List of systems sciences organizations

Impression of systems thinking about society

Systems science is the interdisciplinary field of science surrounding systems theory, cybernetics, the science of complex systems. 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 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 and metaphysical systems can be studied and developed.

This list of systems science organisations gives an overview of global and local organisations in the field of systems science. This list shows all kinds of organisations and institutes listed thematically.

Awards

• IEEE Simon Ramo Medal: an award for exceptional achievement in systems engineering and systems science.

Research centers

• Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences: a multi-disciplinary center in Florida Atlantic University in Florida founded in 1985.
• Energy Research Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences
• International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international non-governmental research organization located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, in Austria.
• Institut für Unternehmenskybernetik
• Institute for Biocomputation and Physics of Complex Systems
• International Institute for General Systems Studies
• Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
• Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
• Mental Research Institute
• Mental Research Institute of Palo Alto: a center for systems theory and psychotherapy located in Palo Alto, California, USA.
• New England Complex Systems Institute (NECSI) is an independent educational and research institution dedicated to advancing the study of complex systems, see [2].
• International Institute for General Systems Studies (IIGSS) is 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.
• Santa Fe Institute (SFI) is a non-profit research institute dedicated to the study of complex systems in Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded in 1984.

Systems biology

Main article: List of systems biology research groups

• Institute for Systems Biology
• Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

Systems ecology

• Stockholm University: Systems Ecology Department
• University of Amsterdam: Systems Ecology Department
• State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry: Systems ecology Lab
• University of Florida Systems Ecology program
• ETH Zurich Terrestrial Systems Ecology

Systems engineering

In the USA:

• GTRI Electronic Systems Laboratory (ELSYS) at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• GTRI Aerospace, Transportation and Advanced Systems Laboratory at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
• Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University, Montana, USA.

Outside the USA:

• Hasso Plattner Institute 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 at the in Lausanne, Switzerland.
• University of the West of England CEMS, Systems Engineering Estimation and Decision Support (SEED) Bristol, England, UK.
• Technical University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
• Mullard Space Science Laboratory: UCL Centre for Systems Engineering (UCLse), the London, England, UK.

Societies

World wide

• IEEE Systems, Man, & Cybernetics Society (IEEE SMCS), see [3]
• International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE), see [4]
• International Federation for Systems Research (IFSR), see [5]
• International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS), see [6] and [7]
• World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC), see [8]

America

• American Society for Cybernetics, see [9]
• Los Alamos National Laboratory, see [10]
• Asociacion Mexicana de Systemas y Cibernetica, see
• Grupo de Estudio de Sistemas Integrados (GESI) (Study Group of Integrated Systems), Argentina, see [11]
• Instituto Andino de Sistemas - IAS, Peru, see [12]
• International Systems Institute, USA, California, San Francisco
• System Dynamics Society: a non-profit organization for further research into system dynamics and systems thinking based in Albany, New York, USA. See [13].

Asia

• International Society of Knowledge and Systems Science (ISKSS), Japan, see [14]
• Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies (JASESS), see [15]
• Korean Society for Systems Science Research, Korea, see [16]
• Systems Engineering Society of China, see [17]

Australia

• Australia and New Zealand Systems Group (ANZSYS)
• COSNet: An Australian based network for Complex Open Systems research, see COSNet .

Europe

• Association Francaise des Sciences et Technologies de I'information et des Systems (AFSCET) (The French Association for Systems Sciences), France. See [18] and [19]
• Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca (AIR) (Italian Research Society), see [20]
• Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sui Sistemi (AIRS) (Italian Systems Research Society), see [21]
• Bulgarian Society for Systems Research (BSSR), Bulgaria, see [22]
• Centre for Hyperincursion and Anticipation in Ordered Systems (CHAOS), see [23]
• Croatian Interdisciplinary Society: a non-governmental organization for interdisciplinary education and research in complex systems in Croatia.
• Cybernetics Society London, UK, see [24]
• Dutch Systems Group of Systemsgroep Nederland, The Netherlands, see [25]

• Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group, University of Brussels, Belgium, see [26]
• Ελληνική Εταρεία Συστημικών Μελετών (HSSS) Hellenic Society for Systemic Studies.
• Gesellschaft für Wirtschaft und Sozial-Kybernetik e. V. (GWS), Germany, see [27]

• Learned Society of Praxiology, Poland
• Management Science Society of Ireland, see [28]
• MSSI - The Management Science Society of Ireland
• Österreichische Studiengesellschaft für Kybernetik(OSGK)(Austrian Society for Cybernetic Studies), Austria, see [29]
• Polish Systems Society, Poland, see [30]

• Slovenian Society for Systems Research (SDSR), see [31]
• Sociedad Espanola de Systemas Generales, Spain, see [32]
• United Kingdom Systems Society, UK, see [33]

Websites

• Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics Online (ESCO): Initiative from launched in 2005 based on MEDIA-WIKI, but didn't get far yet.
• International Society for the Systems Sciences website, with projects has a website operated by Pm WIKI technology.
• Muller science: Initiative from Dr. phil. Roland Mueller: website with about 140 chronological bibliographies, some concerning systems theory.
• New England Complex Systems Institute: Complex Systems Wiki
• Principia Cybernetica Web, initiative launced in 1991

See also

• List of information systems journals
• List of systems biology research groups
• List of systems engineering at universities
• List of systems engineers
• List of journals in systems science
• List of systems scientists