International Society for the Systems Sciences - Special Integration Groups - Comments http://isss.org/world/en/special_integration_groups Comments for "Special Integration Groups" en Special Integration Groups http://isss.org/world/en/special_integration_groups <h2><a name="isss_special_integration_groups" id="isss_special_integration_groups">ISSS Special Integration Groups</a></h2> <div class="level2"> <p> A Special Integration Group is not a Special Interest Group. See </p> <p> <a href="http://projects.isss.org/Main/SpecialIntegrationGroupsPurpose" class="urlextern" title="http://projects.isss.org/Main/SpecialIntegrationGroupsPurpose" rel="nofollow">Special Integration Groups Purpose</a>. </p> </p> <p> Special Integration Groups may jointly focus on common interests (at a distance) over the year, and/or join in formal discussion at the annual meeting. </p> <p> Groups congregating in designated sessions at an annual meeting may be placed into one of two categories: </p> <ul> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> SIGs represented in council, that have been ratified by the Board of Directors, and have scheduled at least one paper session within the past two annual meetings; and</div> </li> <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Coordinated sessions, that share in an annual meeting, but may have organizational affilations independently of the ISSS.</div> </li> </ul> <p> For more information on SIGs, consult the <a href="http://isss.org/admin/bylaws.html" class="urlextern" title="http://isss.org/admin/bylaws.html" rel="nofollow">ISSS Bylaws</a>, section 4.10 . </p> </div> <h3><a name="sigs_represented_in_council" id="sigs_represented_in_council">SIGs represented in council</a></h3> <p>Please contact the following SIG chairs for further information and any questions you may have about submitting a paper to a specific SIG.</p> <p> <table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" summary="SIGs"> <tbody> <tr> <td><em>SIGs</em></td> <td><em>SIG Chair(s)</em></td> <td><em>Contact</em></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Agent-based Social Simulation</td> <td>Shingo Takahashi</td> <td>shingo@waseda.jp</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Aging Systems</td> <td>Daniel Hershey</td> <td>Daniel.Hershey@uc.edu</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Applied Systems &amp; Development</td> <td>Dennis Finlayson and Jae Yu</td> <td>dfinlayson@btopenworld.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Critical Systems Theory &amp; Practice</td> <td>Jennifer Wilby</td> <td>&nbsp;j.wilby@hull.ac.uk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Designing Educational Systems</td> <td>Patrick Jenlink</td> <td>pjenlink@sfasu.edu</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Duality Theory</td> <td>ISSS Office</td> <td>2008cnf@dsl.pipex.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Evolutionary Development</td> <td>Alexander and Kathia Laszlo</td> <td>info@syntonyquest.org</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Futurism &amp; Systems Change</td> <td>Curt McNamara</td> <td>c.mcnamara@ieee.org</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Hierarchy Theory</td> <td>Jennifer Wilby</td> <td>j.wilby@hull.ac.uk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Human Systems Inquiry</td> <td>ISSS Office</td> <td>2008cnf@dsl.pipex.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Living Systems Analysis</td> <td>Jim Simms</td> <td>jrsimms@juno.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Medical and Health Systems</td> <td>ISSS Office</td> <td>2008cnf@dsl.pipex.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Meta-Modeling &amp; Systems Epistemology</td> <td>Janet McIntyre</td> <td>janet.mcintyre@flinders.edu.au</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Organisational Transformation &amp; Social Change</td> <td>Maurice Yolles</td> <td>prof.m.yolles@gmail.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Primer Project</td> <td>Tom Mandel</td> <td>thommandel@aol.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Research Towards General Theories of Systems</td> <td>Lynn Rasmussen</td> <td>lynn@lynnras.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Roundtable</td> <td>Sue Gabriele</td> <td>sgabriele@gemslearning.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Spirituality and Systems</td> <td>Carl Swanson</td> <td>CarlT.Swanson@gmail.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Students SIG</td> <td>Nicholas Magliocca</td> <td>nrm@duke.edu</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Systems Applications in Business &amp; Industry</td> <td>David Ing</td> <td>isss@daviding.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Systems Biology and Evolution</td> <td>Len Troncale</td> <td>lrtroncale@csupomona.edu</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Systems Design &amp; Information Technology</td> <td>Bela A Banathy</td> <td>babanathy@yahoo.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Systems Modeling &amp; Simulation</td> <td>ISSS Office</td> <td>2008cnf@dsl.pipex.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Systems Pathology</td> <td>Len Troncale</td> <td>lrtroncale@csupomona.edu</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Systems Philosophy &amp; Systems Ethics</td> <td>ISSS Office</td> <td>2008cnf@dsl.pipex.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Systems Psychology &amp; Psychiatry (Mental Health)</td> <td>Tamar Zohar Harel and <br /> Pamela Buckle Henning</td> <td>tzoharel@macam.ac.il <br /> buckle@adelphi.edu Information</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Systems Specific Technology</td> <td>Vadim Kvitash</td> <td>Kvitash@hotmail.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>What is Life/Living</td> <td>John Kineman</td> <td>john.kineman@colorado.edu</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Women and Children</td> <td>Anne Nelson</td> <td>nelsongroup@comcast.net</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> <p>EXPLORATORY GROUPS (Not represented in Council)</p> <p> <table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1" border="1" summary="Exploratory Groups"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Arts Based Inquiry</td> <td>Lezlie Kinyon</td> <td>isss06lezlie@yahoo.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Foundations of Information Systems</td> <td>Soren Brier and Bela Banathy</td> <td>sbr.lpf@cbs.dk&nbsp;<br /> babanathy@yahoo.com</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </p> Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:05:28 +0000 simonk 372 at http://isss.org/world