cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn) (05/28/90)
I regret that in the following announcement I did not emphasize the
relation between cybernetics, robotics, Artificial Life, and AI
subjects. This mailing list will be of interest to those working in
"behavior-based robotics" or evolutionary approaches to the construction
of artificial behaving systems.
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ANNOUNCING FORMATION OF A MAILING LIST FOR SYSTEMS AND CYBERNETICS
An electronic mailing list dedicated to Systems Science and Cybernetics
is currently in operation on the SUNY-Binghamton computer system. The
list is commited to discussing a general understanding of the evolution
of complex, multi-level systems like organisms, minds, and societies as
informational entities containing possibly circular processes. Specific
subjects include Complex Systems Theory, Self-Organizing Systems Theory,
Dynamic Systems Theory, Artificial Intelligence, Network Theory,
Semiotics, fractal geometry, Fuzzy Set Theory, Recursive Theory, computer
simulation, Information Theory, and more.
The purposes of the list include: 1) facilitating discussion among those
working in or just interested in the general fields of Systems and
Cybernetics; 2) providing a means of communicating to the general
research community about the work that Systems Scientists and
Cyberneticians do; 3) housing a repository of electronic files for
general distribution concerning Systems and Cybernetics; and 4) providing
a central, public directory of working Systems Scientists and
Cyberneticians. The mailing list can store or transmit notes and
messages, technical papers, references, calls for papers, computer
programs, and pictures and diagrams.
The list is coordinated by members of the Systems Science department of
the Watson School at SUNY-Binghamton, and is affiliated with the
International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS) and the American
Society for Cybernetics (ASC). The list is open to everyone, and we
currently have over three hundred members from America, Canada, and
Europe. Our
subscribers are from both academia and industry, and while many are
active researchers, others are just "listening in". We share in an
exciting, ongoing, multi-way conversation about many aspects of Systems
and Cybernetics. Different levels and kinds of knowledge and experience
are represented.
We invite all to join the discussion. To subscribe, you need a computer
account with access to one of the international networks (e.g. BITNET,
USENET, ARPANET, INTERNET, CSNET). Send a file containing only the line:
'SUB CYBSYS-L Your Full Name' to the list server at the address
LISTSERV@BINGVMB.BITNET.
Once subscribed, please post a message to the list itself at the address
CYBSYS-L@BINGVMB.BITNET. In the message, include your name, affiliation,
and a brief description of your work and/or interest in the fields of
Systems and Cybernetics.
List moderator: CYBSYS@BINGVAXU.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU
Author: Cliff Joslyn, CJOSLYN@BINGVAXU.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU
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| Cliff Joslyn, Cybernetician at Large, cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu
| Systems Science, SUNY Binghamton, Box 1070, Binghamton NY 13901, USA
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