote speakers to conferences, to recognize systems and cybernetics as sciences equal to other sciences, and to create links among the leading members of the systems and cybernetics community with the intent to aid and promote the development of these fields.[6][7]

Intentions

Two missions of the IASCYS are, through coordination of the actions of the member associations, to create an internationally accepted curriculum in systems and cybernetics and to create an auditing process aimed at validation and promotion of education in systems and cybernetics.[6][7]

List of Academicians

Source:[8]

Geographical Distribution of the Academicians

Region Academician Count[9]
Asia 14
Europe 34
South America 2
North America 8
Oceania 2

References

  1. ^ "Nominations procedure".
  2. ^ "Conference and General Assembly 2010 (October 25 -27, 2010, Chengdu, China)" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Appointment Procedure" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Statutes of IASCYS" (PDF).
  5. ^ "2016 nomination criteria" (PDF).
  6. ^ a b c "Aims and Intentions" (PDF).
  7. ^ a b c "Academy (IASCYS) on IFSR Website".[permanent dead link‍]
  8. ^ "List of Academicians and their home pages and biographies".
  9. ^ "List of Academicians and their countries".