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LAST UPDATE: 18 January 2010
The title is Cybernetics: Art, Design, Mathematics - A Meta-Disciplinary Conversation (C:ADM2010)
You can now review 2010 Conference information on the newly-established 2010 Conference webpages at:
(Autumn 2009)
http://www.asc-cybernetics.org/bylaws_consultation_2009/
ASC's new YouTube video channel is accessible at:
Barbara Dawes Vogl was the editor of Patterns (the ASC newsletter) for many years, and the newsletter's longevity and quality were direct results of her dedication to the publication and the topics it addressed.
Barbara retired as Patterns editor after completion of the Winter 2008 edition.
We regret to announce that Barbara passed away June 8, 2009.
A more detailed obituary summarizing her life and her many achievements can be viewed HERE
(July 2009)
In July 2009 ASC President Ranulph Glanville issued a letter to members summarizing recent news.
To download the members letter (in PDF format) CLICK HERE..
March 12-15, 2009, Olympia Washington
The 2009 meeting of the American Society for Cybernetics was held on March 12-15, 2009, in Olympia, Washington. The conference title was "Cybernetics Talk Dance Anticommunication".
For more information, please go to the ASC 2009 Conference legacy webpage:
(28 October 2008)
In late October 2008 ASC Vice-President Ranulph Glanville issued a letter to members summarizing recent news.
To download the members letter (in PDF format) CLICK HERE..
and
BCL (Biological Computation Laboratory) 50th Anniversary
May 11th to 15th, 2008: Urbana Illinois
2008 saw the 50th anniversary of the founding, by Heinz von Foerster, of the Biological Computer Laboratory at the University of Illinois, Urbana / Champaign. The BCL a cauldron of cybernetics and the home of second order cybernetics, featured a star studded cast of membes and visitors. Heinz was also one of the founders of the ASC, which has provided a spiritual home for second order cybernetics since its origination.
Our conference celebrated this remarkable laboratory in joint festival with the Department of Electrical Engineering at UIUC, which was the umbrella under which the BCL sheltered. This activity was organized to coincide with the 8th Understanding Complex Systems (UCS) Symposium (12 - 15 May) on the topic Informatics, Energy and Others.
For more information, please go to the ASC 2008 Conference legacy webpage:
The annual ASC Conference was held in Urbana Illinois, March 29 - April 1, 2007. Our co-sponsor / host organization was the School for Designing a Society, University of Illinois.
Constructivism, Design, Cybernetics: Radical, Social, 2nd-Order
Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway, Urbana IL
March 29 - April 1, 2007
For more information on the upcoming 2007 conference, visit the ASC 2007 Conference webpage..
In Progress:
May 2003 - ????
The ASC website is undergoing some major renovations. As of mid-May 2003, the latest-generation ASC web materials had been put in place. However, there's still much to be added...
Please pardon our construction!
18 January 2010
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