http://www.isss.org/projects/ 2012-02-08T07:42:18+00:00 http://www.isss.org/projects/ http://www.isss.org/projects/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-01-21T19:06:01+00:00 isssoffice http://www.isss.org/projects/vickers_award?rev=1327172761&do=diff The Sir Geoffrey Vickers Memorial Award 1 The Spirit of Sir Geoffrey Vickers This Award commemorates the life and works of Sir Geoffrey Vickers. His view of the human condition as fundamentally embedded in a web of value relations, and of the dilemma of human action as both rational and valuative, lead him to the formulation of the Appreciative Systems approach. The spirit of his lifework is tremendously contemporary, even though he wrote his most significant works in the early second half of… text/html 2011-11-30T22:10:05+00:00 Vincent http://www.isss.org/projects/sig_on_research_towards_general_theories_of_systems?rev=1322691005&do=diff SIG Chair: Vincent Vesterby thegeneralist@themoderngeneralist.com The general systems SIG invites contributions in the following areas: Systems are ubiquitous and omnipresent throughout the hierarchic organization of material-reality, from protons composed of quarks to the infinite universe itself. To incorporate this vast range of different types of systems, a general theory of systems would be, of necessity, a transdisciplinary form of understanding. text/html 2011-11-30T22:09:20+00:00 Vincent http://www.isss.org/projects/playground:playground?rev=1322690960&do=diff SIG Chair: Vincent Vesterby thegeneralist@themoderngeneralist.com The general systems SIG invites contributions in the following areas: Systems are ubiquitous and omnipresent throughout the hierarchic organization of material-reality, from protons composed of quarks to the infinite universe itself. To incorporate this vast range of different types of systems, a general theory of systems would be, of necessity, a transdisciplinary form of understanding. text/html 2011-11-05T21:24:47+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/start?rev=1320528287&do=diff These are the collaborative projects pages for members of ISSS. Almost every page under the ProjectsISSS domain is editable, waiting the contribution of an ISSS member registered at ISSS World. Projects that make progress primarily over the Internet include: text/html 2011-11-05T20:05:37+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/exploratory_group_on_foundations_of_information_systems?rev=1320523537&do=diff Co-Chairs: Søren Brier: sbr.lpf@cbs.dk Béla A. Bánáthy: babanathy@sbcglobal.net Jed Jones: jed_c_jones@yahoo.com Information, information processing and information society are all key terms in describing technology, intelligence and the social development today. Actually the idea of an information science including AI and cognitive science integrated with cybernetics and systems represents the most recognized attempt of making a transdisciplinary framework dissolving the conflict betwee… text/html 2011-11-05T20:04:23+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/exploratory_group_on_monetary_systems?rev=1320523463&do=diff Chair: Debora Hammond hammond@sonoma.edu Given the recent crises in the international monetary system, this session will offer a forum within which to explore what a systems perspective might have to offer in addressing this multi-faceted issue, in terms of understanding underlying causal factors and/or proposing systemic approaches to achieving a more stable and just economic framework. Paper presentations should be short (maximum of ten minutes) to allow sufficient time for discussion. In ad… text/html 2011-11-05T20:03:35+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/exploratory_groups?rev=1320523415&do=diff The following are not officially designated Special Integration Groups by the ISSS, but may host papers or provide presentations or discussion around topics of interest to members. * Exploratory Group on Service Systems Science * Exploratory Group on Systems Engineering * Exploratory Group on Foundations of Information Systems * Exploratory Group on Monetary Systems text/html 2011-11-05T19:59:52+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/special_integration_groups?rev=1320523192&do=diff ISSS Special Integration Groups This main page describing Special Integration Groups can be found on ISSS World. Special Integration Groups on Projects ISSS include: * SIG on Agent-based Social Simulation * SIG on Balancing Individualism and Collectivism * SIG on Critical Systems Theory and Practice * SIG on Designing Educational Systems * SIG on Evolutionary Development * SIG on Health and Systems Thinking * SIG on Hierarchy Theory * SIG on Human Systems Inquiry * SIG on… text/html 2011-11-05T19:57:22+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/sig_on_relational_science?rev=1320523042&do=diff SIG Chair: John Kineman john.kineman@colorado.edu Since 1999 the What is Life/Living SIG has explored many aspects of the question “What is Life” from intrinsic and extrinsic perspectives. In keeping with the theme of the 53rd Annual Meeting, the WILL SIG invites papers regarding the relationship between complexity, ecosystems, and sustainability. text/html 2011-11-05T19:55:40+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/sig_on_systems_pathology?rev=1320522940&do=diff SIG Chair: Len Troncale lrtroncale@csupomona.edu The purposes of this fourth annual meeting of the Systems Pathology SIG are to invite (1) papers that summarize ideas, tools, or techniques of systems science that could inform systems biology, (2) papers that relate systems pathology to systems biology, (3) papers that show how advances in systems biology can contribute to systems science, and (4) papers that further develop systems pathology as a new discipline that could contribute to both sy… text/html 2011-11-05T19:54:31+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/sig_on_systems_biology_and_evolution?rev=1320522871&do=diff SIG Chair: Len Troncale lrtroncale@csupomona.edu The new field of Systems Biology uses the vast amounts of reductionist data emerging from comparative panomics to study biological entities as systems (using knowledge of the parts to put Humpty Dumpty back together again). While systems biologists are using recent advances in network theory in their work, and at their conferences, they know little about systems science in general. For example, they are describing a new phenomenon they call “d… text/html 2011-11-05T19:52:48+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/sig_on_systems_modeling_and_simulation?rev=1320522768&do=diff SIG Chair: Janet Singer jsinger@soe.ucsc.edu Adequate response to emergencies, especially by the so-called first responders (fire-brigades, ambulances, etc.), is a key to preventing, containing or at least mitigating their effects. Modeling and simulating both the emergencies and the reaction of first responders allows both the improvement of training and active support in action. Most emergencies need a holistic, systemic approach if the response should be effective and durable. text/html 2011-11-05T19:51:08+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/sig_on_systems_and_mental_health?rev=1320522668&do=diff SIG Chairs: Tamar Zohar Harel and Pamela Buckle Call for papers in preparation. Presentation Format: 15-20 minutes presentation, 10 minutes questions. See other Special Integration Groups text/html 2011-11-05T19:49:59+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/sig_on_systems_applications_in_business_and_industry?rev=1320522599&do=diff SIG Chair: Louis Klein louis.klein@segroup.de Authors are welcomed to share their papers and wisdom on Systems Applications in Business and Industry in Singerian Inquiry sessions at the 2012 ISSS meeting in San Jose. Prior to the meeting: Authors may discuss their ideas about potential contributions with the SIG chair, Louis Klein (louis.klein@segroup.de). text/html 2011-11-05T19:44:55+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/sig_on_systemic_approaches_to_conflict_and_crises?rev=1320522295&do=diff SIG Chair: Dennis Finlayson and Jae Yu finlaysondeworld@yahoo.co.uk Conflicts and crisis situations around the Globe are regularly covered by the media while well-researched histories of such events are also commonly available. Especially where these situations have persisted over long periods conventional approaches to analysis would appear inadequate. These are precisely the contexts that systemic thinkers have the opportunity to offer richer approaches drawing on proven ideas within system … text/html 2011-11-05T19:42:14+00:00 daviding http://www.isss.org/projects/sig_on_socio-ecological_systems?rev=1320522134&do=diff SIG Chair: Vince Lopes Contact: vl12@txstate.edu A major effort of scholars interested in sustaining ecological systems is conducting research that takes the complexity of both ecological and social systems into account. Unfortunately, the biophysical sciences and the social sciences have evolved without much knowledge of each other. To move ahead in achieving higher levels of sustainability in a changing world, we need to develop research methods and ontological approaches that enable social …