Helene Finidori präsentierte Pattern Literacy in Support of Systems Capability auf der INCOSE IW2020
25 – 28 Januar 2020 Torrance, Kalifornien, USA Annual INCOSE International Workshop 2020 Im Rahmen der International Council on Systems Engineering Systems Science Working Group (SSWG) nahm Helene Finidori, Leiterin der BCSSS-Forschungsgruppe Systems Science and Pattern Literacy, an der IW2020 teil und hielt einen Vortrag über ihre Arbeit einschließlich der…
Call for papers! WOSC & ASC Conference Moscow September 2020
Im September 2020 finden in Moskau zwei Konferenzen zur Systemwissenschaft und Kybernetik statt. 18th WOSC Congress 16 – 18 September 2020 Systems approach and cybernetics, engaging the future of mankind – The significance Call for active participation Zunehmend erkennen Menschen und Institutionen die systemische Natur unserer Welt und die Relevanz…
BCSSS becomes an active supporter for a digital humanism
Upon concluding a year of an intriguing workshops series concerned with new technological developments the BCSSS joins a movement supporting a new digital humanism. The center became an official supporter of the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism. The manifesto is a reaction to the challenges and threats that arise with…
A great and generous mind passes on: Charles François and his legacy
In the beginning of August, sad news reached us about the passing of Charles François, a long term colleague and friend to the BCSSS. He passed away on July 31st in a hospital in Buenos Aires in the loving prescence of his family. François was one of the most important…
The ISSS Conference 2019 – A buzzing hub for the BCSSS and scientists throughout the systems sciences
After both deep conversations and playful workshops at the American Society for Cybernetics Conference, Ray Ison (BCSSS Board member) and Angelika Schanda (BCSSS Program Manager) traveled south, from Vancouver, British Columbia to Corvallis, Oregon to attend the 63rd Annual Meeting of the International Society for the Systems Sciences (ISSS). This…
Research Group System Science and Pattern Literacy – 2018 Activity Report
The Group’s Objectives and Organization The BCSSS Research Group System Science and Pattern Literacy was launched in October 2017 by Maria Lenzi and Helene Finidori to bring together researchers and practitioners from different fields interested in the connection between patterns and systems. Our research is dedicated to the development of socio-technical…
Mapping the Landscape of Patterns Across Domains – Vol. 2: Linguistic and Semantic Analysis
This is the second set of results from the Survey Mapping the Landscape of Patterns across Domains initiated by the BCSSS Research Group Systems Science and Pattern Literacy in early 2018. Our intention here was to extract linguistic and semantic regularities from the survey answers where respondents defined patterns in…
Patterns as Connectors of Multiple Realities – A talk by Helene Finidori at ISSS 2018
Helene Finidori, member at the BCSSS and co-founder of the BCSSS Research Group on Systems Science and Pattern Literacy, gave a talk on “Patterns as Connectors of Multiple Realities” during the “Socio-Ecological Systems and Design” session chaired by Stefan Blachfellner at #ISSS2018 – 62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society…