The Cybernetics Society or Cybsoc is a UK-based learned society that exists to promote the understanding of Cybernetics and to support the continuous professional development of its members.Stewart D (2012), "The Cybernetics Society". Kybernetes, Vol. 41 No. 9. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2012.06741iaa.003(2010), "Aims of the Cybernetics Society". Kybernetes, Vol. 39 No. 1, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2010.06739aab.006 The society was founded in 1968 by Haneef Fatmi and others.Haneef Fatmi, A History of the Cybernetics Society, https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/cybsoc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20171558/cybsoc-history-Fatmi.pdf The society was registered in 1976 under the Friendly Societies Act 1974.https://mutuals.fca.org.uk/Search/Society/4415 Members and fellows of the Society can use the post-nominal letters MCybS and FCybS. The society is a member of the International Federation for Systems Research.https://ifsr.org/member/the-cybernetics-society-cybsoc/ The society has two official journals: Kybernetes, published by Emerald and adopted as the official journal of the society in 2010,(2010), "Kybernetes selected as official journal". Kybernetes, Vol. 39 No. 1 pp. No Pagination Specified, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2010.06739aab.005Smith M, Scott B (2011), "Selected papers from conferences of the Cybernetics Society". Kybernetes, Vol. 40 No. 1-2, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2011.06740aaa.003 and Enacting Cybernetics, published by the society from 2023 onwards. The society has organized conferences since 1973,Andrew AM (2010), "UK Cybernetics Society 2009 Annual Conference". Kybernetes, Vol. 39 No. 1, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2010.06739aab.010 (1998), "Cybernetics society". Kybernetes, Vol. 27 No. 9, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.1998.06727iab.004(2001), "CybCon 2000 Annual Conference of the Cybernetics Society". Kybernetes, Vol. 30 No. 1, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2001.06730aab.003(2000), "Cybernetics Society Report". Kybernetes, Vol. 29 No. 1, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2000.06729aab.004 as well as other meetings."UK Cybernetics Society" (2006), Kybernetes, Vol. 35 No. 9, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2006.06735iab.003"The Cybernetics Society" (2001). Kybernetes, Vol. 30 No. 2, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2001.06730bac.002Warburton B (2000), "The Cybernetics Society". Kybernetes, Vol. 29 No. 3, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.2000.06729cab.003(1998), "The Cybernetics Society". Kybernetes, Vol. 27 No. 4 pp. No Pagination Specified, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.1998.06727dab.007
Chairmen and Presidents Source: 1968-1976 Haneef Fatmi 1976-1979 Gordon Paskhttps://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Pask/ 1979-1984 Igor Aleksander 1984-1995 Haneef Fatmi 1995-1999 Brian Warburton(1999), "The Cybernetics Society". Kybernetes, Vol. 28 No. 2, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/k.1999.06728bab.003 1999-2020 Martin Smith 2020-2024 John Beckford 2024-2026 Peter Kawalek 2026- Peter Tuddenham
Honorary Fellows Those awarded honorary fellowship by the Cybernetics Society include: Eric Ash Horace Barlow Anthony Stafford Beer Margaret Boden James W. Black David Deutsch John Carew Eccles Carmen Hijosa James Lovelock Fredmund Malik Humberto Maturana Roger Penrose Abdus Salam Kevin Warwick.
Enacting Cybernetics
The society publishes an open access journal, Enacting Cybernetics, hosted by Ubiquity Press. The journal is focused on "exploring and developing the many ways in which cybernetics may be practiced in the world."
References
External links Cybernetics Society homepage Enacting Cybernetics Kybernetes