World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)

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(1998), "World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)", Kybernetes, Vol. 27 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/k.1998.06727eab.001

World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)

World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics (WOSC)

Appointment of director of academic affairs

The Director-General of WOSC, Professor Robert Vallée has announced that Professor Raúl Espejo, who is the Director of the Centre for Systems Research at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, UK, has been appointed to the Directorate of the World Organisation of Systems and Cybernetics. He takes over the important role of Director of Academic Affairs. Professor Espejo has already been honoured when the prestigious award of an honorary fellowship of WOSC was conferred on him at a reception in London in April 1997.

WOSC triennial World Congress

Arrangements are in hand for the next WOSC World Congress. The last being the successful event in Bucharest, Romania, in 1996. Members of the organisations affiliated to WOSC are invited to contact the WOSC secretariat or any directors of the organisations about sponsorship or participation matters. The venue is yet to be finalised at present.

WOSC supported congresses, conferences and events

Federated member organisations of WOSC are reminded of the many congresses, conferences and meetings that are supported by the organisation. Details are given in the appropriate sections of this journal ­ the official publication of WOSC. Many of these supported events require the full support of cyberneticians and systemists if they are to continue to give the essential forum required by these inter- and transdisciplinary fields.

Research and training institute for South Asian countries

The WOSC Directorate has accepted the application for affiliation of the Institute of Cybernetics Systems and Information Technology (ICS and IT) which has been registered in Calcutta, India, earlier this year.

Professor D. Dutta Majumder, who is Professor Emeritus of ISI and CSIR and Chairman of CFAC has been elected secretary-director of the board of the new venture. Professor Majumder is also a WOSC director and has served the organisation well for many years. WOSC through its Director-General, Professor Vallée, has conveyed its best wishes to the new institute which, it is said, is the only research and training institute for cybernetics in the South Asian countries.

The address for contact is: Institute of Cybernetics Systems and Information Technology (ICS and IT), EN-33, Sector v, Salt Lake City, Calcutta 700091, India. Tel: 357-3512/91; Fax: 33 357 9218; e-mail: shivdata@giascl Olvsnl.net.in

Website reminder

Contact with WOSC can be made through the e-mail addresses included in the pages of the WOSC ­ Website at: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/AlexAndrew/wosc.htm . Dr A.M. Andrew (UK) is the WOSC director responsible for affiliations, and also the Internet editor for Kybernetes. Contributions for these pages can also be sent to the MCB Internet services that are available worldwide.

Norbert Wiener Institute of WOSC

The Norbert Wiener Institute continues with its endeavours and brings together more than 1,000 cyberneticians and systemists who wish to co-operate and publish their work. Many of the resulting research and development appears in publications worldwide as well as in this journal. The current Website pages concerning the institute are being up-dated and lists of its centres and contact points through the participating countries will be included at a later date.